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Note 2 - Business (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2013 | Oct. 31, 2012 | Oct. 31, 2011
Disclosure Text Block [Abstract] |  |  |
Number of Reportable Segments | 6 |  |
Revenue Percent Of Total | 97.00% | 97.00% | 97.00%
Number Of Communities | 192 |  |

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- Definition Number of new home communities in which the company is currently building and selling homes + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Percentage of consolidated revenues of the company's homebuilding operations, as a percentage of total company revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Details
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- Definition Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements. + References No definition available. + Details
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