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Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) (USD $)	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Number of Wholly Owned Subsidiaries	1hov_NumberOfWhollyOwnedSubsidiaries
Exchangeable Note Unit Rate Stated Percentage	6.00%hov_ExchangeableNoteUnitRateStatedPercentage
Direct or Indirect Ownership in Guarantor Subsidiaries Percentage	100.00%hov_DirectOrIndirectOwnershipInGuarantorSubsidiariesPercentage
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 992,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiaryIssuerMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember
Senior Notes	980,600,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiaryIssuerMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Senior Notes	980,629,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember	979,935,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorSecuredNotesMember	[1]
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	841,100,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiaryIssuerMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember
Senior Notes	840,900,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiaryIssuerMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes And Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Senior Notes	840,851,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember	590,472,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_UnsecuredSeniorNotesExcludingSeniorAmortizingNotesAndSeniorExchangeableNotesMember	[1]
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	15,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiaryIssuerMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorAmortizingNotesMember
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Senior Notes	14,987,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorAmortizingNotesMember	17,049,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorAmortizingNotesMember	[1]
Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	71,900,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiaryIssuerMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorExchangeableNotesMember
Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details) [Line Items]
Senior Notes	$ 71,913,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorExchangeableNotesMember	$ 70,101,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hov_SeniorExchangeableNotesMember	[1]
[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2014.

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