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Note 6 - Restricted Cash and Deposits | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements |
Cash and Cash Equivalents Disclosure [Text Block] | 6. Restricted Cash and Deposits Homebuilding - Restricted cash and cash equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheets totaled $16.1 million and $14.7 million as of October 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which primarily consists of cash collateralizing our letter of credit agreements and facilities as discussed in Note 9. Financial services restricted cash and cash equivalents, which are included in Financial services other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, totaled $43.5 million and $27.4 million as of October 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Included in these balances were (1) financial services customers’ deposits of $40.7 million at October 31, 2021 and $25.4 million as of October 31, 2020, which are subject to restrictions on our use, and (2) $2.8 million at October 31, 2021 and $2.0 million as of October 31, 2020 of restricted cash under the terms of our mortgage warehouse lines of credit. Total Homebuilding Customers’ deposits are shown as a liability on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. These liabilities are significantly more than the applicable periods’ restricted cash balances because in some states the deposits are not restricted from use and, in other states, we are able to release the majority of these customer deposits to cash by pledging letters of credit and surety bonds.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for cash and cash equivalent footnotes, which may include the types of deposits and money market instruments, applicable carrying amounts, restricted amounts and compensating balance arrangements. Cash and equivalents include: (1) currency on hand (2) demand deposits with banks or financial institutions (3) other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits (4) short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments maturing within three months from the date of acquisition qualify. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(1)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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