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Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Home Building Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended |
(Dollars in thousands) |  | October 31, 2012 |  |  | October 31, 2011 |  |  | October 31, 2010 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of year |  | $ | 121,441 |  |  | $ | 136,288 |  |  | $ | 164,340 |
Plus interest incurred(1) |  |  | 147,048 |  |  |  | 156,998 |  |  |  | 154,307 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  |  | 54,538 |  |  |  | 74,676 |  |  |  | 84,440 |
Less other interest expensed(2)(3) |  |  | 97,895 |  |  |  | 97,169 |  |  |  | 97,919 |
Interest capitalized at end of year(4) |  | $ | 116,056 |  |  | $ | 121,441 |  |  | $ | 136,288 |
Cash Paid for Interest Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended |
(Dollars in thousands) |  | October 31, 2012 |  |  | October 31, 2011 |  |  | October 31, 2010 |
Other interest expensed |  | $ | 97,895 |  |  | $ | 97,169 |  |  | $ | 97,919 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  |  | 2,433 |  |  |  | 1,959 |  |  |  | 1,848 |
Decrease in accrued interest |  |  | 1,132 |  |  |  | 2,637 |  |  |  | 2,110 |
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  | $ | 101,460 |  |  | $ | 101,765 |  |  | $ | 101,877 |

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