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Note 3 - Interest (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2020
Notes Tables |
Schedule of Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended |
|  | January 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of period |  | $71,264 |  |  | $68,117 |
Plus interest incurred(1) |  | 44,334 |  |  | 38,853 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  | 18,136 |  |  | 10,242 |
Less other interest expensed(2)(3) |  | 25,003 |  |  | 22,273 |
Less interest contributed to unconsolidated joint venture(4) |  | 4,580 |  |  | - |
Interest capitalized at end of period(5) |  | $67,879 |  |  | $74,455 |
Cash Paid for Interest Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended January 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Other interest expensed |  | $25,003 |  |  | $22,273 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  | 770 |  |  | 689 |
(Increase) decrease in accrued interest |  | (11,818 | ) |  | 17,477 |
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  | $13,955 |  |  | $40,439 |

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