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	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014
Revenues
Revenues	$ 853,452us-gaap_HomeBuildingRevenue	$ 643,681us-gaap_HomeBuildingRevenue
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes	124,023	71,235
Total assets
Total assets	8,421,619us-gaap_Assets		8,416,902us-gaap_Assets
North [Member]
Revenues
Revenues	132,436	127,644
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes	10,567	8,346
Total assets
Total assets	1,075,858		1,053,787
Mid-Atlantic [Member]
Revenues
Revenues	163,388	169,096
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes	18,724	21,551
Total assets
Total assets	1,281,066		1,267,563
South [Member]
Revenues
Revenues	161,867	150,559
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes	23,324	17,368
Total assets
Total assets	1,208,771		1,165,600
West [Member]
Revenues
Revenues	287,942	186,226
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes	45,359	34,668
Total assets
Total assets	2,729,539		2,676,164
Traditional Homebuilding [Member]
Revenues
Revenues	745,633	633,525
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes	97,974	81,933
Total assets
Total assets	6,295,234		6,163,114
City Living [Member]
Revenues
Revenues	107,819	10,156
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes	51,345	(1,058)
Total assets
Total assets	866,462		834,949
Corporate and other [Member]
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income before income taxes	(25,296)	(9,640)
Total assets
Total assets	$ 1,259,923		$ 1,418,839