Accrued Expenses (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

Accrued expenses at July 31, 2016 and October 31, 2015 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):



	July 31, 2016		October 31, 2015
Land, land development, and construction	$	127,577	$	118,634
Compensation and employee benefits	125,876		125,045
Self-insurance	116,358		113,727
Warranty	91,967		93,083
Interest	39,035		26,926
Commitments to unconsolidated entities	5,260		5,534
Other	122,611		125,117
	$	628,684	$	608,066

The table below provides, for the periods indicated, a reconciliation of the changes in our warranty accrual (amounts in thousands):



	Nine months ended July 31,						Three months ended July 31,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Balance, beginning of period	$	93,083		$	86,282		$	91,194		$	83,057
Additions – homes closed during the period	18,208			13,200			7,241			4,947
Increase in accruals for homes closed in prior years	11,045			1,763			4,853			454
Charges incurred	(30,369		)	(22,240		)	(11,321		)	(9,453		)
Balance, end of period	$	91,967		$	79,005		$	91,967		$	79,005