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Investments in Non-Performing Loan Portfolios and Foreclosed Real Estate (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Investments in Non-Performing Loan Portfolios and Foreclosed Real Estate [Abstract] |
Summary of accretable yield and nonaccretable difference on investments in non-performing loans portfolios | The following table summarizes, for the portfolios acquired in fiscal 2012 and 2011, the accretable yield and the non-accretable difference on the Company's investment in the non-performing loan portfolios as of their acquisition date (amounts in thousands).
| 2012 |  | 2011
Contractually required payments, including interest | $ | 58,234 |  |  | $ | 200,047 |
Non-accretable difference | (8,235 | ) |  | (81,723 | )
Cash flows expected to be collected | 49,999 |  |  | 118,324 |
Accretable difference | (20,514 | ) |  | (51,462 | )
Non-performing loans carrying amount | $ | 29,485 |  |  | $ | 66,862 |
Investment in non-performing loan portfolios | The Company’s investment in non-performing loan portfolios consisted of the following at October 31, 2012 and 2011 (amounts in thousands):
| 2012 |  | 2011
Unpaid principal balance | $ | 99,693 |  |  | $ | 171,559 |
Discount on acquired loans | (62,524 | ) |  | (108,325 | )
Carrying value | $ | 37,169 |  |  | $ | 63,234 |
Activity in accretable yield for investment in non-performing loan portfolios | The activity in the accretable yield for the Company’s investments in the non-performing loan portfolios for the years ended October 31, 2012 and 2011 was as follows (amounts in thousands):
| 2012 |  | 2011
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 42,326 |  |  | $ | — |
Loans acquired | 20,514 |  |  | 51,462 |
Additions | 5,539 |  |  |  |
Deletions | (40,227 | ) |  | (4,656 | )
Accretion | (10,956 | ) |  | (4,480 | )
Balance, end of period | $ | 17,196 |  |  | $ | 42,326 |
Schedule of Changes in Real Estate Owned [Table Text Block] | The following table presents the activity in REO at October 31, 2012 and 2011 (amounts in thousands):
| 2012 |  | 2011
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 5,939 |  |  | $ | — |
Additions | 54,174 |  |  | 5,939 |
Sales | (1,353 | ) |  |
Impairments | (126 | ) |  |
Depreciation | (281 | ) |  |
Balance, end of period | $ | 58,353 |  |  | $ | 5,939 |

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