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Note 12 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value - Write-offs and Lots Walked Away From (Details) - Home Building [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2025	Oct. 31, 2024	Oct. 31, 2023
Real Estate [Line Items]
Amount of write-offs	$ 18.2	$ 1.6	$ 1.5
Northeast [Member]
Real Estate [Line Items]
Amount of write-offs	4.3	0.4	0.5
Southeast [Member]
Real Estate [Line Items]
Amount of write-offs	4.6	0.9	0.5
West [Member]
Real Estate [Line Items]
Amount of write-offs	$ 9.3	$ 0.3	$ 0.5

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- Definition

The charge against earnings in the period to write off costs associated with land options that were terminated.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 976
-SubTopic 310
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147477332/976-310-50-1

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