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Note 3 - Interest (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2016
Notes Tables |
Schedule of Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended July 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of period |  | $115,809 |  |  | $119,901 |  |  | $123,898 |  |  | $109,158 |
Plus interest incurred (1) |  | 40,300 |  |  | 41,856 |  |  | 126,483 |  |  | 124,031 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  | 28,406 |  |  | 16,323 |  |  | 66,693 |  |  | 39,654 |
Less other interest expensed (2)(3) |  | 23,159 |  |  | 22,493 |  |  | 68,468 |  |  | 70,594 |
Less interest contributed to unconsolidated joint venture (4) |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 10,676 |  |  | - |
Interest capitalized at end of period (5) |  | $104,544 |  |  | $122,941 |  |  | $104,544 |  |  | $122,941 |
Cash Paid for Interest Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended July 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Other interest expensed |  | $23,159 |  |  | $22,493 |  |  | $68,468 |  |  | $70,594 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  | 706 |  |  | 618 |  |  | 2,116 |  |  | 1,294 |
Decrease in accrued interest |  | 8,641 |  |  | 9,381 |  |  | 9,909 |  |  | 1,665 |
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  | $32,506 |  |  | $32,492 |  |  | $80,493 |  |  | $73,553 |

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