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Accrued Expenses | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued Expenses | 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 |
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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