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Note 3 - Interest (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2018
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) |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of period |  | $65,355 |  |  | $90,960 |  |  | $71,051 |  |  | $96,688 |
Plus interest incurred (1) |  | 40,438 |  |  | 39,089 |  |  | 121,617 |  |  | 116,944 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  | 13,424 |  |  | 19,371 |  |  | 45,080 |  |  | 58,030 |
Less other interest expensed (2)(3) |  | 24,859 |  |  | 23,559 |  |  | 80,078 |  |  | 68,483 |
Interest capitalized at end of period (4) |  | $67,510 |  |  | $87,119 |  |  | $67,510 |  |  | $87,119 |
Cash Paid for Interest Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended July 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Other interest expensed |  | $24,859 |  |  | $23,559 |  |  | $80,078 |  |  | $68,483 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  | 616 |  |  | 465 |  |  | 1,802 |  |  | 1,549 |
Decrease in accrued interest |  | 20,672 |  |  | 17,528 |  |  | 23,974 |  |  | 18,882 |
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  | $46,147 |  |  | $41,552 |  |  | $105,854 |  |  | $88,914 |

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