Inventory (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2012

Inventory [Abstract]

Inventory

		September 30,		September 30,
	January 31,		October 31,
	2012		2011
Land controlled for future communities	$	43,215	$	46,581
Land owned for future communities		1,068,747		979,145
Operating communities		2,543,138		2,390,997
	$	3,655,100	$	3,416,723

Temporarily Closed communities

		September 30,		September 30,
	January 31,		October 31,
	2012		2011
Land owned for future communities:
Number of communities		44		43
Carrying value (in thousands)	$	245,025	$	256,468
Operating communities:
Number of communities		6		2
Carrying value (in thousands)	$	49,723	$	11,076

Inventory impairment charges and expensing of costs that it is believed not to be recoverable

		September 30,		September 30,
	Three months ended January 31,
	2012		2011
Charge (recovery):
Land controlled for future communities	$	777	$	(349	)
Land owned for future communities		918
Operating communities		6,425		5,475
	$	8,120	$	5,126

Interest incurred, capitalized and expensed

		September 30,			September 30,
	Three months ended January 31,
	2012			2011
Interest capitalized, beginning of period	$	298,757		$	267,278
Interest incurred		28,899			29,716
Interest expensed to cost of revenues		(16,321	)		(18,082	)
Interest directly expensed to operations					(1,112	)
Write-off against other income					(70	)
Interest reclassified to property, construction and office equipment					(3,000	)
Interest capitalized, end of period	$	311,335		$	274,730