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Note 5 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2014
Inventory Impairments And Land Option Cost Write Offs [Abstract] |
Inventory Impairment [Table Text Block] |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Three Months Ended April 30, 2014 |  |  | Three Months Ended April 30, 2013 |
|  | 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 |  |  | $0.2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | $0.9 |  |  | $2.3 |
Mid-Atlantic |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Midwest |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Southeast |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Southwest |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
West |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Total |  | 1 |  |  | $0.1 |  |  | $0.2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | $0.9 |  |  | $2.3 |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 |  |  | Six Months Ended April 30, 2013 |
|  | Number of Communities |  |  | Dollar Amount of Impairment |  |  | Pre- Impairment Value(1) |  |  | Number of Communities |  |  | Dollar Amount of Impairment(2) |  |  | Pre- Impairment Value(1) |
Northeast |  | 1 |  |  | $0.1 |  |  | $0.2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | $1.5 |  |  | $5.2 |
Mid-Atlantic |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 1 |  |  | - |  |  | 0.1 |
Midwest |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Southeast |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 1 |  |  | - |  |  | 0.4 |
Southwest |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
West |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Total |  | 1 |  |  | $0.1 |  |  | $0.2 |  |  | 4 |  |  | $1.5 |  |  | $5.7 |
Write-Offs and Lots Walked Away From [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended April 30, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Number of Walk-Away Lots |  |  | Dollar Amount of Write-Offs (1) |  |  | Number of Walk-Away Lots |  |  | Dollar Amount of Write-Offs(1) |
Northeast |  | 40 |  |  | $0.1 |  |  | 300 |  |  | $0.1 |
Mid-Atlantic |  | 88 |  |  | - |  |  | 24 |  |  | - |
Midwest |  | 138 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Southeast |  | 398 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | - |  |  | 0.1 |
Southwest |  | 230 |  |  | - |  |  | 189 |  |  | 1.1 |
West |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Total |  | 894 |  |  | $0.4 |  |  | 513 |  |  | $1.3 |
|  | Six Months Ended April 30, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Number of Walk-Away Lots |  |  | Dollar Amount of Write-Offs(1) |  |  | Number of Walk-Away Lots |  |  | Dollar Amount of Write-Offs(1) |
Northeast |  | 239 |  |  | $0.5 |  |  | 300 |  |  | $0.2 |
Mid-Atlantic |  | 521 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 164 |  |  | - |
Midwest |  | 403 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Southeast |  | 925 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | - |  |  | 0.1 |
Southwest |  | 342 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 234 |  |  | 1.1 |
West |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Total |  | 2,430 |  |  | $1.1 |  |  | 698 |  |  | $1.4 |

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