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Note 21 - Consolidating Condensed Financial Statements - Balance Sheets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Apr. 30, 2016 | Oct. 31, 2015
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Subsidiary Issuer [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |
Assets | $ 102,903 | $ 230,358 |
Liability | 73 | 87 |
Subsidiary Issuer [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] |  |  |
Assets | 1,551,643 | 1,717,871 |
Income taxes receivable | (73,884) | (89,212) |
Intercompany receivable | 1,522,624 | 1,575,712 |
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures |  | 1,013 |
Notes payable | 1,760,690 | 1,933,119 |
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries | 26,059 |  |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (235,179) | (215,335) |
Total liabilities and equity | 1,551,643 | 1,717,871 |
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |
Assets | 1,474,850 | 1,553,811 |
Liability | 640,813 | 588,854 |
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Financial Services [Member] |  |  |
Assets | 14,937 | 15,680 |
Liability | 14,580 | 15,677 |
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] |  |  |
Assets | 2,131,942 | 2,203,816 |
Income taxes receivable | 227,575 | 251,293 |
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures | 414,580 | 383,032 |
Notes payable | 4,030 | 2,132 |
Intercompany payable | 1,375,955 | 1,453,311 |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | 96,564 | 143,842 |
Total liabilities and equity | 2,131,942 | 2,203,816 |
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |
Assets | 486,093 | 367,869 |
Liability | 125,561 | 65,947 |
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Financial Services [Member] |  |  |
Assets | 145,775 | 144,301 |
Liability | 122,126 | 121,106 |
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] |  |  |
Assets | 660,101 | 570,472 |
Income taxes receivable | 25 | 22 |
Intercompany receivable | 28,208 | 58,280 |
Notes payable | 253 | 384 |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | 412,161 | 383,035 |
Total liabilities and equity | 660,101 | 570,472 |
Parent Company [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |
Liability | 2,823 | 3,076 |
Parent Company [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] |  |  |
Assets | 140,353 | 128,176 |
Income taxes receivable | 140,353 | 128,176 |
Intercompany payable | 174,877 | 180,681 |
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries | 114,975 | 72,503 |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (152,322) | (128,084) |
Total liabilities and equity | 140,353 | 128,176 |
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member] |  |  |
Assets | (1,965,412) | (2,018,037) |
Intercompany receivable | (1,550,832) | (1,633,992) |
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures | (414,580) | (384,045) |
Intercompany payable | (1,550,832) | (1,633,992) |
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries | (141,034) | (72,503) |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (273,546) | (311,542) |
Total liabilities and equity | (1,965,412) | (2,018,037) |
Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |
Assets | 2,063,846 | 2,152,038 | [1]
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures | 70,061 | 61,209 |
Liability | 769,270 | 657,964 | [1]
Financial Services [Member] |  |  |
Assets | 160,712 | 159,981 | [1]
Liability | 136,706 | 136,783 | [1]
Assets | 2,518,627 | 2,602,298 | [1]
Income taxes receivable | 294,069 | 290,279 |
Liability | 2,670,949 | 2,730,382 | [1]
Notes payable | 1,764,973 | 1,935,635 | [1]
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (152,322) | (128,084) | [1]
Total liabilities and equity | $ 2,518,627 | $ 2,602,298 | [1]
[1] | Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

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