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Fair Value Disclosures (Level 4 Inv Impair inputs) (Details 2) - Operating communities [Member] $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($) Homes_sold | Jul. 31, 2017 USD ($) Homes_sold | Apr. 30, 2017 USD ($) Homes_sold | Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($) Homes_sold | Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($) | Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($) | Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value inputs, assets, quantitative information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Average selling price | $ 467 | $ 465 | $ 827 | $ 692 | $ 0 | $ 369 | $ 0
Sales Pace | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate | 16.40% | 16.50% | 16.30% | 16.30% | 0.00% | 16.30% | 0.00%
Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value inputs, assets, quantitative information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Average selling price | $ 540 | $ 754 | $ 856 | $ 880 | $ 0 | $ 394 | $ 0
Sales Pace | 30 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 0
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate | 16.40% | 19.50% | 16.30% | 16.30% | 0.00% | 16.30% | 0.00%

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- Definition Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (bbb) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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