Commitments and Contingencies (Details 1) (Loan Origination Commitments [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
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Apr. 30, 2015
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Oct. 31, 2014
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Company's mortgage commitments |
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Unused Commitments to Extend Credit |
$ 1,216,998us-gaap_UnusedCommitmentsToExtendCredit |
$ 901,005us-gaap_UnusedCommitmentsToExtendCredit |
Investor commitments to purchase |
428,745tol_InvestorCommitmentsToPurchase |
284,865tol_InvestorCommitmentsToPurchase |
Interest Rate Lock Commitments [Member]
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Company's mortgage commitments |
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Unused Commitments to Extend Credit |
355,901us-gaap_UnusedCommitmentsToExtendCredit / us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LoanOriginationCommitmentsMember / us-gaap_InvestmentSecondaryCategorizationAxis = us-gaap_InterestRateLockCommitmentsMember |
191,604us-gaap_UnusedCommitmentsToExtendCredit / us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LoanOriginationCommitmentsMember / us-gaap_InvestmentSecondaryCategorizationAxis = us-gaap_InterestRateLockCommitmentsMember |
Investor commitments to purchase |
355,901tol_InvestorCommitmentsToPurchase / us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LoanOriginationCommitmentsMember / us-gaap_InvestmentSecondaryCategorizationAxis = us-gaap_InterestRateLockCommitmentsMember |
191,604tol_InvestorCommitmentsToPurchase / us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LoanOriginationCommitmentsMember / us-gaap_InvestmentSecondaryCategorizationAxis = us-gaap_InterestRateLockCommitmentsMember |
Non Interest Rate Lock Commitments [Member] [Member]
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Company's mortgage commitments |
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Unused Commitments to Extend Credit |
861,097us-gaap_UnusedCommitmentsToExtendCredit / us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LoanOriginationCommitmentsMember / us-gaap_InvestmentSecondaryCategorizationAxis = tol_NonInterestRateLockCommitmentsMemberMember |
709,401us-gaap_UnusedCommitmentsToExtendCredit / us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LoanOriginationCommitmentsMember / us-gaap_InvestmentSecondaryCategorizationAxis = tol_NonInterestRateLockCommitmentsMemberMember |
Mortgage Receivable [Member]
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Company's mortgage commitments |
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Investor commitments to purchase |
$ 72,844tol_InvestorCommitmentsToPurchase / us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LoanOriginationCommitmentsMember / us-gaap_InvestmentSecondaryCategorizationAxis = us-gaap_MortgageReceivablesMember |
$ 93,261tol_InvestorCommitmentsToPurchase / us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LoanOriginationCommitmentsMember / us-gaap_InvestmentSecondaryCategorizationAxis = us-gaap_MortgageReceivablesMember |