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Inventory
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
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At March 31, 2016, the Company reviewed the performance and outlook for all of its land inventories and communities for indicators of potential impairment and performed detailed impairment evaluations and analyses when necessary. The Company performed detailed impairment evaluations of communities and land inventories with a combined carrying value of $216.5 million and recorded an impairment charge of $3.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2016 to reduce the carrying value of an inactive parcel of land that was sold in the current quarter. During the six months ended March 31, 2016, impairment charges totaled $3.7 million. There were $8.1 million and $12.0 million of impairment charges recorded in the three and six months ended March 31, 2015, respectively.

During the three and six months ended March 31, 2016, the Company wrote off $2.8 million and $4.2 million, respectively, of earnest money deposits and pre-acquisition costs related to land option contracts that the Company expects to terminate. During the three and six months ended March 31, 2015, the Company wrote off $4.4 million and $6.6 million, respectively, of these deposits and costs.