Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information

	Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
(In thousands)	2013		2012		2011
Revenue
West	$	547,636	$	391,648	$	233,133
East	483,685		402,466		343,826
Southeast	256,256		210,449		165,107
Pre-Owned	—		1,114		339
Continuing Operations	$	1,287,577	$	1,005,677	$	742,405

	Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012			2011
Operating income (loss)
West	$	59,084		$	15,147		$	(28,406	)
East	40,670			9,152			11,611
Southeast	23,030			14,815			(2,740		)
Pre-Owned	—			(229		)	(724		)
Segment total	122,784			38,885			(20,259		)
Corporate and unallocated (a)	(95,523		)	(100,943		)	(111,986		)
Total operating income (loss)	$	27,261		$	(62,058	)	$	(132,245	)

	Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
(In thousands)	2013		2012		2011
Depreciation and amortization
West	$	5,305	$	4,980	$	3,651
East	3,479		3,536		2,621
Southeast	1,683		1,710		885
Pre-Owned	—		330		69
Segment total	10,467		10,556		7,226
Corporate and unallocated (a)	2,317		2,954		3,027
Continuing Operations	$	12,784	$	13,510	$	10,253

	Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
(In thousands)	2013		2012		2011
Capital Expenditures
West	$	4,835	$	3,031	$	4,041
East	1,915		3,532		2,051
Southeast	1,311		1,814		1,631
Pre-Owned (b)	—		7,933		11,415
Corporate and unallocated	2,700		1,053		1,376
Consolidated total	$	10,761	$	17,363	$	20,514

(In thousands)	September 30, 2013		September 30, 2012
Assets
West	$	680,346	$	618,805
East	369,937		320,404
Southeast	228,814		160,868
Corporate and unallocated (c)	707,692		882,141
Consolidated total	$	1,986,789	$	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 fiscal year ended September 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 through May 2, 2012 and September 30, 2011, respectively.

(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.