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Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2020
Notes Tables |
Schedule of Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended |
|  | October 31, |  |  | October 31, |  |  | October 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of year |  | $ | 71,264 |  |  | $ | 68,117 |  |  | $ | 71,051 |
Plus interest incurred(1) |  |  | 176,457 |  |  |  | 165,906 |  |  |  | 161,048 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  |  | 74,330 |  |  |  | 70,725 |  |  |  | 60,685 |
Less other interest expensed(2)(3) |  |  | 103,801 |  |  |  | 90,056 |  |  |  | 103,297 |
Less interest contributed to unconsolidated joint venture(4) |  |  | 4,580 |  |  |  | 1,978 |  |  |  | - |
Interest capitalized at end of year(5) |  | $ | 65,010 |  |  | $ | 71,264 |  |  | $ | 68,117 |
Cash Paid for Interest Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended |
|  | October 31, |  |  | October 31, |  |  | October 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Other interest expensed |  | $ | 103,801 |  |  | $ | 90,056 |  |  | $ | 103,297 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  |  | 2,165 |  |  |  | 2,536 |  |  |  | 2,478 |
(Increase) decrease in accrued interest |  |  | (16,482 | ) |  |  | 16,515 |  |  |  | 6,241 |
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  | $ | 89,484 |  |  | $ | 109,107 |  |  | $ | 112,016 |

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