Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Additional Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of years to complete a community	4 years
Number of years to complete a master planned community	10 years
Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization, Property, Plant, and Equipment	$ 171,100,000	$ 159,500,000
Depreciation	13,400,000	10,800,000	8,100,000
Advertising Expense	15,600,000	11,600,000	11,400,000
warranty period, structural integrity	10 years
Construction defect claims, reported and resolved, period of time	10 years
More Likely Than Not Definition Threshold	50.00%
Gibraltar [Member]
Additional Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Provision for Loan Losses	1,500,000	700,000	2,300,000
Impairment of Real Estate	$ 1,358,000	$ 505,000	$ 126,000
Consolidated venture [Member]
Additional Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Subsidiary of Company, Ownership Percentage by Parent	67.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	33.00%