Note 3 - Interest (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2018

Notes Tables

Schedule of Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended January 31,
(In thousands)	2018		2017
Interest capitalized at beginning of period	$	71,051	$	96,688
Plus interest incurred(1)		41,165		38,699
Less cost of sales interest expensed		12,292		18,322
Less other interest expensed(2)(3)		29,131		22,627
Interest capitalized at end of period(4)	$	70,793	$	94,438

Cash Paid for Interest Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended January 31,
(In thousands)	2018		2017
Other interest expensed	$	29,131	$	22,627
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries		601		629
Decrease in accrued interest		26,750		763
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest	$	56,482	$	24,019