Information on Operating Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Revenue and income (loss) before income taxes and total assets

Revenue and income (loss) before income taxes for each of our reportable and geographic segments, for the periods indicated, were as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Six months ended April 30,						Three months ended April 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Revenues:
Traditional Home Building:
North	$	282,454		$	264,885		$	150,018		$	137,241
Mid-Atlantic	350,891			349,571			187,503			180,475
South	377,784			336,688			215,917			186,129
West	570,409			507,835			282,467			321,609
Traditional Home Building	1,581,538			1,458,979			835,905			825,454
City Living	124,497			45,076			16,678			34,920
Total	$	1,706,035		$	1,504,055		$	852,583		$	860,374
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Traditional Home Building:
North	$	13,431		$	17,152		$	2,864		$	8,806
Mid-Atlantic	40,819			45,909			22,095			24,358
South	62,600			40,952			39,276			23,584
West	91,619			78,714			46,270			44,844
Traditional Home Building	208,469			182,727			110,505			101,592
City Living	58,005			8,964			6,660			10,022
Corporate and other	(55,919		)	(26,972		)	(30,633		)	(18,130		)
Total	$	210,555		$	164,719		$	86,532		$	93,484

“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of general corporate expenses such as the offices of our executive officers; the corporate finance, accounting, audit, tax, human resources, risk management, information technology, marketing, and legal groups; interest income; income from certain of our ancillary businesses, including Gibraltar; and income from a number of our unconsolidated entities.

Total assets for each of our reportable and geographic segments, as of the dates indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands).

	April 30, 2015		October 31, 2014
Traditional Home Building:
North	$	1,063,041	$	1,053,787
Mid-Atlantic	1,272,448		1,267,563
South	1,246,795		1,165,600
West	2,821,400		2,676,164
Traditional Home Building	6,403,684		6,163,114
City Living	873,725		834,949
Corporate and other	1,310,272		1,418,839
Total	$	8,587,681	$	8,416,902

“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, restricted cash, deferred tax assets, the assets of our Gibraltar investments, manufacturing facilities, and our mortgage subsidiary.

schedule of inventory, by segment [Table Text Block]

Inventory for each of our reportable and geographic segments, as of the dates indicated, is shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):

	Land controlled for future communities		Land owned for future communities		Operating communities		Total
Balances at April 30, 2015:
Traditional Home Building:
North	$	11,749	$	167,766	$	851,577	$	1,031,092
Mid-Atlantic	27,536		246,580		959,620		1,233,736
South	3,614		225,363		841,185		1,070,162
West	15,147		1,138,539		1,582,696		2,736,382
Traditional Home Building	58,046		1,778,248		4,235,078		6,071,372
City Living	939		451,270		200,762		652,971
	$	58,985	$	2,229,518	$	4,435,840	$	6,724,343
Balances at October 31, 2014:
Traditional Home Building:
North	$	12,007	$	171,780	$	834,266	$	1,018,053
Mid-Atlantic	29,169		209,506		994,859		1,233,534
South	10,971		219,904		793,835		1,024,710
West	22,122		1,391,028		1,177,820		2,590,970
Traditional Home Building	74,269		1,992,218		3,800,780		5,867,267
City Living	48,264		363,656		211,134		623,054
	$	122,533	$	2,355,874	$	4,011,914	$	6,490,321

Schedule of investments in unconsolidated entities, be segment [Table Text Block]

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities for each of our reportable and geographic segments, as of the dates indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):

	April 30, 2015		October 31, 2014
Traditional Home Building:
Mid-Atlantic	$	11,929	$	11,841
South	101,541		98,362
West	58,575		59,573
Traditional Home Building	172,045		169,776
City Living	177,311		159,953
Corporate and other	117,903		117,349
Total	$	467,259	$	447,078