Accrued Expenses (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Accrued expenses at January 31, 2016 and October 31, 2015 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):



	January 31, 2016		October 31, 2015
Land, land development, and construction	$	106,885	$	118,634
Compensation and employee benefits	121,262		125,045
Self-insurance	115,084		113,727
Warranty	90,661		93,083
Interest	39,195		26,926
Commitments to unconsolidated entities	5,534		5,534
Other	128,456		125,117
	$	607,077	$	608,066

The table below provides, for the periods indicated, a reconciliation of the changes in our warranty accrual (amounts in thousands):



	Three months ended January 31,
	2016			2015
Balance, beginning of period	$	93,083		$	86,282
Additions – homes closed during the period	4,496			3,918
Increase in accruals for homes closed in prior years	2,453			868
Charges incurred	(9,371		)	(6,373		)
Balance, end of period	$	90,661		$	84,695