Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Income Statement [Abstract]
Total revenue	$ 428,539	$ 417,804
Home construction and land sales expenses	352,781	354,667
Inventory impairments and abandonments	465	0
Gross profit	75,293	63,137
Commissions	16,507	16,065
General and administrative expenses	37,976	39,699
Depreciation and amortization	3,122	3,427
Operating income	17,688	3,946
Equity in loss of unconsolidated entities	(75)	(13)
Other expense, net	(1,452)	(1,340)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	16,161	2,593
Expense (benefit) from income taxes	4,125	(211)
Income from continuing operations	12,036	2,804
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(39)	(58)
Net income	$ 11,997	$ 2,746
Weighted average number of shares:
Basic (in shares)	29,771	29,746
Diluted (in shares)	30,086	30,138
Basic income (loss) per share:
Continuing Operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.40	$ 0.09
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0	0
Total (in dollars per share)	0.40	0.09
Diluted income (loss) per share:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.40	0.09
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0	0
Total (in dollars per share)	$ 0.40	$ 0.09