Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Income Statement [Abstract]
Total revenue	$ 402,040	$ 372,489
Home construction and land sales expenses	340,378	311,660
Inventory impairments and abandonments	1,007	0
Gross profit	60,655	60,829
Commissions	15,737	14,356
General and administrative expenses	38,642	37,285
Depreciation and amortization	2,770	2,507
Operating income	3,506	6,681
Equity in loss of unconsolidated entities	(64)	(101)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	(25,904)
Other expense, net	(42)	(3,145)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	3,400	(22,469)
(Benefit) expense from income taxes	(3,922)	108,106
Income (loss) from continuing operations	7,322	(130,575)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(11)	(372)
Net income (loss)	$ 7,311	$ (130,947)
Weighted average number of shares:
Basic (in shares)	31,967	32,055
Diluted (in shares)	32,222	32,055
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share:
Continuing Operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.23	$ (4.07)
Discontinued Operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	(0.01)
Total (in dollars per shares)	$ 0.23	$ (4.08)