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Note 17 - Operating and Reporting Segments (Details Textual) $ in Thousands | 6 Months Ended |
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Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($) | Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |
Number of Reportable Segments | 6 |  |
Corporate and Other [Member] |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance | $ 294,100 | $ 290,300 |
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance | $ 294,069 | $ 290,279 | [1]
[1] | Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

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- Definition Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (b),(c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32537-109319 + Details
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