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Note 12 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value - Inventory Impairments by Homebuilding Segment (Details) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Dollar amount of impairment		$ 24.5	$ 7.3	$ 1.2
Homebuilding [Member]
Number of communities (Dimensionless number)		20	12	5
Dollar amount of impairment		$ 24.5	$ 7.3	$ 1.2
Pre-impairment value	[1]	$ 88.4	$ 29.4	$ 4.4
Homebuilding [Member] | Northeast [Member]
Number of communities (Dimensionless number)		5	2	2
Dollar amount of impairment		$ 9.5	$ 0.8	$ 0.3
Pre-impairment value	[1]	$ 33.8	$ 0.9	$ 0.6
Homebuilding [Member] | Mid-Atlantic [Member]
Number of communities (Dimensionless number)			1
Dollar amount of impairment			$ 0.9
Pre-impairment value	[1]		$ 2.5
Homebuilding [Member] | Midwest [Member]
Number of communities (Dimensionless number)		12	4	3
Dollar amount of impairment		$ 13.5	$ 1.3	$ 0.9
Pre-impairment value	[1]	$ 43.7	$ 8.4	$ 3.8
Homebuilding [Member] | Southeast [Member]
Number of communities (Dimensionless number)		3	4
Dollar amount of impairment		$ 1.5	$ 2.5
Pre-impairment value	[1]	$ 10.9	$ 10.1
Homebuilding [Member] | Southwest [Member]
Number of communities (Dimensionless number)
Dollar amount of impairment
Pre-impairment value	[1]
Homebuilding [Member] | West [Member]
Number of communities (Dimensionless number)			1
Dollar amount of impairment			$ 1.8
Pre-impairment value	[1]		$ 7.5
[1] Represents carrying value, net of prior period impairments, if any, at the time of recording the applicable period's impairments.

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The charge against earnings in the period to reduce the carrying amount of real property to fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64862545&loc=d3e2921-110230

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3602-108585

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