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Note 3 - Interest (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2017
Notes Tables |
Schedule of Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended January 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of period |  | $96,688 |  |  | $123,898 |
Plus interest incurred(1) |  | 38,699 |  |  | 41,959 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  | 18,322 |  |  | 16,843 |
Less other interest expensed(2)(3) |  | 22,627 |  |  | 21,225 |
Less interest transferred to unconsolidated joint venture(4) |  | - |  |  | 10,676 |
Interest capitalized at end of period(5) |  | $94,438 |  |  | $117,113 |
Cash Paid for Interest Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended January 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Other interest expensed |  |  | $22,627 |  |  |  | $21,225 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  |  | 629 |  |  |  | 559 |
Decrease in accrued interest |  |  | 763 |  |  |  | 11,216 |
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  |  | $24,019 |  |  |  | $33,000 |

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