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Note 3 - Interest (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2016
Homebuilding Interest [Abstract] |
Schedule of Real Estate Inventory Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended January 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of period |  | $123,898 |  |  | $109,158 |
Plus interest incurred(1) |  | 41,959 |  |  | 41,472 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  | 16,843 |  |  | 11,318 |
Less other interest expensed(2)(3) |  | 21,225 |  |  | 25,071 |
Less interest contributed to unconsolidated joint venture(4) |  | 10,676 |  |  | - |
Interest capitalized at end of period(5) |  | $117,113 |  |  | $114,241 |
Cash Paid for Interest, Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended January 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Other interest expensed |  | $21,225 |  |  | $25,071 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  | 559 |  |  | 408 |
Decrease in accrued interest |  | 11,216 |  |  | 1,010 |
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  | $33,000 |  |  | $26,489 |

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