Aggregate outstanding purchase price limitations.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930785&loc=d3e28551-108399

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The balance represents the amount of loans that are secured by real estate mortgages, offset by the reserve to cover probable credit losses on the loan portfolio.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the outstanding short-term borrowings under a revolving line of credit used by mortgage bankers to finance the origination or purchase of loans.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Loans Payable, Senior Notes, and Mortgage Company Loan Facility Mortgage Company Loan Facility (Details Textual 4) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 07, 2017	Oct. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 1,680,900
Mortgage company loan facility		120,145	$ 210,000
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Commercial and Consumer, Net		132,922	248,601
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity		100,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 150,000
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date		Apr. 25, 2018
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage		3.24%
Mortgage company loan facility		$ 120,100	210,000
Aggregate Outstanding Purchase Price Limitations		$ 0
Obligation to Repurchase Receivables Sold [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity			85,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity			$ 125,000
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Warehouse Agreement Borrowings [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest Rate on Loan Commitments in Addition to Libor		2.00%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Obligation to Repurchase Receivables Sold [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest Rate on Loan Commitments in Addition to Libor			2.00%
Securities Pledged as Collateral [Member] \| Warehouse Agreement Borrowings [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Commercial and Consumer, Net		$ 125,700	$ 231,400
Minimum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		1.11%	0.78%
Minimum [Member] \| Obligation to Repurchase Receivables Sold [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			2.00%
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Warehouse Agreement Borrowings [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity	$ 75,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Warehouse Agreement Borrowings [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest Rate on Loan Commitments in Addition to Libor	1.90%