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Note 3 - Interest (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2020
Notes Tables |
Schedule of Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | July 31, |  |  | July 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Interest capitalized at beginning of period |  | $ | 67,744 |  |  | $ | 79,277 |  |  | $ | 71,264 |  |  | $ | 68,117 |
Plus interest incurred(1) |  |  | 45,140 |  |  |  | 42,104 |  |  |  | 134,797 |  |  |  | 122,340 |
Less cost of sales interest expensed |  |  | 21,814 |  |  |  | 19,029 |  |  |  | 58,539 |  |  |  | 43,169 |
Less other interest expensed(2)(3) |  |  | 27,072 |  |  |  | 22,377 |  |  |  | 78,944 |  |  |  | 67,313 |
Less interest contributed to unconsolidated joint venture(4) |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1,978 |  |  |  | 4,580 |  |  |  | 1,978 |
Interest capitalized at end of period(5) |  | $ | 63,998 |  |  | $ | 77,997 |  |  | $ | 63,998 |  |  | $ | 77,997 |
Cash Paid for Interest Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | July 31, |  |  | July 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Other interest expensed |  | $ | 27,072 |  |  | $ | 22,377 |  |  | $ | 78,944 |  |  | $ | 67,313 |
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries |  |  | 419 |  |  |  | 673 |  |  |  | 1,698 |  |  |  | 1,876 |
(Increase) decrease in accrued interest |  |  | (13,876 | ) |  |  | 15,404 |  |  |  | (31,247 | ) |  |  | 13,105 |
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest |  | $ | 13,615 |  |  | $ | 38,454 |  |  | $ | 49,395 |  |  | $ | 82,294 |

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