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

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Debt [Text Block]

At April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, loans payable consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	April 30, 2016			October 31, 2015
Senior unsecured term loan	$	500,000		$	500,000
Credit facility borrowings	100,000			350,000
Loans payable – other	112,362			151,702
Deferred issuance costs	(1,069		)	(1,263		)
	$	711,293		$	1,000,439