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Note 14 - Per Share Calculation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended July 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, |
(In thousands, except per share data) |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Hovnanian |  | $17,105 |  |  | $8,466 |  |  | $(15,320 | ) |  | $(1,524 | )
Less: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares |  | (386 | ) |  | (15 | ) |  | - |  |  | - |
Numerator for basic earnings per share |  | 16,719 |  |  | 8,451 |  |  | (15,320 | ) |  | (1,524 | )
Plus: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares |  | 386 |  |  | 15 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Less: undistributed earnings reallocated to nonvested shares |  | (386 | ) |  | (15 | ) |  | - |  |  | - |
Plus: interest on Senior Exchangeable Notes |  | 879 |  |  | 893 |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Numerator for diluted earnings per share |  | 17,598 |  |  | 9,344 |  |  | (15,320 | ) |  | (1,524 | )
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic earnings per share |  | 146,365 |  |  | 146,056 |  |  | 146,223 |  |  | 144,840 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share-based payments |  | 756 |  |  | 1,610 |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Senior Exchangeable Notes |  | 15,157 |  |  | 15,157 |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Denominator for diluted earnings per share – weighted-average shares outstanding |  | 162,278 |  |  | 162,823 |  |  | 146,223 |  |  | 144,840 |
Basic earnings per share |  | $0.11 |  |  | $0.06 |  |  | $(0.10 | ) |  | $(0.01 | )
Diluted earnings per share |  | $0.11 |  |  | $0.06 |  |  | $(0.10 | ) |  | $(0.01 | )

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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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