XML 60 R9.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v2.4.1.9

Inventory | 12 Months Ended
--- | ---
Oct. 31, 2014
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Inventory | Inventory Inventory at October 31, 2014 and 2013 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
| 2014 |  | 2013
Land controlled for future communities | $ | 122,533 |  |  | $ | 99,802 |
Land owned for future communities | 2,355,874 |  |  | 1,287,630 |
Operating communities | 4,011,914 |  |  | 3,262,980 |
| $ | 6,490,321 |  |  | $ | 4,650,412 |
Operating communities include communities offering homes for sale, communities that have sold all available home sites but have not completed delivery of the homes, communities that were previously offering homes for sale but are temporarily closed due to business conditions or non-availability of improved home sites and that are expected to reopen within 12 months of the end of the fiscal year being reported on, and communities preparing to open for sale. The carrying value attributable to operating communities includes the cost of homes under construction, land and land development costs, the carrying cost of home sites in current and future phases of these communities, and the carrying cost of model homes. Communities that were previously offering homes for sale but are temporarily closed due to business conditions and that do not have any remaining backlog and are not expected to reopen within 12 months of the end of the fiscal period being reported on have been classified as land owned for future communities. Backlog consists of homes under contract but not yet delivered to our home buyers (“backlog”). Information regarding the classification, number, and carrying value of these temporarily closed communities at October 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, is provided in the table below ($ amounts in thousands):
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Land owned for future communities: |  |  |  |  |
Number of communities | 16 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 40 |
Carrying value (in thousands) | $ | 122,015 |  |  | $ | 153,498 |  |  | $ | 240,307 |
Operating communities: |  |  |  |  |
Number of communities | 9 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 5 |
Carrying value (in thousands) | $ | 42,092 |  |  | $ | 88,534 |  |  | $ | 34,685 |
We provided for inventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that we believed not to be recoverable in each of the three fiscal years ended October 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, as shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
Charge: | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Land controlled for future communities | $ | 3,123 |  |  | $ | 1,183 |  |  | $ | 451 |
Land owned for future communities |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,218 |
Operating communities | 17,555 |  |  | 3,340 |  |  | 13,070 |
| $ | 20,678 |  |  | $ | 4,523 |  |  | $ | 14,739 |
See Note 12, “Fair Value Disclosures,” for information regarding the number of operating communities that we tested for potential impairment, the number of operating communities in which we recognized impairment charges, the amount of impairment charges recognized, and the fair value of those communities, net of impairment charges. See Note 15, “Commitments and Contingencies,” for information regarding land purchase commitments. At October 31, 2014, we evaluated our land purchase contracts to determine if any of the selling entities were variable interest entities (“VIEs”) and, if they were, whether we were the primary beneficiary of any of them. Under these land purchase contracts, we do not possess legal title to the land; our risk is generally limited to deposits paid to the sellers; and the creditors of the sellers generally have no recourse against us. At October 31, 2014, we determined that 63 land purchase contracts, with an aggregate purchase price of $578.2 million, on which we had made aggregate deposits totaling $30.7 million, were VIEs and that we were not the primary beneficiary of any VIE related to our land purchase contracts. At October 31, 2013, we determined that 87 land purchase contracts, with an aggregate purchase price of $1.12 billion, on which we had made aggregate deposits totaling $51.9 million, were VIEs, and that we were not the primary beneficiary of any VIE related to our land purchase contracts. Interest incurred, capitalized, and expensed in each of the three fiscal years ended October 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, was as follows (amounts in thousands):
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Interest capitalized, beginning of year | $ | 343,077 |  |  | $ | 330,581 |  |  | $ | 298,757 |
Interest incurred | 163,815 |  |  | 134,198 |  |  | 125,783 |
Interest expensed to cost of revenues | (137,457 | ) |  | (112,321 | ) |  | (87,117 | )
Write-off against other income | (5,394 | ) |  | (2,917 | ) |  | (3,404 | )
Capitalized interest applicable to investments in unconsolidated entities | (9,672 | ) |  | (6,464 | ) |  | (3,438 | )
Previously capitalized interest in unconsolidated entities transferred to inventory | 1,811 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest capitalized, end of year | $ | 356,180 |  |  | $ | 343,077 |  |  | $ | 330,581 |
Inventory impairment charges are recognized against all inventory costs of a community, such as land, land improvements, cost of home construction, and capitalized interest. The amounts included in the table directly above reflect the gross amount of capitalized interest without allocation of any impairment charges recognized. We estimate that, had inventory impairment charges been allocated on a pro rata basis to the individual components of inventory, capitalized interest at October 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, would have been reduced by approximately $33.1 million, $38.2 million, and $47.9 million, respectively. During fiscal 2013, we reclassified $28.5 million of land inventory primarily related to commercial properties located in two of our master planned communities to receivables, prepaid expenses, and other assets. The $28.5 million was reclassified due to the substantial completion of the home building operations in the communities where the land is located. During fiscal 2014 and 2013, we contributed $4.2 million and $54.8 million, respectively, of inventory and other assets to several unconsolidated entities. See Note 4, “Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Entities,” for more information related to these transfers. During fiscal 2014 and 2013, we reclassified $9.5 million and $5.6 million, respectively, of inventory related to commercial retail space located in our high-rise projects to property, construction, and office equipment. The amounts were reclassified due to the substantial completion of these projects.

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_InventoryDisclosureAbstract
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6361739&loc=d3e7789-107766 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.6) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 6 -Subparagraph a, b, c -Article 5 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_InventoryDisclosureTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration