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Supplemental Disclosure of Noncash Activities | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2014
Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract] |
Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Text Block] | Supplemental disclosure of noncash financing activities: 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 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, inventory with a book value of $9.5 million and a corresponding non-recourse liability of an equal amount were taken off our balance sheet in the quarter. See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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