Inventory (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2014
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventory
Inventory at January 31, 2014 and October 31, 2013 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
 
January 31,
2014
 
October 31,
2013
Land controlled for future communities
$
254,549

 
$
99,802

Land owned for future communities
1,491,205

 
1,287,630

Operating communities
3,489,893

 
3,262,980

 
$
5,235,647

 
$
4,650,412
Temporarily Closed communities
Information regarding the classification, number and carrying value of these temporarily closed communities, as of the date indicated, is provided in the table below.
 
January 31,
2014
 
October 31,
2013
Land owned for future communities:
 
 
 
Number of communities
22

 
25

Carrying value (in thousands)
$
141,356

 
$
153,498

Operating communities:
 
 
 
Number of communities
15

 
15

Carrying value (in thousands)
$
91,984

 
$
88,534
Inventory impairment charges and expensing of costs that it is believed not to be recoverable
The amounts the Company provided for inventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that it believed not to be recoverable, for the periods indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands).
 
Three months ended January 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Land controlled for future communities
$
682

 
$
9

Operating communities
1,300

 
700

 
$
1,982

 
$
709
Interest incurred, capitalized and expensed
Interest incurred, capitalized and expensed, for the periods indicated, was as follows (amounts in thousands): 
 
Three months ended January 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Interest capitalized, beginning of period
$
343,077

 
$
330,581

Interest incurred
39,944

 
31,748

Interest expensed to cost of revenues
(25,440
)
 
(19,974
)
Write-off against other income
(317
)
 
(88
)
Interest capitalized on investments in unconsolidated entities
(2,457
)
 
(1,363
)
Previously capitalized interest on investments in unconsolidated entities transferred to inventory
1,811

 


Interest capitalized, end of period
$
356,618

 
$
340,904