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Inventory (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2015
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventory
Inventory at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
 
April 30,
2015
 
October 31,
2014
Land controlled for future communities
$
58,985

 
$
122,533

Land owned for future communities
2,229,518

 
2,355,874

Operating communities
4,435,840

 
4,011,914

 
$
6,724,343

 
$
6,490,321

Temporarily Closed communities
Information regarding the classification, number, and carrying value of these temporarily closed communities, as of the dates indicated, is provided in the table below.
 
April 30,
2015
 
October 31,
2014
Land owned for future communities:
 
 
 
Number of communities
18

 
16

Carrying value (in thousands)
$
156,267

 
$
122,015

Operating communities:
 
 
 
Number of communities
8

 
9

Carrying value (in thousands)
$
23,025

 
$
42,092

Inventory impairment charges and expensing of costs that it is believed not to be recoverable
The amounts we have provided for inventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that we believed not to be recoverable, for the periods indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
 
Six months ended April 30,
 
Three months ended April 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Land controlled for future communities
$
610

 
$
1,006

 
$
366

 
$
324

Land owned for future communities
700

 


 
700

 

Operating communities
12,000

 
2,900

 
11,100

 
1,600

 
$
13,310

 
$
3,906

 
$
12,166

 
$
1,924

Interest incurred, capitalized and expensed
Interest incurred, capitalized, and expensed, for the periods indicated, was as follows (amounts in thousands): 
 
Six months ended April 30,
 
Three months ended April 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Interest capitalized, beginning of period
$
356,180

 
$
343,077

 
$
364,228

 
$
356,618

Interest incurred
80,458

 
82,628

 
39,954

 
42,684

Interest expensed to cost of revenues
(57,953
)
 
(54,585
)
 
(29,576
)
 
(29,145
)
Write-off against other income
(1,738
)
 
(1,039
)
 
(410
)
 
(722
)
Interest capitalized on investments in unconsolidated entities
(4,825
)
 
(4,757
)
 
(2,074
)
 
(2,300
)
Previously capitalized interest on investments in unconsolidated entities transferred to inventory
772

 
1,811

 
772

 


Interest capitalized, end of period
$
372,894

 
$
367,135

 
$
372,894

 
$
367,135