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Note 23 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014
Oct. 31, 2013
Nov. 02, 2011
Note 23 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]      
Number of Wholly Owned Subsidiaries 1hov_NumberOfWhollyOwnedSubsidiaries    
Exchangeable Note Unit Rate Stated Percentage 6.00%hov_ExchangeableNoteUnitRateStatedPercentage    
Direct or Indirect Ownership in Guarantor Subsidiaries Percentage 100.00%hov_DirectOrIndirectOwnershipInGuarantorSubsidiariesPercentage    
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]      
Note 23 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Face Amount 992,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiaryIssuerMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember		    
Senior Notes 979,900,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiaryIssuerMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember		    
Senior Secured Notes [Member]      
Note 23 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]      
Senior Notes 979,935,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember		 978,611,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember		  
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]      
Note 23 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Face Amount 591,100,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiaryIssuerMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember		    
Senior Notes 590,500,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiaryIssuerMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember		    
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]      
Note 23 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Face Amount     195,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember
Senior Notes 590,472,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember		 461,210,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember		  
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]      
Note 23 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Face Amount 17,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiaryIssuerMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_SeniorAmortizingNotesMember		    
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]      
Note 23 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]      
Senior Notes 17,049,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_SeniorAmortizingNotesMember		 20,857,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_SeniorAmortizingNotesMember		  
Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]      
Note 23 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Face Amount 70,100,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiaryIssuerMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_SeniorExchangeableNotesMember		    
Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]      
Note 23 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]      
Senior Notes 70,101,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_SeniorExchangeableNotesMember		 $ 66,615,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hov_SeniorExchangeableNotesMember