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Geographic Segments (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2013
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,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
$
379,723

 
$
363,801

 
$
182,773

 
$
177,068

Mid-Atlantic
446,001

 
360,007

 
166,303

 
155,602

South
418,310

 
255,910

 
195,568

 
97,076

West
385,731

 
270,237

 
144,516

 
124,573

Total
$
1,629,765

 
$
1,249,955

 
$
689,160

 
$
554,319

Income (loss) before income taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
$
44,405

 
$
51,453

 
$
29,655

 
$
33,720

Mid-Atlantic
53,787

 
37,046

 
20,211

 
18,256

South
38,796

 
9,200

 
21,901

 
5,202

West
42,881

 
17,108

 
21,827

 
8,940

Corporate and other
(62,322
)
 
(62,614
)
 
(25,341
)
 
(23,166
)
Total
$
117,547

 
$
52,193

 
$
68,253

 
$
42,952


“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of general corporate expenses such as the offices of the Executive Officers of the Company and the corporate finance, accounting, audit, tax, human resources, risk management, marketing and legal groups; interest income and income from certain of the Company’s ancillary businesses, including Gibraltar; and income from a number of the Company's unconsolidated entities.
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,
2013
 
October 31,
2012
North
$
1,532,338

 
$
1,205,900

Mid-Atlantic
1,429,246

 
1,304,798

South
955,964

 
821,001

West
1,142,769

 
913,699

Corporate and other
1,727,226

 
1,935,646

Total
$
6,787,543

 
$
6,181,044

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

The Company provided for inventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that it believed not to be recoverable and recoveries of prior charges for the periods indicated, as 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
 
Impairments
 
At July 31,
 
At October 31,
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Inventory:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Land controlled for future communities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
$
35,306

 
$
13,196

 
$
832

 
$
(949
)
 
$
33

 
$
47

Mid-Atlantic
29,994

 
27,249

 
33

 
722

 
16

 
41

South
12,194

 
7,724

 
362

 
799

 
1

 
231

West
14,165

 
8,131

 
(390
)
 
89

 
89

 
116

 
91,659

 
56,300

 
837

 
661

 
139

 
435

Land owned for future communities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
325,157

 
226,082

 


 


 

 

Mid-Atlantic
359,366

 
431,620

 


 


 

 

South
159,909

 
141,644

 


 
918

 


 

West
186,541

 
241,027

 


 


 

 

 
1,030,973

 
1,040,373

 

 
918

 

 

Operating communities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
978,104

 
803,085

 
940

 
2,725

 
100

 


Mid-Atlantic
925,153

 
729,739

 


 
4,100

 


 
2,000

South
696,943

 
603,239

 


 
4,245

 


 
85

West
794,176

 
528,451

 
200

 
600

 

 
600

 
3,394,376

 
2,664,514

 
1,140

 
11,670

 
100

 
2,685

Total
$
4,517,008

 
$
3,761,187

 
$
1,977

 
$
13,249

 
$
239

 
$
3,120

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
$
164,950

 
$
142,213

 


 


 

 

South
47,269

 
31,252

 


 


 

 

West
110,073

 
116,452

 


 
(1,621
)
 


 


Corporate
34,545

 
40,700

 


 


 

 

Total
$
356,837

 
$
330,617

 
$

 
$
(1,621
)
 
$

 
$