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Accrued Expenses | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2014
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued Expenses | Accrued Expenses Accrued expenses at July 31, 2014 and October 31, 2013 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
| July 31, 2014 |  | October 31, 2013
Land, land development and construction | $ | 130,304 |  |  | $ | 152,674 |
Compensation and employee benefits | 109,753 |  |  | 111,561 |
Insurance and litigation | 98,503 |  |  | 89,104 |
Warranty | 54,227 |  |  | 43,819 |
Interest | 38,406 |  |  | 25,675 |
Commitments to unconsolidated entities | 2,564 |  |  | 3,804 |
Other | 102,913 |  |  | 96,350 |
| $ | 536,670 |  |  | $ | 522,987 |
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, for the periods indicated, a reconciliation of the changes in our warranty accrual (amounts in thousands):
| Nine months ended July 31, |  | Three months ended July 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 43,819 |  |  | $ | 41,706 |  |  | $ | 52,579 |  |  | $ | 41,109 |
Additions - homes closed during the year | 12,272 |  |  | 9,053 |  |  | 4,970 |  |  | 3,831 |
Addition - Shapell liabilities acquired | 11,044 |  |  |  |  |  | 1,800 |  |  |
Increase (decrease) in accruals for homes closed in prior years | 2,003 |  |  | (342 | ) |  | 581 |  |  | 136 |
Charges incurred | (14,911 | ) |  | (8,350 | ) |  | (5,703 | ) |  | (3,009 | )
Balance, end of period | $ | 54,227 |  |  | $ | 42,067 |  |  | $ | 54,227 |  |  | $ | 42,067 |

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