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Accrued Expenses (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued expenses | Accrued expenses at October 31, 2012 and 2011 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
| 2012 |  | 2011
Land, land development and construction | $ | 124,731 |  |  | $ | 109,574 |
Compensation and employee benefit | 111,093 |  |  | 96,037 |
Insurance and litigation | 101,908 |  |  | 130,714 |
Warranty | 41,706 |  |  | 42,474 |
Interest | 28,204 |  |  | 25,968 |
Commitments to unconsolidated entities | 2,135 |  |  | 60,205 |
Other | 66,573 |  |  | 56,079 |
| $ | 476,350 |  |  | $ | 521,051 |
Changes in the warranty accrual | The Company accrues expected warranty costs at the time each home is closed and title and possession have been transferred to the home buyer. Changes in the warranty accrual during fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010 were as follows (amounts in thousands):
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 42,474 |  |  | $ | 45,835 |  |  | $ | 53,937 |
Additions for homes closed during the year | 10,560 |  |  | 8,809 |  |  | 9,147 |
Additions for liabilities acquired | 731 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additions (reductions) to accruals for homes closed in prior years | 479 |  |  | (828 | ) |  | (4,684 | )
Charges incurred | (12,538 | ) |  | (11,342 | ) |  | (12,565 | )
Balance, end of year | $ | 41,706 |  |  | $ | 42,474 |  |  | $ | 45,835 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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