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Note 3 - Interest (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2015
Home Building Interest [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Real Estate Inventory Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended July 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of period |  |  | $119,901 |  |  |  | $107,992 |  |  |  | $109,158 |  |  |  | $105,093 |
Plus interest incurred (1) |  |  | 41,856 |  |  |  | 36,472 |  |  |  | 124,031 |  |  |  | 108,073 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  |  | 16,323 |  |  |  | 15,827 |  |  |  | 39,654 |  |  |  | 37,724 |
Less other interest expensed (2)(3) |  |  | 22,493 |  |  |  | 19,880 |  |  |  | 70,594 |  |  |  | 66,685 |
Interest capitalized at end of period (4) |  |  | $122,941 |  |  |  | $108,757 |  |  |  | $122,941 |  |  |  | $108,757 |
Cash Paid for Interest, Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended July 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Other interest expensed |  |  | $22,493 |  |  |  | $19,880 |  |  |  | $70,594 |  |  |  | $66,685 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  |  | 618 |  |  |  | 379 |  |  |  | 1,294 |  |  |  | 1,524 |
Decrease in accrued interest |  |  | 9,381 |  |  |  | 5,245 |  |  |  | 1,665 |  |  |  | 1,234 |
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  |  | $32,492 |  |  |  | $25,504 |  |  |  | $73,553 |  |  |  | $69,443 |

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