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Supplemental Disclosure of Noncash Activities | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2013
Disclosure Of Noncash Activities [Text Block] | Supplemental disclosure of noncash financing activities: In the second quarter of fiscal 2013, a property that we previously acquired when our partner in a land development joint venture transferred its interest in the venture to us, was foreclosed on by the note holder. As a result, the inventory with a book value of $9.5 million and corresponding non-recourse liability of equal amount were taken off of our balance sheet in the quarter. In the first quarter of fiscal 2013, 18,305 of our senior exchangeable notes were exchanged for 3,396,102 shares of Class A Common Stock. In the first quarter of fiscal 2013, we entered into a new unconsolidated homebuilding joint venture which resulted in the transfer of an existing receivable from our joint venture partners of $0.6 million at October 31, 2012, to an investment in the joint venture at January 31, 2013. In the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we completed several debt for equity exchanges. See Notes 11, 12 and 16 for further information. In the first quarter of fiscal 2012, we completed a debt for debt exchange. See Note 9 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012 for further information.

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