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Capitalized Interest (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 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 months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
|  | Three Months Ended December 31, |  |
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  |  |  |
|  | (In millions)
Capitalized interest, beginning of period |  | $ | 207.7 |  |  | $ | 180.1 |  |  |  |  |
Interest incurred (1) |  | 40.4 |  |  | 37.7 |  |  |  |  |
Interest charged to cost of sales |  | (33.0) |  |  | (25.7) |  |  |  |  |
Capitalized interest, end of period |  | $ | 215.1 |  |  | $ | 192.1 |  |  |  |  |
_______________ (1) Interest incurred included interest on the Company's mortgage repurchase facility of $4.5 million and $4.7 million in the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and Forestar interest of $11.5 million and $8.7 million in those periods.

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