Note 18 (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Operations [Member]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Revenues:
Northeast	$	54,236		$	51,775		$	109,071		$	93,307
Mid-Atlantic		58,405			64,776			111,124			119,171
Midwest		39,393			23,631			71,726			41,829
Southeast		37,192			36,346			66,153			56,555
Southwest		161,813			114,716			293,437			206,540
West		61,326			42,011			107,429			78,763
Total homebuilding		412,365			333,255			758,940			596,165
Financial services		10,682			8,513			22,341			15,203
Corporate and unallocated		(49	)		(70	)		(72	)		(71	)
Total revenues	$	422,998		$	341,698		$	781,209		$	611,297
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Northeast	$	(4,651	)	$	(125	)	$	(9,538	)	$	(5,773	)
Mid-Atlantic		3,344			5,058			4,269			7,669
Midwest		2,279			(91	)		3,479			(1,247	)
Southeast		2,719			(3,876	)		3,309			(6,733	)
Southwest		16,538			8,235			24,641			12,785
West		2,422			(2,948	)		1,327			(3,920	)
Homebuilding income before income taxes		22,651			6,253			27,487			2,781
Financial services		3,545			3,150			7,776			4,663
Corporate and unallocated		(27,461	)		(7,065	)		(57,330	)		(22,668	)
(Loss) income before income taxes	$	(1,265	)	$	2,338		$	(22,067	)	$	(15,224	)

Assets [Member]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)	April 30, 2013		October 31, 2012
Assets:
Northeast	$	367,882	$	396,073
Mid-Atlantic		210,881		200,969
Midwest		81,338		73,305
Southeast		91,953		90,132
Southwest		289,577		235,367
West		127,269		143,851
Total homebuilding		1,168,900		1,139,697
Financial services		112,800		164,634
Corporate and unallocated		337,187		379,919
Total assets	$	1,618,887	$	1,684,250