Information on Segments (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Oct. 31, 2022	Oct. 31, 2021
Inventory
Inventory	$ 8,733,326	$ 7,915,884
Land controlled for future communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	240,751	185,656
Land Owned for Future Communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	808,851	564,737
Operating communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	7,683,724	7,165,491
North [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	1,293,698	1,456,362
North [Member] | Land controlled for future communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	25,876	24,791
North [Member] | Land Owned for Future Communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	125,762	202,273
North [Member] | Operating communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	1,142,060	1,229,298
Mid-Atlantic [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	996,477	937,706
Mid-Atlantic [Member] | Land controlled for future communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	50,425	51,267
Mid-Atlantic [Member] | Land Owned for Future Communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	245,208	109,693
Mid-Atlantic [Member] | Operating communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	700,844	776,746
South [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	1,827,313	1,214,241
South [Member] | Land controlled for future communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	67,173	34,567
South [Member] | Land Owned for Future Communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	190,081	44,304
South [Member] | Operating communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	1,570,059	1,135,370
Mountain
Inventory
Inventory	2,658,232	2,252,977
Mountain | Land controlled for future communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	15,890	40,483
Mountain | Land Owned for Future Communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	119,315	85,631
Mountain | Operating communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	2,523,027	2,126,863
Pacific
Inventory
Inventory	1,957,606	2,054,598
Pacific | Land controlled for future communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	81,387	34,548
Pacific | Land Owned for Future Communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	128,485	122,836
Pacific | Operating communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	$ 1,747,734	$ 1,897,214