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Information on Operating Segments (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2015
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):
| Six months ended April 30, |  | Three months ended April 30,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | $ | 282,454 |  |  | $ | 264,885 |  |  | $ | 150,018 |  |  | $ | 137,241 |
Mid-Atlantic | 350,891 |  |  | 349,571 |  |  | 187,503 |  |  | 180,475 |
South | 377,784 |  |  | 336,688 |  |  | 215,917 |  |  | 186,129 |
West | 570,409 |  |  | 507,835 |  |  | 282,467 |  |  | 321,609 |
Traditional Home Building | 1,581,538 |  |  | 1,458,979 |  |  | 835,905 |  |  | 825,454 |
City Living | 124,497 |  |  | 45,076 |  |  | 16,678 |  |  | 34,920 |
Total | $ | 1,706,035 |  |  | $ | 1,504,055 |  |  | $ | 852,583 |  |  | $ | 860,374 |
Income (loss) before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | $ | 13,431 |  |  | $ | 17,152 |  |  | $ | 2,864 |  |  | $ | 8,806 |
Mid-Atlantic | 40,819 |  |  | 45,909 |  |  | 22,095 |  |  | 24,358 |
South | 62,600 |  |  | 40,952 |  |  | 39,276 |  |  | 23,584 |
West | 91,619 |  |  | 78,714 |  |  | 46,270 |  |  | 44,844 |
Traditional Home Building | 208,469 |  |  | 182,727 |  |  | 110,505 |  |  | 101,592 |
City Living | 58,005 |  |  | 8,964 |  |  | 6,660 |  |  | 10,022 |
Corporate and other | (55,919 | ) |  | (26,972 | ) |  | (30,633 | ) |  | (18,130 | )
Total | $ | 210,555 |  |  | $ | 164,719 |  |  | $ | 86,532 |  |  | $ | 93,484 |
“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of general corporate expenses such as the offices of our executive officers; the corporate finance, accounting, audit, tax, human resources, risk management, information technology, marketing, and legal groups; interest income; 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 dates indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands).
| April 30, 2015 |  | October 31, 2014
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |
North | $ | 1,063,041 |  |  | $ | 1,053,787 |
Mid-Atlantic | 1,272,448 |  |  | 1,267,563 |
South | 1,246,795 |  |  | 1,165,600 |
West | 2,821,400 |  |  | 2,676,164 |
Traditional Home Building | 6,403,684 |  |  | 6,163,114 |
City Living | 873,725 |  |  | 834,949 |
Corporate and other | 1,310,272 |  |  | 1,418,839 |
Total | $ | 8,587,681 |  |  | $ | 8,416,902 |
“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, restricted cash, deferred tax assets, the assets of our Gibraltar investments, manufacturing facilities, and our mortgage subsidiary.
schedule of inventory, by segment [Table Text Block] | Inventory for each of our reportable and geographic segments, as of the dates indicated, is shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
| Land controlled for future communities |  | Land owned for future communities |  | Operating communities |  | Total
Balances at April 30, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | $ | 11,749 |  |  | $ | 167,766 |  |  | $ | 851,577 |  |  | $ | 1,031,092 |
Mid-Atlantic | 27,536 |  |  | 246,580 |  |  | 959,620 |  |  | 1,233,736 |
South | 3,614 |  |  | 225,363 |  |  | 841,185 |  |  | 1,070,162 |
West | 15,147 |  |  | 1,138,539 |  |  | 1,582,696 |  |  | 2,736,382 |
Traditional Home Building | 58,046 |  |  | 1,778,248 |  |  | 4,235,078 |  |  | 6,071,372 |
City Living | 939 |  |  | 451,270 |  |  | 200,762 |  |  | 652,971 |
| $ | 58,985 |  |  | $ | 2,229,518 |  |  | $ | 4,435,840 |  |  | $ | 6,724,343 |
Balances at October 31, 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | $ | 12,007 |  |  | $ | 171,780 |  |  | $ | 834,266 |  |  | $ | 1,018,053 |
Mid-Atlantic | 29,169 |  |  | 209,506 |  |  | 994,859 |  |  | 1,233,534 |
South | 10,971 |  |  | 219,904 |  |  | 793,835 |  |  | 1,024,710 |
West | 22,122 |  |  | 1,391,028 |  |  | 1,177,820 |  |  | 2,590,970 |
Traditional Home Building | 74,269 |  |  | 1,992,218 |  |  | 3,800,780 |  |  | 5,867,267 |
City Living | 48,264 |  |  | 363,656 |  |  | 211,134 |  |  | 623,054 |
| $ | 122,533 |  |  | $ | 2,355,874 |  |  | $ | 4,011,914 |  |  | $ | 6,490,321 |
Schedule of investments in unconsolidated entities, be segment [Table Text Block] | Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities for each of our reportable and geographic segments, as of the dates indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
|  | April 30, 2015 |  | October 31, 2014
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |
Mid-Atlantic |  | $ | 11,929 |  |  | $ | 11,841 |
South |  | 101,541 |  |  | 98,362 |
West |  | 58,575 |  |  | 59,573 |
Traditional Home Building |  | 172,045 |  |  | 169,776 |
City Living |  | 177,311 |  |  | 159,953 |
Corporate and other |  | 117,903 |  |  | 117,349 |
Total |  | $ | 467,259 |  |  | $ | 447,078 |

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