EXHIBIT 23.1


            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-116767) and related Prospectus of
Avatar Holdings Inc. for the registration of the $120,000,000 of 4.5%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 and 2,280,068 shares of its common stock of
our report dated February 19, 2004, except for Note T as to which the date is
February 25, 2004, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
Avatar Holdings Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



/s/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP



Miami, Florida
July 14, 2004