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Note 5 (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2013
Inventory Impairment [Table Text Block] |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Three Months Ended April 30, 2013 |  |  | Three Months Ended April 30, 2012 |
|  | Number of Communities |  |  | Dollar Amount of Impairment |  |  | Pre- Impairment Value(1) |  |  | Number of Communities |  |  | Dollar Amount of Impairment |  |  | Pre- Impairment Value(1) |
Northeast |  |  | 1 |  |  | $ | 0.9 |  |  | $ | 2.3 |  |  |  | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Mid-Atlantic |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 0.2 |
Midwest |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Southeast |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 2.0 |  |  |  | 4.5 |
Southwest |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
West |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 1 |  |  | $ | 0.9 |  |  | $ | 2.3 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  | $ | 2.1 |  |  | $ | 4.7 |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Six Months Ended April 30, 2013 |  |  | Six Months Ended April 30, 2012 |
|  | Number of Communities |  |  | Dollar Amount of Impairment(2) |  |  | Pre- Impairment Value(1) |  |  | Number of Communities |  |  | Dollar Amount of Impairment |  |  | Pre- Impairment Value(1) |
Northeast |  |  | 2 |  |  | $ | 1.5 |  |  | $ | 5.2 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  | $ | 2.4 |  |  | $ | 16.1 |
Mid-Atlantic |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | 0.8 |
Midwest |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 1.1 |
Southeast |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 2.3 |  |  |  | 5.4 |
Southwest |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
West |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 4 |  |  | $ | 1.5 |  |  | $ | 5.7 |  |  |  | 17 |  |  | $ | 5.2 |  |  | $ | 23.4 |
Write-Offs and Lots Walked Away From [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended April 30, |
|  | 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(1) |
Northeast |  |  | 300 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  |  | - |  |  | $ | 0.3 |
Mid-Atlantic |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Midwest |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 67 |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Southeast |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 593 |  |  |  | 0.6 |
Southwest |  |  | 189 |  |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | 165 |  |  |  | - |
West |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 513 |  |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  |  | 828 |  |  | $ | 1.1 |
|  | Six Months Ended April 30, |
|  | 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(1) |
Northeast |  |  | 300 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  |  | - |  |  | $ | 0.3 |
Mid-Atlantic |  |  | 164 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 182 |  |  |  | 0.2 |
Midwest |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 105 |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Southeast |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 734 |  |  |  | 0.7 |
Southwest |  |  | 234 |  |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | 165 |  |  |  | - |
West |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 698 |  |  | $ | 1.4 |  |  |  | 1,186 |  |  | $ | 1.3 |

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