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Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2016
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Schedule of Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended |
(Dollars in thousands) |  | October 31, 2016 |  |  | October 31, 2015 |  |  | October 31, 2014 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of year |  | $123,898 |  |  | $109,158 |  |  | $105,093 |
Plus interest incurred(1) |  | 166,824 |  |  | 166,188 |  |  | 145,409 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  | 92,391 |  |  | 59,613 |  |  | 53,966 |
Less other interest expensed(2)(3) |  | 90,967 |  |  | 91,835 |  |  | 87,378 |
Less interest contributed to unconsolidated joint venture(4) |  | 10,676 |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Interest capitalized at end of year(5) |  | $96,688 |  |  | $123,898 |  |  | $109,158 |
Cash Paid for Interest Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended |
(Dollars in thousands) |  | October 31, 2016 |  |  | October 31, 2015 |  |  | October 31, 2014 |
Other interest expensed |  | $90,967 |  |  | $91,835 |  |  | $87,378 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  | 2,866 |  |  | 2,050 |  |  | 1,969 |
Decrease (increase) in accrued interest |  | 7,963 |  |  | (8,166 | ) |  | (3,961 | )
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  | $101,796 |  |  | $85,719 |  |  | $85,386 |

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