Other Income - Net (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2014
Other Nonoperating Income By Component [Line Items]
Interest income	$ 488,000	$ 1,064,000
Income from Ancillary Businesses	10,839,000	1,613,000
Management fee income	2,979,000	1,227,000
Retained customer deposits	1,340,000	888,000
Land sales, net	4,817,000	6,258,000
Other	731,000	1,159,000
Total other income - net	22,016,000	16,541,000
Revenues and expenses of non-core ancillary businesses
Revenue	31,280,000	20,940,000
Expense	20,441,000	19,327,000
Revenues and expenses from land sales [Abstract]
Revenue	104,021,000	11,028,000
Retail Land Sales, Installment Method, Gross Profit, Deferred
Expense	(89,944,000)	(4,770,000)
Land sales, net	4,817,000	6,258,000
Gibraltar [Member]
Other Nonoperating Income By Component [Line Items]
Gibraltar	$ 822,000	$ 4,332,000