X0202 4 2005-06-15 0000357294 HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC HOV 0000938549 HOVNANIAN ARA K 10 HIGHWAY 35 RED BANK NJ 07701 1 1 1 0 President and CEO Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 57900 62.00 D 1936700 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 1000 62.02 D 1935700 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 300 62.03 D 1935400 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 700 62.04 D 1934700 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 2000 62.05 D 1932700 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 300 62.06 D 1932400 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 2000 62.07 D 1930400 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 4300 62.08 D 1926100 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 8100 62.09 D 1918000 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 11600 62.10 D 1906400 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 1400 62.11 D 1905000 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 2100 62.12 D 1902900 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 2700 62.13 D 1900200 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 4200 62.14 D 1896000 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 5700 62.15 D 1890300 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 3600 62.16 D 1886700 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 10400 62.17 D 1876300 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 4700 62.18 D 1871600 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 5400 62.19 D 1866200 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 15000 62.20 D 1851200 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 2200 62.21 D 1849000 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 2005-06-15 4 S 0 99000 62.4179 D 1750000 I Held as trustee of the KSH 2004 GRAT in which Reporting Person has a potential remainder interest Class A Common Stock 1530420 D Class A Common Stock 236346 I Held by the Ara K. Hovnanian 2004 GRAT Class A Common Stock 33060 I Held by estate of son Alton Class A Common Stock 13974 I Held by son Alexander Class A Common Stock 6700 I Held by daughter Serena Class A Common Stock 16700 I Held by wife The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose. 99,000 consists of the following trades: 2,700 @ $62.22; 1,400 @ $62.23; 3,000 @ $62.24; 6,000 @ $62.25; 2,300 @ $62.26; 600 @ $62.27; 1,200 @ $62.28; 700 @ $62.29; 16,200 @ $62.30; 1,600 @ $62.32; 6,900 @ $62.33; 1,900 @ $62.34; 3,900 @ $62.35; 200 @ $62.36; 1,000 @ $62.37; 2,000 @ $62.38; 2,200 @ $62.39; 500 @ $62.40; 200 @ $62.41; 300 @ $62.42; 800 @ $62.43; 400 @ $62.44; 200 @ $62.45; 700 @ $62.47; 300 @ $62.48; 3,000 @ $62.49; 700 @ $62.50; 700 @ $62.51; 3,000 @ $62.52; 4,100 @ $62.53; 100 @ $62.54; 9,800 @ $62.55; 100 @ $62.56; 3,600 @ $62.57; 7,200 @ $62.58; 900 @ $62.59; 3,000 @ $62.60; 100 @ $62.61; 800 @ $62.63; 200 @ $62.65; 2,900 @ $62.67; 400 @ $62.68; 1,200 @ $62.71. Nancy A. Marrazzo 2005-06-17