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Interest (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 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 June 30, |  | Nine Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands) | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Capitalized interest in inventory, beginning of period | $ | 112,476 |  |  | $ | 72,256 |  |  | $ | 87,619 |  |  | $ | 52,562 |
Interest incurred | 30,748 |  |  | 31,678 |  |  | 91,290 |  |  | 96,577 |
Interest expense not qualified for capitalization and included as other expense (a) | (5,954 | ) |  | (10,421 | ) |  | (23,396 | ) |  | (41,112 | )
Capitalized interest amortized to house construction and land sales expenses (b) | (13,558 | ) |  | (9,430 | ) |  | (31,801 | ) |  | (23,944 | )
Capitalized interest in inventory, end of period | $ | 123,712 |  |  | $ | 84,083 |  |  | $ | 123,712 |  |  | $ | 84,083 |

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