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Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Interest Costs Incurred, Expensed and Capitalized (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2013 | Oct. 31, 2012 | Oct. 31, 2011
Interest Costs Incurred, Expensed and Capitalized [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest capitalized | $ 116,056 | [1] | $ 121,441 | [1] | $ 136,288 |
Plus interest incurred(1) | 132,611 | [2] | 147,048 | [2] | 156,998 | [2]
Less cost of sales interest expensed | 52,230 |  | 54,538 |  | 74,676 |
Less other interest expensed(2)(3) | 91,344 | [3],[4] | 97,895 | [3],[4] | 97,169 | [3],[4]
Interest capitalized | $ 105,093 | [1] | $ 116,056 | [1] | $ 121,441 | [1]
[1] | Capitalized interest amounts are shown gross before allocating any portion of inventory impairments to capitalized interest.
[2] | Data does not include interest incurred by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries.
[3] | Other interest expensed is comprised of interest that does not qualify for capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt. Interest on completed homes and land in planning which does not qualify for capitalization is expensed.
[4] | Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest is the sum of other interest expensed, as defined above, and interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries adjusted for the change in accrued interest, which is calculated as follows:

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- Definition Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of interest costs that were capitalized to properties under development during the land development and construction period of a project, and which are included in inventory. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6450988&loc=d3e26243-108391 + Details
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