Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 31,				March 31,
(In thousands)	2013		2012		2013		2012
Revenue
West	$	118,996	$	77,857	$	229,122	$	148,634
East	117,129		75,192		213,668		157,010
Southeast	51,777		38,070		92,014		73,638
Pre-Owned	—		524		—		909
Continuing Operations	$	287,902	$	191,643	$	534,804	$	380,191

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 31,						March 31,
(In thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Operating income/(loss)
West	$	10,045		$	3,377		$	18,403		$	2,786
East	10,313			(659		)	16,501			147
Southeast	2,050			1,180			4,380			1,965
Pre-Owned	—			(62		)	—			(200		)
Segment total	22,408			3,836			39,284			4,698
Corporate and unallocated (a)	(22,097		)	(21,530		)	(42,574		)	(39,091		)
Total operating income (loss)	311			(17,694		)	(3,290		)	(34,393		)
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated entities	68			4			104			(73		)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(3,638		)	(2,747		)	(3,638		)	(2,747		)
Other expense, net	(16,195		)	(18,265		)	(31,822		)	(36,538		)
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes	$	(19,454	)	$	(38,702	)	$	(38,646	)	$	(73,751	)

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 31,				March 31,
(In thousands)	2013		2012		2013		2012
Depreciation and amortization
West	$	1,185	$	1,090	$	2,207	$	1,870
East	900		805		1,583		1,310
Southeast	339		374		657		713
Pre-Owned	—		154		—		273
Segment total	2,424		2,423		4,447		4,166
Corporate and unallocated (a)	669		767		1,361		1,427
Continuing Operations	$	3,093	$	3,190	$	5,808	$	5,593

	Six Months Ended
	March 31,
(In thousands)	2013		2012
Capital Expenditures
West	$	1,866	$	1,415
East	611		1,883
Southeast	482		1,078
Pre-Owned (b)	910		7,906
Corporate and unallocated	—		206
Consolidated total	$	3,869	$	12,488

(In thousands)	March 31, 2013		September 30, 2012
Assets
West	$	633,065	$	618,805
East	300,748		320,404
Southeast	193,122		160,868
Corporate and unallocated (c)	819,775		882,141
Consolidated total	$	1,946,710	$	1,982,218

(a) Corporate and unallocated includes amortization of capitalized interest and numerous shared services functions that benefit all segments, the costs of which are not allocated to the operating segments reported above including information technology, national sourcing and purchasing, treasury, corporate finance, legal, branding and other national marketing costs. For the six months ended March 31, 2012, corporate and unallocated also includes an $11 million recovery related to old water intrusion warranty and related legal expenditures.

(b) Capital expenditures represent the purchase of previously owned homes during the six months ended March 31, 2012.

(c) Primarily consists of cash and cash equivalents, consolidated inventory not owned, deferred taxes, capitalized interest and other items that are not allocated to the segments.