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Note 21 - Transactions With Related Parties	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]	2 1 . Transactions with Related Parties During the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, an engineering firm owned by Tavit Najarian, a relative of Ara K. Hovnanian,  our Chairman of the Board of Directors and our Chief Executive Officer, provided services to the Company totaling $0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively. During the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, the services provided by such engineering firm to the Company totaled $0.4 million and $0.7 million, respectively. Neither the Company nor Mr. Hovnanian has a financial interest in the relative’s company from whom the services were provided.

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The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745

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