Notes Payable - Principal Amounts (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Summary of notes payable at principal amounts, net of unamortized discounts
Notes payable	$ 3,271.3	$ 3,811.5
Homebuilding [Member]
Summary of notes payable at principal amounts, net of unamortized discounts
Notes payable	2,798.3	3,333.6
Financial Services [Member]
Summary of notes payable at principal amounts, net of unamortized discounts
Mortgage repurchase facility	473.0	477.9
Line of Credit [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member]
Summary of notes payable at principal amounts, net of unamortized discounts
Line of credit, amount outstanding	$ 0.0	0.0
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Senior Note Eight [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member]
Summary of notes payable at principal amounts, net of unamortized discounts
Senior notes, stated interest rate	5.625%
Notes payable	$ 0.0	170.1
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Senior Note Nine [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member]
Summary of notes payable at principal amounts, net of unamortized discounts
Senior notes, stated interest rate	6.50%
Notes payable	$ 0.0	372.5
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Senior Note Twenty Four [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member]
Summary of notes payable at principal amounts, net of unamortized discounts
Senior notes, stated interest rate	4.75%
Notes payable	$ 349.5	348.7
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Senior Note Twenty Six [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member]
Summary of notes payable at principal amounts, net of unamortized discounts
Senior notes, stated interest rate	3.625%
Notes payable	$ 398.9	398.2
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Senior Note Twenty Nine [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member]
Summary of notes payable at principal amounts, net of unamortized discounts
Senior notes, stated interest rate	3.75%
Notes payable	$ 498.0	497.3
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Senior Note Member Thirty [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member]
Summary of notes payable at principal amounts, net of unamortized discounts
Senior notes, stated interest rate	4.00%
Notes payable	$ 497.1	496.4
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Senior Note Member Twenty Five [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member]
Summary of notes payable at principal amounts, net of unamortized discounts
Senior notes, stated interest rate	4.375%
Notes payable	$ 347.7	347.4
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Senior Note Twenty Seven [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member]
Summary of notes payable at principal amounts, net of unamortized discounts
Senior notes, stated interest rate	4.75%
Notes payable	$ 298.2	297.9
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| SeniorNoteTwentyEight [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member]
Summary of notes payable at principal amounts, net of unamortized discounts
Senior notes, stated interest rate	5.75%
Notes payable	$ 397.3	397.0
Secured Debt [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member]
Summary of notes payable at principal amounts, net of unamortized discounts
Notes payable	$ 11.6	$ 8.1

Amount to be repaid to the counterparty to the repurchase agreement when the carrying amount (or market value, if higher than the carrying amount) of securities or other assets sold under the repurchase agreement exceeds 10 percent of total assets.

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