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Note 5 (Tables)

9 Months Ended

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