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Note 18 - Operating and Reporting Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2014

Note 18 - Operating and Reporting Segments (Tables) [Line Items]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)		April 30, 2014				October 31, 2013
Assets:
Northeast			$313,866				$323,152
Mid-Atlantic			295,251				240,486
Midwest			134,722				104,596
Southeast			125,582				101,410
Southwest			409,672				305,878
West			154,802				130,545
Total homebuilding			1,433,895				1,206,067
Financial services			84,682				148,853
Corporate and unallocated			320,246				404,210
Total assets			$1,838,823				$1,759,130

Operating Segments [Member]

Note 18 - Operating and Reporting Segments (Tables) [Line Items]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

		Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)		2014			2013			2014			2013
Revenues:
Northeast		$65,745			$54,236			$118,998			$109,071
Mid-Atlantic		68,735			58,405			129,255			111,124
Midwest		48,703			39,393			92,461			71,726
Southeast		52,023			37,192			91,164			66,153
Southwest		164,633			161,813			293,210			293,437
West		40,708			61,326			71,458			107,429
Total homebuilding		440,547			412,365			796,546			758,940
Financial services		9,412			10,682			17,506			22,341
Corporate and unallocated		(30	)		(49	)		(75	)		(72	)
Total revenues		$449,929			$422,998			$813,977			$781,209
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Northeast		$(2,759	)		$(4,651	)		$(8,820	)		$(9,538	)
Mid-Atlantic		2,462			3,344			4,375			4,269
Midwest		3,361			2,279			5,716			3,479
Southeast		3,315			2,719			4,746			3,309
Southwest		15,676			16,538			26,081			24,641
West		2,097			2,422			1,738			1,327
Homebuilding income before income taxes		24,152			22,651			33,836			27,487
Financial services		2,705			3,545			4,127			7,776
Corporate and unallocated		(34,155	)		(27,461	)		(69,151	)		(57,330	)
Loss before income taxes		$(7,298	)		$(1,265	)		$(31,188	)		$(22,067	)

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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