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Inventory (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2013
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventory
Inventory at January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
 
January 31,
2013
 
October 31,
2012
Land controlled for future communities
$
54,521

 
$
56,300

Land owned for future communities
1,253,102

 
1,040,373

Operating communities
2,847,424

 
2,664,514

 
$
4,155,047

 
$
3,761,187

Temporarily Closed communities
Information regarding the classification, number and carrying value of these temporarily closed communities, as of the date indicated, is provided in the table below.
 
January 31,
2013
 
October 31,
2012
Land owned for future communities:
 
 
 
Number of communities
24

 
40

Carrying value (in thousands)
$
159,931

 
$
240,307

Operating communities:
 
 
 
Number of communities
21

 
5

Carrying value (in thousands)
$
108,143

 
$
34,685

Inventory impairment charges and expensing of costs that it is believed not to be recoverable
The Company provided for inventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that it believed not to be recoverable, for the periods indicated; these are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands).
 
Three months ended January 31,
 
2013
 
2012
Charge:
 
 
 
Land controlled for future communities
$
9

 
$
777

Land owned for future communities

 
918

Operating communities
700

 
6,425

 
$
709

 
$
8,120

Interest incurred, capitalized and expensed
Interest incurred, capitalized and expensed, for the periods indicated, was as follows (amounts in thousands): 
 
Three months ended January 31,
 
2013
 
2012
Interest capitalized, beginning of period
$
330,581

 
$
298,757

Interest incurred
31,748

 
28,899

Interest expensed to cost of revenues
(19,974
)
 
(16,321
)
Write-off against other income
(88
)
 


Interest capitalized on investments in unconsolidated entities
(1,363
)
 


Interest capitalized, end of period
$
340,904

 
$
311,335