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Note 5 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2014
Inventory Impairments And Land Option Cost Write Offs [Abstract]  
Inventory Impairment [Table Text Block]
(Dollars in millions)  

Three Months Ended

January 31, 2013

 
   

Number of

Communities

   

Dollar

Amount of

Impairment(1)

   

Pre-

Impairment

Value(2)

 

Northeast

    1     $ 0.6     $ 2.9  

Mid-Atlantic

    1       -       0.1  

Midwest

    -       -       -  

Southeast

    1       -       0.4  

Southwest

    -       -       -  

West

    -       -       -  

Total

    3     $ 0.6     $ 3.4  
Write-Offs and Lots Walked Away From [Table Text Block]
   

Three Months Ended

January 31,

 
   

2014

   

2013

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

Number of Walk-Away Lots(1)

   

Dollar Amount of Write-Offs(2)

   

Number of Walk-Away Lots

   

Dollar Amount of Write-Offs(3)

 
                                 

Northeast

    199     $ 0.4       -     $ -  

Mid-Atlantic

    433       0.1       140       -  

Midwest

    265       -       -       -  

Southeast

    527       0.1       -       -  

Southwest

    112       0.1       45       -  

West

    -       -       -       -  

Total

    1,536     $ 0.7       185     $ 0.1