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	Oct. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2014	Apr. 30, 2014	Jan. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Jul. 31, 2013	Apr. 30, 2013	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
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Revenues	$ 1,350,690us-gaap_HomeBuildingRevenue	$ 1,056,857us-gaap_HomeBuildingRevenue	$ 860,374us-gaap_HomeBuildingRevenue	$ 643,681us-gaap_HomeBuildingRevenue	$ 1,044,534us-gaap_HomeBuildingRevenue	$ 689,160us-gaap_HomeBuildingRevenue	$ 516,004us-gaap_HomeBuildingRevenue	$ 424,601us-gaap_HomeBuildingRevenue	$ 3,911,602us-gaap_HomeBuildingRevenue	$ 2,674,299us-gaap_HomeBuildingRevenue	$ 1,882,781us-gaap_HomeBuildingRevenue
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes	188,538	151,325	93,484	71,235	150,150	68,253	40,968	8,326	504,582	267,697	112,942
Total assets
Total assets	8,416,902us-gaap_Assets				6,827,459us-gaap_Assets				8,416,902us-gaap_Assets	6,827,459us-gaap_Assets
North [Member]
Revenues
Revenues									662,734	485,052	350,639
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									56,983	32,648	13,913
Total assets
Total assets	1,053,787				963,597				1,053,787	963,597
Mid-Atlantic [Member]
Revenues
Revenues									817,306	652,855	535,710
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									78,971	79,801	62,970
Total assets
Total assets	1,267,563				1,231,438				1,267,563	1,231,438
South [Member]
Revenues
Revenues									836,498	641,331	361,810
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									113,584	67,934	18,928
Total assets
Total assets	1,165,600				953,955				1,165,600	953,955
West [Member]
Revenues
Revenues									1,313,727	724,370	437,922
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									236,363	111,301	39,383
Total assets
Total assets	2,676,164				1,290,388				2,676,164	1,290,388
Traditional Homebuilding [Member]
Revenues
Revenues									3,630,265	2,503,608	1,686,081
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									485,901	291,684	135,194
Total assets
Total assets	6,163,114				4,439,378				6,163,114	4,439,378
City Living [Member]
Revenues
Revenues									281,337	170,691	196,700
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									104,580	53,345	61,910
Total assets
Total assets	834,949				674,302				834,949	674,302
Corporate and other [Member]
Revenues
Revenues
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes									(85,899)	(77,332)	(84,162)
Total assets
Total assets	$ 1,418,839				$ 1,713,779				$ 1,418,839	$ 1,713,779