Interest

Our ability to capitalize interest incurred during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 was limited by our inventory eligible for capitalization. The following table presents certain information regarding interest for the periods presented:



	Three Months Ended June 30,						Nine Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2015			2014			2015			2014
Capitalized interest in inventory, beginning of period	$	112,476		$	72,256		$	87,619		$	52,562
Interest incurred	30,748			31,678			91,290			96,577
Interest expense not qualified for capitalization and included as other expense ^(a)	(5,954		)	(10,421		)	(23,396		)	(41,112		)
Capitalized interest amortized to house construction and land sales expenses ^(b)	(13,558		)	(9,430		)	(31,801		)	(23,944		)
Capitalized interest in inventory, end of period	$	123,712		$	84,083		$	123,712		$	84,083

^(a) The amount of interest we are able to capitalize is dependent upon our qualified inventory balance, which considers the status of our inventory holdings. Our qualified inventory balance includes the majority of our homes under construction and development projects in progress, but excludes land held for future development and land held for sale.

^(b)Capitalized interest amortized to house construction and land sale expenses varies based on the number of homes closed during the period and land sales, if any, as well as other factors.