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Note 13 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2013
Inventory Impairments And Land Option Cost Write Offs [Abstract] |
Inventory Impairment [Table Text Block] |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Year Ended October 31, 2013 |
|  | Number of Communities |  |  | Dollar Amount of Impairment | (2) |  | Pre- Impairment Value (1) |
Northeast |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | $2.4 |  |  |  | $7.7 |
Mid-Atlantic |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Midwest |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Southeast |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.4 |
Southwest |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
West |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | $2.4 |  |  |  | $8.2 |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Year Ended October 31, 2012 |
|  | Number of Communities |  |  | Dollar Amount of Impairment |  |  | Pre- Impairment Value (1) |
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 (1) |
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 |
Write-Offs and Lots Walked Away From [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended October 31, |
(In millions) |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Northeast |  |  | $0.7 |  |  |  | $0.7 |  |  |  | $13.4 |
Mid-Atlantic |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 6.1 |
Midwest |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.5 |
Southeast |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.7 |  |  |  | 0.8 |
Southwest |  |  | 1.4 |  |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | 0.4 |
West |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 3.1 |
Total |  |  | $2.6 |  |  |  | $2.7 |  |  |  | $24.3 |

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