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

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

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

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

At October 31, 2015 and 2014, loans payable consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	2015			2014
Senior unsecured term loan	$	500,000		$	500,000
Credit facility borrowings	350,000
Loans payable – other	151,702			154,261
Deferred issuance costs	(1,263		)	(1,642		)
	$	1,000,439		$	652,619

Schedule of Loans Payable [Table Text Block]

Information regarding our loans payable at October 31, 2015 and 2014, is included in the table below ($ amounts in thousands):

	2015			2014
Aggregate loans payable at October 31	$	151,702		$	154,261
Weighted-average interest rate	3.78		%	4.34		%
Interest rate range	0.15% - 7.87%			0.15% - 7.87%
Loans secured by assets
Carrying value of loans secured by assets	$	151,702		$	154,111
Carrying value of assets securing loans	$	378,864		$	428,122

The contractual maturities of loans payable – other as of October 31, 2015, ranged from less than one month to 31 years.

Schedule of Debt Instrument [Table Text Block]

At October 31, 2015 and 2014, senior notes consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	2015			2014
5.15% Senior Notes due May 15, 2015				$	300,000
8.91% Senior Notes due October 15, 2017	$	400,000		400,000
4.00% Senior Notes due December 31, 2018	350,000			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			250,000
4.875% Senior Notes due November 15, 2025	350,000
0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes due September 15, 2032	287,500			287,500
Bond discount and deferred issuance costs	(17,575		)	(19,135		)
	$	2,689,801		$	2,638,241

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

As of October 31, 2015, the annual aggregate maturities of our loans and notes during each of the next five fiscal years are as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Amount
2016	$	166,497
2017	$	419,480
2018	$	364,541
2019	$	860,535
2020	$	253,290