Other Income - Net (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Income - net

The table below provides, for the periods indicated, the components of other income - net (amounts in thousands):

	Six months ended April 30,					Three months ended April 30,
	2015		2014			2015		2014
Interest income	$	1,186	$	1,889		$	698	$	825
Income from ancillary businesses	13,725		3,950			2,886		2,337
Gibraltar	4,019		5,714			3,197		1,382
Management fee income from unconsolidated entities	6,390		2,454			3,411		1,227
Retained customer deposits	2,312		1,310			972		422
Income from land sales	7,350		11,187			2,533		4,929
Directly expensed interest			(656		)			(656		)
Other	953		1,794			222		635
Total other income - net	$	35,935	$	27,642		$	13,919	$	11,101

Revenues and expenses of non-core ancillary businesses

The table below provides, for the periods indicated, revenues and expenses for our ancillary businesses (amounts in thousands):

	Six months ended April 30,				Three months ended April 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Revenue	$	56,227	$	43,748	$	24,947	$	22,808
Expense	$	42,502	$	39,798	$	22,061	$	20,471

Schedule of revenues and expenses from land sales [Table Text Block]

The table below provides, for the periods indicated, revenues and expenses recognized from land sales (amounts in thousands):

	Six months ended April 30,						Three months ended April 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Revenue	$	126,746		$	98,152		$	22,725		$	87,124
Deferred gain on land sale to joint venture	(9,260		)
Expense	(110,136		)	(86,965		)	(20,192		)	(82,195		)
Income from land sales	$	7,350		$	11,187		$	2,533		$	4,929