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Investments in Marketable Securities and Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, total equity and outstanding borrowings | The following table presents our investment in these unconsolidated entities, as well as the total equity and outstanding borrowings of these unconsolidated entities as of March 31, 2015 and September 30, 2014:
(In thousands) | March 31, 2015 |  | September 30, 2014
Beazer’s investment in unconsolidated entities | $ | 10,372 |  |  | $ | 13,576 |
Total equity of unconsolidated entities | 36,773 |  |  | 59,336 |
Total outstanding borrowings of unconsolidated entities | 10,537 |  |  | 11,254 |
For the three and six months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, there were no impairments related to our investments in these unconsolidated entities. Our equity in income from unconsolidated entity activities is as follows for the periods presented:
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| March 31, |  | March 31,
(In thousands) | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Equity in income of unconsolidated entities - continuing operations | $ | 82 |  |  | $ | (17 | ) |  | $ | 224 |  |  | $ | 302 |

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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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