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Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) - Consolidating Condensed Financial Statements - Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Jul. 31, 2015 | Oct. 31, 2014
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ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | $ 2,549,344 | $ 2,289,930 | [1]
Income taxes receivable | 303,790 | 284,543 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 2,700,851 | 2,407,729 | [1]
Notes payable | 1,938,292 | 1,689,779 | [1]
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (151,507) | (117,799) |
Total liabilities and equity | 2,549,344 | 2,289,930 | [1]
Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 2,109,464 | 1,885,044 | [1]
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries | 66,535 | 63,883 | [1]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 649,009 | 618,753 | [1]
Financial Services [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 136,090 | 120,343 | [1]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 113,550 | 99,197 | [1]
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Parent Company [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 255,664 | 244,391 |
Income taxes receivable | 255,664 | 244,391 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Intercompany payable | 303,173 | 308,700 |
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries | 100,922 | 50,648 |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (151,507) | (117,799) |
Total liabilities and equity | 255,664 | 244,391 |
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Parent Company [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 3,076 | 2,842 |
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 1,697,916 | 1,470,630 |
Intercompany receivable | 1,505,551 | 1,275,453 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Notes payable | 1,936,130 | 1,685,892 |
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries | 52,121 | 11,902 |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (290,411) | (227,324) |
Total liabilities and equity | 1,697,916 | 1,470,630 |
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 192,365 | 195,177 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 76 | 160 |
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 1,986,503 | 1,726,319 |
Income taxes receivable | 48,126 | 40,152 |
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries | 380,721 | 338,044 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Notes payable | 1,805 | 3,336 |
Intercompany payable | 1,250,713 | 1,002,914 |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | 137,368 | 164,771 |
Total liabilities and equity | 1,986,503 | 1,726,319 |
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 1,545,467 | 1,336,716 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 584,370 | 544,088 |
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Financial Services [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 12,189 | 11,407 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 12,247 | 11,210 |
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 543,868 | 498,248 |
Intercompany receivable | 48,335 | 36,161 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Notes payable | 357 | 551 |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | 380,721 | 338,047 |
Total liabilities and equity | 543,868 | 498,248 |
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 371,632 | 353,151 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 61,487 | 71,663 |
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Financial Services [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | 123,901 | 108,936 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Liability | 101,303 | 87,987 |
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member] |  |  |
ASSETS: |  |  |
Assets | (1,934,607) | (1,649,658) |
Intercompany receivable | (1,553,886) | (1,311,614) |
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries | (380,721) | (338,044) |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY: |  |  |
Intercompany payable | (1,553,886) | (1,311,614) |
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries | (153,043) | (62,550) |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (227,678) | (275,494) |
Total liabilities and equity | $ (1,934,607) | $ (1,649,658) |
[1] | Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2014.

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