Information on Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

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

	Three months ended January 31,
	2017			2016
Revenues:
Traditional Home Building:
North	$	145,638		$	120,818
Mid-Atlantic	184,051			169,808
South	142,196			146,798
West	211,133			137,258
California	219,776			216,903
Traditional Home Building	902,794			791,585
City Living	17,936			136,981
Total	$	920,730		$	928,566
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Traditional Home Building:
North	$	10,093		$	8,033
Mid-Atlantic	11,632			16,983
South	13,111			21,245
West	25,497			19,688
California	43,193			43,536
Traditional Home Building	103,526			109,485
City Living	43,102			43,680
Corporate and other	(36,847		)	(36,348		)
Total	$	109,781		$	116,817

“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 segments, as of the dates indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):

	January 31, 2017		October 31, 2016
Traditional Home Building:
North	$	1,071,049	$	1,020,250
Mid-Atlantic	1,182,142		1,166,023
South	1,257,109		1,203,554
West	1,250,759		1,130,625
California	2,625,956		2,479,885
Traditional Home Building	7,387,015		7,000,337
City Living	824,419		946,738
Corporate and other	1,305,366		1,789,714
Total	$	9,516,800	$	9,736,789

“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and investments, deferred tax assets, investments in our Rental Property Joint Ventures, expected recoveries from insurance carriers and suppliers, our Gibraltar investments, manufacturing facilities, and our mortgage and title subsidiaries.