Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, total equity and outstanding borrowings

For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, our income (loss) from unconsolidated entity activities and the overall equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated entities is as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014		2013
Continuing operations:
(Loss) income from unconsolidated entity activity	$	(81	)	$	(129	)	$	221	$	(25	)
Impairment of unconsolidated entity investment	—			(181		)	—		(181		)
Equity in (loss) income of unconsolidated entities - continuing operations	$	(81	)	$	(310	)	$	221	$	(206	)

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, 2014 and September 30, 2013:

(In thousands)	June 30, 2014		September 30, 2013
Beazer’s investment in unconsolidated entities	$	34,224	$	44,997
Total equity of unconsolidated entities	171,860		385,040
Total outstanding borrowings of unconsolidated entities	124,265		85,938