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Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2018
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Schedule of Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended |
(In thousands) |  | October 31, 2018 |  |  | October 31, 2017 |  |  | October 31, 2016 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of year |  | $71,051 |  |  | $96,688 |  |  | $123,898 |
Plus interest incurred(1) |  | 161,048 |  |  | 160,203 |  |  | 166,824 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  | 60,685 |  |  | 88,536 |  |  | 92,391 |
Less other interest expensed(2)(3) |  | 103,297 |  |  | 97,304 |  |  | 90,967 |
Less interest contributed to unconsolidated joint venture(4) |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 10,676 |
Interest capitalized at end of year(5) |  | $68,117 |  |  | $71,051 |  |  | $96,688 |
Cash Paid for Interest Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended |
(In thousands) |  | October 31, 2018 |  |  | October 31, 2017 |  |  | October 31, 2016 |
Other interest expensed |  | $103,297 |  |  | $97,304 |  |  | $90,967 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  | 2,478 |  |  | 1,944 |  |  | 2,866 |
Decrease (increase) in accrued interest |  | 6,241 |  |  | (9,412 | ) |  | 7,963 |
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  | $112,016 |  |  | $89,836 |  |  | $101,796 |

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