10-Q

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

[ X ] Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended APRIL 30, 2015

OR

[    ] Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission file number 1-8551

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

22-1851059 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

110 West Front Street, P.O. Box 500, Red Bank, NJ  07701 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

732-747-7800 (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A  (Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes [ X ]    No [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes [ X ]  No [    ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated Filer [   ]  Accelerated Filer  [ X ]

Non-Accelerated Filer  [   ]  (Do not check if smaller reporting company)   Smaller Reporting Company [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes [    ]  No [ X ]

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. 131,435,644 shares of Class A Common Stock and 14,983,719 shares of Class B Common Stock were outstanding as of June 4, 2015.

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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.

FORM 10-Q

INDEX	PAGE NUMBER
PART I.  Financial Information
Item l.  Financial Statements:
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) as of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014	3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014	5
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity (unaudited) for the six months ended April 30, 2015	6
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014	7
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	9
Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	34
Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	58
Item 4.  Controls and Procedures	59
PART II.  Other Information
Item 1.  Legal Proceedings	59
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	59
Item 6.  Exhibits	60
Signatures	61

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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In Thousands)

	April 30, 2015	October 31, 2014
	(Unaudited)	(1)
ASSETS
Homebuilding:
Cash and cash equivalents	$256,866	$255,117
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	9,623	13,086
Inventories:
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	1,227,692	961,994
Land and land options held for future development or sale	210,259	273,463
Consolidated inventory not owned:
Specific performance options	1,734	3,479
Other options	99,072	105,374
Total consolidated inventory not owned	100,806	108,853
Total inventories	1,538,757	1,344,310
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	70,550	63,883
Receivables, deposits and notes, net	85,810	92,546
Property, plant and equipment, net	46,414	46,744
Prepaid expenses and other assets	81,085	69,358
Total homebuilding	2,089,105	1,885,044
Financial services:
Cash and cash equivalents	4,706	6,781
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	13,980	16,236
Mortgage loans held for sale at fair value	106,452	95,338
Other assets	2,163	1,988
Total financial services	127,301	120,343
Income taxes receivable – including net deferred tax benefits	300,588	284,543
Total assets	$2,516,994	$2,289,930

(1)  Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2014.

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In Thousands Except Share and Per Share Amounts)

	April 30, 2015		October 31, 2014
	(Unaudited)		(1)
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Homebuilding:
Nonrecourse mortgages	$118,904		$103,908
Accounts payable and other liabilities	342,762		370,876
Customers’ deposits	41,431		34,969
Nonrecourse mortgages secured by operating properties	16,076		16,619
Liabilities from inventory not owned	91,040		92,381
Total homebuilding	610,213		618,753
Financial services:
Accounts payable and other liabilities	21,831		22,278
Mortgage warehouse lines of credit	82,966		76,919
Total financial services	104,797		99,197
Notes payable:
Senior secured notes, net of discount	980,629		979,935
Senior notes, net of discount	840,851		590,472
Senior amortizing notes	14,987		17,049
Senior exchangeable notes	71,913		70,101
Accrued interest	39,938		32,222
Total notes payable	1,948,318		1,689,779
Total liabilities	2,663,328		2,407,729
Stockholders’ equity deficit:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value - authorized 100,000 shares; issued and outstanding 5,600 shares with a liquidation preference of $140,000 at April 30, 2015 and at October 31, 2014	135,299		135,299
Common stock, Class A, $0.01 par value – authorized 400,000,000 shares; issued 143,196,407 shares at April 30, 2015 and 142,836,563 shares at October 31, 2014 (including 11,760,763 shares at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014 held in Treasury)	1,432		1,428
Common stock, Class B, $0.01 par value (convertible to Class A at time of sale) – authorized 60,000,000 shares; issued 15,675,467 shares at April 30, 2015 and 15,497,543 shares at October 31, 2014 (including 691,748 shares at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014 held in Treasury)	157		155
Paid in capital – common stock	703,337		697,943
Accumulated deficit	(871,199	)	(837,264	)
Treasury stock – at cost	(115,360	)	(115,360	)
Total stockholders’ equity deficit	(146,334	)	(117,799	)
Total liabilities and equity	$2,516,994		$2,289,930

(1)  Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2014.

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In Thousands Except Per Share Data)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Revenues:
Homebuilding:
Sale of homes	$455,172		$438,302		$888,643		$793,483
Land sales and other revenues	1,320		2,215		2,441		2,988
Total homebuilding	456,492		440,517		891,084		796,471
Financial services	12,457		9,412		23,579		17,506
Total revenues	468,949		449,929		914,663		813,977
Expenses:
Homebuilding:
Cost of sales, excluding interest	382,139		350,433		736,951		639,320
Cost of sales interest	12,013		12,407		23,331		21,897
Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs	4,311		522		6,541		1,186
Total cost of sales	398,463		363,362		766,823		662,403
Selling, general and administrative	52,614		47,806		100,260		91,768
Total homebuilding expenses	451,077		411,168		867,083		754,171
Financial services	7,508		6,707		14,825		13,379
Corporate general and administrative	16,493		14,641		33,401		31,033
Other interest	23,030		23,472		48,101		46,805
Other operations	1,788		1,151		3,332		2,260
Total expenses	499,896		457,139		966,742		847,648
Loss on extinguishment of debt	-		(1,155	)	-		(1,155	)
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures	1,466		1,067		2,918		3,638
Loss before income taxes	(29,481	)	(7,298	)	(49,161	)	(31,188	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision:
State	(414	)	604		2,718		1,237
Federal	(9,508	)	-		(17,944	)	-
Total income taxes	(9,922	)	604		(15,226	)	1,237
Net loss	$(19,559	)	$(7,902	)	$(33,935	)	$(32,425	)
Per share data:
Basic:
Loss per common share	$(0.13	)	$(0.05	)	$(0.23	)	$(0.22	)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding	146,946		146,325		146,762		146,151
Assuming dilution:
Loss per common share	$(0.13	)	$(0.05	)	$(0.23	)	$(0.22	)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding	146,946		146,325		146,762		146,151

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY

(In Thousands Except Share Amounts)

(Unaudited)

	A Common Stock		B Common Stock			Preferred Stock
	Shares Issued and Outstanding	Amount	Shares Issued and Outstanding		Amount	Shares Issued and Outstanding	Amount	Paid-In Capital	Accumulated Deficit		Treasury Stock		Total
Balance, October 31, 2014	131,075,800	$1,428	14,805,795		$155	5,600	$135,299	$697,943	$(837,264	)	$(115,360	)	$(117,799	)
Stock options, amortization and issuances	18,125							1,473					1,473
Restricted stock amortization, issuances and forfeitures	341,619	4	178,024		2			3,921					3,927
Conversion of Class B to Class A Common Stock	100		(100	)									-
Net loss									(33,935	)			(33,935	)
Balance, April 30, 2015	131,435,644	$1,432	14,983,719		$157	5,600	$135,299	$703,337	$(871,199	)	$(115,360	)	$(146,334	)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Six Months Ended
	April 30,
	2015		2014
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$(33,935	)	$(32,425	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation	1,719		1,706
Compensation from stock options and awards	6,665		5,038
Amortization of bond discounts and deferred financing costs	5,991		4,913
Gain on sale and retirement of property and assets	(851	)	(216	)
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures	(2,918	)	(3,638	)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures	4,445		491
Loss on extinguishment of debt	-		1,155
Inventory impairment and land option write-offs	6,541		1,186
Deferred income tax benefit	(15,975	)	-
(Increase) decrease in assets:
Mortgage loans held for sale at fair value	(11,114	)	54,934
Restricted cash, receivables, prepaids, deposits and other assets	134		(4,354	)
Inventories	(200,988	)	(218,078	)
(Decrease) increase in liabilities:
State income tax payable	(70	)	122
Customers’ deposits	6,462		8,162
Accounts payable, accrued interest and other accrued liabilities	(22,235	)	(5,102	)
Net cash used in operating activities	(256,129	)	(186,106	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of property and assets	983		232
Purchase of property, equipment and other fixed assets and acquisitions	(1,172	)	(1,048	)
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash related to mortgage company	1,645		(376	)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	(15,539	)	(32	)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures	7,345		6,952
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(6,738	)	5,728
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from mortgages and notes	76,569		64,301
Payments related to mortgages and notes	(61,858	)	(35,401	)
Proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs	21,301		30,374
Payments related to model sale leaseback financing programs	(7,960	)	(10,751	)
Proceeds from land bank financing programs	4,144		8,666
Payments related to land bank financing programs	(17,147	)	(22,484	)
Proceeds from senior notes	250,000		150,000
Payments related to senior notes	-		(22,593	)
Net proceeds (payments) related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit	6,047		(56,355	)
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances	(6,493	)	(5,346	)
Principal payments and debt repurchases	(2,062	)	(4,005	)
Net cash provided by financing activities	262,541		96,406
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(326	)	(83,972	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period	261,898		329,204
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$261,572		$245,232

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands - Unaudited)

(Continued)

	Six Months Ended
	April 30,
	2015	2014
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow:
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest, net of capitalized interest (see Note 3 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements)	$41,061	$43,939
Income taxes	$819	$1,104

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - UNAUDITED

1. Basis of Presentation

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the "Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) has reportable segments consisting of six Homebuilding segments (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest and West) and the Financial Services segment (see Note 17).

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include our accounts and those of all wholly-owned subsidiaries after elimination of all significant intercompany balances and transactions. 

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014. In the opinion of management, all adjustments for interim periods presented have been made, which include normal recurring accruals and deferrals necessary for a fair presentation of our condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows. The preparation of Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and these differences could have a significant impact on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results which might be expected for a full year. The balance sheet at October 31, 2014 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

2. Stock Compensation

For the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, the Company’s total stock-based compensation expense was $3.2 million and $6.7 million ($2.1 million and $4.6 million net of tax), respectively, and $1.5 million and $5.0 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, respectively. Included in this total stock-based compensation expense was the vesting of stock options of $0.5 million and $1.4 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, and $1.0 million and $2.0 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, respectively.

3. Interest

Interest costs incurred, expensed and capitalized were:

	Three Months Ended April 30,		Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015	2014	2015	2014
Interest capitalized at beginning of period	$114,241	$107,089	$109,158	$105,093
Plus interest incurred (1)	40,703	36,782	82,175	71,601
Less cost of sales interest expensed	12,013	12,407	23,331	21,897
Less other interest expensed (2)(3)	23,030	23,472	48,101	46,805
Interest capitalized at end of period (4)	$119,901	$107,992	$119,901	$107,992

(1) Data does not include interest incurred by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries.

(2) Other interest expensed includes interest that does not qualify for interest capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt. Also includes interest on completed homes and land in planning, which does not qualify for capitalization, and therefore, is expensed.

(3) Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest, is the sum of other interest expensed, as defined above, and interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries adjusted for the change in accrued interest on notes payable, which is calculated as follows:

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	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Other interest expensed	$23,030		$23,472		$48,101		$46,805
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries	268		409		676		1,145
Increase in accrued interest	(8,726	)	(5,295	)	(7,716	)	(4,011	)
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest	$14,572		$18,586		$41,061		$43,939

(4) Capitalized interest amounts are shown gross before allocating any portion of impairments, if any, to capitalized interest.

4. Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value

We record impairment losses on inventories related to communities under development and held for future development when events and circumstances indicate that they may be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than their related carrying amounts. If the expected undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount, then the community is written down to its fair value. We estimate the fair value of each impaired community by determining the present value of the estimated future cash flows at a discount rate commensurate with the risk of the respective community. For the six months ended April 30, 2015, our discount rate used for the impairments recorded ranged from 17.5% to 19.8%. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, no discount rate was used as the one community impaired during the quarter was land held for sale for which a purchase offer price was used to determine the fair value. This land was sold at the offer price in May 2014. Should the estimates or expectations used in determining cash flows or fair value decrease or differ from current estimates in the future, we may need to recognize additional impairments. 

During the six months ended April 30, 2015, we evaluated inventories of all 508 communities under development and held for future development for impairment indicators through preparation and review of detailed budgets or other market indicators of impairment. We performed detailed impairment calculations for 15 of those communities (i.e., those with a projected operating loss or other impairment indicators) with an aggregate carrying value of $77.4 million. Of those communities tested for impairment, seven communities with an aggregate carrying value of $33.0 million had undiscounted future cash flows that exceeded the carrying amount by less than 20%. As a result of our impairment analysis, we recorded impairment losses of $3.5 million and $4.4 million, in four and five communities, respectively, with a pre-impairment value of $11.0 million and $16.7 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, and recorded $0.1 million, in one community with a pre-impairment value of $0.2 million, for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, which are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations on the line entitled “Homebuilding: Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs” and deducted from inventory. The pre-impairment value represents the carrying value, net of prior period impairments, if any, at the time of recording the impairment.

The Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations line entitled “Homebuilding: Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs” also includes write-offs of options and approval, engineering and capitalized interest costs that we record when we redesign communities and/or abandon certain engineering costs and we do not exercise options in various locations because the communities' pro forma profitability is not projected to produce adequate returns on investment commensurate with the risk. Total aggregate write-offs related to these items were $0.8 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $2.1 million and $1.1 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Occasionally, these write-offs are offset by recovered deposits (sometimes through legal action) that had been written off in a prior period as walk-away costs. Historically, these recoveries have not been significant in comparison to the total costs written off. The number of lots walked away from during the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014 were 455 and 894, respectively, and 2,155 and 2,430 during the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

We decide to mothball (or stop development on) certain communities when we determine that the current performance does not justify further investment at the time. When we decide to mothball a community, the inventory is reclassified on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets from “Sold and unsold homes and lots under development” to “Land and land options held for future development or sale.” During the first half of fiscal 2015, we did not mothball any new communities, or re-activate or sell any communities which were previously mothballed. As of April 30, 2015, the net book value associated with our 45 total mothballed communities was $105.2 million, which was net of impairment charges recorded in prior periods of $412.4 million.

From time to time we enter into option agreements that include specific performance requirements, whereby we are required to purchase a minimum number of lots. Because of our obligation to purchase these lots, for accounting purposes in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360-20-40-38, we are required to record this inventory on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of April 30, 2015, we had $1.7 million of specific performance options recorded on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets to “Consolidated inventory not owned – specific performance options,” with a corresponding liability of $1.7 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned.” 

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We sell and lease back certain of our model homes with the right to participate in the potential profit when each home is sold to a third party at the end of the respective lease. As a result of our continued involvement, for accounting purposes in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, these sale and leaseback transactions are considered a financing rather than a sale. Therefore, for purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, at April 30, 2015, inventory of $83.2 million was recorded to “Consolidated inventory not owned – other options,” with a corresponding amount of $78.2 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned” for the amount of net cash received from the transactions.

We have land banking arrangements, whereby we sell our land parcels to the land banker and they provide us an option to purchase back finished lots on a quarterly basis. Because of our options to repurchase these parcels, for accounting purposes, in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, these transactions are considered a financing rather than a sale. For purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, at April 30, 2015, inventory of $15.9 million was recorded as “Consolidated inventory not owned – other options,” with a corresponding amount of $11.1 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned” for the amount of net cash received from the transactions.

5. Variable Interest Entities

The Company enters into land and lot option purchase contracts to procure land or lots for the construction of homes. Under these contracts, the Company will fund a stated deposit in consideration for the right, but not the obligation, to purchase land or lots at a future point in time with predetermined terms. Under the terms of the option purchase contracts, many of the option deposits are not refundable at the Company's discretion. Under the requirements of ASC 810, certain option purchase contracts may result in the creation of a variable interest in the entity (“VIE”) that owns the land parcel under option.

In compliance with ASC 810, the Company analyzes its option purchase contracts to determine whether the corresponding land sellers are VIEs and, if so, whether the Company is the primary beneficiary. Although the Company does not have legal title to the underlying land, ASC 810 requires the Company to consolidate a VIE if the Company is determined to be the primary beneficiary. In determining whether it is the primary beneficiary, the Company considers, among other things, whether it has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance. Such activities would include, among other things, determining or limiting the scope or purpose of the VIE, selling or transferring property owned or controlled by the VIE, or arranging financing for the VIE. The Company also considers whether it has the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE. As a result of its analyses, the Company determined that as of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, it was not the primary beneficiary of any VIEs from which it is purchasing land under option purchase contracts.

We will continue to secure land and lots using options, some of which are with VIEs. Including deposits on our unconsolidated VIEs, at April 30, 2015, we had total cash and letters of credit deposits amounting to $87.2 million to purchase land and lots with a total purchase price of $1.3 billion. The maximum exposure to loss with respect to our land and lot options is limited to the deposits plus any pre-development costs invested in the property, although some deposits are refundable at our request or refundable if certain conditions are not met.

6. Warranty Costs

General liability insurance for homebuilding companies and their suppliers and subcontractors is very difficult to obtain. The availability of general liability insurance is limited due to a decreased number of insurance companies willing to underwrite for the industry. In addition, those few insurers willing to underwrite liability insurance have significantly increased the premium costs. To date, we have been able to obtain general liability insurance but at higher premium costs with higher deductibles. Our subcontractors and suppliers have advised us that they have also had difficulty obtaining insurance that also provides us coverage. As a result, we have an owner controlled insurance program for certain of our subcontractors whereby the subcontractors pay us an insurance premium (through a reduction of amounts we would otherwise owe such subcontractors for their work on our homes) based on the risk type of the trade. We absorb the liability associated with their work on our homes as part of our overall general liability insurance at no additional cost to us because our existing general liability and construction defect insurance policy and related reserves for amounts under our deductible covers construction defects regardless of whether we or our subcontractors are responsible for the defect. For the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, we received $1.3 million and $1.0 million, respectively, from subcontractors related to the owner controlled insurance program, which we accounted for as a reduction to inventory.

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We accrue for warranty costs that are covered under our existing general liability and construction defect policy as part of our general liability insurance deductible. This accrual is expensed as selling, general and administrative costs. For homes delivered in fiscal 2015 and 2014, our deductible under our general liability insurance is $20 million per occurrence for construction defect and warranty claims. For bodily injury claims, our deductible per occurrence in fiscal 2015 and 2014 is $0.25 million, up to a $5 million limit. Our aggregate retention in fiscal 2015 and 2014 is $21 million for construction defect, warranty and bodily injury claims. In addition, we establish a warranty accrual for lower cost related issues to cover home repairs, community amenities and land development infrastructure that are not covered under our general liability and construction defect policy. We accrue an estimate for these warranty costs as part of cost of sales at the time each home is closed and title and possession have been transferred to the homebuyer. Additions and charges in the warranty reserve and general liability reserve for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Balance, beginning of period	$181,833		$133,077		$178,008		$131,028
Additions – Selling, general and administrative	4,331		4,510		9,580		9,051
Additions – Cost of sales	5,635		2,082		8,816		4,128
Charges incurred during the period	(30,492	)	(4,804	)	(35,097	)	(9,342	)
Changes to pre-existing reserves	-		-		-		-
Balance, end of period	$161,307		$134,865		$161,307		$134,865

Warranty accruals are based upon historical experience. We engage a third-party actuary that uses our historical warranty and construction defect data, worker’s compensation data and other industry data to assist us in estimating our reserves for unpaid claims, claim adjustment expenses and incurred but not reported claims reserves for the risks that we are assuming under the general liability and workers compensation programs. The estimates include provisions for inflation, claims handling, and legal fees.   

Insurance claims paid by our insurance carriers, excluding insurance deductibles paid, were $18.1 million and $1.3 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $18.3 million and $4.2 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, for prior year deliveries. During the three months ended April 30, 2015 we settled the D’Andrea class action suit with the majority of the settlement being paid by our insurance carriers. See Note 7 below.

7. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

We are involved in litigation arising in the ordinary course of business, none of which is expected to have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows, and we are subject to extensive and complex regulations that affect the development and home building, sales and customer financing processes, including zoning, density, building standards and mortgage financing. These regulations often provide broad discretion to the administering governmental authorities. This can delay or increase the cost of development or homebuilding.

We also are subject to a variety of local, state, federal and foreign laws and regulations concerning protection of health and the environment, including those regulating the emission or discharge of materials into the environment, the management of stormwater runoff at construction sites, the handling, use, storage and disposal of hazardous substances, impacts to wetlands and other sensitive environments, and the remediation of contamination at properties that we have owned or developed or currently own or are developing (“environmental laws”). The particular environmental laws that apply to any given community vary greatly according to the community site, the site’s environmental conditions and the present and former uses of the site. These environmental laws may result in delays, may cause us to incur substantial compliance, remediation and/or other costs, and can prohibit or severely restrict development and homebuilding activity. In addition, noncompliance with these laws and regulations could result in fines and penalties, obligations to remediate, permit revocations or other sanctions; and contamination or other environmental conditions at or in the vicinity of our developments may result in claims against us for personal injury, property damage or other losses.

 In March 2013, we received a letter from the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) requesting information about our involvement in a housing redevelopment project in Newark, New Jersey that a Company entity undertook during the 1990s. We understand that the development is in the vicinity of a former lead smelter and that recent tests on soil samples from properties within the development conducted by the EPA show elevated levels of lead. We also understand that the smelter ceased operations many years before the Company entity involved acquired the properties in the area and carried out the re-development project. We responded to the EPA’s request. In August 2013, we were notified that the EPA considers us a potentially responsible party (or “PRP”) with respect to the site, that the EPA will clean up the site, and that the EPA is proposing that we fund and/or contribute towards the cleanup of the contamination at the site. We have begun preliminary discussions with the EPA concerning a possible resolution but do not know the scope or extent of the Company’s obligations, if any, that may arise from the site and therefore cannot provide any assurance that this matter will not have a material impact on the Company. The EPA requested additional information in April 2014 and the Company has responded to its information request.

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We anticipate that increasingly stringent requirements will be imposed on developers and homebuilders in the future. Although we cannot reliably predict the extent of any effect these requirements may have on us, they could result in time-consuming and expensive compliance programs and in substantial expenditures, which could cause delays and increase our cost of operations. In addition, our ability to obtain or renew permits or approvals and the continued effectiveness of permits already granted or approvals already obtained is dependent upon many factors, some of which are beyond our control, such as changes in policies, rules and regulations and their interpretations and application. 

The Company was also involved in the following litigation: Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and K. Hovnanian Venture I, L.L.C. (collectively, the “Company Defendants”) were named as defendants in a class action suit. The action was filed by Mike D’Andrea and Tracy D’Andrea, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Gloucester County. The action was initially filed on May 8, 2006 alleging that the HVAC systems installed in certain of the Company’s homes are in violation of applicable New Jersey building codes and are a potential safety issue. On December 14, 2011, the Superior Court granted class certification; the potential class is 1,065 homes. The Company Defendants filed a request to take an interlocutory appeal regarding the class certification decision. The Appellate Division denied the request, and the Company Defendants filed a request for interlocutory review by the New Jersey Supreme Court, which remanded the case back to the Appellate Division for a review on the merits of the appeal on May 8, 2012. The Appellate Division, on remand, heard oral arguments on December 4, 2012, reviewing the Superior Court’s original finding of class certification. On June 18, 2013, the Appellate Division affirmed class certification. On July 3, 2013, the Company Defendants appealed the June 2013 Appellate Division’s decision to the New Jersey Supreme Court, which elected not to hear the appeal on October 22, 2013. The plaintiff class was seeking unspecified damages as well as treble damages pursuant to the NJ Consumer Fraud Act. The Company Defendants’ motion to consolidate an indemnity action they filed against various manufacturer and sub-contractor defendants to require these parties to participate directly in the class action was denied by the Superior Court; however, the Company Defendants’ separate action seeking indemnification against the various manufacturers and subcontractors implicated by the class action is ongoing. The Company Defendants, the Company Defendants’ insurance carriers and the plaintiff class agreed to the terms of a settlement on May 15, 2014 in which the plaintiff class was to receive a payment of $21 million in settlement of all claims, with the majority of the settlement being funded by the Company Defendants’ insurance carriers. The Company had previously reserved for its share of the settlement. The Superior Court approved the settlement agreement on December 23, 2014, and the judgment became final on February 20, 2015, when no appeal was taken. The settlement amount was paid in full and the class action matter is now concluded.

8. Restricted Cash and Deposits

Cash represents cash deposited in checking accounts. Cash equivalents include certificates of deposit, Treasury bills and government money–market funds with maturities of 90 days or less when purchased. Our cash balances are held at a few financial institutions and may, at times, exceed insurable amounts. We believe we help to mitigate this risk by depositing our cash in major financial institutions. At April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, $12.7 million and $15.4 million, respectively, of the total cash and cash equivalents was in cash equivalents, the book value of which approximated fair value.

Restricted cash and cash equivalents on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets totaled $23.6 million and $29.3 million as of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively, which included cash collateralizing our letter of credit agreements and facilities and is discussed in Note 10. Also included in this balance were homebuilding and financial services customers’ deposits of $7.0 million and $14.0 million at April 30, 2015, respectively, and $7.5 million and $15.8 million as of October 31, 2014, respectively, which are restricted from use by us.

Total Homebuilding Customers’ deposits are shown as a liability on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. These liabilities are significantly more than the applicable periods’ restricted cash balances because in some states, the deposits are not restricted from use and, in other states, we are able to release the majority of these customer deposits to cash by pledging letters of credit and surety bonds.

9. Mortgage Loans Held for Sale

Our mortgage banking subsidiary originates mortgage loans, primarily from the sale of our homes. Such mortgage loans are sold in the secondary mortgage market within a short period of time of origination. Mortgage loans held for sale consist primarily of single-family residential loans collateralized by the underlying property. We have elected the fair value option to record loans held for sale and therefore these loans are recorded at fair value with the changes in the value recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in “Revenues: Financial services.” We currently use forward sales of mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”), interest rate commitments from borrowers and mandatory and/or best efforts forward commitments to sell loans to third-party purchasers to protect us from interest rate fluctuations. These short-term instruments, which do not require any payments to be made to the counterparty or purchaser in connection with the execution of the commitments, are recorded at fair value. Gains and losses on changes in the fair value are recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in “Revenues: Financial services.”

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At April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, $86.5 million and $78.6 million, respectively, of mortgages held for sale were pledged against our mortgage warehouse lines of credit (see Note 10). We may incur losses with respect to mortgages that were previously sold that are delinquent and which had underwriting defects, but only to the extent the losses are not covered by mortgage insurance or the resale value of the home. The reserves for these estimated losses are included in the “Financial services – Accounts payable and other liabilities” balances on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of April 30, 2015 and 2014, we had reserves specifically for 131 and 217 identified mortgage loans, respectively, as well as reserves for an estimate for future losses on mortgages sold but not yet identified to us.

The activity in our loan origination reserves during the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015		2014		2015	2014
Loan origination reserves, beginning of period	$7,981		$10,719		$7,352	$11,036
Provisions for losses during the period	68		466		129	867
Adjustments to pre-existing provisions for losses from changes in estimates	(107	)	(63	)	461	(622	)
Payments/settlements	-		(65	)	-	(224	)
Loan origination reserves, end of period	$7,942		$11,057		$7,942	$11,057

10. Mortgage and Notes Payable

We have nonrecourse mortgage loans for certain communities totaling $118.9 million and $103.9 million at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively, which are secured by the related real property, including any improvements, with an aggregate book value of approximately $321.2 million and $220.1 million, respectively. The weighted-average interest rate on these obligations was 5.0% at both April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, and the mortgage loan payments on each community primarily correspond to home deliveries. We also have nonrecourse mortgage loans on our corporate headquarters totaling $16.1 million and $16.6 million at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively. These loans had a weighted-average interest rate of 8.7% and 7.0% at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively. As of April 30, 2015, these loans had installment obligations with annual principal maturities in the years ending October 31 of approximately: $0.6 million in 2015, $1.2 million in 2016, $1.3 million in 2017, $1.4 million in 2018, $1.5 million in 2019 and $10.1 million after 2019.

In June 2013, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (“K. Hovnanian”), as borrower, and we and certain of our subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into a five-year, $75.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with Citicorp USA, Inc., as administrative agent and issuing bank, and Citibank, N.A., as a lender. The Credit Facility is available for both letters of credit and general corporate purposes. The Credit Facility does not contain any financial maintenance covenants, but does contain certain restrictive covenants that track those contained in our indenture governing the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, which are described in Note 11. The Credit Facility also contains certain customary events of default which would permit the administrative agent at the request of the required lenders to, among other things, declare all loans then outstanding to be immediately due and payable if such default is not cured within applicable grace periods, including the failure to make timely payments of amounts payable under the Credit Facility or other material indebtedness or the acceleration of other material indebtedness, the failure to comply with agreements and covenants or for representations or warranties to be correct in all material respects when made, specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency, and the entry of a material judgment against a loan party. Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility accrue interest at an annual rate equal to either, as selected by K. Hovnanian, (i) the alternate base rate plus the applicable spread determined on the date of such borrowing or (ii) an adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) rate plus the applicable spread determined as of the date two business days prior to the first day of the interest period for such borrowing. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, there were no borrowings and $22.4 million and $26.5 million, respectively, of letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Facility. As of April 30, 2015, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Facility.

In addition to the Credit Facility, we have certain stand–alone cash collateralized letter of credit agreements and facilities under which there were a total of $2.6 million and $5.5 million letters of credit outstanding at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively. These agreements and facilities require us to maintain specified amounts of cash as collateral in segregated accounts to support the letters of credit issued thereunder, which will affect the amount of cash we have available for other uses. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the amount of cash collateral in these segregated accounts was $2.6 million and $5.6 million, respectively, which is reflected in “Restricted cash and cash equivalents” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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Our wholly owned mortgage banking subsidiary, K. Hovnanian American Mortgage, LLC (“K. Hovnanian Mortgage”), originates mortgage loans primarily from the sale of our homes. Such mortgage loans and related servicing rights are sold in the secondary mortgage market within a short period of time. In certain instances, we retain the servicing rights for a small amount of loans. Our secured Master Repurchase Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on January 30, 2015, is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through January 30, 2016. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable monthly on outstanding advances at an adjusted LIBOR rate, which was 0.18% at April 30, 2015, plus the applicable margin of 2.75%. Therefore, at April 30, 2015, the interest rate was 2.93%. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Chase Master Repurchase Agreement was $31.9 million and $25.5 million, respectively.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has another secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Customers Bank (“Customers Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on February 19, 2015 to extend the maturity date to February 18, 2016, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $37.5 million through maturity. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable daily or as loans are sold to permanent investors on outstanding advances at the current LIBOR, plus the applicable margin ranging from 2.75% to 5.25% based on the takeout investor, type of loan, and the number of days on the warehouse line. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Customers Master Repurchase Agreement was $27.2 million and $20.4 million, respectively.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has a third secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC (“Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was last amended on November 17, 2014, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through October 27, 2015. The facility also provides an additional $30.0 million which can be used between 10 calendar days prior to the end of a fiscal quarter through the 45^th calendar day after a fiscal quarter end; provided that the amount outstanding may not exceed $50.0 million outside of this date range. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable monthly on outstanding advances at the Credit Suisse Cost of Funds, which was 0.47% at April 30, 2015, plus the applicable margin ranging from 2.25% to 2.75% based on the takeout investor, type of loan and the number of days outstanding. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement was $11.0 million and $19.7 million, respectively.

In February 2014, K. Hovnanian Mortgage executed a secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Comerica Bank (“Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on December 30, 2014 to extend the maturity date to December 29, 2015, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $35.0 million through maturity. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable monthly at LIBOR, subject to a floor of 0.25%, plus the applicable margin of 2.625%. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the interest rate was 2.875% and the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement was $12.8 million and $11.3 million, respectively.

The Chase Master Repurchase Agreement, Customers Master Repurchase Agreement, Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement and Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement (together, the “Master Repurchase Agreements”) require K. Hovnanian Mortgage to satisfy and maintain specified financial ratios and other financial condition tests. Because of the extremely short period of time mortgages are held by K. Hovnanian Mortgage before the mortgages are sold to investors (generally a period of a few weeks), the immateriality to us on a consolidated basis of the size of the Master Repurchase Agreements, the levels required by these financial covenants, our ability based on our immediately available resources to contribute sufficient capital to cure any default, were such conditions to occur, and our right to cure any conditions of default based on the terms of the agreement, we do not consider any of these covenants to be substantive or material. As of April 30, 2015, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Master Repurchase Agreements.

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11. Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing and Senior Exchangeable Notes

Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing and Senior Exchangeable Notes balances as of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, were as follows:

(In thousands)	April 30, 2015	October 31, 2014
Senior Secured Notes:
7.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due October 15, 2020	$577,000	$577,000
9.125% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due November 15, 2020	220,000	220,000
2.0% Senior Secured Notes due November 1, 2021 (net of discount)	53,133	53,129
5.0% Senior Secured Notes due November 1, 2021 (net of discount)	130,496	129,806
Total Senior Secured Notes	$980,629	$979,935
Senior Notes:
11.875% Senior Notes due October 15, 2015 (net of discount)	60,620	60,414
6.25% Senior Notes due January 15, 2016 (net of discount)	172,656	172,483
7.5% Senior Notes due May 15, 2016	86,532	86,532
8.625% Senior Notes due January 15, 2017	121,043	121,043
7.0% Senior Notes due January 15, 2019	150,000	150,000
8.0% Senior Notes due November 1, 2019	250,000	-
Total Senior Notes	$840,851	$590,472
11.0% Senior Amortizing Notes due December 1, 2017	$14,987	$17,049
Senior Exchangeable Notes due December 1, 2017	$71,913	$70,101

Except for K. Hovnanian, the issuer of the notes, our home mortgage subsidiaries, joint ventures and subsidiaries holding interests in our joint ventures, certain of our title insurance subsidiaries and our foreign subsidiary, we and each of our subsidiaries are guarantors of the senior secured, senior, senior amortizing and senior exchangeable notes outstanding at April 30, 2015 (see Note 21). In addition, the 5.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “5.0% 2021 Notes”) and the 2.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “2.0% 2021 Notes” and together with the 5.0% 2021 Notes, the “2021 Notes”) are guaranteed byK. Hovnanian JV Holdings, L.L.C. and its subsidiaries except for certain joint ventures and joint venture holding companies (collectively, the “Secured Group”). Members of the Secured Group do not guarantee K. Hovnanian's other indebtedness.  

The indentures governing the notes do not contain any financial maintenance covenants, but do contain restrictive covenants that limit, among other things, the Company’s ability and that of certain of its subsidiaries, including K. Hovnanian, to incur additional indebtedness (other than certain permitted indebtedness, refinancing indebtedness and nonrecourse indebtedness), pay dividends and make distributions on common and preferred stock, repurchase subordinated indebtedness (with respect to certain of the senior secured and senior notes), make other restricted payments, make investments, sell certain assets, incur liens, consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all assets, and enter into certain transactions with affiliates. The indentures also contain events of default which would permit the holders of the notes to declare the notes to be immediately due and payable if not cured within applicable grace periods, including the failure to make timely payments on the notes or other material indebtedness, the failure to comply with agreements and covenants and specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency and, with respect to the indentures governing the senior secured notes, the failure of the documents granting security for the senior secured notes to be in full force and effect, and the failure of the liens on any material portion of the collateral securing the senior secured notes to be valid and perfected. As of April 30, 2015, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants of the indentures governing our outstanding notes.

Under the terms of the indentures, we have the right to make certain redemptions and, depending on market conditions and covenant restrictions, may do so from time to time. We also continue to evaluate our capital structure and may also continue to make debt purchases and/or exchanges for debt or equity from time to time through tender offers, open market purchases, private transactions, or otherwise, or seek to raise additional debt or equity capital, depending on market conditions and covenant restrictions.

If our consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined in the indentures governing our senior secured and senior notes (other than the senior exchangeable notes discussed in Note 12 below), is less than 2.0 to 1.0, we are restricted from making certain payments, including dividends, and from incurring indebtedness other than certain permitted indebtedness, refinancing indebtedness, and nonrecourse indebtedness. As a result of this restriction, we are currently restricted from paying dividends, which are not cumulative, on our 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock. We anticipate that we will continue to be restricted from paying dividends for the foreseeable future. Our inability to pay dividends is in accordance with covenant restrictions and will not result in a default under our debt instruments or otherwise affect compliance with any of the covenants contained in our debt instruments.

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The 7.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2020 (the “First Lien Notes”) are secured by a first-priority lien and the 9.125% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2020 (the “Second Lien Notes” and, together with the First Lien Notes, the “2020 Secured Notes”) are secured by a second-priority lien, in each case, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, on substantially all the assets owned by us, K. Hovnanian and the guarantors of such notes. At April 30, 2015, the aggregate book value of the real property that constituted collateral securing the 2020 Secured Notes was approximately $786.2 million, which does not include the impact of inventory investments, home deliveries, or impairments thereafter and which may differ from the value if it were appraised. In addition, cash and cash equivalents collateral that secured the 2020 Secured Notes was $221.1 million as of April 30, 2015, which included $2.6 million of restricted cash collateralizing certain letters of credit. Subsequent to such date, cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments.

The guarantees with respect to the 2021 Notes of the Secured Group are secured, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, by a first-priority lien on substantially all of the assets of the members of the Secured Group. As of April 30, 2015, the collateral securing the guarantees included (1) $38.3 million of cash and cash equivalents (subsequent to such date, cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments); (2) approximately $141.0 million aggregate book value of real property of the Secured Group, which does not include the impact of inventory investments, home deliveries or impairments thereafter and which may differ from the value if it were appraised, and (3) equity interests in guarantors that are members of the Secured Group. Members of the Secured Group also own equity in joint ventures, either directly or indirectly through ownership of joint venture holding companies, with a book value of $66.7 million as of April 30, 2015; this equity is not pledged to secure, and is not collateral for, the 2021 Notes. Members of the Secured Group are “unrestricted subsidiaries” under K. Hovnanian's other senior notes and senior secured notes, and thus have not guaranteed such indebtedness. 

On January 10, 2014, K. Hovnanian issued $150.0 million aggregate principle amount of 7.0% Senior Notes due 2019, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $147.8 million. The notes are redeemable in whole or in part at our option at any time prior to July 15, 2016 at 100% of their principal amount plus an applicable “Make-Whole Amount.” We may also redeem some or all of the notes at 103.5% of principal commencing July 15, 2016, at 101.75% of principal commencing January 15, 2017 and 100% of principal commencing January 15, 2018. In addition, we may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes prior to July 15, 2016 with the net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings at 107.0% of principal. We used a portion of the net proceeds to fund the redemption on February 9, 2014 (effected on February 10, 2014 which was the next business day after the redemption date) of the remaining outstanding principal amount ($21.4 million) of our 6.25% Senior Notes due 2015. The redemption resulted in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.2 million, net of the write-off of unamortized fees, and was included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Loss on extinguishment of debt” in the second quarter of fiscal 2014. The remaining net proceeds from the offering were used to pay related fees and expenses and for general corporate purposes.

On November 5, 2014, K. Hovnanian issued $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, resulting in net proceeds of $245.7 million. These proceeds were used for general corporate purposes. The notes will mature on November 1, 2019. The notes are redeemable in whole or in part at K. Hovnanian’s option at any time prior to August 1, 2019 at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus an applicable “Make-Whole Amount.” At any time and from time to time on or after August 1, 2019, K. Hovnanian may also redeem some or all of the notes to a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount.

12. Senior Exchangeable Notes

On October 2, 2012, the Company and K. Hovnanian issued $100,000,000 aggregate stated amount of 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units (the “Units”) (equivalent to 100,000 Units). Each $1,000 stated amount of Units initially consists of (1) a zero coupon senior exchangeable note due December 1, 2017 (a “Senior Exchangeable Note”) issued by K. Hovnanian, which bears no cash interest and has an initial principal amount of $768.51 per Senior Exchangeable Note, and that will accrete to $1,000 at maturity and (2) a senior amortizing note due December 1, 2017 (a “Senior Amortizing Note”) issued by K. Hovnanian, which has an initial principal amount of $231.49 per Senior Amortizing Note, bears interest at a rate of 11.0% per annum, and has a final installment payment date of December 1, 2017. Each Unit may be separated into its constituent Senior Exchangeable Note and Senior Amortizing Note after the initial issuance date of the Units, and the separate components may be combined to create a Unit.

Each Senior Exchangeable Note had an initial principal amount of $768.51 (which will accrete to $1,000 over the term of the Senior Exchangeable Note at an annual rate of 5.17% from the date of issuance, calculated on a semi-annual bond equivalent yield basis). Holders may exchange their Senior Exchangeable Notes at their option at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day immediately preceding December 1, 2017. Each Senior Exchangeable Note will be exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock at an initial exchange rate of 185.5288 shares of Class A Common Stock per Senior Exchangeable Note (equivalent to an initial exchange price, based on $1,000 principal amount at maturity, of approximately $5.39 per share of Class A Common Stock). The exchange rate will be subject to adjustment in certain events. If certain corporate events occur prior to the maturity date, the Company will increase the applicable exchange rate for any holder who elects to exchange its Senior Exchangeable Notes in connection with such corporate event. In addition, holders of Senior Exchangeable Notes will also have the right to require K. Hovnanian to repurchase such holders’ Senior Exchangeable Notes upon the occurrence of certain of these corporate events. As of April 30, 2015, 18,305 Senior Exchangeable Notes have been converted into 3.4 million shares of our Class A Common Stock, all of which were converted during the first quarter of fiscal 2013.

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On each June 1 and December 1 (each, an “installment payment date”), K. Hovnanian will pay holders of Senior Amortizing Notes equal semi-annual cash installments of $30.00 per Senior Amortizing Note (except for the June 1, 2013 installment payment, which was $39.83 per Senior Amortizing Note), which cash payment in the aggregate will be equivalent to 6.0% per year with respect to each $1,000 stated amount of Units. Each installment will constitute a payment of interest (at a rate of 11.0% per annum) and a partial repayment of principal on the Senior Amortizing Note. Following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date, holders of the Senior Amortizing Notes will have the right to require K. Hovnanian to repurchase such holders’ Senior Amortizing Notes.

13. Per Share Calculation

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) (the “numerator”) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, adjusted for nonvested shares of restricted stock (the “denominator”) for the period. The basic weighted–average number of shares for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014 included 6.1 million shares related to Purchase Contracts (issued as part of our then outstanding 7.25% Tangible Equity Units) which shares were issued upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts in February 2014. Computing diluted earnings per share is similar to computing basic earnings per share, except that the denominator is increased to include the dilutive effects of options and nonvested shares of restricted stock, as well as common shares issuable upon exchange of our Senior Exchangeable Notes issued as part of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units. Any options that have an exercise price greater than the average market price are considered to be anti-dilutive and are excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation.  

All outstanding nonvested shares that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents that participate in undistributed earnings with common stock are considered participating securities and are included in computing earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. The two-class method is an earnings allocation formula that determines earnings per share for each class of common stock and participating securities according to dividends or dividend equivalents and participation rights in undistributed earnings in periods when we have net income. The Company’s restricted common stock (“nonvested shares”) are considered participating securities.

Incremental shares attributed to nonvested stock and outstanding options to purchase common stock of 0.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015, and 0.9 million and 1.0 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because we had a net loss for the period, and any incremental shares would not be dilutive. There were no incremental shares attributed to nonvested stock and outstanding options to purchase common stock for the three months ended April 30, 2015. Also, for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, 15.2 million shares of common stock issuable upon the exchange of our Senior Exchangeable Notes (which were issued in fiscal 2012) were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because we had net losses for the periods.

In addition, shares related to out-of-the money stock options that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share were 3.3 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, and 2.2 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, because to do so would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented.

14. Preferred Stock

On July 12, 2005, we issued 5,600 shares of 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock, with a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are not cumulative and are paid at an annual rate of 7.625%. The Series A Preferred Stock is not convertible into the Company’s common stock and is redeemable in whole or in part at our option at the liquidation preference of the shares. The Series A Preferred Stock is traded as depositary shares, with each depositary share representing 1/1000th of a share of Series A Preferred Stock. The depositary shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “HOVNP.” During the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, we did not pay any dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock due to covenant restrictions in our debt instruments.

15. Common Stock

Each share of Class A Common Stock entitles its holder to one vote per share, and each share of Class B Common Stock generally entitles its holder to ten votes per share. The amount of any regular cash dividend payable on a share of Class A Common Stock will be an amount equal to 110% of the corresponding regular cash dividend payable on a share of Class B Common Stock. If a shareholder desires to sell shares of Class B Common Stock, such stock must be converted into shares of Class A Common Stock.

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On August 4, 2008, our Board of Directors adopted a shareholder rights plan (the “Rights Plan”) designed to preserve shareholder value and the value of certain tax assets primarily associated with net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards and built-in losses under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. Our ability to use NOLs and built-in losses would be limited if there was an “ownership change” under Section 382. This would occur if shareholders owning (or deemed under Section 382 to own) 5% or more of our stock increase their collective ownership of the aggregate amount of our outstanding shares by more than 50 percentage points over a defined period of time. The Rights Plan was adopted to reduce the likelihood of an “ownership change” occurring as defined by Section 382. Under the Rights Plan, one right was distributed for each share of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock outstanding as of the close of business on August 15, 2008. Effective August 15, 2008, if any person or group acquires 4.9% or more of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock without the approval of the Board of Directors, there would be a triggering event causing significant dilution in the voting power of such person or group. However, existing stockholders who owned, at the time of the Rights Plan’s adoption, 4.9% or more of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock will trigger a dilutive event only if they acquire additional shares. The approval of the Board of Directors’ decision to adopt the Rights Plan may be terminated by the Board of Directors at any time, prior to the Rights being triggered. The Rights Plan will continue in effect until August 15, 2018, unless it expires earlier in accordance with its terms. The approval of the Board of Directors’ decision to adopt the Rights Plan was submitted to a stockholder vote and approved at a special meeting of stockholders held on December 5, 2008. Also at the Special Meeting on December 5, 2008, our stockholders approved an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to restrict certain transfers of Class A Common Stock in order to preserve the tax treatment of our NOLs and built-in losses under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. Subject to certain exceptions pertaining to pre-existing 5% stockholders and Class B stockholders, the transfer restrictions in the amended Certificate of Incorporation generally restrict any direct or indirect transfer (such as transfers of our stock that result from the transfer of interests in other entities that own our stock) if the effect would be to (i) increase the direct or indirect ownership of our stock by any person (or public group) from less than 5% to 5% or more of our common stock; (ii) increase the percentage of our common stock owned directly or indirectly by a person (or public group) owning or deemed to own 5% or more of our common stock; or (iii) create a new public group. Transfers included under the transfer restrictions include sales to persons (or public groups) whose resulting percentage ownership (direct or indirect) of common stock would exceed the 5% thresholds discussed above, or to persons whose direct or indirect ownership of common stock would by attribution cause another person (or public group) to exceed such threshold.

On July 3, 2001, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program to purchase up to 4 million shares of Class A Common Stock. There were no shares purchased during the three and six months ended April 30, 2015. As of April 30, 2015, the maximum number of shares of Class A Common Stock that may yet be purchased under this program is 0.5 million.

16. Income Taxes

The total income tax benefit of $9.9 million and $15.2 million recognized for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, was primarily due to deferred taxes partially offset by state tax expenses and state tax reserves for uncertain tax positions. The total income tax expense of $0.6 million and $1.2 million recognized for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, respectively, was primarily due to various state tax expenses and state tax reserves for uncertain tax positions. 

 Deferred federal and state income tax assets primarily represent the deferred tax benefits arising from temporary differences between book and tax income which will be recognized in future years as an offset against future taxable income. If the combination of future years’ income (or loss) and the reversal of the timing differences results in a loss, such losses can be carried forward to future years. In accordance with ASC 740, we evaluate our deferred tax assets quarterly to determine if valuation allowances are required. ASC 740 requires that companies assess whether valuation allowances should be established based on the consideration of all available evidence using a “more likely than not” standard.  

As of October 31, 2014, and again at April 30, 2015, we concluded that it was more likely than not that a substantial amount of our deferred tax assets (“DTA”) would be utilized. This conclusion was based on a detailed evaluation of all relevant evidence, both positive and negative. The positive evidence included factors such as positive earnings for the last two full fiscal years and the expectation of earnings going forward over the long term and evidence of a sustained recovery in the housing markets in which we operate. Such evidence is supported by significant increases in key financial indicators over the last few years, including new orders, revenues, backlog, community count and deliveries compared with the prior years. Economic data has also been affirming the housing market recovery. Housing starts, homebuilding volume and prices are increasing and forecasted to continue to increase. Historically low mortgage rates, affordable home prices, reduced foreclosures and a favorable home ownership to rental comparison are key factors in the recovery.

Potentially offsetting this positive evidence, we are currently in a three year cumulative loss position as of April 30, 2015. As per ASC 740, cumulative losses are one of the most objectively verifiable forms of negative evidence. Thus, an entity that has suffered cumulative losses in recent years may find it difficult to support an assertion that a DTA could be realized if such an assertion is based on forecasts of future profitable results rather than an actual return to profitability. In other words, an entity that has cumulative losses generally should not use an estimate of future earnings to support a conclusion that realization of an existing DTA is more likely than not if such a forecast is not based on objectively verifiable information. An objectively verifiable estimate of future income in that instance would be based on operating results from the reporting entity's recent history.

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We determined that the positive evidence noted above, including our two fiscal years of sustained operating profitability, outweighed the existing negative evidence and because of our current backlog, we expect to be in a three year cumulative income position by the end of fiscal 2015. Given that ASC 740 suggests using recent historical operating results in the instance where a three year cumulative loss position still exists, we used our recent historical profit levels in projecting our pretax income over the future years in assessing the utilization of our existing DTAs. Therefore, we concluded that it is more likely than not that we will realize a substantial portion of our DTAs, and that a full valuation allowance is not necessary. This analysis resulted in a partial reversal equal to $285.1 million of our valuation allowance against DTAs at October 31, 2014, leaving a remaining valuation allowance of $642.0 million at October 31, 2014. Our valuation allowance for deferred taxes amounted to $642.5 million at April 30, 2015.

17. Operating and Reporting Segments

Our operating segments are components of our business for which discrete financial information is available and reviewed regularly by the chief operating decision maker, our Chief Executive Officer, to evaluate performance and make operating decisions. Based on this criteria, each of our communities qualifies as an operating segment, and therefore, it is impractical to provide segment disclosures for this many segments. As such, we have aggregated the homebuilding operating segments into six reportable segments.

Our homebuilding operating segments are aggregated into reportable segments based primarily upon geographic proximity, similar regulatory environments, land acquisition characteristics and similar methods used to construct and sell homes. Our reportable segments consist of the following six homebuilding segments and a financial services segment:

Homebuilding:

 (1) Northeast (New Jersey and Pennsylvania)

 (2) Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C. and West Virginia)

 (3) Midwest (Illinois, Minnesota and Ohio)

 (4) Southeast (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina)

 (5) Southwest (Arizona and Texas)

 (6) West (California)

Financial Services

Operations of the Company’s Homebuilding segments primarily include the sale and construction of single-family attached and detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, urban infill and active adult homes in planned residential developments. In addition, from time to time, operations of the homebuilding segments include sales of land. Operations of the Company’s Financial Services segment include mortgage banking and title services provided to the homebuilding operations’ customers. We do not typically retain or service mortgages that we originate but rather sell the mortgages and related servicing rights to investors.

Corporate and unallocated primarily represents operations at our headquarters in Red Bank, New Jersey. This includes our executive offices, information services, human resources, corporate accounting, training, treasury, process redesign, internal audit, construction services, and administration of insurance, quality and safety. It also includes interest income and interest expense resulting from interest incurred that cannot be capitalized in inventory in the Homebuilding segments, as well as the gains or losses on extinguishment of debt from debt repurchases or exchanges.

Evaluation of segment performance is based primarily on operating earnings from continuing operations before provision for income taxes (“Income (loss) before income taxes”). Income (loss) before income taxes for the Homebuilding segments consist of revenues generated from the sales of homes and land, income (loss) from unconsolidated entities, management fees and other income, less the cost of homes and land sold, selling, general and administrative expenses, interest expense and non-controlling interest expense. Income before income taxes for the Financial Services segment consist of revenues generated from mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services, less the cost of such services and certain selling, general and administrative expenses incurred by the Financial Services segment.

Operational results of each segment are not necessarily indicative of the results that would have occurred had the segment been an independent stand-alone entity during the periods presented.

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Financial information relating to the Company’s segment operations was as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Revenues:
Northeast	$39,274		$65,745		$90,004		$118,998
Mid-Atlantic	76,777		68,735		157,962		129,255
Midwest	73,256		48,703		137,695		92,461
Southeast	49,275		52,023		87,169		91,164
Southwest	190,427		164,633		357,614		293,210
West	27,522		40,708		60,715		71,458
Total homebuilding	456,531		440,547		891,159		796,546
Financial services	12,457		9,412		23,579		17,506
Corporate and unallocated	(39	)	(30	)	(75	)	(75	)
Total revenues	$468,949		$449,929		$914,663		$813,977
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Northeast	$(3,812	)	$(2,759	)	$(6,965	)	$(8,820	)
Mid-Atlantic	(178	)	2,462		4,999		4,375
Midwest	1,210		3,361		4,921		5,716
Southeast	(1,202	)	3,315		(2,358	)	4,746
Southwest	14,022		15,676		25,347		26,081
West	(8,963	)	2,097		(11,336	)	1,738
Homebuilding income before income taxes	1,077		24,152		14,608		33,836
Financial services	4,949		2,705		8,754		4,127
Corporate and unallocated	(35,507	)	(34,155	)	(72,523	)	(69,151	)
Loss before income taxes	$(29,481	)	$(7,298	)	$(49,161	)	$(31,188	)

(In thousands)	April 30, 2015	October 31, 2014
Assets:
Northeast	$313,252	$315,573
Mid-Atlantic	345,473	313,494
Midwest	185,958	169,967
Southeast	202,738	148,096
Southwest	445,760	410,756
West	221,822	143,245
Total homebuilding	1,715,003	1,501,131
Financial services	127,301	120,343
Corporate and unallocated	674,690	668,456
Total assets	$2,516,994	$2,289,930

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18. Investments in Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures

We enter into homebuilding and land development joint ventures from time to time as a means of accessing lot positions, expanding our market opportunities, establishing strategic alliances, managing our risk profile, leveraging our capital base and enhancing returns on capital. Our homebuilding joint ventures are generally entered into with third-party investors to develop land and construct homes that are sold directly to third-party home buyers. Our land development joint ventures include those entered into with developers and other homebuilders as well as financial investors to develop finished lots for sale to the joint venture’s members or other third parties.

The tables set forth below summarize the combined financial information related to our unconsolidated homebuilding and land development joint ventures that are accounted for under the equity method.

(Dollars in thousands)	April 30, 2015
	Homebuilding		Land Development		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$17,682		$122		$17,804
Inventories	306,132		14,550		320,682
Other assets	9,132		-		9,132
Total assets	$332,946		$14,672		$347,618
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$23,428		$584		$24,012
Notes payable	91,397		4,915		96,312
Total liabilities	114,825		5,499		120,324
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	66,691		3,014		69,705
Others	151,430		6,159		157,589
Total equity	218,121		9,173		227,294
Total liabilities and equity	$332,946		$14,672		$347,618
Debt to capitalization ratio	30	%	35	%	30	%

(Dollars in thousands)	October 31, 2014
	Homebuilding		Land Development		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$22,415		$205		$22,620
Inventories	208,620		16,194		224,814
Other assets	11,986		-		11,986
Total assets	$243,021		$16,399		$259,420
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$27,175		$1,039		$28,214
Notes payable	45,506		5,650		51,156
Total liabilities	72,681		6,689		79,370
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	59,106		2,990		62,096
Others	111,234		6,720		117,954
Total equity	170,340		9,710		180,050
Total liabilities and equity	$243,021		$16,399		$259,420
Debt to capitalization ratio	21	%	37	%	22	%

As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, we had advances outstanding of approximately $0.8 million and $1.8 million, respectively, to these unconsolidated joint ventures, which were included in the “Accounts payable and accrued liabilities” balances in the tables above. On our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, our “Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures” amounted to $70.6 million and $63.9 million at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively.

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	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	27,648		$	1,483		$	29,131
Cost of sales and expenses		(29,258	)		(1,722	)		(30,980	)
Joint venture net loss	$	(1,610	)	$	(239	)	$	(1,849	)
Our share of net income (loss)	$	1,465		$	(119	)	$	1,346

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	33,746		$	3,355		$	37,101
Cost of sales and expenses		(31,644	)		(3,466	)		(35,110	)
Joint venture net income (loss)	$	2,102		$	(111	)	$	1,991
Our share of net income (loss)	$	1,030		$	(55	)	$	975

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	64,774		$	2,615		$	67,389
Cost of sales and expenses		(59,117	)		(2,807	)		(61,924	)
Joint venture net income (loss)	$	5,657		$	(192	)	$	5,465
Our share of net income (loss)	$	2,932		$	(96	)	$	2,836

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	85,019		$	5,269		$	90,288
Cost of sales and expenses		(77,725	)		(5,085	)		(82,810	)
Joint venture net income	$	7,294		$	184		$	7,478
Our share of net income	$	3,577		$	92		$	3,669

“Income from unconsolidated joint ventures” is reflected as a separate line in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and reflects our proportionate share of the income or loss of these unconsolidated homebuilding and land development joint ventures. The difference between our share of the income or loss from these unconsolidated joint ventures in the tables above compared to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, is due primarily to the reclassification of the intercompany portion of management fee income from certain joint ventures and the deferral of income for lots purchased by us from certain joint ventures. To compensate us for the administrative services we provide as the manager of certain joint ventures, we receive a management fee based on a percentage of the applicable joint venture’s revenues. These management fees, which totaled $1.2 million and $1.6 million, for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $2.4 million and $3.7 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, are recorded in “Homebuilding: Selling, general and administrative” on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

In determining whether or not we must consolidate joint ventures that we manage, we assess whether the other partners have specific rights to overcome the presumption of control by us as the manager of the joint venture. In most cases, the presumption is overcome because the joint venture agreements require that both partners agree on establishing the operations and capital decisions of the partnership, including budgets in the ordinary course of business.

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Typically, our unconsolidated joint ventures obtain separate project specific mortgage financing. The amount of financing is generally targeted to be no more than 50% of the joint venture’s total assets. For some of our joint ventures, obtaining financing was challenging, therefore, some of our joint ventures are capitalized only with equity. Including the impact of impairments recorded by the joint ventures, the total debt to capitalization ratio of all our joint ventures is currently 30%. Any joint venture financing is on a nonrecourse basis, with guarantees from us limited only to performance and completion of development, environmental warranties and indemnification, standard indemnification for fraud, misrepresentation and other similar actions, including a voluntary bankruptcy filing. In some instances, the joint venture entity is considered a VIE under ASC 810-10 “Consolidation – Overall” due to the returns being capped to the equity holders; however, in these instances, we have determined that we are not the primary beneficiary, and therefore we do not consolidate these entities.

19. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-04, “Receivables - Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors,” which clarifies when an in substance repossession or foreclosure of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan has occurred. By doing so, this guidance helps determine when the creditor should derecognize the loan receivable and recognize the real estate property. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2015 and is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606), (“ASU 2014-09”). ASU 2014-09 requires entities to recognize revenue that represents the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount equivalent to the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The following steps should be applied to determine this amount: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. ASU 2014-09 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASU 605, “Revenue Recognition”, and most industry-specific guidance in the Accounting Standards Codification. The FASB has tentatively decided to defer for one year the effective date of ASU 2014-09, which would make the guidance effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2018. Additionally, the FASB also tentatively decided to permit entities to early adopt the standard, which allows for either full retrospective or modified retrospective methods of adoption, for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-11, "Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, Repurchase Financings, and Disclosures” (“ASU 2014-11”), which makes limited amendments to ASC 860, "Transfers and Servicing." ASU 2014-11 requires entities to account for repurchase-to-maturity transactions as secured borrowings, eliminates accounting guidance on linked repurchase financing transactions, and expands disclosure requirements related to certain transfers of financial assets. ASU 2014-11 was effective for the Company beginning February 1, 2015, and did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, “Disclosure of Uncertainties About an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (“ASU 2014-15”), which requires management to perform interim and annual assessments on whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related disclosures, if required. ASU 2014-15 is effective for the Company for our fiscal year ending October 31, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. We do not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2014-15 to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, “Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis (“ASU 2015-02”), which amends the consolidation requirements in ASC 810, primarily related to limited partnerships and VIEs. ASU 2015-02 is effective for the Company beginning on November 1, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. We do not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2015-02 to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, “Interest - Imputation of Interest” (“ASU 2015-03”), which requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability. This new guidance is a change from the current treatment of recording debt issuance costs as an asset representing a deferred charge, and is consistent with the accounting treatment for debt discounts. The guidance, which requires retrospective application, is effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. We do not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2015-03 to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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20.  Fair Value of Financial Instruments

ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” provides a framework for measuring fair value, expands disclosures about fair-value measurements and establishes a fair-value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value summarized as follows:

Level 1:                      Fair value determined based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.

Level 2:                      Fair value determined using significant other observable inputs.

Level 3:                      Fair value determined using significant unobservable inputs.

Our financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below:

(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Fair Value at April 30, 2015		Fair Value at October 31, 2014
Mortgage loans held for sale (1)	Level 2	$106,318		$95,643
Interest rate lock commitments	Level 2	(44	)	15
Forward contracts	Level 2	178		(320	)
		$106,452		$95,338

(1)  The aggregate unpaid principal balance was $100.9 million and $91.2 million at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively.

We elected the fair value option for our loans held for sale for mortgage loans originated subsequent to October 31, 2008, in accordance with ASC 825, “Financial Instruments,” which permits us to measure financial instruments at fair value on a contract-by-contract basis. Management believes that the election of the fair value option for loans held for sale improves financial reporting by mitigating volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring the fair value of the loans and the derivative instruments used to economically hedge them without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. Fair value of loans held for sale is based on independent quote market prices, where available, or the prices for other mortgage whole loans with similar characteristics.

The Financial Services segment had a pipeline of loan applications in process of $630.6 million at April 30, 2015. Loans in process for which interest rates were committed to the borrowers totaled approximately $53.9 million as of April 30, 2015. Substantially all of these commitments were for periods of 60 days or less. Since a portion of these commitments is expected to expire without being exercised by the borrowers, the total commitments do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

The Financial Services segment uses investor commitments and forward sales of mandatory MBS to hedge its mortgage-related interest rate exposure. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk. Credit risk is managed by entering into MBS forward commitments, option contracts with investment banks, federally regulated bank affiliates and loan sales transactions with permanent investors meeting the segment’s credit standards. The segment’s risk, in the event of default by the purchaser, is the difference between the contract price and fair value of the MBS forward commitments and option contracts. At April 30, 2015, the segment had open commitments amounting to $19.5 million to sell MBS with varying settlement dates through May 20, 2015.

The assets accounted for using the fair value option are initially measured at fair value. Gains and losses from initial measurement and subsequent changes in fair value are recognized in the Financial Services segment’s income. The changes in fair values that are included in income are shown, by financial instrument and financial statement line item, below:

	Three Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	$(233	)	$(325	)	$880

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	Three Months Ended April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	$(465	)	$(78	)	$599

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	$(173	)	$(59	)	$498

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	$(1,889	)	$(198	)	$686

The Company’s assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are those assets for which the Company has recorded valuation adjustments and write-offs during the periods presented. The assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are all within the Company’s Homebuilding operations and are summarized below:

Nonfinancial Assets

		Three Months Ended
		April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount	Total Losses		Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$11,055	$(3,543	)	$7,512
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$-	$-		$-

		Three Months Ended
		April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount	Total Losses		Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$-	$-		$-
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$236	$(82	)	$154

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		Six Months Ended
		April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount	Total Losses		Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$16,756	$(4,466	)	$12,290
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$-	$-		$-

		Six Months Ended
		April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount	Total Losses		Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$-	$-		$-
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$236	$(82	)	$154

We record impairment losses on inventories related to communities under development and held for future development when events and circumstances indicate that they may be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than their related carrying amounts. If the expected undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount, then the community is written down to its fair value. We estimate the fair value of each impaired community by determining the present value of its estimated future cash flows at a discount rate commensurate with the risk of the respective community. Should the estimates or expectations used in determining cash flows or fair value decrease or differ from current estimates in the future, we may be required to recognize additional impairments. We recorded inventory impairments, which are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as “Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs” and deducted from inventory, of $3.5 million and $4.4 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, and $0.1 million for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2014.

The fair value of our cash equivalents and restricted cash approximates their carrying amount, based on Level 1 inputs.

The fair value of each series of the senior unsecured notes (other than the 7.0% Senior Notes due 2019, (the “2019 Notes”) the senior exchangeable notes and the senior amortizing notes) is estimated based on recent trades or quoted market prices for the same issues or based on recent trades or quoted market prices for our debt of similar security and maturity to achieve comparable yields, which are Level 2 measurements. The fair value of the senior unsecured notes (all series in the aggregate), other than the 2019 Notes, senior exchangeable notes and senior amortizing notes, was estimated at $701.1 million and $464.4 million as of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively.

The fair value of each of the 2019 Notes, the senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), the senior amortizing notes and the senior exchangeable notes is estimated based on third party broker quotes, a Level 3 measurement. The fair value of the 2019 Notes, senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), the senior amortizing notes and the senior exchangeable notes was estimated at $143.3 million, $993.0 million, $15.0 million and $77.8 million, respectively, as of April 30, 2015. As of October 31, 2014, the fair value of the 2019 Notes, senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable notes was estimated at $148.2 million, $1.0 billion, $17.0 million and $79.6 million, respectively.

21. Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., the parent company (the “Parent”), is the issuer of publicly traded common stock and preferred stock, which is represented by depository shares. One of its wholly owned subsidiaries, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Subsidiary Issuer”), acts as a finance entity that, as of April 30, 2015, had issued and outstanding approximately $992.0 million of senior secured notes ($980.6 million, net of discount), $841.1 million senior notes ($840.9 million, net of discount) and $15.0 million senior amortizing notes and $71.9 million senior exchangeable notes (issued as components of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units). The senior secured notes, senior notes, senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Parent.

In addition to the Parent, each of the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Parent other than the Subsidiary Issuer (collectively, “Guarantor Subsidiaries”), with the exception of our home mortgage subsidiaries, certain of our title insurance subsidiaries, joint ventures, subsidiaries holding interests in our joint ventures and our foreign subsidiary (collectively, the “Nonguarantor Subsidiaries”), have guaranteed fully and unconditionally, on a joint and several basis, the obligations of the Subsidiary Issuer to pay principal and interest under the senior secured notes (other than the 2021 Notes), senior notes, senior exchangeable notes and senior amortizing notes. The Guarantor Subsidiaries are directly or indirectly 100% owned subsidiaries of the Parent. The 2021 Notes are guaranteed by the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the members of the Secured Group (see Note 11).

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The senior unsecured notes (except for the 2019 Notes), senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The 2019 Notes, 2020 Secured Notes and the 2021 Notes (see Note 11) are not, pursuant to the indentures under which such notes were issued, required to be registered. The Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements presented below are in respect of our registered notes only and not the 2019 Notes, 2020 Secured Notes or the 2021 Notes (however, the Guarantor Subsidiaries for the 2019 Notes and the 2020 Secured Notes are the same as those represented by the accompanying Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements). In lieu of providing separate financial statements for the Guarantor Subsidiaries of our registered notes, we have included the accompanying Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements. Therefore, separate financial statements and other disclosures concerning such Guarantor Subsidiaries are not presented.

The following Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements present the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of (i) the Parent, (ii) the Subsidiary Issuer, (iii) the Guarantor Subsidiaries, (iv) the Nonguarantor Subsidiaries and (v) the eliminations to arrive at the information for Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on a consolidated basis.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

APRIL 30, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries	Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding	$-		$247,616		$1,478,889	$362,600	$-		$2,089,105
Financial services					10,327	116,974			127,301
Income taxes receivable	258,121				42,467				300,588
Intercompany receivable			1,467,671			36,727	(1,504,398	)	-
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries					365,247		(365,247	)	-
Total assets	$258,121		$1,715,287		$1,896,930	$516,301	(1,869,645	)	$2,516,994
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding	$3,183		$196		$550,981	$55,853			$610,213
Financial services					10,021	94,776			104,797
Notes payable			1,946,342		1,551	425			1,948,318
Intercompany payable	305,378				1,199,020		(1,504,398	)	-
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries	95,894		38,266				(134,160	)	-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(146,334	)	(269,517	)	135,357	365,247	(231,087	)	(146,334	)
Total liabilities and equity	$258,121		$1,715,287		$1,896,930	$516,301	(1,869,645	)	$2,516,994

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

OCTOBER 31, 2014

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries	Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding	$-		$195,177		$1,336,716	$353,151	$-		$1,885,044
Financial services					11,407	108,936			120,343
Income taxes receivable	244,391				40,152				284,543
Intercompany receivable			1,275,453			36,161	(1,311,614	)	-
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries					338,044		(338,044	)	-
Total assets	$244,391		$1,470,630		$1,726,319	$498,248	$(1,649,658	)	$2,289,930
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding	$2,842		$160		$544,088	$71,663	$-		$618,753
Financial services					11,210	87,987			99,197
Notes payable			1,685,892		3,336	551			1,689,779
Intercompany payable	308,700				1,002,914		(1,311,614	)	-
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries	50,648		11,902				(62,550	)	-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(117,799	)	(227,324	)	164,771	338,047	(275,494	)	(117,799	)
Total liabilities and equity	$244,391		$1,470,630		$1,726,319	$498,248	$(1,649,658	)	$2,289,930

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$-		$-		$390,898		$65,594	$-		$456,492
Financial services					1,935		10,522			12,457
Intercompany charges			31,873				66	(31,939	)	-
Total revenues	-		31,873		392,833		76,182	(31,939	)	468,949
Expenses:
Homebuilding	3,082		38,387		392,535		58,384			492,388
Financial services	20				1,556		5,932			7,508
Intercompany charges					31,939			(31,939	)	-
Total expenses	3,102		38,387		426,030		64,316	(31,939	)	499,896
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures							1,466			1,466
(Loss) income before income taxes	(3,102	)	(6,514	)	(33,197	)	13,332	-		(29,481	)
State and federal income tax benefit	(5,906	)			(4,016	)				(9,922	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(22,363	)	(13,558	)	13,332			22,589		-
Net (loss) income	$(19,559	)	$(20,072	)	$(15,849	)	$13,332	$22,589		$(19,559	)

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2014

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$-		$(31	)	$366,152		$74,396	$-		$440,517
Financial services					2,236		7,176			9,412
Intercompany charges			25,978		(27,019	)	249	792		-
Total revenues	-		25,947		341,369		81,821	792		449,929
Expenses:
Homebuilding	1,942		33,629		349,322		67,129	(1,590	)	450,432
Financial services	5				1,694		5,008			6,707
Total expenses	1,947		33,629		351,016		72,137	(1,590	)	457,139
Loss on extinguishment of debt			(1,155	)						(1,155	)
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures					37		1,030			1,067
(Loss) income before income taxes	(1,947	)	(8,837	)	(9,610	)	10,714	2,382		(7,298	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	(2,236	)			2,840					604
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(8,191	)	(11,945	)	10,714			9,422		-
Net (loss) income	$(7,902	)	$(20,782	)	$(1,736	)	$10,714	$11,804		$(7,902	)

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$-		$-		$756,087		$134,997	$-		$891,084
Financial services					3,768		19,811			23,579
Intercompany charges			60,385					(60,385	)	-
Total revenues	-		60,385		759,855		154,808	(60,385	)	914,663
Expenses:
Homebuilding	6,793		76,215		750,044		118,865			951,917
Financial services	88				3,129		11,608			14,825
Intercompany charges					60,321		64	(60,385	)	-
Total expenses	6,881		76,215		813,494		130,537	(60,385	)	966,742
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures					(14	)	2,932			2,918
(Loss) income before income taxes	(6,881	)	(15,830	)	(53,653	)	27,203	-		(49,161	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	(18,192	)			2,966					(15,226	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(45,246	)	(26,364	)	27,203			44,407		-
Net (loss) income	$(33,935	)	$(42,194	)	$(29,416	)	$27,203	$44,407		$(33,935	)

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2014

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$-		$(77	)	$649,190		$147,358	$-		$796,471
Financial services					4,071		13,435			17,506
Intercompany charges			46,555		(48,281	)		1,726		-
Total revenues	-		46,478		604,980		160,793	1,726		813,977
Expenses:
Homebuilding	5,925		64,018		638,940		128,138	(2,752	)	834,269
Financial services	9				3,219		10,151			13,379
Total expenses	5,934		64,018		642,159		138,289	(2,752	)	847,648
Loss on extinguishment of debt			(1,155	)						(1,155	)
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures					60		3,578			3,638
(Loss) income before income taxes	(5,934	)	(18,695	)	(37,119	)	26,082	4,478		(31,188	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	(5,828	)			7,065					1,237
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(32,319	)	(24,024	)	26,082			30,261		-
Net (loss) income	$(32,425	)	$(42,719	)	$(18,102	)	$26,082	$34,739		$(32,425	)

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations		Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$(33,935	)	$(42,194	)	$(29,416	)	$27,203		$44,407		$(33,935	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities	(7,989	)	18,740		(101,623	)	(86,915	)	(44,407	)	(222,194	)
Net cash used in operating activities	(41,924	)	(23,454	)	(131,039	)	(59,712	)	-		(256,129	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of property and assets					952		31				983
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions					(1,172	)					(1,172	)
Decrease in restricted cash related to mortgage company							1,645				1,645
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures			81		146		(15,766	)			(15,539	)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures			(33	)	339		7,039				7,345
Intercompany investing activities			(165,853	)					165,853		-
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	-		(165,805	)	265		(7,051	)	165,853		(6,738	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net proceeds from mortgages and notes					6,336		8,375				14,711
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs					11,746		1,595				13,341
Net payments related to land bank financing programs					(9,124	)	(3,879	)			(13,003	)
Proceeds from senior notes			250,000								250,000
Net proceeds related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit							6,047				6,047
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances			(4,627	)	(1,016	)	(850	)			(6,493	)
Principal payments and debt repurchases			(2,062	)							(2,062	)
Intercompany financing activities	41,924				124,498		(569	)	(165,853	)	-
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	41,924		243,311		132,440		10,719		(165,853	)	262,541
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	-		54,052		1,666		(56,044	)	-		(326	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period			159,508		(4,726	)	107,116				261,898
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$-		$213,560		$(3,060	)	$51,072		$-		$261,572

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2014

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations		Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$(32,425	)	$(42,719	)	$(18,102	)	$26,082		$34,739		$(32,425	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(1,140	)	9,969		(172,179	)	44,408		(34,739	)	(153,681	)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(33,565	)	(32,750	)	(190,281	)	70,490		-		(186,106	)
Net cash provided by investing activities			76		664		4,988				5,728
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities			120,553		39,646		(63,793	)			96,406
Intercompany investing and financing activities – net	33,565		(173,351	)	151,533		(11,747	)			-
Net (decrease) increase in cash	-		(85,472	)	1,562		(62	)	-		(83,972	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period			243,470		(6,479	)	92,213				329,204
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$-		$157,998		$(4,917	)	$92,151		$-		$245,232

22.  Transactions with Related Parties

During the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, an engineering firm owned by Tavit Najarian, a relative of our Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, provided services to the Company totaling $0.2 million for both periods. During the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, the services provided by such engineering firm to the Company totaled $0.5 million and $0.4 million, respectively. Neither the Company nor the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer has a financial interest in the relative’s company from whom the services were provided.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

OVERVIEW

During the three and six months of fiscal 2015, we experienced mixed operating results compared to the same periods of the prior year. Although homebuilding revenues increased during both periods, the decreases in our gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges, drove the overall decreases in profits. For the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, sale of homes revenues increased 3.8% and 12.0%, respectively, as compared to the same periods of the prior year. The increase in revenues for both periods was primarily due to a higher average price per home, which was a result of geographic and community mix of our deliveries, as opposed to home price increases (which we increase or decrease in communities depending on the respective community's performance). For the six months ended April 30, 2015, there was also an increase in the volume of deliveries, which was a result of increased community count. Active selling communities increased from 196 at April 30, 2014 to 207 at April 30, 2015. Gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges, decreased from 20.2% for the three months ended April 30, 2014 to 16.1% for the three months ended April 30, 2015, and from 19.5% for the six months ended April 30, 2014 to 17.1% for the six months ended April 30, 2015. Selling, general and administrative costs (including corporate general and administrative expenses) as a percentage of total revenue increased from 13.9% for the three months ended April 30, 2014, to 14.7% for the three months ended April 30, 2015, and decreased from 15.1% for the six months ended April 30, 2014, to 14.6% for the six months ended April 30, 2015. Net contracts decreased 0.7% and increased 7.4% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, compared to the same period of the prior year. Net contracts per average active selling community decreased to 8.8 for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to 9.3 in the same period in the prior year, and increased to 15.4 for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to 15.0 in the same period in the prior year.

In addition to the declines discussed above, when comparing sequentially from the first quarter of fiscal 2015 to the second quarter of fiscal 2015, our gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges, decreased from 18.2% to 16.1%. The decline in gross margin percentage in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 as compared to both the second quarter of fiscal 2014 and the first quarter of fiscal 2015 was due to our focus on selling and delivering older started unsold homes (commonly referred to as “specs”) during the second quarter of fiscal 2015. Excluding Houston, where gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest and land charges, improved compared to the prior periods, 52.4% of our deliveries in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 were specs compared to 45.9% in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 and 41.5% in the second quarter of fiscal 2014. We significantly discounted some of these specs to sell them, resulting in the lower gross margin percentage for the second quarter of fiscal 2015. Selling, general and administrative costs as a percentage of revenue increased slightly from 14.5% to 14.7% in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2015 because of additional headcount related costs, increased advertising costs and increased architectural costs, all related to recent and expected future community count growth. These additional costs for new communities begin to be incurred before a community is open for sale and six months to a year before deliveries occur.

Based on the 2,972 homes in backlog with a dollar value of $1.2 billion at April 30, 2015 and the anticipated gross margin associated with this backlog, as well as our expected increases in community count, we believe that we are well-positioned for stronger results in the latter half of the fiscal year, primarily in the fourth quarter. However, we do not expect that anticipated fourth quarter fiscal 2015 pre-tax income will be sufficient enough to offset the pre-tax losses incurred in earlier quarterly periods of the fiscal year. Also, several challenges, such as economic weakness and uncertainty, uncertain oil prices and extreme weather conditions (both of which may affect our Texas markets), the restrictive mortgage lending environment and rising mortgage interest rates, could further impact the housing market and, consequently, our performance. Both national new home sales and our home sales remain below historical levels. We continue to believe that we are still in the early stages of the housing recovery. However, given our recent uneven operating performance, we may continue to experience mixed results in some of our operating markets.

Given the low levels of total U.S. housing starts, and our belief in the long-term recovery of the homebuilding market, we remain focused on identifying new land parcels, growing our community count and growing our revenues, which are critical to improving our financial performance. We continue to see opportunities to purchase land at prices that make economic sense in light of our current sales prices and sales paces and plan to continue pursuing such land acquisitions. New land purchases at pricing that we believe will generate appropriate investment returns and drive greater operating efficiencies are needed to return to sustained profitability. During the first half of fiscal 2015, we opened for sale 54 new communities and closed 48 communities, resulting in a net increase of 6 communities from 201 communities at October 31, 2014 to 207 communities at April 30, 2015. In addition, during the first half of fiscal 2015, we put under option or acquired approximately 3,600 lots in 86 wholly owned communities and walked-away from 2,155 lots in 38 wholly owned communities.Homebuilding selling, general and administrative expenses increased $8.5 million from $91.8 million for the first half of fiscal 2014 to $100.3 million for the first half of fiscal 2015. This increase was primarily due to additional headcount related costs, increased advertising costs and increased architectural expense, all related to recent and expected future community count growth, as well as a reduction of joint venture management fees, which offset general and administrative expenses, received as a result of fewer joint venture deliveries in the first half of fiscal 2015 as compared to the first half of fiscal 2014. Corporate general and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenue decreased slightly to 3.7% for the first half of fiscal 2015 from 3.8% for the first half of fiscal 2014. Improving the efficiency of our selling, general and administrative expenses will continue to be a significant area of focus, and as we generate revenue from our expected increased community count, we expect to be able to leverage these costs.

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 CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

As disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014, our most critical accounting policies relate to income recognition from mortgage loans; inventories; land options; unconsolidated joint ventures; post-development completion, warranty and insurance reserves; and deferred income taxes. Since October 31, 2014, there have been no significant changes to those critical accounting policies.

CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY

Our operations consist primarily of residential housing development and sales in the Northeast (New Jersey and Pennsylvania), the Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C. and West Virginia), the Midwest (Illinois, Minnesota and Ohio), the Southeast (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina), the Southwest (Arizona and Texas) and the West (California). In addition, we provide certain financial services to our homebuilding customers.

We have historically funded our homebuilding and financial services operations with cash flows from operating activities, borrowings under our bank credit facilities and the issuance of new debt and equity securities. 

Our homebuilding cash balance at April 30, 2015 increased by $1.7 million from October 31, 2014. During the period, we spent $334.4 million on land and land development. After considering this land and land development and all other operating activities, including revenue received from deliveries, we used $256.1 million of cash. During the first half of fiscal 2015, we also used $6.7 million of cash for investing activities, primarily to fund certain of our joint ventures. Cash provided by financing activities was $262.5 million, which included proceeds from the issuance of $250 million of senior unsecured notes in the first half of fiscal 2015, net proceeds from nonrecourse mortgages and model sale leasebacks. Cash used in financing activities in the first half of fiscal 2015 included the use of excess cash on hand to repay certain of our land banking arrangements. We intend to continue to use nonrecourse mortgage financings and model sale leaseback and land banking programs as our business needs dictate.

Our cash uses during the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014 were for operating expenses, land purchases, land deposits, land development, construction spending, financing transactions, debt payments, state income taxes, interest payments and investments in joint ventures. During these periods, we provided for our cash requirements from available cash on hand, housing and land sales, financing transactions, debt issuances, model sale leasebacks, land banking deals, financial service revenues and other revenues. We believe that these sources of cash together with our $75.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility will be sufficient through fiscal 2015 to finance our working capital requirements and other needs, and enable us to add new communities to grow our homebuilding operations.

Our net income (loss) historically does not approximate cash flow from operating activities. The difference between net income (loss) and cash flow from operating activities is primarily caused by changes in inventory levels together with changes in receivables, prepaid and other assets, mortgage loans held for sale, interest and other accrued liabilities, deferred income taxes, accounts payable and other liabilities, and noncash charges relating to depreciation, stock compensation awards and impairment losses for inventory. When we are expanding our operations, inventory levels, prepaids, and other assets increase causing cash flow from operating activities to decrease. Certain liabilities also increase as operations expand and partially offset the negative effect on cash flow from operations caused by the increase in inventory levels, prepaids and other assets. Similarly, as our mortgage operations expand, net income from these operations increases, but for cash flow purposes net income is partially offset by the net change in mortgage assets and liabilities. The opposite is true as our investment in new land purchases and development of new communities decrease, which is what happened during the last half of fiscal 2007 through fiscal 2009, allowing us to generate positive cash flow from operations during this period. Since the latter part of fiscal 2009 cumulative through April 30, 2015, as a result of the new land purchases and land development, we have used cash in operations as we have added new communities. Looking forward, given the unstable housing market, we anticipate that it will continue to be difficult to generate positive cash flow from operations until we sustain profitability for our full fiscal years. However, we plan to continue to make adjustments to our structure and our business plans in order to maximize our liquidity while also taking steps to return to sustained profitability, including through land acquisitions.  

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In June 2013, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (“K. Hovnanian”), as borrower, and we and certain of our subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into a five-year, $75.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with Citicorp USA, Inc., as administrative agent and issuing bank, and Citibank, N.A., as a lender. The Credit Facility is available for both letters of credit and general corporate purposes. The Credit Facility does not contain any financial maintenance covenants, but does contain certain restrictive covenants that track those contained in our indenture governing the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, which are described in Note 11. The Credit Facility also contains certain customary events of default which would permit the administrative agent at the request of the required lenders to, among other things, declare all loans then outstanding to be immediately due and payable if such default is not cured within applicable grace periods, including the failure to make timely payments of amounts payable under the Credit Facility or other material indebtedness or the acceleration of other material indebtedness, the failure to comply with agreements and covenants or for representations or warranties to be correct in all material respects when made, specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency, and the entry of a material judgment against a loan party. Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility accrue interest at an annual rate equal to either, as selected by K. Hovnanian, (i) the alternate base rate plus the applicable spread determined on the date of such borrowing or (ii) an adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) rate plus the applicable spread determined as of the date two business days prior to the first day of the interest period for such borrowing. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, there were no borrowings and $22.4 million and $26.5 million, respectively, of letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Facility. As of April 30, 2015, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Facility.

In addition to the Credit Facility, we have certain stand–alone cash collateralized letter of credit agreements and facilities under which there were a total of $2.6 million and $5.5 million letters of credit outstanding at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively. These agreements and facilities require us to maintain specified amounts of cash as collateral in segregated accounts to support the letters of credit issued thereunder, which will affect the amount of cash we have available for other uses. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the amount of cash collateral in these segregated accounts was $2.6 million and $5.6 million, respectively, which is reflected in “Restricted cash and cash equivalents” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Our wholly owned mortgage banking subsidiary, K. Hovnanian American Mortgage, LLC (“K. Hovnanian Mortgage”), originates mortgage loans primarily from the sale of our homes. Such mortgage loans and related servicing rights are sold in the secondary mortgage market within a short period of time. In certain instances, we retain the servicing rights for a small amount of loans. Our secured Master Repurchase Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on January 30, 2015, is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through January 30, 2016. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable monthly on outstanding advances at an adjusted LIBOR rate, which was 0.18% at April 30, 2015, plus the applicable margin of 2.75%. Therefore, at April 30, 2015, the interest rate was 2.93%. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Chase Master Repurchase Agreement was $31.9 million and $25.5 million, respectively.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has another secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Customers Bank (“Customers Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on February 19, 2015 to extend the maturity date to February 18, 2016, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $37.5 million through maturity. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable daily or as loans are sold to permanent investors on outstanding advances at the current LIBOR, plus the applicable margin ranging from 2.75% to 5.25% based on the takeout investor, type of loan, and the number of days on the warehouse line. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Customers Master Repurchase Agreement was $27.2 million and $20.4 million, respectively.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has a third secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC (“Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was last amended on November 17, 2014, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through October 27, 2015. The facility also provides an additional $30.0 million which can be used between 10 calendar days prior to the end of a fiscal quarter through the 45^th calendar day after a fiscal quarter end; provided that the amount outstanding may not exceed $50.0 million outside of this date range. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable monthly on outstanding advances at the Credit Suisse Cost of Funds, which was 0.47% at April 30, 2015, plus the applicable margin ranging from 2.25% to 2.75% based on the takeout investor, type of loan and the number of days outstanding. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement was $11.0 million and $19.7 million, respectively.

In February 2014, K. Hovnanian Mortgage executed a secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Comerica Bank (“Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on December 30, 2014 to extend the maturity date to December 29, 2015, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $35.0 million through maturity. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable monthly at LIBOR, subject to a floor of 0.25%, plus the applicable margin of 2.625%. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the interest rate was 2.875% and the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement was $12.8 million and $11.3 million, respectively.

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The Chase Master Repurchase Agreement, Customers Master Repurchase Agreement, Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement and Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement (together, the “Master Repurchase Agreements”) require K. Hovnanian Mortgage to satisfy and maintain specified financial ratios and other financial condition tests. Because of the extremely short period of time mortgages are held by K. Hovnanian Mortgage before the mortgages are sold to investors (generally a period of a few weeks), the immateriality to us on a consolidated basis of the size of the Master Repurchase Agreements, the levels required by these financial covenants, our ability based on our immediately available resources to contribute sufficient capital to cure any default, were such conditions to occur, and our right to cure any conditions of default based on the terms of the agreement, we do not consider any of these covenants to be substantive or material. As of April 30, 2015, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Master Repurchase Agreements.

As of April 30, 2015, we had an aggregate of $992.0 million of outstanding senior secured notes ($980.6 million, net of discount), an aggregate of $841.1 million of outstanding senior notes ($840.9 million, net of discount), $15.0 million 11.0% Senior Amortizing Notes due 2017 (issued as a component of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units and discussed in Note 12 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements) and $71.9 million Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2017 (issued as a component of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units and discussed in Note 12 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). Except for K. Hovnanian, the issuer of the notes, our home mortgage subsidiaries, joint ventures and subsidiaries holding interests in our joint ventures, certain of our title insurance subsidiaries and our foreign subsidiary, we and each of our subsidiaries are guarantors of the senior secured, senior, senior amortizing and senior exchangeable outstanding at April 30, 2015 (see Note 21 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). In addition, the 2021 Notes (defined below) are guaranteed by K. Hovnanian JV Holdings, L.L.C. and its subsidiaries except for certain joint ventures and joint venture holding companies (collectively, the “Secured Group”). Members of the Secured Group do not guarantee K. Hovnanian's other indebtedness.  

Except for K. Hovnanian, the issuer of the notes, our home mortgage subsidiaries, joint ventures and subsidiaries holding interests in our joint ventures, certain of our title insurance subsidiaries and our foreign subsidiary, we and each of our subsidiaries are guarantors of the senior secured, senior, senior amortizing and senior exchangeable notes outstanding at April 30, 2015 (see Note 21). In addition, the 5.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “5.0% 2021 Notes”) and the 2.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “2.0% 2021 Notes” and together with the 5.0% 2021 Notes, the “2021 Notes”) are guaranteed byK. Hovnanian JV Holdings, L.L.C. and its subsidiaries except for certain joint ventures and joint venture holding companies (collectively, the “Secured Group”). Members of the Secured Group do not guarantee K. Hovnanian's other indebtedness.  

The indentures governing the notes do not contain any financial maintenance covenants, but do contain restrictive covenants that limit, among other things, the Company’s ability and that of certain of its subsidiaries, including K. Hovnanian, to incur additional indebtedness (other than certain permitted indebtedness, refinancing indebtedness and nonrecourse indebtedness), pay dividends and make distributions on common and preferred stock, repurchase subordinated indebtedness (with respect to certain of the senior secured and senior notes), make other restricted payments, make investments, sell certain assets, incur liens, consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all assets, and enter into certain transactions with affiliates. The indentures also contain events of default which would permit the holders of the notes to declare the notes to be immediately due and payable if not cured within applicable grace periods, including the failure to make timely payments on the notes or other material indebtedness, the failure to comply with agreements and covenants and specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency and, with respect to the indentures governing the senior secured notes, the failure of the documents granting security for the senior secured notes to be in full force and effect, and the failure of the liens on any material portion of the collateral securing the senior secured notes to be valid and perfected. As of April 30, 2015, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants of the indentures governing our outstanding notes.

Under the terms of the indentures, we have the right to make certain redemptions and, depending on market conditions and covenant restrictions, may do so from time to time. We also continue to evaluate our capital structure and may also continue to make debt purchases and/or exchanges for debt or equity from time to time through tender offers, open market purchases, private transactions, or otherwise, or seek to raise additional debt or equity capital, depending on market conditions and covenant restrictions.

If our consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined in the indentures governing our senior secured and senior notes (other than the senior exchangeable notes discussed in Note 12 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements), is less than 2.0 to 1.0, we are restricted from making certain payments, including dividends, and from incurring indebtedness other than certain permitted indebtedness, refinancing indebtedness, and nonrecourse indebtedness. As a result of this restriction, we are currently restricted from paying dividends, which are not cumulative, on our 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock. We anticipate that we will continue to be restricted from paying dividends for the foreseeable future. Our inability to pay dividends is in accordance with covenant restrictions and will not result in a default under our bond indentures or otherwise affect compliance with any of the covenants contained in our debt instruments.

The 7.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2020 (the “First Lien Notes”) are secured by a first-priority lien and the 9.125% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2020 (the “Second Lien Notes” and, together with the First Lien Notes, the “2020 Secured Notes”) are secured by a second-priority lien, in each case, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, on substantially all the assets owned by us, K. Hovnanian and the guarantors of such notes. At April 30, 2015, the aggregate book value of the real property that constituted collateral securing the 2020 Secured Notes was approximately $786.2 million, which does not include the impact of inventory investments, home deliveries, or impairments thereafter and which may differ from the value if it were appraised. In addition, cash and cash equivalents collateral that secured the 2020 Secured Notes was $221.1 million as of April 30, 2015, which included $2.6 million of restricted cash collateralizing certain letters of credit. Subsequent to such date, cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments.

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The guarantees with respect to the 2021 Notes of the Secured Group are secured, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, by a first-priority lien on substantially all of the assets of the members of the Secured Group. As of April 30, 2015, the collateral securing the guarantees included (1) $38.3 million of cash and cash equivalents (subsequent to such date, cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments); (2) approximately $141.0 million aggregate book value of real property of the Secured Group, which does not include the impact of inventory investments, home deliveries or impairments thereafter and which may differ from the value if it were appraised, and (3) equity interests in guarantors that are members of the Secured Group. Members of the Secured Group also own equity in joint ventures, either directly or indirectly through ownership of joint venture holding companies, with a book value of $66.7 million as of April 30, 2015; this equity is not pledged to secure, and is not collateral for, the 2021 Notes. Members of the Secured Group are “unrestricted subsidiaries” under K. Hovnanian's other senior notes and senior secured notes, and thus have not guaranteed such indebtedness. 

On January 10, 2014, K. Hovnanian issued $150.0 million aggregate principle amount of 7.0% Senior Notes due 2019, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $147.8 million. The notes are redeemable in whole or in part at our option at any time prior to July 15, 2016 at 100% of their principal amount plus an applicable “Make-Whole Amount.” We may also redeem some or all of the notes at 103.5% of principal commencing July 15, 2016, at 101.75% of principal commencing January 15, 2017 and 100% of principal commencing January 15, 2018. In addition, we may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes prior to July 15, 2016 with the net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings at 107.0% of principal. We used a portion of the net proceeds to fund the redemption on February 9, 2014 (effected on February 10, 2014 which was the next business day after the redemption date) of the remaining outstanding principal amount ($21.4 million) of our 6.25% Senior Notes due 2015. The redemption resulted in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.2 million, net of the write-off of unamortized fees, and was included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Loss on extinguishment of debt” in the second quarter of fiscal 2014. The remaining net proceeds from the offering were used to pay related fees and expenses and for general corporate purposes.

On November 5, 2014, K. Hovnanian issued $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, resulting in net proceeds of $245.7 million. These proceeds were used for general corporate purposes. The notes will mature on November 1, 2019. The notes are redeemable in whole or in part at K. Hovnanian’s option at any time prior to August 1, 2019 at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus an applicable “Make-Whole Amount.” At any time and from time to time on or after August 1, 2019, K. Hovnanian may also redeem some or all of the notes to a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount.

Total inventory, excluding consolidated inventory not owned, increased $202.5 million during the six months ended April 30, 2015 from October 31, 2014. Total inventory, excluding consolidated inventory not owned, decreased slightly in the Northeast by $0.2 million, and increased in the Mid-Atlantic by $36.4 million, in the Midwest by $12.5 million, in the Southeast by $44.1 million, in the Southwest by $38.5 million and in the West by $71.2 million. The increases were primarily attributable to new land purchases and land development during the period, partially offset by home deliveries. During the six months ended April 30, 2015, we had impairments in the amount of $4.4 million resulting from lowering prices due to increased competition from new communities in certain markets, and also continued weak economic conditions in certain other markets. We wrote-off costs in the amount of $2.1 million during the six months ended April 30, 2015 related to land options that expired or that we terminated, as the communities’ forecasted profitability was not projected to produce adequate returns on investment commensurate with the risk. In the last few years, we have been able to acquire new land parcels at prices that we believe will generate reasonable returns under current homebuilding market conditions. There can be no assurances that this trend will continue in the near term. Substantially all homes under construction or completed and included in inventory at April 30, 2015 are expected to be closed during the next nine months.

The total inventory increase discussed above excluded the decrease in consolidated inventory not owned of $8.1 million. Consolidated inventory not owned consists of specific performance options and other options that were included in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in accordance with US GAAP. The decrease from October 31, 2014 to April 30, 2015 was primarily due to a decrease in land banking transactions during the period, partially offset by an increase in the sale and leaseback of certain model homes. We have land banking arrangements, whereby we sell land parcels to the land bankers and they provide us an option to purchase back finished lots on a quarterly basis. Because of our options to repurchase these parcels, for accounting purposes in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, these transactions are considered a financing rather than a sale. For purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, at April 30, 2015, inventory of $15.9 million was recorded to “Consolidated inventory not owned - other options,” with a corresponding amount of $11.1 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned” for the amount of net cash received from the transactions. In addition, we sell and lease back certain of our model homes with the right to participate in the potential profit when each home is sold to a third party at the end of the respective lease. As a result of our continued involvement, for accounting purposes in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, these sale and leaseback transactions are considered a financing rather than a sale for accounting purposes. Therefore, for purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, at April 30, 2015, inventory of $83.2 million was recorded to “Consolidated inventory not owned - other options,” with a corresponding amount of $78.2 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned” for the amount of net cash received from the transactions. From time to time, we enter into option agreements that include specific performance requirements whereby we are required to purchase a minimum number of lots. Because of our obligation to purchase these lots, for accounting purposes in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, we are required to record this inventory on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of April 30, 2015, we had $1.7 million of specific performance options recorded on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets to “Consolidated inventory not owned - specific performance options,” with a corresponding liability of $1.7 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned.”

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When possible, we option property for development prior to acquisition. By optioning property, we are only subject to the loss of the cost of the option and predevelopment costs if we choose not to exercise the option (other than with respect to specific performance options discussed above). As a result, our commitment for major land acquisitions is reduced. The costs associated with optioned properties are included in “Land and land options held for future development or sale” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Also included in “Land and land options held for future development or sale” are amounts associated with inventory in mothballed communities. We mothball (or stop development on) certain communities when we determine the current performance does not justify further investment at the time. That is, we believe we will generate higher returns if we decide against spending money to improve land today and save the raw land until such time as the markets improve or we determine to sell the property. As of April 30, 2015, we had mothballed land in 45 communities. The book value associated with these communities at April 30, 2015 was $105.2 million, which was net of impairment charges recorded in prior periods of $412.4 million. We continually review communities to determine if mothballing is appropriate. During the first half of fiscal 2015, we did not mothball any new communities, or re-activate or sell any communities which were previously mothballed.

Inventories held for sale, which are land parcels where we have decided not to build homes, represented $0.7 million and $0.6 million, respectively, of our total inventories at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, and are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. In determining fair value for land held for sale, management considers, among other things, prices for land in recent comparable sale transactions, market analysis studies, which include the estimated price a willing buyer would pay for the land (other than in a forced liquidation sale) and recent bona fide offers received from outside third parties.

The following tables summarize home sites included in our total residential real estate. The slight decrease in total home sites available at April 30, 2015 compared to October 31, 2014 is attributable to delivering homes and terminating certain option agreements offset by signing new land option agreements and acquiring new land parcels.

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	Active Communities(1)	Active Communities Homes	Proposed Developable Homes	Total Homes
April 30, 2015:
Northeast	11	1,414	3,839	5,253
Mid-Atlantic	36	2,814	3,119	5,933
Midwest	33	3,223	821	4,044
Southeast	27	2,467	3,444	5,911
Southwest	87	4,813	2,081	6,894
West	13	1,463	4,652	6,115
Consolidated total	207	16,194	17,956	34,150
Unconsolidated joint ventures	9	1,603	1,643	3,246
Total including unconsolidated joint ventures	216	17,797	19,599	37,396
Owned		10,406	8,235	18,641
Optioned		5,532	9,721	15,253
Controlled lots		15,938	17,956	33,894
Construction to permanent financing lots		256	-	256
Consolidated total		16,194	17,956	34,150
Lots controlled by unconsolidated joint ventures		1,603	1,643	3,246
Total including unconsolidated joint ventures		17,797	19,599	37,396

(1)  Active communities are open for sale communities with ten or more home sites available.

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	Active Communities(1)	Active Communities Homes	Proposed Developable Homes	Total Homes
October 31, 2014:
Northeast	10	1,219	4,074	5,293
Mid-Atlantic	34	2,742	3,207	5,949
Midwest	36	3,407	1,391	4,798
Southeast	24	1,737	4,721	6,458
Southwest	87	4,756	1,676	6,432
West	10	1,097	4,926	6,023
Consolidated total	201	14,958	19,995	34,953
Unconsolidated joint ventures	10	1,754	1,113	2,867
Total including unconsolidated joint ventures	211	16,712	21,108	37,820
Owned		9,139	8,581	17,720
Optioned		5,557	11,414	16,971
Controlled lots		14,696	19,995	34,691
Construction to permanent financing lots		262	-	262
Consolidated total		14,958	19,995	34,953
Lots controlled by unconsolidated joint ventures		1,754	1,113	2,867
Total including unconsolidated joint ventures		16,712	21,108	37,820

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The following table summarizes our started or completed unsold homes and models, excluding unconsolidated joint ventures, in active and substantially completed communities. The decrease from October 31, 2014 to April 30, 2015 is due to a concerted effort to reduce our started unsold homes inventory as discussed above under “- Overview.”

	April 30, 2015			October 31, 2014
	Unsold Homes	Models	Total	Unsold Homes	Models	Total
Northeast	87	9	96	111	2	113
Mid-Atlantic	201	9	210	181	12	193
Midwest	71	8	79	59	13	72
Southeast	108	12	120	107	23	130
Southwest	341	16	357	413	6	419
West	42	17	59	65	1	66
Total	850	71	921	936	57	993
Started or completed unsold homes and models per active selling communities (1)	4.1	0.3	4.4	4.6	0.3	4.9

(1) Active selling communities (which are communities that are open for sale with ten or more home sites available) were 207 and 201 at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively. Ratio does not include substantially completed communities, which are communities with less than ten home sites available.

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures increased $6.7 million to $70.6 million at April 30, 2015 compared to October 31, 2014. The increase was primarily due to an investment in a new joint venture in the first quarter of fiscal 2015, along with an additional contribution to an existing joint venture during the period, partially offset by partnership distributions received during the period. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, we had investments in ten and nine homebuilding joint ventures, respectively, and one land development joint venture as of both dates. We have no guarantees associated with our unconsolidated joint ventures, other than guarantees limited only to performance and completion of development, environmental indemnification and standard warranty and representation against fraud misrepresentation and similar actions, including a voluntary bankruptcy.

Receivables, deposits and notes, net decreased $6.7 million from October 31, 2014 to $85.8 million at April 30, 2015. The decrease was primarily due to receivables from our insurance carriers for certain warranty claims collected during the period. When reserves for claims are recorded, the portion that is probable for recovery from insurance carriers is recorded as a receivable. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in refundable deposits during the period.

Prepaid expenses and other assets were as follows as of:

	April 30,	October 31,	Dollar
(In thousands)	2015	2014	Change
Prepaid insurance	$4,963	$3,378	$1,585
Prepaid project costs	38,007	32,186	5,821
Net rental properties	1,132	1,456	(324	)
Other prepaids	36,830	32,184	4,646
Other assets	153	154	(1	)
Total	$81,085	$69,358	$11,727

Prepaid insurance increased $1.6 million during the six months ended April 30, 2015 due to the timing of premium payments. These costs are amortized over the life of the associated insurance policy, which can be one to three years. Prepaid project costs consist of community specific expenditures that are used over the life of the community. Such prepaids are expensed as homes are delivered. The increase of $5.8 million from October 31, 2014 to April 30, 2015 is associated with the opening of 54 new communities during the first half of fiscal 2015. Other prepaids increased $4.6 million during the period, primarily due to prepaid bond fees associated with our 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019 issued in the first quarter of fiscal 2015, partially offset by the amortization of existing prepaid bond fees. The increase also included prepaid payroll costs related to the timing of the Company’s payroll at April 30, 2015.

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Financial Services - Mortgage loans held for sale consist primarily of residential mortgages receivable held for sale of which $102.0 million and $92.1 million at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively, were being temporarily warehoused and are awaiting sale in the secondary mortgage market. The increase in mortgage loans held for sale from October 31, 2014 was related to an increase in the volume of loans originated during the second quarter of fiscal 2015 compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, along with an increase in the average loan value.

Income taxes receivable increased $16.0 million to $300.6 million at April 30, 2015 as compared to October 31, 2014. The increase was primarily due to income taxes receivable, including net deferred tax benefits resulting from our loss before income taxes, recorded during the six months ended April 30, 2015.

Nonrecourse mortgages increased to $118.9 million at April 30, 2015 from $103.9 million at October 31, 2014. The increase was primarily due to new mortgages for communities across most of our homebuilding segments obtained during the six months ended April 30, 2015, partially offset by payments of existing mortgages during the period.  

Accounts payable and other liabilities are as follows as of:

	April 30,	October 31,	Dollar
(In thousands)	2015	2014	Change
Accounts payable	$121,281	$119,657	$1,624
Reserves	166,068	183,231	(17,163	)
Accrued expenses	16,837	22,490	(5,653	)
Accrued compensation	31,471	37,689	(6,218	)
Other liabilities	7,105	7,809	(704	)
Total	$342,762	$370,876	$(28,114	)

The slight increase in accounts payable was primarily related to the timing of invoices and payments in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, due to an increase in construction spending during the period, which correlates to the increase in backlog from October 31, 2014 to April 30, 2015. Reserves decreased during the period as payments for warranty related claims exceeded new accruals for general liability insurance. The claim payments during the period were partially offset by amounts reimbursed from our insurance carriers, for which a corresponding receivable had previously been recorded. The decrease in accrued expenses was primarily due to decreases in accrued property tax and amortization of accruals related to abandoned lease space. The decrease in accrued compensation is primarily due to the payment of our fiscal year 2014 bonuses during the first quarter of fiscal 2015, partially offset by six months of the fiscal 2015 bonus accrual.

Customers’ deposits increased $6.5 million to $41.4 million at April 30, 2015. The increase is primarily related to the increase in backlog during the period.     

Financial Services - Mortgage warehouse lines of credit increased $6.1 million from $76.9 million at October 31, 2014, to $83.0 million at April 30, 2015. The increase correlates to the increase in the volume of mortgage loans held for sale during the period.

Accrued interest increased $7.7 million to $39.9 million at April 30, 2015. This increase was due to the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019 issued in the first quarter of fiscal 2015.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015 COMPARED TO THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2014

Total revenues

Compared to the same prior period, revenues increased (decreased) as follows:

	Three Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands)	April 30, 2015	April 30, 2014	Dollar Change		Percentage Change
Homebuilding:
Sale of homes	$455,172	$438,302	$16,870		3.8	%
Land sales and other revenues	1,320	2,215	(895	)	(40.4	)%
Financial services	12,457	9,412	3,045		32.4	%
Total revenues	$468,949	$449,929	$19,020		4.2	%

	Six Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands)	April 30, 2015	April 30, 2014	Dollar Change		Percentage Change
Homebuilding:
Sale of homes	$888,643	$793,483	$95,160		12.0	%
Land sales and other revenues	2,441	2,988	(547	)	(18.3	)%
Financial services	23,579	17,506	6,073		34.7	%
Total revenues	$914,663	$813,977	$100,686		12.4	%

Homebuilding

For the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, sale of homes revenues increased $16.9 million, or 3.8%, and $95.2 million or 12.0%, respectively, as compared to the same period of the prior year. These increases were primarily due to the 4.9% and 7.2% increases in the average price per home for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively. The increase for the three months ended April 30, 2015 was slightly offset by the number of home deliveries decreasing 1.0% compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014; however, there was a 4.4% increase in the number of homes delivered for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. The average price per home increased to $372,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2015 from $355,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2014. The average price per home increased to $375,000 in the six months ended April 30, 2015 from $349,000 in the six months ended April 30, 2014. The fluctuations in average prices were primarily a result of geographic and community mix of our deliveries as opposed to home price increases (which we increase or decrease in communities depending on the respective community's performance). Our ability to raise prices during the first half of fiscal 2015 was limited because in order to increase our sales pace per community, we lowered prices or increased incentives in certain of our communities, especially with respect to certain started unsold homes. Land sales are ancillary to our homebuilding operations and are expected to continue in the future but may significantly fluctuate up or down. For further details on the decrease in land sales and other revenues, see the section titled “Land Sales and Other Revenues” below.

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 Information on homes delivered by segment is set forth below:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2015	2014	% Change		2015	2014	% Change
Northeast:
Dollars	$39,123	$65,550	(40.3	)%	$89,764	$118,683	(24.4	)%
Homes	70	134	(47.8	)%	166	240	(30.8	)%
Mid-Atlantic:
Dollars	$76,102	$68,431	11.2	%	$157,013	$128,781	21.9	%
Homes	164	145	13.1	%	355	270	31.5	%
Midwest:
Dollars	$73,214	$48,624	50.6	%	$137,624	$92,363	49.0	%
Homes	218	167	30.5	%	421	336	25.3	%
Southeast:
Dollars	$49,255	$50,792	(3.0	)%	$87,039	$89,920	(3.2	)%
Homes	158	164	(3.7	)%	279	295	(5.4	)%
Southwest:
Dollars	$189,974	$164,212	15.7	%	$356,584	$292,297	22.0	%
Homes	532	551	(3.4	)%	1,009	992	1.7	%
West:
Dollars	$27,504	$40,693	(32.4	)%	$60,619	$71,439	(15.1	)%
Homes	81	74	9.5	%	142	138	2.9	%
Consolidated total:
Dollars	$455,172	$438,302	3.8	%	$888,643	$793,483	12.0	%
Homes	1,223	1,235	(1.0	)%	2,372	2,271	4.4	%
Unconsolidated joint ventures
Dollars	$27,325	$33,411	(18.2	)%	$54,904	$77,987	(29.6	)%
Homes	66	96	(31.3	)%	137	198	(30.8	)%
Totals:
Dollars	$482,497	$471,713	2.3	%	$943,547	$871,470	8.3	%
Homes	1,289	1,331	(3.2	)%	2,509	2,469	1.6	%

As discussed above, the overall increase in housing revenues during the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 as compared to the same period of the prior year was primarily attributed to an increase in average sales price.

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An important indicator of our future results are recently signed contracts and our home contract backlog for future deliveries. Our sales contracts and homes in contract backlog by segment are set forth below:

	Net Contracts (1) for the		Net Contracts (1) for the		Contract Backlog as of
	Three Months Ended April 30,		Six Months Ended April 30,		April 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014
Northeast:
Dollars	$69,717	$75,485	$126,470	$127,523	$110,032	$113,846
Homes	140	156	247	257	227	237
Mid-Atlantic:
Dollars	$116,843	$119,935	$218,952	$190,832	$250,862	$203,218
Homes	247	263	458	403	474	404
Midwest:
Dollars	$101,807	$65,242	$172,788	$113,633	$223,759	$171,987
Homes	311	229	519	397	763	666
Southeast:
Dollars	$66,824	$59,467	$119,114	$93,685	$113,146	$102,421
Homes	205	183	378	295	331	308
Southwest:
Dollars	$290,901	$269,985	$484,485	$428,069	$423,221	$352,139
Homes	761	839	1,299	1,342	1,060	1,027
West:
Dollars	$54,648	$79,167	$82,088	$123,557	$50,081	$102,644
Homes	132	139	214	207	117	155
Consolidated total:
Dollars	$700,740	$669,281	$1,203,897	$1,077,299	$1,171,101	$1,046,255
Homes	1,796	1,809	3,115	2,901	2,972	2,797
Unconsolidated joint ventures
Dollars	$50,132	$33,768	$68,213	$81,536	$62,433	$89,485
Homes	98	98	145	208	120	235
Totals:
Dollars	$750,872	$703,049	$1,272,110	$1,158,835	$1,233,534	$1,135,740
Homes	1,894	1,907	3,260	3,109	3,092	3,032

(1)  Net contracts are defined as new contracts executed during the period for the purchase of homes, less cancellations of contracts in the same period.

In the first half of 2015, our open for sale community count increased to 207 from 201 at October 31, 2014, which is the net result of opening 54 new communities and closing 48 communities since the beginning of fiscal 2015. Our reported level of sales contracts (net of cancellations) has been impacted by a slow down in the sales pace per community in most of the Company’s segments, in the three months ended April 30, 2015 as compared to the same period in the prior year. For the six months ended April 30, 2015 as compared to the same period of the prior year, our sales pace per community increased in most of the company’s segments. Net contracts per average active selling community for the six months ended April 30, 2015 was 15.4 compared to 15.0 for the same period of the prior year. However, net contracts per average active selling community for the three months ended April 30, 2015 was 8.8 compared to 9.3 of the same period in the prior year.

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Cancellation rates represent the number of cancelled contracts in the quarter divided by the number of gross sales contracts executed in the quarter. For comparison, the following are historical cancellation rates, excluding unconsolidated joint ventures:

Quarter	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
First	16%	18%	16%	21%	22%
Second	16%	17%	15%	16%	20%
Third		22%	17%	20%	18%
Fourth		22%	23%	23%	21%

Another common and meaningful way to analyze our cancellation trends is to compare the number of contract cancellations as a percentage of beginning backlog. The following table provides this historical comparison, excluding unconsolidated joint ventures:

Quarter	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
First	11%	11%	12%	18%	18%
Second	14%	17%	15%	21%	22%
Third		13%	12%	18%	20%
Fourth		14%	14%	18%	18%

Most cancellations occur within the legal rescission period, which varies by state but is generally less than two weeks after the signing of the contract. Cancellations also occur as a result of a buyer’s failure to qualify for a mortgage, which generally occurs during the first few weeks after signing. As shown in the tables above, contract cancellations over the past several years have been within what we believe to be a normal range. However, market conditions remain uncertain and it is difficult to predict what cancellation rates will be in the future.

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Total cost of sales on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations includes expenses for consolidated housing and land and lot sales, including inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs (defined as “land charges” in the tables below). A breakout of such expenses for housing sales and housing gross margin is set forth below:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Sale of homes	$455,172		$438,302		$888,643		$793,483
Cost of sales, net of impairment reversals and excluding interest	381,870		349,867		736,249		638,392
Homebuilding gross margin, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges	73,302		88,435		152,394		155,091
Cost of sales interest expense, excluding land sales interest expense	11,993		12,024		23,292		21,490
Homebuilding gross margin, after cost of sales interest expense, before land charges	61,309		76,411		129,102		133,601
Land charges	4,311		522		6,541		1,186
Homebuilding gross margin, after cost of sales interest expense and land charges	$56,998		$75,889		$122,561		$132,415
Gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges	16.1	%	20.2	%	17.1	%	19.5	%
Gross margin percentage, after cost of sales interest expense, before land charges	13.5	%	17.4	%	14.5	%	16.8	%
Gross margin percentage, after cost of sales interest expense and land charges	12.5	%	17.3	%	13.8	%	16.7	%

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Cost of sales expenses as a percentage of consolidated home sales revenues are presented below:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Sale of homes	100	%	100	%	100	%	100	%
Cost of sales, net of impairment reversals and excluding interest:
Housing, land and development costs	73.1	%	70.1	%	71.9	%	70.0	%
Commissions	3.6	%	3.4	%	3.6	%	3.4	%
Financing concessions	1.4	%	1.3	%	1.4	%	1.3	%
Overheads	5.8	%	5.0	%	6.0	%	5.8	%
Total cost of sales, before interest expense and land charges	83.9	%	79.8	%	82.9	%	80.5	%
Gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges	16.1	%	20.2	%	17.1	%	19.5	%
Cost of sales interest	2.6	%	2.8	%	2.6	%	2.7	%
Gross margin percentage, after cost of sales interest expense and before land charges	13.5	%	17.4	%	14.5	%	16.8	%

We sell a variety of home types in various communities, each yielding a different gross margin. As a result, depending on the mix of communities delivering homes, consolidated gross margin may fluctuate up or down. Total homebuilding gross margin percentage before interest expense and land impairment and option write off charges, decreased to 16.1% during the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to 20.2% for the same period last year and decreased to 17.1% during the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to 19.5% for the same period last year. The decrease in gross margin percentage was primarily due to increased incentives on started unsold homes in response to competitive pricing pressures in the first half of fiscal 2015 compared to the same period of the prior year and our focused effort on selling and delivering our older started unsold homes. For the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, gross margin was favorably impacted by the reversal of prior period inventory impairments of $14.9 million and $19.5 million, respectively, which represented 1.7% and 2.5%, respectively, of “Sale of homes” revenue.

Reflected as inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs in cost of sales (“land charges”), we have written-off or written-down certain inventories totaling $4.3 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $6.5 million and $1.2 million during the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, to their estimated fair value. During the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, we wrote-off residential land options and approval and engineering costs amounting to $0.8 million and $2.1 million compared to $0.4 million and $1.1 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, which are included in the total land charges discussed above. When a community is redesigned or abandoned, engineering costs are written-off. Option, approval and engineering costs are written-off when a community’s pro forma profitability is not projected to produce adequate returns on the investment commensurate with the risk and we believe it is probable we will cancel the option. Such write-offs were located in each of our segments in the first half of fiscal 2015, and in our Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast and Southwest segments in the first half of fiscal 2014. We recorded $3.5 million in inventory impairments during the three months ended April 30, 2015 and $0.1 million of inventory impairments during the three months ended April 30, 2014, and $4.4 million in inventory impairments during the six months ended April 30, 2015 and $0.1 million during the six months ended April 30, 2014, levels which were lower than they had been in several years. It is difficult to predict if impairment levels will remain low and, should it become necessary to further lower prices, or should the estimates or expectations used in determining estimated cash flows or fair value decrease or differ from current estimates in the future, we may need to recognize additional impairments. 

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Land Sales and Other Revenues:

Land sales and other revenues consist primarily of land and lot sales.  A breakout of land and lot sales is set forth below:

	Three Months Ended		Six Months Ended
	April 30,		April 30,
(In thousands)	2015	2014	2015	2014
Land and lot sales	$336	$1,499	$850	$1,929
Cost of sales, excluding interest	269	566	702	928
Land and lot sales gross margin, excluding interest	67	933	148	1,001
Land and lot sales interest expense	20	383	39	407
Land and lot sales gross margin, including interest	$47	$550	$109	$594

Land sales are ancillary to our residential homebuilding operations and are expected to continue in the future but may significantly fluctuate up or down. Although we budget land sales, they are often dependent upon receiving approvals and entitlements, the timing of which can be uncertain. As a result, projecting the amount and timing of land sales is difficult. Revenue associated with land sales can vary significantly due to the mix of land parcels sold. There was one land sale in the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to five in the same period of the prior year, resulting in a decrease of $1.2 million in land sales revenues. There were three land sales in the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to six in the same period of the prior year, resulting in a decrease of $1.1 million in land sales revenue.

Land sales and other revenues decreased $0.9 million and $0.5 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. Other revenues include income from contract cancellations, where the deposit has been forfeited due to contract terminations, interest income, cash discounts and miscellaneous one-time receipts. For the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, compared to the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, the decrease was due to the fluctuation in land sales revenues noted above, slightly offset by income from the sale of utility assets in our Mid-Atlantic segment.  

Homebuilding Selling, General and Administrative

Homebuilding selling, general and administrative expenses (“SGA”) increased $4.8 million and $8.5 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, compared to the same period last year mainly due to increases in sales and other compensation, related to increased headcount and increased compensation reflective of the competitive homebuilding market, increased advertising costs related to an increase in community count, increased architectural expenses associated with new home designs and the reduction of joint venture management fees received, which offset general and administrative expenses, as a result of fewer joint venture deliveries. SGA as a percentage of homebuilding revenues was 11.5% and 11.3% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to 10.9% and 11.5% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014. These increases in costs are expected as we continue to grow our community count, which increased from 196 to 207 from April 30, 2014 to April 30, 2015. However as we begin to deliver homes from the newer communities, SGA as a percentage of homebuilding revenues should decline.

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HOMEBUILDING OPERATIONS BY SEGMENT

Segment Analysis

	Three Months Ended April 30,
(Dollars in thousands, except average sales price)	2015		2014		Variance		Variance %
Northeast
Homebuilding revenue	$39,274		$65,745		$(26,471	)	(40.3	)%
Loss before income taxes	$(3,812	)	$(2,759	)	$(1,053	)	38.2	%
Homes delivered	70		134		(64	)	(47.8	)%
Average sales price	$558,897		$489,180		$69,717		14.3	%
Mid-Atlantic
Homebuilding revenue	$76,777		$68,735		$8,042		11.7	%
(Loss) income before income taxes	$(178	)	$2,462		$(2,640	)	(107.2	)%
Homes delivered	164		145		19		13.1	%
Average sales price	$464,035		$471,938		$(7,903	)	(1.7	)%
Midwest
Homebuilding revenue	$73,256		$48,703		$24,553		50.4	%
Income before income taxes	$1,210		$3,361		$(2,151	)	(64.0	)%
Homes delivered	218		167		51		30.5	%
Average sales price	$335,847		$291,162		$44,685		15.3	%
Southeast
Homebuilding revenue	$49,275		$52,023		$(2,748	)	(5.3	)%
(Loss) income before income taxes	$(1,202	)	$3,315		$(4,517	)	(136.3	)%
Homes delivered	158		164		(6	)	(3.7	)%
Average sales price	$311,740		$309,707		$2,033		0.7	%
Southwest
Homebuilding revenue	$190,427		$164,633		$25,794		15.7	%
Income before income taxes	$14,022		$15,676		$(1,654	)	(10.6	)%
Homes delivered	532		551		(19	)	(3.4	)%
Average sales price	$357,095		$298,025		$59,070		19.8	%
West
Homebuilding revenue	$27,522		$40,708		$(13,186	)	(32.4	)%
(Loss) income before income taxes	$(8,963	)	$2,097		$(11,060	)	(527.4	)%
Homes delivered	81		74		7		9.5	%
Average sales price	$339,552		$549,905		$(210,353	)	(38.3	)%

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	Six Months Ended April 30,
(Dollars in thousands, except average sales price)	2015		2014		Variance		Variance %
Northeast
Homebuilding revenue	$90,004		$118,998		$(28,994	)	(24.4	)%
Loss before income taxes	$(6,965	)	$(8,820	)	$1,855		(21.0	)%
Homes delivered	166		240		(74	)	(30.8	)%
Average sales price	$540,748		$494,512		$46,236		9.3	%
Mid-Atlantic
Homebuilding revenue	$157,962		$129,255		$28,707		22.2	%
Income before income taxes	$4,999		$4,375		$624		14.3	%
Homes delivered	355		270		85		31.5	%
Average sales price	$442,290		$476,966		$(34,676	)	(7.3	)%
Midwest
Homebuilding revenue	$137,695		$92,461		$45,234		48.9	%
Income before income taxes	$4,921		$5,716		$(795	)	(13.9	)%
Homes delivered	421		336		85		25.3	%
Average sales price	$326,899		$274,889		$52,010		18.9	%
Southeast
Homebuilding revenue	$87,169		$91,164		$(3,995	)	(4.4	)%
(Loss) income before income taxes	$(2,358	)	$4,746		$(7,104	)	(149.7	)%
Homes delivered	279		295		(16	)	(5.4	)%
Average sales price	$311,967		$304,813		$7,154		2.3	%
Southwest
Homebuilding revenue	$357,614		$293,210		$64,404		22.0	%
Income before income taxes	$25,347		$26,081		$(734	)	(2.8	)%
Homes delivered	1,009		992		17		1.7	%
Average sales price	$353,403		$294,655		$58,748		19.9	%
West
Homebuilding revenue	$60,715		$71,458		$(10,743	)	(15.0	)%
(Loss) income before income taxes	$(11,336	)	$1,738		$(13,074	)	(752.2	)%
Homes delivered	142		138		4		2.9	%
Average sales price	$426,891		$517,672		$(90,781	)	(17.5	)%

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Homebuilding Results by Segment

Northeast - Homebuilding revenues decreased 40.3% for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of the prior year. The decrease for the three months ended April 30, 2015 was attributed to a 47.8% decrease in homes delivered partially offset by a 14.3% increase in average sales price due to the mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of fiscal 2014. 

Loss before income taxes increased $1.1 million compared to the prior year to a loss of $3.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015. This increase in the loss was mainly due to the decrease in homebuilding revenues discussed above and a $0.9 million increase in inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs. In addition, there was a slight decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the three months ended April 30, 2015. The increase in loss was slightly offset by a $2.2 million decrease in selling, general and administrative costs. 

Homebuilding revenues decreased 24.4% for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of the prior year. The decrease was attributed to a 30.8% decrease in homes delivered partially offset by a 9.3% increase in average sales price. The increase in average sales price was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of fiscal 2014.

Loss before income taxes decreased $1.9 million compared to the prior year to a loss of $7.0 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015. This decrease in loss was due to a $3.9 million decrease in selling, general and administrative costs while gross margin percentage before interest expense for the six months ended April 30, 2015 was relatively flat compared to the same period of the prior year. This decrease in loss was slightly offset by a $0.6 million increase in inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs.

Mid-Atlantic - Homebuilding revenues increased 11.7% for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to a 13.1% increase in homes delivered partially offset by a 1.7% decrease in average sales price for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. The slight decrease in average sales prices was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of fiscal 2014. This increase was also impacted by a $0.4 million increase in land sales and other revenue.

Income before income taxes decreased $2.6 million compared to the prior year to a loss of $0.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 primarily due to a $1.2 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs and a decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the three months ended April 30, 2015.

Homebuilding revenues increased 22.2% for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to a 31.5% increase in homes delivered partially offset by a 7.3% decrease in average sales price for the six months ended April 30, 2015. The decrease in average sales prices was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of fiscal 2014. The increase in homebuilding revenues was also impacted by a $0.5 million increase in land sales and other revenue.

Income before income taxes increased $0.6 million compared to the prior year to $5.0 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015 due primarily to the increase in homebuilding revenues discussed above. Partially offsetting this increase was a $2.3 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of the prior year while gross margin percentage before interest expense was relatively flat.

Midwest - Homebuilding revenues increased 50.4% for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to a 30.5% increase in homes delivered and a 15.3% increase in average sales price for the three months ended April 30, 2015. The increase in average sales price was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of fiscal 2014.

Income before income taxes decreased $2.2 million to $1.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. The decrease in the income for the three months ended April 30, 2015 was primarily due to a $2.8 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs and a decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the period.

Homebuilding revenues increased 48.9% for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to a 25.3% increase in homes delivered and an 18.9% increase in average sales price for the six months ended April 30, 2015. The increase in average sales price was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of fiscal 2014.

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Income before income taxes decreased $0.8 million compared to the prior year to $4.9 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015. The decrease in income for the six months ended April 30, 2015 was primarily due to a $5.2 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs and a decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the period, partially offset by the increase in homebuilding revenues discussed above.

 Southeast - Homebuilding revenues decreased 5.3% for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. The decrease for the three months ended April 30, 2015 was attributed to the 3.7% decrease in homes delivered offset slightly by a 0.7% increase in average sales price, as a result of the different mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of fiscal 2014. In addition, there was a $1.2 million decrease in land sales and other revenue for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of the prior year.

Income before income taxes decreased $4.5 million to a loss of $1.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 primarily due to the decrease in homebuilding revenues discussed above, a $1.1 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs, and by a decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense.

Homebuilding revenues decreased 4.4% for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. The decrease for the six months ended April 30, 2015 was attributed to the 5.4% decrease in homes delivered, offset by a 2.3% increase in average sales price. The increase in average sales price was primarily due to the different mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of fiscal 2014. In addition, there was a $1.1 million decrease in land sales and other revenue for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period prior year.

Income before income taxes decreased $7.1 million compared to the prior year to a loss of $2.4 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015. The decrease for the six months ended April 30, 2015 was primarily due to the decrease in homebuilding revenue discussed above, along with a $2.0 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs and a decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the period compared to the same period of the prior year.

Southwest - Homebuilding revenues increased 15.7% for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to a 19.8% increase in average sales price, which was the result of the different mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of fiscal 2014, as well as price increases, primarily in the Texas market. The increase in homebuilding revenues was partially offset by a 3.4% decrease in homes delivered for the three months ended April 30, 2015.

Income before income taxes decreased $1.7 million to $14.0 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015.  The decrease was primarily due to a $1.2 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs and a slight decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of the prior year.

Homebuilding revenues increased 22.0% for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to a 1.7% increase in homes delivered and a 19.9% increase in average sales price for the six months ended April 30, 2015, as a result of the different mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of fiscal 2014, as well as price increases, primarily in the Texas market.

Income before income taxes decreased $0.7 million compared to the prior year to $25.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015. The decrease was due to a $0.7 million increase in inventory impairments and land option write-offs, a $2.4 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs and a slight decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of the prior year, partially offset by the income in homebuilding revenues discussed above.

West - Homebuilding revenues decreased 32.4% for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. The decrease for the three months ended April 30, 2015 was attributed to a 38.3% decrease in average sales price, which was due to the different mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of the prior year, partially offset by a 9.5% increase in homes delivered.

Income before income taxes decreased $11.1 million to a loss of $9.0 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015. The decrease for the three months ended April 30, 2015 was primarily due to the decrease in homebuilding revenues discussed above, a $1.8 million increase in inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs, a $0.4 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs and a $0.9 million decrease in income from unconsolidated joint ventures. In addition, there was a decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year.

Homebuilding revenues decreased 15.0% for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. The decrease for the six months ended April 30, 2015 was attributed to a 17.5% decrease in average sales price, which was due to the different mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period of the prior year, partially offset by a 2.9% increase in homes delivered.

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Income before income taxes decreased $13.1 million compared to the prior year to a loss of $11.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015. The decrease was due to the decrease in homebuilding revenue discussed above, a $1.9 million increase in inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs, a $0.4 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs and a $2.2 million decrease in income from unconsolidated joint ventures. In addition, there was a decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year.

Financial Services

Financial services consist primarily of originating mortgages from our homebuyers, selling such mortgages in the secondary market, and title insurance activities. We use mandatory investor commitments and forward sales of mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) to hedge our mortgage-related interest rate exposure on agency and government loans. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk. Credit risk associated with MBS forward commitments and loan sales transactions is managed by limiting our counterparties to investment banks, federally regulated bank affiliates and other investors meeting our credit standards. Our risk, in the event of default by the purchaser, is the difference between the contract price and fair value of the MBS forward commitments. For the first half of fiscal 2015 and 2014, Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration (“FHA/VA”) loans represented 29.2% and 30.0%, respectively, of our total loans. While the origination of FHA/VA loans have decreased slightly from the first half of fiscal 2014 to the first half of fiscal 2015, and our conforming conventional loan originations were relatively flat at 67.9% compared to 67.7% for these periods, respectively. Profits and losses relating to the sale of mortgage loans are recognized when legal control passes to the buyer of the mortgage and the sales price is collected.

During the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, financial services provided a $5.0 million and $8.8 million pretax profit compared to $2.7 million and $4.1 million of pretax profit for the same periods of fiscal 2014. Revenues were up 32.4% and 34.7% and costs were up 11.9% and 10.8% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, respectively. The increase in revenues was attributable to the increase in mortgage settlements and average price of loans settled for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase in costs was attributed to the increase in the number of loans originated for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year. In the market areas served by our wholly owned mortgage banking subsidiaries, approximately 73.2% and 64.5% of our noncash homebuyers obtained mortgages originated by these subsidiaries during the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and 72.1% and 65.8% of our noncash homebuyers obtained mortgages originated by these subsidiaries for the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Servicing rights on new mortgages originated by us are sold with the loans.

Corporate General and Administrative

Corporate general and administrative expenses include the operations at our headquarters in Red Bank, New Jersey. These expenses include payroll, stock compensation, facility and other costs associated with our executive offices, information services, human resources, corporate accounting, training, treasury, process redesign, internal audit, construction services, and administration of insurance, quality and safety. Corporate general and administrative expenses increased to $16.5 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to $14.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2014, and increased to $33.4 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to $31.0 million for the six months ended April 30, 2014. The increase in the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 from the prior year period was primarily attributed to increased stock compensation costs.

Other Interest

Other interest decreased $0.4 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014 and increased $1.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the six months ended April 30, 2014. Our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) are less than our debt, and therefore a portion of interest not covered by qualifying assets must be directly expensed. The decrease for the three months ended April 30, 2015 was attributed to our inventory balances for the qualifying assets increasing enough to cause the amount of interest required to be directly expensed to decrease. The increase in the six months ended April 30, 2015 was attributed to the increase in interest incurred as a result of higher debt balances, thus more interest was required to be directly expensed, partially offset by the reduction in directly expensed interest as our assets that qualify for interest capitalization increased with the increase in inventory.

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Other Operations

Other operations consist primarily of miscellaneous residential housing operations expenses, rent expense for commercial office space, amortization of prepaid bond fees and noncontrolling interest relating to consolidated joint ventures. Other operations increased $0.6 million to $1.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014 and $1.1 million to $3.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the six months ended April 30, 2014. The increase for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the same period in the prior year was due to increased prepaid bond fees amortization as a result of additional debt issuances. 

Total Taxes

The total income tax benefit of $9.9 million and $15.2 million recognized for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, was primarily due to deferred taxes partially offset by state tax expenses and state tax reserves for uncertain tax positions. The total income tax expense of $0.6 million and $1.2 million recognized for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, respectively, was primarily due to various state tax expenses and state tax reserves for uncertain tax positions. 

 Deferred federal and state income tax assets primarily represent the deferred tax benefits arising from temporary differences between book and tax income which will be recognized in future years as an offset against future taxable income. If the combination of future years’ income (or loss) and the reversal of the timing differences results in a loss, such losses can be carried forward to future years. In accordance with ASC 740, we evaluate our deferred tax assets quarterly to determine if valuation allowances are required. ASC 740 requires that companies assess whether valuation allowances should be established based on the consideration of all available evidence using a “more likely than not” standard.  

As of October 31, 2014, and again at April 30, 2015, we concluded that it was more likely than not that a substantial amount of our deferred tax assets (“DTA”) would be utilized. This conclusion was based on a detailed evaluation of all relevant evidence, both positive and negative. The positive evidence included factors such as  positive earnings for the last two full fiscal years and the expectation of earnings going forward over the long term and evidence of a sustained recovery in the housing markets in which we operate. Such evidence is supported by significant increases in key financial indicators over the last few years, including new orders, revenues, backlog, community count and deliveries compared with the prior years. Economic data has also been affirming the housing market recovery. Housing starts, homebuilding volume and prices are increasing and forecasted to continue to increase. Historically low mortgage rates, affordable home prices, reduced foreclosures and a favorable home ownership to rental comparison are key factors in the recovery.

Potentially offsetting this positive evidence, we are currently in a three year cumulative loss position as of April 30, 2015. As per ASC 740, cumulative losses are one of the most objectively verifiable forms of negative evidence. Thus, an entity that has suffered cumulative losses in recent years may find it difficult to support an assertion that a DTA could be realized if such an assertion is based on forecasts of future profitable results rather than an actual return to profitability. In other words, an entity that has cumulative losses generally should not use an estimate of future earnings to support a conclusion that realization of an existing DTA is more likely than not if such a forecast is not based on objectively verifiable information. An objectively verifiable estimate of future income in that instance would be based on operating results from the reporting entity's recent history.

We determined that the positive evidence noted above, including our two fiscal years of sustained operating profitability, outweighed the existing negative evidence and because of our current backlog, we expect to be in a three year cumulative income position by the end of fiscal 2015. Given that ASC 740 suggests using recent historical operating results in the instance where a three year cumulative loss position still exists, we used our recent historical profit levels in projecting our pretax income over the future years in assessing the utilization of our existing DTAs. Therefore, we concluded that it is more likely than not that we will realize a substantial portion of our DTAs, and that a full valuation allowance is not necessary. This analysis resulted in a partial reversal equal to $285.1 million of our valuation allowance against DTAs at October 31, 2014, leaving a remaining valuation allowance of $642.0 million at October 31, 2014. Our valuation allowance for deferred taxes amounted to $642.5 million at April 30, 2015.

 Inflation

Inflation has a long-term effect, because increasing costs of land, materials and labor result in increasing sale prices of our homes. In general, these price increases have been commensurate with the general rate of inflation in our housing markets and have not had a significant adverse effect on the sale of our homes. A significant risk faced by the housing industry generally is that rising house construction costs, including land and interest costs, will substantially outpace increases in the income of potential purchasers.

Inflation has a lesser short-term effect, because we generally negotiate fixed price contracts with many, but not all, of our subcontractors and material suppliers for the construction of our homes. These prices usually are applicable for a specified number of residential buildings or for a time period of between three to twelve months. Construction costs for residential buildings represent approximately 56.0% of our homebuilding cost of sales.

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Safe Harbor Statement

All statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are not historical facts should be considered as “Forward-Looking Statements” within the meaning of the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in, or suggested by, such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to:

● Changes in general and local economic, industry and business conditions and impacts of the sustained homebuilding downturn;

● Adverse weather and other environmental conditions and natural disasters;

● Levels of indebtedness and restrictions on the Company’s operations and activities imposed by the agreements governing the Company’s outstanding indebtedness;

● The Company’s sources of liquidity;

● Changes in credit ratings;

● Changes in market conditions and seasonality of the Company’s business;

● The availability and cost of suitable land and improved lots;

● Shortages in, and price fluctuations of, raw materials and labor;

● Regional and local economic factors, including dependency on certain sectors of the economy, and employment levels affecting home prices and sales activity in the markets where the Company builds homes;

● Fluctuations in interest rates and the availability of mortgage financing;

● Changes in tax laws affecting the after-tax costs of owning a home;

● Operations through joint ventures with third parties;

● Government regulation, including regulations concerning development of land, the home building, sales and customer financing processes, tax laws and the environment;

● Product liability litigation, warranty claims and claims made by mortgage investors;

● Levels of competition;

● Availability of financing to the Company;

● Successful identification and integration of acquisitions;

● Significant influence of the Company’s controlling stockholders; 

● Availability of net operating loss carryforwards;

● Utility shortages and outages or rate fluctuations;

● Geopolitical risks, terrorist acts and other acts of war.

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Certain risks, uncertainties and other factors are described in detail in Part I, Item 1 “Business” and Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014. Except as otherwise required by applicable securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Item 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

A primary market risk facing us is interest rate risk on our long term debt, including debt instruments at variable interest rates. In connection with our mortgage operations, mortgage loans held for sale and the associated mortgage warehouse lines of credit under our Master Repurchase Agreements are subject to interest rate risk; however, such obligations reprice frequently and are short-term in duration. In addition, we hedge the interest rate risk on mortgage loans by obtaining forward commitments from private investors. Accordingly, the interest rate risk from mortgage loans is not material. We do not use financial instruments to hedge interest rate risk except with respect to mortgage loans. The following table sets forth as of April 30, 2015, our principal cash payment obligations on our long-term debt obligations by scheduled maturity, weighted average interest rates and estimated fair value (“FV”).

	Long Term Debt as of April 30, 2015 by Fiscal Year of Expected Maturity Date
(Dollars in thousands)	2015		2016		2017		2018		2019		Thereafter		Total		FV at 4/30/15
Long term debt (1):
Fixed rate	$182,459		$265,194		$127,593		$76,169		$151,536		$1,252,064		$2,055,015		$2,065,120
Weighted average interest rate	7.33	%	6.75	%	8.72	%	6.23	%	7.02	%	7.27	%	7.24	%

(1) Does not include the mortgage warehouse lines of credit made under our Master Repurchase Agreements. Also does not include our $75.0 million revolving Credit Facility under which there were no borrowings outstanding and $22.4 million of letters of credit issued as of April 30, 2015. See Note 10 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for moreinformation.

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Item 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of April 30, 2015. Based upon that evaluation and subject to the foregoing, the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to accomplish their objectives.

There was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended April 30, 2015 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Information with respect to legal proceedings is incorporated into this Part II, Item 1 from Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Item 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Equity Securities

None.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

No shares of our Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock were purchased by or on behalf of the Company or any affiliated purchaser during the fiscal second quarter of 2015. The maximum number of shares that may be purchased under the Company’s repurchase plans or programs is 0.5 million.

Dividends

Certain debt agreements to which we are a party contain restrictions on the payment of cash dividends. As a result of the most restrictive of these provisions, we are not currently able to pay any cash dividends. We have never paid a cash dividend to our common stockholders.

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Item 6.  EXHIBITS

3(a) Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.(2)

3(b) Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.(3)

4(a) Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate.(6)

4(b) Specimen Class B Common Stock Certificate.(6)

4(c) Certificate of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of the 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., dated January 12, 2005.(4)

4(d) Certificate of Designations of the Series B Junior Preferred Stock of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., dated August 14, 2008.(1)

4(e) Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008, between Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and National City Bank, as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation as Exhibit A, Form of Right Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights as Exhibit C.(5)

31(a) Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer.

31(b) Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer.

32(a) Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer.

32(b) Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer.

101 The following financial information from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2015, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity for the six months ended April 30, 2015, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, and (v) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

(1) Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (001-08551) of the Registrant for the quarter ended July 31, 2008.

(2) Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Current Report on Form 8-K (001-08551) of the Registrant filed March 15, 2013.

(3) Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Current Report on Form 8-K (001-08551) of the Registrant filed March 11, 2015.

(4) Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Current Report on Form 8-K (001-08551) of the Registrant filed on July 13, 2005.

(5) Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (001-08551) of the Registrant filed August 14, 2008.

(6) Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (001-08551) of the Registrant for the quarter ended January 31, 2009.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.

(Registrant)

DATE:	June 9, 2015
	/S/J. LARRY SORSBY
	J. Larry Sorsby
	Executive Vice President and
	Chief Financial Officer
DATE:	June 9, 2015
	/S/Brad G. O’Connor
	Brad G. O’Connor
	Vice President/Chief Accounting Officer/Corporate Controller

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EX-31.A

CERTIFICATIONS

Exhibit 31(a)

I, Ara K. Hovnanian, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2015 of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “registrant”);

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: June 9, 2015

/s/ARA K. HOVNANIAN
Ara K. Hovnanian
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.B

CERTIFICATIONS

Exhibit 31(b)

I, J. Larry Sorsby, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2015 of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “registrant”);

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: June 9, 2015

/s/J. LARRY SORSBY
J. Larry Sorsby
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.A

Exhibit 32(a)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2015 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Ara K. Hovnanian, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: June 9, 2015

/s/ARA K. HOVNANIAN
Ara K. Hovnanian
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-32.B

Exhibit 32(b)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2015 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, J. Larry Sorsby, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: June 9, 2015

/s/J. LARRY SORSBY
J. Larry Sorsby
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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	Apr. 30, 2015		Apr. 30, 2014		Apr. 30, 2015		Apr. 30, 2014
Interest Costs Incurred, Expensed and Capitalized [Abstract]
Interest capitalized at beginning of period	$ 114,241		$ 107,089		$ 109,158		$ 105,093
Plus interest incurred (1)	40,703	[1]	36,782	[1]	82,175	[1]	71,601	[1]
Less cost of sales interest expensed	12,013		12,407		23,331		21,897
Less other interest expensed (2)(3)	23,030	[2],[3]	23,472	[2],[3]	48,101	[2],[3]	46,805	[2],[3]
Interest capitalized at end of period (4)	$ 119,901	[4]	$ 107,992	[4]	$ 119,901	[4]	$ 107,992	[4]

[1] Data does not include interest incurred by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries.

[2] Other interest expensed includes interest that does not qualify for interest capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt. Also includes interest on completed homes and land in planning, which does not qualify for capitalization, and therefore, is expensed.

[3] Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest, is the sum of other interest expensed, as defined above, and interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries adjusted for the change in accrued interest on notes payable, which is calculated as follows:

[4] Capitalized interest amounts are shown gross before allocating any portion of impairments, if any, to capitalized interest.

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Note 13 - Per Share Calculation (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014
Note 13 - Per Share Calculation (Details) [Line Items]
Prepaid Stock Purchase Contracts, Shares Included in Basic Earnings Per Share			6,100,000
Tangible Equity Units, Rate	7.25%		7.25%
Exchangeable Note Unit Rate Stated Percentage	6.00%		6.00%
Exchangeable Debt [Member]
Note 13 - Per Share Calculation (Details) [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	15,200,000	15,200,000	15,200,000	15,200,000
Non-Vested Stock and Outstanding Options [Member]
Note 13 - Per Share Calculation (Details) [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	0	900,000	300,000	1,000,000
Out of the Money Stock Options [Member]
Note 13 - Per Share Calculation (Details) [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	3,300,000	2,200,000	3,300,000	2,200,000

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Note 9 - Mortgage Loans Held for Sale (Details) - Loan Origination Reserves (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014
Loan Origination Reserves [Abstract]
Loan origination reserves, beginning of period	$ 7,981	$ 10,719	$ 7,352	$ 11,036
Provisions for losses during the period	68	466	129	867
Adjustments to pre-existing provisions for losses from changes in estimates	(107)	(63)	461	(622)
Payments/settlements		(65)		(224)
Loan origination reserves, end of period	$ 7,942	$ 11,057	$ 7,942	$ 11,057

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Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) - Consolidating Condensed Financial Statements - Statements of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net	$ (33,935)	$ (32,425)
Adjustments to reconcile net	(222,194)	(153,681)
Net cash	(256,129)	(186,106)
Proceeds from sale of property and assets	983	232
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions	(1,172)	(1,048)
Decrease in restricted cash related to mortgage company	1,645	(376)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	(15,539)	(32)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures	7,345	6,952
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(6,738)	5,728
Net proceeds from mortgages and notes	14,711
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs	13,341
Net payments related to land bank financing programs	(13,003)
Net proceeds related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit	6,047	(56,355)
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances	(6,493)	(5,346)
Principal payments and debt repurchases	(2,062)	(4,005)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	262,541	96,406
Net	(326)	(83,972)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period	261,898	329,204
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	261,572	245,232
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Proceeds from senior notes	250,000
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net	(33,935)	(32,425)
Adjustments to reconcile net	(7,989)	(1,140)
Net cash	(41,924)	(33,565)
Intercompany	41,924	33,565
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	41,924
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net	(42,194)	(42,719)
Adjustments to reconcile net	18,740	9,969
Net cash	(23,454)	(32,750)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	81
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures	(33)
Intercompany investing activities	(165,853)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(165,805)	76
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances	(4,627)
Principal payments and debt repurchases	(2,062)
Intercompany		(173,351)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	243,311	120,553
Net	54,052	(85,472)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period	159,508	243,470
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	213,560	157,998
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net	(29,416)	(18,102)
Adjustments to reconcile net	(101,623)	(172,179)
Net cash	(131,039)	(190,281)
Proceeds from sale of property and assets	952
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions	(1,172)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	146
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures	339
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	265	664
Net proceeds from mortgages and notes	6,336
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs	11,746
Net payments related to land bank financing programs	(9,124)
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances	(1,016)
Intercompany	124,498	151,533
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	132,440	39,646
Net	1,666	1,562
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period	(4,726)	(6,479)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	(3,060)	(4,917)
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net	27,203	26,082
Adjustments to reconcile net	(86,915)	44,408
Net cash	(59,712)	70,490
Proceeds from sale of property and assets	31
Decrease in restricted cash related to mortgage company	1,645
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	(15,766)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures	7,039
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(7,051)	4,988
Net proceeds from mortgages and notes	8,375
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs	1,595
Net payments related to land bank financing programs	(3,879)
Net proceeds related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit	6,047
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances	(850)
Intercompany	(569)	(11,747)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	10,719	(63,793)
Net	(56,044)	(62)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period	107,116	92,213
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	51,072	92,151
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net	44,407	34,739
Adjustments to reconcile net	(44,407)	(34,739)
Intercompany investing activities	165,853
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	165,853
Intercompany	(165,853)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(165,853)
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Proceeds from senior notes	$ 250,000	$ 150,000

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Note 14 - Preferred Stock (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Jul. 12, 2005	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Note 14 - Preferred Stock (Details) [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued (in Shares)		5,600			5,600	5,600	[1]
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage		7.625%
Payments of Dividends	$ 0		$ 0
Preferred Class A [Member]
Note 14 - Preferred Stock (Details) [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued (in Shares)				5,600
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage				7.625%
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share (in Dollars per share)				$ 25,000
Payments of Dividends		0			$ 0

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2014.

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Note 8 - Restricted Cash and Deposits (Details) (USD $)	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Note 8 - Restricted Cash and Deposits (Details) [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	$ 12,700,000	$ 15,400,000
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	23,600,000	29,300,000
Homebuilding [Member] | Customer Deposits [Member]
Note 8 - Restricted Cash and Deposits (Details) [Line Items]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	7,000,000	7,500,000
Homebuilding [Member]
Note 8 - Restricted Cash and Deposits (Details) [Line Items]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	9,623,000	13,086,000	[1]
Financial Services [Member] | Customer Deposits [Member]
Note 8 - Restricted Cash and Deposits (Details) [Line Items]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	14,000,000	15,800,000
Financial Services [Member]
Note 8 - Restricted Cash and Deposits (Details) [Line Items]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	$ 13,980,000	$ 16,236,000	[1]

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2014.

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Note 17 - Operating and Reporting Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Note 17 - Operating and Reporting Segments (Tables) [Line Items]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)	April 30, 2015	October 31, 2014
Assets:
Northeast	$313,252	$315,573
Mid-Atlantic	345,473	313,494
Midwest	185,958	169,967
Southeast	202,738	148,096
Southwest	445,760	410,756
West	221,822	143,245
Total homebuilding	1,715,003	1,501,131
Financial services	127,301	120,343
Corporate and unallocated	674,690	668,456
Total assets	$2,516,994	$2,289,930

Operating Segments [Member]

Note 17 - Operating and Reporting Segments (Tables) [Line Items]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Revenues:
Northeast	$39,274		$65,745		$90,004		$118,998
Mid-Atlantic	76,777		68,735		157,962		129,255
Midwest	73,256		48,703		137,695		92,461
Southeast	49,275		52,023		87,169		91,164
Southwest	190,427		164,633		357,614		293,210
West	27,522		40,708		60,715		71,458
Total homebuilding	456,531		440,547		891,159		796,546
Financial services	12,457		9,412		23,579		17,506
Corporate and unallocated	(39	)	(30	)	(75	)	(75	)
Total revenues	$468,949		$449,929		$914,663		$813,977
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Northeast	$(3,812	)	$(2,759	)	$(6,965	)	$(8,820	)
Mid-Atlantic	(178	)	2,462		4,999		4,375
Midwest	1,210		3,361		4,921		5,716
Southeast	(1,202	)	3,315		(2,358	)	4,746
Southwest	14,022		15,676		25,347		26,081
West	(8,963	)	2,097		(11,336	)	1,738
Homebuilding income before income taxes	1,077		24,152		14,608		33,836
Financial services	4,949		2,705		8,754		4,127
Corporate and unallocated	(35,507	)	(34,155	)	(72,523	)	(69,151	)
Loss before income taxes	$(29,481	)	$(7,298	)	$(49,161	)	$(31,188	)

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Note 16 - Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	$ (9,922,000)	$ 604,000	$ (15,226,000)	$ 1,237,000
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount					(285,100,000)
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance	$ 642,500,000		$ 642,500,000		$ 642,000,000

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Note 22 - Transactions with Related Parties (Details) (Tavit Najarian [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014
Tavit Najarian [Member]
Note 22 - Transactions with Related Parties (Details) [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction	$ 0.2	$ 0.2	$ 0.5	$ 0.4

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Note 19 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Description of New Accounting Pronouncements Not yet Adopted [Text Block]

19. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-04, “Receivables - Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors,” which clarifies when an in substance repossession or foreclosure of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan has occurred. By doing so, this guidance helps determine when the creditor should derecognize the loan receivable and recognize the real estate property. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2015 and is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606), (“ASU 2014-09”). ASU 2014-09 requires entities to recognize revenue that represents the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount equivalent to the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The following steps should be applied to determine this amount: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. ASU 2014-09 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASU 605, “Revenue Recognition”, and most industry-specific guidance in the Accounting Standards Codification. The FASB has tentatively decided to defer for one year the effective date of ASU 2014-09, which would make the guidance effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2018. Additionally, the FASB also tentatively decided to permit entities to early adopt the standard, which allows for either full retrospective or modified retrospective methods of adoption, for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-11, "Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, Repurchase Financings, and Disclosures” (“ASU 2014-11”), which makes limited amendments to ASC 860, "Transfers and Servicing." ASU 2014-11 requires entities to account for repurchase-to-maturity transactions as secured borrowings, eliminates accounting guidance on linked repurchase financing transactions, and expands disclosure requirements related to certain transfers of financial assets. ASU 2014-11 was effective for the Company beginning February 1, 2015, and did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, “Disclosure of Uncertainties About an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (“ASU 2014-15”), which requires management to perform interim and annual assessments on whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related disclosures, if required. ASU 2014-15 is effective for the Company for our fiscal year ending October 31, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. We do not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2014-15 to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, “Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis (“ASU 2015-02”), which amends the consolidation requirements in ASC 810, primarily related to limited partnerships and VIEs. ASU 2015-02 is effective for the Company beginning on November 1, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. We do not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2015-02 to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, “Interest - Imputation of Interest” (“ASU 2015-03”), which requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability. This new guidance is a change from the current treatment of recording debt issuance costs as an asset representing a deferred charge, and is consistent with the accounting treatment for debt discounts. The guidance, which requires retrospective application, is effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. We do not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2015-03 to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Jan. 10, 2014	Nov. 05, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014	Feb. 09, 2014
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Covenant Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Minimum		2.0
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage		7.625%
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt (in Dollars)	$ (1,155,000)		$ (1,155,000)
Redemption With Net Cash Proceeds From Certain Equity Offerings [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | The 7.0% 2019 Notes [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage				107.00%
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | The 7.0% 2019 Notes [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage of Principal Amount Redeemed				35.00%
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | The 7.0% 2019 Notes [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage				100.00%
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | 8.0% Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage					100.00%
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | The 7.0% 2019 Notes [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage				103.50%
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | 8.0% Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage					100.00%
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | The 7.0% 2019 Notes [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage				101.75%
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Four [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | The 7.0% 2019 Notes [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage				100.00%
Restricted Cash [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member] | The 7.25% 2020 Notes and 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member] | Letter of Credit [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Cash Collateral for Borrowed Securities (in Dollars)		2,600,000				5,600,000
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | The 5.0% 2021 Notes [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		5.00%				5.00%
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | The 2.0% 2021 Notes [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		2.00%				2.00%
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | The 7.25% 2020 Notes and 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		7.25%
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount (in Dollars)		786,200,000
Cash Collateral for Borrowed Securities (in Dollars)		221,100,000
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | The 2.0% 2021 Notes Member and 5.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Secured Group [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures (in Dollars)		66,700,000
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | The 2.0% 2021 Notes Member and 5.0% 2021 Notes [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount (in Dollars)		141,000,000
Senior Notes [Member] | The 7.0% 2019 Notes [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				7.00%
Debt Instrument, Face Amount (in Dollars)				150,000,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt (in Dollars)				147,800,000
Senior Notes [Member] | The 6.25% 2015 Notes [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage							6.25%
Debt Instrument, Repurchased Face Amount (in Dollars)							21,400,000
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt (in Dollars)	(1,200,000)
Senior Notes [Member] | 8.0% Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage					8.00%
Debt Instrument, Face Amount (in Dollars)					250,000,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt (in Dollars)					245,700,000
Senior Notes [Member]
Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Collateral (in Dollars)		38,300,000

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Note 5 - Variable Interest Entities (Details) (USD $)	Apr. 30, 2015
Variable Interest Entities Disclosure [Abstract]
Deposits Associated with Land and Lot Options of Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities	$ 87,200,000
Purchase Price Associated with Land and Lot Options of Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities	$ 1,300,000,000

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Note 1 - Basis of Presentation (Details) (Homebuilding [Member])	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015
Homebuilding [Member]
Note 1 - Basis of Presentation (Details) [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments	6

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Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) - Senior Secured, Senior and Senior Subordinated Notes (Parentheticals)	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 02, 2012
The 7.25% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Stated Interest Rate	7.25%	7.25%
The 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Stated Interest Rate	9.125%	9.125%
The 2.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Stated Interest Rate	2.00%	2.00%
The 5.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Stated Interest Rate	5.00%	5.00%
The 11.875% 2015 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Stated Interest Rate	11.875%	11.875%
The 6.25% 2016 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Stated Interest Rate	6.25%	6.25%
The 7.5% 2016 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Stated Interest Rate	7.50%	7.50%
The 8.625% 2017 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Stated Interest Rate	8.625%	8.625%
The 7.0% 2019 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Stated Interest Rate	7.00%	7.00%
8.0% Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Stated Interest Rate	8.00%	8.00%
The 11.0% 2017 Amortizing Note [Member] | Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Stated Interest Rate	11.00%	11.00%	11.00%
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Stated Interest Rate		11.00%

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Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) (USD $)	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Number of Wholly Owned Subsidiaries	1
Exchangeable Note Unit Rate Stated Percentage	6.00%
Direct or Indirect Ownership in Guarantor Subsidiaries Percentage	100.00%
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 992,000,000
Senior Notes	980,600,000
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Senior Notes	980,629,000	979,935,000	[1]
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	841,100,000
Senior Notes	840,900,000
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Senior Notes	840,851,000	590,472,000	[1]
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	15,000,000
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Senior Notes	14,987,000	17,049,000	[1]
Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	71,900,000
Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Senior Notes	$ 71,913,000	$ 70,101,000	[1]

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2014.

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Note 18 - Investments in Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014
Note 18 - Investments in Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures (Details) [Line Items]
Joint Venture Financing, Percent of Assets	50.00%		50.00%
Joint Venture, Average Debt to Capitalization Ratio	30.00%		30.00%
Homebuilding [Member] | Corporate Joint Venture [Member]
Note 18 - Investments in Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures (Details) [Line Items]
Advances to Affiliate	$ 800,000		$ 800,000		$ 1,800,000
Joint Venture, Average Debt to Capitalization Ratio	30.00%		30.00%		22.00%
Homebuilding [Member]
Note 18 - Investments in Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures (Details) [Line Items]
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures	70,550,000		70,550,000		63,883,000	[1]
Management Fees Revenue	$ 1,200,000	$ 1,600,000	$ 2,400,000	$ 3,700,000

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2014.

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Note 9 - Mortgage Loans Held for Sale (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Apr. 30, 2014
Receivables [Abstract]
Loans Pledged as Collateral	$ 86.5	$ 78.6
Number of Loans Reserved For	131		217

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Note 3 - Interest

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Home Building Interest [Abstract]

Home Building Interest [Text Block]

3. Interest

Interest costs incurred, expensed and capitalized were:

	Three Months Ended April 30,		Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015	2014	2015	2014
Interest capitalized at beginning of period	$114,241	$107,089	$109,158	$105,093
Plus interest incurred (1)	40,703	36,782	82,175	71,601
Less cost of sales interest expensed	12,013	12,407	23,331	21,897
Less other interest expensed (2)(3)	23,030	23,472	48,101	46,805
Interest capitalized at end of period (4)	$119,901	$107,992	$119,901	$107,992

(1) Data does not include interest incurred by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries.

(2) Other interest expensed includes interest that does not qualify for interest capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt. Also includes interest on completed homes and land in planning, which does not qualify for capitalization, and therefore, is expensed.

(3) Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest, is the sum of other interest expensed, as defined above, and interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries adjusted for the change in accrued interest on notes payable, which is calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Other interest expensed	$23,030		$23,472		$48,101		$46,805
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries	268		409		676		1,145
Increase in accrued interest	(8,726	)	(5,295	)	(7,716	)	(4,011	)
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest	$14,572		$18,586		$41,061		$43,939

(4) Capitalized interest amounts are shown gross before allocating any portion of impairments, if any, to capitalized interest.

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Note 18 - Investments in Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures (Details) - Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014
Equity of:
Debt to capitalization ratio	30.00%		30.00%
Our share of net income	$ 1,466	$ 1,067	$ 2,918	$ 3,638
Homebuilding [Member] | Homebuilding Venture [Member] | Corporate Joint Venture [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	17,682		17,682		22,415
Inventories	306,132		306,132		208,620
Other assets	9,132		9,132		11,986
Total assets	332,946		332,946		243,021
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	23,428		23,428		27,175
Notes payable	91,397		91,397		45,506
Total liabilities	114,825		114,825		72,681
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	66,691		66,691		59,106
Others	151,430		151,430		111,234
Total equity	218,121		218,121		170,340
Total liabilities and equity	332,946		332,946		243,021
Debt to capitalization ratio	30.00%		30.00%		21.00%
Revenues	27,648	33,746	64,774	85,019
Cost of sales and expenses	(29,258)	(31,644)	(59,117)	(77,725)
Joint venture net income	(1,610)	2,102	5,657	7,294
Our share of net income	1,465	1,030	2,932	3,577
Homebuilding [Member] | Land Development Venture [Member] | Corporate Joint Venture [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	122		122		205
Inventories	14,550		14,550		16,194
Total assets	14,672		14,672		16,399
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	584		584		1,039
Notes payable	4,915		4,915		5,650
Total liabilities	5,499		5,499		6,689
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	3,014		3,014		2,990
Others	6,159		6,159		6,720
Total equity	9,173		9,173		9,710
Total liabilities and equity	14,672		14,672		16,399
Debt to capitalization ratio	35.00%		35.00%		37.00%
Revenues	1,483	3,355	2,615	5,269
Cost of sales and expenses	(1,722)	(3,466)	(2,807)	(5,085)
Joint venture net income	(239)	(111)	(192)	184
Our share of net income	(119)	(55)	(96)	92
Homebuilding [Member] | Corporate Joint Venture [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	17,804		17,804		22,620
Inventories	320,682		320,682		224,814
Other assets	9,132		9,132		11,986
Total assets	347,618		347,618		259,420
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	24,012		24,012		28,214
Notes payable	96,312		96,312		51,156
Total liabilities	120,324		120,324		79,370
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	69,705		69,705		62,096
Others	157,589		157,589		117,954
Total equity	227,294		227,294		180,050
Total liabilities and equity	347,618		347,618		259,420
Debt to capitalization ratio	30.00%		30.00%		22.00%
Revenues	29,131	37,101	67,389	90,288
Cost of sales and expenses	(30,980)	(35,110)	(61,924)	(82,810)
Joint venture net income	(1,849)	1,991	5,465	7,478
Our share of net income	$ 1,346	$ 975	$ 2,836	$ 3,669

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Note 6 - Warranty Costs (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]
Cash Received From Subcontractors For Owner Controlled Insurance Program			$ 1.3	$ 1.0
General Liability Insurance, Deductible	20		20		20
Bodily Injury Insurance, Deductible	0.25		0.25		0.25
Bodily Injury Insurance, Limit	5		5		5
Aggregate Retention for Construction Defects, Warranty and Bodily Injury Claims	21		21		21
Payments by Insurance Companies for Claims	$ 18.1	$ 1.3	$ 18.3	$ 4.2

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Note 3 - Interest (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Home Building Interest [Abstract]

Schedule Of Real Estate Inventory Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,		Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015	2014	2015	2014
Interest capitalized at beginning of period	$114,241	$107,089	$109,158	$105,093
Plus interest incurred (1)	40,703	36,782	82,175	71,601
Less cost of sales interest expensed	12,013	12,407	23,331	21,897
Less other interest expensed (2)(3)	23,030	23,472	48,101	46,805
Interest capitalized at end of period (4)	$119,901	$107,992	$119,901	$107,992

Cash Paid for Interest, Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Other interest expensed	$23,030		$23,472		$48,101		$46,805
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries	268		409		676		1,145
Increase in accrued interest	(8,726	)	(5,295	)	(7,716	)	(4,011	)
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest	$14,572		$18,586		$41,061		$43,939

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Note 22 - Transactions with Related Parties

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

22.  Transactions with Related Parties

During the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, an engineering firm owned by Tavit Najarian, a relative of our Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, provided services to the Company totaling $0.2 million for both periods. During the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, the services provided by such engineering firm to the Company totaled $0.5 million and $0.4 million, respectively. Neither the Company nor the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer has a financial interest in the relative’s company from whom the services were provided.

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Note 15 - Common Stock (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2015	Aug. 04, 2008	Dec. 05, 2008	Aug. 15, 2008	Jul. 03, 2001
Note 15 - Common Stock (Details) [Line Items]
Common Stock Dividends, Percent of Increase from Class A to Class B	110.00%	110.00%
Shareholder Ownership, Percentage of Increase			50.00%
Common Class A [Member]
Note 15 - Common Stock (Details) [Line Items]
Common Stock Voting Rights Votes Per Share Number		1
Shareholder Ownership Percentage					4.90%
Number of Rights					1
Shareholder, Percent of Stock Acquired					4.90%
Shareholders, Pre-existing Ownership Percentage				5.00%
Shareholders, Current Ownership Percentage				5.00%
Shareholders Ownership Percentage on Transfers				5.00%
Shareholders, Ownership Percentage Threshold				5.00%
Stock Repurchase Program, Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased (in Shares)						4,000,000
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares (in Shares)	0	0
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount (in Dollars)	$ 0.5	$ 0.5
Common Class B [Member]
Note 15 - Common Stock (Details) [Line Items]
Common Stock Voting Rights Votes Per Share Number		10
Minimum [Member]
Note 15 - Common Stock (Details) [Line Items]
Shareholder Ownership Percentage			5.00%

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Note 6 - Warranty Costs (Details) - Warranty and General Liability Reserve (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014
Product Warranty Liability [Line Items]
Balance	$ 181,833	$ 133,077	$ 178,008	$ 131,028
Charges incurred during the period	(30,492)	(4,804)	(35,097)	(9,342)
Balance	161,307	134,865	161,307	134,865
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Product Warranty Liability [Line Items]
Additions	4,331	4,510	9,580	9,051
Cost of Sales [Member]
Product Warranty Liability [Line Items]
Additions	$ 5,635	$ 2,082	$ 8,816	$ 4,128

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Note 6 - Warranty Costs (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Balance, beginning of period	$181,833		$133,077		$178,008		$131,028
Additions – Selling, general and administrative	4,331		4,510		9,580		9,051
Additions – Cost of sales	5,635		2,082		8,816		4,128
Charges incurred during the period	(30,492	)	(4,804	)	(35,097	)	(9,342	)
Changes to pre-existing reserves	-		-		-		-
Balance, end of period	$161,307		$134,865		$161,307		$134,865

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Note 9 - Mortgage Loans Held for Sale (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Receivables [Abstract]

Allowance for Credit Losses on Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015		2014		2015	2014
Loan origination reserves, beginning of period	$7,981		$10,719		$7,352	$11,036
Provisions for losses during the period	68		466		129	867
Adjustments to pre-existing provisions for losses from changes in estimates	(107	)	(63	)	461	(622	)
Payments/settlements	-		(65	)	-	(224	)
Loan origination reserves, end of period	$7,942		$11,057		$7,942	$11,057

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Note 2 - Stock Compensation

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]

2. Stock Compensation

For the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, the Company’s total stock-based compensation expense was $3.2 million and $6.7 million ($2.1 million and $4.6 million net of tax), respectively, and $1.5 million and $5.0 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, respectively. Included in this total stock-based compensation expense was the vesting of stock options of $0.5 million and $1.4 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, and $1.0 million and $2.0 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, respectively.

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Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)	April 30, 2015	October 31, 2014
Senior Secured Notes:
7.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due October 15, 2020	$577,000	$577,000
9.125% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due November 15, 2020	220,000	220,000
2.0% Senior Secured Notes due November 1, 2021 (net of discount)	53,133	53,129
5.0% Senior Secured Notes due November 1, 2021 (net of discount)	130,496	129,806
Total Senior Secured Notes	$980,629	$979,935
Senior Notes:
11.875% Senior Notes due October 15, 2015 (net of discount)	60,620	60,414
6.25% Senior Notes due January 15, 2016 (net of discount)	172,656	172,483
7.5% Senior Notes due May 15, 2016	86,532	86,532
8.625% Senior Notes due January 15, 2017	121,043	121,043
7.0% Senior Notes due January 15, 2019	150,000	150,000
8.0% Senior Notes due November 1, 2019	250,000	-
Total Senior Notes	$840,851	$590,472
11.0% Senior Amortizing Notes due December 1, 2017	$14,987	$17,049
Senior Exchangeable Notes due December 1, 2017	$71,913	$70,101

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Note 3 - Interest (Details) - Cash Paid for Interest, Net of Capitalized Interest (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015		Apr. 30, 2014		Apr. 30, 2015		Apr. 30, 2014
Cash Paid for Interest, Net of Capitalized Interest [Abstract]
Other interest expensed	$ 23,030	[1],[2]	$ 23,472	[1],[2]	$ 48,101	[1],[2]	$ 46,805	[1],[2]
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries	268		409		676		1,145
Increase in accrued interest	(8,726)		(5,295)		(7,716)		(4,011)
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest	$ 14,572		$ 18,586		$ 41,061		$ 43,939

[1] Other interest expensed includes interest that does not qualify for interest capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt. Also includes interest on completed homes and land in planning, which does not qualify for capitalization, and therefore, is expensed.

[2] Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest, is the sum of other interest expensed, as defined above, and interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries adjusted for the change in accrued interest on notes payable, which is calculated as follows:

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Note 12 - Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jun. 02, 2013	Jan. 31, 2015	Oct. 02, 2012	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Exchangeable Note Units [Member] | The 6.00% Exchangeable Note Units [Member]
Note 12 - Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				$ 100,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				6.00%
Note Units Number				100,000
Note Units Stated Amount				1,000
Note Units Initial Principal Amount Exchangeable Note				768.51
Note Units Principal Amount At Maturity				1,000
Note Units Initial Principal Amount Senior Amortizing Note				231.49
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage				5.17%
Shares Issued Upon Conversion of Convertible Debt				$ 185.5288
Share Price For Exchangeable Note Conversion				5.39
Senior Exchangeable Notes Exchanged for Class A Common Stock	18,305
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued	3,400,000
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member] | The 11.0% 2017 Amortizing Note [Member]
Note 12 - Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				11.00%	11.00%	11.00%
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Note 12 - Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage						11.00%
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Interest		$ 39.83	$ 30.00

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
ASSETS
Cash	$ 261,572	$ 261,898
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	23,600	29,300
Consolidated inventory not owned:
Total assets	2,516,994	2,289,930	[1]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Total liabilities	2,663,328	2,407,729	[1]
Notes payable:
Accrued interest	39,938	32,222	[1]
Total notes payable	1,948,318	1,689,779	[1]
Stockholders’ equity deficit:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value - authorized 100,000 shares; issued and outstanding 5,600 shares with a liquidation preference of $140,000 at April 30, 2015 and at October 31, 2014	135,299	135,299	[1]
Paid in capital – common stock	703,337	697,943	[1]
Accumulated deficit	(871,199)	(837,264)	[1]
Treasury stock – at cost	(115,360)	(115,360)	[1]
Total stockholders’ equity deficit	(146,334)	(117,799)	[1]
Total liabilities and equity	2,516,994	2,289,930	[1]
Homebuilding [Member] | Nonrecourse Mortgages [Member] | Mortgages [Member]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Secured debt	118,904	103,908	[1]
Homebuilding [Member] | Nonrecourse Mortgages Secured By Operating Properties [Member] | Mortgages [Member]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Secured debt	16,076	16,619	[1]
Homebuilding [Member]
ASSETS
Cash	256,866	255,117	[1]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	9,623	13,086	[1]
Inventories:
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	1,227,692	961,994	[1]
Land and land options held for future development or sale	210,259	273,463	[1]
Consolidated inventory not owned:
Specific performance options	1,734	3,479	[1]
Other options	99,072	105,374	[1]
Total consolidated inventory not owned	100,806	108,853	[1]
Total inventories	1,538,757	1,344,310	[1]
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	70,550	63,883	[1]
Receivables, deposits and notes, net	85,810	92,546	[1]
Property, plant and equipment, net	46,414	46,744	[1]
Prepaid expenses and other assets	81,085	69,358	[1]
Total assets	2,089,105	1,885,044	[1]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities from inventory not owned	91,040	92,381	[1]
Total liabilities	610,213	618,753	[1]
Accounts payable and other liabilities	342,762	370,876	[1]
Customers’ deposits	41,431	34,969	[1]
Financial Services [Member]
ASSETS
Cash	4,706	6,781	[1]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	13,980	16,236	[1]
Mortgage loans held for sale at fair value	106,452	95,338	[1]
Other assets	2,163	1,988	[1]
Income taxes receivable – including net deferred tax benefits	300,588	284,543	[1]
Consolidated inventory not owned:
Total assets	127,301	120,343	[1]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Total liabilities	104,797	99,197	[1]
Accounts payable and other liabilities	21,831	22,278	[1]
Mortgage warehouse lines of credit	82,966	76,919	[1]
Common Class A [Member]
Stockholders’ equity deficit:
Common stock	1,432	1,428	[1]
Common Class B [Member]
Stockholders’ equity deficit:
Common stock	157	155	[1]
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Notes payable:
Senior notes	980,629	979,935	[1]
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Notes payable:
Senior notes	840,851	590,472	[1]
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Notes payable:
Senior notes	14,987	17,049	[1]
Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Notes payable:
Senior notes	$ 71,913	$ 70,101	[1]

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2014.

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Note 7 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Details) (DAndrea VHovnanian [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended
	May 15, 2014	Dec. 14, 2011
DAndrea VHovnanian [Member]
Note 7 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Details) [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Number of Plaintiffs		1,065
Litigation Settlement, Amount	$ 21

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$ (33,935)	$ (32,425)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation	1,719	1,706
Compensation from stock options and awards	6,665	5,038
Amortization of bond discounts and deferred financing costs	5,991	4,913
Gain on sale and retirement of property and assets	(851)	(216)
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures	(2,918)	(3,638)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures	4,445	491
Loss on extinguishment of debt		1,155
Inventory impairment and land option write-offs	6,541	1,186
Deferred income tax benefit	(15,975)
(Increase) decrease in assets:
Mortgage loans held for sale at fair value	(11,114)	54,934
Restricted cash, receivables, prepaids, deposits and other assets	134	(4,354)
Inventories	(200,988)	(218,078)
(Decrease) increase in liabilities:
State income tax payable	(70)	122
Customers’ deposits	6,462	8,162
Accounts payable, accrued interest and other accrued liabilities	(22,235)	(5,102)
Net cash used in operating activities	(256,129)	(186,106)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of property and assets	983	232
Purchase of property, equipment and other fixed assets and acquisitions	(1,172)	(1,048)
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash related to mortgage company	1,645	(376)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	(15,539)	(32)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures	7,345	6,952
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(6,738)	5,728
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from mortgages and notes	76,569	64,301
Payments related to mortgages and notes	(61,858)	(35,401)
Proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs	21,301	30,374
Payments related to model sale leaseback financing programs	(7,960)	(10,751)
Proceeds from land bank financing programs	4,144	8,666
Payments related to land bank financing programs	(17,147)	(22,484)
Payments related to senior notes		(22,593)
Net proceeds (payments) related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit	6,047	(56,355)
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances	(6,493)	(5,346)
Principal payments and debt repurchases	(2,062)	(4,005)
Net cash provided by financing activities	262,541	96,406
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(326)	(83,972)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period	261,898	329,204
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	261,572	245,232
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest, net of capitalized interest (see Note 3 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements)	41,061	43,939
Income taxes	819	1,104
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from senior notes	$ 250,000	$ 150,000

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Note 17 - Operating and Reporting Segments (Details) - Financial Information Relating to Segment Operations (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 468,949	$ 449,929	$ 914,663	$ 813,977
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Income (Loss) before income taxes	(29,481)	(7,298)	(49,161)	(31,188)
Homebuilding [Member] | Northeast [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	39,274	65,745	90,004	118,998
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Income (Loss) before income taxes	(3,812)	(2,759)	(6,965)	(8,820)
Homebuilding [Member] | Mid-Atlantic [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	76,777	68,735	157,962	129,255
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Income (Loss) before income taxes	(178)	2,462	4,999	4,375
Homebuilding [Member] | Midwest [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	73,256	48,703	137,695	92,461
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Income (Loss) before income taxes	1,210	3,361	4,921	5,716
Homebuilding [Member] | Southeast [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	49,275	52,023	87,169	91,164
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Income (Loss) before income taxes	(1,202)	3,315	(2,358)	4,746
Homebuilding [Member] | Southwest [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	190,427	164,633	357,614	293,210
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Income (Loss) before income taxes	14,022	15,676	25,347	26,081
Homebuilding [Member] | West [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	27,522	40,708	60,715	71,458
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Income (Loss) before income taxes	(8,963)	2,097	(11,336)	1,738
Homebuilding [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	456,531	440,547	891,159	796,546
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Income (Loss) before income taxes	1,077	24,152	14,608	33,836
Financial Services [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	12,457	9,412	23,579	17,506
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Income (Loss) before income taxes	4,949	2,705	8,754	4,127
Corporate and Other [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	(39)	(30)	(75)	(75)
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Income (Loss) before income taxes	$ (35,507)	$ (34,155)	$ (72,523)	$ (69,151)

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Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Fair Value at April 30, 2015		Fair Value at October 31, 2014
Mortgage loans held for sale (1)	Level 2	$106,318		$95,643
Interest rate lock commitments	Level 2	(44	)	15
Forward contracts	Level 2	178		(320	)
		$106,452		$95,338

Fair Value, Option, Quantitative Disclosures [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	$(233	)	$(325	)	$880

	Three Months Ended April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	$(465	)	$(78	)	$599

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	$(173	)	$(59	)	$498

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	$(1,889	)	$(198	)	$686

Fair Value Measurements, Nonrecurring [Table Text Block]

		Three Months Ended
		April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount	Total Losses		Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$11,055	$(3,543	)	$7,512
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$-	$-		$-

		Three Months Ended
		April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount	Total Losses		Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$-	$-		$-
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$236	$(82	)	$154

		Six Months Ended
		April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount	Total Losses		Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$16,756	$(4,466	)	$12,290
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$-	$-		$-

		Six Months Ended
		April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount	Total Losses		Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$-	$-		$-
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$236	$(82	)	$154

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Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Changes in Fair Values Included in Income (Loss) (Financial Services Revenue Line Item [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014
Loans Held For Sale [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Quantitative Disclosures [Line Items]
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss) all reflected in financial services revenues	$ (233)	$ (465)	$ (173)	$ (1,889)
Interest Rate Lock Commitments [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Quantitative Disclosures [Line Items]
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss) all reflected in financial services revenues	(325)	(78)	(59)	(198)
Forward Contracts [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Quantitative Disclosures [Line Items]
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss) all reflected in financial services revenues	$ 880	$ 599	$ 498	$ 686

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Note 16 - Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

16. Income Taxes

The total income tax benefit of $9.9 million and $15.2 million recognized for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, was primarily due to deferred taxes partially offset by state tax expenses and state tax reserves for uncertain tax positions. The total income tax expense of $0.6 million and $1.2 million recognized for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, respectively, was primarily due to various state tax expenses and state tax reserves for uncertain tax positions. 

 Deferred federal and state income tax assets primarily represent the deferred tax benefits arising from temporary differences between book and tax income which will be recognized in future years as an offset against future taxable income. If the combination of future years’ income (or loss) and the reversal of the timing differences results in a loss, such losses can be carried forward to future years. In accordance with ASC 740, we evaluate our deferred tax assets quarterly to determine if valuation allowances are required. ASC 740 requires that companies assess whether valuation allowances should be established based on the consideration of all available evidence using a “more likely than not” standard.  

As of October 31, 2014, and again at April 30, 2015, we concluded that it was more likely than not that a substantial amount of our deferred tax assets (“DTA”) would be utilized. This conclusion was based on a detailed evaluation of all relevant evidence, both positive and negative. The positive evidence included factors such as positive earnings for the last two full fiscal years and the expectation of earnings going forward over the long term and evidence of a sustained recovery in the housing markets in which we operate. Such evidence is supported by significant increases in key financial indicators over the last few years, including new orders, revenues, backlog, community count and deliveries compared with the prior years. Economic data has also been affirming the housing market recovery. Housing starts, homebuilding volume and prices are increasing and forecasted to continue to increase. Historically low mortgage rates, affordable home prices, reduced foreclosures and a favorable home ownership to rental comparison are key factors in the recovery.

Potentially offsetting this positive evidence, we are currently in a three year cumulative loss position as of April 30, 2015. As per ASC 740, cumulative losses are one of the most objectively verifiable forms of negative evidence. Thus, an entity that has suffered cumulative losses in recent years may find it difficult to support an assertion that a DTA could be realized if such an assertion is based on forecasts of future profitable results rather than an actual return to profitability. In other words, an entity that has cumulative losses generally should not use an estimate of future earnings to support a conclusion that realization of an existing DTA is more likely than not if such a forecast is not based on objectively verifiable information. An objectively verifiable estimate of future income in that instance would be based on operating results from the reporting entity's recent history.

We determined that the positive evidence noted above, including our two fiscal years of sustained operating profitability, outweighed the existing negative evidence and because of our current backlog, we expect to be in a three year cumulative income position by the end of fiscal 2015. Given that ASC 740 suggests using recent historical operating results in the instance where a three year cumulative loss position still exists, we used our recent historical profit levels in projecting our pretax income over the future years in assessing the utilization of our existing DTAs. Therefore, we concluded that it is more likely than not that we will realize a substantial portion of our DTAs, and that a full valuation allowance is not necessary. This analysis resulted in a partial reversal equal to $285.1 million of our valuation allowance against DTAs at October 31, 2014, leaving a remaining valuation allowance of $642.0 million at October 31, 2014. Our valuation allowance for deferred taxes amounted to $642.5 million at April 30, 2015.

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Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Disclosure Text Block Supplement [Abstract]

Condensed Balance Sheet [Table Text Block]

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries	Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding	$-		$247,616		$1,478,889	$362,600	$-		$2,089,105
Financial services					10,327	116,974			127,301
Income taxes receivable	258,121				42,467				300,588
Intercompany receivable			1,467,671			36,727	(1,504,398	)	-
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries					365,247		(365,247	)	-
Total assets	$258,121		$1,715,287		$1,896,930	$516,301	(1,869,645	)	$2,516,994
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding	$3,183		$196		$550,981	$55,853			$610,213
Financial services					10,021	94,776			104,797
Notes payable			1,946,342		1,551	425			1,948,318
Intercompany payable	305,378				1,199,020		(1,504,398	)	-
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries	95,894		38,266				(134,160	)	-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(146,334	)	(269,517	)	135,357	365,247	(231,087	)	(146,334	)
Total liabilities and equity	$258,121		$1,715,287		$1,896,930	$516,301	(1,869,645	)	$2,516,994

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries	Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding	$-		$195,177		$1,336,716	$353,151	$-		$1,885,044
Financial services					11,407	108,936			120,343
Income taxes receivable	244,391				40,152				284,543
Intercompany receivable			1,275,453			36,161	(1,311,614	)	-
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries					338,044		(338,044	)	-
Total assets	$244,391		$1,470,630		$1,726,319	$498,248	$(1,649,658	)	$2,289,930
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding	$2,842		$160		$544,088	$71,663	$-		$618,753
Financial services					11,210	87,987			99,197
Notes payable			1,685,892		3,336	551			1,689,779
Intercompany payable	308,700				1,002,914		(1,311,614	)	-
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries	50,648		11,902				(62,550	)	-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(117,799	)	(227,324	)	164,771	338,047	(275,494	)	(117,799	)
Total liabilities and equity	$244,391		$1,470,630		$1,726,319	$498,248	$(1,649,658	)	$2,289,930

Condensed Income Statement [Table Text Block]

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$-		$-		$390,898		$65,594	$-		$456,492
Financial services					1,935		10,522			12,457
Intercompany charges			31,873				66	(31,939	)	-
Total revenues	-		31,873		392,833		76,182	(31,939	)	468,949
Expenses:
Homebuilding	3,082		38,387		392,535		58,384			492,388
Financial services	20				1,556		5,932			7,508
Intercompany charges					31,939			(31,939	)	-
Total expenses	3,102		38,387		426,030		64,316	(31,939	)	499,896
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures							1,466			1,466
(Loss) income before income taxes	(3,102	)	(6,514	)	(33,197	)	13,332	-		(29,481	)
State and federal income tax benefit	(5,906	)			(4,016	)				(9,922	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(22,363	)	(13,558	)	13,332			22,589		-
Net (loss) income	$(19,559	)	$(20,072	)	$(15,849	)	$13,332	$22,589		$(19,559	)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$-		$(31	)	$366,152		$74,396	$-		$440,517
Financial services					2,236		7,176			9,412
Intercompany charges			25,978		(27,019	)	249	792		-
Total revenues	-		25,947		341,369		81,821	792		449,929
Expenses:
Homebuilding	1,942		33,629		349,322		67,129	(1,590	)	450,432
Financial services	5				1,694		5,008			6,707
Total expenses	1,947		33,629		351,016		72,137	(1,590	)	457,139
Loss on extinguishment of debt			(1,155	)						(1,155	)
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures					37		1,030			1,067
(Loss) income before income taxes	(1,947	)	(8,837	)	(9,610	)	10,714	2,382		(7,298	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	(2,236	)			2,840					604
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(8,191	)	(11,945	)	10,714			9,422		-
Net (loss) income	$(7,902	)	$(20,782	)	$(1,736	)	$10,714	$11,804		$(7,902	)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$-		$-		$756,087		$134,997	$-		$891,084
Financial services					3,768		19,811			23,579
Intercompany charges			60,385					(60,385	)	-
Total revenues	-		60,385		759,855		154,808	(60,385	)	914,663
Expenses:
Homebuilding	6,793		76,215		750,044		118,865			951,917
Financial services	88				3,129		11,608			14,825
Intercompany charges					60,321		64	(60,385	)	-
Total expenses	6,881		76,215		813,494		130,537	(60,385	)	966,742
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures					(14	)	2,932			2,918
(Loss) income before income taxes	(6,881	)	(15,830	)	(53,653	)	27,203	-		(49,161	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	(18,192	)			2,966					(15,226	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(45,246	)	(26,364	)	27,203			44,407		-
Net (loss) income	$(33,935	)	$(42,194	)	$(29,416	)	$27,203	$44,407		$(33,935	)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$-		$(77	)	$649,190		$147,358	$-		$796,471
Financial services					4,071		13,435			17,506
Intercompany charges			46,555		(48,281	)		1,726		-
Total revenues	-		46,478		604,980		160,793	1,726		813,977
Expenses:
Homebuilding	5,925		64,018		638,940		128,138	(2,752	)	834,269
Financial services	9				3,219		10,151			13,379
Total expenses	5,934		64,018		642,159		138,289	(2,752	)	847,648
Loss on extinguishment of debt			(1,155	)						(1,155	)
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures					60		3,578			3,638
(Loss) income before income taxes	(5,934	)	(18,695	)	(37,119	)	26,082	4,478		(31,188	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	(5,828	)			7,065					1,237
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(32,319	)	(24,024	)	26,082			30,261		-
Net (loss) income	$(32,425	)	$(42,719	)	$(18,102	)	$26,082	$34,739		$(32,425	)

Condensed Cash Flow Statement [Table Text Block]

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations		Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$(33,935	)	$(42,194	)	$(29,416	)	$27,203		$44,407		$(33,935	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities	(7,989	)	18,740		(101,623	)	(86,915	)	(44,407	)	(222,194	)
Net cash used in operating activities	(41,924	)	(23,454	)	(131,039	)	(59,712	)	-		(256,129	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of property and assets					952		31				983
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions					(1,172	)					(1,172	)
Decrease in restricted cash related to mortgage company							1,645				1,645
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures			81		146		(15,766	)			(15,539	)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures			(33	)	339		7,039				7,345
Intercompany investing activities			(165,853	)					165,853		-
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	-		(165,805	)	265		(7,051	)	165,853		(6,738	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net proceeds from mortgages and notes					6,336		8,375				14,711
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs					11,746		1,595				13,341
Net payments related to land bank financing programs					(9,124	)	(3,879	)			(13,003	)
Proceeds from senior notes			250,000								250,000
Net proceeds related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit							6,047				6,047
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances			(4,627	)	(1,016	)	(850	)			(6,493	)
Principal payments and debt repurchases			(2,062	)							(2,062	)
Intercompany financing activities	41,924				124,498		(569	)	(165,853	)	-
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	41,924		243,311		132,440		10,719		(165,853	)	262,541
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	-		54,052		1,666		(56,044	)	-		(326	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period			159,508		(4,726	)	107,116				261,898
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$-		$213,560		$(3,060	)	$51,072		$-		$261,572

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations		Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$(32,425	)	$(42,719	)	$(18,102	)	$26,082		$34,739		$(32,425	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(1,140	)	9,969		(172,179	)	44,408		(34,739	)	(153,681	)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(33,565	)	(32,750	)	(190,281	)	70,490		-		(186,106	)
Net cash provided by investing activities			76		664		4,988				5,728
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities			120,553		39,646		(63,793	)			96,406
Intercompany investing and financing activities – net	33,565		(173,351	)	151,533		(11,747	)			-
Net (decrease) increase in cash	-		(85,472	)	1,562		(62	)	-		(83,972	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period			243,470		(6,479	)	92,213				329,204
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$-		$157,998		$(4,917	)	$92,151		$-		$245,232

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Note 18 - Investments in Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures Disclosure [Text Block]

18. Investments in Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures

We enter into homebuilding and land development joint ventures from time to time as a means of accessing lot positions, expanding our market opportunities, establishing strategic alliances, managing our risk profile, leveraging our capital base and enhancing returns on capital. Our homebuilding joint ventures are generally entered into with third-party investors to develop land and construct homes that are sold directly to third-party home buyers. Our land development joint ventures include those entered into with developers and other homebuilders as well as financial investors to develop finished lots for sale to the joint venture’s members or other third parties.

The tables set forth below summarize the combined financial information related to our unconsolidated homebuilding and land development joint ventures that are accounted for under the equity method.

(Dollars in thousands)	April 30, 2015
	Homebuilding		Land Development		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$17,682		$122		$17,804
Inventories	306,132		14,550		320,682
Other assets	9,132		-		9,132
Total assets	$332,946		$14,672		$347,618
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$23,428		$584		$24,012
Notes payable	91,397		4,915		96,312
Total liabilities	114,825		5,499		120,324
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	66,691		3,014		69,705
Others	151,430		6,159		157,589
Total equity	218,121		9,173		227,294
Total liabilities and equity	$332,946		$14,672		$347,618
Debt to capitalization ratio	30	%	35	%	30	%

(Dollars in thousands)	October 31, 2014
	Homebuilding		Land Development		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$22,415		$205		$22,620
Inventories	208,620		16,194		224,814
Other assets	11,986		-		11,986
Total assets	$243,021		$16,399		$259,420
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$27,175		$1,039		$28,214
Notes payable	45,506		5,650		51,156
Total liabilities	72,681		6,689		79,370
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	59,106		2,990		62,096
Others	111,234		6,720		117,954
Total equity	170,340		9,710		180,050
Total liabilities and equity	$243,021		$16,399		$259,420
Debt to capitalization ratio	21	%	37	%	22	%

As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, we had advances outstanding of approximately $0.8 million and $1.8 million, respectively, to these unconsolidated joint ventures, which were included in the “Accounts payable and accrued liabilities” balances in the tables above. On our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, our “Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures” amounted to $70.6 million and $63.9 million at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively.

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	27,648		$	1,483		$	29,131
Cost of sales and expenses		(29,258	)		(1,722	)		(30,980	)
Joint venture net loss	$	(1,610	)	$	(239	)	$	(1,849	)
Our share of net income (loss)	$	1,465		$	(119	)	$	1,346

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	33,746		$	3,355		$	37,101
Cost of sales and expenses		(31,644	)		(3,466	)		(35,110	)
Joint venture net income (loss)	$	2,102		$	(111	)	$	1,991
Our share of net income (loss)	$	1,030		$	(55	)	$	975

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	64,774		$	2,615		$	67,389
Cost of sales and expenses		(59,117	)		(2,807	)		(61,924	)
Joint venture net income (loss)	$	5,657		$	(192	)	$	5,465
Our share of net income (loss)	$	2,932		$	(96	)	$	2,836

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	85,019		$	5,269		$	90,288
Cost of sales and expenses		(77,725	)		(5,085	)		(82,810	)
Joint venture net income	$	7,294		$	184		$	7,478
Our share of net income	$	3,577		$	92		$	3,669

“Income from unconsolidated joint ventures” is reflected as a separate line in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and reflects our proportionate share of the income or loss of these unconsolidated homebuilding and land development joint ventures. The difference between our share of the income or loss from these unconsolidated joint ventures in the tables above compared to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, is due primarily to the reclassification of the intercompany portion of management fee income from certain joint ventures and the deferral of income for lots purchased by us from certain joint ventures. To compensate us for the administrative services we provide as the manager of certain joint ventures, we receive a management fee based on a percentage of the applicable joint venture’s revenues. These management fees, which totaled $1.2 million and $1.6 million, for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $2.4 million and $3.7 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, are recorded in “Homebuilding: Selling, general and administrative” on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

In determining whether or not we must consolidate joint ventures that we manage, we assess whether the other partners have specific rights to overcome the presumption of control by us as the manager of the joint venture. In most cases, the presumption is overcome because the joint venture agreements require that both partners agree on establishing the operations and capital decisions of the partnership, including budgets in the ordinary course of business.

Typically, our unconsolidated joint ventures obtain separate project specific mortgage financing. The amount of financing is generally targeted to be no more than 50% of the joint venture’s total assets. For some of our joint ventures, obtaining financing was challenging, therefore, some of our joint ventures are capitalized only with equity. Including the impact of impairments recorded by the joint ventures, the total debt to capitalization ratio of all our joint ventures is currently 30%. Any joint venture financing is on a nonrecourse basis, with guarantees from us limited only to performance and completion of development, environmental warranties and indemnification, standard indemnification for fraud, misrepresentation and other similar actions, including a voluntary bankruptcy filing. In some instances, the joint venture entity is considered a VIE under ASC 810-10 “Consolidation – Overall” due to the returns being capped to the equity holders; however, in these instances, we have determined that we are not the primary beneficiary, and therefore we do not consolidate these entities.

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Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) - Consolidating Condensed Financial Statements - Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
ASSETS:
Assets	$ 2,516,994	$ 2,289,930	[1]
Income Taxes Receivable	300,588	284,543
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liability	2,663,328	2,407,729	[1]
Notes payable	1,948,318	1,689,779	[1]
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(146,334)	(117,799)
Total liabilities and equity	2,516,994	2,289,930	[1]
Homebuilding [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liability	3,183	2,842
Homebuilding [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	247,616	195,177
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liability	196	160
Homebuilding [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	1,478,889	1,336,716
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liability	550,981	544,088
Homebuilding [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	362,600	353,151
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liability	55,853	71,663
Homebuilding [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	2,089,105	1,885,044	[1]
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	70,550	63,883	[1]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liability	610,213	618,753	[1]
Financial Services [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	10,327	11,407
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liability	10,021	11,210
Financial Services [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	116,974	108,936
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liability	94,776	87,987
Financial Services [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	127,301	120,343	[1]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liability	104,797	99,197	[1]
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	258,121	244,391
Income Taxes Receivable	258,121	244,391
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Intercompany payable (receivable)	305,378	308,700
Non-controlling interest in consolidated joint ventures	95,894	50,648
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(146,334)	(117,799)
Total liabilities and equity	258,121	244,391
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	1,715,287	1,470,630
Intercompany receivable (payable)	1,467,671	1,275,453
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Notes payable	1,946,342	1,685,892
Non-controlling interest in consolidated joint ventures	38,266	11,902
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(269,517)	(227,324)
Total liabilities and equity	1,715,287	1,470,630
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	1,896,930	1,726,319
Income Taxes Receivable	42,467	40,152
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	365,247	338,044
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Notes payable	1,551	3,336
Intercompany payable (receivable)	1,199,020	1,002,914
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	135,357	164,771
Total liabilities and equity	1,896,930	1,726,319
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	516,301	498,248
Intercompany receivable (payable)	36,727	36,161
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Notes payable	425	551
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	365,247	338,047
Total liabilities and equity	516,301	498,248
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	(1,869,645)	(1,649,658)
Intercompany receivable (payable)	(1,504,398)	(1,311,614)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	(365,247)	(338,044)
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Intercompany payable (receivable)	(1,504,398)	(1,311,614)
Non-controlling interest in consolidated joint ventures	(134,160)	(62,550)
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(231,087)	(275,494)
Total liabilities and equity	$ (1,869,645)	$ (1,649,658)

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2014.

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Note 1 - Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Basis of Accounting [Text Block]

1. Basis of Presentation

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the "Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) has reportable segments consisting of six Homebuilding segments (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest and West) and the Financial Services segment (see Note 17).

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include our accounts and those of all wholly-owned subsidiaries after elimination of all significant intercompany balances and transactions. 

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014. In the opinion of management, all adjustments for interim periods presented have been made, which include normal recurring accruals and deferrals necessary for a fair presentation of our condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows. The preparation of Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and these differences could have a significant impact on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results which might be expected for a full year. The balance sheet at October 31, 2014 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) (Parentheticals) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Preferred stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	[1]
Preferred stock, shares authorized	100,000	100,000	[1]
Preferred stock, shares issued	5,600	5,600	[1]
Preferred stock, liquidation preference (in Dollars)	$ 140,000	$ 140,000	[1]
Preferred stock, outstanding	5,600	5,600	[1]
Common Class A [Member]
Common stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	[1]
Common stock, shares authorized	400,000,000	400,000,000	[1]
Common stock, shares issued	143,196,407	142,836,563	[1]
Common stock, shares held in Treasury	11,760,763	11,760,763	[1]
Common Class B [Member]
Common stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	[1]
Common stock, shares authorized	60,000,000	60,000,000	[1]
Common stock, shares issued	15,675,467	15,497,543	[1]
Common stock, shares held in Treasury	691,748	691,748	[1]

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2014.

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Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Long-term Debt [Text Block]

11. Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing and Senior Exchangeable Notes

Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing and Senior Exchangeable Notes balances as of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, were as follows:

(In thousands)	April 30, 2015	October 31, 2014
Senior Secured Notes:
7.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due October 15, 2020	$577,000	$577,000
9.125% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due November 15, 2020	220,000	220,000
2.0% Senior Secured Notes due November 1, 2021 (net of discount)	53,133	53,129
5.0% Senior Secured Notes due November 1, 2021 (net of discount)	130,496	129,806
Total Senior Secured Notes	$980,629	$979,935
Senior Notes:
11.875% Senior Notes due October 15, 2015 (net of discount)	60,620	60,414
6.25% Senior Notes due January 15, 2016 (net of discount)	172,656	172,483
7.5% Senior Notes due May 15, 2016	86,532	86,532
8.625% Senior Notes due January 15, 2017	121,043	121,043
7.0% Senior Notes due January 15, 2019	150,000	150,000
8.0% Senior Notes due November 1, 2019	250,000	-
Total Senior Notes	$840,851	$590,472
11.0% Senior Amortizing Notes due December 1, 2017	$14,987	$17,049
Senior Exchangeable Notes due December 1, 2017	$71,913	$70,101

Except for K. Hovnanian, the issuer of the notes, our home mortgage subsidiaries, joint ventures and subsidiaries holding interests in our joint ventures, certain of our title insurance subsidiaries and our foreign subsidiary, we and each of our subsidiaries are guarantors of the senior secured, senior, senior amortizing and senior exchangeable notes outstanding at April 30, 2015 (see Note 21). In addition, the 5.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “5.0% 2021 Notes”) and the 2.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “2.0% 2021 Notes” and together with the 5.0% 2021 Notes, the “2021 Notes”) are guaranteed byK. Hovnanian JV Holdings, L.L.C. and its subsidiaries except for certain joint ventures and joint venture holding companies (collectively, the “Secured Group”). Members of the Secured Group do not guarantee K. Hovnanian's other indebtedness.  

The indentures governing the notes do not contain any financial maintenance covenants, but do contain restrictive covenants that limit, among other things, the Company’s ability and that of certain of its subsidiaries, including K. Hovnanian, to incur additional indebtedness (other than certain permitted indebtedness, refinancing indebtedness and nonrecourse indebtedness), pay dividends and make distributions on common and preferred stock, repurchase subordinated indebtedness (with respect to certain of the senior secured and senior notes), make other restricted payments, make investments, sell certain assets, incur liens, consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all assets, and enter into certain transactions with affiliates. The indentures also contain events of default which would permit the holders of the notes to declare the notes to be immediately due and payable if not cured within applicable grace periods, including the failure to make timely payments on the notes or other material indebtedness, the failure to comply with agreements and covenants and specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency and, with respect to the indentures governing the senior secured notes, the failure of the documents granting security for the senior secured notes to be in full force and effect, and the failure of the liens on any material portion of the collateral securing the senior secured notes to be valid and perfected. As of April 30, 2015, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants of the indentures governing our outstanding notes.

Under the terms of the indentures, we have the right to make certain redemptions and, depending on market conditions and covenant restrictions, may do so from time to time. We also continue to evaluate our capital structure and may also continue to make debt purchases and/or exchanges for debt or equity from time to time through tender offers, open market purchases, private transactions, or otherwise, or seek to raise additional debt or equity capital, depending on market conditions and covenant restrictions.

If our consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined in the indentures governing our senior secured and senior notes (other than the senior exchangeable notes discussed in Note 12 below), is less than 2.0 to 1.0, we are restricted from making certain payments, including dividends, and from incurring indebtedness other than certain permitted indebtedness, refinancing indebtedness, and nonrecourse indebtedness. As a result of this restriction, we are currently restricted from paying dividends, which are not cumulative, on our 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock. We anticipate that we will continue to be restricted from paying dividends for the foreseeable future. Our inability to pay dividends is in accordance with covenant restrictions and will not result in a default under our debt instruments or otherwise affect compliance with any of the covenants contained in our debt instruments.

The 7.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2020 (the “First Lien Notes”) are secured by a first-priority lien and the 9.125% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2020 (the “Second Lien Notes” and, together with the First Lien Notes, the “2020 Secured Notes”) are secured by a second-priority lien, in each case, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, on substantially all the assets owned by us, K. Hovnanian and the guarantors of such notes. At April 30, 2015, the aggregate book value of the real property that constituted collateral securing the 2020 Secured Notes was approximately $786.2 million, which does not include the impact of inventory investments, home deliveries, or impairments thereafter and which may differ from the value if it were appraised. In addition, cash and cash equivalents collateral that secured the 2020 Secured Notes was $221.1 million as of April 30, 2015, which included $2.6 million of restricted cash collateralizing certain letters of credit. Subsequent to such date, cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments.

The guarantees with respect to the 2021 Notes of the Secured Group are secured, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, by a first-priority lien on substantially all of the assets of the members of the Secured Group. As of April 30, 2015, the collateral securing the guarantees included (1) $38.3 million of cash and cash equivalents (subsequent to such date, cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments); (2) approximately $141.0 million aggregate book value of real property of the Secured Group, which does not include the impact of inventory investments, home deliveries or impairments thereafter and which may differ from the value if it were appraised, and (3) equity interests in guarantors that are members of the Secured Group. Members of the Secured Group also own equity in joint ventures, either directly or indirectly through ownership of joint venture holding companies, with a book value of $66.7 million as of April 30, 2015; this equity is not pledged to secure, and is not collateral for, the 2021 Notes. Members of the Secured Group are “unrestricted subsidiaries” under K. Hovnanian's other senior notes and senior secured notes, and thus have not guaranteed such indebtedness. 

On January 10, 2014, K. Hovnanian issued $150.0 million aggregate principle amount of 7.0% Senior Notes due 2019, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $147.8 million. The notes are redeemable in whole or in part at our option at any time prior to July 15, 2016 at 100% of their principal amount plus an applicable “Make-Whole Amount.” We may also redeem some or all of the notes at 103.5% of principal commencing July 15, 2016, at 101.75% of principal commencing January 15, 2017 and 100% of principal commencing January 15, 2018. In addition, we may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes prior to July 15, 2016 with the net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings at 107.0% of principal. We used a portion of the net proceeds to fund the redemption on February 9, 2014 (effected on February 10, 2014 which was the next business day after the redemption date) of the remaining outstanding principal amount ($21.4 million) of our 6.25% Senior Notes due 2015. The redemption resulted in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.2 million, net of the write-off of unamortized fees, and was included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Loss on extinguishment of debt” in the second quarter of fiscal 2014. The remaining net proceeds from the offering were used to pay related fees and expenses and for general corporate purposes.

On November 5, 2014, K. Hovnanian issued $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, resulting in net proceeds of $245.7 million. These proceeds were used for general corporate purposes. The notes will mature on November 1, 2019. The notes are redeemable in whole or in part at K. Hovnanian’s option at any time prior to August 1, 2019 at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus an applicable “Make-Whole Amount.” At any time and from time to time on or after August 1, 2019, K. Hovnanian may also redeem some or all of the notes to a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount.

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Document And Entity Information	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Jun. 04, 2015
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
Document Type	10-Q
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--10-31
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Central Index Key	0000357294
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Period End Date	Apr. 30, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Common Class A [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		131,435,644
Common Class B [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		14,983,719

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Note 12 - Senior Exchangeable Notes

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Exchangeable Note Units And Senior Amortizing Notes [Abstract]

Exchangeable Note Units And Senior Amortizing Notes [Text Block]

12. Senior Exchangeable Notes

On October 2, 2012, the Company and K. Hovnanian issued $100,000,000 aggregate stated amount of 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units (the “Units”) (equivalent to 100,000 Units). Each $1,000 stated amount of Units initially consists of (1) a zero coupon senior exchangeable note due December 1, 2017 (a “Senior Exchangeable Note”) issued by K. Hovnanian, which bears no cash interest and has an initial principal amount of $768.51 per Senior Exchangeable Note, and that will accrete to $1,000 at maturity and (2) a senior amortizing note due December 1, 2017 (a “Senior Amortizing Note”) issued by K. Hovnanian, which has an initial principal amount of $231.49 per Senior Amortizing Note, bears interest at a rate of 11.0% per annum, and has a final installment payment date of December 1, 2017. Each Unit may be separated into its constituent Senior Exchangeable Note and Senior Amortizing Note after the initial issuance date of the Units, and the separate components may be combined to create a Unit.

Each Senior Exchangeable Note had an initial principal amount of $768.51 (which will accrete to $1,000 over the term of the Senior Exchangeable Note at an annual rate of 5.17% from the date of issuance, calculated on a semi-annual bond equivalent yield basis). Holders may exchange their Senior Exchangeable Notes at their option at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day immediately preceding December 1, 2017. Each Senior Exchangeable Note will be exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock at an initial exchange rate of 185.5288 shares of Class A Common Stock per Senior Exchangeable Note (equivalent to an initial exchange price, based on $1,000 principal amount at maturity, of approximately $5.39 per share of Class A Common Stock). The exchange rate will be subject to adjustment in certain events. If certain corporate events occur prior to the maturity date, the Company will increase the applicable exchange rate for any holder who elects to exchange its Senior Exchangeable Notes in connection with such corporate event. In addition, holders of Senior Exchangeable Notes will also have the right to require K. Hovnanian to repurchase such holders’ Senior Exchangeable Notes upon the occurrence of certain of these corporate events. As of April 30, 2015, 18,305 Senior Exchangeable Notes have been converted into 3.4 million shares of our Class A Common Stock, all of which were converted during the first quarter of fiscal 2013.

On each June 1 and December 1 (each, an “installment payment date”), K. Hovnanian will pay holders of Senior Amortizing Notes equal semi-annual cash installments of $30.00 per Senior Amortizing Note (except for the June 1, 2013 installment payment, which was $39.83 per Senior Amortizing Note), which cash payment in the aggregate will be equivalent to 6.0% per year with respect to each $1,000 stated amount of Units. Each installment will constitute a payment of interest (at a rate of 11.0% per annum) and a partial repayment of principal on the Senior Amortizing Note. Following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date, holders of the Senior Amortizing Notes will have the right to require K. Hovnanian to repurchase such holders’ Senior Amortizing Notes.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015		Apr. 30, 2014		Apr. 30, 2015		Apr. 30, 2014
Homebuilding:
Total revenues	$ 468,949		$ 449,929		$ 914,663		$ 813,977
Homebuilding:
Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs					6,541		1,186
Corporate general and administrative	16,493		14,641		33,401		31,033
Other interest	23,030	[1],[2]	23,472	[1],[2]	48,101	[1],[2]	46,805	[1],[2]
Other operations	1,788		1,151		3,332		2,260
Total expenses	499,896		457,139		966,742		847,648
Loss on extinguishment of debt			(1,155)				(1,155)
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures	1,466		1,067		2,918		3,638
Loss before income taxes	(29,481)		(7,298)		(49,161)		(31,188)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision:
Tax provision (benefit)	(9,922)		604		(15,226)		1,237
Net loss	(19,559)		(7,902)		(33,935)		(32,425)
Basic:
Loss per common share (in Dollars per share)	$ (0.13)		$ (0.05)		$ (0.23)		$ (0.22)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (in Shares)	146,946		146,325		146,762		146,151
Assuming dilution:
Loss per common share (in Dollars per share)	$ (0.13)		$ (0.05)		$ (0.23)		$ (0.22)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (in Shares)	146,946		146,325		146,762		146,151
Homebuilding [Member]
Homebuilding:
Sale of homes	455,172		438,302		888,643		793,483
Land sales and other revenues	1,320		2,215		2,441		2,988
Total homebuilding	456,492		440,517		891,084		796,471
Total revenues	456,531		440,547		891,159		796,546
Homebuilding:
Cost of sales, excluding interest	382,139		350,433		736,951		639,320
Cost of sales interest	12,013		12,407		23,331		21,897
Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs	4,311		522		6,541		1,186
Total cost of sales	398,463		363,362		766,823		662,403
Selling, general and administrative	52,614		47,806		100,260		91,768
Total homebuilding expenses	451,077		411,168		867,083		754,171
Total expenses	492,388		450,432		951,917		834,269
Loss before income taxes	1,077		24,152		14,608		33,836
Financial Services [Member]
Homebuilding:
Financial services	12,457		9,412		23,579		17,506
Total revenues	12,457		9,412		23,579		17,506
Homebuilding:
Financial services	7,508		6,707		14,825		13,379
Loss before income taxes	4,949		2,705		8,754		4,127
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision:
Tax provision (benefit)	(414)		604		2,718		1,237
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision:
Tax provision (benefit)	$ (9,508)				$ (17,944)

[1] Other interest expensed includes interest that does not qualify for interest capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt. Also includes interest on completed homes and land in planning, which does not qualify for capitalization, and therefore, is expensed.

[2] Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest, is the sum of other interest expensed, as defined above, and interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries adjusted for the change in accrued interest on notes payable, which is calculated as follows:

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Note 6 - Warranty Costs

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Product Warranty Disclosure [Text Block]

6. Warranty Costs

General liability insurance for homebuilding companies and their suppliers and subcontractors is very difficult to obtain. The availability of general liability insurance is limited due to a decreased number of insurance companies willing to underwrite for the industry. In addition, those few insurers willing to underwrite liability insurance have significantly increased the premium costs. To date, we have been able to obtain general liability insurance but at higher premium costs with higher deductibles. Our subcontractors and suppliers have advised us that they have also had difficulty obtaining insurance that also provides us coverage. As a result, we have an owner controlled insurance program for certain of our subcontractors whereby the subcontractors pay us an insurance premium (through a reduction of amounts we would otherwise owe such subcontractors for their work on our homes) based on the risk type of the trade. We absorb the liability associated with their work on our homes as part of our overall general liability insurance at no additional cost to us because our existing general liability and construction defect insurance policy and related reserves for amounts under our deductible covers construction defects regardless of whether we or our subcontractors are responsible for the defect. For the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, we received $1.3 million and $1.0 million, respectively, from subcontractors related to the owner controlled insurance program, which we accounted for as a reduction to inventory.

We accrue for warranty costs that are covered under our existing general liability and construction defect policy as part of our general liability insurance deductible. This accrual is expensed as selling, general and administrative costs. For homes delivered in fiscal 2015 and 2014, our deductible under our general liability insurance is $20 million per occurrence for construction defect and warranty claims. For bodily injury claims, our deductible per occurrence in fiscal 2015 and 2014 is $0.25 million, up to a $5 million limit. Our aggregate retention in fiscal 2015 and 2014 is $21 million for construction defect, warranty and bodily injury claims. In addition, we establish a warranty accrual for lower cost related issues to cover home repairs, community amenities and land development infrastructure that are not covered under our general liability and construction defect policy. We accrue an estimate for these warranty costs as part of cost of sales at the time each home is closed and title and possession have been transferred to the homebuyer. Additions and charges in the warranty reserve and general liability reserve for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Balance, beginning of period	$181,833		$133,077		$178,008		$131,028
Additions – Selling, general and administrative	4,331		4,510		9,580		9,051
Additions – Cost of sales	5,635		2,082		8,816		4,128
Charges incurred during the period	(30,492	)	(4,804	)	(35,097	)	(9,342	)
Changes to pre-existing reserves	-		-		-		-
Balance, end of period	$161,307		$134,865		$161,307		$134,865

Warranty accruals are based upon historical experience. We engage a third-party actuary that uses our historical warranty and construction defect data, worker’s compensation data and other industry data to assist us in estimating our reserves for unpaid claims, claim adjustment expenses and incurred but not reported claims reserves for the risks that we are assuming under the general liability and workers compensation programs. The estimates include provisions for inflation, claims handling, and legal fees.   

Insurance claims paid by our insurance carriers, excluding insurance deductibles paid, were $18.1 million and $1.3 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $18.3 million and $4.2 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, for prior year deliveries. During the three months ended April 30, 2015 we settled the D’Andrea class action suit with the majority of the settlement being paid by our insurance carriers. See Note 7 below.

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Note 5 - Variable Interest Entities

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Variable Interest Entities Disclosure [Abstract]

Variable Interest Entities Disclosure [Text Block]

5. Variable Interest Entities

The Company enters into land and lot option purchase contracts to procure land or lots for the construction of homes. Under these contracts, the Company will fund a stated deposit in consideration for the right, but not the obligation, to purchase land or lots at a future point in time with predetermined terms. Under the terms of the option purchase contracts, many of the option deposits are not refundable at the Company's discretion. Under the requirements of ASC 810, certain option purchase contracts may result in the creation of a variable interest in the entity (“VIE”) that owns the land parcel under option.

In compliance with ASC 810, the Company analyzes its option purchase contracts to determine whether the corresponding land sellers are VIEs and, if so, whether the Company is the primary beneficiary. Although the Company does not have legal title to the underlying land, ASC 810 requires the Company to consolidate a VIE if the Company is determined to be the primary beneficiary. In determining whether it is the primary beneficiary, the Company considers, among other things, whether it has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance. Such activities would include, among other things, determining or limiting the scope or purpose of the VIE, selling or transferring property owned or controlled by the VIE, or arranging financing for the VIE. The Company also considers whether it has the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE. As a result of its analyses, the Company determined that as of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, it was not the primary beneficiary of any VIEs from which it is purchasing land under option purchase contracts.

We will continue to secure land and lots using options, some of which are with VIEs. Including deposits on our unconsolidated VIEs, at April 30, 2015, we had total cash and letters of credit deposits amounting to $87.2 million to purchase land and lots with a total purchase price of $1.3 billion. The maximum exposure to loss with respect to our land and lot options is limited to the deposits plus any pre-development costs invested in the property, although some deposits are refundable at our request or refundable if certain conditions are not met.

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Note 17 - Operating and Reporting Segments

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

17. Operating and Reporting Segments

Our operating segments are components of our business for which discrete financial information is available and reviewed regularly by the chief operating decision maker, our Chief Executive Officer, to evaluate performance and make operating decisions. Based on this criteria, each of our communities qualifies as an operating segment, and therefore, it is impractical to provide segment disclosures for this many segments. As such, we have aggregated the homebuilding operating segments into six reportable segments.

Our homebuilding operating segments are aggregated into reportable segments based primarily upon geographic proximity, similar regulatory environments, land acquisition characteristics and similar methods used to construct and sell homes. Our reportable segments consist of the following six homebuilding segments and a financial services segment:

Homebuilding:

 (1) Northeast (New Jersey and Pennsylvania)

 (2) Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C. and West Virginia)

 (3) Midwest (Illinois, Minnesota and Ohio)

 (4) Southeast (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina)

 (5) Southwest (Arizona and Texas)

 (6) West (California)

Financial Services

Operations of the Company’s Homebuilding segments primarily include the sale and construction of single-family attached and detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, urban infill and active adult homes in planned residential developments. In addition, from time to time, operations of the homebuilding segments include sales of land. Operations of the Company’s Financial Services segment include mortgage banking and title services provided to the homebuilding operations’ customers. We do not typically retain or service mortgages that we originate but rather sell the mortgages and related servicing rights to investors.

Corporate and unallocated primarily represents operations at our headquarters in Red Bank, New Jersey. This includes our executive offices, information services, human resources, corporate accounting, training, treasury, process redesign, internal audit, construction services, and administration of insurance, quality and safety. It also includes interest income and interest expense resulting from interest incurred that cannot be capitalized in inventory in the Homebuilding segments, as well as the gains or losses on extinguishment of debt from debt repurchases or exchanges.

Evaluation of segment performance is based primarily on operating earnings from continuing operations before provision for income taxes (“Income (loss) before income taxes”). Income (loss) before income taxes for the Homebuilding segments consist of revenues generated from the sales of homes and land, income (loss) from unconsolidated entities, management fees and other income, less the cost of homes and land sold, selling, general and administrative expenses, interest expense and non-controlling interest expense. Income before income taxes for the Financial Services segment consist of revenues generated from mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services, less the cost of such services and certain selling, general and administrative expenses incurred by the Financial Services segment.

Operational results of each segment are not necessarily indicative of the results that would have occurred had the segment been an independent stand-alone entity during the periods presented.

Financial information relating to the Company’s segment operations was as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Revenues:
Northeast	$39,274		$65,745		$90,004		$118,998
Mid-Atlantic	76,777		68,735		157,962		129,255
Midwest	73,256		48,703		137,695		92,461
Southeast	49,275		52,023		87,169		91,164
Southwest	190,427		164,633		357,614		293,210
West	27,522		40,708		60,715		71,458
Total homebuilding	456,531		440,547		891,159		796,546
Financial services	12,457		9,412		23,579		17,506
Corporate and unallocated	(39	)	(30	)	(75	)	(75	)
Total revenues	$468,949		$449,929		$914,663		$813,977
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Northeast	$(3,812	)	$(2,759	)	$(6,965	)	$(8,820	)
Mid-Atlantic	(178	)	2,462		4,999		4,375
Midwest	1,210		3,361		4,921		5,716
Southeast	(1,202	)	3,315		(2,358	)	4,746
Southwest	14,022		15,676		25,347		26,081
West	(8,963	)	2,097		(11,336	)	1,738
Homebuilding income before income taxes	1,077		24,152		14,608		33,836
Financial services	4,949		2,705		8,754		4,127
Corporate and unallocated	(35,507	)	(34,155	)	(72,523	)	(69,151	)
Loss before income taxes	$(29,481	)	$(7,298	)	$(49,161	)	$(31,188	)

(In thousands)	April 30, 2015	October 31, 2014
Assets:
Northeast	$313,252	$315,573
Mid-Atlantic	345,473	313,494
Midwest	185,958	169,967
Southeast	202,738	148,096
Southwest	445,760	410,756
West	221,822	143,245
Total homebuilding	1,715,003	1,501,131
Financial services	127,301	120,343
Corporate and unallocated	674,690	668,456
Total assets	$2,516,994	$2,289,930

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Note 13 - Per Share Calculation

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

13. Per Share Calculation

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) (the “numerator”) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, adjusted for nonvested shares of restricted stock (the “denominator”) for the period. The basic weighted–average number of shares for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014 included 6.1 million shares related to Purchase Contracts (issued as part of our then outstanding 7.25% Tangible Equity Units) which shares were issued upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts in February 2014. Computing diluted earnings per share is similar to computing basic earnings per share, except that the denominator is increased to include the dilutive effects of options and nonvested shares of restricted stock, as well as common shares issuable upon exchange of our Senior Exchangeable Notes issued as part of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units. Any options that have an exercise price greater than the average market price are considered to be anti-dilutive and are excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation.  

All outstanding nonvested shares that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents that participate in undistributed earnings with common stock are considered participating securities and are included in computing earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. The two-class method is an earnings allocation formula that determines earnings per share for each class of common stock and participating securities according to dividends or dividend equivalents and participation rights in undistributed earnings in periods when we have net income. The Company’s restricted common stock (“nonvested shares”) are considered participating securities.

Incremental shares attributed to nonvested stock and outstanding options to purchase common stock of 0.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015, and 0.9 million and 1.0 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because we had a net loss for the period, and any incremental shares would not be dilutive. There were no incremental shares attributed to nonvested stock and outstanding options to purchase common stock for the three months ended April 30, 2015. Also, for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, 15.2 million shares of common stock issuable upon the exchange of our Senior Exchangeable Notes (which were issued in fiscal 2012) were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because we had net losses for the periods.

In addition, shares related to out-of-the money stock options that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share were 3.3 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, and 2.2 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, because to do so would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented.

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Note 9 - Mortgage Loans Held for Sale

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Receivables [Abstract]

Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]

9. Mortgage Loans Held for Sale

Our mortgage banking subsidiary originates mortgage loans, primarily from the sale of our homes. Such mortgage loans are sold in the secondary mortgage market within a short period of time of origination. Mortgage loans held for sale consist primarily of single-family residential loans collateralized by the underlying property. We have elected the fair value option to record loans held for sale and therefore these loans are recorded at fair value with the changes in the value recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in “Revenues: Financial services.” We currently use forward sales of mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”), interest rate commitments from borrowers and mandatory and/or best efforts forward commitments to sell loans to third-party purchasers to protect us from interest rate fluctuations. These short-term instruments, which do not require any payments to be made to the counterparty or purchaser in connection with the execution of the commitments, are recorded at fair value. Gains and losses on changes in the fair value are recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in “Revenues: Financial services.”

At April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, $86.5 million and $78.6 million, respectively, of mortgages held for sale were pledged against our mortgage warehouse lines of credit (see Note 10). We may incur losses with respect to mortgages that were previously sold that are delinquent and which had underwriting defects, but only to the extent the losses are not covered by mortgage insurance or the resale value of the home. The reserves for these estimated losses are included in the “Financial services – Accounts payable and other liabilities” balances on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of April 30, 2015 and 2014, we had reserves specifically for 131 and 217 identified mortgage loans, respectively, as well as reserves for an estimate for future losses on mortgages sold but not yet identified to us.

The activity in our loan origination reserves during the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2015		2014		2015	2014
Loan origination reserves, beginning of period	$7,981		$10,719		$7,352	$11,036
Provisions for losses during the period	68		466		129	867
Adjustments to pre-existing provisions for losses from changes in estimates	(107	)	(63	)	461	(622	)
Payments/settlements	-		(65	)	-	(224	)
Loan origination reserves, end of period	$7,942		$11,057		$7,942	$11,057

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Note 17 - Operating and Reporting Segments (Details) - Financial Information Relating to Segment Financial Position (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Assets:
Assets	$ 2,516,994	$ 2,289,930	[1]
Homebuilding [Member] | Excluding Corporate And Unallocated [Member]
Assets:
Assets	1,715,003	1,501,131
Homebuilding [Member] | Northeast [Member]
Assets:
Assets	313,252	315,573
Homebuilding [Member] | Mid-Atlantic [Member]
Assets:
Assets	345,473	313,494
Homebuilding [Member] | Midwest [Member]
Assets:
Assets	185,958	169,967
Homebuilding [Member] | Southeast [Member]
Assets:
Assets	202,738	148,096
Homebuilding [Member] | Southwest [Member]
Assets:
Assets	445,760	410,756
Homebuilding [Member] | West [Member]
Assets:
Assets	221,822	143,245
Homebuilding [Member]
Assets:
Assets	2,089,105	1,885,044	[1]
Financial Services [Member]
Assets:
Assets	127,301	120,343	[1]
Corporate and Other [Member]
Assets:
Assets	$ 674,690	$ 668,456

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2014.

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Note 7 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

7. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

We are involved in litigation arising in the ordinary course of business, none of which is expected to have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows, and we are subject to extensive and complex regulations that affect the development and home building, sales and customer financing processes, including zoning, density, building standards and mortgage financing. These regulations often provide broad discretion to the administering governmental authorities. This can delay or increase the cost of development or homebuilding.

We also are subject to a variety of local, state, federal and foreign laws and regulations concerning protection of health and the environment, including those regulating the emission or discharge of materials into the environment, the management of stormwater runoff at construction sites, the handling, use, storage and disposal of hazardous substances, impacts to wetlands and other sensitive environments, and the remediation of contamination at properties that we have owned or developed or currently own or are developing (“environmental laws”). The particular environmental laws that apply to any given community vary greatly according to the community site, the site’s environmental conditions and the present and former uses of the site. These environmental laws may result in delays, may cause us to incur substantial compliance, remediation and/or other costs, and can prohibit or severely restrict development and homebuilding activity. In addition, noncompliance with these laws and regulations could result in fines and penalties, obligations to remediate, permit revocations or other sanctions; and contamination or other environmental conditions at or in the vicinity of our developments may result in claims against us for personal injury, property damage or other losses.

 In March 2013, we received a letter from the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) requesting information about our involvement in a housing redevelopment project in Newark, New Jersey that a Company entity undertook during the 1990s. We understand that the development is in the vicinity of a former lead smelter and that recent tests on soil samples from properties within the development conducted by the EPA show elevated levels of lead. We also understand that the smelter ceased operations many years before the Company entity involved acquired the properties in the area and carried out the re-development project. We responded to the EPA’s request. In August 2013, we were notified that the EPA considers us a potentially responsible party (or “PRP”) with respect to the site, that the EPA will clean up the site, and that the EPA is proposing that we fund and/or contribute towards the cleanup of the contamination at the site. We have begun preliminary discussions with the EPA concerning a possible resolution but do not know the scope or extent of the Company’s obligations, if any, that may arise from the site and therefore cannot provide any assurance that this matter will not have a material impact on the Company. The EPA requested additional information in April 2014 and the Company has responded to its information request.

We anticipate that increasingly stringent requirements will be imposed on developers and homebuilders in the future. Although we cannot reliably predict the extent of any effect these requirements may have on us, they could result in time-consuming and expensive compliance programs and in substantial expenditures, which could cause delays and increase our cost of operations. In addition, our ability to obtain or renew permits or approvals and the continued effectiveness of permits already granted or approvals already obtained is dependent upon many factors, some of which are beyond our control, such as changes in policies, rules and regulations and their interpretations and application. 

The Company was also involved in the following litigation: Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and K. Hovnanian Venture I, L.L.C. (collectively, the “Company Defendants”) were named as defendants in a class action suit. The action was filed by Mike D’Andrea and Tracy D’Andrea, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Gloucester County. The action was initially filed on May 8, 2006 alleging that the HVAC systems installed in certain of the Company’s homes are in violation of applicable New Jersey building codes and are a potential safety issue. On December 14, 2011, the Superior Court granted class certification; the potential class is 1,065 homes. The Company Defendants filed a request to take an interlocutory appeal regarding the class certification decision. The Appellate Division denied the request, and the Company Defendants filed a request for interlocutory review by the New Jersey Supreme Court, which remanded the case back to the Appellate Division for a review on the merits of the appeal on May 8, 2012. The Appellate Division, on remand, heard oral arguments on December 4, 2012, reviewing the Superior Court’s original finding of class certification. On June 18, 2013, the Appellate Division affirmed class certification. On July 3, 2013, the Company Defendants appealed the June 2013 Appellate Division’s decision to the New Jersey Supreme Court, which elected not to hear the appeal on October 22, 2013. The plaintiff class was seeking unspecified damages as well as treble damages pursuant to the NJ Consumer Fraud Act. The Company Defendants’ motion to consolidate an indemnity action they filed against various manufacturer and sub-contractor defendants to require these parties to participate directly in the class action was denied by the Superior Court; however, the Company Defendants’ separate action seeking indemnification against the various manufacturers and subcontractors implicated by the class action is ongoing. The Company Defendants, the Company Defendants’ insurance carriers and the plaintiff class agreed to the terms of a settlement on May 15, 2014 in which the plaintiff class was to receive a payment of $21 million in settlement of all claims, with the majority of the settlement being funded by the Company Defendants’ insurance carriers. The Company had previously reserved for its share of the settlement. The Superior Court approved the settlement agreement on December 23, 2014, and the judgment became final on February 20, 2015, when no appeal was taken. The settlement amount was paid in full and the class action matter is now concluded.

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Note 8 - Restricted Cash and Deposits

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]

Cash and Cash Equivalents Disclosure [Text Block]

8. Restricted Cash and Deposits

Cash represents cash deposited in checking accounts. Cash equivalents include certificates of deposit, Treasury bills and government money–market funds with maturities of 90 days or less when purchased. Our cash balances are held at a few financial institutions and may, at times, exceed insurable amounts. We believe we help to mitigate this risk by depositing our cash in major financial institutions. At April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, $12.7 million and $15.4 million, respectively, of the total cash and cash equivalents was in cash equivalents, the book value of which approximated fair value.

Restricted cash and cash equivalents on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets totaled $23.6 million and $29.3 million as of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively, which included cash collateralizing our letter of credit agreements and facilities and is discussed in Note 10. Also included in this balance were homebuilding and financial services customers’ deposits of $7.0 million and $14.0 million at April 30, 2015, respectively, and $7.5 million and $15.8 million as of October 31, 2014, respectively, which are restricted from use by us.

Total Homebuilding Customers’ deposits are shown as a liability on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. These liabilities are significantly more than the applicable periods’ restricted cash balances because in some states, the deposits are not restricted from use and, in other states, we are able to release the majority of these customer deposits to cash by pledging letters of credit and surety bonds.

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Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Line Of Credit [Abstract]

Line Of Credit [Text Block]

10. Mortgage and Notes Payable

We have nonrecourse mortgage loans for certain communities totaling $118.9 million and $103.9 million at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively, which are secured by the related real property, including any improvements, with an aggregate book value of approximately $321.2 million and $220.1 million, respectively. The weighted-average interest rate on these obligations was 5.0% at both April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, and the mortgage loan payments on each community primarily correspond to home deliveries. We also have nonrecourse mortgage loans on our corporate headquarters totaling $16.1 million and $16.6 million at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively. These loans had a weighted-average interest rate of 8.7% and 7.0% at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively. As of April 30, 2015, these loans had installment obligations with annual principal maturities in the years ending October 31 of approximately: $0.6 million in 2015, $1.2 million in 2016, $1.3 million in 2017, $1.4 million in 2018, $1.5 million in 2019 and $10.1 million after 2019.

In June 2013, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (“K. Hovnanian”), as borrower, and we and certain of our subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into a five-year, $75.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with Citicorp USA, Inc., as administrative agent and issuing bank, and Citibank, N.A., as a lender. The Credit Facility is available for both letters of credit and general corporate purposes. The Credit Facility does not contain any financial maintenance covenants, but does contain certain restrictive covenants that track those contained in our indenture governing the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, which are described in Note 11. The Credit Facility also contains certain customary events of default which would permit the administrative agent at the request of the required lenders to, among other things, declare all loans then outstanding to be immediately due and payable if such default is not cured within applicable grace periods, including the failure to make timely payments of amounts payable under the Credit Facility or other material indebtedness or the acceleration of other material indebtedness, the failure to comply with agreements and covenants or for representations or warranties to be correct in all material respects when made, specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency, and the entry of a material judgment against a loan party. Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility accrue interest at an annual rate equal to either, as selected by K. Hovnanian, (i) the alternate base rate plus the applicable spread determined on the date of such borrowing or (ii) an adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) rate plus the applicable spread determined as of the date two business days prior to the first day of the interest period for such borrowing. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, there were no borrowings and $22.4 million and $26.5 million, respectively, of letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Facility. As of April 30, 2015, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Facility.

In addition to the Credit Facility, we have certain stand–alone cash collateralized letter of credit agreements and facilities under which there were a total of $2.6 million and $5.5 million letters of credit outstanding at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively. These agreements and facilities require us to maintain specified amounts of cash as collateral in segregated accounts to support the letters of credit issued thereunder, which will affect the amount of cash we have available for other uses. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the amount of cash collateral in these segregated accounts was $2.6 million and $5.6 million, respectively, which is reflected in “Restricted cash and cash equivalents” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Our wholly owned mortgage banking subsidiary, K. Hovnanian American Mortgage, LLC (“K. Hovnanian Mortgage”), originates mortgage loans primarily from the sale of our homes. Such mortgage loans and related servicing rights are sold in the secondary mortgage market within a short period of time. In certain instances, we retain the servicing rights for a small amount of loans. Our secured Master Repurchase Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on January 30, 2015, is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through January 30, 2016. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable monthly on outstanding advances at an adjusted LIBOR rate, which was 0.18% at April 30, 2015, plus the applicable margin of 2.75%. Therefore, at April 30, 2015, the interest rate was 2.93%. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Chase Master Repurchase Agreement was $31.9 million and $25.5 million, respectively.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has another secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Customers Bank (“Customers Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on February 19, 2015 to extend the maturity date to February 18, 2016, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $37.5 million through maturity. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable daily or as loans are sold to permanent investors on outstanding advances at the current LIBOR, plus the applicable margin ranging from 2.75% to 5.25% based on the takeout investor, type of loan, and the number of days on the warehouse line. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Customers Master Repurchase Agreement was $27.2 million and $20.4 million, respectively.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has a third secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC (“Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was last amended on November 17, 2014, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through October 27, 2015. The facility also provides an additional $30.0 million which can be used between 10 calendar days prior to the end of a fiscal quarter through the 45^th calendar day after a fiscal quarter end; provided that the amount outstanding may not exceed $50.0 million outside of this date range. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable monthly on outstanding advances at the Credit Suisse Cost of Funds, which was 0.47% at April 30, 2015, plus the applicable margin ranging from 2.25% to 2.75% based on the takeout investor, type of loan and the number of days outstanding. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement was $11.0 million and $19.7 million, respectively.

In February 2014, K. Hovnanian Mortgage executed a secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Comerica Bank (“Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on December 30, 2014 to extend the maturity date to December 29, 2015, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $35.0 million through maturity. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable monthly at LIBOR, subject to a floor of 0.25%, plus the applicable margin of 2.625%. As of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the interest rate was 2.875% and the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement was $12.8 million and $11.3 million, respectively.

The Chase Master Repurchase Agreement, Customers Master Repurchase Agreement, Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement and Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement (together, the “Master Repurchase Agreements”) require K. Hovnanian Mortgage to satisfy and maintain specified financial ratios and other financial condition tests. Because of the extremely short period of time mortgages are held by K. Hovnanian Mortgage before the mortgages are sold to investors (generally a period of a few weeks), the immateriality to us on a consolidated basis of the size of the Master Repurchase Agreements, the levels required by these financial covenants, our ability based on our immediately available resources to contribute sufficient capital to cure any default, were such conditions to occur, and our right to cure any conditions of default based on the terms of the agreement, we do not consider any of these covenants to be substantive or material. As of April 30, 2015, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Master Repurchase Agreements.

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Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis (Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member], Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2015		Oct. 31, 2014
Interest Rate Lock Commitments [Member]
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivative Fair Value	$ (44)		$ 15
Forward Contracts [Member]
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivative Fair Value	178		(320)
Portion at Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Mortgage loans held for sale (1)	106,318	[1]	95,643	[1]
	$ 106,452		$ 95,338

[1] The aggregate unpaid principal balance was $100.9 million and $91.2 million at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively.

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Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Pre-Impairment Amount	$ 11,000	$ 200	$ 16,700	$ 200
Total Losses	(3,500)	(100)	(4,400)	(100)
Sold and Unsold Homes and Lots Under Development [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Pre-Impairment Amount	11,055		16,756
Total Losses	(3,543)		(4,466)
Fair Value	7,512		12,290
Land and Land Options Held for Future Development or Sale [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Pre-Impairment Amount		236		236
Total Losses		(82)		(82)
Fair Value		$ 154		$ 154

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Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Loans Held for Sale, Mortgages, Unpaid Principal	$ 100,900,000		$ 100,900,000		$ 91,200,000
Other Commitment	19,500,000		19,500,000
Impairment of Real Estate	3,500,000	100,000	4,400,000	100,000
Loan Origination Commitments [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Number of Days in Commitment			60 days
Loan Origination Commitments [Member]
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Loan Applications in Process	630,600,000		630,600,000
Interest Rate Committed [Member]
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Interest Rate Committed Loan Applications	53,900,000		53,900,000
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	701,100,000		701,100,000		464,400,000
The 7.0% 2019 Notes [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	143,300,000		143,300,000		148,200,000
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	993,000,000		993,000,000		1,000,000,000
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	15,000,000		15,000,000		17,000,000
Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 77,800,000		$ 77,800,000		$ 79,600,000

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Note 18 - Investments in Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

(Dollars in thousands)	April 30, 2015
	Homebuilding		Land Development		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$17,682		$122		$17,804
Inventories	306,132		14,550		320,682
Other assets	9,132		-		9,132
Total assets	$332,946		$14,672		$347,618
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$23,428		$584		$24,012
Notes payable	91,397		4,915		96,312
Total liabilities	114,825		5,499		120,324
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	66,691		3,014		69,705
Others	151,430		6,159		157,589
Total equity	218,121		9,173		227,294
Total liabilities and equity	$332,946		$14,672		$347,618
Debt to capitalization ratio	30	%	35	%	30	%

(Dollars in thousands)	October 31, 2014
	Homebuilding		Land Development		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$22,415		$205		$22,620
Inventories	208,620		16,194		224,814
Other assets	11,986		-		11,986
Total assets	$243,021		$16,399		$259,420
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$27,175		$1,039		$28,214
Notes payable	45,506		5,650		51,156
Total liabilities	72,681		6,689		79,370
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	59,106		2,990		62,096
Others	111,234		6,720		117,954
Total equity	170,340		9,710		180,050
Total liabilities and equity	$243,021		$16,399		$259,420
Debt to capitalization ratio	21	%	37	%	22	%

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	27,648		$	1,483		$	29,131
Cost of sales and expenses		(29,258	)		(1,722	)		(30,980	)
Joint venture net loss	$	(1,610	)	$	(239	)	$	(1,849	)
Our share of net income (loss)	$	1,465		$	(119	)	$	1,346

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	33,746		$	3,355		$	37,101
Cost of sales and expenses		(31,644	)		(3,466	)		(35,110	)
Joint venture net income (loss)	$	2,102		$	(111	)	$	1,991
Our share of net income (loss)	$	1,030		$	(55	)	$	975

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	64,774		$	2,615		$	67,389
Cost of sales and expenses		(59,117	)		(2,807	)		(61,924	)
Joint venture net income (loss)	$	5,657		$	(192	)	$	5,465
Our share of net income (loss)	$	2,932		$	(96	)	$	2,836

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	85,019		$	5,269		$	90,288
Cost of sales and expenses		(77,725	)		(5,085	)		(82,810	)
Joint venture net income	$	7,294		$	184		$	7,478
Our share of net income	$	3,577		$	92		$	3,669

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Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) - Senior Secured, Senior and Senior Subordinated Notes (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
The 7.25% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Senior Secured Notes:
Senior Notes	$ 577,000	$ 577,000
The 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Senior Secured Notes:
Senior Notes	220,000	220,000
The 2.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Senior Secured Notes:
Senior Notes	53,133	53,129
The 5.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Senior Secured Notes:
Senior Notes	130,496	129,806
The 11.875% 2015 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Secured Notes:
Senior Notes	60,620	60,414
The 6.25% 2016 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Secured Notes:
Senior Notes	172,656	172,483
The 7.5% 2016 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Secured Notes:
Senior Notes	86,532	86,532
The 8.625% 2017 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Secured Notes:
Senior Notes	121,043	121,043
The 7.0% 2019 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Secured Notes:
Senior Notes	150,000	150,000
8.0% Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Secured Notes:
Senior Notes	250,000
The 11.0% 2017 Amortizing Note [Member] | Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Senior Secured Notes:
Senior Notes	14,987	17,049
Senior Exchangeable Notes Due 2017 [Member] | Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Secured Notes:
Senior Notes	71,913	70,101
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Senior Secured Notes:
Senior Notes	980,629	979,935
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Secured Notes:
Senior Notes	$ 840,851	$ 590,472

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Note 15 - Common Stock

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Common Stock [Abstract]

Common Stock [Text Block]

15. Common Stock

Each share of Class A Common Stock entitles its holder to one vote per share, and each share of Class B Common Stock generally entitles its holder to ten votes per share. The amount of any regular cash dividend payable on a share of Class A Common Stock will be an amount equal to 110% of the corresponding regular cash dividend payable on a share of Class B Common Stock. If a shareholder desires to sell shares of Class B Common Stock, such stock must be converted into shares of Class A Common Stock.

On August 4, 2008, our Board of Directors adopted a shareholder rights plan (the “Rights Plan”) designed to preserve shareholder value and the value of certain tax assets primarily associated with net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards and built-in losses under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. Our ability to use NOLs and built-in losses would be limited if there was an “ownership change” under Section 382. This would occur if shareholders owning (or deemed under Section 382 to own) 5% or more of our stock increase their collective ownership of the aggregate amount of our outstanding shares by more than 50 percentage points over a defined period of time. The Rights Plan was adopted to reduce the likelihood of an “ownership change” occurring as defined by Section 382. Under the Rights Plan, one right was distributed for each share of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock outstanding as of the close of business on August 15, 2008. Effective August 15, 2008, if any person or group acquires 4.9% or more of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock without the approval of the Board of Directors, there would be a triggering event causing significant dilution in the voting power of such person or group. However, existing stockholders who owned, at the time of the Rights Plan’s adoption, 4.9% or more of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock will trigger a dilutive event only if they acquire additional shares. The approval of the Board of Directors’ decision to adopt the Rights Plan may be terminated by the Board of Directors at any time, prior to the Rights being triggered. The Rights Plan will continue in effect until August 15, 2018, unless it expires earlier in accordance with its terms. The approval of the Board of Directors’ decision to adopt the Rights Plan was submitted to a stockholder vote and approved at a special meeting of stockholders held on December 5, 2008. Also at the Special Meeting on December 5, 2008, our stockholders approved an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to restrict certain transfers of Class A Common Stock in order to preserve the tax treatment of our NOLs and built-in losses under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. Subject to certain exceptions pertaining to pre-existing 5% stockholders and Class B stockholders, the transfer restrictions in the amended Certificate of Incorporation generally restrict any direct or indirect transfer (such as transfers of our stock that result from the transfer of interests in other entities that own our stock) if the effect would be to (i) increase the direct or indirect ownership of our stock by any person (or public group) from less than 5% to 5% or more of our common stock; (ii) increase the percentage of our common stock owned directly or indirectly by a person (or public group) owning or deemed to own 5% or more of our common stock; or (iii) create a new public group. Transfers included under the transfer restrictions include sales to persons (or public groups) whose resulting percentage ownership (direct or indirect) of common stock would exceed the 5% thresholds discussed above, or to persons whose direct or indirect ownership of common stock would by attribution cause another person (or public group) to exceed such threshold.

On July 3, 2001, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program to purchase up to 4 million shares of Class A Common Stock. There were no shares purchased during the three and six months ended April 30, 2015. As of April 30, 2015, the maximum number of shares of Class A Common Stock that may yet be purchased under this program is 0.5 million.

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Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]

20.  Fair Value of Financial Instruments

ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” provides a framework for measuring fair value, expands disclosures about fair-value measurements and establishes a fair-value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value summarized as follows:

Level 1:                      Fair value determined based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.

Level 2:                      Fair value determined using significant other observable inputs.

Level 3:                      Fair value determined using significant unobservable inputs.

Our financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below:

(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Fair Value at April 30, 2015		Fair Value at October 31, 2014
Mortgage loans held for sale (1)	Level 2	$106,318		$95,643
Interest rate lock commitments	Level 2	(44	)	15
Forward contracts	Level 2	178		(320	)
		$106,452		$95,338

(1)  The aggregate unpaid principal balance was $100.9 million and $91.2 million at April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively.

We elected the fair value option for our loans held for sale for mortgage loans originated subsequent to October 31, 2008, in accordance with ASC 825, “Financial Instruments,” which permits us to measure financial instruments at fair value on a contract-by-contract basis. Management believes that the election of the fair value option for loans held for sale improves financial reporting by mitigating volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring the fair value of the loans and the derivative instruments used to economically hedge them without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. Fair value of loans held for sale is based on independent quote market prices, where available, or the prices for other mortgage whole loans with similar characteristics.

The Financial Services segment had a pipeline of loan applications in process of $630.6 million at April 30, 2015. Loans in process for which interest rates were committed to the borrowers totaled approximately $53.9 million as of April 30, 2015. Substantially all of these commitments were for periods of 60 days or less. Since a portion of these commitments is expected to expire without being exercised by the borrowers, the total commitments do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

The Financial Services segment uses investor commitments and forward sales of mandatory MBS to hedge its mortgage-related interest rate exposure. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk. Credit risk is managed by entering into MBS forward commitments, option contracts with investment banks, federally regulated bank affiliates and loan sales transactions with permanent investors meeting the segment’s credit standards. The segment’s risk, in the event of default by the purchaser, is the difference between the contract price and fair value of the MBS forward commitments and option contracts. At April 30, 2015, the segment had open commitments amounting to $19.5 million to sell MBS with varying settlement dates through May 20, 2015.

The assets accounted for using the fair value option are initially measured at fair value. Gains and losses from initial measurement and subsequent changes in fair value are recognized in the Financial Services segment’s income. The changes in fair values that are included in income are shown, by financial instrument and financial statement line item, below:

	Three Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	$(233	)	$(325	)	$880

	Three Months Ended April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	$(465	)	$(78	)	$599

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	$(173	)	$(59	)	$498

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	$(1,889	)	$(198	)	$686

The Company’s assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are those assets for which the Company has recorded valuation adjustments and write-offs during the periods presented. The assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are all within the Company’s Homebuilding operations and are summarized below:

Nonfinancial Assets

		Three Months Ended
		April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount	Total Losses		Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$11,055	$(3,543	)	$7,512
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$-	$-		$-

		Three Months Ended
		April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount	Total Losses		Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$-	$-		$-
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$236	$(82	)	$154

		Six Months Ended
		April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount	Total Losses		Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$16,756	$(4,466	)	$12,290
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$-	$-		$-

		Six Months Ended
		April 30, 2014
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount	Total Losses		Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$-	$-		$-
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$236	$(82	)	$154

We record impairment losses on inventories related to communities under development and held for future development when events and circumstances indicate that they may be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than their related carrying amounts. If the expected undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount, then the community is written down to its fair value. We estimate the fair value of each impaired community by determining the present value of its estimated future cash flows at a discount rate commensurate with the risk of the respective community. Should the estimates or expectations used in determining cash flows or fair value decrease or differ from current estimates in the future, we may be required to recognize additional impairments. We recorded inventory impairments, which are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as “Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs” and deducted from inventory, of $3.5 million and $4.4 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, and $0.1 million for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2014.

The fair value of our cash equivalents and restricted cash approximates their carrying amount, based on Level 1 inputs.

The fair value of each series of the senior unsecured notes (other than the 7.0% Senior Notes due 2019, (the “2019 Notes”) the senior exchangeable notes and the senior amortizing notes) is estimated based on recent trades or quoted market prices for the same issues or based on recent trades or quoted market prices for our debt of similar security and maturity to achieve comparable yields, which are Level 2 measurements. The fair value of the senior unsecured notes (all series in the aggregate), other than the 2019 Notes, senior exchangeable notes and senior amortizing notes, was estimated at $701.1 million and $464.4 million as of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively.

The fair value of each of the 2019 Notes, the senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), the senior amortizing notes and the senior exchangeable notes is estimated based on third party broker quotes, a Level 3 measurement. The fair value of the 2019 Notes, senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), the senior amortizing notes and the senior exchangeable notes was estimated at $143.3 million, $993.0 million, $15.0 million and $77.8 million, respectively, as of April 30, 2015. As of October 31, 2014, the fair value of the 2019 Notes, senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable notes was estimated at $148.2 million, $1.0 billion, $17.0 million and $79.6 million, respectively.

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Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Nonrecourse Mortgages [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Secured Debt		$ 16,100,000	$ 16,600,000
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate		8.70%	7.00%
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months		600,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two		1,200,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three		1,300,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four		1,400,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five		1,500,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five		10,100,000
Homebuilding [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Nonrecourse Mortgages [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Secured Debt		118,904,000	103,908,000	[1]
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount		321,200,000	220,100,000
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate		5.00%	5.00%
Restricted Cash [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member] | The 7.25% 2020 Notes and 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member] | Letter of Credit [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Cash Collateral for Borrowed Securities		2,600,000	5,600,000
Citi Bank [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term	5 years
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	75,000,000
Debt Instrument Basis Spread On Variable Rate Number Of Business Days Prior To First Day Of Interest Period Spread Determined		2 days
Long-term Line of Credit		0	0
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount		22,400,000	26,500,000
JP Morgan Chase Bank [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument Variable Rate Basis Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate LIBOR		0.18%
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		2.75%
JP Morgan Chase Bank [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		50,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage		2.93%
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings		31,900,000	25,500,000
Customers Bank [Member] | Minimum [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		2.75%
Customers Bank [Member] | Maximum [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		5.25%
Customers Bank [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		37,500,000
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings		27,200,000	20,400,000
Minimum [Member] | Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		2.25%
Maximum [Member] | Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		2.75%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		2.625%
Debt Instrument Variable Rate Basis Floor Rate		0.25%
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | The 7.25% 2020 Notes and 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount		786,200,000
Cash Collateral for Borrowed Securities		221,100,000
Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		50,000,000
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings		11,000,000	19,700,000
Line of Credit Facility, Additional Borrowing Capacity		30,000,000
Debt Instrument Variable Rate Basis Effective Rate		0.47%
Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		35,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage		2.875%	2.875%
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings		12,800,000	11,300,000
Letter of Credit [Member]
Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount		$ 2,600,000	$ 5,500,000

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2014.

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Note 4 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014
Note 4 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Details) [Line Items]
Number Of Communities Evaluated For Impairment	508		508
Number of Communities Performed Detailed Impairment Calculations	15		15
Carrying Value Of Communities Tested For Impairment	$ 77,400,000		$ 77,400,000
Number Of Communities Tested For Impairment For Which Undiscounted Future Cash Flow Only Exceeded Carrying Amount By Less Than 20%	7		7
Carrying Value Of Communities Tested For Impairment For Which Undiscounted Future Cash Flow Only Exceeded Carrying Amount By Less Than 20%	33,000,000		33,000,000
Percentage Undiscounted Cash Flow Exceeds Carrying Amount			20.00%
Impairment of Real Estate	3,500,000	100,000	4,400,000	100,000
Number of Communities Impaired	4	1	5	1
Pre Impairment Value	11,000,000	200,000	16,700,000	200,000
Land Option Write-offs	800,000	400,000	2,100,000	1,100,000
Number Of Walk Away Lots	455	894	2,155	2,430
Number of Communities Mothballed	45		45
Inventory, Real Estate, Mothballed Communities	105,200,000		105,200,000
Inventory, Real Estate, Mothballed Communities, Accumulated Impairment Charges	412,400,000		412,400,000
Homebuilding [Member] | Land Held for Sale [Member] | Real Estate Inventory [Member]
Note 4 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Details) [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate				0.00%
Homebuilding [Member] | Specific Performance [Member]
Note 4 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Details) [Line Items]
Inventory Real Estate Specific Performance Options	1,700,000		1,700,000
Liabilities From Inventory Real Estate Not Owned	1,700,000		1,700,000
Homebuilding [Member] | Model Sale Leaseback Financing Arrangements [Member]
Note 4 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Details) [Line Items]
Liabilities From Inventory Real Estate Not Owned	78,200,000		78,200,000
Inventory Real Estate Other Options	83,200,000		83,200,000
Homebuilding [Member] | Land Banking Arrangement [Member]
Note 4 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Details) [Line Items]
Liabilities From Inventory Real Estate Not Owned	11,100,000		11,100,000
Inventory Real Estate Other Options	15,900,000		15,900,000
Homebuilding [Member] | Real Estate Inventory [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Note 4 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Details) [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate			17.50%
Homebuilding [Member] | Real Estate Inventory [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Note 4 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Details) [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate			19.80%
Homebuilding [Member]
Note 4 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Details) [Line Items]
Inventory Real Estate Specific Performance Options	1,734,000		1,734,000		3,479,000	[1]
Liabilities From Inventory Real Estate Not Owned	91,040,000		91,040,000		92,381,000	[1]
Inventory Real Estate Other Options	$ 99,072,000		$ 99,072,000		$ 105,374,000	[1]

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2014.

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data	Common Stock [Member] Common Class A [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Common Class B [Member]	Preferred Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Total
Balance at Oct. 31, 2014	$ 1,428	$ 155	$ 135,299	$ 697,943	$ (837,264)	$ (115,360)	$ (117,799)
Shares (in Shares) at Oct. 31, 2014	131,075,800	14,805,795	5,600
Stock options, amortization and issuances				1,473			1,473
Stock options, amortization and issuances (in Shares)	18,125
Restricted stock amortization, issuances and forfeitures	4	2		3,921			3,927
Restricted stock amortization, issuances and forfeitures (in Shares)	341,619	178,024
Conversion of Class B to Class A Common Stock (in Shares)	100	(100)
Net loss					(33,935)		(33,935)
Balance at Apr. 30, 2015	$ 1,432	$ 157	$ 135,299	$ 703,337	$ (871,199)	$ (115,360)	$ (146,334)
Shares (in Shares) at Apr. 30, 2015	131,435,644	14,983,719	5,600

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Note 4 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Inventory Impairments And Land Option Cost Write Offs [Abstract]

Inventory Impairments And Land Option Cost Write Offs [Text Block]

4. Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value

We record impairment losses on inventories related to communities under development and held for future development when events and circumstances indicate that they may be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than their related carrying amounts. If the expected undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount, then the community is written down to its fair value. We estimate the fair value of each impaired community by determining the present value of the estimated future cash flows at a discount rate commensurate with the risk of the respective community. For the six months ended April 30, 2015, our discount rate used for the impairments recorded ranged from 17.5% to 19.8%. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, no discount rate was used as the one community impaired during the quarter was land held for sale for which a purchase offer price was used to determine the fair value. This land was sold at the offer price in May 2014. Should the estimates or expectations used in determining cash flows or fair value decrease or differ from current estimates in the future, we may need to recognize additional impairments. 

During the six months ended April 30, 2015, we evaluated inventories of all 508 communities under development and held for future development for impairment indicators through preparation and review of detailed budgets or other market indicators of impairment. We performed detailed impairment calculations for 15 of those communities (i.e., those with a projected operating loss or other impairment indicators) with an aggregate carrying value of $77.4 million. Of those communities tested for impairment, seven communities with an aggregate carrying value of $33.0 million had undiscounted future cash flows that exceeded the carrying amount by less than 20%. As a result of our impairment analysis, we recorded impairment losses of $3.5 million and $4.4 million, in four and five communities, respectively, with a pre-impairment value of $11.0 million and $16.7 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, and recorded $0.1 million, in one community with a pre-impairment value of $0.2 million, for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, which are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations on the line entitled “Homebuilding: Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs” and deducted from inventory. The pre-impairment value represents the carrying value, net of prior period impairments, if any, at the time of recording the impairment.

The Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations line entitled “Homebuilding: Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs” also includes write-offs of options and approval, engineering and capitalized interest costs that we record when we redesign communities and/or abandon certain engineering costs and we do not exercise options in various locations because the communities' pro forma profitability is not projected to produce adequate returns on investment commensurate with the risk. Total aggregate write-offs related to these items were $0.8 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $2.1 million and $1.1 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Occasionally, these write-offs are offset by recovered deposits (sometimes through legal action) that had been written off in a prior period as walk-away costs. Historically, these recoveries have not been significant in comparison to the total costs written off. The number of lots walked away from during the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014 were 455 and 894, respectively, and 2,155 and 2,430 during the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

We decide to mothball (or stop development on) certain communities when we determine that the current performance does not justify further investment at the time. When we decide to mothball a community, the inventory is reclassified on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets from “Sold and unsold homes and lots under development” to “Land and land options held for future development or sale.” During the first half of fiscal 2015, we did not mothball any new communities, or re-activate or sell any communities which were previously mothballed. As of April 30, 2015, the net book value associated with our 45 total mothballed communities was $105.2 million, which was net of impairment charges recorded in prior periods of $412.4 million.

From time to time we enter into option agreements that include specific performance requirements, whereby we are required to purchase a minimum number of lots. Because of our obligation to purchase these lots, for accounting purposes in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360-20-40-38, we are required to record this inventory on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of April 30, 2015, we had $1.7 million of specific performance options recorded on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets to “Consolidated inventory not owned – specific performance options,” with a corresponding liability of $1.7 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned.” 

We sell and lease back certain of our model homes with the right to participate in the potential profit when each home is sold to a third party at the end of the respective lease. As a result of our continued involvement, for accounting purposes in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, these sale and leaseback transactions are considered a financing rather than a sale. Therefore, for purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, at April 30, 2015, inventory of $83.2 million was recorded to “Consolidated inventory not owned – other options,” with a corresponding amount of $78.2 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned” for the amount of net cash received from the transactions.

We have land banking arrangements, whereby we sell our land parcels to the land banker and they provide us an option to purchase back finished lots on a quarterly basis. Because of our options to repurchase these parcels, for accounting purposes, in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, these transactions are considered a financing rather than a sale. For purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, at April 30, 2015, inventory of $15.9 million was recorded as “Consolidated inventory not owned – other options,” with a corresponding amount of $11.1 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned” for the amount of net cash received from the transactions.

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Note 17 - Operating and Reporting Segments (Details) (Homebuilding [Member])	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015
Homebuilding [Member]
Note 17 - Operating and Reporting Segments (Details) [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments	6

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Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) - Consolidating Condensed Financial Statements - Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 468,949	$ 449,929	$ 914,663	$ 813,977
Homebuilding Expense	499,896	457,139	966,742	847,648
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(1,155)		(1,155)
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures	1,466	1,067	2,918	3,638
(Loss) income before income taxes	(29,481)	(7,298)	(49,161)	(31,188)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	(9,922)	604	(15,226)	1,237
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		0
Net (loss) income	(19,559)	(7,902)	(33,935)	(32,425)
Homebuilding [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Homebuilding Expense	3,082	1,942	6,793	5,925
Homebuilding [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Homebuilding revenue		(31)		(77)
Homebuilding Expense	38,387	33,629	76,215	64,018
Homebuilding [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Homebuilding revenue	390,898	366,152	756,087	649,190
Homebuilding Expense	392,535	349,322	750,044	638,940
Homebuilding [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Homebuilding revenue	65,594	74,396	134,997	147,358
Homebuilding Expense	58,384	67,129	118,865	128,138
Homebuilding [Member] | Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Homebuilding Expense		(1,590)		(2,752)
Homebuilding [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Homebuilding revenue	456,492	440,517	891,084	796,471
Total revenues	456,531	440,547	891,159	796,546
Homebuilding Expense	492,388	450,432	951,917	834,269
(Loss) income before income taxes	1,077	24,152	14,608	33,836
Financial Services [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Financial services	20	5	88	9
Financial Services [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Financial services	1,935	2,236	3,768	4,071
Financial services	1,556	1,694	3,129	3,219
Financial Services [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Financial services	10,522	7,176	19,811	13,435
Financial services	5,932	5,008	11,608	10,151
Financial Services [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Financial services	12,457	9,412	23,579	17,506
Total revenues	12,457	9,412	23,579	17,506
(Loss) income before income taxes	4,949	2,705	8,754	4,127
Financial services	7,508	6,707	14,825	13,379
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Homebuilding Expense	3,102	1,947	6,881	5,934
(Loss) income before income taxes	(3,102)	(1,947)	(6,881)	(5,934)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	(5,906)	(2,236)	(18,192)	(5,828)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(22,363)	(8,191)	(45,246)	(32,319)
Net (loss) income	(19,559)	(7,902)	(33,935)	(32,425)
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Intercompany charges	31,873	25,978	60,385	46,555
Total revenues	31,873	25,947	60,385	46,478
Homebuilding Expense	38,387	33,629	76,215	64,018
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(1,155)		(1,155)
(Loss) income before income taxes	(6,514)	(8,837)	(15,830)	(18,695)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(13,558)	(11,945)	(26,364)	(24,024)
Net (loss) income	(20,072)	(20,782)	(42,194)	(42,719)
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Intercompany charges		(27,019)		(48,281)
Total revenues	392,833	341,369	759,855	604,980
Homebuilding Expense	426,030	351,016	813,494	642,159
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures		37	(14)	60
(Loss) income before income taxes	(33,197)	(9,610)	(53,653)	(37,119)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	(4,016)	2,840	2,966	7,065
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	13,332	10,714	27,203	26,082
Net (loss) income	(15,849)	(1,736)	(29,416)	(18,102)
Intercompany charges	31,939		60,321
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Intercompany charges	66	249
Total revenues	76,182	81,821	154,808	160,793
Homebuilding Expense	64,316	72,137	130,537	138,289
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures	1,466	1,030	2,932	3,578
(Loss) income before income taxes	13,332	10,714	27,203	26,082
Net (loss) income	13,332	10,714	27,203	26,082
Intercompany charges			64
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Intercompany charges	(31,939)	792	(60,385)	1,726
Total revenues	(31,939)	792	(60,385)	1,726
Homebuilding Expense	(31,939)	(1,590)	(60,385)	(2,752)
(Loss) income before income taxes		2,382		4,478
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	22,589	9,422	44,407	30,261
Net (loss) income	22,589	11,804	44,407	34,739
Intercompany charges	$ (31,939)		$ (60,385)

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Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Disclosure Text Block Supplement [Abstract]

Condensed Financial Statements [Text Block]

21. Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., the parent company (the “Parent”), is the issuer of publicly traded common stock and preferred stock, which is represented by depository shares. One of its wholly owned subsidiaries, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Subsidiary Issuer”), acts as a finance entity that, as of April 30, 2015, had issued and outstanding approximately $992.0 million of senior secured notes ($980.6 million, net of discount), $841.1 million senior notes ($840.9 million, net of discount) and $15.0 million senior amortizing notes and $71.9 million senior exchangeable notes (issued as components of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units). The senior secured notes, senior notes, senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Parent.

In addition to the Parent, each of the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Parent other than the Subsidiary Issuer (collectively, “Guarantor Subsidiaries”), with the exception of our home mortgage subsidiaries, certain of our title insurance subsidiaries, joint ventures, subsidiaries holding interests in our joint ventures and our foreign subsidiary (collectively, the “Nonguarantor Subsidiaries”), have guaranteed fully and unconditionally, on a joint and several basis, the obligations of the Subsidiary Issuer to pay principal and interest under the senior secured notes (other than the 2021 Notes), senior notes, senior exchangeable notes and senior amortizing notes. The Guarantor Subsidiaries are directly or indirectly 100% owned subsidiaries of the Parent. The 2021 Notes are guaranteed by the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the members of the Secured Group (see Note 11).

The senior unsecured notes (except for the 2019 Notes), senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The 2019 Notes, 2020 Secured Notes and the 2021 Notes (see Note 11) are not, pursuant to the indentures under which such notes were issued, required to be registered. The Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements presented below are in respect of our registered notes only and not the 2019 Notes, 2020 Secured Notes or the 2021 Notes (however, the Guarantor Subsidiaries for the 2019 Notes and the 2020 Secured Notes are the same as those represented by the accompanying Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements). In lieu of providing separate financial statements for the Guarantor Subsidiaries of our registered notes, we have included the accompanying Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements. Therefore, separate financial statements and other disclosures concerning such Guarantor Subsidiaries are not presented.

The following Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements present the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of (i) the Parent, (ii) the Subsidiary Issuer, (iii) the Guarantor Subsidiaries, (iv) the Nonguarantor Subsidiaries and (v) the eliminations to arrive at the information for Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on a consolidated basis.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

APRIL 30, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries	Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding	$-		$247,616		$1,478,889	$362,600	$-		$2,089,105
Financial services					10,327	116,974			127,301
Income taxes receivable	258,121				42,467				300,588
Intercompany receivable			1,467,671			36,727	(1,504,398	)	-
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries					365,247		(365,247	)	-
Total assets	$258,121		$1,715,287		$1,896,930	$516,301	(1,869,645	)	$2,516,994
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding	$3,183		$196		$550,981	$55,853			$610,213
Financial services					10,021	94,776			104,797
Notes payable			1,946,342		1,551	425			1,948,318
Intercompany payable	305,378				1,199,020		(1,504,398	)	-
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries	95,894		38,266				(134,160	)	-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(146,334	)	(269,517	)	135,357	365,247	(231,087	)	(146,334	)
Total liabilities and equity	$258,121		$1,715,287		$1,896,930	$516,301	(1,869,645	)	$2,516,994

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

OCTOBER 31, 2014

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries	Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding	$-		$195,177		$1,336,716	$353,151	$-		$1,885,044
Financial services					11,407	108,936			120,343
Income taxes receivable	244,391				40,152				284,543
Intercompany receivable			1,275,453			36,161	(1,311,614	)	-
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries					338,044		(338,044	)	-
Total assets	$244,391		$1,470,630		$1,726,319	$498,248	$(1,649,658	)	$2,289,930
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding	$2,842		$160		$544,088	$71,663	$-		$618,753
Financial services					11,210	87,987			99,197
Notes payable			1,685,892		3,336	551			1,689,779
Intercompany payable	308,700				1,002,914		(1,311,614	)	-
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries	50,648		11,902				(62,550	)	-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(117,799	)	(227,324	)	164,771	338,047	(275,494	)	(117,799	)
Total liabilities and equity	$244,391		$1,470,630		$1,726,319	$498,248	$(1,649,658	)	$2,289,930

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$-		$-		$390,898		$65,594	$-		$456,492
Financial services					1,935		10,522			12,457
Intercompany charges			31,873				66	(31,939	)	-
Total revenues	-		31,873		392,833		76,182	(31,939	)	468,949
Expenses:
Homebuilding	3,082		38,387		392,535		58,384			492,388
Financial services	20				1,556		5,932			7,508
Intercompany charges					31,939			(31,939	)	-
Total expenses	3,102		38,387		426,030		64,316	(31,939	)	499,896
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures							1,466			1,466
(Loss) income before income taxes	(3,102	)	(6,514	)	(33,197	)	13,332	-		(29,481	)
State and federal income tax benefit	(5,906	)			(4,016	)				(9,922	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(22,363	)	(13,558	)	13,332			22,589		-
Net (loss) income	$(19,559	)	$(20,072	)	$(15,849	)	$13,332	$22,589		$(19,559	)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2014

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$-		$(31	)	$366,152		$74,396	$-		$440,517
Financial services					2,236		7,176			9,412
Intercompany charges			25,978		(27,019	)	249	792		-
Total revenues	-		25,947		341,369		81,821	792		449,929
Expenses:
Homebuilding	1,942		33,629		349,322		67,129	(1,590	)	450,432
Financial services	5				1,694		5,008			6,707
Total expenses	1,947		33,629		351,016		72,137	(1,590	)	457,139
Loss on extinguishment of debt			(1,155	)						(1,155	)
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures					37		1,030			1,067
(Loss) income before income taxes	(1,947	)	(8,837	)	(9,610	)	10,714	2,382		(7,298	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	(2,236	)			2,840					604
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(8,191	)	(11,945	)	10,714			9,422		-
Net (loss) income	$(7,902	)	$(20,782	)	$(1,736	)	$10,714	$11,804		$(7,902	)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$-		$-		$756,087		$134,997	$-		$891,084
Financial services					3,768		19,811			23,579
Intercompany charges			60,385					(60,385	)	-
Total revenues	-		60,385		759,855		154,808	(60,385	)	914,663
Expenses:
Homebuilding	6,793		76,215		750,044		118,865			951,917
Financial services	88				3,129		11,608			14,825
Intercompany charges					60,321		64	(60,385	)	-
Total expenses	6,881		76,215		813,494		130,537	(60,385	)	966,742
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures					(14	)	2,932			2,918
(Loss) income before income taxes	(6,881	)	(15,830	)	(53,653	)	27,203	-		(49,161	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	(18,192	)			2,966					(15,226	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(45,246	)	(26,364	)	27,203			44,407		-
Net (loss) income	$(33,935	)	$(42,194	)	$(29,416	)	$27,203	$44,407		$(33,935	)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2014

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$-		$(77	)	$649,190		$147,358	$-		$796,471
Financial services					4,071		13,435			17,506
Intercompany charges			46,555		(48,281	)		1,726		-
Total revenues	-		46,478		604,980		160,793	1,726		813,977
Expenses:
Homebuilding	5,925		64,018		638,940		128,138	(2,752	)	834,269
Financial services	9				3,219		10,151			13,379
Total expenses	5,934		64,018		642,159		138,289	(2,752	)	847,648
Loss on extinguishment of debt			(1,155	)						(1,155	)
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures					60		3,578			3,638
(Loss) income before income taxes	(5,934	)	(18,695	)	(37,119	)	26,082	4,478		(31,188	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	(5,828	)			7,065					1,237
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(32,319	)	(24,024	)	26,082			30,261		-
Net (loss) income	$(32,425	)	$(42,719	)	$(18,102	)	$26,082	$34,739		$(32,425	)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations		Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$(33,935	)	$(42,194	)	$(29,416	)	$27,203		$44,407		$(33,935	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities	(7,989	)	18,740		(101,623	)	(86,915	)	(44,407	)	(222,194	)
Net cash used in operating activities	(41,924	)	(23,454	)	(131,039	)	(59,712	)	-		(256,129	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of property and assets					952		31				983
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions					(1,172	)					(1,172	)
Decrease in restricted cash related to mortgage company							1,645				1,645
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures			81		146		(15,766	)			(15,539	)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures			(33	)	339		7,039				7,345
Intercompany investing activities			(165,853	)					165,853		-
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	-		(165,805	)	265		(7,051	)	165,853		(6,738	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net proceeds from mortgages and notes					6,336		8,375				14,711
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs					11,746		1,595				13,341
Net payments related to land bank financing programs					(9,124	)	(3,879	)			(13,003	)
Proceeds from senior notes			250,000								250,000
Net proceeds related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit							6,047				6,047
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances			(4,627	)	(1,016	)	(850	)			(6,493	)
Principal payments and debt repurchases			(2,062	)							(2,062	)
Intercompany financing activities	41,924				124,498		(569	)	(165,853	)	-
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	41,924		243,311		132,440		10,719		(165,853	)	262,541
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	-		54,052		1,666		(56,044	)	-		(326	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period			159,508		(4,726	)	107,116				261,898
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$-		$213,560		$(3,060	)	$51,072		$-		$261,572

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2014

(In Thousands)

	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations		Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$(32,425	)	$(42,719	)	$(18,102	)	$26,082		$34,739		$(32,425	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(1,140	)	9,969		(172,179	)	44,408		(34,739	)	(153,681	)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(33,565	)	(32,750	)	(190,281	)	70,490		-		(186,106	)
Net cash provided by investing activities			76		664		4,988				5,728
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities			120,553		39,646		(63,793	)			96,406
Intercompany investing and financing activities – net	33,565		(173,351	)	151,533		(11,747	)			-
Net (decrease) increase in cash	-		(85,472	)	1,562		(62	)	-		(83,972	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period			243,470		(6,479	)	92,213				329,204
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$-		$157,998		$(4,917	)	$92,151		$-		$245,232

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Note 2 - Stock Compensation (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014
Note 2 - Stock Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	$ 3.2	$ 1.5	$ 6.7	$ 5.0
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense, Net of Tax	2.1		4.6
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Note 2 - Stock Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	$ 0.5	$ 1.0	$ 1.4	$ 2.0

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Note 14 - Preferred Stock

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Disclosure Text Block Supplement [Abstract]

Preferred Stock [Text Block]

14. Preferred Stock

On July 12, 2005, we issued 5,600 shares of 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock, with a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are not cumulative and are paid at an annual rate of 7.625%. The Series A Preferred Stock is not convertible into the Company’s common stock and is redeemable in whole or in part at our option at the liquidation preference of the shares. The Series A Preferred Stock is traded as depositary shares, with each depositary share representing 1/1000th of a share of Series A Preferred Stock. The depositary shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “HOVNP.” During the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, we did not pay any dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock due to covenant restrictions in our debt instruments.