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Note 3 - Interest (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2019
Notes Tables |
Schedule of Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended April 30, |  |  | Six Months Ended April 30, |
(In thousands) |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of period |  | $74,455 |  |  | $70,793 |  |  | $68,117 |  |  | $71,051 |
Plus interest incurred (1) |  | 41,383 |  |  | 40,014 |  |  | 80,236 |  |  | 81,179 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  | 13,898 |  |  | 19,364 |  |  | 24,140 |  |  | 31,656 |
Less other interest expensed (2)(3) |  | 22,663 |  |  | 26,088 |  |  | 44,936 |  |  | 55,219 |
Interest capitalized at end of period (4) |  | $79,277 |  |  | $65,355 |  |  | $79,277 |  |  | $65,355 |
Cash Paid for Interest Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended April 30, |  |  | Six Months Ended April 30, |
(In thousands) |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Other interest expensed |  | $22,663 |  |  | $26,088 |  |  | $44,936 |  |  | $55,219 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  | 514 |  |  | 585 |  |  | 1,203 |  |  | 1,186 |
(Increase) decrease in accrued interest |  | (19,776 | ) |  | (23,448 | ) |  | (2,299 | ) |  | 3,302 |
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  | $3,401 |  |  | $3,225 |  |  | $43,840 |  |  | $59,707 |

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