Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2018

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Company purchase commitments

Information regarding our land purchase commitments at October 31, 2018 and 2017, is provided in the table below (amounts in thousands):

	2018		2017
Aggregate purchase commitments:
Unrelated parties	$	2,404,660	$	1,986,276
Unconsolidated entities that the Company has investments in	128,235		248,801
Total	$	2,532,895	$	2,235,077
Deposits against aggregate purchase commitments	$	168,421	$	97,706
Credits to be received from unconsolidated entities	79,168		134,630
Additional cash required to acquire land	2,285,306		2,002,741
Total	$	2,532,895	$	2,235,077
Amount of additional cash required to acquire land included in accrued expenses	$	40,103	$	4,329

Company mortgage commitments

Information regarding our mortgage commitments at October 31, 2018 and 2017, is provided in the table below (amounts in thousands):

	2018		2017
Aggregate mortgage loan commitments:
IRLCs	$	614,255	$	350,740
Non-IRLCs	1,329,674		1,146,872
Total	$	1,943,929	$	1,497,612
Investor commitments to purchase:
IRLCs	$	614,255	$	350,740
Mortgage loans receivable	163,208		125,710
Total	$	777,463	$	476,450

Lessee, Operating Lease, Disclosure [Table Text Block]

Rental expenses incurred by us under these operating leases were (amounts in thousands):

Year ending October 31,	Amount
2018	$	15,783
2017	$	14,505
2016	$	12,584

Future minimum rent payments under these operating leases [Text Block]

At October 31, 2018, future minimum rent payments under our operating leases were (amounts in thousands):

Year ending October 31,	Amount
2019	$	12,712
2020	7,727
2021	5,843
2022	3,883
2023	1,824
Thereafter	1,682
	$	33,671