Other Income - Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2020	Oct. 31, 2019	Oct. 31, 2018
Other Nonoperating Income By Component [Line Items]
Interest income	$ 10,009	$ 19,017	$ 8,570
Income from Ancillary Businesses	25,540	53,568	25,692
Management fee income from home building unconsolidated entities, net	7,077,659	7,223,966	7,143,258
Retained customer deposits	0	0	8,937
Land sales, net	0	0	6,331
Other	(1,052)	(1,031)	1,190
Total other income - net	35,693	81,502	62,460
Interest Expense, Debt	(2,440)	0	0
Revenues and expenses of non-core ancillary businesses
Revenue	118,855	150,114	158,051
Expense	106,285	132,823	132,359
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Business	12,970	36,277	0
Management Fee [Member]
Other Nonoperating Income By Component [Line Items]
Management fee income from home building unconsolidated entities, net	$ 3,636	$ 9,948	11,740
Land sales prior [Member]
Other Nonoperating Income By Component [Line Items]
Management fee income from home building unconsolidated entities, net			$ 134,327