Inventory - Total Owned Inventory by Segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Projects in Progress	$ 1,417,699	$ 1,326,577
Land held for future development	172,824	213,006
Land held for sale	28,021	29,696
Total owned inventory	1,618,544	1,569,279
Corporate and unallocated
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Projects in Progress	195,726	186,987
Land held for future development	0	0
Land held for sale	1,100	1,099
Total owned inventory	196,826	188,086
West Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Projects in Progress	619,044	586,420
Land held for future development	147,861	172,015
Land held for sale	7,699	6,577
Total owned inventory	774,604	765,012
East Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Projects in Progress	305,593	276,785
Land held for future development	14,004	30,036
Land held for sale	18,010	20,930
Total owned inventory	337,607	327,751
Southeast Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Projects in Progress	297,336	276,385
Land held for future development	10,959	10,955
Land held for sale	1,212	1,090
Total owned inventory	$ 309,507	$ 288,430

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of parcels of land held for sale, and on which the entity has no intention or no further intention to perform construction activities.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The net carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the sum of the various components of an operative builder's inventory, including finished homes. Operative builders primarily consist of entities that develop land, construct residential homes and commercial and industrial buildings thereon, and sell them to home buyers and operators of the commercial and industrial properties.

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Carrying amount of land available for development.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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