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Credit Facility, Senior Notes and Mortgage Company Loan Facility Credit Facility (Details Textual) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |  | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 12, 2014 | Jan. 31, 2014 | Feb. 03, 2014 | Jan. 31, 2014 New Credit Facility [Member] | Oct. 31, 2013 New Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity |  |  |  |  | $ 1,035,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, term of contract |  |  |  |  | 5 years
Line of Credit Facility, Number of Banks included |  |  |  |  | 15
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date |  |  |  | Aug. 01, 2018 |
Line of credit facility, available for letters of credit |  |  |  |  | 0.75
Mortgage Loan Facility Maximum Borrowing Capacity Increased |  |  |  |  | 2,000,000,000
Maximum Permissible Leverage Ratio |  |  |  | 1.75 to 1.00 |
Minimum Net Worth Required for Compliance |  |  |  |  | 2,419,000,000
Existing Leverage Ratio |  | 0.51 to 1.00 |  |  |
Tangible Net Worth |  | 3,574,547,000 |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding |  | 0 | 370,000,000 |  |
Ability to repurchase common stock |  |  |  | 1,668,000,000 |
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount |  | 83,600,000 |  | 71,061,000 |
Repayments of Lines of Credit | $ 170,000,000 |  |  |  |

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- Definition Based upon the minimum tangible net worth requirement, as defined by the credit facility, the amount of the Company's ability to repurchase its common stock. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Line of credit facility, amount available for letters of credit + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Number of financial institutions participating in the credit facility. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Period the Line of Credit Facility is outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The Company's maximum leverage ratio permitted under the credit facility. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The maximum amount of the borrowing capacity under the faciltiy if the Company were to exercise the accordion feature as permitted by the facility agreement. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tangible net worth. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount borrowed under the credit facility as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 19, 22 -Article 5 + Details
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