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Note 3 - Interest (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2014
Home Building Interest [Text Block] [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Real Estate Inventory Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended July 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of period |  | $107,992 |  |  | $112,488 |  |  | $105,093 |  |  | $116,056 |
Plus interest incurred (1) |  | 36,472 |  |  | 33,195 |  |  | 108,073 |  |  | 97,813 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  | 15,827 |  |  | 13,757 |  |  | 37,724 |  |  | 35,311 |
Less other interest expensed (2)(3) |  | 19,880 |  |  | 21,949 |  |  | 66,685 |  |  | 68,581 |
Interest capitalized at end of period(4) |  | $108,757 |  |  | $109,977 |  |  | $108,757 |  |  | $109,977 |
Cash Paid for Interest, Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended July 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Other interest expensed |  | $19,880 |  |  | $21,949 |  |  | $66,685 |  |  | $68,581 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  | 379 |  |  | 731 |  |  | 1,524 |  |  | 2,239 |
Decrease (increase) in accrued interest |  | 5,245 |  |  | 5,018 |  |  | 1,234 |  |  | (4,802 | )
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  | $25,504 |  |  | $27,698 |  |  | $69,443 |  |  | $66,018 |

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