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Note 5 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Tables)

6 Months Ended

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