Capitalized Interest (Notes)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Capitalized Interest

The Company capitalizes interest costs to real estate throughout the development period (active real estate). Capitalized interest is charged to cost of sales as the related real estate is sold to the buyer. During periods in which the Company’s active real estate is lower than its debt level, a portion of the interest incurred is reflected as interest expense in the period incurred. During the first six months of fiscal 2020 and fiscal year 2019, the Company’s active real estate exceeded its debt level, and all interest incurred was capitalized to real estate.

The following table summarizes the Company’s interest costs incurred, capitalized and expensed during the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.


	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(In millions)
Capitalized interest, beginning of period	$	29.8	$	5.3	$	23.7	$	3.2
Interest incurred	10.6		2.9		20.5		5.7
Interest charged to cost of sales	(2.5)		(0.5)		(6.3)		(1.2)
Capitalized interest, end of period	$	37.9	$	7.7	$	37.9	$	7.7