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Capitalized Interest (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Interest Costs Incurred [Abstract] |
Rollforward of capitalized interest | The following table summarizes the Company’s interest costs incurred, capitalized and expensed during the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |  |  | Six Months Ended March 31, |  |
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
|  | (In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Capitalized interest, beginning of period |  | $ | 192.1 |  |  | $ | 168.8 |  |  | $ | 180.1 |  |  | $ | 162.7 |
Interest incurred (1) |  | 37.6 |  |  | 35.0 |  |  | 75.3 |  |  | 66.7 |
Interest charged to cost of sales |  | (29.2) |  |  | (29.9) |  |  | (54.9) |  |  | (55.5) |
Capitalized interest, end of period |  | $ | 200.5 |  |  | $ | 173.9 |  |  | $ | 200.5 |  |  | $ | 173.9 |
_______________ (1) Interest incurred included interest on the Company's mortgage repurchase facility of $5.0 million and $9.7 million in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively, and $3.0 million and $6.3 million in the same periods of fiscal 2019. Also included in interest incurred is Forestar interest of $9.7 million and $18.4 million in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively, and $1.5 million and $2.8 million in the same periods of fiscal 2019.

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