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Note 3 - Interest (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2016
Notes Tables |
Schedule of Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended April 30, |  |  | Six Months Ended April 30, |
(In thousands) |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of period |  |  | $117,113 |  |  |  | $114,241 |  |  |  | $123,898 |  |  |  | $109,158 |
Plus interest incurred (1) |  |  | 44,224 |  |  |  | 40,703 |  |  |  | 86,183 |  |  |  | 82,175 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  |  | 21,444 |  |  |  | 12,013 |  |  |  | 38,287 |  |  |  | 23,331 |
Less other interest expensed (2)(3) |  |  | 24,084 |  |  |  | 23,030 |  |  |  | 45,309 |  |  |  | 48,101 |
Less interest contributed to unconsolidated joint venture (4) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 10,676 |  |  |  | - |
Interest capitalized at end of period (5) |  |  | $115,809 |  |  |  | $119,901 |  |  |  | $115,809 |  |  |  | $119,901 |
Cash Paid for Interest Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended April 30, |  |  | Six Months Ended April 30, |
(In thousands) |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Other interest expensed |  |  | $24,084 |  |  |  | $23,030 |  |  |  | $45,309 |  |  |  | $48,101 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  |  | 851 |  |  |  | 268 |  |  |  | 1,410 |  |  |  | 676 |
Decrease (increase) in accrued interest |  |  | (9,948 | ) |  |  | (8,726 | ) |  |  | 1,268 |  |  |  | (7,716 | )
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  |  | $14,987 |  |  |  | $14,572 |  |  |  | $47,987 |  |  |  | $41,061 |

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