Interest (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Real Estate [Abstract]

Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs

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