Credit Facility, Loans Payable, Senior Notes, Senior Subordinated Notes and Mortgage Company Warehouse Loan (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2011

Credit Facility, Loans Payable, Senior Notes, Senior Subordinated Notes and Mortgage Company Warehouse Loan (Tables) [Abstract]

Loans Payable

	2011			2010
Aggregate loans payable at October 31	$	106,556		$	94,491
Weighted-average interest rate		3.99	%		3.75	%
Interest rate range		0.16%-7.87	%		0.50% - 8.00	%
Loans secured by assets
Carrying value of loans secured by assets	$	105,092		$	93,029
Carrying value of assets securing loans	$	283,169		$	257,563

Senior notes

	2011			2010
6.875% Senior Notes due November 15, 2012	$	139,776		$	194,865
5.95% Senior Notes due September 15, 2013		141,635			141,635
4.95% Senior Notes due March 15, 2014		267,960			267,960
5.15% Senior Notes due May 15, 2015		300,000			300,000
8.91% Senior Notes due October 15, 2017		400,000			400,000
6.75% Senior Notes due November 1, 2019		250,000			250,000
Bond discount		(8,399	)		(10,350	)
	$	1,490,972		$	1,544,110

Amount of expenses related to the retirement of notes

	2011		2010		2009
Fiscal year:
6.875% Senior notes due 2012	$	55,089			$	105,135
5.95% Senior notes due 2013			$	13,500		94,985
4.95% Senior notes due 2014				32,040
	$	55,089	$	45,540	$	200,120
Expenses related to retirement of debt	$	3,827	$	744	$	11,626

Amount of senior subordinated notes

	2010		2009
Fiscal year:
8.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due December 2011	$	47,872	$	102,128
8 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due February 2011				193,000
Total	$	47,872	$	295,128
Expenses related to retirement of debt	$	34	$	2,067

Annual aggregate maturities

	Amount
2012	$	92,827
2013		294,742
2014		271,969
2015		301,872
2016		1,955