Note 11 - Mortgages	3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2024
Disclosure of Mortgage Loans [Abstract]
Mortgages	11.Mortgages Nonrecourse We have nonrecourse mortgage loans for certain communities totaling $99.6 million and $91.5 million, net of debt issuance costs, at January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023, respectively, which are secured by the related real property, including any improvements, with an aggregate book value of $313.5 million and $331.6 million, respectively. The weighted-average interest rate on these obligations was 8.7% and 8.5% at January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023, respectively, and the mortgage loan payments on each community primarily correspond to home deliveries. Mortgage Loans K. Hovnanian Mortgage originates mortgage loans primarily from the sale of our homes. Such mortgage loans and related servicing rights are generally sold in the secondary mortgage market within a short period of time. K. Hovnanian Mortgage finances the origination of mortgage loans through various master repurchase agreements, which are recorded in "Financial services" liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Our secured Master Repurchase Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase Master Repurchase Agreement”) which is a short-term borrowing facility, was amended on January 31, 2024 to reduce the borrowing limit from $75.0 million to $50.0 million and to extend its maturity to January 31, 2025. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable monthly on outstanding advances at an adjusted Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR"), plus the applicable margin of 2.125% to 2.375%. As of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Chase Master Repurchase Agreement was $36.5 million and $31.4 million, respectively. K. Hovnanian Mortgage has another secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Customers Bank (“Customers Master Repurchase Agreement”) which is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through its maturity on March 6, 2024, which we expect to be renewed for a one year term. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable daily or as loans are sold to permanent investors on outstanding advances at the current Bloomberg Short Term Bank Yield Index ("BSBY") rate, plus the applicable margin ranging from 2.125% to 4.5% based on the type of loan and the number of days outstanding on the warehouse line. As of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Customers Master Repurchase Agreement was $47.3 million and $41.1 million, respectively. K. Hovnanian Mortgage has another secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Flagstar Bank, N.A. ("Flagstar Master Repurchase Agreement") which is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through its maturity on January 10, 2025. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable daily or as loans are sold to permanent investors on outstanding advances at the current SOFR, subject to a floor of 1.0%, plus the applicable margin ranging from 1.82% to 5.0% based on the type of loan and the number of days outstanding on the line. As of January 31, 2024 there were no borrowings outstanding under the Flagstar Master Repurchase Agreement. K. Hovnanian Mortgage had a secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Comerica Bank (“Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement”) which was a short-term borrowing facility that matured on January 10, 2024. The Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement provided up to $60.0 million on the 15th day of the last month of the Company's fiscal quarters and reverted back to up to $50.0 million 30 days thereafter. The loan was secured by the mortgages held for sale and was repaid when we sold the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest was payable monthly at the daily adjusting BSBY rate, subject to a floor of 0.50%, plus the applicable margin of 1.75% or 3.25% based upon the type of loan. At October 31, 2023 the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement was $38.3 million. The borrowings outstanding were paid off at maturity. The Chase Master Repurchase Agreement, Customers Master Repurchase Agreement and Flagstar Master Repurchase Agreement (together, the “Master Repurchase Agreements”) require K. Hovnanian Mortgage to satisfy and maintain specified financial ratios and other financial condition tests. Because of the extremely short period of time mortgages are held by K. Hovnanian Mortgage before the mortgages are sold to investors (generally a period of a few weeks), the immateriality to us on a consolidated basis, the size of the Master Repurchase Agreements, the levels required by these financial covenants, our ability based on our immediately available resources to contribute sufficient capital to cure any default, were such conditions to occur, and our right to cure any conditions of default based on the terms of the applicable agreement, we do not consider any of these covenants to be substantive or material. As of January 31, 2024, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Master Repurchase Agreements.

Note 11 - Mortgages

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2024

Disclosure of Mortgage Loans [Abstract]

11.Mortgages

Nonrecourse

We have nonrecourse mortgage loans for certain communities totaling $99.6 million and $91.5 million, net of debt issuance costs, at January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023, respectively, which are secured by the related real property, including any improvements, with an aggregate book value of $313.5 million and $331.6 million, respectively. The weighted-average interest rate on these obligations was 8.7% and 8.5% at January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023, respectively, and the mortgage loan payments on each community primarily correspond to home deliveries.

Mortgage Loans

K. Hovnanian Mortgage originates mortgage loans primarily from the sale of our homes. Such mortgage loans and related servicing rights are generally sold in the secondary mortgage market within a short period of time. K. Hovnanian Mortgage finances the origination of mortgage loans through various master repurchase agreements, which are recorded in "Financial services" liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Our secured Master Repurchase Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase Master Repurchase Agreement”) which is a short-term borrowing facility, was amended on January 31, 2024 to reduce the borrowing limit from $75.0 million to $50.0 million and to extend its maturity to January 31, 2025. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable monthly on outstanding advances at an adjusted Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR"), plus the applicable margin of 2.125% to 2.375%. As of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Chase Master Repurchase Agreement was $36.5 million and $31.4 million, respectively.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has another secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Customers Bank (“Customers Master Repurchase Agreement”) which is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through its maturity on March 6, 2024, which we expect to be renewed for a one year term. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable daily or as loans are sold to permanent investors on outstanding advances at the current Bloomberg Short Term Bank Yield Index ("BSBY") rate, plus the applicable margin ranging from 2.125% to 4.5% based on the type of loan and the number of days outstanding on the warehouse line. As of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Customers Master Repurchase Agreement was $47.3 million and $41.1 million, respectively.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has another secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Flagstar Bank, N.A. ("Flagstar Master Repurchase Agreement") which is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through its maturity on January 10, 2025. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable daily or as loans are sold to permanent investors on outstanding advances at the current SOFR, subject to a floor of 1.0%, plus the applicable margin ranging from 1.82% to 5.0% based on the type of loan and the number of days outstanding on the line. As of January 31, 2024 there were no borrowings outstanding under the Flagstar Master Repurchase Agreement.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage had a secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Comerica Bank (“Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement”) which was a short-term borrowing facility that matured on January 10, 2024. The Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement provided up to $60.0 million on the 15th day of the last month of the Company's fiscal quarters and reverted back to up to $50.0 million 30 days thereafter. The loan was secured by the mortgages held for sale and was repaid when we sold the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest was payable monthly at the daily adjusting BSBY rate, subject to a floor of 0.50%, plus the applicable margin of 1.75% or 3.25% based upon the type of loan. At October 31, 2023 the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement was $38.3 million. The borrowings outstanding were paid off at maturity.

The Chase Master Repurchase Agreement, Customers Master Repurchase Agreement and Flagstar Master Repurchase Agreement (together, the “Master Repurchase Agreements”) require K. Hovnanian Mortgage to satisfy and maintain specified financial ratios and other financial condition tests. Because of the extremely short period of time mortgages are held by K. Hovnanian Mortgage before the mortgages are sold to investors (generally a period of a few weeks), the immateriality to us on a consolidated basis, the size of the Master Repurchase Agreements, the levels required by these financial covenants, our ability based on our immediately available resources to contribute sufficient capital to cure any default, were such conditions to occur, and our right to cure any conditions of default based on the terms of the applicable agreement, we do not consider any of these covenants to be substantive or material. As of January 31, 2024, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Master Repurchase Agreements.