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Investments in Unconsolidated Entities
9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2025
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, Schedule of Investments [Abstract]  
Investments in Unconsolidated Entities Investments in Unconsolidated Entities
We have investments in various unconsolidated entities and our ownership interest in these investments ranges from 2.5% to 50%. These entities are structured as joint ventures and either: (i) develop land for the joint venture participants and for sale to outside builders (“Land Development Joint Ventures”); (ii) develop for-sale homes (“Home Building Joint Ventures”); or (iii) develop luxury for-rent residential apartments and single family homes, commercial space, and a hotel (“Rental Property Joint Ventures”).
The table below provides information as of July 31, 2025, regarding active joint ventures that we were invested in, by joint venture category ($ amounts in thousands):
 Land
Development
Joint Ventures
Home Building
Joint Ventures
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
Other
Joint Ventures
Total
Number of unconsolidated entities
20140263
Investment in unconsolidated entities (1)
$524,698 $11,260 $579,169 $7,293 $1,122,420 
Number of unconsolidated entities with funding commitments by the Company
1011325
Company’s remaining funding commitment to unconsolidated entities (2)
$303,750 $5,842 $40,376 $3,836 $353,804 
(1)    Our total investment includes $144.5 million related to seven unconsolidated joint venture-related variable interests in VIEs and our maximum exposure to losses related to these VIEs is approximately $248.1 million as of July 31, 2025, inclusive of our investment in these joint ventures. Our ownership interest in such unconsolidated Joint Venture VIEs ranges from 25% to 50%.
(2)    Our remaining funding commitment includes approximately $83.1 million related to our unconsolidated joint venture-related variable interests in VIEs.
During the three months ended July 31, 2025, we consolidated two of our Home Building Joint Ventures as a result of us obtaining control of these entities during the period.
The table below provides information as of October 31, 2024, regarding active joint ventures that we were invested in, by joint venture category ($ amounts in thousands):
 Land
Development
Joint Ventures
Home Building
Joint Ventures
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
Other
Joint Ventures
Total
Number of unconsolidated entities
16240260
Investment in unconsolidated entities (1)
$388,550 $58,403 $549,195 $11,269 $1,007,417 
Number of unconsolidated entities with funding commitments by the Company
62027
Company’s remaining funding commitment to unconsolidated entities (2)
$242,966 $— $65,444 $4,427 $312,837 
(1)    Our total investment includes $158.0 million related to eight unconsolidated joint venture-related variable interests in VIEs and our maximum exposure to losses related to these VIEs is approximately $369.8 million as of October 31, 2024, inclusive of our investment in joint ventures. Our ownership interest in such unconsolidated Joint Venture VIEs ranges from 25% to 50%.
(2)    Our remaining funding commitment includes approximately $109.6 million related to our unconsolidated joint venture-related variable interests in VIEs.
Certain joint ventures in which we have investments obtained debt financing to finance a portion of their activities. The table below provides information at July 31, 2025, regarding the debt financing obtained by category ($ amounts in thousands):
 Land
Development
Joint Ventures
Home Building
Joint Ventures
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
Total
Number of joint ventures with debt financing
1413853
Aggregate loan commitments$839,043 $63,500 $3,448,201 $4,350,744 
Amounts borrowed under loan commitments
$542,394 $5,904 $2,836,479 $3,384,777 
The table below provides information at October 31, 2024, regarding the debt financing obtained by category ($ amounts in thousands):
 Land
Development
Joint Ventures
Home Building
Joint Ventures
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
Total
Number of joint ventures with debt financing
1113850
Aggregate loan commitments$639,589 $98,150 $3,538,148 $4,275,887 
Amounts borrowed under loan commitments$381,614 $47,903 $2,751,201 $3,180,718 
More specific and/or recent information regarding our investments in, advances to, and future commitments to these entities is provided below.
New Joint Ventures
The table below provides information on joint ventures entered into during the nine months ended July 31, 2025 ($ amounts in thousands):
Land Development Joint VenturesHome Building
Joint Ventures
Rental Property Joint Ventures
Number of unconsolidated joint ventures entered into during the period51
Aggregate joint venture fair value at formation date$204,500 $15,800 $44,700 
Investment balance at July 31, 2025$116,090 $11,260 $14,078 
There were no new joint ventures entered into during the nine months ended July 31, 2024.
Results of Operations and Intra-entity Transactions
From time to time, certain of our land development and rental property joint ventures sell assets to unrelated parties or to our joint venture partners. In the nine-month period ended July 31, 2025, two of our Rental Property Joint Ventures sold their assets and we recognized $18.2 million, in “Income (loss) from unconsolidated entities,” representing our proportionate share of the
gains. In the nine-month period ended July 31, 2024, one of our Rental Property Joint Ventures sold its assets and we recognized $21.0 million, representing our proportionate share of the gain. No similar transactions occurred in the three-month periods ended July 31, 2025 or July 31, 2024.
In addition, in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2025, we sold our ownership interest in one of our Rental Property Joint Ventures and recognized a gain of $2.7 million, which is included in “Income (loss) from unconsolidated entities” in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. No similar transactions occurred in the three-month period ended July 31, 2025 or the three-month and nine-month periods ended July 31, 2024.
In the three-month periods ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, we purchased land from unconsolidated entities, principally related to our acquisition of lots from our Land Development Joint Ventures, totaling $31.4 million and $29.8 million, respectively. In the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, we purchased land from unconsolidated entities, principally related to our acquisition of lots from our Land Development Joint Ventures, totaling $85.3 million and $91.7 million, respectively. Our share of income from the lots we acquired was not material in each period.
In our normal course of business, we may contribute land to certain of our joint ventures in exchange for an ownership interest. In the nine-month period ended July 31, 2025, we sold land to unconsolidated entities, which principally involved land sales to Home Building and Rental Property Joint Ventures, for $25.7 million. This amount is included in “Land sales and other revenue” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income and were sold at our land cost basis. No similar land sales to unconsolidated entities occurred in the three-month period ended July 31, 2025 or the three-month or nine-month periods ended July 31, 2024.
Guarantees
The unconsolidated entities in which we have investments generally finance their activities with a combination of partner equity and debt financing. In some instances, we have guaranteed portions of the debt of unconsolidated entities. These guarantees may include any or all of the following: (i) project completion guarantees, including any cost overruns; (ii) repayment guarantees, generally covering a percentage of the outstanding loan; (iii) carry cost guarantees, which cover costs such as interest, real estate taxes, and insurance; (iv) an environmental indemnity provided to the lender that holds the lender harmless from and against losses arising from the discharge of hazardous materials from the property and non-compliance with applicable environmental laws; and (v) indemnification of the lender from “bad boy acts” of the unconsolidated entity or its partners.
In some instances, we and our joint venture partner have provided joint and several guarantees in connection with loans to unconsolidated entities. In these situations, we generally seek to implement a reimbursement agreement with our partner that provides that neither party is responsible for more than its proportionate share or agreed upon share of the guarantee; however, we are not always successful. In addition, if the joint venture partner does not have adequate financial resources to meet its obligations under such a reimbursement agreement, we may be liable for more than our proportionate share.
We believe that, as of July 31, 2025, in the event we become legally obligated to perform under a guarantee of an obligation of an unconsolidated entity due to a triggering event, the collateral in such entity should be sufficient to repay all or a significant portion of the obligation. If it is not, we and our partners would need to contribute additional capital to the venture.
Information regarding certain of the Company’s unconsolidated entities’ outstanding debt obligations, loan commitments and our guarantees thereon are as follows ($ amounts in thousands):
July 31,
2025
October 31,
2024
Loan commitments in the aggregate$2,651,700 $3,031,500 
Our maximum estimated exposure under repayment and carry cost guarantees if the full amount of the debt obligations were borrowed (1)
$574,800 $646,900 
Debt obligations borrowed in the aggregate$1,939,600 $2,204,300 
Our maximum estimated exposure under repayment and carry cost guarantees of the debt obligations borrowed$523,000 $560,400 
Estimated fair value of guarantees provided by us related to debt and other obligations$17,000 $17,400 
Terms of guarantees
1 month -
8.4 years
1 month -
3.0 years
(1)    At July 31, 2025 and October 31, 2024, our maximum estimated exposure under repayment and carry cost guarantees includes approximately $20.6 million and $102.3 million related to our unconsolidated joint venture VIEs.
The maximum exposure estimates presented above do not take into account any recoveries from the underlying collateral or any reimbursement from our partners, nor do they include any potential exposures related to project completion guarantees or the indemnities noted above, which are not estimable. To date, we have not been required to make any significant payment under any of the guarantees described above.

Variable Interest Entities

We have both unconsolidated and consolidated joint venture-related variable interests in VIEs. Information regarding our involvement in unconsolidated joint-venture related variable interests in VIEs has been disclosed throughout information presented above.

The table below provides information as of July 31, 2025 and October 31, 2024, regarding our consolidated joint venture-related variable interests in VIEs ($ amounts in thousands):
Balance Sheet ClassificationJuly 31,
2025
October 31,
2024
Number of Joint Venture VIEs that the Company is the primary beneficiary and consolidates
Carrying value of consolidated VIEs assetsReceivables, prepaid expenses and other assets and Investments in unconsolidated entities$130,900 $105,300 
Our partners’ interests in consolidated VIEsNoncontrolling interest$9,500 $9,800 
Our ownership interest in the above consolidated Joint Venture VIEs ranges from 75% to 98%. The income/losses generated from such consolidated joint ventures were not material.
As shown above, we are the primary beneficiary of certain VIEs due to our controlling financial interest in such ventures as we have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the joint ventures’ performance and the obligation to absorb expected losses or receive benefits from the joint ventures. The assets of these VIEs can only be used to settle the obligations of the VIEs. In addition, in certain of the joint ventures, in the event additional contributions are required to be made to the joint ventures prior to the admission of any additional investor at a future date, we would fund 100% of such contributions, including our partner’s pro rata share, which we expect would be funded through an interest-bearing loan. For other VIEs, we are not the primary beneficiary because the power to direct the activities of such VIEs that most significantly impact their performance was either shared by us and such VIE’s other partners or such activities were controlled by our partner. For VIEs where the power to direct significant activities is shared, business plans, budgets, and other major decisions are required to be unanimously approved by all partners. Management and other fees earned by us are nominal and believed to be at market rates, and there is no significant economic disproportionality between us and other partners.