Inventory (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of VIE Land Purchase Contracts	87
Aggregate purchase price of VIE lands	$ 1,124,300,000
Deposits for purchase of lands with VIE entities	51,900,000
Reduction in Capitalized Interest	38,200,000	47,900,000	54,000,000
Land inventory reclass to receivables, prepaid expenses and other assets		28,500,000
Transfer of Inventory to Investment	54,761,000	5,793,000
Reclassification of inventory to property, construction and office equipment	$ 5,576,000		$ 20,005,000