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Note 5 - Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2017

Notes to Financial Statements

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

5.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Homebuilding property, plant, and equipment consists of land, land improvements, buildings, building improvements, furniture and equipment used to conduct day-to-day business and are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation.

Included in these amounts are

$1.0

million in land, 

$60.1

million in buildings and

$26.4

million in accumulated depreciation for our current corporate headquarters, for a net book value of

$34.7

million, which was held for sale at

October 31, 2017 and sold on November 1, 2017 as discussed in Note 24.

Property, plant, and equipment balances as of

October 31, 2017

and

2016

were as follows:

		October 31,
(In thousands)		2017				2016
Land and land improvements		$	2,625			$	2,398
Buildings			69,279				67,860
Building improvements			9,458				8,231
Furniture			5,571				5,788
Equipment , including capitalized software			35,328				35,770
Total			122,261				120,047
Less accumulated depreciation			69,342				69,715
Total			52,919			$	50,332

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The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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