Note 10 - Operating and Reporting Segments - Financial Information Relating to Segment Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Oct. 31, 2025	Oct. 31, 2024	Oct. 31, 2023
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		$ 2,978,581	$ 3,004,918	$ 2,756,016
Income (loss) before income taxes		86,087	317,089	255,951
Assets		2,633,913	2,605,574
Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		2,973,669	2,996,908	2,745,228
Cost of sales	[1]	2,497,770	2,365,376	2,135,313
Selling, general and administrative		194,772	182,589	177,722
Financial services interest expense		56,001	49,940	40,724
Other segment items	[2]	(9,952)	(20,562)	(5,839)
Income (loss) before income taxes		235,078	419,565	397,308
Assets		2,011,298	2,053,415
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures		160,854	141,351
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Income (loss) before income taxes	[3]	148,991	102,476	141,357
Northeast [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		1,151,641	1,036,048	968,853
Cost of sales	[1]	945,566	799,549	740,829
Selling, general and administrative		63,117	62,665	63,793
Financial services interest expense		0	0	0
Other segment items	[2]	(22,572)	(17,219)	(16,033)
Income (loss) before income taxes		165,530	191,053	180,264
Southeast [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		349,980	448,902	420,295
Cost of sales	[1]	308,978	351,152	323,228
Selling, general and administrative		33,970	34,607	29,562
Financial services interest expense		0	0	0
Other segment items	[2]	(8,427)	(14,532)	(10,893)
Income (loss) before income taxes		15,459	77,675	78,398
West [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		1,377,073	1,437,894	1,295,992
Cost of sales	[1]	1,243,226	1,214,675	1,071,256
Selling, general and administrative		97,685	85,317	84,367
Financial services interest expense		0	0	0
Other segment items	[2]	21,047	11,189	21,087
Income (loss) before income taxes		15,115	126,713	119,282
Home Building [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Sale of homes [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		2,852,908	2,875,487	2,630,457
Home Building [Member] | Northeast [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Assets		672,021	664,064
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures		97,024	79,659
Home Building [Member] | Northeast [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Sale of homes [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		1,146,746	1,007,595	933,156
Home Building [Member] | Southeast [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Assets		358,383	296,058
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures		29,765	55,344
Home Building [Member] | Southeast [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Sale of homes [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		349,448	447,804	419,656
Home Building [Member] | West [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Assets		829,683	889,704
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures		34,065	6,348
Home Building [Member] | West [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Sale of homes [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		1,356,714	1,420,088	1,277,645
Financial Services [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		94,975	74,064	60,088
Cost of sales	[1]	0	0	0
Selling, general and administrative		0	0	0
Financial services interest expense		56,001	49,940	40,724
Other segment items	[2]	0	0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes		38,974	24,124	19,364
Assets		151,211	203,589
Financial Services [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Sale of homes [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		0	0	0
Financial Services [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Land Sales and Other Revenues [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	[4]	0	0	0
Financial Services [Member] | Northeast [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		0	0	0
Financial Services [Member] | Southeast [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		0	0	0
Financial Services [Member] | West [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		0	0	0
All Other [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Land Sales and Other Revenues [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	[4]	25,786	47,357	54,683
All Other [Member] | Northeast [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Land Sales and Other Revenues [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	[4]	4,895	28,453	35,697
All Other [Member] | Southeast [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Land Sales and Other Revenues [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	[4]	532	1,098	639
All Other [Member] | West [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Land Sales and Other Revenues [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	[4]	$ 20,359	$ 17,806	$ 18,347

[1] Consists primarily of homebuilding and land sale costs, amortization of capitalized interest, inventory impairments and land option write-offs.

[2] Consists primarily of other interest expensed, and income (loss)  from unconsolidated joint ventures.

[3] Consists primarily of corporate costs and shared services functions that are not allocated to the homebuilding or financial services reportable segments.

[4] Consists primarily of land sales revenue, interest income, and income from forfeited customer deposits due to contract cancellations.