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Accrued Expenses (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2014
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued expenses | Accrued expenses at October 31, 2014 and 2013, consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
| 2014 |  | 2013
Land, land development and construction | $ | 124,816 |  |  | $ | 152,674 |
Compensation and employee benefits | 118,607 |  |  | 111,561 |
Self-insurance | 100,407 |  |  | 89,104 |
Warranty | 86,282 |  |  | 43,819 |
Interest | 33,993 |  |  | 25,675 |
Commitments to unconsolidated entities | 3,293 |  |  | 3,804 |
Other | 114,079 |  |  | 96,350 |
| $ | 581,477 |  |  | $ | 522,987 |
Changes in the warranty accrual | We accrue for expected warranty costs at the time each home is closed and title and possession are transferred to the home buyer. Warranty costs are accrued based upon historical experience. The table below provides a reconciliation of the changes in our warranty accrual during fiscal 2014, 2013, and 2012 as follows (amounts in thousands):
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 43,819 |  |  | $ | 41,706 |  |  | $ | 42,474 |
Additions - homes closed during the year | 18,588 |  |  | 14,652 |  |  | 10,560 |
Addition - liabilities acquired | 11,044 |  |  |  |  |  | 731 |
Increase (decrease) in accruals for homes closed in prior years | 2,913 |  |  | (184 | ) |  | 479 |
Reclassification from self-insurance accruals* | 7,554 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Charge related to stucco-related claims* | 24,950 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Charges incurred | (22,586 | ) |  | (12,355 | ) |  | (12,538 | )
Balance, end of year | $ | 86,282 |  |  | $ | 43,819 |  |  | $ | 41,706 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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