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Fair Value Disclosures (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Summary of assets and (liabilities), measured at fair value on a recurring basis | A summary of assets and (liabilities) at October 31, 2012 and 2011 related to the Company’s financial instruments, measured at fair value on a recurring basis, is set forth below (amounts in thousands).
|  |  |  | Fair value
Financial Instrument |  | Fair value hierarchy |  | October 31, 2012 |  | October 31, 2011
Corporate Securities |  | Level 2 |  | $ | 260,772 |  |  | $ | 233,572 |
Certificates of Deposit |  | Level 2 |  | $ | 148,112 |  |  |  |
Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund |  | Level 1 |  | $ | 30,184 |  |  |  |
Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Sale |  | Level 2 |  | $ | 86,386 |  |  | $ | 63,175 |
Forward Loan Commitments - Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Sale |  | Level 2 |  | $ | (102 | ) |  | $ | 218 |
Interest Rate Lock Commitments (“IRLCs”) |  | Level 2 |  | $ | (202 | ) |  | $ | (147 | )
Forward Loan Commitments—IRLCs |  | Level 2 |  | $ | 202 |  |  | $ | 147 |
Aggregate unpaid principal and fair value of mortgage loans held for sale | The table below provides, for the periods indicated, the aggregate unpaid principal and fair value of mortgage loans held for sale as of the date indicated (amounts in thousands).
| Aggregate unpaid principal balance |  | Fair value |  | Excess
At October 31, 2012 | $ | 84,986 |  |  | $ | 86,386 |  |  | $ | 1,400 |
At October 31, 2011 | $ | 62,765 |  |  | $ | 63,175 |  |  | $ | 410 |
Summary of amortized cost gross unrealized holding gains and losses | As of October 31, 2012 and 2011, the amortized cost, gross unrealized holding gains, gross unrealized holding losses, and fair value of marketable securities were as follows (amounts in thousands):
| October 31, 2012 |  | October 31, 2011
Amortized cost | $ | 438,755 |  |  | $ | 233,852 |
Gross unrealized holding gains | 451 |  |  | 28 |
Gross unrealized holding losses | (138 | ) |  | (308 | )
Fair value | $ | 439,068 |  |  | $ | 233,572 |
Fair Value, Measurement Inputs, Disclosure [Table Text Block] | The table below summarizes, for the periods indicated, the ranges of certain quantitative unobservable inputs utilized in determining the fair value of impaired communities.
| Selling price per unit (in thousands) |  | Sales pace per year (in units) |  | Discount rate
Three months ended October 31, 2012 | $501 - $536 |  | 11 |  | 18.3%
Three months ended July 31, 2012 | $175 - $571 |  | 4 - 12 |  | 14.0% - 17.5%
Three months ended April 30, 2012 | $413 - $472 |  | 6 - 17 |  | 17.5%
Three months ended January 31, 2012 | $344 - $2,287 |  | 1 - 25 |  | 13.0% - 18.8%
Fair value of inventory adjusted for impairment | The table below provides, for the periods indicated, the fair value of operating communities whose carrying value was adjusted and the amount of impairment charges recognized on operating communities (amounts in thousands).
|  |  |  | Impaired operating communities
Three months ended: |  | Number of communities tested |  | Number of communities |  | Fair value of communities, net of impairment charges |  | Impairment charges recognized
Fiscal 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
January 31 |  | 113 |  |  | 8 |  |  | $ | 49,758 |  |  | $ | 6,425 |
April 30 |  | 115 |  |  | 2 |  |  | $ | 22,962 |  |  | 2,560 |
July 31 |  | 115 |  |  | 4 |  |  | $ | 6,609 |  |  | 2,685 |
October 31 |  | 108 |  |  | 3 |  |  | $ | 9,319 |  |  | 1,400 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 13,070 |
Fiscal 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
January 31 |  | 143 |  |  | 6 |  |  | $ | 56,105 |  |  | $ | 5,475 |
April 30 |  | 142 |  |  | 9 |  |  | $ | 40,765 |  |  | 10,725 |
July 31 |  | 129 |  |  | 2 |  |  | $ | 867 |  |  | 175 |
October 31 |  | 114 |  |  | 3 |  |  | $ | 3,367 |  |  | 710 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 17,085 |
Fiscal 2010: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
January 31 |  | 260 |  |  | 14 |  |  | $ | 60,519 |  |  | $ | 22,750 |
April 30 |  | 161 |  |  | 7 |  |  | $ | 53,594 |  |  | $ | 15,020 |
July 31 |  | 155 |  |  | 7 |  |  | $ | 21,457 |  |  | $ | 6,600 |
October 31 |  | 144 |  |  | 12 |  |  | $ | 39,209 |  |  | $ | 9,119 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 53,489 |
Carrying value and estimated fair value of non performing loan portfolio | The table below provides, as of the dates indicated, the carrying amount and estimated fair value of the non-performing loan portfolios (amounts in thousands).
| October 31, 2012 |  | October 31, 2011
Carrying amount | $ | 37,169 |  |  | $ | 63,234 |
Estimated fair value | $ | 38,109 |  |  | $ | 64,539 |
Book value and estimated fair value of the Company's debt | The table below provides, as of the dates indicated, the book value and estimated fair value of the Company’s debt at October 31, 2012 and 2011 (amounts in thousands).
|  |  | October 31, 2012 |  | October 31, 2011
| Fair value hierarchy |  | Book value |  | Estimated fair value |  | Book value |  | Estimated fair value
Loans payable (a) | Level 2 |  | $ | 99,817 |  |  | $ | 99,093 |  |  | $ | 106,556 |  |  | $ | 98,950 |
Senior notes (b) | Level 1 |  | 2,089,189 |  |  | 2,340,189 |  |  | 1,499,371 |  |  | 1,614,010 |
Mortgage company warehouse loan (c) | Level 2 |  | 72,664 |  |  | 72,664 |  |  | 57,409 |  |  | 57,409 |
|  |  | $ | 2,261,670 |  |  | $ | 2,511,946 |  |  | $ | 1,663,336 |  |  | $ | 1,770,369 |
(a) | The estimated fair value of loans payable was based upon their indicated market prices or the interest rates that the Company believed were available to it for loans with similar terms and remaining maturities as of the applicable valuation date.
(b) | The estimated fair value of the Company’s senior notes is based upon their indicated market prices.
(c) | The Company believes that the carrying value of its mortgage company loan borrowings approximates their fair value.

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- Definition The entire disclosure of the fair value measurement of assets and liabilities, which includes financial instruments measured at fair value that are classified in shareholders' equity, which may be measured on a recurring or nonrecurring basis. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 157 -Paragraph 33 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 157 -Paragraph 32 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 107 -Paragraph 10 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7578670&loc=d3e19279-110258 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7578670&loc=d3e19190-110258 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7578670&loc=d3e19207-110258 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 157 -Paragraph 6 -Footnote 4 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7578670&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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