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Inventory (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2013
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Inventory | Inventory at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
| April 30, 2013 |  | October 31, 2012
Land controlled for future communities | $ | 62,203 |  |  | $ | 56,300 |
Land owned for future communities | 1,083,250 |  |  | 1,040,373 |
Operating communities | 3,221,764 |  |  | 2,664,514 |
| $ | 4,367,217 |  |  | $ | 3,761,187 |
Temporarily Closed communities | Information regarding the classification, number and carrying value of these temporarily closed communities, as of the date indicated, is provided in the table below.
| April 30, 2013 |  | October 31, 2012
Land owned for future communities: |  |  |
Number of communities | 22 |  |  | 40 |
Carrying value (in thousands) | $ | 157,181 |  |  | $ | 240,307 |
Operating communities: |  |  |
Number of communities | 23 |  |  | 5 |
Carrying value (in thousands) | $ | 109,442 |  |  | $ | 34,685 |
Inventory impairment charges and expensing of costs that it is believed not to be recoverable | The Company provided for inventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that it believed not to be recoverable, for the periods indicated; these are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands).
| Six months ended April 30, |  | Three months ended April 30,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Charge: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land controlled for future communities | $ | 698 |  |  | $ | 225 |  |  | $ | 689 |  |  | $ | (552 | )
Land owned for future communities | — |  |  | 918 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Operating communities | 1,040 |  |  | 8,985 |  |  | 340 |  |  | 2,560 |
| $ | 1,738 |  |  | $ | 10,128 |  |  | $ | 1,029 |  |  | $ | 2,008 |
Interest incurred, capitalized and expensed | Interest incurred, capitalized and expensed, for the periods indicated, was as follows (amounts in thousands):
| Six months ended April 30, |  | Three months ended April 30,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Interest capitalized, beginning of period | $ | 330,581 |  |  | $ | 298,757 |  |  | $ | 340,904 |  |  | $ | 311,335 |
Interest incurred | 64,051 |  |  | 60,467 |  |  | 32,303 |  |  | 31,568 |
Interest expensed to cost of revenues | (42,990 | ) |  | (33,989 | ) |  | (23,016 | ) |  | (17,668 | )
Write-off against other income | (1,221 | ) |  | (1,582 | ) |  | (1,133 | ) |  | (1,582 | )
Interest capitalized on investments in unconsolidated entities | (2,872 | ) |  | (1,137 | ) |  | (1,509 | ) |  | (1,137 | )
Interest capitalized, end of period | $ | 347,549 |  |  | $ | 322,516 |  |  | $ | 347,549 |  |  | $ | 322,516 |

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