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Investments in Marketable Securities and Unconsolidated Entities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, total equity and outstanding borrowings | The following table presents our investment in our unconsolidated entities, the total equity and outstanding borrowings of these unconsolidated entities as of September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013:
(In thousands) | September 30, 2014 |  | September 30, 2013
Beazer’s investment in unconsolidated entities | $ | 13,576 |  |  | $ | 44,997 |
Total equity of unconsolidated entities | 59,336 |  |  | 385,040 |
Total outstanding borrowings of unconsolidated entities | 11,254 |  |  | 85,938 |
For the fiscal years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 and 2012, our income from unconsolidated entity activities, the impairments of our investments in certain of our unconsolidated entities, and the overall equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated entities is as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
(In thousands) | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Continuing operations: |  |  |  |  |
Income from unconsolidated entity activity | $ | 6,545 |  |  | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | 304 |
Impairment of unconsolidated entity investment | — |  |  | (181 | ) |  | — |
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated entities - continuing operations | $ | 6,545 |  |  | $ | (113 | ) |  | $ | 304 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of equity method investments including, but not limited to, name of each investee or group of investments, percentage ownership, difference between recorded amount of an investment and the value of the underlying equity in the net assets, and summarized financial information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571 + Details
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