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Note 14 - Per Share Calculations (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended April 30, |  |  | Six Months Ended April 30, |
(In thousands, except per share data) |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net (loss) earnings attributable to Hovnanian |  | $(7,902 | ) |  | $1,318 |  |  | $(32,425 | ) |  | $(9,990 | )
Less: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares |  |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |
Numerator for basic earnings per share |  | (7,902 | ) |  | 1,316 |  |  | (32,425 | ) |  | (9,990 | )
Plus: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Less: undistributed earnings reallocated to nonvested shares |  |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |
Numerator for diluted earnings per share |  | (7,902 | ) |  | 1,316 |  |  | (32,425 | ) |  | (9,990 | )
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic earnings per share |  | 146,325 |  |  | 145,948 |  |  | 146,151 |  |  | 144,373 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share based payments |  |  |  |  | 1,283 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for diluted earnings per share – weighted average shares outstanding |  | 146,325 |  |  | 147,231 |  |  | 146,151 |  |  | 144,373 |
Basic earnings per share |  | $(0.05 | ) |  | $0.01 |  |  | $(0.22 | ) |  | $(0.07 | )
Diluted earnings per share |  | $(0.05 | ) |  | $0.01 |  |  | $(0.22 | ) |  | $(0.07 | )

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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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