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Segment Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of segment reporting information | The following information is in thousands:
| Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Revenue |  |  |  |  |
West | $ | 391,648 |  |  | $ | 233,133 |  |  | $ | 364,530 |
East | 402,466 |  |  | 343,826 |  |  | 451,162 |
Southeast | 210,449 |  |  | 165,107 |  |  | 175,460 |
Pre-Owned | 1,114 |  |  | 339 |  |  | — |
Continuing Operations | $ | 1,005,677 |  |  | $ | 742,405 |  |  | $ | 991,152 |
| Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Operating income/(loss) |  |  |  |  |
West | $ | 15,147 |  |  | $ | (28,406 | ) |  | $ | 1,120 |
East | 9,152 |  |  | 11,611 |  |  | 11,329 |
Southeast | 14,815 |  |  | (2,740 | ) |  | (130 | )
Pre-Owned | (229 | ) |  | (724 | ) |  | — |
Segment total | 38,885 |  |  | (20,259 | ) |  | 12,319 |
Corporate and unallocated (a) | (100,943 | ) |  | (111,986 | ) |  | (125,753 | )
Total operating loss | (62,058 | ) |  | (132,245 | ) |  | (113,434 | )
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated entities | 304 |  |  | 560 |  |  | (8,807 | )
(Loss) gain on extinguishment of debt | (45,097 | ) |  | (2,909 | ) |  | 43,901 |
Other expense, net (d) | (69,119 | ) |  | (62,224 | ) |  | (69,585 | )
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes | $ | (175,970 | ) |  | $ | (196,818 | ) |  | $ | (147,925 | )
| Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Depreciation and amortization |  |  |  |  |
West | $ | 4,980 |  |  | $ | 3,651 |  |  | $ | 5,161 |
East | 3,536 |  |  | 2,621 |  |  | 3,665 |
Southeast | 1,710 |  |  | 885 |  |  | 1,496 |
Pre-Owned | 330 |  |  | 69 |  |  | — |
Segment total | 10,556 |  |  | 7,226 |  |  | 10,322 |
Corporate and unallocated (a) | 2,954 |  |  | 3,027 |  |  | 2,347 |
Continuing Operations | $ | 13,510 |  |  | $ | 10,253 |  |  | $ | 12,669 |
| Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Capital Expenditures |  |  |  |  |
West | $ | 3,031 |  |  | $ | 4,041 |  |  | $ | 3,939 |
East | 3,532 |  |  | 2,051 |  |  | 1,734 |
Southeast | 1,814 |  |  | 1,631 |  |  | 1,184 |
Pre-Owned (b) | 7,933 |  |  | 11,415 |  |  | — |
Corporate and unallocated | 1,053 |  |  | 1,376 |  |  | 3,992 |
Consolidated total | $ | 17,363 |  |  | $ | 20,514 |  |  | $ | 10,849 |
| September 30, 2012 |  | September 30, 2011
Assets |  |  |
West | $ | 618,805 |  |  | $ | 649,057 |
East | 320,404 |  |  | 372,984 |
Southeast | 160,868 |  |  | 162,135 |
Pre-Owned (b) | — |  |  | 12,315 |
Corporate and unallocated (c) | 882,141 |  |  | 780,986 |
Consolidated total | $ | 1,982,218 |  |  | $ | 1,977,477 |
(a) | Corporate and unallocated includes amortization of capitalized interest and numerous shared services functions that benefit all segments, the costs of which are not allocated to the operating segments reported above including information technology, national sourcing and purchasing, treasury, corporate finance, legal, branding and other national marketing costs. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, corporate and unallocated also includes an $11 million recovery related to old water intrusion warranty and related legal expenditures.
(b) | Pre-owned assets included the cost of previously owned homes, net of accumulated depreciation, totaling $11.3 million (120 homes) as of September 30, 2011. Capital expenditures represent the purchase of previously owned homes through May 2, 2012 and September 30, 2011, respectively.
(c) | Primarily consists of cash and cash equivalents, consolidated inventory not owned, deferred taxes, capitalized interest and other items that are not allocated to the segments.
(d) | The fiscal year ended September 30, 2011, includes an $8.3 million benefit related to the cash reimbursements from our former CEO and former CFO in connection with their consent agreements with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 22 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8736-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 25 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8813-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -Paragraph 27, 28 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8721-108599 + Details
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