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Note 5 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2014
Inventory Impairments And Land Option Cost Write Offs [Text Block] [Abstract] |
Inventory Impairment [Table Text Block] |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Three Months Ended July 31, 2014 |  |  | Three Months Ended July 31, 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 |  |  | $0.4 |
Mid-Atlantic |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Midwest |  | 1 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Southeast |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Southwest |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
West |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Total |  | 1 |  |  | $0.1 |  |  | $0.5 |  |  | 1 |  |  | $0.1 |  |  | $0.4 |
(Dollars in millions) |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, 2014 |  |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, 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 |  |  | 3 |  |  | $1.6 |  |  | $5.6 |
Mid-Atlantic |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 1 |  |  | - |  |  | 0.1 |
Midwest |  | 1 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Southeast |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 1 |  |  | - |  |  | 0.4 |
Southwest |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
West |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Total |  | 2 |  |  | $0.2 |  |  | $0.7 |  |  | 5 |  |  | $1.6 |  |  | $6.1 |
Write-Offs and Lots Walked Away From [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended July 31, |
|  | 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)(2) |
Northeast |  | - |  |  | $0.1 |  |  | 73 |  |  | $0.2 |
Mid-Atlantic |  | 276 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Midwest |  | 105 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 13 |  |  | - |
Southeast |  | 472 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 113 |  |  | 0.1 |
Southwest |  | 312 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 0.2 |
West |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Total |  | 1,165 |  |  | $0.6 |  |  | 211 |  |  | $0.5 |
|  | Nine Months Ended July 31, |
|  | 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)(2) |
Northeast |  | 239 |  |  | $0.6 |  |  | 373 |  |  | $0.4 |
Mid-Atlantic |  | 797 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 164 |  |  | - |
Midwest |  | 508 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 13 |  |  | - |
Southeast |  | 1,397 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 113 |  |  | 0.2 |
Southwest |  | 654 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 246 |  |  | 1.3 |
West |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Total |  | 3,595 |  |  | $1.7 |  |  | 909 |  |  | $1.9 |

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