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Information on Geographic Segments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Revenue and income (loss) before income taxes and total assets | The table below summarizes revenue and income (loss) before income taxes for each of the Company’s geographic segments for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 (amounts in thousands):
| Revenues |  | Income (loss) before income taxes
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
North | $ | 513,724 |  |  | $ | 381,569 |  |  | $ | 407,723 |  |  | $ | 71,836 |  |  | $ | 42,525 |  |  | $ | (2,296 | )
Mid-Atlantic | 564,434 |  |  | 499,747 |  |  | 488,359 |  |  | 67,768 |  |  | 57,606 |  |  | 33,946 |
South | 366,701 |  |  | 285,012 |  |  | 264,321 |  |  | 18,000 |  |  | (25,936 | ) |  | (35,193 | )
West | 437,922 |  |  | 309,553 |  |  | 334,368 |  |  | 39,383 |  |  | (27,113 | ) |  | (11,895 | )
Corporate and other |  |  |  |  |  |  | (84,045 | ) |  | (76,448 | ) |  | (101,749 | )
Total | $ | 1,882,781 |  |  | $ | 1,475,881 |  |  | $ | 1,494,771 |  |  | $ | 112,942 |  |  | $ | (29,366 | ) |  | $ | (117,187 | )
Total assets for each of the Company’s geographic segments at October 31, 2012 and 2011 are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
| 2012 |  | 2011
North | $ | 1,205,900 |  |  | $ | 1,060,215 |
Mid-Atlantic | 1,304,798 |  |  | 1,160,926 |
South | 821,001 |  |  | 760,097 |
West | 913,699 |  |  | 650,844 |
Corporate and other | 1,935,646 |  |  | 1,423,164 |
Total | $ | 6,181,044 |  |  | $ | 5,055,246 |
Segment Reporting Inventory impairment charges and Costs of Inventory and Investments [Text Block] | The Company provided for inventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that it believed not to be recoverable and write-downs of investments in unconsolidated entities (including the Company’s pro-rata share of impairment charges recognized by the unconsolidated entities in which it has an investment) for the years ended October 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, as shown in the table below; the net carrying value of inventory and investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities for each of the Company’s geographic segments at October 31, 2012 and 2011 is also shown (amounts in thousands).
| Net Carrying Value |  | Impairments
| At October 31, |  | Year ended October 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Inventory: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land controlled for future communities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | $ | 13,196 |  |  | $ | 19,390 |  |  | $ | (881 | ) |  | $ | 948 |  |  | $ | 3,947 |
Mid-Atlantic | 27,249 |  |  | 21,592 |  |  | 327 |  |  | 307 |  |  | (81 | )
South | 7,724 |  |  | 3,812 |  |  | 800 |  |  | 313 |  |  | (233 | )
West | 8,131 |  |  | 1,787 |  |  | 205 |  |  | 16,184 |  |  | 2,436 |
| 56,300 |  |  | 46,581 |  |  | 451 |  |  | 17,752 |  |  | 6,069 |
Land owned for future communities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | 226,082 |  |  | 231,085 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15,900 |
Mid-Atlantic | 431,620 |  |  | 455,818 |  |  | 300 |  |  | 300 |  |  | 9,000 |
South | 141,644 |  |  | 125,461 |  |  | 918 |  |  | 16,700 |  |  | 13,950 |
West | 241,027 |  |  | 166,781 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16,850 |
| 1,040,373 |  |  | 979,145 |  |  | 1,218 |  |  | 17,000 |  |  | 55,700 |
Operating communities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | 803,085 |  |  | 738,473 |  |  | 2,725 |  |  | 2,885 |  |  | 9,557 |
Mid-Atlantic | 729,739 |  |  | 659,081 |  |  | 5,500 |  |  | 3,700 |  |  | 2,100 |
South | 603,239 |  |  | 539,582 |  |  | 4,245 |  |  | 3,800 |  |  | 23,444 |
West | 528,451 |  |  | 453,861 |  |  | 600 |  |  | 6,700 |  |  | 18,388 |
| 2,664,514 |  |  | 2,390,997 |  |  | 13,070 |  |  | 17,085 |  |  | 53,489 |
Total | $ | 3,761,187 |  |  | $ | 3,416,723 |  |  | $ | 14,739 |  |  | $ | 51,837 |  |  | $ | 115,258 |
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | $ | 142,213 |  |  | $ | 40,734 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
South | 31,252 |  |  | 32,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 15,170 |  |  |
West | 116,452 |  |  | 17,098 |  |  | (2,311 | ) |  | 25,700 |  |  |  |
Corporate | 40,700 |  |  | 36,523 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total | $ | 330,617 |  |  | $ | 126,355 |  |  | $ | (2,311 | ) |  | $ | 40,870 |  |  | $ | — |

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