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Receivables, Prepaid Expenses, and Other Assets (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2017
Receivables, prepaid expenses and other assets [Abstract] |
Receivables, prepaid expenses, and other assets [Table Text Block] | Receivables, prepaid expenses, and other assets at January 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016, consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
| January 31, 2017 |  | October 31, 2016
Expected recoveries from insurance carriers and others | $ | 164,510 |  |  | $ | 165,696 |
Improvement cost receivable | 91,910 |  |  | 85,627 |
Escrow cash held by our captive title company | 40,811 |  |  | 138,633 |
Property held for rental development | 112,958 |  |  | 81,693 |
Investment in foreclosed real estate owned | 10,604 |  |  | 11,552 |
Prepaid expenses | 20,794 |  |  | 25,659 |
Other | 71,387 |  |  | 73,898 |
| $ | 512,974 |  |  | $ | 582,758 |

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