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Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Revenues
Revenues, Total	$ 4,159.1	$ 3,776.4	$ 3,251.3	$ 2,904.2	$ 3,741.3	$ 3,231.9	$ 2,767.9	$ 2,416.4	$ 14,091.0	$ 12,157.4	$ 10,824.0
Income (Loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes	485.5	$ 444.5	$ 353.9	$ 318.1	433.0	$ 378.6	$ 300.5	$ 241.3	1,602.1	1,353.5	1,123.4
Homebuilding [Member]
Revenues
Homebuilding revenues									13,741.5	11,861.8	10,559.0
Inventory Impairments
Inventory impairments	12.8								23.2	20.3	44.9
Income (Loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									1,489.3	1,264.4	1,018.3
Homebuilding inventories
Total inventories	9,237.1				8,340.9				9,237.1	8,340.9
Financial Services [Member]
Revenues
Financial Services Revenue									349.5	295.6	265.0
Income (Loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									112.8	89.1	105.1
Financial Services Excluding Other [Member]
Income (Loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									124.5	98.1	105.1
Homebuilding and Financial Services Excluding Other [Member]
Income (Loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									1,613.8	1,362.5	1,123.4
Other Segments [Member]
Income (Loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									(11.7)	(9.0)	0.0
East [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Revenues
Homebuilding revenues									1,640.1	1,446.5	1,333.6
Inventory Impairments
Inventory impairments									10.5	12.3	14.3
Income (Loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									153.9	138.7	94.2
Homebuilding inventories
Total inventories	1,068.9				891.1				1,068.9	891.1
Midwest [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Revenues
Homebuilding revenues									736.5	651.7	666.1
Inventory Impairments
Inventory impairments									1.0	0.0	0.0
Income (Loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									49.1	44.3	49.8
Homebuilding inventories
Total inventories	492.6				441.2				492.6	441.2
Southeast [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Revenues
Homebuilding revenues									4,087.6	3,463.5	2,890.6
Inventory Impairments
Inventory impairments									2.4	0.7	8.8
Income (Loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									450.3	388.4	278.7
Homebuilding inventories
Total inventories	2,392.3				2,070.3				2,392.3	2,070.3
South Central [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Revenues
Homebuilding revenues									3,383.1	2,995.1	2,725.2
Inventory Impairments
Inventory impairments									1.6	1.0	1.4
Income (Loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									439.1	374.8	296.6
Homebuilding inventories
Total inventories	2,199.4				2,075.6				2,199.4	2,075.6
Southwest [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Revenues
Homebuilding revenues									597.5	388.1	336.1
Inventory Impairments
Inventory impairments									1.4	6.0	0.0
Income (Loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									39.6	7.3	13.1
Homebuilding inventories
Total inventories	506.1				371.1				506.1	371.1
West [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Revenues
Homebuilding revenues									3,296.7	2,916.9	2,607.4
Inventory Impairments
Inventory impairments									6.3	0.3	20.4
Income (Loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									357.3	310.9	$ 285.9
Homebuilding inventories
Total inventories	2,352.5				2,247.6				2,352.5	2,247.6
Corporate and unallocated [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Homebuilding inventories
Total inventories	$ 225.3				$ 244.0				$ 225.3	$ 244.0

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