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Note 13 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Inventory Impairment [Table Text Block] |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Year Ended October 31, 2012 |
|  | Number of Communities |  |  | Dollar Amount of Impairment |  |  | Pre- Impairment Value $ |
Northeast |  |  | 10 |  |  | $ | 2.8 |  |  | $ | 19.6 |
Mid-Atlantic |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | 0.8 |
Midwest |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 1.6 |  |  |  | 4.5 |
Southeast |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 2.8 |  |  |  | 8.3 |
Southwest |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
West |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 2.2 |  |  |  | 4.9 |
Total |  |  | 32 |  |  | $ | 9.8 |  |  | $ | 38.1 |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Year Ended October 31, 2011 |
|  | Number of Communities |  |  | Dollar Amount of Impairment |  |  | Pre- Impairment Value $ |
Northeast |  |  | 11 |  |  | $ | 54.9 |  |  | $ | 179.9 |
Mid-Atlantic |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 3.4 |  |  |  | 17.3 |
Midwest |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | 4.2 |
Southeast |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | 1.5 |  |  |  | 5.1 |
Southwest |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 0.3 |
West |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 16.5 |  |  |  | 45.2 |
Total |  |  | 41 |  |  | $ | 77.5 |  |  | $ | 252.0 |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Year Ended October 31, 2010 |
|  | Number of Communities |  |  | Dollar Amount of Impairment |  |  | Pre- Impairment Value $ |
Northeast |  |  | 14 |  |  | $ | 72.2 |  |  | $ | 156.5 |
Mid-Atlantic |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 3.4 |  |  |  | 7.1 |
Midwest |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | 4.6 |  |  |  | 8.2 |
Southeast |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | 2.2 |  |  |  | 8.0 |
Southwest |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 0.9 |  |  |  | 10.8 |
West |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | 39.2 |  |  |  | 62.8 |
Total |  |  | 83 |  |  | $ | 122.5 |  |  | $ | 253.4 |
Write-Offs and Lots Walked Away From [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended October 31, |
(In millions) |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Northeast |  | $ | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 13.4 |  |  | $ | 4.5 |
Mid-Atlantic |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 6.1 |  |  |  | 8.9 |
Midwest |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | 0.0 |
Southeast |  |  | 0.7 |  |  |  | 0.8 |  |  |  | (0.6 | )
Southwest |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | 0.3 |
West |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 3.1 |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Total |  | $ | 2.7 |  |  | $ | 24.3 |  |  | $ | 13.2 |

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