Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Company purchase commitments

Information regarding our land purchase commitments at October 31, 2019 and 2018, is provided in the table below (amounts in thousands):

	2019		2018
Aggregate purchase commitments:
Unrelated parties	$	2,349,900	$	2,404,660
Unconsolidated entities that the Company has investments in	10,826		128,235
Total	$	2,360,726	$	2,532,895
Deposits against aggregate purchase commitments	$	168,778	$	168,421
Credits to be received from unconsolidated entities			79,168
Additional cash required to acquire land	2,191,948		2,285,306
Total	$	2,360,726	$	2,532,895
Amount of additional cash required to acquire land included in accrued expenses	$	14,620	$	40,103

Company mortgage commitments

Information regarding our mortgage commitments at October 31, 2019 and 2018, is provided in the table below (amounts in thousands):

	2019		2018
Aggregate mortgage loan commitments:
IRLCs	$	565,634	$	614,255
Non-IRLCs	1,364,972		1,329,674
Total	$	1,930,606	$	1,943,929
Investor commitments to purchase:
IRLCs	$	565,634	$	614,255
Mortgage loans receivable	208,591		163,208
Total	$	774,225	$	777,463

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
2019	$	20,180
2018	$	15,783
2017	$	14,505

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

At October 31, 2019, future minimum rent payments under our operating leases were (amounts in thousands):

Year ending October 31,	Amount
2020	$	15,430
2021	12,576
2022	10,082
2023	7,800
2024	6,691
Thereafter	218,221
	$	270,800