Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets (Information Related To Activities Of Non-Performing Assets) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2013
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items]
Average impaired loans	$ 126,373	$ 155,615
Purchased From SCC
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items]
Average impaired loans	105,682	130,287
All Other
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items]
Average impaired loans	$ 20,691	$ 25,328

Average amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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