Credit Facility, Loans Payable, Senior Notes, Senior Subordinated Notes and Mortgage Company Warehouse Loan Credit Facility, Loans Payable, Senior Notes, Senior subordinated Notes and Mortgage Company Warehouse Loan (Details Textual 2) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Expenses related to early retirement of debt		$ (3,827,000)	$ (1,208,000)
Senior Subordinated Notes Due December 2011 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Subordinate Notes Redemption Amount			47,900,000
Expenses related to early retirement of debt			$ 34,000