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Note 24 - Unaudited Summarized Consolidated Quarterly Information (Details) - Summarized Quarterly Financial Information (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014
Jul. 31, 2014
Apr. 30, 2014
Jan. 31, 2014
Oct. 31, 2013
Jul. 31, 2013
Apr. 30, 2013
Jan. 31, 2013
Oct. 31, 2014
Oct. 31, 2013
Oct. 31, 2012
Summarized Quarterly Financial Information [Abstract]                      
Revenues $ 698,394us-gaap_Revenues $ 551,009us-gaap_Revenues $ 449,929us-gaap_Revenues $ 364,048us-gaap_Revenues $ 591,687us-gaap_Revenues $ 478,357us-gaap_Revenues $ 422,998us-gaap_Revenues $ 358,211us-gaap_Revenues $ 2,063,380us-gaap_Revenues $ 1,851,253us-gaap_Revenues $ 1,485,353us-gaap_Revenues
Expenses 663,149us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 535,107us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 456,617us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 389,845us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 561,061us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 471,036us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 422,899us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 380,637us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 2,049,942us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 1,840,598us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 1,562,936us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs 3,297hov_InventoryImpairmentsAndLandOptionCostWriteOffs 741hov_InventoryImpairmentsAndLandOptionCostWriteOffs 522hov_InventoryImpairmentsAndLandOptionCostWriteOffs 664hov_InventoryImpairmentsAndLandOptionCostWriteOffs 1,486hov_InventoryImpairmentsAndLandOptionCostWriteOffs 623hov_InventoryImpairmentsAndLandOptionCostWriteOffs 2,191hov_InventoryImpairmentsAndLandOptionCostWriteOffs 665hov_InventoryImpairmentsAndLandOptionCostWriteOffs 5,224hov_InventoryImpairmentsAndLandOptionCostWriteOffs 4,965hov_InventoryImpairmentsAndLandOptionCostWriteOffs 12,530hov_InventoryImpairmentsAndLandOptionCostWriteOffs
Loss on extinguishment of debt     (1,155)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt   (760)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt       (1,155)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt (760)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt (29,066)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures 4,048us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 211us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 1,067us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 2,571us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 5,234us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 3,690us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 827us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 2,289us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 7,897us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 12,040us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 5,401us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income (loss) before income taxes 35,996us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 15,372us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (7,298)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (23,890)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 33,614us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 10,388us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (1,265)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (20,802)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 20,180us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 21,935us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (101,248)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision (286,468)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (1,733)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 604us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 633us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 795us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 1,922us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (2,583)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (9,494)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (286,964)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (9,360)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (35,051)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income (loss) $ 322,464us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 17,105us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (7,902)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (24,523)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 32,819us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 8,466us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 1,318us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (11,308)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 307,144us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 31,295us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (66,197)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Basic:                      
Income (loss) per common share (in Dollars per share) $ 2.15us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.11us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ (0.05)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ (0.17)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.22us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.06us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.01us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ (0.08)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 2.05us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.22us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ (0.52)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (in Shares) 146,413us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 146,365us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 146,325us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 145,982us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 145,821us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 146,056us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 145,948us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 141,725us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 146,271us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 145,087us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 126,350us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Assuming dilution:                      
Income (loss) per common share (in Dollars per share) $ 1.95us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.11us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ (0.05)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ (0.17)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.21us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.06us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.01us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ (0.08)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 1.87us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.22us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ (0.52)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (in Shares) 161,720us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 162,278us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 146,325us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 145,982us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 162,100us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 162,823us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 147,231us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 141,725us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 162,441us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 162,329us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 126,350us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding