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Number of land purchase contracts determined to be with VIEs.

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Total interest costs incurred during the period and either capitalized or charged against earnings.

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- Definition

Minimum amount of purchase arrangement in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services from a supplier.

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- Definition

Amount of interest cost charged to cost of sales that had been previously capitalized to inventory.

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Inventory (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Inventory (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($) numberOfLandContracts	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($) numberOfLandContracts	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Purchase Obligation	$ 4,452,757	$ 2,640,225
Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs, Cost of Sales			$ 185,045
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Interest Costs Incurred	946	0	$ 0
Home Building [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs, Cost of Sales	187,237	$ 174,375
Home Building [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs, Cost of Sales	$ 211
VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of VIE Land Purchase Contracts \| numberOfLandContracts		207
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of VIE Land Purchase Contracts \| numberOfLandContracts	289
Land Purchase Commitment To Unrelated Party [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Purchase Obligation	$ 4,442,804	$ 2,630,128
Land Purchase Commitment To Unrelated Party [Member] \| VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Purchase Obligation		2,310,000
Land Purchase Commitment To Unrelated Party [Member] \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Purchase Obligation	3,670,000
Land Parcel Purchase Commitment [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Deposit Assets	336,363	223,571
Land Parcel Purchase Commitment [Member] \| VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Deposit Assets		$ 208,700
Land Parcel Purchase Commitment [Member] \| Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Inventory (Textual) [Abstract]
Deposit Assets	$ 302,400