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Accrued Expenses (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2024
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued expenses | Accrued expenses at October 31, 2024 and 2023, consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
| 2024 |  | 2023
Land, land development and construction | $ | 356,613 |  |  | $ | 286,516 |
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned | 388,778 |  |  | 268,630 |
Compensation and employee benefits | 208,394 |  |  | 212,684 |
Escrow liability associated with our wholly owned captive title company | 62,038 |  |  | 42,451 |
Self-insurance | 242,306 |  |  | 230,688 |
Warranty | 189,258 |  |  | 206,171 |
Lease liabilities | 128,588 |  |  | 123,866 |
Deferred income | 51,138 |  |  | 52,907 |
Interest | 29,669 |  |  | 30,044 |
Commitments to unconsolidated entities | 38,661 |  |  | 29,212 |
Other | 57,405 |  |  | 65,612 |
| $ | 1,752,848 |  |  | $ | 1,548,781 |
Changes in the warranty accrual | The table below provides a reconciliation of the changes in our warranty accrual during fiscal 2024, 2023, and 2022 (amounts in thousands):
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 206,171 |  |  | $ | 164,409 |  |  | $ | 145,062 |
Additions - homes closed during the year | 36,186 |  |  | 44,949 |  |  | 42,423 |
Addition - liabilities assumed in an asset acquisition | — |  |  | — |  |  | 150 |
Increase in accruals for homes closed in prior years - net | 3,150 |  |  | 12,739 |  |  | 10,433 |
(Decrease) increase in accruals expected to be recovered from third parties (1) | (6,000) |  |  | 58,000 |  |  | 29,000 |
Reclassification from self-insurance accruals | — |  |  | 696 |  |  | — |
Charges incurred | (50,249) |  |  | (74,622) |  |  | (62,659) |
Balance, end of year | $ | 189,258 |  |  | $ | 206,171 |  |  | $ | 164,409 |
(1) The (decrease) increase in accruals for warranty charges are expected to be recovered from our insurance carriers or suppliers, which are recorded as receivables included in “Receivables, prepaid expenses, and other assets” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -Subparagraph (c) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482425/460-10-50-8 + Details
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