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Number of land purchase contracts determined to be with VIEs.

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- Definition

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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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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- Definition

Total interest costs incurred during the period and either capitalized or charged against earnings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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- Definition

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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- Definition

Amount of interest cost charged to cost of sales that had been previously capitalized to inventory.

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Inventory (Details Textual)	12 Months Ended
Inventory (Details Textual)	Oct. 31, 2022 USD ($) numberOfLandContracts	Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($) numberOfLandContracts	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Purchase Obligation	$ 4,321,717,000	$ 4,452,757,000
Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs, Cost of Sales			$ 174,375,000
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Interest Costs Incurred	(2,900,000)	900,000	0
Home Building [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs, Cost of Sales	164,831,000	187,237,000
Home Building [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs, Cost of Sales	$ (31,300)	$ 211,000	$ 0
VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of VIE Land Purchase Contracts \| numberOfLandContracts		289
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of VIE Land Purchase Contracts \| numberOfLandContracts	237
Land Purchase Commitment To Unrelated Party [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Purchase Obligation	$ 4,279,660,000	$ 4,442,804,000
Land Purchase Commitment To Unrelated Party [Member] \| VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Purchase Obligation		3,670,000,000
Land Purchase Commitment To Unrelated Party [Member] \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Purchase Obligation	3,890,000,000
Land Parcel Purchase Commitment [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Deposit Assets	463,452,000	336,363,000
Land Parcel Purchase Commitment [Member] \| VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Deposit Assets		$ 302,400,000
Land Parcel Purchase Commitment [Member] \| Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Deposit Assets	$ 417,600,000