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Note 17 - Financial Information Relating to Segment Financial Position (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Apr. 30, 2016 | Oct. 31, 2015
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Homebuilding [Member] | Northeast [Member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  | $ 287,781 | $ 321,983 |
Homebuilding [Member] | Mid-Atlantic [Member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  | 355,629 | 342,159 |
Homebuilding [Member] | Midwest [Member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  | 169,786 | 197,899 |
Homebuilding [Member] | Southeast [Member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  | 281,694 | 223,206 |
Homebuilding [Member] | Southwest [Member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  | 454,939 | 465,740 |
Homebuilding [Member] | West [Member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  | 298,220 | 259,943 |
Homebuilding [Member] | Excluding Corporate and Unallocated [Member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  | 1,848,049 | 1,810,930 |
Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  | 2,063,846 | 2,152,038 | [1]
Financial Services [Member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  | 160,712 | 159,981 | [1]
Corporate and Other [Member] |  |  |  |
Assets | [2] | 509,866 | 631,387 |
Assets |  | $ 2,518,627 | $ 2,602,298 | [1]
[1] | Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.
[2] | Includes $294.1 million and $290.3 million of income taxes receivable, including deferred tax assets, as of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively.

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