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Note 3 - Interest (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2019
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Schedule of Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended July 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of period |  | $79,277 |  |  | $65,355 |  |  | $68,117 |  |  | $71,051 |
Plus interest incurred (1) |  | 42,104 |  |  | 40,438 |  |  | 122,340 |  |  | 121,617 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  | 19,029 |  |  | 13,424 |  |  | 43,169 |  |  | 45,080 |
Less other interest expensed (2)(3) |  | 22,377 |  |  | 24,859 |  |  | 67,313 |  |  | 80,078 |
Less interest contributed to unconsolidated joint venture(4) |  | 1,978 |  |  | - |  |  | 1,978 |  |  | - |
Interest capitalized at end of period (5) |  | $77,997 |  |  | $67,510 |  |  | $77,997 |  |  | $67,510 |
Cash Paid for Interest Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended July 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Other interest expensed |  | $22,377 |  |  | $24,859 |  |  | $67,313 |  |  | $80,078 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  | 673 |  |  | 616 |  |  | 1,876 |  |  | 1,802 |
Decrease in accrued interest |  | 15,404 |  |  | 20,672 |  |  | 13,105 |  |  | 23,974 |
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  | $38,454 |  |  | $46,147 |  |  | $82,294 |  |  | $105,854 |

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