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Note 14 - Per Share Calculations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended October 31, |
(In thousands, except per share data) |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Hovnanian |  |  | $31,295 |  |  |  | $(66,197 | ) |  |  | $(286,087 | )
Less: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares |  |  | (58 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Numerator for basic earnings per share |  |  | $31,237 |  |  |  | $(66,197 | ) |  |  | $(286,087 | )
Plus: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares |  |  | 58 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Less: undistributed earnings reallocated to nonvested shares |  |  | (59 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Plus: interest on senior exchangeable notes |  |  | 3,720 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Numerator for diluted earnings per share |  |  | $34,956 |  |  |  | $(66,197 | ) |  |  | $(286,087 | )
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic earnings per share |  |  | 145,087 |  |  |  | 126,350 |  |  |  | 100,444 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share based payments |  |  | 1,396 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Senior exchangeable notes |  |  | 15,846 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Denominator for diluted earnings per share – weighted average shares outstanding |  |  | 162,329 |  |  |  | 126,350 |  |  |  | 100,444 |
Basic earnings (loss) per share |  |  | $0.22 |  |  |  | $(0.52 | ) |  |  | $(2.85 | )
Diluted earnings (loss) per share |  |  | $0.22 |  |  |  | $(0.52 | ) |  |  | $(2.85 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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