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Inventory (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2018
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventory
Inventory at April 30, 2018 and October 31, 2017 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
 
April 30,
2018
 
October 31,
2017
Land controlled for future communities
$
164,206

 
$
87,158

Land owned for future communities
1,064,967

 
1,142,870

Operating communities
6,642,396

 
6,051,425

 
$
7,871,569

 
$
7,281,453

Temporarily Closed communities
Information regarding the classification, number, and carrying value of these temporarily closed communities, as of the dates indicated, is provided in the table below:
 
April 30,
2018
 
October 31,
2017
Land owned for future communities:
 
 
 
Number of communities
16

 
14

Carrying value (in thousands)
$
126,998

 
$
110,732

Operating communities:
 
 
 
Number of communities
2

 
6

Carrying value (in thousands)
$
14,493

 
$
26,749

Inventory impairment charges and expensing of costs that it is believed not to be recoverable
The amounts we have provided for inventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that we believed not to be recoverable, for the periods indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
 
Six months ended April 30,
 
Three months ended April 30,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Land controlled for future communities
$
377

 
$
782

 
$
260

 
$
121

Land owned for future communities
247

 
1,200

 
247

 
1,200

Operating communities
17,061

 
6,935

 
13,325

 
2,935

 
$
17,685

 
$
8,917

 
$
13,832

 
$
4,256

Interest incurred, capitalized and expensed
Interest incurred, capitalized, and expensed, for the periods indicated, was as follows (amounts in thousands): 
 
Six months ended April 30,
 
Three months ended April 30,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Interest capitalized, beginning of period
$
352,049

 
$
369,419

 
$
354,496

 
$
376,880

Interest incurred
81,269

 
85,310

 
42,582

 
43,536

Interest expensed to cost of revenues
(78,912
)
 
(68,486
)
 
(45,027
)
 
(40,558
)
Interest expensed in other income
(1,001
)
 
(1,995
)
 
(285
)
 
(1,953
)
Interest capitalized on investments in unconsolidated entities
(3,602
)
 
(4,214
)
 
(1,891
)
 
(1,820
)
Previously capitalized interest transferred to investments in unconsolidated entities

 
(4,030
)
 

 

Previously capitalized interest on investments in unconsolidated entities transferred to inventory
115

 
209

 
43

 
128

Interest capitalized, end of period
$
349,918

 
$
376,213

 
$
349,918

 
$
376,213