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

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2016

Credit Facility, Loans Payable, Senior Notes, and Mortgage Company Loan Facility [Abstract]

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



	2016			2015
Senior unsecured term loan	$	500,000		$	500,000
Credit facility borrowings	250,000			350,000
Loans payable – other	122,809			151,702
Deferred issuance costs	(1,730		)	(1,263		)
	$	871,079		$	1,000,439

Schedule of Loans Payable [Table Text Block]

Information regarding our loans payable at October 31, 2016 and 2015, is included in the table below ($ amounts in thousands):



	2016			2015
Aggregate loans payable at October 31	$	122,809		$	151,702
Weighted-average interest rate	3.99		%	3.78		%
Interest rate range	0.78% - 7.87%			0.15% - 7.87%
Loans secured by assets
Carrying value of loans secured by assets	$	122,570		$	151,702
Carrying value of assets securing loans	$	461,162		$	378,864

The contractual maturities of “Loans payable – other” as of October 31, 2016, ranged from three months to 30 years.

Schedule of Debt Instrument [Table Text Block]

At October 31, 2016 and 2015, senior notes consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):



	2016			2015
8.91% Senior Notes due October 15, 2017	$	400,000		$	400,000
4.00% Senior Notes due December 31, 2018	350,000			350,000
6.75% Senior Notes due November 1, 2019	250,000			250,000
5.875% Senior Notes due February 15, 2022	419,876			419,876
4.375% Senior Notes due April 15, 2023	400,000			400,000
5.625% Senior Notes due January 15, 2024	250,000			250,000
4.875% Senior Notes due November 15, 2025	350,000			350,000
0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes due September 15, 2032	287,500			287,500
Bond discount and deferred issuance costs	(13,004		)	(17,575		)
	$	2,694,372		$	2,689,801

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

As of October 31, 2016, the annual aggregate maturities of our loans and notes during each of the next five fiscal years are as follows (amounts in thousands):



	Amount
2017	$	637,329
2018 (a)	$	305,543
2019	$	373,122
2020	$	253,914
2021	$	751,983