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Information on Operating Segments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Revenue and income (loss) before income taxes and total assets | Total assets for each of our reportable and geographic segments at October 31, 2014 and 2013, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
| 2014 |  | 2013
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |
North | $ | 1,053,787 |  |  | $ | 963,597 |
Mid-Atlantic | 1,267,563 |  |  | 1,231,438 |
South | 1,165,600 |  |  | 953,955 |
West | 2,676,164 |  |  | 1,290,388 |
Traditional Home Building | 6,163,114 |  |  | 4,439,378 |
City Living | 834,949 |  |  | 674,302 |
Corporate and other | 1,418,839 |  |  | 1,713,779 |
Total | $ | 8,416,902 |  |  | $ | 6,827,459 |
The table below summarizes revenue and income (loss) before income taxes for each of our reportable segments for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 (amounts in thousands):
| Revenues |  | Income (loss) before income taxes
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | $ | 662,734 |  |  | $ | 485,052 |  |  | $ | 350,639 |  |  | $ | 56,983 |  |  | $ | 32,648 |  |  | $ | 13,913 |
Mid-Atlantic | 817,306 |  |  | 652,855 |  |  | 535,710 |  |  | 78,971 |  |  | 79,801 |  |  | 62,970 |
South | 836,498 |  |  | 641,331 |  |  | 361,810 |  |  | 113,584 |  |  | 67,934 |  |  | 18,928 |
West | 1,313,727 |  |  | 724,370 |  |  | 437,922 |  |  | 236,363 |  |  | 111,301 |  |  | 39,383 |
Traditional Home Building | 3,630,265 |  |  | 2,503,608 |  |  | 1,686,081 |  |  | 485,901 |  |  | 291,684 |  |  | 135,194 |
City Living | 281,337 |  |  | 170,691 |  |  | 196,700 |  |  | 104,580 |  |  | 53,345 |  |  | 61,910 |
Corporate and other |  |  |  |  |  |  | (85,899 | ) |  | (77,332 | ) |  | (84,162 | )
Total | $ | 3,911,602 |  |  | $ | 2,674,299 |  |  | $ | 1,882,781 |  |  | $ | 504,582 |  |  | $ | 267,697 |  |  | $ | 112,942 |
Segment Reporting Inventory impairment charges and Costs of Inventory and Investments [Text Block] | We provided for inventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that we believed not to be recoverable and recoveries of prior charges for the years ended October 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, as shown in the table below; the net carrying value of inventory and investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities for each of our reportable and geographic segments at October 31, 2014 and 2013, is also shown (amounts in thousands).
| Net Carrying Value |  | Impairments (Recoveries)
| At October 31, |  | Year ended October 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Inventory: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land controlled for future communities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | $ | 12,007 |  |  | $ | 16,267 |  |  | $ | 548 |  |  | $ | 822 |  |  | $ | (907 | )
Mid-Atlantic | 29,169 |  |  | 29,423 |  |  | 1,314 |  |  | 322 |  |  | 238 |
South | 10,971 |  |  | 14,606 |  |  | 1,085 |  |  | 400 |  |  | 800 |
West | 22,122 |  |  | 13,371 |  |  | 176 |  |  | (361 | ) |  | 205 |
Traditional Home Building | 74,269 |  |  | 73,667 |  |  | 3,123 |  |  | 1,183 |  |  | 336 |
City Living | 48,264 |  |  | 26,135 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 115 |
| 122,533 |  |  | 99,802 |  |  | 3,123 |  |  | 1,183 |  |  | 451 |
Land owned for future communities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | 171,780 |  |  | 135,282 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mid-Atlantic | 209,506 |  |  | 308,585 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 300 |
South | 219,904 |  |  | 158,457 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 918 |
West | 1,391,028 |  |  | 448,125 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building | 1,992,218 |  |  | 1,050,449 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,218 |
City Living | 363,656 |  |  | 237,181 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2,355,874 |  |  | 1,287,630 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,218 |
Operating communities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | 834,266 |  |  | 785,175 |  |  | 8,600 |  |  | 940 |  |  | 2,725 |
Mid-Atlantic | 994,859 |  |  | 866,256 |  |  | 7,755 |  |  | 200 |  |  | 5,500 |
South | 793,835 |  |  | 690,302 |  |  | 1,200 |  |  | 2,000 |  |  | 3,445 |
West | 1,177,820 |  |  | 697,573 |  |  |  |  |  | 200 |  |  | 600 |
Traditional Home Building | 3,800,780 |  |  | 3,039,306 |  |  | 17,555 |  |  | 3,340 |  |  | 12,270 |
City Living | 211,134 |  |  | 223,674 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 800 |
| 4,011,914 |  |  | 3,262,980 |  |  | 17,555 |  |  | 3,340 |  |  | 13,070 |
Total | $ | 6,490,321 |  |  | $ | 4,650,412 |  |  | $ | 20,678 |  |  | $ | 4,523 |  |  | $ | 14,739 |
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mid-Atlantic | $ | 24,276 |  |  | 11,850 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
South | 98,362 |  |  | $ | 50,452 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West | 59,573 |  |  | 110,467 |  |  |  |  |  |  | (2,311 | )
Traditional Home Building | 182,211 |  |  | 172,769 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,311 | )
City Living | 159,953 |  |  | 135,950 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate and other | 104,914 |  |  | 94,414 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total | $ | 447,078 |  |  | $ | 403,133 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2,311 | )

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