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Note 5 (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2013
Inventory Impairments And Land Option Cost Write Offs [Abstract] |
Inventory Impairment [Table Text Block] |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Three Months Ended July 31, 2013 |  |  | Three Months Ended July 31, 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 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | 0.3 |
Mid-Atlantic |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Midwest |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Southeast |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 0.3 |
Southwest |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
West |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 1 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 0.6 |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, 2013 |  |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, 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 |  |  | 3 |  |  | $ | 1.6 |  |  | $ | 5.6 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  | $ | 2.5 |  |  | $ | 16.4 |
Mid-Atlantic |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | 0.8 |
Midwest |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 1.1 |
Southeast |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 2.4 |  |  |  | 5.8 |
Southwest |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
West |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 5 |  |  | $ | 1.6 |  |  | $ | 6.1 |  |  |  | 20 |  |  | $ | 5.4 |  |  | $ | 24.1 |
Write-Offs and Lots Walked Away From [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended July 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Number of Walk-Away Lots |  |  | Dollar Amount of Write-Offs |  |  | Number of Walk-Away Lots |  |  | Dollar Amount of Write-Offs |
Northeast |  |  | 73 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  |  | 210 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |
Mid-Atlantic |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Midwest |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 89 |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Southeast |  |  | 113 |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Southwest |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 116 |  |  |  | 0.3 |
West |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 211 |  |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  |  | 415 |  |  | $ | 0.5 |
|  | Nine Months Ended July 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Number of Walk-Away Lots |  |  | Dollar Amount of Write-Offs |  |  | Number of Walk-Away Lots |  |  | Dollar Amount of Write-Offs |
Northeast |  |  | 373 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |  |  |  | 210 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |
Mid-Atlantic |  |  | 164 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 182 |  |  |  | 0.2 |
Midwest |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 194 |  |  |  | 0.2 |
Southeast |  |  | 113 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 734 |  |  |  | 0.7 |
Southwest |  |  | 246 |  |  |  | 1.3 |  |  |  | 281 |  |  |  | 0.3 |
West |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 909 |  |  | $ | 1.9 |  |  |  | 1,601 |  |  | $ | 1.8 |

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