Geographic Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Revenue and income (loss) before income taxes and total assets

Revenue and income (loss) before income taxes for each of the Company’s geographic segments, for the periods indicated, were as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended July 31,						Three Months Ended July 31,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Revenue:
North	$	363,801		$	273,545		$	177,068		$	106,425
Mid-Atlantic	360,007			351,112			155,602			147,722
South	255,910			197,306			97,076			68,945
West	270,237			226,133			124,573			71,213
Total	$	1,249,955		$	1,048,096		$	554,319		$	394,305
Income (loss) before income taxes:
North	$	51,453		$	28,737		$	33,720		$	14,269
Mid-Atlantic	37,046			33,701			18,256			18,605
South	9,200			(27,107		)	5,202			(13,495		)
West	17,108			(22,552		)	8,940			4,588
Corporate and other	(62,614		)	(57,422		)	(23,166		)	(20,079		)
Total	$	52,193		$	(44,643	)	$	42,952		$	3,888

Total assets for each of the Company’s geographic segments, as of the date indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands).

	July 31, 2012		October 31, 2011
North	$	1,200,946	$	1,060,215
Mid-Atlantic	1,277,511		1,160,926
South	781,761		760,097
West	927,077		650,844
Corporate and other	1,268,977		1,423,164
Total	$	5,456,272	$	5,055,246

Inventory impairment charges, net carrying value of investing, and write-downs of investments

nventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that the Company believed not to be recoverable, write-downs of its investments in unconsolidated entities (including its pro-rata share of impairment charges recognized by the unconsolidated entities in which it has an investment) and recoveries of prior charges for the periods indicated, are shown in the table below; the net carrying value of inventory and investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities for each of the Company’s geographic segments, as of the dates indicated, are also shown in the table below (amounts in thousands).

	Net Carrying Value
	At July 31,		At October 31,		Nine months ended July 31,					Three months ended July 31,
	2012		2011		2012			2011		2012		2011
Inventory:
Land controlled for future communities:
North	$	9,540	$	19,390	$	(949	)	$	804	$	47	$	405
Mid-Atlantic	33,867		21,592		722			254		41		168
South	1,991		3,812		799			312		231
West	7,264		1,787		89			1,116		116		64
	52,662		46,581		661			2,486		435		637
Land owned for future communities:
North	287,799		231,085
Mid-Atlantic	441,495		455,818
South	132,888		125,461		918			16,000				16,000
West	234,214		166,781
	1,096,396		979,145		918			16,000		—		16,000
Operating communities:
North	745,827		738,473		2,725			2,825				100
Mid-Atlantic	746,263		659,081		4,100			3,700		2,000
South	588,934		539,582		4,245			3,800		85
West	554,623		453,861		600			6,050		600		75
	2,635,647		2,390,997		11,670			16,375		2,685		175
Total	$	3,784,705	$	3,416,723	$	13,249		$	34,861	$	3,120	$	16,812
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities:
North	$	124,255	$	40,734
South	31,017		32,000					$	10,000
West	117,305		17,098		$	(1,621	)	29,600
Corporate	38,904		36,523
Total	$	311,481	$	126,355	$	(1,621	)	$	39,600	$	—	$	—