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Investments in Foreclosed Real Estate and Distressed Loans (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2015
Investments in Non-Performing Loan Portfolios and Foreclosed Real Estate [Abstract] |
Schedule of Investment in Foreclosed Real Estate and Distressed Loans [Table Text Block] | Investments in REO and distressed loans consisted of the following, as of the dates indicated (amounts in thousands):
| July 31, 2015 |  | October 31, 2014
Investment in REO | $ | 57,524 |  |  | $ | 69,799 |
Investment in distressed loans | 1,935 |  |  | 4,001 |
| $ | 59,459 |  |  | $ | 73,800 |
Schedule of Changes in Real Estate Owned [Table Text Block] |
| Nine months ended July 31, |  | Three months ended July 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 69,799 |  |  | $ | 72,972 |  |  | $ | 63,680 |  |  | $ | 76,652 |
Additions | 2,304 |  |  | 21,203 |  |  | 400 |  |  | 13,167 |
Sales | (14,139 | ) |  | (13,558 | ) |  | (6,471 | ) |  | (9,366 | )
Impairments | (183 | ) |  | (1,046 | ) |  |  |  |  | (1,044 | )
Depreciation | (257 | ) |  | (252 | ) |  | (85 | ) |  | (90 | )
Balance, end of period | $ | 57,524 |  |  | $ | 79,319 |  |  | $ | 57,524 |  |  | $ | 79,319 |
Gains recorded from the acquisitions of REO through foreclosure [Table Text Block] | The table below provides, for the periods indicated, gains we recorded from the acquisitions of REO through foreclosure (amounts in thousands):
| Nine months ended July 31, |  | Three months ended July 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Gains from acquisition of REO through foreclosure | $ | 230 |  |  | $ | 4,503 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,980 |

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