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Note 3 - Interest (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2017
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) |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of period |  | $ | 90,960 |  |  | $ | 115,809 |  |  | $ | 96,688 |  |  | $ | 123,898 |
Plus interest incurred (1) |  |  | 39,089 |  |  |  | 40,300 |  |  |  | 116,944 |  |  |  | 126,483 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  |  | 19,371 |  |  |  | 28,406 |  |  |  | 58,030 |  |  |  | 66,693 |
Less other interest expensed (2)(3) |  |  | 23,559 |  |  |  | 23,159 |  |  |  | 68,483 |  |  |  | 68,468 |
Less interest contributed to unconsolidated joint venture (4) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 10,676 |
Interest capitalized at end of period (5) |  | $ | 87,119 |  |  | $ | 104,544 |  |  | $ | 87,119 |  |  | $ | 104,544 |
Cash Paid for Interest Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended July 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Other interest expensed |  | $ | 23,559 |  |  | $ | 23,159 |  |  | $ | 68,483 |  |  | $ | 68,468 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  |  | 465 |  |  |  | 706 |  |  |  | 1,549 |  |  |  | 2,116 |
Decrease in accrued interest |  |  | 17,528 |  |  |  | 8,641 |  |  |  | 18,882 |  |  |  | 9,909 |
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  | $ | 41,552 |  |  | $ | 32,506 |  |  | $ | 88,914 |  |  | $ | 80,493 |

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