Real estate (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2017

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of real estate and equipment

Real estate consists of the following:

	Range of
	Estimated	October 31,
	Useful Lives	2017		2016
		(In Thousands of Dollars)
Land		$	77,432	$	77,744
Unimproved land			405		405
Apartment buildings	7-40 years		190,554		190,990
Commercial buildings/shopping centers	5-40 years		162,837		158,413
Equipment/Furniture	5-15 years		1,931		1,765
Total real estate, gross			433,159		429,317
Less accumulated depreciation			101,194		92,547
Total real estate, net		$	331,965	$	336,770