Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, total equity and outstanding borrowings

The following table presents our investment in our unconsolidated entities, the total equity and outstanding borrowings of these unconsolidated entities, and our guarantees of these borrowings, as of June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012:

(In thousands)	June 30, 2013		September 30, 2012
Beazer’s investment in unconsolidated entities	$	42,477	$	42,078
Total equity of unconsolidated entity	442,291		383,482
Total outstanding borrowings of unconsolidated entities	66,632		64,912
Beazer’s estimate of its maximum exposure to our repayment guarantees	—		696

For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, our (loss) income from unconsolidated entity activities, the impairments of our investments in certain of our unconsolidated entities, and the overall equity in (loss) income of unconsolidated entities is as follows:

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	June 30,					June 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012		2013			2012
Continuing operations:
(Loss) income from unconsolidated entity activity	$	(129	)	$	48	$	(25	)	$	(25	)
Impairment of unconsolidated entity investment	(181		)	—		(181		)	—
Equity in (loss) income of unconsolidated entities - continuing operations	$	(310	)	$	48	$	(206	)	$	(25	)