Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Income Statement [Abstract]
Total revenue	$ 417,804	$ 402,040
Home construction and land sales expenses	354,667	340,378
Inventory impairments and abandonments	0	1,007
Gross profit	63,137	60,655
Commissions	16,065	15,737
General and administrative expenses	39,699	38,642
Depreciation and amortization	3,427	2,770
Operating income	3,946	3,506
Equity in loss of unconsolidated entities	(13)	(64)
Other expense, net	(1,340)	(42)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	2,593	3,400
Benefit from income taxes	(211)	(3,922)
Income from continuing operations	2,804	7,322
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(58)	(11)
Net income	$ 2,746	$ 7,311
Weighted average number of shares:
Basic (in shares)	29,746	31,801
Diluted (in shares)	30,138	32,055
Basic income per share:
Continuing Operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.09	$ 0.23
Discontinued Operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.00
Total (in dollars per share)	0.09	0.23
Diluted income per share:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.09	0.23
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.00
Total (in dollars per share)	$ 0.09	$ 0.23