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Note 21 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2025
Fair Value of Financial Instruments |
Fair Value of Financial Instruments | 21. Fair Value of Financial Instruments We use a fair-value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows: Level 1: Fair value determined based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. Level 2: Fair value determined using significant other observable inputs. Level 3: Fair value determined using significant unobservable inputs. Our financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below:
|  |  | Fair Value at |  |  | Fair Value at |
| Fair Value |  | October 31, |  |  | October 31, |
(In thousands) | Hierarchy |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Mortgage loans held for sale (1) | Level 2 |  | $ | 111,631 |  |  | $ | 148,925 |
(1) The aggregate unpaid principal balance was $112.1 million and $149.4 million at October 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Fair value of mortgage loans held for sale is based on independent quoted market prices, where available, or the prices for other mortgage loans with similar characteristics. The financial services segment had a pipeline of loan applications in process of $404.4 million at October 31, 2025. Loans in process for which interest rates were committed to the borrowers totaled $50.2 million as of October 31, 2025. Substantially all of these commitments were for periods of 60 days or less. Since a portion of these commitments is expected to expire without being exercised by the borrowers, the total commitments do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. In addition, the financial services segment uses investor commitments and forward sales of mandatory MBS to hedge its mortgage-related interest rate exposure. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk. Credit risk is managed by entering into MBS forward commitments, option contracts with investment banks, federally regulated bank affiliates and loan sales transactions with permanent investors meeting the segment’s credit standards. Our risk, in the event of default by the purchaser, is the difference between the contract price and fair value of the MBS forward commitments and option contracts. At October 31, 2025, we had no open mandatory investor commitments to sell MBS. Changes in fair value that are included in income are shown by financial instrument and financial statement line item, below:
|  | Year Ended October 31, 2025 |
|  | Mortgage |  |  | Interest Rate |  |  |  |  |
|  | Loans Held |  |  | Lock |  |  | Forward |
(In thousands) |  | for Sale |  |  | Commitments |  |  | Contracts |
Change in fair value included in financial services revenue |  | $ | (686 | ) |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
|  | Year Ended October 31, 2024 |
|  | Mortgage |  |  | Interest Rate |  |  |  |  |
|  | Loans Held |  |  | Lock |  |  | Forward |
(In thousands) |  | for Sale |  |  | Commitments |  |  | Contracts |
Change in fair value included in financial services revenue |  | $ | (497 | ) |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
|  | Year Ended October 31, 2023 |
|  | Mortgage |  |  | Interest Rate |  |  |  |  |
|  | Loans Held |  |  | Lock |  |  | Forward |
(In thousands) |  | for Sale |  |  | Commitments |  |  | Contracts |
Change in fair value included in financial services revenue |  | $ | (177 | ) |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are those assets for which we have recorded valuation adjustments and write-offs during the years ended October 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are all within our homebuilding operations and are summarized below:
| Year Ended |
| October 31, 2025 |
(In thousands) | Fair |  | Pre- |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Value |  | Impairment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Hierarchy |  | Amount |  |  | Total Losses |  |  | Fair Value |
Land and land options held for future development or sale | Level 3 |  | $ | 75,411 |  |  | $ | (21,413 | ) |  | $ | 53,998 |
| Year Ended |
| October 31, 2024 |
(In thousands) | Fair |  | Pre- |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Value |  | Impairment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Hierarchy |  | Amount |  |  | Total Losses |  |  | Fair Value |
Land and land options held for future development or sale | Level 3 |  | $ | 41,061 |  |  | $ | (9,992 | ) |  | $ | 31,069 |
We estimate the fair value of each impaired community by determining the present value of the estimated future cash flows at a discount rate commensurate with the risk of the respective community. For the year ended October 31, 2025, our discount rates used to determine the fair value ranged from 16.5% to 20.0%. We recorded inventory impairments, which are included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as “Inventory impairments and land option write-offs” and deducted from inventory of $21.4 million and $10.0 million for the years ended October 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. We did not have any assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the year ended October 31, 2023 (see Note 12). The fair value of our cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and customers’ deposits approximates their carrying amount, based on Level 1 inputs. The fair value of each series of our notes and credit facilities are listed below. Level 2 measurements are estimated based on recent trades or quoted market prices for the same issues or based on recent trades or quoted market prices for our debt of similar security and maturity to achieve comparable yields. Level 3 measurements are estimated based on third-party broker quotes or management’s estimate of the fair value based on available trades for similar debt instruments. As shown in the table below, our 8.0% Senior Notes due 2031, 8.375% Senior Notes due 2033 and 5.0% Senior Notes due 2040 were a Level 2 measurement at October 31, 2025 due to recent trades for the same notes.
Fair Value as of October 31, 2025 |
(In thousands) |  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  |  | Total |
Senior Notes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
8.0% Senior Notes due April 1, 2031 |  |  | - |  |  |  | 459,972 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 459,972 |
8.375% Senior Notes due October 1, 2033 |  |  | - |  |  |  | 461,192 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 461,192 |
5.0% Senior Notes due February 1, 2040 |  |  | - |  |  |  | 16,492 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 16,492 |
Total fair value |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 937,656 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 937,656 |
Fair Value as of October 31, 2024 |
(In thousands) |  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  |  | Total |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
8.0% Senior Secured 1.125 Lien Notes due September 30, 2028 |  |  | - |  |  |  | 231,068 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 231,068 |
11.75% Senior Secured 1.25 Lien Notes due September 30, 2029 |  |  | - |  |  |  | 474,561 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 474,561 |
Senior Notes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
13.5% Senior Notes due February 1, 2026 |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 27,020 |  |  |  | 27,020 |
5.0% Senior Notes due February 1, 2040 |  |  | - |  |  |  | 11,485 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 11,485 |
Senior Credit Facilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Secured 1.75 Lien Term Loan Credit Facility due January 31, 2028 |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 190,041 |  |  |  | 190,041 |
Total fair value |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 717,114 |  |  | $ | 217,061 |  |  | $ | 934,175 |
The Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility is not included in the above tables because there were no borrowings outstanding thereunder as of October 31, 2025 and 2024.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (bbb)(1) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482106/820-10-50-2 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 55 -Paragraph 107 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482078/820-10-55-107 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 55 -Paragraph 100 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482078/820-10-55-100 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(3) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482106/820-10-50-2 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 6A -Subparagraph (a) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482106/820-10-50-6A Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 2E -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482106/820-10-50-2E Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 6A -Subparagraph (h) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482106/820-10-50-6A Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 6A -Subparagraph (f) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482106/820-10-50-6A Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 6A -Subparagraph (e) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482106/820-10-50-6A Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 6A -Subparagraph (d) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482106/820-10-50-6A Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (h) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482106/820-10-50-2 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (g) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482106/820-10-50-2 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 940 -SubTopic 820 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478119/940-820-50-1 + Details
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