Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
(In thousands)	2013		2012		2013		2012
Revenue
West	$	133,519	$	99,092	$	362,641	$	247,726
East	111,556		98,930		325,224		255,940
Southeast	69,364		56,328		161,378		129,966
Pre-Owned	—		205		—		1,114
Continuing Operations	$	314,439	$	254,555	$	849,243	$	634,746

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Operating income/(loss)
West	$	15,313		$	2,719		$	33,716		$	5,505
East	7,714			197			24,215			344
Southeast	7,644			3,339			12,024			5,304
Pre-Owned	—			(29		)	—			(229		)
Segment total	30,671			6,226			69,955			10,924
Corporate and unallocated (a)	(22,199		)	(27,381		)	(64,773		)	(66,472		)
Total operating income (loss)	8,472			(21,155		)	5,182			(55,548		)
Equity in (loss) income of unconsolidated entities	(310		)	48			(206		)	(25		)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	—			—			(3,638		)	(2,747		)
Other expense, net	(14,036		)	(16,804		)	(45,858		)	(53,342		)
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes	$	(5,874	)	$	(37,911	)	$	(44,520	)	$	(111,662	)

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
(In thousands)	2013		2012		2013		2012
Depreciation and amortization
West	$	1,263	$	1,685	$	3,470	$	3,555
East	750		728		2,333		2,038
Southeast	411		486		1,068		1,199
Pre-Owned	—		57		—		330
Segment total	2,424		2,956		6,871		7,122
Corporate and unallocated (a)	529		787		1,890		2,214
Continuing Operations	$	2,953	$	3,743	$	8,761	$	9,336

	Nine Months Ended
	June 30,
(In thousands)	2013		2012
Capital Expenditures
West	$	2,979	$	2,131
East	881		2,890
Southeast	1,087		1,620
Pre-Owned (b)	—		7,932
Corporate and unallocated	1,625		544
Consolidated total	$	6,572	$	15,117

(In thousands)	June 30, 2013		September 30, 2012
Assets
West	$	663,865	$	618,805
East	364,753		320,404
Southeast	212,340		160,868
Corporate and unallocated (c)	701,959		882,141
Consolidated total	$	1,942,917	$	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 nine months ended June 30, 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 nine months ended June 30, 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.