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

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2017

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

At October 31, 2017 and 2016, loans payable consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):



	2017			2016
Senior unsecured term loan	$	500,000		$	500,000
Credit facility borrowings	—			250,000
Loans payable – other	139,116			122,809
Deferred issuance costs	(1,700		)	(1,730		)
	$	637,416		$	871,079

Schedule of Loans Payable [Table Text Block]

Information regarding our loans payable at October 31, 2017 and 2016, is included in the table below ($ amounts in thousands):



	2017			2016
Aggregate loans payable at October 31	$	139,116		$	122,809
Weighted-average interest rate	4.11		%	3.99		%
Interest rate range	1.11% - 7.87%			0.78% - 7.87%
Loans secured by assets
Carrying value of loans secured by assets	$	139,116		$	122,570
Carrying value of assets securing loans	$	483,910		$	461,162

The contractual maturities of “Loans payable – other” as of October 31, 2017, ranged from one month to 29 years.

Schedule of Debt Instrument [Table Text Block]

At October 31, 2017 and 2016, senior notes consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):



	2017			2016
8.91% Senior Notes due October 15, 2017	$	—		$	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
4.875% Senior Notes due March 15, 2027	450,000			—
0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes due September 15, 2032	—			287,500
Bond discounts, premiums, and deferred issuance costs, net	(7,413		)	(13,004		)
	$	2,462,463		$	2,694,372

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

As of October 31, 2017, the annual aggregate maturities of our loans and notes during each of the next five fiscal years are as follows (amounts in thousands):



	Amount
2018	$	181,361
2019	$	377,188
2020	$	255,298
2021	$	501,603
2022	$	421,520