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Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details) - Senior Secured, Senior and Senior Subordinated Notes (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Apr. 30, 2015 | Oct. 31, 2014
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The 7.25% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member] |  |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |
Senior Notes | $ 577,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The7252020NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember | $ 577,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The7252020NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember
The 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member] |  |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |
Senior Notes | 220,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The91252020NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember | 220,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The91252020NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember
The 2.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member] |  |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |
Senior Notes | 53,133 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The202021NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember | 53,129 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The202021NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember
The 5.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member] |  |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |
Senior Notes | 130,496 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The502021NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember | 129,806 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The502021NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember
The 11.875% 2015 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] |  |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |
Senior Notes | 60,620 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The118752015NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember | 60,414 us-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] |  |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |
Senior Notes | 172,656 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The6252016NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember | 172,483 us-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] |  |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |
Senior Notes | 86,532 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The752016NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember | 86,532 us-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] |  |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |
Senior Notes | 121,043 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The86252017NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember | 121,043 us-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] |  |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |
Senior Notes | 150,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The702019NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember | 150,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The702019NotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember
8.0% Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] |  |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |
Senior Notes | 250,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_EightPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandNineteenMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember |
The 11.0% 2017 Amortizing Note [Member] | Senior Amortizing Notes [Member] |  |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |
Senior Notes | 14,987 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The1102017AmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorAmortizingNotesMember | 17,049 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_The1102017AmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorAmortizingNotesMember
Senior Exchangeable Notes Due 2017 [Member] | Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] |  |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |
Senior Notes | 71,913 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_SeniorExchangeableNotesDue2017Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorExchangeableNotesMember | 70,101 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hov_SeniorExchangeableNotesDue2017Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorExchangeableNotesMember
Senior Secured Notes [Member] |  |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |
Senior Notes | 980,629 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember | 979,935 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] |  |
Senior Secured Notes: |  |
Senior Notes | $ 840,851 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember | $ 590,472 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember

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