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Note 23 (Detail) - Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements - Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Apr. 30, 2013 | Oct. 31, 2012
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ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | $ 1,618,887 | $ 1,684,250 | [1]
Income taxes (payable) receivable | 1,483 |  |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liabilities | 2,097,407 | 2,169,595 | [1]
Notes payable | 1,559,213 | 1,562,395 | [1]
Income taxes payable (receivable) |  | 6,882 | [1]
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (478,840) | (485,575) | [1]
Non-controlling interest in consolidated joint ventures | 320 | 230 | [1]
Total liabilities and equity | 1,618,887 | 1,684,250 | [1]
Homebuilding [Member] | Parent Company [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets |  | 6,155 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liabilities | 1,931 | 1,671 |
Homebuilding [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 241,996 | 259,339 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liabilities | 123 | 125 |
Homebuilding [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 968,307 | 976,836 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liabilities | 379,450 | 391,628 |
Homebuilding [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 294,301 | 277,286 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liabilities | 63,022 | 61,800 |
Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 1,504,604 | 1,519,616 | [1]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liabilities | 444,526 | 455,224 | [1]
Financial Services [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 13,646 | 23,669 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liabilities | 13,588 | 23,070 |
Financial Services [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 99,154 | 140,965 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liabilities | 80,080 | 122,024 |
Financial Services [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 112,800 | 164,634 | [1]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liabilities | 93,668 | 145,094 | [1]
Due to and from Consolidated Subsidiaries [Member] | Parent Company [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | (104,989) | (80,674) |
Due to and from Consolidated Subsidiaries [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | (8,930) | 13,790 |
Due to and from Consolidated Subsidiaries [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 268,438 | 246,467 |
Due to and from Consolidated Subsidiaries [Member] | Consolidation, Eliminations [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | (154,519) | (179,583) |
Parent Company [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | (136,784) | (74,519) |
Income taxes (payable) receivable | (31,795) |  |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Income taxes payable (receivable) |  | 40,551 |
Intercompany | 340,125 | 368,834 |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (478,840) | (485,575) |
Total liabilities and equity | (136,784) | (74,519) |
Subsidiary Issuer [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 233,066 | 273,129 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Notes payable | 1,558,066 | 1,561,635 |
Intercompany | (1,155,371) | (1,930,998) |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (169,752) | 642,367 |
Total liabilities and equity | 233,066 | 273,129 |
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 1,283,669 | 1,246,972 |
Income taxes (payable) receivable | 33,278 |  |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Notes payable | 819 | 271 |
Income taxes payable (receivable) |  | (33,669) |
Intercompany | 855,327 | 1,589,502 |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | 34,485 | (723,830) |
Total liabilities and equity | 1,283,669 | 1,246,972 |
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 393,455 | 418,251 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Notes payable | 328 | 489 |
Intercompany | (18,733) | (12,759) |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | 268,438 | 246,467 |
Non-controlling interest in consolidated joint ventures | 320 | 230 |
Total liabilities and equity | 393,455 | 418,251 |
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | (154,519) | (179,583) |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Intercompany | (21,348) | (14,579) |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (133,171) | (165,004) |
Total liabilities and equity | $ (154,519) | $ (179,583) |
[1] | Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2012.

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