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Capitalized Interest (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Interest Costs Incurred [Abstract] |
Interest costs incurred, capitalized and expensed | The following table summarizes the Company’s interest costs incurred, capitalized and expensed during the years ended September 30, 2020, 2019 and 2018.
| Year Ended September 30,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
| (In millions)
Capitalized interest, beginning of year | $ | 180.1 |  |  | $ | 162.7 |  |  | $ | 167.9 |
Interest incurred (1) | 153.3 |  |  | 140.2 |  |  | 125.4 |
Interest charged to cost of sales | (125.7) |  |  | (122.8) |  |  | (130.6) |
Capitalized interest, end of year | $ | 207.7 |  |  | $ | 180.1 |  |  | $ | 162.7 |
_________________________ (1)Interest incurred included interest on the Company's mortgage repurchase facility of $19.1 million, $16.1 million and $12.1 million in fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Also included in interest incurred is Forestar interest of $41.2 million, $19.4 million and $3.4 million in fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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