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Inventory (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2021
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventory Inventory at October 31, 2021 and 2020 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
20212020
Land controlled for future communities$185,656 $223,525 
Land owned for future communities564,737 1,036,843 
Operating communities7,165,491 6,398,538 
 $7,915,884 $7,658,906 
Temporarily Closed communities Information regarding the classification, number, and carrying value of these temporarily closed communities at October 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, is provided in the table below ($ amounts in thousands):
202120202019
Land owned for future communities:   
Number of communities1 10 16 
Carrying value (in thousands)$15,771 $68,064 $120,857 
Operating communities:   
Number of communities— 4 1 
Carrying value (in thousands)$— $32,112 $2,871 
Inventory impairment charges and expensing of costs that it is believed not to be recoverable The amounts we have 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, 2021, 2020, and 2019, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
Charge:202120202019
Land controlled for future communities$5,620 $23,539 $11,285 
Land owned for future communities19,805 31,669 — 
Operating communities1,110 675 31,075 
 $26,535 $55,883 $42,360 
Interest incurred, capitalized and expensed Interest incurred, capitalized, and expensed in each of the three fiscal years ended October 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, was as follows (amounts in thousands):
202120202019
Interest capitalized, beginning of year$297,975 $311,323 $319,364 
Interest incurred152,986 172,530 178,035 
Interest expensed to home sales cost of revenues(187,237)(174,375)(185,045)
Interest expensed to land sales and other cost of revenues(4,372)(5,443)(1,787)
Interest expensed in other income – net— (2,440)— 
Interest reclassified to property, construction and office equipment(1,034)— — 
Interest capitalized on investments in unconsolidated entities(4,574)(3,835)(4,571)
Previously capitalized interest on investments in unconsolidated entities transferred to inventory194 215 5,327 
Interest capitalized, end of year$253,938 $297,975 $311,323