Credit Facility, Loans Payable, Senior Notes, and Mortgage Company Warehouse Loan (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

Credit Facility, Loans Payable, Senior Notes, and Mortgage Company Warehouse Loan [Abstract]

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

Information regarding the Company’s loans payable at October 31, 2013 and 2012 is included in the table below ($ amounts in thousands).

	2013			2012
Aggregate loans payable at October 31	$	107,222		$	99,817
Weighted-average interest rate	4.53		%	3.64		%
Interest rate range	0.14% - 7.87%			0.26% - 7.87%
Loans secured by assets
Carrying value of loans secured by assets	$	106,358		$	98,952
Carrying value of assets securing loans	$	372,833		$	311,104

Schedule of Debt Instrument [Table Text Block]

At October 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company’s senior notes consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	2013			2012
6.875% Senior Notes due November 15, 2012				$	59,068
5.95% Senior Notes due September 15, 2013				104,785
4.95% Senior Notes due March 15, 2014	$	267,960		267,960
5.15% Senior Notes due May 15, 2015	300,000			300,000
8.91% Senior Notes due October 15, 2017	400,000			400,000
6.75% Senior Notes due November 1, 2019	250,000			250,000
5.875% Senior Notes due February 15, 2022	419,876			419,876
0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes due September 15, 2032	287,500			287,500
4.375% Senior Notes due April 15, 2023	400,000
Bond discount	(3,894		)	(8,726		)
	$	2,321,442		$	2,080,463

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

As of October 31, 2013, the annual aggregate maturities of the Company’s loans and notes during each of the next five fiscal years are as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Amount
2014	373,049
2015	317,365
2016	9,332
2017	404,415
2018	1,989