Share repurchases	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2015
Share repurchases [Abstract]
Share repurchases	Note 15 – Share repurchases: On December 4, 2013, the Board authorized the repurchase of up to 24,400 FREIT shares. On December 17, 2013, FREIT repurchased 20,400 shares in a privately-negotiated transaction with an unaffiliated party for an aggregate purchase price of $357,000, or $17.50 per share. On September 4, 2014, the Board authorized the repurchase of 100,572 FREIT shares held by the pension plan of Hekemian & Co., Inc., FREIT's managing agent, for an aggregate cash purchase of $1,855,553 or $18.45 per share, which was the closing price of FREIT shares on September 3, 2014. The repurchase which occurred in September 2014 was undertaken in connection with the termination of the pension plan. Mr. Robert S. Hekemian, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FREIT, and Mr. Robert S. Hekemian, Jr., a Trustee of FREIT, and members of their family were participants in the pension plan. On February 17, 2015, FREIT announced a tender offer to purchase up to 100,000 FREIT shares at a price of $23.00 per share. The tender offer expired on March 20, 2015, and in connection therewith FREIT repurchased 94,302 shares at $23.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $2,168,946 which it funded principally from cash and cash equivalents. FREIT's Trustees and executive officers did not tender their shares in FREIT in the tender offer.

Note 15 – Share repurchases:

On December 4, 2013, the Board authorized the repurchase of up to 24,400 FREIT shares. On December 17, 2013, FREIT repurchased 20,400 shares in a privately-negotiated transaction with an unaffiliated party for an aggregate purchase price of $357,000, or $17.50 per share.

On September 4, 2014, the Board authorized the repurchase of 100,572 FREIT shares held by the pension plan of Hekemian & Co., Inc., FREIT's managing agent, for an aggregate cash purchase of $1,855,553 or $18.45 per share, which was the closing price of FREIT shares on September 3, 2014. The repurchase which occurred in September 2014 was undertaken in connection with the termination of the pension plan. Mr. Robert S. Hekemian, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FREIT, and Mr. Robert S. Hekemian, Jr., a Trustee of FREIT, and members of their family were participants in the pension plan.

On February 17, 2015, FREIT announced a tender offer to purchase up to 100,000 FREIT shares at a price of $23.00 per share. The tender offer expired on March 20, 2015, and in connection therewith FREIT repurchased 94,302 shares at $23.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $2,168,946 which it funded principally from cash and cash equivalents. FREIT's Trustees and executive officers did not tender their shares in FREIT in the tender offer.