Inventory (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2011

Inventory (Tables) [Abstract]

Total Inventory

	July 31,		October 31,
	2011		2010
Land controlled for future communities	$	43,554	$	31,899
Land owned for future communities		1,031,144		923,972
Operating communities		2,348,919		2,285,854
	$	3,423,617	$	3,241,725

Temporarily Closed communities

	July 31,		October 31,
	2011		2010
Land owned for future communities:
Number of communities		40		36
Carrying value (in thousands)	$	245,287	$	212,882
Operating communities:
Number of communities		4		13
Carrying value (in thousands)	$	20,958	$	78,100

Inventory impairment charges and expensing of costs that it is believed not to be recoverable

	Nine months ended July 31,				Three months ended July 31,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Land controlled for future communities	$	2,486	$	2,250	$	637	$	58
Land owned for future communities		16,000		41,600		16,000		5,850
Operating communities		16,375		44,370		175		6,600
	$	34,861	$	88,220	$	16,812	$	12,508

Periods indicated, the number of operating communities, impairment charges and fair value of communities net of impairment charges

			Impaired operating communities
					Fair value of
	Number of				communities,
	operating				net of
	communities		Number of		impairment		Impairment
Three months ended:	tested		communities		charges		charges
Fiscal 2011:
January 31		143		6	$	56,105	$	5,475
April 30		142		9	$	40,765		10,725
July 31		129		2	$	867		175
							$	16,375
Fiscal 2010:
January 31		260		14	$	60,519	$	22,750
April 30		161		7	$	53,594		15,020
July 31		155		7	$	21,457		6,600
October 31		144		12	$	39,209		9,120
							$	53,490

Interest incurred, capitalized and expensed

	Nine months ended July 31,						Three months ended July 31,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Interest capitalized, beginning of period	$	267,278		$	259,818		$	288,508		$	271,509
Interest incurred		86,820			87,740			28,387			28,879
Interest expensed to cost of revenues		(56,327	)		(55,411	)		(20,946	)		(23,033	)
Interest directly expensed to statement of operations		(1,504	)		(18,588	)					(5,124	)
Write-off against other income		(861	)		(1,786	)		(543	)		(977	)
Interest reclassified to property, construction and office equipment					(519	)
Interest capitalized, end of period	$	295,406		$	271,254		$	295,406		$	271,254