Information on Segments (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Oct. 31, 2023	Oct. 31, 2022
Inventory
Inventory	$ 9,057,578	$ 8,733,326
Land controlled for future communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	173,175	240,751
Land Owned for Future Communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	663,413	808,851
Operating communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	8,220,990	7,683,724
North [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	1,095,640	1,293,698
North [Member] | Land controlled for future communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	32,762	25,876
North [Member] | Land Owned for Future Communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	31,253	125,762
North [Member] | Operating communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	1,031,625	1,142,060
Mid-Atlantic [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	1,258,487	996,477
Mid-Atlantic [Member] | Land controlled for future communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	34,175	50,425
Mid-Atlantic [Member] | Land Owned for Future Communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	135,042	245,208
Mid-Atlantic [Member] | Operating communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	1,089,270	700,844
South [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	2,147,270	1,827,313
South [Member] | Land controlled for future communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	40,335	67,173
South [Member] | Land Owned for Future Communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	198,467	190,081
South [Member] | Operating communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	1,908,468	1,570,059
Mountain
Inventory
Inventory	2,567,882	2,658,232
Mountain | Land controlled for future communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	12,443	15,890
Mountain | Land Owned for Future Communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	129,326	119,315
Mountain | Operating communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	2,426,113	2,523,027
Pacific
Inventory
Inventory	1,988,299	1,957,606
Pacific | Land controlled for future communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	53,460	81,387
Pacific | Land Owned for Future Communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	169,325	128,485
Pacific | Operating communities [Member]
Inventory
Inventory	$ 1,765,514	$ 1,747,734