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Note 10 - Operating and Reporting Segments (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance	$ 283,633	$ 290,279
Homebuilding [Member]
Number of Reportable Segments	6
Corporate and Other [Member]
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance	$ 283,600	$ 290,300

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- Definition

Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (b),(c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32537-109319

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