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Inventory (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2018
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventory
Inventory at October 31, 2018 and 2017 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
 
2018
 
2017
Land controlled for future communities
$
139,985

 
$
87,158

Land owned for future communities
916,616

 
1,142,870

Operating communities
6,541,618

 
6,051,425

 
$
7,598,219

 
$
7,281,453
Temporarily Closed communities
Information regarding the classification, number, and carrying value of these temporarily closed communities at October 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016, is provided in the table below ($ amounts in thousands):
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Land owned for future communities:
 
 
 
 
 
Number of communities
17

 
14

 
18

Carrying value (in thousands)
$
124,426

 
$
110,732

 
$
123,936

Operating communities:
 
 
 
 
 
Number of communities
1

 
6

 
3

Carrying value (in thousands)
$
2,622

 
$
26,749

 
$
8,523
Inventory impairment charges and expensing of costs that it is believed not to be recoverable
We provided for inventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that we believed not to be recoverable in each of the three fiscal years ended October 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016, as shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
Charge:
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Land controlled for future communities
$
2,820

 
$
1,949

 
$
3,142

Land owned for future communities
2,185

 
3,050

 
2,300

Operating communities
30,151

 
9,795

 
8,365

 
$
35,156

 
$
14,794

 
$
13,807
Interest incurred, capitalized and expensed
Interest incurred, capitalized, and expensed in each of the three fiscal years ended October 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016, was as follows (amounts in thousands):
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Interest capitalized, beginning of year
$
352,049

 
$
369,419

 
$
373,128

Interest incurred
165,977

 
175,944

 
164,001

Interest expensed to cost of revenues
(190,734
)
 
(172,832
)
 
(160,337
)
Interest expensed to other income
(3,760
)
 
(4,823
)
 
(1,143
)
Interest reclassified to property, construction, and office equipment


 
(485
)
 
(1,111
)
Interest capitalized on investments in unconsolidated entities
(7,220
)
 
(8,824
)
 
(5,818
)
Previously capitalized interest transferred to investments in unconsolidated entities


 
(8,708
)
 


Previously capitalized interest on investments in unconsolidated entities transferred to inventory
3,052

 
2,358

 
699

Interest capitalized, end of year
$
319,364

 
$
352,049

 
$
369,419