Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2017

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Company purchase commitments

Information regarding our land purchase commitments at October 31, 2017 and 2016, is provided in the table below (amounts in thousands):

	2017		2016
Aggregate purchase commitments:
Unrelated parties	$	1,986,276	$	1,544,185
Unconsolidated entities that the Company has investments in	248,801		79,204
Total	$	2,235,077	$	1,623,389
Deposits against aggregate purchase commitments	$	97,706	$	65,299
Additional cash required to acquire land	2,137,371		1,558,090
Total	$	2,235,077	$	1,623,389
Amount of additional cash required to acquire land included in accrued expenses	$	4,329	$	18,266

Company mortgage commitments

Information regarding our mortgage commitments at October 31, 2017 and 2016, is provided in the table below (amounts in thousands):

	2017		2016
Aggregate mortgage loan commitments:
IRLCs	$	350,740	$	255,647
Non-IRLCs	1,146,872		1,094,861
Total	$	1,497,612	$	1,350,508
Investor commitments to purchase:
IRLCs	$	350,740	$	255,647
Mortgage loans receivable	125,710		231,398
Total	$	476,450	$	487,045

Lessee, Operating Lease, Disclosure [Table Text Block]

Rental expenses incurred by us under these operating leases were (amounts in thousands):

Year ending October 31,	Amount
2017	$	14,505
2016	$	13,360
2015	$	12,584

Future minimum rent payments under these operating leases [Text Block]

At October 31, 2017, future minimum rent payments under our operating leases were (amounts in thousands):

Year ending October 31,	Amount
2018	$	12,081
2019	9,747
2020	5,097
2021	3,570
2022	1,980
Thereafter	544
	$	33,019