Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textuals) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2011
Commitments and Contingencies (Additional Textuals) [Abstract]
Outstanding letter of credit	$ 107,500,000
Amount borrowed under credit facility	0
Commitments and Contingencies (Textuals) [Abstract]
Commitment Fees	0.625%
Leverage Ratio	1.75 to 1.00
Interest payable	2.75%
leverage ratio	0.16 to 1.00
Tangible net worth	2,580,000,000
Outstanding letter of credit	15,000,000
Letters of credit collateralized by cash deposits	16,700,000
Outstanding surety bonds amount	384,800,000
Amount of work remains on improvements in the Company's various communities	188,100,000
Additional surety bonds outstanding	69,600,000
Aggregate sales value of outstanding homes to be delivered	1,020,000,000
Company's mortgage subsidiary's warehouse loan	50,000,000
Minimum tangible net worth	1,910,000,000
Number of homes to be delivered	1,780
Revolving credit facility [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Additional Textuals) [Abstract]
Amount of borrowing available under letter of credit	777,500,000
Maximum borrowing capacity under revolving credit facility	$ 885,000,000
Revolving credit facility, expiration date	extends to october 2014
Number of banks involved in revolving credit facility	12

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Amount work remains on improvements.

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Commitment fee % on undrawn balances.

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Commitments And Contingencies Additional Textuals.

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Commitments And Contingencies.

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Company's mortgage subsidiary's maximum borrowing capacity under its mortgage warehouse loan.

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Letters of credit collateralized by cash deposits.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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leverage ratio.

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Maximum Leverage Ratio.

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The minimum net worth as defined and required by the credit agreement.

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Number of banks involved in revolving credit facility.

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Number Of Homes To Be Delivered.

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outstanding surety bonds amount .

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Aggregate sales value of outstanding homes to be delivered.

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Tangible net worth.

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Amount borrowed under the credit facility as of the balance-sheet date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 19, 22
-Article 5

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Reflects when the credit facility terminates, which may be presented in a variety of ways (year, month and year, day, month and year, quarter).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 129
-Paragraph 2, 4

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 19, 22
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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 19, 22
-Article 5

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the noncurrent portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 22
-Article 5

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 6
-Paragraph 9, 10, 11

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