Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Jan. 31, 2020	Jan. 31, 2019
Revenues		$ 494,056	$ 380,594
Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs		2,828	704
Total expenses		512,488	407,262
Corporate general and administrative		19,744	17,664
Other interest expensed	[1],[2]	25,003	22,273
Other operations		194	242
Gain on extinguishment of debt		9,456
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures		1,540	9,562
(Loss) before income taxes		(7,436)	(17,106)
Tax provision (benefit)		1,712	346
Net (loss)		$ (9,148)	$ (17,452)
Net (loss) per common share (in dollars per share)		$ (1.49)	$ (2.93)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (in shares)		6,161	5,958
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Tax provision (benefit)		$ 1,712	$ 346
Domestic Tax Authority [Member]
Tax provision (benefit)
Homebuilding [Member]
Revenues		480,042	370,986
Cost of sales, excluding interest		396,355	304,927
Cost of sales interest		18,136	10,242
Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs		2,828	704
Total cost of sales		417,319	315,873
Selling, general and administrative		40,674	42,736
Total expenses		457,993	358,609
Homebuilding [Member] | Home Building [Member]
Revenues		479,233	362,135
Homebuilding [Member] | Land Sales and Other Revenues [Member]
Revenues		809	8,851
Financial Services [Member]
Revenues		14,014	9,608
Total expenses		$ 9,554	$ 8,474

[1] Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest, is the sum of other interest expensed, as defined above, and interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries adjusted for the change in accrued interest on notes payable, which is calculated as follows: Three Months Ended January 31, (In thousands) 2020 2019 Other interest expensed $25,003 $22,273 Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries 770 689 (Increase) decrease in accrued interest (11,818 ) 17,477 Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest $13,955 $40,439

[2] Other interest expensed includes interest that does not qualify for interest capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt, which amounted to $14.9 million and $17.6 million for the three months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Other interest also includes interest on completed homes, land in planning and fully developed lots without homes under construction, which does not qualify for capitalization, and therefore, is expensed. This component of other interest was $10.1 million and $4.7 million for the three months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.