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Inventory (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Inventory (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	Jan. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Purchase Obligation	$ 2,752,846		$ 2,640,225
Home Building [Member]
Real estate inventory capitalized interest costs [Line Items]
Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs, Cost of Sales	$ (33,325)	$ (32,774)
VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of VIE Land Purchase Contracts (in ones)	218		207
Interest Rate Swap \| Home Building [Member]
Real estate inventory capitalized interest costs [Line Items]
Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs, Cost of Sales	$ 10	$ 0
Interest Rate Swap \| AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]
Real estate inventory capitalized interest costs [Line Items]
Interest Costs Incurred	154
Land Purchase Commitment To Unrelated Party [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Purchase Obligation	2,744,059		$ 2,630,128
Land Purchase Commitment To Unrelated Party [Member] \| VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Purchase Obligation	2,310,000		2,310,000
Land Parcel Purchase Commitment [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Deposits against Aggregate Purchase Commitments	207,600		223,571
Land Parcel Purchase Commitment [Member] \| VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Deposits against Aggregate Purchase Commitments	$ 193,000		$ 208,700