Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024	Oct. 31, 2023
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loans held for sale mortgages unpaid principal	$ 96,200	$ 130,400
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term line of credit, total	0	$ 0
Loan Origination Commitments [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loan applications in process	$ 646,400
Loan Origination Commitments [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Number of days in committment (day)	60 days
Interest Rate Committed Loan Applications [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Interest rate committed loan applications	$ 67,800
The 8.0% Senior Secured 1.125 Lien Notes due September 30, 2028 [Member] \| Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	8.00%	8.00%
The 8.0% Senior Secured 1.125 Lien Notes due September 30, 2028 [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	8.00%
The 11.75% Senior Secured 1.25 Lien Notes Due 2029 [Member] \| Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	11.75%	11.75%
The 11.75% Senior Secured 1.25 Lien Notes Due 2029 [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	11.75%
The 5.0% 2040 Notes [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Unsecured Senior Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	5.00%

Value of loan applications in process with committed interest rates at the end of the period.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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