Loans Payable, Senior Notes and Mortgage Company Loan Facility Loans Payable (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Debt [Text Block]

At July 31, 2016 and October 31, 2015, loans payable consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	July 31, 2016			October 31, 2015
Senior unsecured term loan	$	500,000		$	500,000
Credit facility borrowings	450,000			350,000
Loans payable – other	109,627			151,702
Deferred issuance costs	(971		)	(1,263		)
	$	1,058,656		$	1,000,439