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Note 23 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) - Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements - Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Jul. 31, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2013
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ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | $ 1,893,728 | $ 1,759,130 | [1]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 2,336,848 | 2,191,929 | [1]
Notes payable | 1,683,180 | 1,557,706 | [1]
Income taxes payable (receivable) | 2,711 | 3,301 | [1]
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (443,120) | (433,226) | [1]
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures |  | 427 | [1]
Total liabilities and equity | 1,893,728 | 1,759,130 | [1]
Homebuilding [Member] | Consolidation, Eliminations [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | (14,202) |  |
Homebuilding [Member] | Parent Company [Member] |  |  |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 2,685 | 3,798 |
Homebuilding [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 133,018 | 277,800 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 73 | 491 |
Homebuilding [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 1,335,404 | 1,020,435 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 514,778 | 437,767 |
Homebuilding [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 341,047 | 312,042 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 55,722 | 64,329 |
Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 1,795,267 | 1,610,277 | [1]
Investments in and amounts due to and from consolidated subsidiaries | 62,294 | 51,438 | [1]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 573,258 | 506,385 | [1]
Financial Services [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 8,937 | 14,570 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 8,837 | 14,789 |
Financial Services [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 89,524 | 134,283 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 68,862 | 109,748 |
Financial Services [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 98,461 | 148,853 | [1]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 77,699 | 124,537 | [1]
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | (1,598,317) | (1,334,588) |
Intercompany receivable | (1,364,433) | (1,108,395) |
Investments in and amounts due to and from consolidated subsidiaries | (219,682) | (226,193) |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Intercompany payable | (1,409,081) | (1,132,036) |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (189,236) | (202,552) |
Total liabilities and equity | (1,598,317) | (1,334,588) |
Parent Company [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | (78,621) | (62,298) |
Investments in and amounts due to and from consolidated subsidiaries | (78,621) | (62,298) |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Intercompany payable | 323,179 | 326,262 |
Income taxes payable (receivable) | 38,635 | 40,868 |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (443,120) | (433,226) |
Total liabilities and equity | (78,621) | (62,298) |
Subsidiary Issuer [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 1,436,200 | 1,373,981 |
Intercompany receivable | 1,337,515 | 1,093,906 |
Investments in and amounts due to and from consolidated subsidiaries | (34,333) | 2,275 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Notes payable | 1,679,668 | 1,555,336 |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (243,541) | (181,846) |
Total liabilities and equity | 1,436,200 | 1,373,981 |
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 1,676,977 | 1,321,221 |
Investments in and amounts due to and from consolidated subsidiaries | 332,636 | 286,216 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Notes payable | 3,243 | 2,276 |
Intercompany payable | 1,085,902 | 805,774 |
Income taxes payable (receivable) | (35,924) | (37,567) |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | 100,141 | 98,182 |
Total liabilities and equity | 1,676,977 | 1,321,221 |
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 457,489 | 460,814 |
Intercompany receivable | 26,918 | 14,489 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Notes payable | 269 | 94 |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | 332,636 | 286,216 |
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures |  | 427 |
Total liabilities and equity | $ 457,489 | $ 460,814 |
[1] | Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2013.

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