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Information on Operating Segments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Revenue and income (loss) before income taxes and total assets | Revenue and income (loss) before income taxes for each of our reportable and geographic segments, for the periods indicated, were as follows (amounts in thousands):
| Nine months ended July 31, |  | Three months ended July 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | $ | 428,415 |  |  | $ | 288,024 |  |  | $ | 163,530 |  |  | $ | 113,457 |
Mid-Atlantic | 552,362 |  |  | 425,929 |  |  | 202,791 |  |  | 155,819 |
South | 576,589 |  |  | 411,917 |  |  | 239,902 |  |  | 189,175 |
West | 889,476 |  |  | 385,730 |  |  | 381,640 |  |  | 144,514 |
Traditional Home Building | 2,446,842 |  |  | 1,511,600 |  |  | 987,863 |  |  | 602,965 |
City Living | 114,070 |  |  | 118,165 |  |  | 68,994 |  |  | 86,195 |
Total | $ | 2,560,912 |  |  | $ | 1,629,765 |  |  | $ | 1,056,857 |  |  | $ | 689,160 |
Income (loss) before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | $ | 34,892 |  |  | $ | 11,235 |  |  | $ | 17,740 |  |  | $ | 3,320 |
Mid-Atlantic | 72,427 |  |  | 50,051 |  |  | 26,518 |  |  | 18,061 |
South | 77,642 |  |  | 38,978 |  |  | 36,690 |  |  | 21,965 |
West | 153,371 |  |  | 42,880 |  |  | 73,859 |  |  | 21,825 |
Traditional Home Building | 338,332 |  |  | 143,144 |  |  | 154,807 |  |  | 65,171 |
City Living | 35,351 |  |  | 37,241 |  |  | 26,387 |  |  | 28,905 |
Corporate and other | (57,639 | ) |  | (62,838 | ) |  | (29,869 | ) |  | (25,823 | )
Total | $ | 316,044 |  |  | $ | 117,547 |  |  | $ | 151,325 |  |  | $ | 68,253 |
“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of general corporate expenses such as the offices of our Executive Officers and the corporate finance, accounting, audit, tax, human resources, risk management, marketing, and legal groups; interest income and income from certain of our ancillary businesses, including Gibraltar; and income from a number of our unconsolidated entities. Total assets for each of our reportable and geographic segments, as of the date indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands).
| July 31, 2014 |  | October 31, 2013
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |
North | $ | 1,051,162 |  |  | $ | 963,597 |
Mid-Atlantic | 1,278,640 |  |  | 1,231,438 |
South | 1,187,030 |  |  | 953,955 |
West | 2,783,956 |  |  | 1,290,388 |
Traditional Home Building | 6,300,788 |  |  | 4,439,378 |
City Living | 810,422 |  |  | 674,302 |
Corporate and other | 1,220,706 |  |  | 1,713,779 |
Total | $ | 8,331,916 |  |  | $ | 6,827,459 |
“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, restricted cash, deferred tax assets and the assets of our Gibraltar investments, manufacturing facilities, and our mortgage subsidiary.
Inventory impairment charges, net carrying value of investing, and write-downs of investments | 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 periods indicated, 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, as of the dates indicated, are also shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
| Net Carrying Value |  | Impairments
| At July 31, |  | At October 31, |  | Nine months ended July 31, |  | Three months ended July 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Inventory: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land controlled for future communities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | $ | 12,949 |  |  | $ | 16,267 |  |  | $ | 298 |  |  | $ | 832 |  |  | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | 33 |
Mid-Atlantic | 31,308 |  |  | 29,423 |  |  | 1,065 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 739 |  |  | 16 |
South | 12,895 |  |  | 14,606 |  |  | 704 |  |  | 362 |  |  | 365 |  |  | 1 |
West | 7,608 |  |  | 13,371 |  |  | 131 |  |  | (390 | ) |  | 37 |  |  | 89 |
Traditional Home Building | 64,760 |  |  | 73,667 |  |  | 2,198 |  |  | 837 |  |  | 1,192 |  |  | 139 |
City Living | 52,993 |  |  | 26,135 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 117,753 |  |  | 99,802 |  |  | 2,198 |  |  | 837 |  |  | 1,192 |  |  | 139 |
Land owned for future communities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | 166,560 |  |  | 135,282 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mid-Atlantic | 227,605 |  |  | 308,585 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
South | 304,124 |  |  | 158,457 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West | 1,347,521 |  |  | 448,125 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building | 2,045,810 |  |  | 1,050,449 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
City Living | 276,722 |  |  | 237,181 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2,322,532 |  |  | 1,287,630 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Operating communities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | 841,973 |  |  | 785,175 |  |  | 2,900 |  |  | 940 |  |  |  |  |  | 100 |
Mid-Atlantic | 977,246 |  |  | 866,256 |  |  | 4,800 |  |  |  |  |  | 4,800 |  |  |
South | 736,266 |  |  | 690,302 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West | 1,323,941 |  |  | 697,573 |  |  |  |  |  | 200 |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building | 3,879,426 |  |  | 3,039,306 |  |  | 7,700 |  |  | 1,140 |  |  | 4,800 |  |  | 100 |
City Living | 274,093 |  |  | 223,674 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 4,153,519 |  |  | 3,262,980 |  |  | 7,700 |  |  | 1,140 |  |  | 4,800 |  |  | 100 |
Total | $ | 6,593,804 |  |  | $ | 4,650,412 |  |  | $ | 9,898 |  |  | $ | 1,977 |  |  | $ | 5,992 |  |  | $ | 239 |
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mid-Atlantic | $ | 11,850 |  |  | $ | 11,850 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
South | 98,496 |  |  | 50,452 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West | 79,142 |  |  | 110,467 |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (1,621 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building | 189,488 |  |  | 172,769 |  |  | — |  |  | (1,621 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
City Living | 155,239 |  |  | 135,950 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate and other | 98,558 |  |  | 94,414 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total | $ | 443,285 |  |  | $ | 403,133 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,621 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |

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