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Note 5 (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2013
Inventory Impairment [Table Text Block]
   
Three Months Ended
   
Three Months Ended
 
(Dollars in millions)
 
January 31, 2013
   
January 31, 2012
 
   
Number of
Communities
   
Dollar
Amount of
Impairment(1)
   
Pre-
Impairment
Value(2)
   
Number of
Communities
   
Dollar
Amount of
Impairment
   
Pre-
Impairment
Value(2)
 
Northeast
   
1
   
$
0.6
   
$
2.9
     
5
   
$
2.4
   
$
16.1
 
Mid-Atlantic
   
1
     
-
     
0.1
     
2
     
0.3
     
0.6
 
Midwest
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
1
     
0.1
     
1.1
 
Southeast
   
1
     
-
     
0.4
     
3
     
0.3
     
0.9
 
Southwest
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
West
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total
   
3
   
$
0.6
   
$
3.4
     
11
   
$
3.1
   
$
18.7
 
Write-Offs and Lots Walked Away From [Table Text Block]
   
Three Months Ended
January 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
(Dollars in millions)
 
Number of
Walk-Away
Lots
   
Dollar
Amount of
Write-Offs (1)
   
Number of
Walk-Away
Lots
   
Dollar
Amount of
Write-Offs
 
                         
Northeast
   
-
   
$
-
     
-
   
$
-
 
Mid-Atlantic
   
140
     
-
     
179
     
0.1
 
Midwest
   
-
     
-
     
38
     
-
 
Southeast
   
-
     
-
     
141
     
0.1
 
Southwest
   
45
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
West
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total
   
185
   
$
0.1
     
358
   
$
0.2