Inventory (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Real Estate Inventory Capitalized Interest Costs Impairment	$ 33,536		$ 35,800
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary, Aggregated Disclosure [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of VIE Land Purchase Contracts (in ones)	58	63
Aggregate purchase price of VIE lands	$ 812,000	$ 578,200
Deposits for purchase of lands with VIE entities	$ 43,000	$ 30,700