Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2017 USD ($) home_sites	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Expected Lot Purchase \| home_sites	3,600
Purchase Obligation	$ 1,509,099	$ 1,623,389
Land for Apartment Development Purchase Commitment [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Purchase Obligation	104,000
Deposits against Aggregate Purchase Commitments	$ 4,700

The number of lots which the reporting entity expects to purchase from a joint venture, for which no purchase prices has been specified.

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The carrying amount of the asset transferred to a third party to serve as a deposit, which typically serves as security against failure by the transferor to perform under terms of an agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.8,17)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Minimum amount of purchase arrangement in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services from a supplier.

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No definition available.

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