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Interest (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Real Estate [Abstract] |
Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs | The following table presents certain information regarding interest for the periods presented:
| Three Months Ended March 31, |  | Six Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands) | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Capitalized interest in inventory, beginning of period | $ | 99,868 |  |  | $ | 61,836 |  |  | $ | 87,619 |  |  | $ | 52,562 |
Interest incurred | 30,259 |  |  | 32,458 |  |  | 60,542 |  |  | 64,899 |
Interest expense not qualified for capitalization and included as other expense (a) | (7,695 | ) |  | (14,659 | ) |  | (17,442 | ) |  | (30,691 | )
Capitalized interest amortized to house construction and land sales expenses (b) | (9,956 | ) |  | (7,379 | ) |  | (18,243 | ) |  | (14,514 | )
Capitalized interest in inventory, end of period | $ | 112,476 |  |  | $ | 72,256 |  |  | $ | 112,476 |  |  | $ | 72,256 |

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