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Note 3 - Interest (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2015
Home Building Interest [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Real Estate Inventory Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended April 30, |  |  | Six Months Ended April 30, |
(In thousands) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of period |  | $114,241 |  |  | $107,089 |  |  | $109,158 |  |  | $105,093 |
Plus interest incurred (1) |  | 40,703 |  |  | 36,782 |  |  | 82,175 |  |  | 71,601 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  | 12,013 |  |  | 12,407 |  |  | 23,331 |  |  | 21,897 |
Less other interest expensed (2)(3) |  | 23,030 |  |  | 23,472 |  |  | 48,101 |  |  | 46,805 |
Interest capitalized at end of period (4) |  | $119,901 |  |  | $107,992 |  |  | $119,901 |  |  | $107,992 |
Cash Paid for Interest, Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended April 30, |  |  | Six Months Ended April 30, |
(In thousands) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Other interest expensed |  | $23,030 |  |  | $23,472 |  |  | $48,101 |  |  | $46,805 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  | 268 |  |  | 409 |  |  | 676 |  |  | 1,145 |
Increase in accrued interest |  | (8,726 | ) |  | (5,295 | ) |  | (7,716 | ) |  | (4,011 | )
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  | $14,572 |  |  | $18,586 |  |  | $41,061 |  |  | $43,939 |

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