Note 12 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2018

Notes Tables

Inventory Impairment [Table Text Block]

(Dollars in millions)	Year Ended October 31, 2018
	Number of Communities	Dollar Amount of Impairment	Pre- Impairment Value (1)
Northeast	1	$0.4	$1.0
Mid-Atlantic	-	-	-
Midwest	1	0.1	0.5
Southeast	3	1.6	9.7
Southwest	-	-	-
West	-	-	-
Total	5	$2.1	$11.2

(Dollars in millions)	Year Ended October 31, 2017
	Number of Communities	Dollar Amount of Impairment	Pre- Impairment Value (1)
Northeast	2	$3.3	$22.2
Mid-Atlantic	1	1.5	8.5
Midwest	2	0.2	0.8
Southeast	3	8.1	18.3
Southwest	-	-	-
West	2	2.0	3.1
Total	10	$15.1	$52.9

(Dollars in millions)	Year Ended October 31, 2016
	Number of Communities	Dollar Amount of Impairment	Pre- Impairment Value (1)
Northeast	5	$9.5	$33.8
Mid-Atlantic	-	-	-
Midwest	12	13.5	43.7
Southeast	3	1.5	10.9
Southwest	-	-	-
West	-	-	-
Total	20	$24.5	$88.4

Write Offs and Lots Walked Away From [Table Text Block]

	Year Ended October 31,
(In millions)	2018	2017	2016
Northeast	$0.6	$0.5	$1.6
Mid-Atlantic	0.2	0.6	0.8
Midwest	0.1	0.3	1.3
Southeast	-	0.8	1.8
Southwest	0.2	0.4	3.2
West	0.3	0.1	0.2
Total	$1.4	$2.7	$8.9