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

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2014

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

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

At October 31, 2014 and 2013, loans payable consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	2014		2013
Senior unsecured term loan	$	500,000
Loans payable - other	154,261		$	107,222
	$	654,261	$	107,222

Schedule of Loans Payable [Table Text Block]

Information regarding our loans payable at October 31, 2014 and 2013, is included in the table below ($ amounts in thousands):

	2014			2013
Aggregate loans payable at October 31	$	154,261		$	107,222
Weighted-average interest rate	4.34		%	4.53		%
Interest rate range	0.15% - 7.87%			0.14% - 7.87%
Loans secured by assets
Carrying value of loans secured by assets	$	154,111		$	106,358
Carrying value of assets securing loans	$	428,122		$	372,833

The contractual maturities of loans payable - other as of October 31, 2014, ranged from less than one month to 32 years.

Schedule of Debt Instrument [Table Text Block]

At October 31, 2014 and 2013, senior notes consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	2014			2013
4.95% Senior Notes due March 15, 2014	$	—		$	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
4.00% Senior Notes due December 31, 2018	350,000			—
6.75% Senior Notes due November 1, 2019	250,000			250,000
5.875% Senior Notes due February 15, 2022	419,876			419,876
4.375% Senior Notes due April 15, 2023	400,000			400,000
5.625% Senior Notes due January 15, 2024	250,000			—
0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes due September 15, 2032	287,500			287,500
Bond discount	(2,332		)	(3,894		)
	$	2,655,044		$	2,321,442

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

As of October 31, 2014, the annual aggregate maturities of our loans and notes during each of the next five fiscal years are as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Amount
2015	$	455,382
2016	$	25,528
2017	$	407,932
2018	$	4,890
2019	$	858,808