Other Income - net (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Income - net [Table Text Block]

The table below provides, for the periods indicated, the components of other income - net (amounts in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended July 31,				Three Months Ended July 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Interest income	$	3,301	$	3,993	$	1,117	$	1,389
Income from ancillary businesses	10,397		2,236		1,805		1,724
Management fee income	2,270		3,043		794		1,276
Retained customer deposits	2,330		1,316		1,082		473
Land sales, net	1,257		1,868		11		664
Other	2,477		1,900		972		683
Total other income - net	$	22,032	$	14,356	$	5,781	$	6,209

Revenues and expenses of non-core ancillary businesses

The table below provides, for the periods indicated, revenues and expenses for the Company’s non-core ancillary businesses (amounts in thousands).

	Nine Months Ended July 31,				Three Months Ended July 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Revenue	$	61,802	$	45,555	$	22,203	$	17,542
Expense	$	51,405	$	43,319	$	20,398	$	15,818