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Note 9 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, Senior Exchangeable and Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes (Details) - Senior Secured, Senior and Senior Subordinated Notes (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
The 7.25% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	$ 577,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The7252020NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember	$ 577,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The7252020NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember
The 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	220,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The91252020NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember	220,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The91252020NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember
The 2.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	53,129us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The202021NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember	53,119us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The202021NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember
The 5.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	129,806us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The502021NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember	128,492us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The502021NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember
The 6.25% 2015 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes		21,438us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The6252015NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember
The 11.875% 2015 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	60,414us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The118752015NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember	60,044us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The118752015NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember
The 6.25% 2016 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	172,483us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The6252016NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember	172,153us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The6252016NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember
The 7.5% 2016 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	86,532us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The752016NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember	86,532us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The752016NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember
The 8.625% 2017 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	121,043us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The86252017NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember	121,043us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The86252017NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember
The 7.0% 2019 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	150,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The702019NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember
The 11.0% 2017 Amortizing Note [Member] | Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	17,049us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The1102017AmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorAmortizingNotesMember	20,857us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The1102017AmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorAmortizingNotesMember
Senior Exchangeable Notes Due 2017 [Member] | Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	70,101us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_SeniorExchangeableNotesDue2017Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorExchangeableNotesMember	66,615us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_SeniorExchangeableNotesDue2017Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorExchangeableNotesMember
The 7.25% Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes [Member] | Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes		2,152us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The725SeniorSubordinatedAmortizingNotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSubordinatedAmortizingNotesMember
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	979,935us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember	978,611us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	$ 590,472us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember	$ 461,210us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember

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- Definition

Amount of long-term debt before deduction of unamortized discount or premium. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt, with initial maturities beyond one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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