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Information on Segments
 6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Information on Segments Information on Segments
We operate in the following five geographic segments, with current operations generally located in the states listed below:
Eastern Region:
•The North region: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania;
•The Mid-Atlantic region: Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia;
•The South region: Florida, South Carolina and Texas;
Western Region:
•The Mountain region: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah;
•The Pacific region: California, Oregon and Washington.
Our geographic reporting segments are consistent with how our chief operating decision makers are assessing operating performance and allocating capital.
Revenues and income (loss) before income taxes for each of our segments, for the periods indicated, were as follows (amounts in thousands):
 Three months ended April 30,Six months ended April 30,
 2024202320242023
Revenues:
North$335,215 $381,316 $607,872 $704,110 
Mid-Atlantic376,110 309,587 640,264 498,704 
South658,374 519,351 1,191,260 912,232 
Mountain603,568 674,234 1,056,949 1,154,446 
Pacific674,687 605,870 1,083,679 970,638 
Total home building2,647,954 2,490,358 4,580,024 4,240,130 
Corporate and other(934)(260)(1,168)(610)
2,647,020 2,490,098 4,578,856 4,239,520 
Land sales and other revenues (1)
190,466 16,881 206,478 47,628 
Total consolidated$2,837,486 $2,506,979 $4,785,334 $4,287,148 
Income (loss) before income taxes:
North$51,422 $50,922 $84,443 $87,556 
Mid-Atlantic254,525 64,428 304,043 87,351 
South126,465 88,721 224,895 141,167 
Mountain81,950 133,942 162,114 221,246 
Pacific170,881 157,524 274,534 236,501 
Total home building685,243 495,537 1,050,029 773,821 
Corporate and other(35,464)(64,945)(89,089)(89,433)
Total consolidated$649,779 $430,592 $960,940 $684,388 
(1)    Included in the three and six months ended April 30, 2024 is a $185.0 million land sale related to our Mid-Atlantic segment, as further discussed in Note 1, “Significant Accounting Policies”.
“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of general corporate expenses such as our executive offices; the corporate finance, accounting, audit, tax, human resources, risk management, information technology, marketing, and legal groups; interest income; income from certain of our ancillary businesses, including our apartment rental development business and our high-rise urban luxury condominium operations, and income from our Rental Property Joint Ventures and Gibraltar Joint Ventures.
Total assets for each of our segments, as of the dates indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
April 30,
2024		October 31,
2023
North$1,450,260 $1,281,479 
Mid-Atlantic1,416,149 1,323,381 
South2,665,914 2,399,055 
Mountain2,956,251 2,666,874 
Pacific2,272,133 2,175,776 
Total home building10,760,707 9,846,565 
Corporate and other2,489,652 2,680,453 
Total consolidated$13,250,359 $12,527,018 
“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, investments in our Rental Property Joint Ventures, expected recoveries from insurance carriers and suppliers, our Gibraltar investments and operations, manufacturing facilities, our apartment rental development and high-rise urban luxury condominium operations, and our mortgage and title subsidiaries.
The amounts we have provided for inventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that we believe not to be recoverable, for the periods indicated, which are included in home sales cost of revenues, were as follows (amounts in thousands):
 Three months ended April 30,Six months ended April 30,
 2024202320242023
North$38 $290 $533 $431 
Mid-Atlantic2,703 5,080 2,895 6,320 
South647 30 727 481 
Mountain25,000 5,487 25,674 5,618 
Pacific40 182 70 6,223 
Total consolidated$28,428 $11,069 $29,899 $19,073 
We have also recognized $0.6 million of land impairment charges included in land sales and other cost of revenues during the three-month and six-month periods ended April 30, 2024, which was in our Mid-Atlantic segment. We recognized $4.7 million of similar charges during the three-month period ended April 30, 2023, of which $2.2 million and $2.5 million were in our Pacific and Corporate and other segments, respectively. In the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, we recognized $17.7 million of similar charges of which $2.7 million, $10.3 million, $2.2 million, and $2.5 million were in our North, Mid-Atlantic, Pacific and Corporate and other segments, respectively.