10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

[ X ]           Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended APRIL 30, 2013

OR

[    ]           Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission file number 1-8551

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

22-1851059 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

110 West Front Street, P.O. Box 500, Red Bank, NJ  07701 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

732-747-7800 (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A  (Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes [ X ]    No [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes [ X ]  No [    ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated Filer [   ]  Accelerated Filer  [ X ]

Non-Accelerated Filer  [   ]  (Do not check if smaller reporting company)   Smaller Reporting Company [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes [    ]  No [ X ]

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. 124,484,825 shares of Class A Common Stock and 14,657,325 shares of Class B Common Stock were outstanding as of June 3, 2013.

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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.

FORM 10-Q

INDEX	PAGE NUMBER
PART I.  Financial Information
Item l.  Financial Statements:
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of April 30, 2013 (unaudited) and October 31, 2012	3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012	5
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity (unaudited) for the six months ended April 30, 2013	6
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012	7
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	9
Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	36
Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	60
Item 4.  Controls and Procedures	60
PART II.  Other Information
Item 1.  Legal Proceedings	61
Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	61
Item 6.  Exhibits	61
Signatures	62

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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In Thousands)

	April 30, 2013		October 31, 2012
	(Unaudited)		(1)
ASSETS
Homebuilding:
Cash	$	236,419	$	258,323
Restricted cash and cash equivalents		32,764		41,732
Inventories:
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development		700,921		671,851
Land and land options held for future development or sale		228,265		218,996
Consolidated inventory not owned - other options		106,121		90,619
Total inventories		1,035,307		981,466
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures		52,821		61,083
Receivables, deposits, and notes – net		45,129		61,794
Property, plant, and equipment – net		47,037		48,524
Prepaid expenses and other assets		55,127		66,694
Total homebuilding		1,504,604		1,519,616
Financial services:
Cash		8,443		14,909
Restricted cash and cash equivalents		16,701		22,470
Mortgage loans held for sale at fair value		85,463		117,024
Other assets		2,193		10,231
Total financial services		112,800		164,634
Income taxes receivable – including net deferred tax benefits		1,483		-
Total assets	$	1,618,887	$	1,684,250

(1)  Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2012.

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In Thousands Except Share Amounts)

	April 30, 2013			October 31, 2012
	(Unaudited)			(1)
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Homebuilding:
Nonrecourse mortgages	$	30,384		$	38,302
Accounts payable and other liabilities		271,736			296,510
Customers’ deposits		32,993			23,846
Nonrecourse mortgages secured by operating properties		18,263			18,775
Liabilities from inventory not owned		91,150			77,791
Total homebuilding		444,526			455,224
Financial services:
Accounts payable and other liabilities		27,680			37,609
Mortgage warehouse lines of credit		65,988			107,485
Total financial services		93,668			145,094
Notes payable:
Senior secured notes		977,980			977,369
Senior notes		459,005			458,736
Senior amortizing notes		23,149			23,149
Senior exchangeable notes		64,880			76,851
TEU senior subordinated amortizing notes		4,180			6,091
Accrued interest		30,019			20,199
Total notes payable		1,559,213			1,562,395
Income taxes payable		-			6,882
Total liabilities		2,097,407			2,169,595
Equity:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. stockholders’ equity deficit:
Preferred stock, $.01 par value - authorized 100,000 shares; issued 5,600 shares with a liquidation preference of $140,000 at April 30, 2013 and at October 31, 2012		135,299			135,299
Common stock, Class A, $.01 par value – authorized 400,000,000 shares; issued 136,244,962 shares at April 30, 2013 and 130,055,304 shares at October 31, 2012 (including 11,760,763 shares at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012 held in Treasury)		1,363			1,300
Common stock, Class B, $.01 par value (convertible to Class A at time of sale) – authorized 60,000,000 shares; issued 15,349,699 shares at April 30, 2013 and 15,350,101 shares at October 31, 2012 (including 691,748 shares at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012 held in Treasury)		153			154
Paid in capital - common stock		685,398			668,735
Accumulated deficit		(1,185,693	)		(1,175,703	)
Treasury stock - at cost		(115,360	)		(115,360	)
Total Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. stockholders’ equity deficit		(478,840	)		(485,575	)
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures		320			230
Total equity deficit		(478,520	)		(485,345	)
Total liabilities and equity	$	1,618,887		$	1,684,250

(1) Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2012.

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In Thousands Except Per Share Data)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended April 30,					Six Months Ended April 30,
	2013			2012		2013			2012
Revenues:
Homebuilding:
Sale of homes	$	409,576		$	312,494	$	743,857		$	564,824
Land sales and other revenues		2,740			20,691		15,011			31,270
Total homebuilding		412,316			333,185		758,868			596,094
Financial services		10,682			8,513		22,341			15,203
Total revenues		422,998			341,698		781,209			611,297
Expenses:
Homebuilding:
Cost of sales, excluding interest		333,143			271,563		621,898			488,990
Cost of sales interest		11,274			13,317		21,554			25,793
Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs		2,191			3,216		2,856			6,541
Total cost of sales		346,608			288,096		646,308			521,324
Selling, general and administrative		37,802			35,125		74,573			68,379
Total homebuilding expenses		384,410			323,221		720,881			589,703
Financial services		7,137			5,363		14,565			10,540
Corporate general and administrative		13,725			12,264		26,228			25,049
Other interest		22,632			26,056		46,632			48,051
Other operations		(2,814	)		990		(1,914	)		6,388
Total expenses		425,090			367,894		806,392			679,731
Gain on extinguishment of debt		-			27,039		-			51,737
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures		827			1,495		3,116			1,473
(Loss) income before income taxes		(1,265	)		2,338		(22,067	)		(15,224	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision:
State		(2,432	)		468		(2,199	)		1,101
Federal		(151	)		68		(9,878	)		138
Total income taxes		(2,583	)		536		(12,077	)		1,239
Net income (loss)	$	1,318		$	1,802	$	(9,990	)	$	(16,463	)
Per share data:
Basic:
Income (loss) per common share	$	0.01		$	0.02	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.15	)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding		145,948			116,021		144,373			112,338
Assuming dilution:
Income (loss) per common share	$	0.01		$	0.02	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.15	)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding		147,231			116,117		144,373			112,338

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY

(In Thousands Except Share Amounts)

(Unaudited)

	A Common Stock				B Common Stock						Preferred Stock
	Shares Issued and Outstanding		Amount		Shares Issued and Outstanding			Amount			Shares Issued and Outstanding		Amount		Paid-In Capital			Accumulated Deficit			Treasury Stock			Noncontrolling Interest		Total
Balance, November 1, 2012		118,294,541	$	1,300		14,658,353		$	154			5,600	$	135,299	$	668,735		$	(1,175,703	)	$	(115,360	)	$	230	$	(485,345	)
Stock options, amortization and issuances		31,562														1,552											1,552
Restricted stock amortization, issuances and forfeitures		77,913		1												896											897
Settlement of prepaid common stock purchase contracts		2,683,679		27												(27	)										-
Exchange of senior exchangeable notes for Class A Common Stock		3,396,102		34												14,242											14,276
Conversion of Class B to Class A Common Stock		402		1		(402	)		(1	)																	-
Changes in noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures																									90		90
Net loss																			(9,990	)							(9,990	)
Balance, April 30, 2013		124,484,199	$	1,363		14,657,951		$	153			5,600	$	135,299	$	685,398		$	(1,185,693	)	$	(115,360	)	$	320	$	(478,520	)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Six Months Ended April 30,
	2013			2012
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$	(9,990	)	$	(16,463	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation		2,844			3,217
Compensation from stock options and awards		2,455			2,867
Amortization of bond discounts and deferred financing costs		3,646			3,493
Gain on sale and retirement of property and assets		(4,484	)		(127	)
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures		(3,116	)		(1,473	)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures		738			297
Gain on extinguishment of debt		-			(51,737	)
Expenses related to the debt for debt exchange		-			4,683
Inventory impairment and land option write-offs		2,856			6,541
Decrease (increase) in assets:
Mortgage loans held for sale		31,561			(2,905	)
Restricted cash, receivables, prepaids, deposits and other assets		45,486			18,953
Inventories		(66,205	)		15,435
(Decrease) increase in liabilities:
State and federal income tax liabilities		(8,365	)		1,106
Customers’ deposits		9,147			4,326
Accounts payable, accrued interest and other accrued liabilities		(22,493	)		(28,079	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(15,920	)		(39,866	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of property and assets		7,147			134
Purchase of property, equipment, and other fixed assets		(668	)		(728	)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures		(3,012	)		(2,768	)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures		14,207			1,258
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		17,674			(2,104	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from mortgages and notes		39,216			5,966
Payments related to mortgages and notes		(38,138	)		(4,477	)
Proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs		3,868			26,695
Payments related to model sale leaseback financing programs		(3,201	)		-
Proceeds from land bank financing program		31,294			-
Payments related to land bank financing program		(18,602	)		-
Net proceeds from common stock issuance		-			47,250
Net payments related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit		(41,497	)		14,801
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances		(1,153	)		-
Principal payments and debt repurchases		(1,911	)		(73,024	)
Payments related to the debt for debt exchange		-			(18,861	)
Purchase of treasury stock		-			(103	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(30,124	)		(1,753	)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(28,370	)		(43,723	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period		273,232			250,740
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$	244,862		$	207,017

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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands - Unaudited)

(Continued)

	Six Months Ended April 30,
	2013			2012
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow:
Cash (received) paid during the period for income taxes	$	(3,712	)	$	133

Supplemental disclosure of noncash financing activities:

In the second quarter of fiscal 2013, a property that we previously acquired when our partner in a land development joint venture transferred its interest in the venture to us, was foreclosed on by the note holder. As a result, the inventory with a book value of $9.5 million and corresponding non-recourse liability of equal amount were taken off of our balance sheet in the quarter.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2013, 18,305 of our senior exchangeable notes were exchanged for 3,396,102 shares of Class A Common Stock.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2013, we entered into a new unconsolidated homebuilding joint venture which resulted in the transfer of an existing receivable from our joint venture partners of $0.6 million at October 31, 2012, to an investment in the joint venture at January 31, 2013.

In the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we completed several debt for equity exchanges.  See Notes 11, 12 and 16 for further information.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2012, we completed a debt for debt exchange. See Note 9 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012 for further information.

See notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited).

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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - UNAUDITED

1.  Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the "Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) has reportable segments consisting of six Homebuilding segments (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest and West) and the Financial Services segment (see Note 18).

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include our accounts and those of all wholly-owned subsidiaries after elimination of all significant intercompany balances and transactions.  Certain immaterial prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments for interim periods presented have been made, which include normal recurring accruals and deferrals necessary for a fair presentation of our consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.  The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates, and these differences could have a significant impact on the financial statements.  Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results which might be expected for a full year.  The balance sheet at October 31, 2012 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

2.  For the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, the Company’s total stock-based compensation expense was $1.3 million (pre and post tax) and $2.5 million (pre and post tax), respectively, and $1.7 million ($1.3 million net of tax) and $2.9 million (pre and post tax) for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, respectively.  Included in this total stock-based compensation expense was the vesting of stock options of $0.7 million and $1.5 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, respectively, and $1.6 million and $2.6 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, respectively.

3.  Interest costs incurred, expensed and capitalized were:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013		2012		2013		2012
Interest capitalized at beginning of period	$	114,429	$	123,315	$	116,056	$	121,441
Plus interest incurred(1)		31,965		34,493		64,618		70,838
Less cost of sales interest expensed		11,274		13,317		21,554		25,793
Less other interest expensed(2)(3)		22,632		26,056		46,632		48,051
Interest capitalized at end of period(4)	$	112,488	$	118,435	$	112,488	$	118,435

(1)	Data does not include interest incurred by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries.
(2)	Other interest expensed is comprised of interest that does not qualify for interest capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt. Interest on completed homes and land in planning, which does not qualify for capitalization, is expensed.
(3)	Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest, is the sum of other interest expensed, as defined above, and interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries adjusted for the change in accrued interest, which is calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,					Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012		2013			2012
Other interest expensed	$	22,632		$	26,056	$	46,632		$	48,051
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries		631			468		1,508			944
(Increase)/decrease in accrued interest		(1,600	)		14,350		(9,820	)		3,283
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest	$	21,663		$	40,874	$	38,320		$	52,278

(4) Capitalized interest amounts are shown gross before allocating any portion of impairments to capitalized interest.

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4.  Accumulated depreciation at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012 amounted to $77.7 million and $75.7 million, respectively, for our homebuilding property, plant and equipment.

5.  We record impairment losses on inventories related to communities under development and held for future development when events and circumstances indicate that they may be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than their related carrying amounts.  If the expected undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount, then the community is written down to its fair value.  We estimate the fair value of each impaired community by determining the present value of the estimated future cash flows at a discount rate commensurate with the risk of the respective community.  For the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, our discount rates used for the impairments recorded ranged from 18.0% to 18.8% and from 16.8% to 18.5%, respectively. Should the estimates or expectations used in determining cash flows or fair value decrease or differ from current estimates in the future, we may need to recognize additional impairments.  During the six months ended April 30, 2013, we evaluated inventories of all 344 communities under development and held for future development for impairment indicators through preparation and review of detailed budgets or other market indicators of impairment. We performed detailed impairment calculations for 29 of those communities (i.e., those with a projected operating loss or other impairment indicators) with an aggregate carrying value of $82.0 million. As impairment indicators are assessed on a quarterly basis, some of the communities evaluated during the six months ended April 30, 2013 were evaluated in more than one quarterly period. Of those communities tested for impairment, one community with an aggregate carrying value of $2.7 million had undiscounted future cash flow that only exceeded the carrying amount by less than 20%. As a result of our impairment analysis, we recorded impairment losses, which are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and deducted from inventory, of $0.9 million and $2.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $1.5 million and $5.2 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The following tables represent inventory impairments by homebuilding segment for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012:

 

(Dollars in millions)	Three Months Ended April 30, 2013						Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
	Number of Communities		Dollar Amount of Impairment		Pre- Impairment Value(1)		Number of Communities		Dollar Amount of Impairment		Pre- Impairment Value(1)
Northeast		1	$	0.9	$	2.3		-	$	-	$	-
Mid-Atlantic		-		-		-		1		0.1		0.2
Midwest		-		-		-		-		-		-
Southeast		-		-		-		5		2.0		4.5
Southwest		-		-		-		-		-		-
West		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total		1	$	0.9	$	2.3		6	$	2.1	$	4.7

(Dollars in millions)	Six Months Ended April 30, 2013						Six Months Ended April 30, 2012
	Number of Communities		Dollar Amount of Impairment(2)		Pre- Impairment Value(1)		Number of Communities		Dollar Amount of Impairment		Pre- Impairment Value(1)
Northeast		2	$	1.5	$	5.2		5	$	2.4	$	16.1
Mid-Atlantic		1		-		0.1		3		0.4		0.8
Midwest		-		-		-		1		0.1		1.1
Southeast		1		-		0.4		8		2.3		5.4
Southwest		-		-		-		-		-		-
West		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total		4	$	1.5	$	5.7		17	$	5.2	$	23.4

(1) Represents carrying value, net of prior period impairments, if any, at the time of recording the applicable period’s impairments.

(2) During the six months ended April 30, 2013, the Mid-Atlantic had an impairment totaling $2 thousand and the Southeast had an impairment totaling $17 thousand.

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The Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations line item entitled “Homebuilding: Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs” also includes write-offs of options, and approval, engineering and capitalized interest costs that we record when we redesign communities and/or abandon certain engineering costs and we do not exercise options in various locations because the communities' pro forma profitability is not projected to produce adequate returns on investment commensurate with the risk.  Total aggregate write-offs related to these items were $1.3 million and $1.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $1.4 million and $1.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  Occasionally, these write-offs are offset by recovered deposits (sometimes through legal action) that had been written off in a prior period as walk-away costs.  Historically, these recoveries have not been significant in comparison to the total cost written off.

The following tables represent write-offs of such costs (after giving effect to any recovered deposits in the applicable period) and the number of lots walked away from by homebuilding segment for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012:

	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2013				2012
(Dollars in millions)	Number of Walk-Away Lots		Dollar Amount of Write-Offs (1)		Number of Walk-Away Lots		Dollar Amount of Write-Offs(1)
Northeast		300	$	0.1		-	$	0.3
Mid-Atlantic		24		-		3		0.1
Midwest		-		-		67		0.1
Southeast		-		0.1		593		0.6
Southwest		189		1.1		165		-
West		-		-		-		-
Total		513	$	1.3		828	$	1.1

	Six Months Ended April 30,
	2013				2012
(Dollars in millions)	Number of Walk-Away Lots		Dollar Amount of Write-Offs(1)		Number of Walk-Away Lots		Dollar Amount of Write-Offs(1)
Northeast		300	$	0.2		-	$	0.3
Mid-Atlantic		164		-		182		0.2
Midwest		-		-		105		0.1
Southeast		-		0.1		734		0.7
Southwest		234		1.1		165		-
West		-		-		-		-
Total		698	$	1.4		1,186	$	1.3

(1) During the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 there were write-offs in the Mid-Atlantic totaling $2 thousand and $8 thousand, respectively. During the three and six months ended April 30, 2012 there were write-offs in the Southwest totaling $44 thousand and $52 thousand, respectively.

We have decided to mothball (or stop development on) certain communities when we have determined the current performance does not justify further investment at the time.  When we decide to mothball a community, the inventory is reclassified from “Sold and unsold homes and lots under development” to “Land and land options held for future development or sale”.  During the first half of fiscal 2013, we mothballed one community and we re-activated two previously mothballed communities.  As of April 30, 2013, the net book value associated with our 52 total mothballed communities was $125.2 million, net of impairment charges recorded in prior periods of $455.2 million.

During fiscal 2012 and 2013, we sold and leased back certain of our model homes with the right to participate in the potential profit when each home is sold to a third party at the end of the respective lease. As a result of our continued involvement, for accounting purposes in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, these sale and leaseback transactions are considered a financing rather than a sale. Therefore, for purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, at April 30, 2013, inventory of $34.2 million was recorded to consolidated inventory not owned, with a corresponding amount of $33.6 million recorded to liabilities from inventory not owned.

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In addition, we entered into a land banking arrangement in fiscal 2012 with GSO Capital Partners LP ("GSO"), that continued in fiscal 2013, whereby we sold a portfolio of our land parcels to GSO, and GSO provided us an option to purchase back finished lots on a quarterly basis. Because of our option to repurchase these parcels, for accounting purposes, in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, this transaction is considered a financing rather than a sale. For purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, at April 30, 2013, inventory of $71.9 million was recorded as “Consolidated inventory not owned – other options”, with a corresponding amount of $57.5 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned” for the amount of net cash received from the transactions.

6.   Over the past several years, general liability insurance for homebuilding companies and their suppliers and subcontractors has become very difficult to obtain. The availability of general liability insurance has been limited due to a decreased number of insurance companies willing to underwrite for the industry. In addition, those few insurers willing to underwrite liability insurance have significantly increased the premium costs. We have been able to obtain general liability insurance but at higher premium costs with higher deductibles. We have been advised that a significant number of our subcontractors and suppliers have also had difficulty obtaining insurance that also provides us coverage. As a result, we introduced an owner controlled insurance program for certain of our subcontractors, whereby the subcontractors pay us an insurance premium (through a reduction of amounts we would otherwise owe such subcontractors for their work on our homes) based on the value of their services. We absorb the liability associated with their work on our homes as part of our overall general liability insurance at no additional cost to us because our existing general liability and construction defect insurance policy and related reserves for amounts under our deductible covers construction defects regardless of whether we or our subcontractors are responsible for the defect. For the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012 we received $1.0 million and $0.9 million, respectively, from subcontractors related to the owner controlled insurance program, which we accounted for as a reduction to inventory.

We accrue for warranty costs that are covered under our existing general liability and construction defect policy as part of our general liability insurance deductible. This accrual is expensed as selling, general, and administrative costs.  For homes delivered in fiscal 2013 and 2012, our deductible under our general liability insurance is $20 million per occurrence for construction defects and warranty claims.  For bodily injury claims, our deductible per occurrence in fiscal 2013 and 2012 is $0.25 million and $0.1 million, respectively, up to a $5 million limit.  Our aggregate retention in fiscal 2013 and 2012 is $21 million for construction defects, warranty and bodily injury claims.  In addition, we establish a warranty accrual for lower cost-related issues to cover home repairs, community amenities, and land development infrastructure that are not covered under our general liability and construction defect policy.  We accrue an estimate for these warranty costs as part of cost of sales at the time each home is closed and title and possession have been transferred to the homebuyer. Additions and charges in the warranty reserve and general liability reserve for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Balance, beginning of period	$	121,135		$	124,725		$	121,149		$	123,865
Additions – Selling, general and administrative		4,217			4,268			8,406			6,924
Additions – Cost of sales		3,516			4,224			6,311			10,158
Charges incurred during the period		(3,594	)		(9,637	)		(10,592	)		(17,367	)
Changes to pre-existing reserves		-			-			-			-
Balance, end of period	$	125,274		$	123,580		$	125,274		$	123,580

Warranty accruals are based upon historical experience.  We engage a third-party actuary that uses our historical warranty and construction defect data, worker’s compensation data, and other industry data to assist us in estimating our reserves for unpaid claims, claim adjustment expenses and incurred but not reported claims reserves for the risks that we are assuming under the general liability and workers compensation programs.  The estimates include provisions for inflation, claims handling, and legal fees.

Insurance claims paid by our insurance carriers, excluding insurance deductibles paid, were $7.5 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $8.5 million and $2.6 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, for prior year deliveries.

7.  We are involved in litigation arising in the ordinary course of business, none of which is expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations, and we are subject to extensive and complex regulations that affect the development and home building, sales and customer financing processes, including zoning, density, building standards and mortgage financing.  These regulations often provide broad discretion to the administering governmental authorities.  This can delay or increase the cost of development or homebuilding.

We also are subject to a variety of local, state, federal and foreign laws and regulations concerning protection of health and the environment.  The particular environmental laws that apply to any given community vary greatly according to the community site, the site’s environmental conditions and the present and former uses of the site.  These environmental laws may result in delays, may cause us to incur substantial compliance, remediation and/or other costs, and can prohibit or severely restrict development and homebuilding activity. 

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We received in October 2012 a notice from Region III of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) concerning stipulated penalties, totaling approximately $120,000, based on the extent to which we reportedly did not meet certain compliance performance specified in the previously reported consent decree entered into in August 2010; we have since paid the stipulated penalties as assessed.  Until terminated by court order, which can occur no sooner than three years from the date of its entry, the consent decree remains in effect and could give rise to additional assessments of stipulated penalties.  In October 2012, we also received notices from Region III of EPA concerning alleged violations of stormwater discharge permits, issued in 2010 pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act, at two projects in Maryland; we negotiated with the EPA two orders, which the EPA issued in February 2013, to resolve the violations.  One requires us to pay a penalty of $130,000, while the other obligates us to take certain measures to comply with those permits and detail the specific compliance measures we take, among other things; our obligations under the orders will not materially affect us.  

 In March 2013, we received a letter from the EPA requesting information about our involvement in a housing redevelopment project in Newark, New Jersey that a Company entity undertook during the 1990s. We understand that the development is in the vicinity of a former lead smelter and that recent tests on soil samples from properties within the development conducted by the EPA show elevated levels of lead. We also understand that the smelter operated before the City of Newark acquired properties, demolished structures existing on them, and sold the properties to the Company entity in connection with the redevelopment project. We responded to the EPA’s initial request and expect to receive an additional information request, to which we will also respond. The EPA’s investigation is in its early stages and we do not know what, if any, obligations the Company may have arising out of it beyond responding to the EPA’s requests for information.

We anticipate that increasingly stringent requirements will be imposed on developers and homebuilders in the future. Although we cannot predict the effect of these requirements, they could result in time-consuming and expensive compliance programs and in substantial expenditures, which could cause delays and increase our cost of operations. In addition, the continued effectiveness of permits already granted or approvals already obtained is dependent upon many factors, some of which are beyond our control, such as changes in policies, rules, and regulations and their interpretations and application. 

The Company is also involved in the following litigation:

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and K. Hovnanian Venture I, L.L.C. have been named as defendants in a class action suit. The action was filed by Mike D’Andrea and Tracy D’Andrea, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Gloucester County. The action was initially filed on May 8, 2006 alleging that the HVAC systems installed in certain of the Company’s homes are in violation of applicable New Jersey building codes and are a potential safety issue. On December 14, 2011, the Superior Court granted class certification; the potential class is 1,065 homes.  We filed a request to take an interlocutory appeal regarding the class certification decision. The Appellate Division denied the request, and we filed a request for interlocutory review by the New Jersey Supreme Court, which remanded the case back to the Appellate Division for a review on the merits of the appeal on May 8, 2012. The Appellate Division, on remand, heard oral arguments on December 4, 2012 reviewing the Superior Court’s original finding of class certification.  We anticipate a ruling from the Appellate Division on the issue of class certification within the next few months.  The plaintiff seeks unspecified damages as well as treble damages pursuant to the NJ Consumer Fraud Act.   The Company believes there is insurance coverage available to it for this action.  While we have determined that a loss related to this case is not probable, it is not possible to estimate a loss or range of loss related to this matter at this time given the class certification is still in review by the Appellate Division.  On December 19, 2011, certain subsidiaries of the Company filed a separate action seeking indemnification against the various manufactures and subcontractors implicated by the class action.

8.  Cash represents cash deposited in checking accounts. Cash equivalents includes certificates of deposit, Treasury Bills and government money market funds with maturities of 90 days or less when purchased.  Our cash balances are held at a few financial institutions and may, at times, exceed insurable amounts.  We believe we help to mitigate this risk by depositing our cash in major financial institutions.  

Restricted cash and cash equivalents on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, totaled to $49.5 million and $64.2 million as of April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively, which includes cash collateralizing our letter of credit agreements and facilities and is discussed in Note 10. Also included in this balance are homebuilding and financial services customers’ deposits of $5.7 million and $16.7 million at April 30, 2013, respectively, and $4.8 million and $22.5 million as of October 31, 2012, respectively, which are restricted from use by us. In addition, we previously collateralized our surety bonds with cash, but as of April 30, 2013 are no longer required to do so. The balance of this surety bond collateral was $6.2 million at October 31, 2012, which was in cash equivalents, the book value of which approximates fair value.  

Total Homebuilding Customers’ deposits are shown as a liability on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. These liabilities are significantly more than the applicable years’ escrow cash balances because, in some states, the deposits are not restricted from use and, in other states, we are able to release the majority of this escrow cash by pledging letters of credit and surety bonds.

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9.   Our mortgage banking subsidiary originates mortgage loans, primarily from the sale of our homes. Such mortgage loans are sold in the secondary mortgage market within a short period of time of origination. Mortgage loans held for sale consist primarily of single-family residential loans collateralized by the underlying property. We have elected the fair value option to record loans held for sale and therefore these loans are recorded at fair value with the changes in the value recognized in the Statements of Operations in “Revenues: Financial services.” We currently use forward sales of mortgage-backed securities, interest rate commitments from borrowers and mandatory and/or best efforts forward commitments to sell loans to investors to protect us from interest rate fluctuations. These short-term instruments, which do not require any payments to be made to the counterparty or investor in connection with the execution of the commitments, are recorded at fair value. Gains and losses on changes in the fair value are recognized in the Statements of Operations in “Revenues: Financial services”.

At April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively, $68.4 million and $104.6 million of mortgages held for sale were pledged against our mortgage warehouse lines of credit (see Note 10). We may incur losses with respect to mortgages that were previously sold that are delinquent and which had underwriting defects, but only to the extent the losses are not covered by mortgage insurance or resale value of the home. The reserves for these estimated losses are included in the “Financial services – Accounts payable and other liabilities” balances on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. We received 11 and 24 repurchase or make-whole inquiries during the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, respectively. We received 21 and 34 repurchase or make-whole inquiries during the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, respectively.

The activity in our loan origination reserves during the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Loan origination reserves, beginning of period	$	9,118		$	6,429		$	9,334		$	5,063
Provisions for losses during the period		709			724			1,335			2,388
Adjustments to pre-existing provisions for losses from changes in estimates		(61	)		(39	)		(253	)		53
Payments/settlements		-			(544	)		(650	)		(934	)
Loan origination reserves, end of period	$	9,766		$	6,570		$	9,766		$	6,570

10.  We have nonrecourse mortgages for a small number of our communities totaling $30.4 million at April 30, 2013, as well as our Corporate Headquarters totaling $18.3 million at April 30, 2013, which are secured by the related real property and any improvements. These loans have installment obligations with annual principal maturities in the years ending October 31 of approximately: $30.9 million in 2013, $1.1 million in 2014, $1.2 million in 2015, $1.3 million in 2016, $1.4 million in 2017 and $12.8 million after 2017. The interest rates on these obligations ranged from 4.25% to 10.0% at April 30, 2013.

We do not have a revolving credit facility. We have certain stand alone cash collateralized letter of credit agreements and facilities under which there were a total of $26.6 million and $29.5 million of letters of credit outstanding as of April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively. These agreements and facilities require us to maintain specified amounts of cash as collateral in segregated accounts to support the letters of credit issued thereunder, which will affect the amount of cash we have available for other uses. As of April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the amount of cash collateral in these segregated accounts was $27.0 million and $30.7 million, respectively, which is reflected in “Restricted cash” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Our wholly owned mortgage banking subsidiary, K. Hovnanian American Mortgage, LLC (“K. Hovnanian Mortgage”), originates mortgage loans primarily from the sale of our homes. Such mortgage loans and related servicing rights are sold in the secondary mortgage market within a short period of time. Our secured Master Repurchase Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase Master Repurchase Agreement”) is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50 million through January 17, 2014. 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 LIBOR rate, which was 0.19820% at April 30, 2013, subject to a floor of 1%, plus the applicable margin of 2.5%. Therefore, at April 30, 2013, the interest rate was 3.5%. As of April 30, 2013, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Chase Master Repurchase Agreement was $32.2 million.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has another secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Customers Bank (“Customers Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on May 28, 2013 to extend the maturity date to May 27, 2014, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $37.5 million through maturity. 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 LIBOR subject to a floor of 0.5% plus the applicable margin ranging from 3.0% to 5.5% based on the takeout investor and type of loan. As of April 30, 2013, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Customers Master Repurchase Agreement was $7.6 million.

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K. Hovnanian Mortgage has a third secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC (“Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on January 2, 2013, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through the earlier of (x) 364 days from receipt of a termination notice that is delivered by the lender on or before June 21, 2013 and (y) or June 20, 2014. To date, we have not received a notice of termination. 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 the Credit Suisse Cost of Funds, which was 0.54% at April 30, 2013, plus the applicable margin ranging from 3.75% to 4.0% based on the takeout investor and type of loan. As of April 30, 2013, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement was $26.2 million.

The Chase Master Repurchase Agreement, Customers Master Repurchase Agreement and Credit Suisse 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 of 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 agreement, we do not consider any of these covenants to be substantive or material. As of April 30, 2013, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Master Repurchase Agreements.

11. As of April 30, 2013, we had $992.0 million of outstanding senior secured notes ($978.0 million, net of discount), comprised of $577.0 million 7.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2020 (the “First Lien Notes”), $220.0 million 9.125% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2020 (the “Second Lien Notes” and, together with the First Lien Notes, the “2020 Secured Notes”), $53.2 million 2.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “2.0% 2021 Notes”) and $141.8 million 5.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “5.0% 2021 Notes” and together with the 2.0% 2021 Notes, the “2021 Notes”).  As of April 30, 2013, we also had $460.6 million of outstanding senior notes ($459.0 million, net of discount), comprised of $36.7 million 6.5% Senior Notes due 2014, $3.0 million 6.375% Senior Notes due 2014, $21.4 million 6.25% Senior Notes due 2015, $131.2 million 6.25% Senior Notes due 2016, $86.5 million 7.5% Senior Notes due 2016, $121.0 million 8.625% Senior Notes due 2017 and $60.8 million 11.875% Senior Notes due 2015. In addition, as of April 30, 2013, we had outstanding $23.1 million 11.0% Senior Amortizing Notes due 2017 (issued as a component of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units and discussed below in Note 13), $64.9 million Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2017 (issued as a component of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units and discussed below in Note 13) and $4.2 million 7.25% Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes (issued as part of our 7.25% Tangible Equity Units and discussed below in Note 12). Except for K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (“K. Hovnanian”), the issuer of the notes, our home mortgage subsidiaries, joint ventures and subsidiaries holding interests in our joint ventures, certain of our title insurance subsidiaries and our foreign subsidiary, we and each of our subsidiaries are guarantors of the senior secured, senior, senior amortizing, senior exchangeable and senior subordinated amortizing notes outstanding at April 30, 2013 (see Note 23).  In addition, the 2021 Notes are guaranteed by K. Hovnanian JV Holdings, L.L.C. and its subsidiaries except for certain joint ventures and joint venture holding companies (collectively, the “Secured Group”). Members of the Secured Group do not guarantee K. Hovnanian's other indebtedness.  

The First Lien Notes are secured by a first-priority lien and the Second Lien Notes are secured by a second-priority lien, in each case, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, on substantially all the assets owned by Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., K. Hovnanian and the guarantors of such notes. At April 30, 2013, the aggregate book value of the real property that would constitute collateral securing the 2020 Secured Notes was approximately $560.0 million, which does not include the impact of inventory investments, home deliveries, or impairments thereafter and which may differ from the value if it were appraised. In addition, cash collateral that would secure the 2020 Secured Notes was $230.6 million as of April 30, 2013, which includes $27.0 million of restricted cash collateralizing certain letters of credit. Subsequent to such date, cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments.

The guarantees with respect to the 2021 Notes of the Secured Group are secured, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, by a first-priority lien on substantially all of the assets of the members of the Secured Group. As of April 30, 2013, the collateral securing the guarantees included (1) $31.8 million of cash and cash equivalents and (2) equity interests in guarantors that are members of the Secured Group.  Subsequent to such date, cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments. The aggregate book value of the real property of the Secured Group collateralizing the 2021 Notes was approximately $80.5 million as of April 30, 2013 (not including the impact of inventory investments, home deliveries, or impairments thereafter and which may differ from the appraised value).  Members of the Secured Group also own equity in joint ventures, either directly or indirectly through ownership of joint venture holding companies, with a book value of $43.9 million as of April 30, 2013; this equity is not pledged to secure, and is not collateral for, the 2021 Notes. Members of the Secured Group are “unrestricted subsidiaries” under K. Hovnanian's other senior notes, senior secured notes and senior subordinated amortizing notes, and thus have not guaranteed such indebtedness. 

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The indentures governing our notes do not contain any financial maintenance covenants, but do contain restrictive covenants that limit, among other things, the Company’s ability and that of certain of its subsidiaries, including K. Hovnanian, to incur additional indebtedness (other than certain permitted indebtedness, refinancing indebtedness and non-recourse indebtedness), pay dividends and make distributions on common and preferred stock, repurchase subordinated indebtedness (with respect to certain of the senior secured notes), make other restricted payments, make investments, sell certain assets, incur liens, consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all assets and enter into certain transactions with affiliates.  The indentures also contain events of default which would permit the holders of the notes to declare the notes to be immediately due and payable if not cured within applicable grace periods, including the failure to make timely payments on the notes or other material indebtedness, the failure to comply with agreements and covenants and specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency and, with respect to the indentures governing the senior secured notes, the failure of the documents granting security for the senior secured notes to be in full force and effect and the failure of the liens on any material portion of the collateral securing the senior secured notes to be valid and perfected. As of April 30, 2013, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants of the indentures governing our outstanding notes.

Under the terms of the indentures, we have the right to make certain redemptions and, depending on market conditions and covenant restrictions, may do so from time to time. We also continue to evaluate our capital structure and may also continue to make debt purchases and/or exchanges for debt or equity from time to time through tender offers, open market purchases, private transactions, or otherwise or seek to raise additional debt or equity capital, depending on market conditions and covenant restrictions.

If our consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined in the indentures governing our senior secured and senior notes (other than the Senior Exchangeable Notes discussed in Note 13 below), is less than 2.0 to 1.0, we are restricted from making certain payments, including dividends, and from incurring indebtedness other than certain permitted indebtedness, refinancing indebtedness, and non-recourse indebtedness. As a result of this restriction, we are currently restricted from paying dividends, which are not cumulative, on our 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock. If current market trends continue or worsen, we will continue to be restricted from paying dividends for the foreseeable future.  Our inability to pay dividends is in accordance with covenant restrictions and will not result in a default under our bond indentures or otherwise affect compliance with any of the covenants contained in the bond indentures.

During the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, we repurchased in open market and privately negotiated transactions $15.2 million and $21.0 million, respectively, principal amount of our 6.25% Senior Notes due 2016 and $22.8 million and $61.1 million, respectively, principal amount of 7.50% Senior Notes due 2016. In addition, during the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we repurchased, $37.4 million principal amount of 8.625% Senior Notes due 2017. The aggregate purchase price for these repurchases was $51.7 million and $70.7 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, plus accrued and unpaid interest.  These repurchases resulted in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $23.3 million and $48.0 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, net of the write-off of unamortized discounts and fees. The gain is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on extinguishment of debt”. Certain of these repurchases were funded with the proceeds from our April 11, 2012 issuance of 25,000,000 shares of our Class A Common Stock (see Note 16).

During the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we also purchased pursuant to agreements with bondholders, $9.1 million aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 8.625% Senior Notes due 2017 in exchange for Class A Common Stock, as discussed in Note 16. These transactions resulted in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $3.5 million for the three months ended April 30, 2012. The gain is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on extinguishment of debt”.

12. On February 9, 2011, we issued an aggregate of 3,000,000 7.25% Tangible Equity Units (the “TEUs”), and on February 14, 2011, we issued an additional 450,000 TEUs pursuant to the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters. Each TEU initially consists of (i) a prepaid stock purchase contract (each a “Purchase Contract”) and (ii) a senior subordinated amortizing note due February 15, 2014 (each, a “Senior Subordinated Amortizing Note”).  As of April 30, 2013, we had an aggregate principal amount of $4.2 million Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes outstanding. On each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, K. Hovnanian will pay holders of the Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes equal quarterly cash installments of $0.453125 per Senior Subordinated Amortizing Note, which cash payments in the aggregate will be equivalent to 7.25% per year with respect to each $25 stated amount of TEUs. Each installment constitutes a payment of interest (at a rate of 12.072% per annum) and a partial repayment of principal on the Senior Subordinated Amortizing Note, allocated as set forth in the amortization schedule provided in the indenture under which the Amortizing Notes were issued.  The Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes have a scheduled final installment payment date of February 15, 2014. If we elect to settle the Purchase Contracts early, holders of the Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes will have the right to require K. Hovnanian to repurchase such holders’ Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes, except in certain circumstances as described in the indenture governing Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes.

Unless settled earlier, on February 15, 2014 (subject to postponement under certain circumstances), each Purchase Contract will automatically settle and we will deliver a number of shares of Class A Common Stock based on the applicable market value, as defined in the purchase contract agreement, which will be between 4.7655 shares and 5.8140 shares per Purchase Contract (subject to adjustment). Each TEU may be separated into its constituent Purchase Contract and Senior Subordinated Amortizing Note after the initial issuance date of the TEUs, and the separate components may be combined to create a TEU. The Senior Subordinated Amortizing Note component of the TEUs is recorded as debt, and the Purchase Contract component of the TEUs is recorded in equity as additional paid in capital. We have recorded $68.1 million, the initial fair value of the Purchase Contracts, as additional paid in capital. As of April 30, 2013, 2.2 million Purchase Contracts had been converted into 10.4 million shares of our Class A Common Stock. There were no Purchase Contracts converted into common stock during the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 0.6 million Purchase Contracts converted into 2.7 million shares of our Class A Common Stock during the six months ended April 30, 2013.

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During the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we purchased pursuant to agreements with bondholders $3.1 million aggregate principal amount of our Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes in exchange for Class A Common Stock, as discussed in Note 16.  These transactions resulted in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $0.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2012. The gain is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on extinguishment of debt”.

13. On October 2, 2012, the Company and K. Hovnanian issued $100,000,000 aggregate stated amount of 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units (the “Units”) (equivalent to 100,000 Units).  Each $1,000 stated amount of Units initially consists of (1) a zero coupon senior exchangeable note due December 1, 2017 (a “Senior Exchangeable Note”) issued by K. Hovnanian, which bears no cash interest and has an initial principal amount of $768.51 per Exchangeable Note, and that will accrete to $1,000 at maturity and (2) a senior amortizing note due December 1, 2017 (the “Senior Amortizing Note”) issued by K. Hovnanian, which has an initial principal amount of $231.49 per Senior Amortizing Note, bears interest at a rate of 11.0% per annum, and has a final installment payment date of December 1, 2017. Each Unit may be separated into its constituent Senior Exchangeable Note and Senior Amortizing Note after the initial issuance date of the Units, and the separate components may be combined to create a Unit.

Each Senior Exchangeable Note had an initial principal amount of $768.51 (which will accrete to $1,000 over the term of the Senior Exchangeable Note at an annual rate of 5.17% from the date of issuance, calculated on a semi-annual bond equivalent yield basis).  Holders may exchange their Senior Exchangeable Notes at their option at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day immediately preceding December 1, 2017.  Each Senior Exchangeable Note will be exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock at an initial exchange rate of 185.5288 shares of Class A Common Stock per Senior Exchangeable Note (equivalent to an initial exchange price, based on $1,000 principal amount at maturity, of approximately $5.39 per share of Class A Common Stock).  The exchange rate will be subject to adjustment in certain events.  Following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date, the Company will increase the applicable exchange rate for any holder who elects to exchange its Senior Exchangeable Notes in connection with such corporate event.  In addition, holders of Senior Exchangeable Notes will also have the right to require K. Hovnanian to repurchase such holders’ Senior Exchangeable Notes upon the occurrence of certain of these corporate events.

On each June 1 and December 1 commencing on June 1, 2013 (each, an “installment payment date”) K. Hovnanian will pay holders of Senior Amortizing Notes equal semi-annual cash installments of $30.00 per Senior Amortizing Note (except for the June 1, 2013 installment payment, which will be $39.83 per Senior Amortizing Note), which cash payment in the aggregate will be equivalent to 6.0% per year with respect to each $1,000 stated amount of Units.  Each installment will constitute a payment of interest (at a rate of 11.0% per annum) and a partial repayment of principal on the Senior Amortizing Note. Following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date, holders of the Senior Amortizing Notes will have the right to require K. Hovnanian to repurchase such holders’ Senior Amortizing Notes. As of April 30, 2013, 18.3 million Senior Exchangeable Notes have been converted into 3.4 million shares of our Class A Common Stock, all of which were converted during the first quarter of fiscal 2013 (there were no Senior Exchangeable Notes converted to common stock during the three months ended April 30, 2013).

14. Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) (the “numerator”) by the weighted-average number of common shares, adjusted for non-vested shares of restricted stock (the “denominator”) for the period.  The basic weighted-average number of shares for the three months ended April 30, 2013 includes 6.1 million shares related to Purchase Contracts (issued as part of our 7.25% Tangible Equity Units) which are issuable in the future with no additional cash required to be paid by the holders thereof. This number of shares represents the minimum number of shares that will, under all circumstances, be issuable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts. As discussed previously in Note 12, the actual number of shares of Class A Common Stock we may issue upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts will be between 4.7655 shares (which is the minimum settlement rate) and 5.8140 shares (which is the maximum settlement rate) per Purchase Contract (in each case, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments) based on the applicable market value, as defined in the purchase contract agreement governing the Purchase Contracts, of our Class A Common Stock. Computing diluted earnings per share is similar to computing basic earnings per share, except that the denominator is increased to include the dilutive effects of options and non-vested shares of restricted stock, as well as common shares issuable upon exchange of our Senior Exchangeable Notes issued as part of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units.  Any options that have an exercise price greater than the average market price are considered to be anti-dilutive and are excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation.  

All outstanding nonvested shares that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents that participate in undistributed earnings with common stock are considered participating securities and are included in computing earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. The two class method is an earnings allocation formula that determines earnings per share for each class of common stock and participating securities according to dividends or dividend equivalents and participation rights in undistributed earnings. The Company’s restricted common stock (“nonvested shares”) are considered participating securities.

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  Basic and diluted earnings per share for the periods presented below were calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands, except per share data)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Numerator:
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Hovnanian	$	1,318		$	1,802		$	(9,990	)	$	(16,463	)
Less: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares		(2	)		(3	)		-			-
Numerator for basic earnings per share		1,316			1,799			(9,990	)		(16,463	)
Plus: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares		2			3
Less: undistributed earnings reallocated to nonvested shares		(2	)		(3	)		-			-
Numerator for diluted earnings per share	$	1,316		$	1,799		$	(9,990	)	$	(16,463	)
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share		145,948			116,021			144,373			112,338
Effect of dilutive securities:
Share based payments		1,283			96			-			-
Denominator for diluted earnings per share – weighted average shares outstanding		147,231			116,117			144,373			112,338
Basic earnings (loss) per share	$	0.01		$	0.02		$	(0.07	)	$	(0.15	)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	0.01		$	0.02		$	(0.07	)	$	(0.15	)

Incremental shares attributed to non-vested stock and outstanding options to purchase common stock of 1.4 million and 0.06 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because we had a net loss for the period, and any incremental shares would not be dilutive. Also, for the six months ended April 30, 2013, 16.5 million shares of common stock issuable upon the exchange of our senior exchangeable notes were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because we had a net loss for the period.

In addition, shares related to out-of-the money stock options that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share were 1.3 million and 2.6 million for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, because to do so would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented.

15.  On July 12, 2005, we issued 5,600 shares of 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock, with a liquidation preference of $25,000.  Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are not cumulative and are payable at an annual rate of 7.625%.  The Series A Preferred Stock is not convertible into the Company’s common stock and is redeemable in whole or in part at our option at the liquidation preference of the shares.  The Series A Preferred Stock is traded as depositary shares, with each depositary share representing 1/1000th of a share of Series A Preferred Stock.  The depositary shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “HOVNP”. During the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, we did not make any dividend payments on the Series A Preferred Stock as a result of covenant restrictions in certain of our indentures.

16. Each share of Class A Common Stock entitles its holder to one vote per share, and each share of Class B Common Stock generally entitles its holder to ten votes per share. The amount of any regular cash dividend payable on a share of Class A Common Stock will be an amount equal to 110% of the corresponding regular cash dividend payable on a share of Class B Common Stock. If a shareholder desires to sell shares of Class B Common Stock, such stock must be converted into shares of Class A Common Stock.

On March 12, 2013, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2013 Annual Meeting”) at which the Company’s shareholders approved an increase in the Company’s authorized common stock from 200,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), to 400,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and from 30,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), to 60,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

On April 11, 2012, we issued 25,000,000 shares of our Class A Common Stock at a price of $2.00 per share, resulting in net proceeds of $47.3 million. The net proceeds of the issuance, along with cash on hand, were used to purchase $75.4 million principal amount of our senior notes, as discussed in Note 11.

Pursuant to agreements with bondholders, during the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we also issued an aggregate of 3,064,330 shares of our Class A Common Stock in exchange for approximately $12.2 million of our outstanding indebtedness, consisting of $9.1 million aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 8.625% Senior Notes due 2017 and approximately $3.1 million aggregate principal amount of our 12.072% senior subordinated amortizing notes (the “exchanges”). The exchanges were effected with existing bondholders, without any underwriters, and no commission or other remuneration was paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting such exchanges. The exchanges resulted in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $3.7 million for the three months ended April 30, 2012. The gain is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on extinguishment of debt”.

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On August 4, 2008, our Board of Directors adopted a shareholder rights plan (the “Rights Plan”) designed to preserve shareholder value and the value of certain tax assets primarily associated with net operating loss carryforwards (NOL) and built-in losses under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. Our ability to use NOLs and built-in losses would be limited if there was an “ownership change” under Section 382. This would occur if shareholders owning (or deemed under Section 382 to own) 5% or more of our stock increase their collective ownership of the aggregate amount of our outstanding shares by more than 50 percentage points over a defined period of time. The Rights Plan was adopted to reduce the likelihood of an “ownership change” occurring as defined by Section 382. Under the Rights Plan, one right was distributed for each share of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock outstanding as of the close of business on August 15, 2008. Effective August 15, 2008, if any person or group acquires 4.9% or more of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock without the approval of the Board of Directors, there would be a triggering event causing significant dilution in the voting power of such person or group. However, existing stockholders who owned, at the time of the Rights Plan’s adoption, 4.9% or more of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock will trigger a dilutive event only if they acquire additional shares. The approval of the Board of Directors’ decision to adopt the Rights Plan may be terminated by the Board at any time, prior to the Rights being triggered. The Rights Plan will continue in effect until August 15, 2018, unless it expires earlier in accordance with its terms. The approval of the Board of Directors’ decision to adopt the Rights Plan was submitted to a stockholder vote and approved at a special meeting of stockholders held on December 5, 2008. Also at the Special Meeting on December 5, 2008, our stockholders approved an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to restrict certain transfers of Class A Common Stock in order to preserve the tax treatment of our NOLs and built-in losses under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. Subject to certain exceptions pertaining to pre-existing 5% stockholders and Class B stockholders, the transfer restrictions in the amended Certificate of Incorporation generally restrict any direct or indirect transfer (such as transfers of our stock that result from the transfer of interests in other entities that own our stock) if the effect would be to (i) increase the direct or indirect ownership of our stock by any person (or public group) from less than 5% to 5% or more of our common stock; (ii) increase the percentage of our common stock owned directly or indirectly by a person (or public group) owning or deemed to own 5% or more of our common stock; or (iii) create a new public group. Transfers included under the transfer restrictions include sales to persons (or public groups) whose resulting percentage ownership (direct or indirect) of common stock would exceed the 5% thresholds discussed above, or to persons whose direct or indirect ownership of common stock would by attribution cause another person (or public group) to exceed such threshold.

On July 3, 2001, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program to purchase up to 4 million shares of Class A Common Stock.  There were no shares purchased during the three and six months ended April 30, 2013.  As of April 30, 2013, approximately 3.5 million shares of Class A Common Stock have been purchased under this program.

17. The total income tax benefit was $12.1 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 primarily due to the release of reserves for a federal tax position that was settled with the Internal Revenue Service and a favorable state tax audit settlement, offset slightly by state tax expenses.

Deferred federal and state income tax assets primarily represent the deferred tax benefits arising from temporary differences between book and tax income which will be recognized in future years as an offset against future taxable income. If the combination of future years’ income (or loss) and the reversal of the timing differences results in a loss, such losses can be carried forward to future years. In accordance with ASC 740, we evaluate our deferred tax assets quarterly to determine if valuation allowances are required.  ASC 740 requires that companies assess whether valuation allowances should be established based on the consideration of all available evidence using a “more likely than not” standard.  Because of the downturn in the homebuilding industry, resulting in significant inventory and intangible impairments in prior years, we are in a three-year cumulative loss position as of April 30, 2013.  According to ASC 740, a three-year cumulative loss is significant negative evidence in considering whether deferred tax assets are realizable.  Our valuation allowance for deferred taxes amounted to $941.8 million and $937.9 million at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively.  The valuation allowance increased slightly during the six months ended April 30, 2013 as compared to the prior period primarily due to additional valuation allowance recorded for the federal and state tax benefits related to the losses incurred during the period.

18.  Our operating segments are components of our business for which discrete financial information is available and reviewed regularly by the chief operating decision-maker, our Chief Executive Officer, to evaluate performance and make operating decisions.  Based on this criteria, each of our communities qualifies as an operating segment, and therefore, it is impractical to provide segment disclosures for this many segments.  As such, we have aggregated the homebuilding operating segments into six reportable segments.

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Our homebuilding operating segments are aggregated into reportable segments based primarily upon geographic proximity, similar regulatory environments, land acquisition characteristics and similar methods used to construct and sell homes.  The Company’s reportable segments consist of the following six homebuilding segments and a financial services segment:

Homebuilding:

 (1) Northeast (New Jersey and Pennsylvania)

 (2) Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington D.C.)

 (3) Midwest (Illinois, Minnesota and Ohio)

 (4) Southeast (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina)

 (5) Southwest (Arizona and Texas)

 (6) West (California)

Financial Services

Operations of the Company’s Homebuilding segments primarily include the sale and construction of single-family attached and detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, urban infill and active adult homes in planned residential developments.  In addition, from time to time, operations of the homebuilding segments include sales of land.  Operations of the Company’s Financial Services segment include mortgage banking and title services provided to the homebuilding operations’ customers.  We do not retain or service mortgages that we originate but rather sell the mortgages and related servicing rights to investors.

Corporate and unallocated primarily represents operations at our headquarters in Red Bank, New Jersey.  This includes our executive offices, information services, human resources, corporate accounting, training, treasury, process redesign, internal audit, construction services, and administration of insurance, quality, and safety.  It also includes interest income and interest expense resulting from interest incurred that cannot be capitalized in inventory in the Homebuilding segments, as well as the gains or losses on extinguishment of debt from debt repurchases.

Evaluation of segment performance is based primarily on operating earnings from continuing operations before provision for income taxes (“(Loss) income before income taxes”).  (Loss) income before income taxes for the Homebuilding segments consists of revenues generated from the sales of homes and land, (loss) income from unconsolidated entities, management fees and other income, less the cost of homes and land sold, selling, general and administrative expenses, interest expense and non-controlling interest expense.  Income before income taxes for the Financial Services segment consists of revenues generated from mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services, less the cost of such services and certain selling, general and administrative expenses incurred by the Financial Services segment.

Operational results of each segment are not necessarily indicative of the results that would have occurred had the segment been an independent stand-alone entity during the periods presented.

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Financial information relating to the Company’s segment operations was as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Revenues:
Northeast	$	54,236		$	51,775		$	109,071		$	93,307
Mid-Atlantic		58,405			64,776			111,124			119,171
Midwest		39,393			23,631			71,726			41,829
Southeast		37,192			36,346			66,153			56,555
Southwest		161,813			114,716			293,437			206,540
West		61,326			42,011			107,429			78,763
Total homebuilding		412,365			333,255			758,940			596,165
Financial services		10,682			8,513			22,341			15,203
Corporate and unallocated		(49	)		(70	)		(72	)		(71	)
Total revenues	$	422,998		$	341,698		$	781,209		$	611,297
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Northeast	$	(4,651	)	$	(125	)	$	(9,538	)	$	(5,773	)
Mid-Atlantic		3,344			5,058			4,269			7,669
Midwest		2,279			(91	)		3,479			(1,247	)
Southeast		2,719			(3,876	)		3,309			(6,733	)
Southwest		16,538			8,235			24,641			12,785
West		2,422			(2,948	)		1,327			(3,920	)
Homebuilding income before income taxes		22,651			6,253			27,487			2,781
Financial services		3,545			3,150			7,776			4,663
Corporate and unallocated		(27,461	)		(7,065	)		(57,330	)		(22,668	)
(Loss) income before income taxes	$	(1,265	)	$	2,338		$	(22,067	)	$	(15,224	)

(In thousands)	April 30, 2013		October 31, 2012
Assets:
Northeast	$	367,882	$	396,073
Mid-Atlantic		210,881		200,969
Midwest		81,338		73,305
Southeast		91,953		90,132
Southwest		289,577		235,367
West		127,269		143,851
Total homebuilding		1,168,900		1,139,697
Financial services		112,800		164,634
Corporate and unallocated		337,187		379,919
Total assets	$	1,618,887	$	1,684,250

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19.  The Company enters into land and lot option purchase contracts to procure land or lots for the construction of homes. Under these contracts, the Company will fund a stated deposit in consideration for the right, but not the obligation, to purchase land or lots at a future point in time with predetermined terms. Under the terms of the option purchase contracts, many of the option deposits are not refundable at the Company's discretion.  Under the requirements of ASC 810, certain option purchase contracts may result in the creation of a variable interest in the entity (“VIE”) that owns the land parcel under option.

In compliance with ASC 810, the Company analyzes its option purchase contracts to determine whether the corresponding land sellers are VIEs and, if so, whether the Company is the primary beneficiary. Although the Company does not have legal title to the underlying land, ASC 810 requires the Company to consolidate a VIE if the Company is determined to be the primary beneficiary. In determining whether it is the primary beneficiary, the Company considers, among other things, whether it has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance. Such activities would include, among other things, determining or limiting the scope or purpose of the VIE, selling or transferring property owned or controlled by the VIE, or arranging financing for the VIE. The Company also considers whether it has the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE. As a result of its analyses, the Company determined that, as of April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, it was not the primary beneficiary of any VIEs from which it is purchasing land under option purchase contracts.

We will continue to secure land and lots using options, some of which are with VIEs. Including deposits on our unconsolidated VIEs, at April 30, 2013, we had total cash and letters of credit deposits amounting to approximately $64.0 million to purchase land and lots with a total purchase price of $864.6 million.  The maximum exposure to loss with respect to our land and lot options is limited to the deposits, although some deposits are refundable at our request or refundable if certain conditions are not met.

20.  We enter into homebuilding and land development joint ventures from time to time as a means of accessing lot positions, expanding our market opportunities, establishing strategic alliances, managing our risk profile, leveraging our capital base and enhancing returns on capital.  Our homebuilding joint ventures are generally entered into with third-party investors to develop land and construct homes that are sold directly to third-party homebuyers.  Our land development joint ventures include those entered into with developers and other homebuilders as well as financial investors to develop finished lots for sale to the joint venture’s members or other third parties.

The tables set forth below summarize the combined financial information related to our unconsolidated homebuilding and land development joint ventures that are accounted for under the equity method.

(Dollars in thousands)	April 30, 2013
	Homebuilding			Land Development		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	31,821		$	142	$	31,963
Inventories		140,007			13,329		153,336
Other assets		9,241			5		9,246
Total assets	$	181,069		$	13,476	$	194,545
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	18,090		$	5,436	$	23,526
Notes payable		60,285			-		60,285
Total liabilities		78,375			5,436		83,811
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.		43,828			2,697		46,525
Others		58,866			5,343		64,209
Total equity		102,694			8,040		110,734
Total liabilities and equity	$	181,069		$	13,476	$	194,545
Debt to capitalization ratio		37	%		0%		35	%

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(Dollars in thousands)	October 31, 2012
	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	29,657		$	1,686		$	31,343
Inventories		177,170			14,853			192,023
Other assets		12,886			5			12,891
Total assets	$	219,713		$	16,544		$	236,257
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	24,651		$	12,233		$	36,884
Notes payable		79,675			-			79,675
Total liabilities		104,326			12,233			116,559
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.		45,285			794			46,079
Others		70,102			3,517			73,619
Total equity		115,387			4,311			119,698
Total liabilities and equity	$	219,713		$	16,544		$	236,257
Debt to capitalization ratio		41	%		0	%		40	%

As of April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, we had advances outstanding of approximately $6.3 million and $15.0 million, respectively, to these unconsolidated joint ventures, which were included in the “Accounts payable and accrued liabilities” balances in the tables above.  On our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets our “Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures” amounted to $52.8 million and $61.1 million at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively.  In some cases, our net investment in these joint ventures is less than our proportionate share of the equity reflected in the tables above because of the differences between asset impairments recorded against our joint venture investments and any impairments recorded in the applicable joint venture.  Impairments of our joint venture equity investments are recorded when we deem a decline in fair value to be other than temporary while impairments recorded in the joint ventures are recorded when undiscounted cash flows of the community indicate that the carrying amount is not recoverable.  During fiscal 2012 and the first six months of fiscal 2013, we did not write down any joint venture investments based on our determination that none of the investments in our joint ventures sustained an other than temporary impairment during those periods.

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	74,423		$	1,661		$	76,084
Cost of sales and expenses		(70,826	)		(1,506	)		(72,332	)
Joint venture net income	$	3,597		$	155		$	3,752
Our share of net income	$	807		$	78		$	885

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	78,534		$	2,727		$	81,261
Cost of sales and expenses		(73,792	)		(1,381	)		(75,173	)
Joint venture net income	$	4,742		$	1,346		$	6,088
Our share of net income	$	1,035		$	633		$	1,668

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	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	134,566		$	9,475		$	144,041
Cost of sales and expenses		(127,115	)		(4,455	)		(131,570	)
Joint venture net income	$	7,451		$	5,020		$	12,471
Our share of net income	$	716		$	2,510		$	3,226

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	131,131		$	6,083		$	137,214
Cost of sales and expenses		(126,487	)		(4,585	)		(131,072	)
Joint venture net income	$	4,644		$	1,498		$	6,142
Our share of net income	$	984		$	749		$	1,733

“Income from unconsolidated joint ventures” is reflected as a separate line item in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and reflects our proportionate share of the income or loss of these unconsolidated homebuilding and land development joint ventures.  The difference between our share of the loss or income from these unconsolidated joint ventures disclosed in the tables above compared to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, is due to the reclassification of the intercompany portion of management fee income from certain joint ventures and the deferral of income for lots purchased by us from certain joint ventures. To compensate us for the administrative services we provide as the manager of certain joint ventures, we receive a management fee based on a percentage of the applicable joint venture’s revenues. These management fees, which totaled $2.7 million and $3.5 million, for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $5.5 million and $5.9 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, are recorded in “Homebuilding-Selling, general and administrative” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

In determining whether or not we must consolidate joint ventures where we are the manager of the joint venture, we assess whether the other partners have specific rights to overcome the presumption of control by us as the manager of the joint venture.  In most cases, the presumption is overcome because the joint venture agreements require that both partners agree on establishing the operations and capital decisions of the partnership, including budgets in the ordinary course of business.

Typically, our unconsolidated joint ventures obtain separate project-specific mortgage financing. The amount of financing is generally targeted to be no more than 50% of the joint venture’s total assets.  For our more recent joint ventures, obtaining financing has become challenging, therefore, some of our joint ventures are capitalized only with equity. However, for one of our most recent joint ventures, a portion of our partner's contribution was in the form of mortgage financing. Including the impact of impairments recorded by the joint ventures, the average debt to capitalization ratio of all our joint ventures is currently 35%. Any joint venture financing is on a nonrecourse basis, with guarantees from us limited only to performance and completion of development, environmental warranties and indemnification, standard indemnification for fraud, misrepresentation and other similar actions, including a voluntary bankruptcy filing.  In some instances, the joint venture entity is considered a VIE under ASC 810-10 "Consolidation – Overall" due to the returns being capped to the equity holders; however, in these instances, we are not the primary beneficiary, and therefore we do not consolidate these entities.

21.  As of April 30, 2013, there were no pending accounting pronouncements applicable to the Company.

22.  ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”, provides a framework for measuring fair value, expands disclosures about fair-value measurements and establishes a fair-value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value summarized as follows:

Level 1                      Fair value determined based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.

Level 2                      Fair value determined using significant other observable inputs.

Level 3                      Fair value determined using significant unobservable inputs.

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 Our financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below:

(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Fair Value at April 30, 2013			Fair Value at October 31, 2012
Mortgage loans held for sale (1)	Level 2	$	86,543		$	116,912
Interest rate lock commitments	Level 2		264			(8	)
Forward contracts	Level 2		(1,344	)		120
		$	85,463		$	117,024

(1)  The aggregate unpaid principal balance was $82.2 million and $113.8 million at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively.

We elected the fair value option for our loans held for sale for mortgage loans originated subsequent to October 31, 2008 in accordance with ASC 825, “Financial Instruments”, which permits us to measure financial instruments at fair value on a contract-by-contract basis.  Management believes that the election of the fair value option for loans held for sale improves financial reporting by mitigating volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring the fair value of the loans and the derivative instruments used to economically hedge them without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions.  In addition, the fair value of servicing rights is included in the Company’s loans held for sale as of April 30, 2013.  Fair value of the servicing rights is determined based on values in the Company’s servicing sales contracts.  Fair value of loans held for sale is based on independent quoted market prices, where available, or the prices for other mortgage whole loans with similar characteristics.

The Financial Services segment had a pipeline of loan applications in process of $496.5 million at April 30, 2013.  Loans in process for which interest rates were committed to the borrowers totaled approximately $54.6 million as of April 30, 2013. Substantially all of these commitments were for periods of 60 days or less. Since a portion of these commitments is expected to expire without being exercised by the borrowers, the total commitments do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

The Financial Services segment uses investor commitments and forward sales of mandatory mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) to hedge its mortgage-related interest rate exposure.  These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk.  Credit risk is managed by entering into MBS forward commitments, option contracts with investment banks, federally regulated bank affiliates and loan sales transactions with permanent investors meeting the segment’s credit standards.  The segment’s risk, in the event of default by the purchaser, is the difference between the contract price and fair value of the MBS forward commitments and option contracts.  At April 30, 2013, the segment had open commitments amounting to $9.0 million to sell MBS with varying settlement dates through May 21, 2013.

The assets accounted for using the fair value option are initially measured at fair value.  Gains and losses from initial measurement and subsequent changes in fair value are recognized in the Financial Services segment’s income. The changes in fair values that are included in income are shown, by financial instrument and financial statement line item, below:

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	Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	$	1,776	$	480	$	(1,668	)

	Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	$	(51	)	$	(4	)	$	(136	)

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	$	738	$	272	$	(1,464	)

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	$	(446	)	$	(9	)	$	482

The Company’s assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are those assets for which the Company has recorded valuation adjustments and write-offs during the periods presented.  The assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are all within the Company’s Homebuilding operations and are summarized below:

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Non-financial Assets

		Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$	2,348	$	(910	)	$	1,438
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$	-	$	-		$	-

		Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$	4,550	$	(2,011	)	$	2,539
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$	180	$	(91	)	$	89

		Six Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$	5,243	$	(1,478	)	$	3,765
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$	485	$	(19	)	$	466

		Six Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$	6,978	$	(2,715	)	$	4,263
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$	16,496	$	(2,528	)	$	13,968

We record impairment losses on inventories related to communities under development and held for future development when events and circumstances indicate that they may be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than their related carrying amounts.  If the expected undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount, then the community is written down to its fair value.  We estimate the fair value of each impaired community by determining the present value of its estimated future cash flows at a discount rate commensurate with the risk of the respective community. Should the estimates or expectations used in determining cash flows or fair value decrease or differ from current estimates in the future, we may be required to recognize additional impairments.  We recorded inventory impairments, which are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as “Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs” and deducted from Inventory of $0.9 million and $2.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $1.5 million and $5.2 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  See Note 5 for a further discussion of communities evaluated for impairment.

The fair value of our cash equivalents and restricted cash approximates their carrying amount, based on Level 1 inputs.

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The fair value of each series of the senior unsecured notes (other than the senior exchangeable notes) and senior subordinated amortizing notes is estimated based on recent trades or quoted market prices for the same issues or based on recent trades or quoted market prices for our debt of similar security and maturity to achieve comparable yields, which are Level 2 measurements.  The fair value of the senior unsecured notes (all series in the aggregate), other than the senior exchangeable notes and senior amortizing notes, and senior subordinated amortizing notes, was estimated at $488.5 million and $4.7 million, respectively, as of April 30, 2013.  As of October 31, 2012 the fair value of the senior unsecured notes (all series in the aggregate), other than the senior exchangeable notes and the senior amortizing notes and senior subordinated amortizing notes, was estimated at $448.7 million and $5.5 million, respectively.

The fair value of each of the senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable notes is estimated based on third party broker quotes, a Level 3 measurement. The fair value of the senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable notes was estimated at $1,062.1 million, $23.1 million and $86.3 million, respectively, as of April 30, 2013. As of October 31, 2012, the fair value of the senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable notes was estimated at $994.2 million, $23.1 million and $87.2 million, respectively.

23.  Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., the parent company (the “Parent”), is the issuer of publicly traded common stock, preferred stock, which is represented by depository shares, and 7.25% Tangible Equity Units. One of its wholly owned subsidiaries, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Subsidiary Issuer”), acts as a finance entity that, as of April 30, 2013, had issued and outstanding approximately $992.0 million of senior secured notes ($978.0 million, net of discount), $460.6 million senior notes ($459.0 million, net of discount), $23.1 million senior amortizing notes and $64.9 million senior exchangeable notes (issued as components of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units) and $4.2 million senior subordinated amortizing notes (issued as a component of our 7.25% Tangible Equity Units). The senior secured notes, senior notes, senior amortizing notes, senior exchangeable notes and senior subordinated amortizing notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Parent.

In addition to the Parent, each of the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Parent other than the Subsidiary Issuer (collectively, “Guarantor Subsidiaries”), with the exception of our home mortgage subsidiaries, certain of our title insurance subsidiaries, joint ventures, subsidiaries holding interests in our joint ventures and our foreign subsidiary (collectively, the “Nonguarantor Subsidiaries”), have guaranteed fully and unconditionally, on a joint and several basis, the obligations of the Subsidiary Issuer to pay principal and interest under the senior secured notes (other than the 2021 Notes), senior notes, senior exchangeable notes, senior amortizing notes and senior subordinated amortizing notes.  The Guarantor Subsidiaries are directly or indirectly 100% owned subsidiaries of the Parent. The 2021 Notes are guaranteed by the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the members of the Secured Group (see Note 11).

The senior notes, senior amortizing notes, senior exchangeable notes and senior subordinated amortizing notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The 2020 Secured Notes and the 2021 Notes (see Note 11) are not, pursuant to the indentures under which such notes were issued, required to be registered.  The Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements presented below are in respect of our registered notes only and not the 2020 Secured Notes or the 2021 Notes (however, the Guarantor Subsidiaries for the 2020 Secured Notes are the same as those represented by the accompanying Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements). In lieu of providing separate financial statements for the Guarantor Subsidiaries of our registered notes, we have included the accompanying Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements. Therefore, separate financial statements and other disclosures concerning such Guarantor Subsidiaries are not presented.

The following Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements present the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of (i) the Parent, (ii) the Subsidiary Issuer, (iii) the Guarantor Subsidiaries, (iv) the Nonguarantor Subsidiaries and (v) the eliminations to arrive at the information for Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on a consolidated basis.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

APRIL 30, 2013

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding	$			$	241,996		$	968,307	$	294,301		$			$	1,504,604
Financial services								13,646		99,154						112,800
Income taxes (payable) receivable		(31,795	)					33,278								1,483
Investments in and amounts due to and from consolidated subsidiaries		(104,989	)		(8,930	)		268,438					(154,519	)		-
Total assets	$	(136,784	)	$	233,066		$	1,283,669	$	393,455		$	(154,519	)	$	1,618,887
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding	$	1,931		$	123		$	379,450	$	63,022		$			$	444,526
Financial services								13,588		80,080						93,668
Notes payable					1,558,066			819		328						1,559,213
Intercompany		340,125			(1,155,371	)		855,327		(18,733	)		(21,348	)		-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity		(478,840	)		(169,752	)		34,485		268,438			(133,171	)		(478,840	)
Non-controlling interest in consolidated joint ventures										320						320
Total liabilities and equity	$	(136,784	)	$	233,066		$	1,283,669	$	393,455		$	(154,519	)	$	1,618,887

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

OCTOBER 31, 2012

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding	$	6,155		$	259,339		$	976,836		$	277,286		$			$	1,519,616
Financial services								23,669			140,965						164,634
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries		(80,674	)		13,790			246,467						(179,583	)		-
Total assets	$	(74,519	)	$	273,129		$	1,246,972		$	418,251		$	(179,583	)	$	1,684,250
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding	$	1,671		$	125		$	391,628		$	61,800		$			$	455,224
Financial services								23,070			122,024						145,094
Notes payable					1,561,635			271			489						1,562,395
Income taxes payable (receivable)		40,551						(33,669	)								6,882
Intercompany		368,834			(1,930,998	)		1,589,502			(12,759	)		(14,579	)		-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity		(485,575	)		642,367			(723,830	)		246,467			(165,004	)		(485,575	)
Non-controlling interest in consolidated joint ventures											230						230
Total liabilities and equity	$	(74,519	)	$	273,129		$	1,246,972		$	418,251		$	(179,583	)	$	1,684,250

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2013

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$	1		$	(54	)	$	362,496		$	51,121		$	(1,248	)	$	412,316
Financial services								2,586			8,096						10,682
Intercompany charges					20,207			(25,013	)		(877	)		5,683			-
Total revenues		1			20,153			340,069			58,340			4,435			422,998
Expenses:
Homebuilding		2,396			29,838			345,306			40,482			(69	)		417,953
Financial services		5						1,848			5,284						7,137
Total expenses		2,401			29,838			347,154			45,766			(69	)		425,090
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures								(123	)		950						827
(Loss) income before income taxes		(2,400	)		(9,685	)		(7,208	)		13,524			4,504			(1,265	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(2,714	)					131									(2,583	)
Equity in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries		1,004			(11,601	)		13,524						(2,927	)		-
Net income (loss)	$	1,318		$	(21,286	)	$	6,185		$	13,524		$	1,577		$	1,318

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2012

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$			$	(75	)	$	314,161		$	20,337		$	(1,238	)	$	333,185
Financial services								1,696			6,817						8,513
Intercompany charges					23,949			(18,779	)		(2,449	)		(2,721	)		-
Total revenues		-			23,874			297,078			24,705			(3,959	)		341,698
Expenses:
Homebuilding		2,435			9,456			316,409			15,910			18,321			362,531
Financial services		29						1,335			3,995			4			5,363
Total expenses		2,464			9,456			317,744			19,905			18,325			367,894
Gain on extinguishment of debt					27,039												27,039
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures								462			1,033						1,495
(Loss) income before income taxes		(2,464	)		41,457			(20,204	)		5,833			(22,284	)		2,338
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(4,104	)					4,640									536
Equity in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries		162			33,834			5,833						(39,829	)		-
Net income (loss)	$	1,802		$	75,291		$	(19,011	)	$	5,833		$	(62,113	)	$	1,802

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2013

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$	3		$	(99	)	$	661,511		$	99,948		$	(2,495	)	$	758,868
Financial services								4,663			17,678						22,341
Intercompany charges					40,407			(50,334	)		(1,751	)		11,678			-
Total revenues		3			40,308			615,840			115,875			9,183			781,209
Expenses:
Homebuilding		2,744			59,699			643,076			83,895			2,413			791,827
Financial services		9						3,690			10,866						14,565
Total expenses		2,753			59,699			646,766			94,761			2,413			806,392
(Loss) gain on extinguishment of debt					(770,009	)		770,009									-
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures								2,259			857						3,116
(Loss) income before income taxes		(2,750	)		(789,400	)		741,342			21,971			6,770			(22,067	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(17,075	)					4,998									(12,077	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(24,315	)		(22,719	)		21,971						25,063			-
Net (loss) income	$	(9,990	)	$	(812,119	)	$	758,315		$	21,971		$	31,833		$	(9,990	)

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2012

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$	4		$	(105	)	$	577,467		$	21,206		$	(2,478	)	$	596,094
Financial services								2,995			12,208						15,203
Intercompany charges					23,949			(31,131	)		(3,448	)		10,630			-
Total revenues		4			23,844			549,331			29,966			8,152			611,297
Expenses:
Homebuilding		4,175			24,077			601,746			14,575			24,618			669,191
Financial services		80						2,561			7,911			(12	)		10,540
Total expenses		4,255			24,077			604,307			22,486			24,606			679,731
Gain on extinguishment of debt					51,737												51,737
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures								491			982						1,473
(Loss) income before income taxes		(4,251	)		51,504			(54,485	)		8,462			(16,454	)		(15,224	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(8,668	)					9,907									1,239
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(20,880	)		22,172			8,462						(9,754	)		-
Net (loss) income	$	(16,463	)	$	73,676		$	(55,930	)	$	8,462		$	(26,208	)	$	(16,463	)

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2013

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$	(9,990	)	$	(812,119	)	$	758,315		$	21,971		$	31,833		$	(9,990	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		14,384			773,776			(773,952	)		11,695			(31,833	)		(5,930	)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		4,394			(38,343	)		(15,637	)		33,666			-			(15,920	)
Net cash provided by investing activities					242			12,033			5,399						17,674
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities					(2,169	)		20,087			(48,042	)					(30,124	)
Intercompany investing and financing activities – net		(4,394	)		28,338			(17,970	)		(5,974	)					-
Net (decrease) in cash		-			(11,932	)		(1,487	)		(14,951	)		-			(28,370	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period					197,097			(2,017	)		78,152						273,232
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$	-		$	185,165		$	(3,504	)	$	63,201		$	-		$	244,862

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2012

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$	(16,463	)	$	73,676		$	(55,930	)	$	8,462		$	(26,208	)	$	(16,463	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		14,463			(46,947	)		28,283			(45,410	)		26,208			(23,403	)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities		(2,000	)		26,729			(27,647	)		(36,948	)		-			(39,866	)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities					(1,121	)		(1,011	)		28						(2,104	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		47,147			(91,885	)		25,585			17,400						(1,753	)
Intercompany investing and financing activities – net		(45,147	)		52,388			5,352			(12,593	)					-
Net (decrease) increase in cash		-			(13,889	)		2,279			(32,113	)		-			(43,723	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period					112,122			(4,989	)		143,607						250,740
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$	-		$	98,233		$	(2,710	)	$	111,494		$	-		$	207,017

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

OVERVIEW

During the first half of fiscal 2013, the housing market continued to strengthen, and, as a result, we experienced further positive operating trends, including improvements in several metrics for the three and six month periods ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same periods of fiscal 2012. For the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2012, we experienced net contract growth of 11.1%, an increase in gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges, from 17.4% to 18.9% and a decrease in selling, general and administrative costs (including corporate general and administrative expenses) as a percentage of total revenue from 13.9% to 12.2%. For the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the six months ended April 30, 2012, there were improvements in the same metrics: net contract growth of 17.2%, an increase in gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges, from 17.0% to 18.0% and a decrease in selling, general and administrative costs (including corporate general and administrative expenses) as a percentage of total revenue from 15.3% to 12.9%. In addition, our contract cancellation rate was 15% in the second quarter of fiscal 2013, which is below what we believe to be a normalized level of approximately 20%.  Active selling communities remained flat at 177 at both April 30, 2013 and 2012. However, net contracts per average active selling community increased to 9.6 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to 8.2 in the same period in the prior year and increased to 16.5 for the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to 13.1 in the same period in the prior year.  

Our gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges, and selling, general and administrative costs (including corporate general and administrative expenses) as a percentage of revenues also had favorable variances when comparing sequentially from the first quarter of fiscal 2013 to the second quarter of fiscal 2013. Gross margin percentage increased from 17.0% to 18.9% and selling, general and administrative costs (including corporate general and administrative expenses) as a percentage of revenues decreased from 13.8% to 12.2%, as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2013. Cost of sales and selling, general and administrative costs include some fixed costs that are not impacted by delivery volume. Therefore, as volume increased from the first quarter of fiscal 2013 to the second quarter of fiscal 2013, selling, general and administrative expense as a percentage of revenues improved. The increase in gross margin percentage partially resulted from the volume increase, but also was the result of higher home prices that exceeded increased construction costs in certain markets and an increase in the percentage of deliveries from newly identified communities (which we define as communities that were controlled subsequent to January 31, 2009), which generally have higher gross margins then our older communities. Provided market conditions remain stable, we expect our gross margin percentage to increase and selling, general and administrative costs as a percentage of revenues to decrease for our full fiscal 2013 year compared to the full year for fiscal 2012.

While we are encouraged by the positive operating trends of fiscal 2012 and the first half of fiscal 2013, several challenges such as persistently high unemployment levels, national and global economic weakness and uncertainty, the restrictive mortgage lending environment and the potential for more foreclosures continue to threaten a recovery in the housing market. Our recent operating results and other national data indicate that the overall demand for new homes during fiscal 2012 and through the first half of fiscal 2013 has improved from the prior year. However, both national new home sales and our home sales remain below historical levels. Until there is a more robust U.S. economic recovery, we expect national demand for new homes to remain at below normal levels, with uneven improvement across our operating markets.

During the prolonged downturn of the housing market, we adjusted our approach to land acquisition and construction practices and shortened our land pipeline, reduced production volumes, and balanced home price and profitability with sales pace. We delayed and cancelled planned land purchases, renegotiated land prices and significantly reduced our total number of controlled lots owned and under option. Additionally, we significantly reduced our total number of speculative homes put into production. Since January 2009, however, we began to see more opportunities to purchase land at prices that made economic sense in light of our sales prices and sales paces and plan to continue pursuing such land acquisitions. New land purchases at pricing that we believe will generate appropriate investment returns and drive greater operating efficiencies are needed to return to sustained profitability. During the first half of fiscal 2013, we opened for sale 51 new communities, purchased approximately 2,600 lots within 169 newly identified communities (which we define as communities that were controlled subsequent to January 31, 2009) and optioned approximately 4,300 lots in 120 newly identified communities, 69 of which were communities identified this fiscal year. From April 30, 2012 to April 30, 2013, our active community count remained flat at 177 communities. As we have experienced increased sales pace over the past year, causing communities to sell out more rapidly, we continue to consider and make new land acquisitions to replenish or grow our community count. As a result, our community count increased by five communities from October 31, 2012 to April 30, 2013. We have also continued to closely evaluate and control selling, general and administrative expenses, including corporate general and administrative expenses. While homebuilding selling, general and administrative expenses increased $2.7 million from $35.1 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2012 to $37.8 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2013, in connection with our increased revenues, these expenses as a percentage of total homebuilding revenues decreased from 10.5% to 9.2% due to the revenue growth across most of our operating segments. Corporate general and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenue decreased from 3.6% in the second quarter of fiscal 2012 to 3.2% in the second quarter of fiscal 2013. Given the persistence of difficult market conditions, improving the efficiency of our selling, general and administrative expenses will continue to be a significant area of focus.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

As disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012, our most critical accounting policies relate to revenue recognition, inventories, land options, unconsolidated joint ventures, warranty, insurance and income taxes.  Since October 31, 2012, there have been no significant changes to those critical accounting policies.

CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY

Our operations consist primarily of residential housing development and sales in the Northeast (New Jersey, Pennsylvania), the Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C.), the Midwest (Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio), the Southeast (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina), the Southwest (Arizona, Texas) and the West (California).  In addition, we provide certain financial services to our homebuilding customers.

We have historically funded our homebuilding and financial services operations with cash flows from operating activities, borrowings under our bank credit facilities (when we had such facilities for our homebuilding operations) and the issuance of new debt and equity securities.  During the prolonged housing market downturn that began in late 2006, we had been operating with a primary focus to generate cash flows from operations through reductions in assets during fiscal 2007 through fiscal 2009.  The generation of cash flow, together with debt repurchases and exchanges at prices below par, allowed us to reduce debt (notes payable, excluding accrued interest) during fiscal 2009 by approximately $754 million.  Since the latter half of fiscal 2009, we have seen more opportunities to purchase land at prices that make economic sense given the then-current home sales prices and sales paces.  As such, since that time, despite acquiring new land at higher levels than in the previous few years, we have been able to further reduce our debt by approximately $223 million.  

Our homebuilding cash balance at April 30, 2013 decreased by $21.9 million from October 31, 2012. The significant use of cash during the first half of fiscal 2013 was primarily due to spending $229.9 million on land and land development, offset by cash generated by our normal operations.

Our cash uses during the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012 were for operating expenses, land purchases, land deposits, land development, construction spending, debt payments, state income taxes, interest payments and investments in joint ventures. We provided for our cash requirements from available cash on hand, housing and land sales, financial service revenues and other revenues. We believe that these sources of cash will be sufficient through fiscal 2013 to finance our working capital requirements and other needs, despite the termination of our revolving credit facility in fiscal 2009 and the collateralization with cash in segregated accounts to support certain of our letters of credit.  We may also enter into land sale agreements or joint ventures to generate cash from our existing balance sheet. 

Our net income (loss) historically does not approximate cash flow from operating activities. The difference between net income (loss) and cash flow from operating activities is primarily caused by changes in inventory levels together with changes in receivables, prepaid and other assets, mortgage loans held for sale, interest and other accrued liabilities, deferred income taxes, accounts payable and other liabilities, and noncash charges relating to depreciation, amortization of computer software costs, stock compensation awards and impairment losses for inventory. When we are expanding our operations, inventory levels, prepaids, and other assets increase causing cash flow from operating activities to decrease. Certain liabilities also increase as operations expand and partially offset the negative effect on cash flow from operations caused by the increase in inventory levels, prepaids and other assets. Similarly, as our mortgage operations expand, net income from these operations increases, but for cash flow purposes net income is offset by the net change in mortgage assets and liabilities. The opposite is true as our investment in new land purchases and development of new communities decrease, which is what happened during the last half of fiscal 2007 through fiscal 2009, allowing us to generate positive cash flow from operations during this period. Since the latter part of fiscal 2009 cumulative through April 30, 2013, as a result of the new land purchases and land development, we have used cash in operations as we add new communities. Looking forward, given the unstable housing market, it will continue to be difficult to generate positive cash flow from operations until we return to sustained profitability. However, we will continue to make adjustments to our structure and our business plans in order to maximize our liquidity while also taking steps to return to sustained profitability, including through land acquisitions.  

We do not have a revolving credit facility. We have certain stand alone cash collateralized letter of credit agreements and facilities under which there were a total of $26.6 million and $29.5 million of letters of credit outstanding as of April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively. These agreements and facilities require us to maintain specified amounts of cash as collateral in segregated accounts to support the letters of credit issued thereunder, which will affect the amount of cash we have available for other uses. As of April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the amount of cash collateral in these segregated accounts was $27.0 million and $30.7 million, respectively, which is reflected in “Restricted cash” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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Our wholly owned mortgage banking subsidiary, K. Hovnanian American Mortgage, LLC (“K. Hovnanian Mortgage”), originates mortgage loans primarily from the sale of our homes. Such mortgage loans and related servicing rights are sold in the secondary mortgage market within a short period of time. Our secured Master Repurchase Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase Master Repurchase Agreement”) is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50 million through January 17, 2014. 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 LIBOR rate, which was 0.19820% at April 30, 2013, subject to a floor of 1% plus the applicable margin of 2.5%. Therefore, at April 30, 2013, the interest rate was 3.5%. As of April 30, 2013, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Chase Master Repurchase Agreement was $32.2 million.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has another secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Customers Bank (“Customers Master Repurchase Agreement), which was amended on May 28, 2013 to extend the maturity date to May 27, 2014, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $37.5 million through maturity. 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 LIBOR subject to a floor of 0.5% plus the applicable margin ranging from 3.0% to 5.5% based on the takeout investor and type of loan. As of April 30, 2013, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Customers Master Repurchase Agreement was $7.6 million.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has a third secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC (“Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on January 2, 2013, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through the earlier of (x) 364 days from receipt of a termination notice that is delivered by the lender on or before June 21, 2013 and (y) or June 20, 2014. To date, we have not received a notice of termination. 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 the Credit Suisse Cost of Funds, which was 0.54% at April 30, 2013, plus the applicable margin ranging from 3.75% to 4.0% based on the takeout investor and type of loan. As of April 30, 2013, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement was $26.2 million.

The Chase Master Repurchase Agreement, Customers Master Repurchase Agreement and Credit Suisse 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 of 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 agreement, we do not consider any of these covenants to be substantive or material. As of April 30, 2013, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Master Repurchase Agreements.

As of April 30, 2013, we had $992.0 million of outstanding senior secured notes ($978.0 million, net of discount), comprised of $577.0 million 7.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2020 (the “First Lien Notes”), $220.0 million 9.125% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2020 (the “Second Lien Notes” and, together with the First Lien Notes, the “2020 Secured Notes”), $53.2 million 2.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “2.0% 2021 Notes”) and $141.8 million 5.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “5.0% 2021 Notes” and together with the 2.0% 2021 Notes, the “2021 Notes”).  As of April 30, 2013, we also had $460.6 million of outstanding senior notes ($459.0 million, net of discount), comprised of $36.7 million 6.5% Senior Notes due 2014, $3.0 million 6.375% Senior Notes due 2014, $21.4 million 6.25% Senior Notes due 2015, $131.2 million 6.25% Senior Notes due 2016, $86.5 million 7.5% Senior Notes due 2016, $121.0 million 8.625% Senior Notes due 2017 and $60.8 million 11.875% Senior Notes due 2015. In addition, as of April 30, 2013, we had outstanding $23.1 million 11.0% Senior Amortizing Notes due 2017 (issued as a component of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units and discussed in Note 13), $64.9 million Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2017 (issued as a component of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units and discussed in Note 13) and $4.2 million 7.25% Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes (issued as part of our 7.25% Tangible Equity Units and discussed in Note 12). Except for K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (“K. Hovnanian”), the issuer of the notes, our home mortgage subsidiaries, joint ventures and subsidiaries holding interests in our joint ventures, certain of our title insurance subsidiaries and our foreign subsidiary, we and each of our subsidiaries are guarantors of the senior secured, senior, senior amortizing, senior exchangeable and senior subordinated amortizing notes outstanding at April 30, 2013 (see Note 23).  In addition, the 2021 Notes are guaranteed by K. Hovnanian JV Holdings, L.L.C. and its subsidiaries except for certain joint ventures and joint venture holding companies (collectively, the “Secured Group”). Members of the Secured Group do not guarantee K. Hovnanian's other indebtedness.  

The First Lien Notes are secured by a first-priority lien and the Second Lien Notes are secured by a second-priority lien, in each case, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, on substantially all the assets owned by Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., K. Hovnanian and the guarantors of such notes. At April 30, 2013, the aggregate book value of the real property that would constitute collateral securing the 2020 Secured Notes was approximately $560.0 million, which does not include the impact of inventory investments, home deliveries, or impairments thereafter and which may differ from the value if it were appraised. In addition, cash collateral that would secure the 2020 Secured Notes was $230.6 million as of April 30, 2013, which includes $27.0 million of restricted cash collateralizing certain letters of credit. Subsequent to such date, cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments.

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The guarantees with respect to the 2021 Notes of the Secured Group are secured, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, by a first-priority lien on substantially all of the assets of the members of the Secured Group. As of April 30, 2013, the collateral securing the guarantees primarily included (1) $31.8 million of cash and cash equivalents and (2) equity interests in guarantors that are members of the Secured Group.  Subsequent to such date, cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments. The aggregate book value of the real property of the Secured Group collateralizing the 2021 Notes was approximately $80.5 million as of April 30, 2013 (not including the impact of inventory investments, home deliveries, or impairments thereafter and which may differ from the appraised value).  Members of the Secured Group also own equity in joint ventures, either directly or indirectly through ownership of joint venture holding companies, with a book value of $43.9 million as of April 30, 2013; this equity is not pledged to secure, and is not collateral for, the 2021 Notes. Members of the Secured Group are “unrestricted subsidiaries” under K. Hovnanian's other senior notes, senior secured notes and senior subordinated amortizing notes, and thus have not guaranteed such indebtedness. 

The indentures governing our notes do not contain any financial maintenance covenants, but do contain restrictive covenants that limit, among other things, the Company’s ability and that of certain of its subsidiaries, including K. Hovnanian, to incur additional indebtedness (other than certain permitted indebtedness, refinancing indebtedness and non-recourse indebtedness), pay dividends and make distributions on common and preferred stock, repurchase subordinated indebtedness (with respect to certain of the senior secured notes), make other restricted payments, make investments, sell certain assets, incur liens, consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all assets and enter into certain transactions with affiliates.  The indentures also contain events of default which would permit the holders of the notes to declare the notes to be immediately due and payable if not cured within applicable grace periods, including the failure to make timely payments on the notes or other material indebtedness, the failure to comply with agreements and covenants and specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency and, with respect to the indentures governing the senior secured notes, the failure of the documents granting security for the senior secured notes to be in full force and effect and the failure of the liens on any material portion of the collateral securing the senior secured notes to be valid and perfected. As of April 30, 2013, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants of the indentures governing our outstanding notes.

Under the terms of the indentures we have the right to make certain redemptions and, depending on market conditions and covenant restrictions, may do so from time to time. We also continue to evaluate our capital structure and may also continue to make debt purchases and/or exchanges for debt or equity from time to time through tender offers, open market purchases, private transactions, or otherwise or seek to raise additional debt or equity capital, depending on market conditions and covenant restrictions.

If our consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined in the indentures governing our senior secured and senior notes (other than the Senior Exchangeable Notes), is less than 2.0 to 1.0, we are restricted from making certain payments, including dividends, and from incurring indebtedness other than certain permitted indebtedness, refinancing indebtedness, and non-recourse indebtedness. As a result of this restriction, we are currently restricted from paying dividends, which are not cumulative, on our 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock. If current market trends continue or worsen, we will continue to be restricted from paying dividends for the foreseeable future.  Our inability to pay dividends is in accordance with covenant restrictions and will not result in a default under our bond indentures or otherwise affect compliance with any of the covenants contained in the bond indentures.

During the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, we repurchased in open market and privately negotiated transactions $15.2 million and $21.0 million, respectively, principal amount of our 6.25% Senior Notes due 2016 and $22.8 million and $61.1 million, respectively, principal amount of 7.50% Senior Notes due 2016. In addition, during the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we repurchased $37.4 million principal amount of 8.625% Senior Notes due 2017. The aggregate purchase price for these repurchases was $51.7 million and $70.7 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, plus accrued and unpaid interest. These repurchases resulted in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $23.3 million and $48.0 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, net of the write-off of unamortized discounts and fees. The gain is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on extinguishment of debt”. Certain of these repurchases were funded with the proceeds from our April 11, 2012 issuance of 25,000,000 shares of our Class A Common Stock (see Note 16).

During the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we also purchased pursuant to agreements with bondholders, $9.1 million aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 8.625% Senior Notes due 2017 in exchange for Class A Common Stock, as discussed in Note 16. These transactions resulted in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $3.5 million for the three months ended April 30, 2012. The gain is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on extinguishment of debt.”

During fiscal 2011 and 2012 and in the first half of fiscal 2013, Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”), Moody’s Investor Services (“Moody’s”) and Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”) took certain rating actions as follows:

● On June 28, 2011, S&P downgraded our corporate credit rating from CCC+ to CCC.

● On September 8, 2011, Moody’s downgraded our corporate family and probability of default ratings to Caa2 from Caa1. Moody’s also lowered the rating on our 10.625% senior secured notes to B2 from B1 and our senior unsecured notes to Caa3 from Caa2. The rating on our preferred stock was affirmed at Ca, and our speculative grade liquidity assessment remained SGL-3.

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● On October 5, 2011, S&P downgraded our corporate credit ratings and its ratings on our 10.625% senior secured notes to “CC” from “CCC”. S&P also lowered the rating on our senior unsecured notes to C from CC.

● On October 20, 2011, Moody’s changed our probability of default ratings to Caa2/LD from Caa2 and also lowered the rating on our 10.625% senior secured notes to B3 from B2 and assigned a rating of B3 to our 2.0% and 5.0% senior secured notes (issued in November 2011). Subsequently, on October 25, 2011, the LD designation on our probability of default ratings was removed.

● On October 29, 2011, S&P lowered our corporate credit rating to Selective Default (“SD”) from CC and lowered our rating on our senior unsecured notes from C to D.Subsequently, on November 3, 2011, S&P raised the Company’s corporate credit rating to CCC- from SD.S&P also raised our ratings on our 10.625% senior secured notes to CCC- from CC and our senior unsecured notes to CC from D.

● On November 2, 2011, Fitch lowered our Issuer Default Rating (“IDR”) to Restricted Default (“RD”) from CCC. Subsequently, on November 14, 2011, Fitch raised our IDR from RD back to CCC.

● On July 27, 2012, S&P revised its outlook on the Company to positive from negative. At the same time, it affirmed its ratings on the Company, including the “CCC-” corporate credit rating.

● On November 5, 2012, S&P raised our corporate credit rating to CCC+ from CCC- and removed us from CreditWatch positive. On the same date, S&P also raised the ratings on our 2021 Notes to CCC from CC and on our senior unsecured notes (due 2014-2017) to CCC- from CC, as well as removed them from CreditWatch positive.

● On April 23, 2013, S&P raised our corporate credit rating to B- from CCC+. On the same date, S&P raised the issue ratings on our First Lien Notes to B- from CCC+ and Second Lien Notes to CCC from CCC-. In addition, S&P raised the rating on our 2021 Notes to CCC+ from CCC and on our senior unsecured notes (due 2014-2017) to CCC from CCC-.

Downgrades in our credit ratings do not accelerate the scheduled maturity dates of our debt or affect the interest rates charged on any of our debt issues or our debt covenant requirements or cause any other operating issue. A potential risk from negative changes in our credit ratings is that they may make it more difficult or costly for us to access capital. However, due to our available cash resources, the downgrades and revisions to our credit ratings in 2011 or 2012 discussed above have not impacted management’s operating plans, or our financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.

 Total inventory, excluding consolidated inventory not owned, increased $38.3 million during the six months ended April 30, 2013.  Total inventory, excluding consolidated inventory not owned, increased in the Mid-Atlantic by $20.5 million, in the Midwest by $7.0 million, and in the Southwest by $35.3 million. This increase was offset by decreases in the Northeast of $13.8 million, in the Southeast of $2.2 million, and in the West of $8.5 million. The increases were primarily attributable to new land purchases and land development during the six months ended April 30, 2013, offset by home deliveries. The decreases in the Northeast, Southeast, and West during the six months ended April 30, 2013, were due to delivering homes at a faster pace than purchasing new land to replenish our inventory.  During the six months ended April 30, 2013, we incurred $1.5 million in impairments, primarily in the Northeast.  In addition, we wrote-off costs in the amount of $1.4 million during the six months ended April 30, 2013 related to land options that expired or that we terminated, as the communities’ forecasted profitability was not projected to produce adequate returns on investment commensurate with the risk.  In the last few years, we have been able to acquire new land parcels at prices that we believe will generate reasonable returns under current homebuilding market conditions. There can be no assurances that this trend will continue in the near term. Substantially all homes under construction or completed and included in inventory at April 30, 2013 are expected to be closed during the next 12 months.  

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The total inventory increase discussed above excluded the increase in consolidated inventory not owned of $15.5 million. Consolidated inventory not owned consists of other options that were added to our balance sheet in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The increase from October 31, 2012 to April 30, 2013, was due to sale and leaseback of certain model homes and land banking transactions during the first six months of fiscal 2013.  During fiscal 2012 and 2013, we sold and leased back certain of our model homes with the right to participate in the potential profit when each home is sold to a third party at the end of the respective lease. As a result of our continued involvement for accounting purposes in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, these sale and leaseback transactions are considered a financing rather than a sale for accounting purposes. Therefore, for purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, at April 30, 2013, inventory of $34.2 million was recorded to consolidated inventory not owned, with a corresponding amount of $33.6 million recorded to liabilities from inventory not owned. In addition, we entered into a land banking arrangement in fiscal 2012 with GSO Capital Partners LP (“GSO”) that continued in fiscal 2013 whereby we sold a portfolio of our land parcels to GSO, and GSO provided us an option to purchase back finished lots on a quarterly basis. Because of our option to repurchase these parcels, for accounting purposes in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, this transaction is considered a financing rather than a sale. For purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, at April 30, 2013, inventory of $71.9 million was recorded to consolidated inventory not owned, with a corresponding amount of $57.5 million recorded to liabilities from inventory not owned for the amount of net cash received from the transactions.

When possible, we option property for development prior to acquisition. By optioning property, we are only subject to the loss of the cost of the option and predevelopment costs if we choose not to exercise the option. As a result, our commitment for major land acquisitions is reduced. The costs associated with optioned properties are included in “Land and land options held for future development or sale inventory”. Also included in "Land and land options held for future development or sale inventory" are amounts associated with inventory in mothballed communities. We mothball (or stop development on) certain communities when we determine the current performance does not justify further investment at the time. That is, we believe we will generate higher returns if we decide against spending money to improve land today and save the raw land until such times as the markets improve or we determine to sell the property.  As of April 30, 2013, we have mothballed land in 52 communities. The book value associated with these communities at April 30, 2013 was $125.2 million, net of impairment charges recorded in prior periods of $455.2 million. We continually review communities to determine if mothballing is appropriate. During the first half of fiscal 2013, we mothballed one community, and re-activated two communities which were previously mothballed. Our inventory representing “Land and land options held for future development or sale” at April 30, 2013, on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, increased by $9.3 million compared to October 31, 2012.  The increase was primarily due to the acquisition of new land in all segments during the first six months of 2013, offset by the movement of certain of our communities from held for future development to sold and unsold homes and lots under development during the period, combined with land sales in the Northeast and Southwest.

Inventories held for sale, which are land parcels where we have decided not to build homes, represented $1.8 million of our total inventories at April 30, 2013, and are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. In determining fair value for land held for sale, management considers, among other things, prices for land in recent comparable sale transactions, market analysis studies, which include the estimated price a willing buyer would pay for the land (other than in a forced liquidation sale) and recent bona fide offers received from outside third parties.

The following tables summarize home sites included in our total residential real estate. The increase in total home sites available at April 30, 2013 compared to October 31, 2012 is attributable to signing new land option agreements and acquiring new land parcels, offset by terminating certain option agreements and delivering homes.

	Active Communities(1)		Active Communities Homes		Proposed Developable Homes		Total Homes
April 30, 2013:
Northeast		15		1,522		2,999		4,521
Mid-Atlantic		25		2,337		2,793		5,130
Midwest		20		2,543		1,042		3,585
Southeast		19		1,099		1,370		2,469
Southwest		88		4,524		1,671		6,195
West		10		1,443		5,013		6,456
Consolidated total		177		13,468		14,888		28,356
Unconsolidated joint ventures		13		1,369		532		1,901
Total including unconsolidated joint ventures		190		14,837		15,420		30,257
Owned				6,783		9,129		15,912
Optioned				6,471		5,759		12,230
Controlled lots				13,254		14,888		28,142
Construction to permanent financing lots				214		-		214
Consolidated total				13,468		14,888		28,356
Lots controlled by unconsolidated joint ventures				1,369		532		1,901
Total including unconsolidated joint ventures				14,837		15,420		30,257

(1)  Active communities are open for sale communities with 10 or more home sites available.

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	Active Communities(1)		Active Communities Homes		Proposed Developable Homes		Total Homes
October 31, 2012:
Northeast		16		1,611		2,752		4,363
Mid-Atlantic		20		2,225		3,653		5,878
Midwest		21		2,259		945		3,204
Southeast		19		848		1,331		2,179
Southwest		84		4,180		1,573		5,753
West		12		1,758		4,884		6,642
Consolidated total		172		12,881		15,138		28,019
Unconsolidated joint ventures		17		1,500		274		1,774
Total including unconsolidated joint ventures		189		14,381		15,412		29,793
Owned				6,675		9,752		16,427
Optioned				6,032		5,386		11,418
Controlled lots				12,707		15,138		27,845
Construction to permanent financing lots				174		-		174
Consolidated total				12,881		15,138		28,019
Lots controlled by unconsolidated joint ventures				1,500		274		1,774
Total including unconsolidated joint ventures				14,381		15,412		29,793

(1)  Active communities are open for sale communities with 10 or more home sites available.

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The following table summarizes our started or completed unsold homes and models, excluding unconsolidated joint ventures, in active and substantially completed communities. Started or completed unsold homes decreased in total, and on a per active selling community basis, from October 31, 2012 to April 30, 2013, primarily due to increased sales pace in many of our homebuilding markets. Model homes increased in total from October 31, 2012 to April 30, 2013, primarily due to newly opened communities in the Mid-Atlantic, but were flat on a per community basis for both periods.

	April 30, 2013						October 31, 2012
	Unsold Homes		Models		Total		Unsold Homes		Models		Total
Northeast		119		10		129		116		9		125
Mid-Atlantic		53		20		73		65		7		72
Midwest		21		18		39		19		22		41
Southeast		64		7		71		55		10		65
Southwest		309		19		328		355		19		374
West		15		7		22		39		6		45
Total		581		81		662		649		73		722
Started or completed unsold homes and models per active selling communities (1)		3.3		0.4		3.7		3.8		0.4		4.2

(1) Active selling communities (which are communities that are open for sale with 10 or more home sites available) were 177 and 172 at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively. Ratio does not include substantially completed communities, which are communities with less than 10 home sites available.

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 Homebuilding restricted cash and cash equivalents decreased $9.0 million to $32.8 million at April 30, 2013 compared to October 31, 2012. The decrease was primarily related to a reduction in our surety bond escrow cash requirements during the first six months of fiscal 2013. Also contributing to the decrease was the release of cash securitizing letters of credit due to a reduction in our outstanding letters of credit.  

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures decreased $8.3 million to $52.8 million at April 30, 2013 compared to October 31, 2012. The decrease was primarily due to the timing of advances at April 30, 2013 as compared to October 31, 2012. Partially offsetting this decrease was an increase related to the investment in a new homebuilding joint venture during the first six months of fiscal 2013. As of April 30, 2013, we had investments in seven homebuilding joint ventures and two land development joint ventures. We have no guarantees associated with our unconsolidated joint ventures, other than guarantees limited only to performance and completion of development, environmental indemnification and standard warranty and representation against fraud misrepresentation and similar actions, including a voluntary bankruptcy.

Receivables, deposits and notes decreased $16.7 million from October 31, 2012 to $45.1 million at April 30, 2013. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in receivables for home closings as a result of cash in transit from various title companies at the end of the respective periods, as well as reimbursements from our insurance carriers for certain warranty claims.

Prepaid expenses and other assets were as follows as of:

(In thousands)	April 30, 2013		October 31, 2012		Dollar Change
Prepaid insurance	$	2,996	$	1,729	$	1,267
Prepaid project costs		23,883		24,008		(125	)
Net rental properties		1,999		5,430		(3,431	)
Other prepaids		25,948		26,086		(138	)
Other assets		301		9,441		(9,140	)
Total	$	55,127	$	66,694	$	(11,567	)

Prepaid insurance increased due to premium payments made on certain liability insurance policies during the six months ended April 30, 2013.  These costs are amortized over the life of the associated insurance policy, which can be one to three years. Prepaid project costs consist of community specific expenditures that are used over the life of the community. Such prepaids are expensed as homes are delivered.  Net rental properties decreased primarily due to the sale of our last senior residential rental property during the second quarter of fiscal 2013. The remaining balance of net rental properties represents leasehold improvements for an office building that we fully sub-lease. Other assets decreased mainly due to the sale of Company-owned life insurance policies to a third party during the first six months for approximately book value.

Financial Services restricted cash and cash equivalents decreased $5.8 million to $16.7 million at April 30, 2013 compared to October 31, 2012. The decrease is primarily due to escrow cash at our title company related to the timing of home closings at the end of the first half of fiscal 2013 compared to the end of fiscal 2012.

Financial Services - Mortgage loans held for sale consist primarily of residential mortgages receivable held for sale, of which $82.9 million and $115.0 million at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively, were being temporarily warehoused and are awaiting sale in the secondary mortgage market. The decrease in mortgage loans held for sale from October 31, 2012 is related to a decrease in the volume of loans originated during the second quarter of 2013 compared to the fourth quarter of 2012, partially offset by an increase in the average loan value.

Financial Services – Other assets decreased $8.0 million to $2.2 million at April 30, 2013 compared to October 31, 2012. The decrease is related to the closing of mortgages in the first quarter of fiscal 2013, which were wired out in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, in anticipation of home closings on the last days of October 2012 that did not occur until early November, due to weather-related delays from Hurricane Sandy.

Income taxes payable of $6.9 million at October 31, 2012 decreased $8.4 million in the six months ended April 30, 2013 to a receivable of $1.5 million primarily due to the release of reserves for a federal tax position that was settled with the Internal Revenue Service during the first quarter of fiscal 2013 and a favorable state tax audit settlement in the second quarter of fiscal 2013, offset slightly by state tax expense.

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Nonrecourse mortgages decreased to $30.4 million at April 30, 2013 from $38.3 million at October 31, 2012.  The decrease was primarily due to a property in the Mid-Atlantic, which we had previously acquired when our partner in a land development joint venture transferred its interest in the venture to us, that was foreclosed on. As a result, the non-recourse liability of $9.5 million and corresponding inventory balance were taken off our balance sheet for the second quarter of fiscal 2013. Also contributing to the decrease during the period were principal payments made on certain of our existing non-recourse mortgages, partially offset by increased borrowings on certain of our existing non-recourse mortgages and new mortgages for communities in the Northeast, the Midwest and the Southwest obtained during the six months ended April 30, 2013.  

Accounts payable and other liabilities are as follows:

(In thousands)	April 30, 2013		October 31, 2012		Dollar Change
Accounts payable	$	81,553	$	89,310	$	(7,757	)
Reserves		130,857		129,025		1,832
Accrued expenses		24,542		29,969		(5,427	)
Accrued compensation		20,803		26,625		(5,822	)
Other liabilities		13,981		21,581		(7,600	)
Total	$	271,736	$	296,510	$	(24,774	)

The decrease in accounts payable was primarily due to the lower volume of deliveries in the second quarter of fiscal 2013 compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012. Reserves increased during the period as new accruals for general liability insurance exceeded payments for warranty related claims. The decrease in accrued expenses is primarily due to decreases in property tax accruals and amortization of abandoned lease space accruals. The decrease in accrued compensation is primarily due to the payment of our fiscal year 2012 bonuses during the first quarter of 2013 only partially offset by two quarters of fiscal 2013 accrued bonuses. Other liabilities decreased primarily due to an installment payment made to a former joint venture partner for the buy-out of their share of the joint venture during fiscal 2012.

Customer deposits increased $9.1 million from $23.8 million at October 31, 2012 to $32.9 million at April 30, 2013.  This increase is primarily attributable to the increase in backlog during the period.

Liabilities from inventory not owned increased $13.4 million to $91.2 million at April 30, 2013 from $77.8 million at October 31, 2012. The increase is primarily due to additional transactions under our land banking and model home programs described above.

Financial Services - Accounts payable and other liabilities decreased $9.9 million to $27.7 million at April 30, 2013. The decrease is primarily associated with the decrease in Financial Services restricted cash at our title company, due to the timing of home closings during the second quarter of fiscal 2013 compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.

Financial Services - Mortgage warehouse lines of credit decreased $41.5 million from $107.5 million at October 31, 2012, to $66.0 million at April 30, 2013. The decrease correlates to the decrease in the volume of mortgage loans held for sale during the period, along with the decrease in financial services other assets, discussed above.

Accrued interest increased $9.8 million to $30.0 million at April 30, 2013. This increase is due to the timing of semi-annual interest payments on our bonds.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2013 COMPARED TO THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2012

Total revenues

Compared to the same prior period, revenues increased/(decreased) as follows:

	Three Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands)	April 30, 2013		April 30, 2012		Dollar Change			Percentage Change
Homebuilding:
Sale of homes	$	409,576	$	312,494	$	97,082			31.1	%
Land sales and other revenues		2,740		20,691		(17,951	)		(86.8	)%
Financial services		10,682		8,513		2,169			25.5	%
Total revenues	$	422,998	$	341,698	$	81,300			23.8	%

	Six Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands)	April 30, 2013		April 30, 2012		Dollar Change			Percentage Change
Homebuilding:
Sale of homes	$	743,857	$	564,824	$	179,033			31.7	%
Land sales and other revenues		15,011		31,270		(16,259	)		(52.0	)%
Financial services		22,341		15,203		7,138			47.0	%
Total revenues	$	781,209	$	611,297	$	169,912			27.8	%

Homebuilding

For the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, sale of homes revenues increased $97.1 million, or 31.1%, and $179.0 million, or 31.7%, respectively, as compared to the same period of the prior year.  These increases were primarily due to the number of home deliveries increasing 20.3% and 19.9% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, as well as the increase in average price per home.  The average price per home increased to $326,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2013 from $300,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2012.  The average price per home increased to $321,000 in the six months ended April 30, 2013 from $292,000 in the six months ended April 30, 2012.  The fluctuations in average prices were a result of geographic and community mix of our deliveries, as well as price increases in individual communities.  During the first six months of 2013, we have been able to raise prices in a majority of our communities.  Land sales are ancillary to our homebuilding operations and are expected to continue in the future but may significantly fluctuate up or down.  For further details on the decreases in land sales and other revenues, see the section titled “Land Sales and Other Revenues” below.

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Information on homes delivered by segment is set forth below:

	Three Months Ended April 30,							Six Months Ended April 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2013		2012		% Change			2013		2012		% Change
Northeast:
Dollars	$	53,099	$	49,834		6.6	%	$	107,333	$	82,911		29.5	%
Homes		113		115		(1.7	)%		237		191		24.1	%
Mid-Atlantic:
Dollars	$	57,706	$	64,432		(10.4	)%	$	110,152	$	117,545		(6.3	)%
Homes		135		157		(14.0	)%		252		283		(11.0	)%
Midwest:
Dollars	$	39,356	$	23,590		66.8	%	$	71,528	$	41,747		71.3	%
Homes		159		109		45.9	%		297		189		57.1	%
Southeast:
Dollars	$	37,119	$	21,462		72.9	%	$	65,723	$	41,587		58.0	%
Homes		135		93		45.2	%		244		180		35.6	%
Southwest:
Dollars	$	160,988	$	114,284		40.9	%	$	281,717	$	205,437		37.1	%
Homes		571		446		28.0	%		1,019		834		22.2	%
West:
Dollars	$	61,308	$	38,892		57.6	%	$	107,404	$	75,597		42.1	%
Homes		142		123		15.4	%		268		255		5.1	%
Consolidated total:
Dollars	$	409,576	$	312,494		31.1	%	$	743,857	$	564,824		31.7	%
Homes		1,255		1,043		20.3	%		2,317		1,932		19.9	%
Unconsolidated joint ventures:
Dollars	$	74,119	$	77,066		(3.8	)%	$	133,113	$	129,466		2.8	%
Homes		169		164		3.0	%		295		287		2.8	%
Totals:
Housing revenues	$	483,695	$	389,560		24.2	%	$	876,970	$	694,290		26.3	%
Homes delivered		1,424		1,207		18.0	%		2,612		2,219		17.7	%

The overall increase in housing revenues and deliveries during the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, as compared to the same periods of the prior year, was primarily attributed to market improvements demonstrated by an increase in sales pace per community from 8.2 to 9.6 for the three months ended April 30, 2012 and 2013, respectively, and from 13.1 to 16.5 for the six months ended April 30, 2012 and 2013, respectively.

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An important indicator of our future results are recently signed contracts and our home contract backlog for future deliveries. Our sales contracts and homes in contract backlog by segment are set forth below:    

	Net Contracts (1) for the				Net Contracts (1) for the				Contract Backlog as of
	Three Months Ended April 30				Six Months Ended April 30,				April 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2013		2012		2013		2012		2013		2012
Northeast:
Dollars	$	86,311	$	54,887	$	131,667	$	83,085	$	139,750	$	114,148
Homes		183		126		288		194		315		268
Mid-Atlantic:
Dollars	$	89,896	$	82,121	$	159,818	$	131,744	$	168,438	$	151,456
Homes		181		191		327		318		341		360
Midwest:
Dollars	$	60,898	$	45,431	$	100,885	$	73,839	$	125,073	$	79,138
Homes		247		206		400		349		530		386
Southeast:
Dollars	$	51,479	$	39,305	$	84,743	$	63,776	$	81,715	$	52,261
Homes		184		165		304		273		295		217
Southwest:
Dollars	$	235,517	$	166,529	$	394,786	$	270,388	$	273,910	$	152,629
Homes		779		655		1,338		1,053		825		550
West:
Dollars	$	55,461	$	61,670	$	104,609	$	91,876	$	76,082	$	49,319
Homes		121		183		233		279		156		140
Consolidated total:
Dollars	$	579,562	$	449,943	$	976,508	$	714,708	$	864,968	$	598,951
Homes		1,695		1,526		2,890		2,466		2,462		1,921
Unconsolidated joint ventures:
Dollars	$	116,572	$	119,827	$	182,790	$	181,040	$	159,583	$	163,842
Homes		255		249		404		388		365		377
Totals:
Housing revenues	$	696,134	$	569,770	$	1,159,298	$	895,748	$	1,024,551	$	762,793
Homes delivered		1,950		1,775		3,294		2,854		2,827		2,298

(1)  Net contracts are defined as new contracts executed during the period for the purchase of homes, less cancellations of contracts in the same period.

In the first half of 2013, our open for sale community count increased to 177 from 172 at October 31, 2012, which is the net result of opening 51 new communities and closing 46 communities since the beginning of fiscal 2013.  Our reported level of sales contracts (net of cancellations) has been impacted by an increase in the pace of sales in most of the Company’s segments, due to better market conditions and historically low interest rates on mortgages. Contracts per average active selling community for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 were 9.6 and 16.5, respectively, compared to 8.2 and 13.1, respectively, for the same period in the prior year, demonstrating a meaningful increase in sales pace over the prior year.

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  Cancellation rates represent the number of cancelled contracts in the quarter divided by the number of gross sales contracts executed in the quarter.  For comparison, the following are historical cancellation rates, excluding unconsolidated joint ventures:

Quarter	2013			2012			2011			2010			2009
First		16	%		21	%		22	%		21	%		31	%
Second		15	%		16	%		20	%		17	%		24	%
Third					20	%		18	%		23	%		23	%
Fourth					23	%		21	%		24	%		24	%

Another common and meaningful way to analyze our cancellation trends is to compare the number of contract cancellations as a percentage of beginning backlog.  The following table provides this historical comparison, excluding unconsolidated joint ventures:

Quarter	2013			2012			2011			2010			2009
First		12	%		18	%		18	%		13	%		22	%
Second		15	%		21	%		22	%		17	%		31	%
Third					18	%		20	%		15	%		23	%
Fourth					18	%		18	%		25	%		20	%

Historically, most cancellations occur within the legal rescission period, which varies by state but is generally less than two weeks after the signing of the contract.  Cancellations also occur as a result of a buyer's failure to qualify for a mortgage, which generally occurs during the first few weeks after signing.  However, beginning in fiscal 2007, we started experiencing higher than normal numbers of cancellations later in the construction process.  These cancellations were related primarily to falling prices, sometimes due to new discounts offered by us and other builders, leading the buyer to lose confidence in their contract price and due to tighter mortgage underwriting criteria leading to some customers’ inability to be approved for a mortgage loan.  In some cases, the buyer will walk away from a significant nonrefundable deposit that we recognize as other revenues.  Our cancellation rate based on gross sales contracts and also as a percentage of beginning backlog for the first half of fiscal 2013 was lower than what we believe to be normalized levels. However, it is difficult to predict if this trend will continue.

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“Total cost of sales” includes expenses for consolidated housing and land and lot sales, including inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs (defined as “land charges” in the tables below).  A breakout of such expenses for housing sales and housing gross margin is set forth below:

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Sale of homes	$	409,576		$	312,494		$	743,857		$	564,824
Cost of sales, net of impairment reversals and excluding interest		332,134			258,034			609,692			468,608
Homebuilding gross margin, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges		77,442			54,460			134,165			96,216
Cost of sales interest expense, excluding land sales interest expense		11,227			9,715			21,387			20,651
Homebuilding gross margin, after cost of sales interest expense, before land charges		66,215			44,745			112,778			75,565
Land charges		2,191			3,216			2,856			6,541
Homebuilding gross margin, after cost of sales interest expense and land charges	$	64,024		$	41,529		$	109,922		$	69,024
Gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges		18.9	%		17.4	%		18.0	%		17.0	%
Gross margin percentage, after cost of sales interest expense, before land charges		16.2	%		14.3	%		15.2	%		13.4	%
Gross margin percentage, after cost of sales interest expense and land charges		15.6	%		13.3	%		14.8	%		12.2	%

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Cost of sales expenses as a percentage of consolidated home sales revenues are presented below:

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Sale of homes		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%
Cost of sales, net of impairment reversals and excluding interest:
Housing, land and development costs		71.1	%		71.1	%		71.2	%		71.1	%
Commissions		3.3	%		3.5	%		3.4	%		3.5	%
Financing concessions		1.5	%		1.8	%		1.5	%		1.8	%
Overheads		5.2	%		6.2	%		5.9	%		6.6	%
Total cost of sales, before interest expense and land charges		81.1	%		82.6	%		82.0	%		83.0	%
Gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges		18.9	%		17.4	%		18.0	%		17.0	%
Cost of sales interest		2.7	%		3.1	%		2.8	%		3.6	%
Gross margin percentage, after cost of sales interest expense and before land charges		16.2	%		14.3	%		15.2	%		13.4	%

We sell a variety of home types in various communities, each yielding a different gross margin.  As a result, depending on the mix of communities delivering homes, consolidated gross margin may fluctuate up or down.  Total homebuilding gross margin percentage, before interest expense and land impairment and option write off charges, increased to 18.9% during the three months ended April 30, 2013, compared to 17.4% for the same period last year and increased to 18.0% during the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to 17.0% for the same period last year.  The increase in gross margin percentage is primarily due to the mix of higher margin homes delivered in the second quarter of 2013 compared to the same period of the prior year.  This mix change is a result of delivering more homes in communities where we acquired the land more recently at lower costs than land acquired before the housing downturn. In addition, we have begun to see an increase in the pace of sales in some of our markets and, as a result, in a majority of communities we have been able to increase base prices and increase lot premiums, without adversely impacting the sales pace.  For the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, gross margin was favorably impacted by the reversal of prior period inventory impairments of $12.4 million and $20.8 million, respectively, which represented 3.0% and 6.7%, respectively, of “Sale of homes” revenue. For the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, gross margin was favorably impacted by the reversal of prior period inventory impairments of $27.6 million and $37.7 million, respectively, which represented 3.7% and 6.7%, respectively, of “Sale of homes” revenue.

Reflected as inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs in cost of sales (“land charges”), we have written-off or written-down certain inventories totaling $2.2 million and $3.2 million during the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $2.9 million and $6.5 million during the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, to their estimated fair value.  During the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, we wrote-off residential land options and approval and engineering costs amounting to $1.3 million and $1.4 million compared to $1.1 million and $1.3 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, which are included in the total land charges discussed above.  When a community is redesigned or abandoned, engineering costs are written-off.  Option, approval and engineering costs are written-off when a community’s pro forma profitability is not projected to produce adequate returns on the investment commensurate with the risk and we believe it is probable we will cancel the option.  Such write-offs were located in our Northeast, Southeast and Southwest segments in the first half of fiscal 2013, and in our Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Southeast segments in the first half of fiscal 2012.  We recorded inventory impairments of $0.9 million and $2.1 million during the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $1.5 million and $5.2 million during the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  Inventory impairments in the first half of 2013 and 2012 were lower than they had been in several years as we have begun to see some stabilization in prices and sales pace in our segments.  It is difficult to predict if this trend will continue and, should it become necessary to further lower prices, or should the estimates or expectations used in determining estimated cash flows or fair value decrease or differ from current estimates in the future, we may need to recognize additional impairments.  See “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” – Note 5 for an additional information of segment impairments.

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Land Sales and Other Revenues:

Land sales and other revenues consist primarily of land and lot sales.  A breakout of land and lot sales is set forth below:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013		2012		2013		2012
Land and lot sales	$	1,451	$	18,310	$	13,278	$	26,914
Cost of sales, excluding interest		1,009		13,529		12,206		20,382
Land and lot sales gross margin, excluding interest		442		4,781		1,072		6,532
Land sales interest expense		47		3,602		167		5,142
Land and lot sales gross margin, including interest	$	395	$	1,179	$	905	$	1,390

Land sales are ancillary to our residential homebuilding operations and are expected to continue in the future but may significantly fluctuate up or down.  Although we budget land sales, they are often dependent upon receiving approvals and entitlements, the timing of which can be uncertain.  As a result, projecting the amount and timing of land sales is difficult.  There were two land sales in the three months ended April 30, 2013, compared to six in the same period of the prior year, which resulted in a decrease of $16.9 million in land sales revenue.  There were six land sales for the six months ended April 30, 2013, compared to eleven in the same period of the prior year, which resulted in a decrease of $13.6 million in land sales revenue.

Land sales and other revenues decreased $18.0 million and $16.3 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, compared to the same period in the prior year.  Other revenues include income from contract cancellations where the deposit has been forfeited due to contract terminations, interest income, cash discounts, buyer walk-aways and miscellaneous one-time receipts.  For the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, compared to the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, there were minor fluctuations in other revenues, resulting in a net decrease of $1.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013 as compared to the prior year and $2.7 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 as compared to the prior year.

Homebuilding Selling, General and Administrative

Homebuilding selling, general and administrative expenses increased $2.7 million and $6.2 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, compared to the same period last year mainly due to higher insurance costs and additional overhead as a result of the increase in sales and deliveries of homes. However, these expenses increased at a slower rate than the increase in revenues, therefore, homebuilding selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of homebuilding revenues improved to 9.2% and 9.8% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, compared to 10.5% and 11.5% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012.

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HOMEBUILDING OPERATIONS BY SEGMENT

Segment Analysis

	Three Months Ended April 30,
(Dollars in thousands, except average sales price)	2013			2012			Variance			Variance %
Northeast
Homebuilding revenue	$	54,236		$	51,775		$	2,461			4.8	%
Loss before income taxes	$	(4,651	)	$	(125	)	$	(4,526	)		3,620.8	%
Homes delivered		113			115			(2	)		(1.7	)%
Average sales price	$	469,907		$	433,339		$	36,568			8.4	%
Mid-Atlantic
Homebuilding revenue	$	58,405		$	64,776		$	(6,371	)		(9.8	)%
Income before income taxes	$	3,344		$	5,058		$	(1,714	)		(33.9	)%
Homes delivered		135			157			(22	)		(14.0	)%
Average sales price	$	427,450		$	410,395		$	17,055			4.2	%
Midwest
Homebuilding revenue	$	39,393		$	23,631		$	15,762			66.7	%
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	2,279		$	(91	)	$	2,370			(2,604.4	)%
Homes delivered		159			109			50			45.9	%
Average sales price	$	247,522		$	216,422		$	31,100			14.4	%
Southeast
Homebuilding revenue	$	37,192		$	36,346		$	846			2.3	%
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	2,719		$	(3,876	)	$	6,595			(170.1	)%
Homes delivered		135			93			42			45.2	%
Average sales price	$	274,952		$	230,774		$	44,178			19.1	%
Southwest
Homebuilding revenue	$	161,813		$	114,716		$	47,097			41.1	%
Income before income taxes	$	16,538		$	8,235		$	8,303			100.8	%
Homes delivered		571			446			125			28.0	%
Average sales price	$	281,941		$	256,242		$	25,699			10.0	%
West
Homebuilding revenue	$	61,326		$	42,011		$	19,315			46.0	%
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	2,422		$	(2,948	)	$	5,370			(182.2	)%
Homes delivered		142			123			19			15.4	%
Average sales price	$	431,749		$	316,195		$	115,554			36.5	%

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	Six Months Ended April 30,
(Dollars in thousands, except average sales price)	2013			2012			Variance			Variance %
Northeast
Homebuilding revenue	$	109,071		$	93,307		$	15,764			16.9	%
Loss before income taxes	$	(9,538	)	$	(5,773	)	$	(3,765	)		65.2	%
Homes delivered		237			191			46			24.1	%
Average sales price	$	452,884		$	434,089		$	18,795			4.3	%
Mid-Atlantic
Homebuilding revenue	$	111,124		$	119,171		$	(8,047	)		(6.8	)%
Income before income taxes	$	4,269		$	7,669		$	(3,400	)		(44.3	)%
Homes delivered		252			283			(31	)		(11.0	)%
Average sales price	$	437,113		$	415,353		$	21,760			5.2	%
Midwest
Homebuilding revenue	$	71,726		$	41,829		$	29,897			71.5	%
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	3,479		$	(1,247	)	$	4,726			(379.0	)%
Homes delivered		297			189			108			57.1	%
Average sales price	$	240,834		$	220,884		$	19,950			9.0	%
Southeast
Homebuilding revenue	$	66,153		$	56,555		$	9,598			17.0	%
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	3,309		$	(6,733	)	$	10,042			(149.1	)%
Homes delivered		244			180			64			35.6	%
Average sales price	$	269,357		$	231,039		$	38,318			16.6	%
Southwest
Homebuilding revenue	$	293,437		$	206,540		$	86,897			42.1	%
Income before income taxes	$	24,641		$	12,785		$	11,856			92.7	%
Homes delivered		1,019			834			185			22.2	%
Average sales price	$	276,464		$	246,327		$	30,137			12.2	%
West
Homebuilding revenue	$	107,429		$	78,763		$	28,666			36.4	%
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	1,327		$	(3,920	)	$	5,247			(133.9	)%
Homes delivered		268			255			13			5.1	%
Average sales price	$	400,761		$	296,459		$	104,302			35.2	%

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Homebuilding Results by Segment

Northeast - Homebuilding revenues increased 4.8% for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of the prior year.  The increase is attributed to an 8.4% increase in average sales price, offset by a 1.7% decrease in homes delivered and a $0.8 million decrease in land sales and other revenue.  The increase in average sales price was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of 2012, as well as increasing prices in certain communities as the market has improved.

Loss before income taxes increased $4.5 million compared to the prior year to a loss of $4.7 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of 2012.  This increase is mainly due to an increase of $2.9 million for selling, general and administrative costs due to increased insurance costs and other overhead items. In addition, inventory impairment losses and land option write-offs increased $0.7 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of 2012.  Gross margin percentage before interest expense for the three months ended April 30, 2013 was relatively flat compared to the same period of the prior year.

Homebuilding revenues increased 16.9% for the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of the prior year.  The increase is attributed to a 24.1% increase in homes delivered and a 4.3% increase in average sales price.  The increase in average sales price was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of 2012, as well as increased prices in certain communities as the market has improved. These increases were partially offset by an $8.7 million decrease in land sales and other revenue.

Loss before income taxes increased $3.8 million compared to the prior year to a loss of $9.5 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013.  This increase was mainly due to a $4.7 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs due to increased insurance costs and other overhead items. Gross margin percentage before interest expense for the six months ended April 30, 2013 was relatively flat compared to the same period of the prior year.

Mid-Atlantic - Homebuilding revenues decreased 9.8% for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year.  The decrease was primarily due to a 14.0% decrease in homes delivered, partially offset by a 4.2% increase in average sales price for the three months ended April 30, 2013. While community count increased slightly year over year, during the three months ended April 30, 2012, certain communities were delivering at their peak rate. Those communities have since closed and therefore had few or no deliveries during the three months ended April 30, 2013, while newly opened communities are not yet delivering homes or are in the early stages of delivering homes, thereby causing the decrease in homes delivered period over period. The increase in average sales prices was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of 2012, as well as increased prices in certain communities as the market has improved.

Income before income taxes decreased $1.7 million compared to the prior year to $3.3 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013 due primarily to the decrease in homebuilding revenues discussed above, combined with a decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense.

Homebuilding revenues decreased 6.8% for the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year.  The decrease was primarily due to an 11.0% decrease in homes delivered, partially offset by a 5.2% increase in average sales price for the six months ended April 30, 2013. While community count increased slightly year over year, during the six months ended April 30, 2012, certain communities were delivering at their peak rate. Those communities have since closed and therefore had few or no deliveries during the six months ended April 30, 2013, while newly opened communities are not yet delivering homes or are in the early stages of delivering homes, thereby causing the decrease in homes delivered period over period. The increase in average sales prices was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of 2012, as well as increased prices in certain communities as the market has improved.

Income before income taxes decreased $3.4 million compared to the prior year to $4.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 due primarily to the decrease in homebuilding revenues discussed above, combined with a decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense.

Midwest - Homebuilding revenues increased 66.7% for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year.  The increase was primarily due to a 45.9% increase in homes delivered and a 14.4% increase in average sales price for the three months ended April 30, 2013. The increase in average sales price was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of 2012, as well as increased prices in certain communities as the market has improved.

Income (loss) before income taxes increased $2.4 million compared to the prior year to a profit of $2.3 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013.  The improvement from a loss to a profit for the three months ended April 30, 2013 was primarily due to the increase in homebuilding revenues discussed above. Gross margin percentage before interest expense for the three months ended April 30, 2013 was relatively flat compared to the same period of the prior year.

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Homebuilding revenues increased 71.5% for the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year.  The increase was primarily due to a 57.1% increase in homes delivered and a 9.0% increase in average sales price for the six months ended April 30, 2013.  The increase in average sales price was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of 2012, as well as increased prices in certain communities as the market has improved.

Income (loss) before income taxes increased $4.7 million compared to the prior year to a profit of $3.5 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013.  The improvement from a loss to a profit for the six months ended April 30, 2013 was primarily due to the increase in homebuilding revenue discussed above and a minor increase in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the period.

Southeast - Homebuilding revenues increased 2.3% for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year.  The increase for the three months ended April 30, 2013 was attributed to the 45.2% increase in homes delivered and by a 19.1% increase in average sales price, partially offset by a $14.8 million decrease in land sales and other revenue.  The increase in average sales price was primarily due to the different mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of 2012, as well as increased prices in certain communities as the market has improved.

Income (loss) before income taxes increased $6.6 million compared to the prior year to a profit of $2.7 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013. The improvement from a loss to a profit for the three months ended April 30, 2013 was primarily due to the increase in homebuilding revenue discussed above, a decrease in inventory impairment losses and land option write-offs of $2.5 million, a decrease of $0.4 million in selling, general and administrative costs and a significant increase in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the period.

Homebuilding revenues increased 17.0% for the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year.  The increase for the six months ended April 30, 2013 was attributed to the 35.6% increase in homes delivered and by a 16.6% increase in average sales price, partially offset by a $14.5 million decrease in land sales and other revenue.  The increase in average sales price was primarily due to the different mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of 2012, as well as increased prices in certain communities as the market has improved.

Income (loss) before income taxes increased $10.0 million compared to the prior year to a profit of $3.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013. The improvement from a loss to a profit for the six months ended April 30, 2013 was primarily due to the increase in homebuilding revenue discussed above, a decrease in inventory impairment losses and land option write-offs of $2.9 million, a decrease of $0.8 million in selling, general and administrative costs and a significant increase in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the period.

Southwest - Homebuilding revenues increased 41.1% for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year.  The increase was primarily due to a 28.0% increase in homes delivered and a 10.0% increase in average sales price for the three months ended April 30, 2013, as a result of the different mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of 2012, as well as increased prices in certain communities as the market has improved.

Income before income taxes increased $8.3 million compared to the prior year to $16.5 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013.  The increase was primarily due to the increase in homebuilding revenues discussed above and a slight increase in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of the prior year.

            Homebuilding revenues increased 42.1% for the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year.  The increase was primarily due to a 22.2% increase in homes delivered and a 12.2% increase in average sales price for the six months ended April 30, 2013, as a result of the different mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, as well as increased prices in certain communities as the market has improved. This was further impacted by a $10.6 million increase in land sale and other revenue for the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of the prior year.

Income before income taxes increased $11.9 million compared to the prior year to $24.6 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013.  The increase was primarily due to the increases in homebuilding revenue discussed above and a slight increase in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of the prior year.

West - Homebuilding revenues increased 46.0% for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year.  The increase for the three months ended April 30, 2013 was attributed to a 15.4% increase in homes delivered and a 36.5% increase in average sales price, due to the different mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of the prior year, as well as increased prices in certain communities as the market has improved. This increase was partially offset by a $3.1 million decrease in land sales and other revenue.

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Income (loss) before income taxes increased $5.4 million compared to the prior year to a profit of $2.4 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013.  The improvement from a loss to a profit for the three months ended April 30, 2013 was primarily due to the impact of the increase in homebuilding revenue discussed above and a significant increase in gross margin percentage before interest expense.

Homebuilding revenues increased 36.4% for the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year.  The increase for the six months ended April 30, 2013 was attributed to a 5.1% increase in homes delivered, along with a 35.2% increase in average sales price, due to the different mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of the prior year, as well as increased prices in certain communities as the market has improved. This increase was partially offset by a $3.1 million decrease in land sales and other revenue.

Income (loss) before income taxes increased $5.2 million compared to the prior year to a profit of $1.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013.  The improvement from a loss to a profit for the six months ended April 30, 2013 was primarily due to the impact of the increase in homebuilding revenue discussed above and a significant increase in gross margin percentage before interest expense.

Financial Services

Financial services consist primarily of originating mortgages from our homebuyers, selling such mortgages in the secondary market, and title insurance activities. We use mandatory investor commitments and forward sales of mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) to hedge our mortgage-related interest rate exposure on agency and government loans. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk. Credit risk associated with MBS forward commitments and loan sales transactions is managed by limiting our counterparties to investment banks, federally regulated bank affiliates and other investors meeting our credit standards. Our risk, in the event of default by the purchaser, is the difference between the contract price and fair value of the MBS forward commitments. For the first half of fiscal 2013 and 2012, Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration (“FHA/VA”) loans represented 34.0% and 45.5%, respectively, of our total loans. While the origination of FHA/VA loans have decreased from the first half of fiscal 2012 to the first half of fiscal 2013, our conforming conventional loan originations as a percentage of our total loans increased from 49.5% for the first half of fiscal 2012 to 60.8% for the first half of fiscal 2013. Profits and losses relating to the sale of mortgage loans are recognized when legal control passes to the buyer of the mortgage and the sales price is collected.

During the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, financial services provided a $3.5 million and $7.8 million pretax profit compared to $3.2 million and $4.7 million of pretax profit, respectively, for the same periods of fiscal 2012.  Revenues were up 25.5% for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of the prior year and costs were up 33.1% for such period.  Mortgage settlements and the average price of loans settled increased for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year, contributing to the increase in revenues.  The increase in costs was attributed to the increase in the number of loans closed during such period, as well as an increase in salary costs due to increased headcount and other overhead costs.  While revenues were up 47.0% for the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of the prior year, costs were up 38.2% for such period.  Mortgage settlements and the average price of loans settled increased for the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year, contributing to the increase in revenues.  The increase in costs was due to an increase in salary costs due to increased headcount and other overhead costs and to the increase in costs associated with the increase in the number of loans closed during such period.  In the market areas served by our wholly owned mortgage banking subsidiaries, approximately 72.2% and 75.3% of our non-cash homebuyers obtained mortgages originated by these subsidiaries during the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and 72.9% and 77.0% of our non-cash homebuyers obtained mortgages originated by these subsidiaries for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  Servicing rights on new mortgages originated by us are sold with the loans.

Corporate General and Administrative

Corporate general and administrative expenses include the operations at our headquarters in Red Bank, New Jersey.  These expenses include payroll, stock compensation, facility and other costs associated with our executive offices, information services, human resources, corporate accounting, training, treasury, process redesign, internal audit, construction services, and administration of insurance, quality and safety.  Corporate general and administrative expenses increased to $13.7 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to $12.3 million for the three months ended April 30, 2012, and increased to $26.2 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to $25.0 million for the six months ended April 30, 2012.  The minor increase for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 from the prior year period was attributed to increased total compensation as a result of a slight increase in headcount, additional amounts accrued for bonuses as a result of improved operating performance and additional professional services for various corporate operations.

Other Interest

Other interest decreased $3.4 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2012 and decreased $1.4 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the six months ended April 30, 2012.  Our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) are less than our debt, and therefore a portion of interest not covered by qualifying assets must be directly expensed.  For the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, our inventory balances for the qualifying assets have increased enough to cause the amount of interest required to be directly expensed to decrease.  In addition, our interest incurred decreased compared to the prior year for both the three and six months resulting in less interest that was required to be directly expensed.

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Other Operations

  Other operations consist primarily of miscellaneous residential housing operations expenses, senior rental residential property operations, rent expense for commercial office space, amortization of prepaid bond fees, noncontrolling interest relating to consolidated joint ventures, and corporate owned life insurance.  Other operations generated income of $2.8 million and $1.9 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to $1.0 million and $6.4 million of expenses for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012.  The decrease in expenses for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012 was due to the gain recognized from the sale of our last remaining senior rental residential property.  The decrease for the six months ended April 30, 2013 was further impacted by $4.7 million of costs incurred in the prior year from a debt-for-debt exchange on November 1, 2011. Due to the then existing financial condition of K. Hovnanian as determined in accordance with ASC 470-60 and, because the holders of K. Hovnanian’s senior notes that exchanged such notes for 2021 Notes granted K. Hovnanian a concession in the form of extended maturities and reduced interest rates, the debt exchange was accounted for as a troubled debt restructuring, which required any costs incurred associated with the exchange to be expensed as incurred.  

Gain on Extinguishment of Debt

There were no debt repurchases and/or exchanges during the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, however, such transactions during the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, resulted in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $27.0 million and $51.7 million, respectively.  During the three months ended January 31, 2012, we repurchased in the open market a total of $44.0 million principal amount of various issues of our unsecured senior notes due 2016 for an aggregate purchase price of $19.0 million, plus accrued and unpaid interest.  We recognized a gain of $24.7 million net of the write-off of unamortized discounts and fees related to these purchases, which represents the difference between the aggregate principal amounts of the notes purchased and the total purchase price.  As noted above, the accounting for the November 1, 2011 debt exchange is being treated as a troubled debt restructuring. Under this accounting, the Company did not recognize any gain or loss on extinguishment of debt. During the three months ended April 30, 2012, we repurchased a total of $75.4 million principal amount of various issues of our unsecured notes due 2016 and 2017 for an aggregate purchase price of $51.7 million, plus accrued and unpaid interest.  We recognized a gain of $23.3 million net of the write-off of unamortized discounts and fees related to these purchases, which represents the difference between the aggregate principal amounts of the notes purchased and the total purchase price.  During the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we exchanged $9.1 million aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 8.625% Senior Notes due 2017 and $3.1 million aggregate principal amount of our 12.072% Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes for Class A Common Stock, as discussed in Notes 11, 12 and 16 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. These transactions resulted in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $3.7 million for the three months ended April 30, 2012.  

Under the terms of our indentures governing our bonds, we have the right to make certain redemptions and, depending on market conditions and covenant restrictions, may do so from time to time.  We may also continue to make additional debt purchases and/or exchanges for debt or equity from time to time through tender offers, open market purchases, private transactions or otherwise from time to time depending on market conditions and covenant restrictions.  

Income From Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

Income from unconsolidated joint ventures was $0.8 million and $3.1 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, compared to $1.5 million for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, a decrease of $0.7 million and an increase of $1.6 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, respectively. During the second quarter of fiscal 2013, we recognized a loss on our most recently formed joint venture because this venture is in the development and construction stage and is currently generating only expenses. This reduced our overall income for the second quarter of fiscal 2013, and generated an unfavorable variance compared to the same period of the prior year. For the six months ended April 30, 2013 we recognized profit from one of our land development joint ventures, as we share 50% of the joint venture’s profit. Also, certain of our joint ventures delivered more homes and reported increased profits during the first half of fiscal 2013 as compared to the first half of 2012. These increases, partially offset by the expenses incurred for our most recently formed joint venture described above, generated a favorable variance for the six months ended April 30, 2013 compared to the same period of the prior year.

Total Taxes

The total income tax benefit of $12.1 million recognized during the six months ended April 30, 2013 was primarily due to the release of reserves for a federal tax position that was settled with the Internal Revenue Service and a favorable state tax audit settlement, offset slightly by state tax expenses.

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Deferred federal and state income tax assets primarily represent the deferred tax benefits arising from temporary differences between book and tax income which will be recognized in future years as an offset against future taxable income. If the combination of future years’ income (or loss) and the reversal of the timing differences results in a loss, such losses can be carried forward to future years. In accordance with ASC 740, we evaluate our deferred tax assets quarterly to determine if valuation allowances are required.  ASC 740 requires that companies assess whether valuation allowances should be established based on the consideration of all available evidence using a “more likely than not” standard.  Because of the downturn in the homebuilding industry, resulting in significant inventory and intangible impairments in prior years, we are in a three-year cumulative loss position as of April 30, 2013.  According to ASC 740, a three-year cumulative loss is significant negative evidence in considering whether deferred tax assets are realizable.  Our valuation allowance for deferred taxes amounted to $941.8 million and $937.9 million at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively.  The valuation allowance increased during the six months ended April 30, 2013 primarily due to additional valuation allowance recorded for the federal and state tax benefits related to the losses incurred during this period.

Inflation

Inflation has a long-term effect, because increasing costs of land, materials, and labor result in increasing sale prices of our homes.  In general, these price increases have been commensurate with the general rate of inflation in our housing markets and have not had a significant adverse effect on the sale of our homes.  A significant risk faced by the housing industry generally is that rising house construction costs, including land and interest costs, will substantially outpace increases in the income of potential purchasers.

Inflation has a lesser short-term effect, because we generally negotiate fixed price contracts with many, but not all, of our subcontractors and material suppliers for the construction of our homes.  These prices usually are applicable for a specified number of residential buildings or for a time period of between three to twelve months.  Construction costs for residential buildings represent approximately 57% of our homebuilding cost of sales.

Safe Harbor Statement

All statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are not historical facts should be considered “Forward-Looking Statements” within the meaning of the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.  Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in, or suggested by, such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such plans, intentions, or expectations will be achieved.  Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to:

● Changes in general and local economic and industry and business conditions and impacts of the sustained homebuilding downturn;

● Adverse weather and other environmental conditions and natural disasters;

● Changes in market conditions and seasonality of the Company’s business;

● Changes in home prices and sales activity in the markets where the Company builds homes;

● Government regulation, including regulations concerning development of land, the home building, sales and customer financing processes, tax laws and the environment;

● Fluctuations in interest rates and the availability of mortgage financing;

● Shortages in, and price fluctuations of, raw materials and labor;

● The availability and cost of suitable land and improved lots;

● Levels of competition;

● Availability of financing to the Company;

● Utility shortages and outages or rate fluctuations;

● Levels of indebtedness and restrictions on the Company's operations and activities imposed by the agreements governing the Company's outstanding indebtedness;

● The Company's sources of liquidity;

● Changes in credit ratings;

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● Availability of net operating loss carryforwards;

● Operations through joint ventures with third parties;

● Product liability litigation, warranty claims and claims made by mortgage investors;

● Successful identification and integration of acquisitions;

● Changes in tax laws affecting the after-tax costs of owning a home;

● Significant influence of the Company's controlling stockholders; and

● Geopolitical risks, terrorist acts and other acts of war.

      Certain risks, uncertainties, and other factors are described in detail in Part I, Item 1 “Business” and Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2012. Except as otherwise required by applicable securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Item 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

A primary market risk facing us is interest rate risk on our long term debt.  In connection with our mortgage operations, mortgage loans held for sale, and the associated mortgage warehouse lines of credit under our Master Repurchase Agreements are subject to interest rate risk; however, such obligations reprice frequently and are short-term in duration.  In addition, we hedge the interest rate risk on mortgage loans by obtaining forward commitments from private investors.  Accordingly, the interest rate risk from mortgage loans is not material.  We do not use financial instruments to hedge interest rate risk except with respect to mortgage loans.  We are also subject to foreign currency risk but we do not believe that this risk is material.  The following table sets forth as of April 30, 2013, our long-term debt obligations, principal cash flows by scheduled maturity, weighted average interest rates and estimated fair value (“FV”).

	Long Term Debt as of April 30, 2013 by Fiscal Year of Expected Maturity Date
(Dollars in thousands)	2013			2014			2015			2016			2017			Thereafter			Total			FV at April 30, 2013
Long term debt(1):
Fixed rate	$	35,233		$	43,724		$	90,700		$	223,691		$	127,662		$	1,072,501		$	1,593,511		$	1,713,337
Weighted average interest rate		6.52	%		6.94	%		10.26	%		6.84	%		8.70	%		7.01	%		7.29	%

(1)  Does not include the mortgage warehouse lines of credit made under our Master Repurchase Agreements.  See Note 10 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.

Item 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.  Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.  The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of April 30, 2013.  Based upon that evaluation and subject to the foregoing, the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to accomplish their objectives.

There was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended April 30, 2013 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II.  Other Information

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

Information with respect to legal proceedings is incorporated into this Part II, Item 1 from Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Recent Sales of Unregistered Equity Securities

None.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

No shares of our Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock were purchased by or on behalf of the Company or any affiliated purchaser during the fiscal second quarter of 2013.  The maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the Company’s repurchase plans or programs is 0.5 million.

Dividends

Certain debt agreements to which we are a party contain restrictions on the payment of cash dividends.  As a result of the most restrictive of these provisions, we are not currently able to pay any cash dividends.  We have never paid a cash dividend to common stockholders.

Item 6.  Exhibits

3(a)	Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.(2)
3(b)	Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.(3)
4(a)	Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate.(6)
4(b)	Specimen Class B Common Stock Certificate.(6)
4(c)	Certificate of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of the 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., dated January 12, 2005.(4)
4(d)	Certificate of Designations of the Series B Junior Preferred Stock of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., dated August 14, 2008.(1)
4(e)	Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008, between Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and National City Bank, as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation as Exhibit A, Form of Right Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights as Exhibit C.(5)
10(a)*	Form of 2013 Long-Term Incentive Program Award Agreement.
31(a)	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
31(b)	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
32(a)	Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
32(b)	Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
101**	The following financial information from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2013, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity for the six months ended April 30, 2013, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, and (v) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

* Management contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements.

**XBRL Information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.

(1) Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant for the quarter ended July 31, 2008.

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(2)	Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrant filed March 15, 2013.
(3)	Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrant filed December 21, 2009.
(4)	Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrant filed on July 13, 2005.
(5)	Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A of the Registrant filed August 14, 2008.
(6)	Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant for the quarter ended January 31, 2009.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Registrant)
DATE:	June 7, 2013
	/s/ J. LARRY SORSBY
	J. Larry Sorsby
	Executive Vice President and
	Chief Financial Officer
DATE:	June 7, 2013
	/s/ Brad G. O’Connor
	Brad G. O’Connor
	Vice President/Chief Accounting Officer/Corporate Controller

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EX-10

EXHIBIT 10a

2012 HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

2013 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PROGRAM AWARD AGREEMENT

Participant:		Cash Percentage of Award:	40%
Date of Grant:	March 11, 2013	Stock Percentage of Award:	60%
[Maximum LTIP Award (total)1:	]	Target LTIP Award (total)1:
[Maximum Cash Amount:	]	Target Cash Amount:
[Maximum Number of Class [A/B] Shares:	]	Target Number of Class [A/B] Shares:

1.     Grant of LTIP Award. For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the "Company"), hereby grants the Long-Term Incentive Program award opportunity (the “Award”) listed above to the Participant, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. This grant is made pursuant to the terms and conditions of the 2012 Company Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Program adopted thereunder (the “LTIP”), which Plan and LTIP, as amended from time to time, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Agreement. The Award represents an unfunded, unsecured right of the Participant to receive cash and/or Class [A/B] Shares (“Shares”) on the date(s) specified under the LTIP, subject to the performance and time vesting conditions set forth thereunder. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings as in the Plan or the LTIP, as applicable. A copy of the LTIP is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

2.     Amount of Award; Vesting and Timing of Payments. The target amount of the Award listed above represents the amount of cash and Shares that the Participant will be eligible to receive if the performance levels achieved during the Performance Period correspond to a payout level of 100% of target under the terms of the LTIP, assuming the time vesting requirements set forth under the LTIP are also met. The actual amount of cash and/or Shares payable in respect of the Award may be more or less than the targeted amounts, and the amounts (if any) that become payable under the Award will be paid to the Participant at such times and subject to such performance and time vesting conditions as set forth under the LTIP.

3.     Adjustments Upon Certain Events. Subject to the terms of the Plan and the LTIP, in the event of any change in the outstanding Shares by reason of any Share dividend or split, reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, spin-off or combination transaction or exchange of Shares or other similar events (collectively, an "Adjustment Event"), the Committee shall, in its sole discretion, make an appropriate and equitable adjustment in the number of Shares subject to this Agreement to reflect such Adjustment Event. Any such adjustment made by the Committee shall be final and binding upon the Participant, the Company and all other interested persons.

¹ Based on March 11, 2013 grant price of $5.94.

4.     No Right to Continued Employment. Neither the Plan, the LTIP nor this Agreement shall be construed as giving the Participant the right to be retained in the employ of, or in any consulting relationship to, the Company or any Affiliate. Further, the Company or an Affiliate may at any time dismiss the Participant, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, the LTIP or this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.

5.     No Acquired Rights. In participating in the Plan and the LTIP, the Participant acknowledges and accepts that the Board and the Committee have the power to amend or terminate the Plan and the LTIP, to the extent permitted thereunder, at any time and that the opportunity given to the Participant to participate in the Plan and the LTIP is entirely at the discretion of the Committee and does not obligate the Company or any of its Affiliates to offer such participation in the future (whether on the same or different terms). The Participant further acknowledges and accepts that such Participant's participation in the Plan and the LTIP is not to be considered part of any normal or expected compensation and that the termination of the Participant's employment under any circumstances whatsoever will give the Participant no claim or right of action against the Company or its Affiliates in respect of any loss of rights under this Agreement, the Plan or the LTIP that may arise as a result of such termination of employment.

6.     No Rights of a Shareholder. The Participant shall have no voting, dividend or other rights or privileges as a shareholder of the Company until the Shares in question have been issued or transferred to the Participant.

7.     Legend on Certificates. Any Shares issued or transferred to the Participant pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which such Shares are listed, and any applicable Federal or state laws or relevant securities laws of the jurisdiction of the domicile of the Participant, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any certificates representing such Shares to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

8.     Transferability. This Award may not be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by the Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and any purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance not permitted by this Section 8 shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate.

9.     Withholding. The Participant may be required to pay to the Company or any Affiliate and the Company or any Affiliate shall have the right and is hereby authorized to withhold from any transfer of cash or Shares due under this Agreement, the LTIP or under the Plan or from any compensation or other amount owing to the Participant, applicable withholding taxes with respect to any transfer under this Agreement, the LTIP or under the Plan and to take such action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant's employment with the Company terminates prior to the payment or transfer of all of the cash and/or Shares under this Agreement, the payment of any applicable withholding taxes with respect to any further payments of cash or transfer of Shares under this Award shall be made solely through withholding of cash or Shares otherwise payable under this Agreement in amounts equal to the statutory minimum withholding liability.

 

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10.     Non-Solicitation Covenants.

(a)     The Participant acknowledges and agrees that, during the Participant's employment with the Company and its Affiliates and upon the Participant's termination of Employment with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason, for a period commencing on the termination of such Employment and ending on the second anniversary of such termination, the Participant shall not, whether on Participant's own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction with any person, company, business entity or other organization whatsoever, directly or indirectly:

(i)     solicit any employee of the Company or its Affiliates with whom the Participant had any contact during the last two years of the Participant's employment, or who worked in the same business segment or division as the Participant during that period to terminate employment with the Company or its Affiliates;

(ii)    solicit the employment or services of, or hire, any such employee whose employment with the Company or its Affiliates terminated coincident with, or within twelve (12) months prior to or after the termination of Participant's employment with the Company and its Affiliates;

(iii)   directly or indirectly, solicit to cease to work with the Company or its Affiliates any consultant then under contract with the Company or its Affiliates.

(b)     It is expressly understood and agreed that although the Participant and the Company consider the restrictions contained in this Section 10 to be reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that the time or any other restriction contained in this Agreement is an unenforceable restriction against the Participant, the provisions of this Agreement shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such maximum extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be enforceable. Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction contained in this Agreement is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be amended so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein.

11.     Specific Performance. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Company's remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of Section 10 would be inadequate and the Company would suffer irreparable damages as a result of such breach or threatened breach. In recognition of this fact, the Participant agrees that, in the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company, without posting any bond, shall be entitled to cease making any payments or providing any benefit otherwise required by this Agreement and obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy which may then be available.

12.     Choice of Law. THE INTERPRETATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

13.     Award Subject to Plan and LTIP. By entering into this Agreement, the Participant agrees and acknowledges that the Participant has received and read a copy of the Plan and the LTIP. The Award is subject to the Plan and the LTIP. In the event of a conflict between any term or provision contained herein and a term or provision of the Plan or LTIP, the applicable terms and provisions of the Plan and LTIP will govern and prevail.

 

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14.     Signature in Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

15.     409A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Plan or the LTIP, this Award shall not be deferred, accelerated, extended, paid out or modified in a manner that would result in the imposition of an additional tax under Section 409A of the Code upon the Participant. In the event it is reasonably determined by the Committee that, as a result of Section 409A of the Code, the transfer of Shares under this Agreement may not be made at the time contemplated hereunder without causing the Participant to be subject to taxation under Section 409A of the Code (including due to the Participant’s status as a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), the Company will make such payment on the first day that would not result in the Participant incurring any tax liability under Section 409A of the Code.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement.

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.

By:

PARTICIPANT

By:

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Exhibit A

2013 Long-Term Incentive Program

1. Purpose

The purpose of the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Program (“LTIP”) is to aid the Company in retaining key employees and to motivate them to exert their best efforts on behalf of the Company. The LTIP has been adopted pursuant to the terms of the 2012 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”) and is intended to incentivize achievement of certain Pre-tax Profit goals and certain improvements in the Company’s capital structure through refinancings and/or reductions of Existing Homebuilding Debt. Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings assigned to such terms under the 2012 Plan.

2. Participants

The Compensation Committee will designate the Participants who will be granted incentive awards under the LTIP, with the first such awards to be granted on or about March 11, 2013 (the “Initial Grant Date”). Additional Associates may be eligible to participate at the discretion of the Compensation Committee. The awards for Participants who are selected by the Compensation Committee to participate after the Initial Grant Date will be determined based on actual performance for the full Performance Period (as defined below) and will be prorated based on the number of full months of eligible service completed during the thirty-one (31) month Performance Period, subject to the vesting requirements outlined below in section 6.

3. Performance Period

The LTIP “Performance Period” will commence on March 11, 2013 and end on October 31, 2015.

4. Details

Each Participant will be eligible to receive an award based on the achievement of certain Pre-tax Profit levels in fiscal year 2015, refinancings of Existing Homebuilding Debt (i.e., excluding Mortgage Debt) between the Initial Grant Date and October 31, 2015 and/or reductions of Existing Homebuilding Debt between November 1, 2013 and October 31, 2015. The award will be based on a specific target multiple of the Participant’s base salary in effect on the date the Participant is granted the award (the “Grant Date”) and the closing Share price on the Grant Date; provided, however, that the Share price for new Participants will be no less than the Share price on the Initial Grant Date.

For purposes of the LTIP, “Pre-tax Profit” is defined as earnings (loss) before income tax expense as reflected on our audited financial statements, excluding the impact of any items deemed to be extraordinary items for financial reporting purposes and excluding losses from land impairments and losses from debt repurchases/debt retirement such as call premiums, above par purchase prices and related issuance costs. “Existing Homebuilding Debt” is defined as total (recourse) notes payable excluding accrued interest, as reflected on our consolidated audited balance sheet as of January 31, 2013, less any debt that has an equity component such as debt convertible into equity, tangible equity units and/or exchangeable notes (not net debt). To qualify under the LTIP as a refinancing of “Existing Homebuilding Debt,” any such refinanced Existing Homebuilding Debt must have a minimum maturity date of five years from the date of the refinancing or be refinanced with a revolving line of credit.

The following table illustrates the percent of the target award that can be achieved at each performance level. Awards will be interpolated between performance levels but will not be extrapolated above the maximum performance levels listed below.

		Refinancings of Existing Homebuilding Debt Between Grant Date and 10/31/2015 and/or Reductions of Existing Homebuilding Debt Between 11/01/2013 and 10/31/2015 (in millions)
		$125 or less	$165	$205	$245	$285	$325 or more
FY 2015 Pre-tax Profit (in millions)	$200 or more	100% of target award	125% of target award	150% of target award	175% of target award	200% of target award	250% of target award
	$150	75% of target award	100% of target award	125% of target award	150% of target award	175% of target award	225% of target award
	$100	50% of target award	75% of target award	100% of target award	125% of target award	150% of target award	200% of target award
	$50 or less	0% of target award	15% of target award	30% of target award	45% of target award	60% of target award	90% of target award

Exhibit A  Page 1

Exhibit A

2013 Long-Term Incentive Program

5. Examples

a. If $205 million of the Company’s Existing Homebuilding Debt is refinanced between the Initial Grant Date and 10/31/2015 and/or reduced between 11/01/2013 and 10/31/2015, in accordance with the terms of the LTIP, and fiscal year 2015 Pre-tax Profit is $100 million, a Participant would achieve an award equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the target award, subject to the vesting requirements in section 6.

b. If $229 million of the Company’s Existing Homebuilding Debt refinanced between the Initial Grant Date and 10/31/2015 and/or reduced between 11/01/2013 and 10/31/2015, in accordance with the terms of the LTIP, and fiscal year 2015 Pre-tax Profit is $190 million, the Participant would achieve an award equal to one hundred and sixty percent (160%) of the target award (calculated by linear interpolation from the performance goals listed on the chart), subject to the vesting requirements in section 6.

c. If $165 million of the Company’s Existing Homebuilding Debt is refinanced between the Initial Grant Date and 10/31/2015 and/or reduced between 11/01/2013 and 10/31/2015, in accordance with the terms of the LTIP, and fiscal year 2015 Pre-tax Profit is $50 million, a Participant would achieve an award equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the target award, subject to the vesting requirements in section 6.

6. Payout Method and Conditions For Earning Award

The award is payable forty percent (40%) in cash and sixty percent (60%) in Shares provided, however, that (i) the target amount payable in Shares will be determined based on the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the Grant Date (subject to the limitation under Section 6(a)) and (ii) the timing of payments for installments of the award in cash and in Shares will be determined using the respective values of the cash and Share portions of the award as of 10/31/2015, with all cash installments of the award becoming vested and payable before any Share denominated installments of the award becomes vested and payable pursuant to Section 6(b) below.

a. The target award amount payable in Shares will be determined by dividing the portion of the target award payable in Shares by the closing Share price on the Grant Date, provided, however, that the Share price for new Participants will be no less than the Share price on the Initial Grant Date.

b. Except as provided in Section 6(c) – (e) below, as a condition of earning each portion of the award, Participants must be employed through the vesting dates outlined below. The vesting percentages relate to the award value as of 10/31/2015.

i. Twenty percent (20%) of the award will become vested on 10/31/2015 and payable in January 2016

ii. Thirty percent (30%) of the award will become vested on 10/31/2016 and payable in January 2017

iii. Fifty percent (50%) of the award will become vested on 10/31/2017 and payable in January 2018

Suppose an original Participant’s target award is $300,000 and the closing Share price on the Participant’s Grant Date is $6.00. Forty percent (40%) of the award is payable in cash and sixty percent (60%) of the award is payable in Shares, resulting in a target cash award of $120,000 (target award x 40%) and a target stock award of 30,000 Shares (target award x 60% ÷ $6.00, rounded). Under this example, if the Participant earns one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the target award, based on actual performance achievement, subject to the vesting requirements in this section 6, the Participant will be eligible to receive a cash portion of $180,000 ($120,000 target cash portion x 150%) and a Share portion of 45,000 Shares (30,000 target Share portion x 150%, rounded).

Assume that the Share price on October 31, 2015 is $10.00 so the value of the Share portion for vesting purposes is $450,000 (45,000 x $10.00). The value of the cash portion of the award is not affected by stock price fluctuations and therefore remains at $180,000 resulting in a total award value of $630,000 ($450,000 + $180,000) as of 10/31/2015.

Per the vesting schedule, the award vests twenty percent (20%) on 10/31/2015, thirty percent (30%) on 10/31/2016 and fifty percent (50%) on 10/31/2017 with the cash portion of the award vesting before the stock portion. Twenty percent (20%) of the total award value as of 10/31/2015 is $126,000 ($630,000 x 20%). Since the cash portion is greater than this amount, $126,000 in cash and no shares will vest on 10/31/2015 and be paid in January 2016.

On 10/31/2016, an additional thirty percent (30%) of the total award value as of 10/31/2015, or $189,000 ($630,000 x 30%), is scheduled to vest. The remaining cash portion in the amount of $54,000 ($180,000 – $126,000) and 13,500 Shares (135,000 ÷ $10.00, rounded up) will vest on 10/31/2016 and be paid in January 2017.

Exhibit A  Page 2

Exhibit A

2013 Long-Term Incentive Program

On 10/31/2017, the remaining portion of the award is scheduled to vest. Since the entire cash portion and 13,500 Shares had vested in prior years, the remaining 31,500 Shares (45,000 – 13,500) will vest on 10/31/17 and be paid in January 2018.

c. In the event a Participant ceases to be employed by the Company due to death prior to the end of the Performance Period, the Participant’s beneficiary will be eligible for a prorata award payable in January 2016. The award will be determined based on actual performance for the full Performance Period and will be prorated based on the number of full months of eligible service completed during the thirty-one (31) month Performance Period. In the event a Participant ceases to be employed by the Company due to death following the end of the Performance Period, the Participant’s beneficiary will be eligible to receive any unpaid, earned portion of the award within seventy-five (75) days.

d. In the event a Participant ceases to be employed by the Company due to Disability prior to the end of the Performance Period, the Participant will be eligible to receive a prorata award on the scheduled payout dates. The award will be determined based on actual performance for the full Performance Period and will be prorated based on the number of full months of eligible service completed during the thirty-one (31) month Performance Period. In the event a Participant ceases to be employed by the Company due to Disability following the end of the Performance Period, the Participant will be eligible to receive any unpaid, earned portions of the award on the scheduled payout dates as if there was no termination of employment.

e. In the event a Participant ceases to be employed by the Company due to “Retirement” following the end of the Performance Period, the Participant will be eligible to receive any unpaid, earned portions of the award on the scheduled payout dates as if there was no termination of employment. "Retirement" shall mean termination of employment on or after age 60, or on or after age 58 with at least 15 years of "Service" to the Company and its Subsidiaries immediately preceding such termination of employment. For this purpose, "Service" means the period of employment immediately preceding Retirement, plus any prior periods of employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries of one or more years' duration, unless they were succeeded by a period of non-employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries of more than three years' duration.

7. Non-Solicitation Covenants

a. Each Participant shall be required as a condition to receiving the award to acknowledge and agree that, during the Participant's employment with the Company and its Affiliates and upon the Participant's termination of Employment with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason, for a period commencing on the termination of such Employment and ending on the second anniversary of such termination, the Participant shall not, whether on Participant's own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction with any person, company, business entity or other organization whatsoever, directly or indirectly:

iv. solicit any employee of the Company or its Affiliates with whom the Participant had any contact during the last two years of the Participant's employment, or who worked in the same business segment or division as the Participant during that period to terminate employment with the Company or its Affiliates;

v. solicit the employment or services of, or hire, any such employee whose employment with the Company or its Affiliates terminated coincident with, or within twelve (12) months prior to or after the termination of Participant's employment with the Company and its Affiliates;

vi. directly or indirectly, solicit to cease to work with the Company or its Affiliates any consultant then under contract with the Company or its Affiliates.

b. It shall be expressly understood and agreed that although the Participant and the Company consider the restrictions contained in this Section 7 to be reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that the time or any other restriction contained in this LTIP is an unenforceable restriction against the Participant, the provisions of this LTIP shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such maximum extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be enforceable. Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction contained in this LTIP is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be amended so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein.

Exhibit A  Page 3

Exhibit A

2013 Long-Term Incentive Program

8. Specific Performance

Each Participant shall acknowledge and agree that the Company's remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of Section 7 would be inadequate and the Company would suffer irreparable damages as a result of such breach or threatened breach. In recognition of this fact, the Participant shall agree that, in the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company, without posting any bond, shall be entitled to cease making any payments or providing any benefit otherwise required by this LTIP and obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy which may then be available.

9. Adjustments

Adjustments Upon Certain Events. Subject to the terms of the 2012 Plan, in the event of any change in the outstanding Shares by reason of any Share dividend or split, reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, spin-off or combination transaction or exchange of Shares or other similar events (collectively, an "Adjustment Event"), the Committee shall, in its sole discretion, make an appropriate and equitable adjustment in the number of Shares subject to awards granted under this LTIP to reflect such Adjustment Event. Any such adjustment made by the Committee shall be final and binding upon the Participant, the Company and all other interested persons.

10. Amendments

The Committee may amend, alter or discontinue the LTIP at any time, provided that no such amendment, alteration or discontinuation shall be made that would materially adversely affect the rights of a Participant with respect to a previously granted award hereunder without such Participant’s consent.

Exhibit A  Page 4

EX-31

CERTIFICATIONS

Exhibit 31(a)

I, Ara K. Hovnanian, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2013 of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “registrant”);

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: June 7, 2013

/s/ARA K. HOVNANIAN
Ara K. Hovnanian
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31

CERTIFICATIONS

Exhibit 31(b)

I, J. Larry Sorsby, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2013 of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “registrant”);

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: June 7, 2013

/s/J. LARRY SORSBY
J. Larry Sorsby
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32

Exhibit 32(a)

 CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2013 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Ara K. Hovnanian, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: June 7, 2013

/s/ ARA K. HOVNANIAN
Ara K. Hovnanian
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-32

Exhibit 32(b)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2013 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, J. Larry Sorsby, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: June 7, 2013

/s/J. LARRY SORSBY
J. Larry Sorsby
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Note 23 (Detail) - Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements - Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012
Homebuilding	$ 412,316	$ 333,185	$ 758,868	$ 596,094
Financial services	10,682	8,513	22,341	15,203
Total revenues	422,998	341,698	781,209	611,297
Costs and Expenses	425,090	367,894	806,392	679,731
(Loss) gain on extinguishment of debt		27,039		51,737
Income (loss) from unconsolidated joint ventures	827	1,495	3,116	1,473
(Loss) income before income taxes	(1,265)	2,338	(22,067)	(15,224)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	(2,583)	536	(12,077)	1,239
Net income (loss)	1,318	1,802	(9,990)	(16,463)
Financial services	7,137	5,363	14,565	10,540
Homebuilding [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
Costs and Expenses	2,396	2,435	2,744	4,175
Homebuilding [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Costs and Expenses	29,838	9,456	59,699	24,077
Homebuilding [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Costs and Expenses	345,306	316,409	643,076	601,746
Homebuilding [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Costs and Expenses	40,482	15,910	83,895	14,575
Homebuilding [Member] | Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Costs and Expenses	(69)	18,321	2,413	24,618
Homebuilding [Member]
Total revenues	412,365	333,255	758,940	596,165
Costs and Expenses	417,953	362,531	791,827	669,191
(Loss) income before income taxes	22,651	6,253	27,487	2,781
Parent Company [Member]
Homebuilding	1		3	4
Total revenues	1		3	4
Costs and Expenses	2,401	2,464	2,753	4,255
(Loss) income before income taxes	(2,400)	(2,464)	(2,750)	(4,251)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	(2,714)	(4,104)	(17,075)	(8,668)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	1,004	162	(24,315)	(20,880)
Net income (loss)	1,318	1,802	(9,990)	(16,463)
Financial services	5	29	9	80
Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Homebuilding	(54)	(75)	(99)	(105)
Intercompany charges	20,207	23,949	40,407	23,949
Total revenues	20,153	23,874	40,308	23,844
Costs and Expenses	29,838	9,456	59,699	24,077
(Loss) gain on extinguishment of debt		27,039	(770,009)	51,737
(Loss) income before income taxes	(9,685)	41,457	(789,400)	51,504
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(11,601)	33,834	(22,719)	22,172
Net income (loss)	(21,286)	75,291	(812,119)	73,676
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Homebuilding	362,496	314,161	661,511	577,467
Financial services	2,586	1,696	4,663	2,995
Intercompany charges	(25,013)	(18,779)	(50,334)	(31,131)
Total revenues	340,069	297,078	615,840	549,331
Costs and Expenses	347,154	317,744	646,766	604,307
(Loss) gain on extinguishment of debt			770,009
Income (loss) from unconsolidated joint ventures	(123)	462	2,259	491
(Loss) income before income taxes	(7,208)	(20,204)	741,342	(54,485)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision	131	4,640	4,998	9,907
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	13,524	5,833	21,971	8,462
Net income (loss)	6,185	(19,011)	758,315	(55,930)
Financial services	1,848	1,335	3,690	2,561
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Homebuilding	51,121	20,337	99,948	21,206
Financial services	8,096	6,817	17,678	12,208
Intercompany charges	(877)	(2,449)	(1,751)	(3,448)
Total revenues	58,340	24,705	115,875	29,966
Costs and Expenses	45,766	19,905	94,761	22,486
Income (loss) from unconsolidated joint ventures	950	1,033	857	982
(Loss) income before income taxes	13,524	5,833	21,971	8,462
Net income (loss)	13,524	5,833	21,971	8,462
Financial services	5,284	3,995	10,866	7,911
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Homebuilding	(1,248)	(1,238)	(2,495)	(2,478)
Intercompany charges	5,683	(2,721)	11,678	10,630
Total revenues	4,435	(3,959)	9,183	8,152
Costs and Expenses	(69)	18,325	2,413	24,606
(Loss) income before income taxes	4,504	(22,284)	6,770	(16,454)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(2,927)	(39,829)	25,063	(9,754)
Net income (loss)	1,577	(62,113)	31,833	(26,208)
Financial services		$ 4		$ (12)

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Note 10

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Line Of Credit [Text Block]

10.  We have nonrecourse mortgages for a small number of our communities totaling $30.4 million at April 30, 2013, as well as our Corporate Headquarters totaling $18.3 million at April 30, 2013, which are secured by the related real property and any improvements. These loans have installment obligations with annual principal maturities in the years ending October 31 of approximately: $30.9 million in 2013, $1.1 million in 2014, $1.2 million in 2015, $1.3 million in 2016, $1.4 million in 2017 and $12.8 million after 2017. The interest rates on these obligations ranged from 4.25% to 10.0% at April 30, 2013.

We do not have a revolving credit facility. We have certain stand alone cash collateralized letter of credit agreements and facilities under which there were a total of $26.6 million and $29.5 million of letters of credit outstanding as of April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively. These agreements and facilities require us to maintain specified amounts of cash as collateral in segregated accounts to support the letters of credit issued thereunder, which will affect the amount of cash we have available for other uses. As of April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the amount of cash collateral in these segregated accounts was $27.0 million and $30.7 million, respectively, which is reflected in “Restricted cash” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Our wholly owned mortgage banking subsidiary, K. Hovnanian American Mortgage, LLC (“K. Hovnanian Mortgage”), originates mortgage loans primarily from the sale of our homes. Such mortgage loans and related servicing rights are sold in the secondary mortgage market within a short period of time. Our secured Master Repurchase Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase Master Repurchase Agreement”) is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50 million through January 17, 2014. 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 LIBOR rate, which was 0.19820% at April 30, 2013, subject to a floor of 1%, plus the applicable margin of 2.5%. Therefore, at April 30, 2013, the interest rate was 3.5%. As of April 30, 2013, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Chase Master Repurchase Agreement was $32.2 million.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has another secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Customers Bank (“Customers Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on May 28, 2013 to extend the maturity date to May 27, 2014, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $37.5 million through maturity. 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 LIBOR subject to a floor of 0.5% plus the applicable margin ranging from 3.0% to 5.5% based on the takeout investor and type of loan. As of April 30, 2013, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Customers Master Repurchase Agreement was $7.6 million.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has a third secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC (“Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on January 2, 2013, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through the earlier of (x) 364 days from receipt of a termination notice that is delivered by the lender on or before June 21, 2013 and (y) or June 20, 2014. To date, we have not received a notice of termination. 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 the Credit Suisse Cost of Funds, which was 0.54% at April 30, 2013, plus the applicable margin ranging from 3.75% to 4.0% based on the takeout investor and type of loan. As of April 30, 2013, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement was $26.2 million.

The Chase Master Repurchase Agreement, Customers Master Repurchase Agreement and Credit Suisse 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 of 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 agreement, we do not consider any of these covenants to be substantive or material. As of April 30, 2013, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Master Repurchase Agreements.

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Note 9 (Detail) (Pledged Against Mortgage Warehouse LOC [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Pledged Against Mortgage Warehouse LOC [Member]
Pledged Financial Instruments, Not Separately Reported, Loans Receivable, for Repurchase Agreements	$ 68.4	$ 104.6

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012		Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012
Revenues:
Sale of homes	$ 409,576		$ 312,494		$ 743,857		$ 564,824
Land sales and other revenues	2,740		20,691		15,011		31,270
Total homebuilding	412,316		333,185		758,868		596,094
Financial services	10,682		8,513		22,341		15,203
Total revenues	422,998		341,698		781,209		611,297
Expenses:
Cost of sales, excluding interest	333,143		271,563		621,898		488,990
Cost of sales interest	11,274		13,317		21,554		25,793
Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs	2,191		3,216		2,856		6,541
Total cost of sales	346,608		288,096		646,308		521,324
Selling, general and administrative	37,802		35,125		74,573		68,379
Total homebuilding expenses	384,410		323,221		720,881		589,703
Financial services	7,137		5,363		14,565		10,540
Corporate general and administrative	13,725		12,264		26,228		25,049
Other interest	22,632	[1],[2]	26,056	[1],[2]	46,632	[1],[2]	48,051	[1],[2]
Other operations	(2,814)		990		(1,914)		6,388
Total expenses	425,090		367,894		806,392		679,731
Gain on extinguishment of debt			27,039				51,737
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures	827		1,495		3,116		1,473
(Loss) income before income taxes	(1,265)		2,338		(22,067)		(15,224)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision:
State	(2,432)		468		(2,199)		1,101
Federal	(151)		68		(9,878)		138
Total income taxes	(2,583)		536		(12,077)		1,239
Net income (loss)	$ 1,318		$ 1,802		$ (9,990)		$ (16,463)
Basic:
Income (loss) per common share (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01		$ 0.02		$ (0.07)		$ (0.15)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (in Shares)	145,948		116,021		144,373		112,338
Assuming dilution:
Income (loss) per common share (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01		$ 0.02		$ (0.07)		$ (0.15)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (in Shares)	147,231		116,117		144,373		112,338

[1] Other interest expensed is comprised of interest that does not qualify for capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt. Interest on completed homes and land in planning which does not qualify for capitalization is expensed.

[2] Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest, is the sum of other interest expensed, as defined above, and interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries adjusted for the change in accrued interest.

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Note 3

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Home Building Interest [Text Block]

3.  Interest costs incurred, expensed and capitalized were:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013		2012		2013		2012
Interest capitalized at beginning of period	$	114,429	$	123,315	$	116,056	$	121,441
Plus interest incurred(1)		31,965		34,493		64,618		70,838
Less cost of sales interest expensed		11,274		13,317		21,554		25,793
Less other interest expensed(2)(3)		22,632		26,056		46,632		48,051
Interest capitalized at end of period(4)	$	112,488	$	118,435	$	112,488	$	118,435

(1)	Data does not include interest incurred by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries.
(2)	Other interest expensed is comprised of interest that does not qualify for interest capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt. Interest on completed homes and land in planning, which does not qualify for capitalization, is expensed.
(3)	Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest, is the sum of other interest expensed, as defined above, and interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries adjusted for the change in accrued interest, which is calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,					Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012		2013			2012
Other interest expensed	$	22,632		$	26,056	$	46,632		$	48,051
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries		631			468		1,508			944
(Increase)/decrease in accrued interest		(1,600	)		14,350		(9,820	)		3,283
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest	$	21,663		$	40,874	$	38,320		$	52,278

(4) Capitalized interest amounts are shown gross before allocating any portion of impairments to capitalized interest.

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Note 17

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

17. The total income tax benefit was $12.1 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 primarily due to the release of reserves for a federal tax position that was settled with the Internal Revenue Service and a favorable state tax audit settlement, offset slightly by state tax expenses.

Deferred federal and state income tax assets primarily represent the deferred tax benefits arising from temporary differences between book and tax income which will be recognized in future years as an offset against future taxable income. If the combination of future years’ income (or loss) and the reversal of the timing differences results in a loss, such losses can be carried forward to future years. In accordance with ASC 740, we evaluate our deferred tax assets quarterly to determine if valuation allowances are required.  ASC 740 requires that companies assess whether valuation allowances should be established based on the consideration of all available evidence using a “more likely than not” standard.  Because of the downturn in the homebuilding industry, resulting in significant inventory and intangible impairments in prior years, we are in a three-year cumulative loss position as of April 30, 2013.  According to ASC 740, a three-year cumulative loss is significant negative evidence in considering whether deferred tax assets are realizable.  Our valuation allowance for deferred taxes amounted to $941.8 million and $937.9 million at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively.  The valuation allowance increased slightly during the six months ended April 30, 2013 as compared to the prior period primarily due to additional valuation allowance recorded for the federal and state tax benefits related to the losses incurred during the period.

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Note 19 (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2013
Deposits Associated with Land and Lot Options of Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities	$ 64.0
Purchase Price Associated with Land and Lot Options of Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities	$ 864.6

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Note 11 (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended																						1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended														3 Months Ended									3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012		Apr. 30, 2013 Initial [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Additional [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Cash [Member] The 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Cash [Member] Guarantees [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Letters of Credit Collateral [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Letters of Credit Collateral [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Real Estate [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Notes Collateral [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Three Months [Member] The 6.25% 2016 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Three Months [Member] The 7.5% 2016 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 Three Months [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Six Months [Member] The 6.25% 2016 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Six Months [Member] The 7.5% 2016 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 Six Months [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Senior Notes [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Senior Notes [Member]		Jul. 31, 2005 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Common Class A [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Common Class A [Member]		Apr. 11, 2012 Common Class A [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 7.25% 2020 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 2.0% 2021 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 5.0% 2021 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 6.5% 2014 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 6.375% 2014 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 6.25% 2015 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 6.25% 2016 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 7.5% 2016 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 The 8.625% 2017 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 8.625% 2017 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 11.875% 2015 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 11.0% 2017 Amortizing Note [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 6.00% Exchangable Note Units [Member]	Oct. 02, 2012 The 6.00% Exchangable Note Units [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Senior Exchangeable Notes Due 2017 [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Tangible Equity Units [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 8.625% Senior Notes Due 2017 [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 Note Repurchases [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 Note Repurchases [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount (in Dollars)						$ 992,000,000	$ 460,600,000																							$ 577,000,000	$ 220,000,000	$ 53,200,000	$ 141,800,000	$ 36,700,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 21,400,000	$ 131,200,000	$ 86,500,000	$ 9,100,000	$ 121,000,000	$ 60,800,000			$ 100,000,000	$ 64,900,000
Secured Debt			978,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage																														7.25%	9.125%	2.00%	5.00%	6.50%	6.375%	6.25%	6.25%	7.50%		8.625%	11.875%	11.00%	6.00%	6.00%		6.00%
Senior Notes, Unsecured			459,000,000																		459,005,000	458,736,000	[1]																			23,100,000			64,900,000
Subordinated Debt (in Dollars)			4,180,000	6,091,000	[1]																																									4,200,000
Debt Collateral												80,500,000								560,000,000
Cash Collateral for Borrowed Securities								230,600,000	31,800,000	27,000,000	30,700,000
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures			52,800,000	61,100,000									43,900,000
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Numerator			2.0
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Denominator			1.0
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage																								7.625%	7.625%
Debt Instrument, Repurchased Face Amount (in Dollars)	12,200,000	12,200,000												15,200,000	22,800,000		21,000,000	61,100,000																					9,100,000								37,400,000
Debt Instrument, Repurchase Amount																51,700,000			70,700,000
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt (in Dollars)	$ 27,039,000	$ 51,737,000																																					$ 3,500,000									$ 23,300,000	$ 48,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued (in Shares)																										136,244,962	130,055,304	[1]	25,000,000

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2012.

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Note 11

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Long-term Debt [Text Block]

11. As of April 30, 2013, we had $992.0 million of outstanding senior secured notes ($978.0 million, net of discount), comprised of $577.0 million 7.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2020 (the “First Lien Notes”), $220.0 million 9.125% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2020 (the “Second Lien Notes” and, together with the First Lien Notes, the “2020 Secured Notes”), $53.2 million 2.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “2.0% 2021 Notes”) and $141.8 million 5.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “5.0% 2021 Notes” and together with the 2.0% 2021 Notes, the “2021 Notes”).  As of April 30, 2013, we also had $460.6 million of outstanding senior notes ($459.0 million, net of discount), comprised of $36.7 million 6.5% Senior Notes due 2014, $3.0 million 6.375% Senior Notes due 2014, $21.4 million 6.25% Senior Notes due 2015, $131.2 million 6.25% Senior Notes due 2016, $86.5 million 7.5% Senior Notes due 2016, $121.0 million 8.625% Senior Notes due 2017 and $60.8 million 11.875% Senior Notes due 2015. In addition, as of April 30, 2013, we had outstanding $23.1 million 11.0% Senior Amortizing Notes due 2017 (issued as a component of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units and discussed below in Note 13), $64.9 million Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2017 (issued as a component of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units and discussed below in Note 13) and $4.2 million 7.25% Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes (issued as part of our 7.25% Tangible Equity Units and discussed below in Note 12). Except for K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (“K. Hovnanian”), the issuer of the notes, our home mortgage subsidiaries, joint ventures and subsidiaries holding interests in our joint ventures, certain of our title insurance subsidiaries and our foreign subsidiary, we and each of our subsidiaries are guarantors of the senior secured, senior, senior amortizing, senior exchangeable and senior subordinated amortizing notes outstanding at April 30, 2013 (see Note 23).  In addition, the 2021 Notes are guaranteed by K. Hovnanian JV Holdings, L.L.C. and its subsidiaries except for certain joint ventures and joint venture holding companies (collectively, the “Secured Group”). Members of the Secured Group do not guarantee K. Hovnanian's other indebtedness.  

The First Lien Notes are secured by a first-priority lien and the Second Lien Notes are secured by a second-priority lien, in each case, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, on substantially all the assets owned by Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., K. Hovnanian and the guarantors of such notes. At April 30, 2013, the aggregate book value of the real property that would constitute collateral securing the 2020 Secured Notes was approximately $560.0 million, which does not include the impact of inventory investments, home deliveries, or impairments thereafter and which may differ from the value if it were appraised. In addition, cash collateral that would secure the 2020 Secured Notes was $230.6 million as of April 30, 2013, which includes $27.0 million of restricted cash collateralizing certain letters of credit. Subsequent to such date, cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments.

The guarantees with respect to the 2021 Notes of the Secured Group are secured, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, by a first-priority lien on substantially all of the assets of the members of the Secured Group. As of April 30, 2013, the collateral securing the guarantees included (1) $31.8 million of cash and cash equivalents and (2) equity interests in guarantors that are members of the Secured Group.  Subsequent to such date, cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments. The aggregate book value of the real property of the Secured Group collateralizing the 2021 Notes was approximately $80.5 million as of April 30, 2013 (not including the impact of inventory investments, home deliveries, or impairments thereafter and which may differ from the appraised value).  Members of the Secured Group also own equity in joint ventures, either directly or indirectly through ownership of joint venture holding companies, with a book value of $43.9 million as of April 30, 2013; this equity is not pledged to secure, and is not collateral for, the 2021 Notes. Members of the Secured Group are “unrestricted subsidiaries” under K. Hovnanian's other senior notes, senior secured notes and senior subordinated amortizing notes, and thus have not guaranteed such indebtedness. 

The indentures governing our notes do not contain any financial maintenance covenants, but do contain restrictive covenants that limit, among other things, the Company’s ability and that of certain of its subsidiaries, including K. Hovnanian, to incur additional indebtedness (other than certain permitted indebtedness, refinancing indebtedness and non-recourse indebtedness), pay dividends and make distributions on common and preferred stock, repurchase subordinated indebtedness (with respect to certain of the senior secured notes), make other restricted payments, make investments, sell certain assets, incur liens, consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all assets and enter into certain transactions with affiliates.  The indentures also contain events of default which would permit the holders of the notes to declare the notes to be immediately due and payable if not cured within applicable grace periods, including the failure to make timely payments on the notes or other material indebtedness, the failure to comply with agreements and covenants and specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency and, with respect to the indentures governing the senior secured notes, the failure of the documents granting security for the senior secured notes to be in full force and effect and the failure of the liens on any material portion of the collateral securing the senior secured notes to be valid and perfected. As of April 30, 2013, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants of the indentures governing our outstanding notes.

Under the terms of the indentures, we have the right to make certain redemptions and, depending on market conditions and covenant restrictions, may do so from time to time. We also continue to evaluate our capital structure and may also continue to make debt purchases and/or exchanges for debt or equity from time to time through tender offers, open market purchases, private transactions, or otherwise or seek to raise additional debt or equity capital, depending on market conditions and covenant restrictions.

If our consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined in the indentures governing our senior secured and senior notes (other than the Senior Exchangeable Notes discussed in Note 13 below), is less than 2.0 to 1.0, we are restricted from making certain payments, including dividends, and from incurring indebtedness other than certain permitted indebtedness, refinancing indebtedness, and non-recourse indebtedness. As a result of this restriction, we are currently restricted from paying dividends, which are not cumulative, on our 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock. If current market trends continue or worsen, we will continue to be restricted from paying dividends for the foreseeable future.  Our inability to pay dividends is in accordance with covenant restrictions and will not result in a default under our bond indentures or otherwise affect compliance with any of the covenants contained in the bond indentures.

During the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, we repurchased in open market and privately negotiated transactions $15.2 million and $21.0 million, respectively, principal amount of our 6.25% Senior Notes due 2016 and $22.8 million and $61.1 million, respectively, principal amount of 7.50% Senior Notes due 2016. In addition, during the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we repurchased, $37.4 million principal amount of 8.625% Senior Notes due 2017. The aggregate purchase price for these repurchases was $51.7 million and $70.7 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, plus accrued and unpaid interest.  These repurchases resulted in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $23.3 million and $48.0 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, net of the write-off of unamortized discounts and fees. The gain is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on extinguishment of debt”. Certain of these repurchases were funded with the proceeds from our April 11, 2012 issuance of 25,000,000 shares of our Class A Common Stock (see Note 16).

During the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we also purchased pursuant to agreements with bondholders, $9.1 million aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 8.625% Senior Notes due 2017 in exchange for Class A Common Stock, as discussed in Note 16. These transactions resulted in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $3.5 million for the three months ended April 30, 2012. The gain is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on extinguishment of debt”.

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Note 5 (Detail) - Write-Offs and Lots Walked Away From (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012		Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012
Number of Walk-Away Lots	513		828		698		1,186
Dollar Amount of Write-Offs	$ 1,300	[1]	$ 1,100	[1]	$ 1,400	[1]	$ 1,300	[1]
Northeast [Member]
Number of Walk-Away Lots	300				300
Dollar Amount of Write-Offs	100	[1]	300	[1]	200	[1]	300	[1]
Mid-Atlantic [Member]
Number of Walk-Away Lots	24		3		164		182
Dollar Amount of Write-Offs		[1]	100	[1]		[1]	200	[1]
Midwest [Member]
Number of Walk-Away Lots			67				105
Dollar Amount of Write-Offs		[1]	100	[1]		[1]	100	[1]
Southeast [Member]
Number of Walk-Away Lots			593				734
Dollar Amount of Write-Offs	100	[1]	600	[1]	100	[1]	700	[1]
Southwest [Member]
Number of Walk-Away Lots	189		165		234		165
Dollar Amount of Write-Offs	1,100	[1]		[1]	1,100	[1]		[1]
West [Member]
Dollar Amount of Write-Offs		[1]		[1]		[1]		[1]

[1] During the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 there were write-offs in the Mid-Atlantic totaling $2 thousand and $8 thousand, respectively. During the three and six months ended April 30, 2012 there were write-offs in the Southwest totaling $44 thousand and $52 thousand, respectively.

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Note 12 (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended							27 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012		Feb. 09, 2011	Feb. 09, 2011 Initial [Member]	Feb. 14, 2011 Additional [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Common Class A [Member] Life of the Issuance [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Minimum [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Maximum [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Life of the Issuance [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Tangible Equity Units [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 Amortizing Notes [Member]
Tangible Equity Units, Units Issued							3,000,000	450,000
Tangible Equity Units, Rate		7.25%				7.25%							7.25%
Subordinated Debt (in Dollars)		$ 4,180,000		$ 6,091,000	[1]								$ 4,200,000
Tangible Equity Units, Cash Installment, Per Note (in Dollars per share)		$ 0.453125
Tangible Equity Units Rate Per Year		7.25%
Tangible Equity Units, Stated Amount (in Dollars per share)		$ 25
Tangible Equity Units, Annual Interest Rate		12.072%
Tangible Equity Units, Number of Shares Upon Conversion, Per Unit										4.7655	5.8140
Prepaid Stock Purchase Contracts Issued (in Dollars)													68,100,000
Tangible Equity Units, Number Converted		600,000										2,200,000
Prepaid Stock Purchase Contracts Shares Settled		2,700,000							10,400,000
Stock Issued (in Dollars)														3,100,000
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt (in Dollars)	$ 27,039,000		$ 51,737,000											$ 200,000

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2012.

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Note 22 (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Fair Value at April 30, 2013			Fair Value at October 31, 2012
Mortgage loans held for sale (1)	Level 2	$	86,543		$	116,912
Interest rate lock commitments	Level 2		264			(8	)
Forward contracts	Level 2		(1,344	)		120
		$	85,463		$	117,024

Fair Value, Option, Quantitative Disclosures [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	$	1,776	$	480	$	(1,668	)

	Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	$	(51	)	$	(4	)	$	(136	)

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	$	738	$	272	$	(1,464	)

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	$	(446	)	$	(9	)	$	482

Fair Value Measurements, Nonrecurring [Table Text Block]

		Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$	2,348	$	(910	)	$	1,438
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$	-	$	-		$	-

		Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$	4,550	$	(2,011	)	$	2,539
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$	180	$	(91	)	$	89

		Six Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$	5,243	$	(1,478	)	$	3,765
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$	485	$	(19	)	$	466

		Six Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$	6,978	$	(2,715	)	$	4,263
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$	16,496	$	(2,528	)	$	13,968

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Note 20

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures Disclosure [Text Block]

20.  We enter into homebuilding and land development joint ventures from time to time as a means of accessing lot positions, expanding our market opportunities, establishing strategic alliances, managing our risk profile, leveraging our capital base and enhancing returns on capital.  Our homebuilding joint ventures are generally entered into with third-party investors to develop land and construct homes that are sold directly to third-party homebuyers.  Our land development joint ventures include those entered into with developers and other homebuilders as well as financial investors to develop finished lots for sale to the joint venture’s members or other third parties.

The tables set forth below summarize the combined financial information related to our unconsolidated homebuilding and land development joint ventures that are accounted for under the equity method.

(Dollars in thousands)	April 30, 2013
	Homebuilding			Land Development		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	31,821		$	142	$	31,963
Inventories		140,007			13,329		153,336
Other assets		9,241			5		9,246
Total assets	$	181,069		$	13,476	$	194,545
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	18,090		$	5,436	$	23,526
Notes payable		60,285			-		60,285
Total liabilities		78,375			5,436		83,811
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.		43,828			2,697		46,525
Others		58,866			5,343		64,209
Total equity		102,694			8,040		110,734
Total liabilities and equity	$	181,069		$	13,476	$	194,545
Debt to capitalization ratio		37	%		0%		35	%

(Dollars in thousands)	October 31, 2012
	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	29,657		$	1,686		$	31,343
Inventories		177,170			14,853			192,023
Other assets		12,886			5			12,891
Total assets	$	219,713		$	16,544		$	236,257
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	24,651		$	12,233		$	36,884
Notes payable		79,675			-			79,675
Total liabilities		104,326			12,233			116,559
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.		45,285			794			46,079
Others		70,102			3,517			73,619
Total equity		115,387			4,311			119,698
Total liabilities and equity	$	219,713		$	16,544		$	236,257
Debt to capitalization ratio		41	%		0	%		40	%

As of April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, we had advances outstanding of approximately $6.3 million and $15.0 million, respectively, to these unconsolidated joint ventures, which were included in the “Accounts payable and accrued liabilities” balances in the tables above.  On our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets our “Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures” amounted to $52.8 million and $61.1 million at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively.  In some cases, our net investment in these joint ventures is less than our proportionate share of the equity reflected in the tables above because of the differences between asset impairments recorded against our joint venture investments and any impairments recorded in the applicable joint venture.  Impairments of our joint venture equity investments are recorded when we deem a decline in fair value to be other than temporary while impairments recorded in the joint ventures are recorded when undiscounted cash flows of the community indicate that the carrying amount is not recoverable.  During fiscal 2012 and the first six months of fiscal 2013, we did not write down any joint venture investments based on our determination that none of the investments in our joint ventures sustained an other than temporary impairment during those periods.

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	74,423		$	1,661		$	76,084
Cost of sales and expenses		(70,826	)		(1,506	)		(72,332	)
Joint venture net income	$	3,597		$	155		$	3,752
Our share of net income	$	807		$	78		$	885

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	78,534		$	2,727		$	81,261
Cost of sales and expenses		(73,792	)		(1,381	)		(75,173	)
Joint venture net income	$	4,742		$	1,346		$	6,088
Our share of net income	$	1,035		$	633		$	1,668

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	134,566		$	9,475		$	144,041
Cost of sales and expenses		(127,115	)		(4,455	)		(131,570	)
Joint venture net income	$	7,451		$	5,020		$	12,471
Our share of net income	$	716		$	2,510		$	3,226

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	131,131		$	6,083		$	137,214
Cost of sales and expenses		(126,487	)		(4,585	)		(131,072	)
Joint venture net income	$	4,644		$	1,498		$	6,142
Our share of net income	$	984		$	749		$	1,733

“Income from unconsolidated joint ventures” is reflected as a separate line item in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and reflects our proportionate share of the income or loss of these unconsolidated homebuilding and land development joint ventures.  The difference between our share of the loss or income from these unconsolidated joint ventures disclosed in the tables above compared to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, is due to the reclassification of the intercompany portion of management fee income from certain joint ventures and the deferral of income for lots purchased by us from certain joint ventures. To compensate us for the administrative services we provide as the manager of certain joint ventures, we receive a management fee based on a percentage of the applicable joint venture’s revenues. These management fees, which totaled $2.7 million and $3.5 million, for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $5.5 million and $5.9 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, are recorded in “Homebuilding-Selling, general and administrative” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

In determining whether or not we must consolidate joint ventures where we are the manager of the joint venture, we assess whether the other partners have specific rights to overcome the presumption of control by us as the manager of the joint venture.  In most cases, the presumption is overcome because the joint venture agreements require that both partners agree on establishing the operations and capital decisions of the partnership, including budgets in the ordinary course of business.

Typically, our unconsolidated joint ventures obtain separate project-specific mortgage financing. The amount of financing is generally targeted to be no more than 50% of the joint venture’s total assets.  For our more recent joint ventures, obtaining financing has become challenging, therefore, some of our joint ventures are capitalized only with equity. However, for one of our most recent joint ventures, a portion of our partner's contribution was in the form of mortgage financing. Including the impact of impairments recorded by the joint ventures, the average debt to capitalization ratio of all our joint ventures is currently 35%. Any joint venture financing is on a nonrecourse basis, with guarantees from us limited only to performance and completion of development, environmental warranties and indemnification, standard indemnification for fraud, misrepresentation and other similar actions, including a voluntary bankruptcy filing.  In some instances, the joint venture entity is considered a VIE under ASC 810-10 "Consolidation – Overall" due to the returns being capped to the equity holders; however, in these instances, we are not the primary beneficiary, and therefore we do not consolidate these entities.

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Note 19

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Schedule of Variable Interest Entities [Table Text Block]

19.  The Company enters into land and lot option purchase contracts to procure land or lots for the construction of homes. Under these contracts, the Company will fund a stated deposit in consideration for the right, but not the obligation, to purchase land or lots at a future point in time with predetermined terms. Under the terms of the option purchase contracts, many of the option deposits are not refundable at the Company's discretion.  Under the requirements of ASC 810, certain option purchase contracts may result in the creation of a variable interest in the entity (“VIE”) that owns the land parcel under option.

In compliance with ASC 810, the Company analyzes its option purchase contracts to determine whether the corresponding land sellers are VIEs and, if so, whether the Company is the primary beneficiary. Although the Company does not have legal title to the underlying land, ASC 810 requires the Company to consolidate a VIE if the Company is determined to be the primary beneficiary. In determining whether it is the primary beneficiary, the Company considers, among other things, whether it has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance. Such activities would include, among other things, determining or limiting the scope or purpose of the VIE, selling or transferring property owned or controlled by the VIE, or arranging financing for the VIE. The Company also considers whether it has the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE. As a result of its analyses, the Company determined that, as of April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, it was not the primary beneficiary of any VIEs from which it is purchasing land under option purchase contracts.

We will continue to secure land and lots using options, some of which are with VIEs. Including deposits on our unconsolidated VIEs, at April 30, 2013, we had total cash and letters of credit deposits amounting to approximately $64.0 million to purchase land and lots with a total purchase price of $864.6 million.  The maximum exposure to loss with respect to our land and lot options is limited to the deposits, although some deposits are refundable at our request or refundable if certain conditions are not met.

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Note 5 (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012		Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012
Number Of Communities Evaluated For Impairment	344				344
Number of Communities Performed Detailed Impairment Calculations	29				29
Carrying Value Of Communities Tested For Impairment	$ 82,000,000				$ 82,000,000
Number Of Communities Tested For Impairment For Which Undiscounted Future Cash Flow Only Exceeded Carrying Amount By Less Than 20%	1				1
Percentage Undiscounted Cash Flow Exceeds Carrying Amount					20.00%
Impairment of Real Estate	900,000		2,100,000		1,500,000	[1]	5,200,000
Land Option Write-offs	1,300,000	[2]	1,100,000	[2]	1,400,000	[2]	1,300,000	[2]
Number of Communities Mothballed During the Period					1
Number of Communities Mothballed	52				52
Inventory, Real Estate, Mothballed Communities	125,200,000				125,200,000
Inventory, Real Estate, Mothballed Communities, Accumulated Impairment Charges	455,200,000				455,200,000
One Community [Member]
Carrying Value Of Communities Tested For Impairment For Which Undiscounted Future Cash Flow Only Exceeded Carrying Amount By Less Than 20%	2,700,000				2,700,000
Mid-Atlantic [Member]
Impairment of Real Estate					2,000
Land Option Write-offs			2,000				8,000
Southeast [Member]
Impairment of Real Estate					17,000
Southwest [Member]
Land Option Write-offs			44,000				52,000
Residential Real Estate [Member]
	34,200,000				34,200,000
	33,600,000				33,600,000
Land [Member]
	71,900,000				71,900,000
	$ 57,500,000				$ 57,500,000
Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate					18.00%		16.80%
Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate					18.80%		18.50%

[1] During the six months ended April 30, 2013, the Mid-Atlantic had an impairment totaling $2 thousand and the Southeast had an impairment totaling $17 thousand.

[2] During the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 there were write-offs in the Mid-Atlantic totaling $2 thousand and $8 thousand, respectively. During the three and six months ended April 30, 2012 there were write-offs in the Southwest totaling $44 thousand and $52 thousand, respectively.

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Note 9 (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Loan Origination Reserves [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Loan origination reserves, beginning of period	$	9,118		$	6,429		$	9,334		$	5,063
Provisions for losses during the period		709			724			1,335			2,388
Adjustments to pre-existing provisions for losses from changes in estimates		(61	)		(39	)		(253	)		53
Payments/settlements		-			(544	)		(650	)		(934	)
Loan origination reserves, end of period	$	9,766		$	6,570		$	9,766		$	6,570

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Supplemental Disclosure of Noncash Activities (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Jan. 31, 2013
Real Estate Owned, Transfer from Real Estate Owned (in Dollars)	$ 9.5
Senior exchangeable notes exchanged for Class A Common Stock (in Shares)		18,305
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Conversion of Convertible Securities (in Shares)		3,396,102
Noncash or Part Noncash Acquisition, Other Assets Acquired (in Dollars)		$ 0.6

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Note 6 (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012
Cash Received From Subcontractors For Owner Controlled Insurance Program			$ 1.0	$ 0.9
General Liability Insurance, Deductible	20		20		20
Bodily Injury Insurance, Deductible	0.25		0.25		0.10
Bodily Injury Insurance, Limit	5		5		5
Aggregate Retention for Construction Defects, Warranty and Bodily Injury Claims	21		21		21
Payments by Insurance Companies for Claims	$ 7.5	$ 1.9	$ 8.5	$ 2.6

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Note 3 (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Home Building Interest [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013		2012		2013		2012
Interest capitalized at beginning of period	$	114,429	$	123,315	$	116,056	$	121,441
Plus interest incurred(1)		31,965		34,493		64,618		70,838
Less cost of sales interest expensed		11,274		13,317		21,554		25,793
Less other interest expensed(2)(3)		22,632		26,056		46,632		48,051
Interest capitalized at end of period(4)	$	112,488	$	118,435	$	112,488	$	118,435

Cash Paid for Interest, Net of Capitalized Interest [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,					Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012		2013			2012
Other interest expensed	$	22,632		$	26,056	$	46,632		$	48,051
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries		631			468		1,508			944
(Increase)/decrease in accrued interest		(1,600	)		14,350		(9,820	)		3,283
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest	$	21,663		$	40,874	$	38,320		$	52,278

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Note 18 (Detail)	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013
Number of Reportable Segments	6
Number of Operating Segments	6

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Note 22 (Detail) - Changes in Fair Values Included in Income (Loss) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale [Member]
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	$ 1,776	$ (51)	$ 738	$ (446)
Interest Rate Lock Commitments [Member]
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	480	(4)	272	(9)
Forward Contracts [Member]
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	$ (1,668)	$ (136)	$ (1,464)	$ 482

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Note 17 (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	$ (2,583,000)	$ 536,000	$ (12,077,000)	$ 1,239,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance	$ 941,800,000		$ 941,800,000		$ 937,900,000

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Note 3 (Detail) - Interest Costs Incurred, Expensed and Capitalized (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012		Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012
Interest capitalized at beginning of period	$ 114,429		$ 123,315		$ 116,056		$ 121,441
Plus interest incurred(1)	31,965	[1]	34,493	[1]	64,618	[1]	70,838	[1]
Less cost of sales interest expensed	11,274		13,317		21,554		25,793
Less other interest expensed(2)(3)	22,632	[2],[3]	26,056	[2],[3]	46,632	[2],[3]	48,051	[2],[3]
Interest capitalized at end of period(4)	$ 112,488	[4]	$ 118,435	[4]	$ 112,488	[4]	$ 118,435	[4]

[1] Does not include interest incurred by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries.

[2] Other interest expensed is comprised of interest that does not qualify for capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt. Interest on completed homes and land in planning which does not qualify for capitalization is expensed.

[3] Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest, is the sum of other interest expensed, as defined above, and interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries adjusted for the change in accrued interest.

[4] Capitalized interest amounts are shown gross before allocating any portion of impairments to capitalized interest.

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Note 20 (Detail) - Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 31,963		$ 31,963		$ 31,343
Inventories	153,336		153,336		192,023
Other assets	9,246		9,246		12,891
Total assets	194,545		194,545		236,257
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	23,526		23,526		36,884
Notes payable	60,285		60,285		79,675
Total liabilities	83,811		83,811		116,559
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	46,525		46,525		46,079
Others	64,209		64,209		73,619
Total equity	110,734		110,734		119,698
Total liabilities and equity	194,545		194,545		236,257
Debt to capitalization ratio	35.00%		35.00%		40.00%
Revenues	76,084	81,261	144,041	137,214
Cost of sales and expenses	(72,332)	(75,173)	(131,570)	(131,072)
Joint venture net income	3,752	6,088	12,471	6,142
Our share of net income	827	1,495	3,116	1,473
Segment [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Our share of net income	807	1,035	716	984
Segment [Member] | Land Development [Member]
Our share of net income	78	633	2,510	749
Segment [Member]
Our share of net income	885	1,668	3,226	1,733
Homebuilding [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	31,821		31,821		29,657
Inventories	140,007		140,007		177,170
Other assets	9,241		9,241		12,886
Total assets	181,069		181,069		219,713
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	18,090		18,090		24,651
Notes payable	60,285		60,285		79,675
Total liabilities	78,375		78,375		104,326
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	43,828		43,828		45,285
Others	58,866		58,866		70,102
Total equity	102,694		102,694		115,387
Total liabilities and equity	181,069		181,069		219,713
Debt to capitalization ratio	37.00%		37.00%		41.00%
Revenues	74,423	78,534	134,566	131,131
Cost of sales and expenses	(70,826)	(73,792)	(127,115)	(126,487)
Joint venture net income	3,597	4,742	7,451	4,644
Land Development [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	142		142		1,686
Inventories	13,329		13,329		14,853
Other assets	5		5		5
Total assets	13,476		13,476		16,544
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	5,436		5,436		12,233
Total liabilities	5,436		5,436		12,233
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	2,697		2,697		794
Others	5,343		5,343		3,517
Total equity	8,040		8,040		4,311
Total liabilities and equity	13,476		13,476		16,544
Debt to capitalization ratio	0.00%		0.00%		0.00%
Revenues	1,661	2,727	9,475	6,083
Cost of sales and expenses	(1,506)	(1,381)	(4,455)	(4,585)
Joint venture net income	$ 155	$ 1,346	$ 5,020	$ 1,498

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Note 18

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

18.  Our operating segments are components of our business for which discrete financial information is available and reviewed regularly by the chief operating decision-maker, our Chief Executive Officer, to evaluate performance and make operating decisions.  Based on this criteria, each of our communities qualifies as an operating segment, and therefore, it is impractical to provide segment disclosures for this many segments.  As such, we have aggregated the homebuilding operating segments into six reportable segments.

Our homebuilding operating segments are aggregated into reportable segments based primarily upon geographic proximity, similar regulatory environments, land acquisition characteristics and similar methods used to construct and sell homes.  The Company’s reportable segments consist of the following six homebuilding segments and a financial services segment:

Homebuilding:

 (1) Northeast (New Jersey and Pennsylvania)

 (2) Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington D.C.)

 (3) Midwest (Illinois, Minnesota and Ohio)

 (4) Southeast (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina)

 (5) Southwest (Arizona and Texas)

 (6) West (California)

Financial Services

Operations of the Company’s Homebuilding segments primarily include the sale and construction of single-family attached and detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, urban infill and active adult homes in planned residential developments.  In addition, from time to time, operations of the homebuilding segments include sales of land.  Operations of the Company’s Financial Services segment include mortgage banking and title services provided to the homebuilding operations’ customers.  We do not retain or service mortgages that we originate but rather sell the mortgages and related servicing rights to investors.

Corporate and unallocated primarily represents operations at our headquarters in Red Bank, New Jersey.  This includes our executive offices, information services, human resources, corporate accounting, training, treasury, process redesign, internal audit, construction services, and administration of insurance, quality, and safety.  It also includes interest income and interest expense resulting from interest incurred that cannot be capitalized in inventory in the Homebuilding segments, as well as the gains or losses on extinguishment of debt from debt repurchases.

Evaluation of segment performance is based primarily on operating earnings from continuing operations before provision for income taxes (“(Loss) income before income taxes”).  (Loss) income before income taxes for the Homebuilding segments consists of revenues generated from the sales of homes and land, (loss) income from unconsolidated entities, management fees and other income, less the cost of homes and land sold, selling, general and administrative expenses, interest expense and non-controlling interest expense.  Income before income taxes for the Financial Services segment consists of revenues generated from mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services, less the cost of such services and certain selling, general and administrative expenses incurred by the Financial Services segment.

Operational results of each segment are not necessarily indicative of the results that would have occurred had the segment been an independent stand-alone entity during the periods presented.

Financial information relating to the Company’s segment operations was as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Revenues:
Northeast	$	54,236		$	51,775		$	109,071		$	93,307
Mid-Atlantic		58,405			64,776			111,124			119,171
Midwest		39,393			23,631			71,726			41,829
Southeast		37,192			36,346			66,153			56,555
Southwest		161,813			114,716			293,437			206,540
West		61,326			42,011			107,429			78,763
Total homebuilding		412,365			333,255			758,940			596,165
Financial services		10,682			8,513			22,341			15,203
Corporate and unallocated		(49	)		(70	)		(72	)		(71	)
Total revenues	$	422,998		$	341,698		$	781,209		$	611,297
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Northeast	$	(4,651	)	$	(125	)	$	(9,538	)	$	(5,773	)
Mid-Atlantic		3,344			5,058			4,269			7,669
Midwest		2,279			(91	)		3,479			(1,247	)
Southeast		2,719			(3,876	)		3,309			(6,733	)
Southwest		16,538			8,235			24,641			12,785
West		2,422			(2,948	)		1,327			(3,920	)
Homebuilding income before income taxes		22,651			6,253			27,487			2,781
Financial services		3,545			3,150			7,776			4,663
Corporate and unallocated		(27,461	)		(7,065	)		(57,330	)		(22,668	)
(Loss) income before income taxes	$	(1,265	)	$	2,338		$	(22,067	)	$	(15,224	)

(In thousands)	April 30, 2013		October 31, 2012
Assets:
Northeast	$	367,882	$	396,073
Mid-Atlantic		210,881		200,969
Midwest		81,338		73,305
Southeast		91,953		90,132
Southwest		289,577		235,367
West		127,269		143,851
Total homebuilding		1,168,900		1,139,697
Financial services		112,800		164,634
Corporate and unallocated		337,187		379,919
Total assets	$	1,618,887	$	1,684,250

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$ (9,990)	$ (16,463)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation	2,844	3,217
Compensation from stock options and awards	2,455	2,867
Amortization of bond discounts and deferred financing costs	3,646	3,493
Gain on sale and retirement of property and assets	(4,484)	(127)
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures	(3,116)	(1,473)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures	738	297
Gain on extinguishment of debt		(51,737)
Expenses related to the debt for debt exchange		4,683
Inventory impairment and land option write-offs	2,856	6,541
Decrease (increase) in assets:
Mortgage loans held for sale	31,561	(2,905)
Restricted cash, receivables, prepaids, deposits and other assets	45,486	18,953
Inventories	(66,205)	15,435
(Decrease) increase in liabilities:
State and federal income tax liabilities	(8,365)	1,106
Customers’ deposits	9,147	4,326
Accounts payable, accrued interest and other accrued liabilities	(22,493)	(28,079)
Net cash used in operating activities	(15,920)	(39,866)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of property and assets	7,147	134
Purchase of property, equipment, and other fixed assets	(668)	(728)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	(3,012)	(2,768)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures	14,207	1,258
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	17,674	(2,104)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from mortgages and notes	39,216	5,966
Payments related to mortgages and notes	(38,138)	(4,477)
Proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs	3,868	26,695
Payments related to model sale leaseback financing programs	(3,201)
Proceeds from land bank financing program	31,294
Payments related to land bank financing program	(18,602)
Net proceeds from common stock issuance		47,250
Net payments related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit	(41,497)	14,801
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances	(1,153)
Principal payments and debt repurchases	(1,911)	(73,024)
Payments related to the debt for debt exchange		(18,861)
Purchase of treasury stock		(103)
Net cash used in financing activities	(30,124)	(1,753)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(28,370)	(43,723)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period	273,232	250,740
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	244,862	207,017
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow:
Cash (received) paid during the period for income taxes	$ (3,712)	$ 133

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Note 1

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

1.  Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the "Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) has reportable segments consisting of six Homebuilding segments (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest and West) and the Financial Services segment (see Note 18).

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include our accounts and those of all wholly-owned subsidiaries after elimination of all significant intercompany balances and transactions.  Certain immaterial prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments for interim periods presented have been made, which include normal recurring accruals and deferrals necessary for a fair presentation of our consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.  The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates, and these differences could have a significant impact on the financial statements.  Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results which might be expected for a full year.  The balance sheet at October 31, 2012 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

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Note 4

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

4.  Accumulated depreciation at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012 amounted to $77.7 million and $75.7 million, respectively, for our homebuilding property, plant and equipment.

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Note 22 (Detail) - Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012		Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012
Pre-Impairment Amount	$ 2,300	[1]	$ 4,700	[1]	$ 5,700	[1]	$ 23,400	[1]
Total Losses	(900)		(2,100)		(1,500)	[2]	(5,200)
Sold and Unsold Homes and Lots Under Development [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value	1,438		2,539		3,765		4,263
Sold and Unsold Homes and Lots Under Development [Member]
Pre-Impairment Amount	2,348		4,550		5,243		6,978
Total Losses	(910)		(2,011)		(1,478)		(2,715)
Land and Land Options Held for Future Development or Sale [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value	0		89		466		13,968
Land and Land Options Held for Future Development or Sale [Member]
Pre-Impairment Amount	0		180		485		16,496
Total Losses	$ 0		$ (91)		$ (19)		$ (2,528)

[1] Represents carrying value, net of prior period impairments, if any, at the time of recording the applicable period's impairments.

[2] During the six months ended April 30, 2013, the Mid-Atlantic had an impairment totaling $2 thousand and the Southeast had an impairment totaling $17 thousand.

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Note 2

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]

2.  For the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, the Company’s total stock-based compensation expense was $1.3 million (pre and post tax) and $2.5 million (pre and post tax), respectively, and $1.7 million ($1.3 million net of tax) and $2.9 million (pre and post tax) for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, respectively.  Included in this total stock-based compensation expense was the vesting of stock options of $0.7 million and $1.5 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, respectively, and $1.6 million and $2.6 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, respectively.

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Note 1 (Detail)	6 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Jan. 31, 2013 Homebuilding [Member]
Number of Operating Segments	6	6

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Note 21

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Description of New Accounting Pronouncements Not yet Adopted [Text Block]

21.  As of April 30, 2013, there were no pending accounting pronouncements applicable to the Company.

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Note 5 (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Inventory Impairment [Table Text Block]

(Dollars in millions)	Three Months Ended April 30, 2013						Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
	Number of Communities		Dollar Amount of Impairment		Pre- Impairment Value(1)		Number of Communities		Dollar Amount of Impairment		Pre- Impairment Value(1)
Northeast		1	$	0.9	$	2.3		-	$	-	$	-
Mid-Atlantic		-		-		-		1		0.1		0.2
Midwest		-		-		-		-		-		-
Southeast		-		-		-		5		2.0		4.5
Southwest		-		-		-		-		-		-
West		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total		1	$	0.9	$	2.3		6	$	2.1	$	4.7

(Dollars in millions)	Six Months Ended April 30, 2013						Six Months Ended April 30, 2012
	Number of Communities		Dollar Amount of Impairment(2)		Pre- Impairment Value(1)		Number of Communities		Dollar Amount of Impairment		Pre- Impairment Value(1)
Northeast		2	$	1.5	$	5.2		5	$	2.4	$	16.1
Mid-Atlantic		1		-		0.1		3		0.4		0.8
Midwest		-		-		-		1		0.1		1.1
Southeast		1		-		0.4		8		2.3		5.4
Southwest		-		-		-		-		-		-
West		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total		4	$	1.5	$	5.7		17	$	5.2	$	23.4

Write-Offs and Lots Walked Away From [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2013				2012
(Dollars in millions)	Number of Walk-Away Lots		Dollar Amount of Write-Offs (1)		Number of Walk-Away Lots		Dollar Amount of Write-Offs(1)
Northeast		300	$	0.1		-	$	0.3
Mid-Atlantic		24		-		3		0.1
Midwest		-		-		67		0.1
Southeast		-		0.1		593		0.6
Southwest		189		1.1		165		-
West		-		-		-		-
Total		513	$	1.3		828	$	1.1

	Six Months Ended April 30,
	2013				2012
(Dollars in millions)	Number of Walk-Away Lots		Dollar Amount of Write-Offs(1)		Number of Walk-Away Lots		Dollar Amount of Write-Offs(1)
Northeast		300	$	0.2		-	$	0.3
Mid-Atlantic		164		-		182		0.2
Midwest		-		-		105		0.1
Southeast		-		0.1		734		0.7
Southwest		234		1.1		165		-
West		-		-		-		-
Total		698	$	1.4		1,186	$	1.3

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Note 22 (Detail) - Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2013		Oct. 31, 2012
Mortgage loans held for sale	$ 85,463		$ 117,024
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Mortgage loans held for sale	86,543	[1]	116,912	[1]
Interest Rate Lock Commitments [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Mortgage loans held for sale	264		(8)
Forward Contracts [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Mortgage loans held for sale	$ (1,344)		$ 120

[1] The aggregate unpaid principal balance was $82.2 million and $113.8 million at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively.

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Note 20 (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

(Dollars in thousands)	April 30, 2013
	Homebuilding			Land Development		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	31,821		$	142	$	31,963
Inventories		140,007			13,329		153,336
Other assets		9,241			5		9,246
Total assets	$	181,069		$	13,476	$	194,545
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	18,090		$	5,436	$	23,526
Notes payable		60,285			-		60,285
Total liabilities		78,375			5,436		83,811
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.		43,828			2,697		46,525
Others		58,866			5,343		64,209
Total equity		102,694			8,040		110,734
Total liabilities and equity	$	181,069		$	13,476	$	194,545
Debt to capitalization ratio		37	%		0%		35	%

(Dollars in thousands)	October 31, 2012
	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	29,657		$	1,686		$	31,343
Inventories		177,170			14,853			192,023
Other assets		12,886			5			12,891
Total assets	$	219,713		$	16,544		$	236,257
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	24,651		$	12,233		$	36,884
Notes payable		79,675			-			79,675
Total liabilities		104,326			12,233			116,559
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.		45,285			794			46,079
Others		70,102			3,517			73,619
Total equity		115,387			4,311			119,698
Total liabilities and equity	$	219,713		$	16,544		$	236,257
Debt to capitalization ratio		41	%		0	%		40	%

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	74,423		$	1,661		$	76,084
Cost of sales and expenses		(70,826	)		(1,506	)		(72,332	)
Joint venture net income	$	3,597		$	155		$	3,752
Our share of net income	$	807		$	78		$	885

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	78,534		$	2,727		$	81,261
Cost of sales and expenses		(73,792	)		(1,381	)		(75,173	)
Joint venture net income	$	4,742		$	1,346		$	6,088
Our share of net income	$	1,035		$	633		$	1,668

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	134,566		$	9,475		$	144,041
Cost of sales and expenses		(127,115	)		(4,455	)		(131,570	)
Joint venture net income	$	7,451		$	5,020		$	12,471
Our share of net income	$	716		$	2,510		$	3,226

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues	$	131,131		$	6,083		$	137,214
Cost of sales and expenses		(126,487	)		(4,585	)		(131,072	)
Joint venture net income	$	4,644		$	1,498		$	6,142
Our share of net income	$	984		$	749		$	1,733

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Note 22 (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012
Loans Held for Sale, Mortgages, Unpaid Principal	$ 82,200,000		$ 82,200,000			$ 113,800,000
Loan Applications in Process	496,500,000		496,500,000
Number of Days in Commitment	60 days		60 days
Other Commitment	9,000,000		9,000,000
Impairment of Real Estate	900,000	2,100,000	1,500,000	[1]	5,200,000
Interest Rate Committed [Member]
Interest Rate Committed Loan Applications	54,600,000		54,600,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	488,500,000		488,500,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Senior Notes [Member]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	4,700,000		4,700,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure						448,700,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Senior Subordinated Notes [Member]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure						5,500,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	1,062,100,000		1,062,100,000			994,200,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	23,100,000		23,100,000			23,100,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 86,300,000		$ 86,300,000			$ 87,200,000

[1] During the six months ended April 30, 2013, the Mid-Atlantic had an impairment totaling $2 thousand and the Southeast had an impairment totaling $17 thousand.

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Note 10 (Detail) (USD $)	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Jun. 20, 2014	Oct. 31, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013 Letters of Credit Collateral [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Letters of Credit Collateral [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 After November 1 [Member] Chase Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]	May 27, 2014 Reference Rate [Member] Minimum [Member] Chase Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]	Jun. 20, 2014 Reference Rate [Member] Minimum [Member] Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Reference Rate [Member] Minimum [Member] Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Reference Rate [Member]	May 27, 2014 Spread [Member] Minimum [Member] Chase Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Spread [Member] Minimum [Member] Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]	Jun. 20, 2014 Spread [Member] Minimum [Member] Customers Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]	May 27, 2014 Spread [Member] Maximum [Member] Chase Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]	Jun. 20, 2014 Spread [Member] Maximum [Member] Customers Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Residential Mortgage [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Commercial Real Estate [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Chase Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]	Jun. 20, 2014 Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]	May 27, 2014 Customers Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Customers Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]
Secured Debt	$ 978,000,000															$ 30,400,000	$ 18,300,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months	30,900,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	1,100,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	1,200,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	1,300,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	1,400,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	12,800,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage Rate Range, Minimum	4.25%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage Rate Range, Maximum	10.00%
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	26,600,000		29,500,000
Cash Collateral for Borrowed Securities				27,000,000	30,700,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity						50,000,000													50,000,000	37,500,000
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase, Interest Rate	3.50%						0.50%	0.54%	1.00%	0.1982%	3.00%	2.50%	3.75%	5.50%	4.00%
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings	$ 26,200,000																	$ 32,200,000			$ 7,600,000
Line of Credit Facility, Number of Days from Receipt of a Termination Notice Requirement		364 years

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Note 6 (Detail) - Warranty Reserve and General Liability Reserve (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012
Balance, beginning of period	$ 121,135	$ 124,725	$ 121,149	$ 123,865
Charges incurred during the period	(3,594)	(9,637)	(10,592)	(17,367)
Changes to pre-existing reserves	0	0	0	0
Balance, end of period	125,274	123,580	125,274	123,580
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Product warranty accrual additions	4,217	4,268	8,406	6,924
Cost of Sales [Member]
Product warranty accrual additions	$ 3,516	$ 4,224	$ 6,311	$ 10,158

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Note 4 (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization, Property, Plant, and Equipment	$ 77.7	$ 75.7

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) (Parentheticals) (USD $)	Apr. 30, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Preferred stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	[1]
Preferred stock, shares authorized	100,000	100,000	[1]
Preferred stock, shares issued	5,600	5,600	[1]
Preferred stock, liquidation preference (in Dollars per share)	$ 140,000	$ 140,000	[1]
Common Class A [Member]
Common stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	[1]
Common stock, shares authorized	400,000,000	400,000,000	[1]
Common stock, shares issued	136,244,962	130,055,304	[1]
Common stock, shares held in Treasury	11,760,763	11,760,763	[1]
Common Class B [Member]
Common stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	[1]
Common stock, shares authorized	60,000,000	60,000,000	[1]
Common stock, shares issued	15,349,699	15,350,101	[1]
Common stock, shares held in Treasury	691,748	691,748	[1]

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2012.

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Note 7

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Legal Matters and Contingencies [Text Block]

7.  We are involved in litigation arising in the ordinary course of business, none of which is expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations, and we are subject to extensive and complex regulations that affect the development and home building, sales and customer financing processes, including zoning, density, building standards and mortgage financing.  These regulations often provide broad discretion to the administering governmental authorities.  This can delay or increase the cost of development or homebuilding.

We also are subject to a variety of local, state, federal and foreign laws and regulations concerning protection of health and the environment.  The particular environmental laws that apply to any given community vary greatly according to the community site, the site’s environmental conditions and the present and former uses of the site.  These environmental laws may result in delays, may cause us to incur substantial compliance, remediation and/or other costs, and can prohibit or severely restrict development and homebuilding activity. 

We received in October 2012 a notice from Region III of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) concerning stipulated penalties, totaling approximately $120,000, based on the extent to which we reportedly did not meet certain compliance performance specified in the previously reported consent decree entered into in August 2010; we have since paid the stipulated penalties as assessed.  Until terminated by court order, which can occur no sooner than three years from the date of its entry, the consent decree remains in effect and could give rise to additional assessments of stipulated penalties.  In October 2012, we also received notices from Region III of EPA concerning alleged violations of stormwater discharge permits, issued in 2010 pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act, at two projects in Maryland; we negotiated with the EPA two orders, which the EPA issued in February 2013, to resolve the violations.  One requires us to pay a penalty of $130,000, while the other obligates us to take certain measures to comply with those permits and detail the specific compliance measures we take, among other things; our obligations under the orders will not materially affect us.  

 In March 2013, we received a letter from the EPA requesting information about our involvement in a housing redevelopment project in Newark, New Jersey that a Company entity undertook during the 1990s. We understand that the development is in the vicinity of a former lead smelter and that recent tests on soil samples from properties within the development conducted by the EPA show elevated levels of lead. We also understand that the smelter operated before the City of Newark acquired properties, demolished structures existing on them, and sold the properties to the Company entity in connection with the redevelopment project. We responded to the EPA’s initial request and expect to receive an additional information request, to which we will also respond. The EPA’s investigation is in its early stages and we do not know what, if any, obligations the Company may have arising out of it beyond responding to the EPA’s requests for information.

We anticipate that increasingly stringent requirements will be imposed on developers and homebuilders in the future. Although we cannot predict the effect of these requirements, they could result in time-consuming and expensive compliance programs and in substantial expenditures, which could cause delays and increase our cost of operations. In addition, the continued effectiveness of permits already granted or approvals already obtained is dependent upon many factors, some of which are beyond our control, such as changes in policies, rules, and regulations and their interpretations and application. 

The Company is also involved in the following litigation:

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and K. Hovnanian Venture I, L.L.C. have been named as defendants in a class action suit. The action was filed by Mike D’Andrea and Tracy D’Andrea, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Gloucester County. The action was initially filed on May 8, 2006 alleging that the HVAC systems installed in certain of the Company’s homes are in violation of applicable New Jersey building codes and are a potential safety issue. On December 14, 2011, the Superior Court granted class certification; the potential class is 1,065 homes.  We filed a request to take an interlocutory appeal regarding the class certification decision. The Appellate Division denied the request, and we filed a request for interlocutory review by the New Jersey Supreme Court, which remanded the case back to the Appellate Division for a review on the merits of the appeal on May 8, 2012. The Appellate Division, on remand, heard oral arguments on December 4, 2012 reviewing the Superior Court’s original finding of class certification.  We anticipate a ruling from the Appellate Division on the issue of class certification within the next few months.  The plaintiff seeks unspecified damages as well as treble damages pursuant to the NJ Consumer Fraud Act.   The Company believes there is insurance coverage available to it for this action.  While we have determined that a loss related to this case is not probable, it is not possible to estimate a loss or range of loss related to this matter at this time given the class certification is still in review by the Appellate Division.  On December 19, 2011, certain subsidiaries of the Company filed a separate action seeking indemnification against the various manufactures and subcontractors implicated by the class action.

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data	Common Class A [Member]	Common Class B [Member]	Preferred Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Accumulated Deficit [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Total
Balance at Oct. 31, 2012	$ 1,300	$ 154	$ 135,299	$ 668,735	$ (1,175,703)	$ (115,360)	$ 230	$ (485,345)	[1]
Balance (in Shares) at Oct. 31, 2012	118,294,541	14,658,353	5,600
Stock options, amortization and issuances				1,552				1,552
Stock options, amortization and issuances (in Shares)	31,562
Restricted stock amortization, issuances and forfeitures	1			896				897
Restricted stock amortization, issuances and forfeitures (in Shares)	77,913
Settlement of prepaid common stock purchase contracts	27			(27)
Settlement of prepaid common stock purchase contracts (in Shares)	2,683,679							2,700,000
Exchange of senior exchangeable notes for Class A Common Stock	34			14,242				14,276
Exchange of senior exchangeable notes for Class A Common Stock (in Shares)	3,396,102
Conversion of Class B to Class A Common Stock (in Shares)	402	(402)
Conversion of Class B to Class A Common Stock	1	(1)
Changes in noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures							90	90
Net loss					(9,990)			(9,990)
Balance at Apr. 30, 2013	$ 1,363	$ 153	$ 135,299	$ 685,398	$ (1,185,693)	$ (115,360)	$ 320	$ (478,520)
Balance (in Shares) at Apr. 30, 2013	124,484,199	14,657,951	5,600

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2012.

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Note 13 (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				0 Months Ended					0 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 02, 2012 Initial [Member] Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] The 6.00% Exchangable Note Units [Member]	Oct. 02, 2012 Initial [Member] Senior Amortizing Notes [Member] The 6.00% Exchangable Note Units [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Initial [Member]	Oct. 02, 2012 Additional [Member] Senior Amortizing Notes [Member] The 6.00% Exchangable Note Units [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Additional [Member]	Oct. 02, 2012 Per Annum [Member] Senior Amortizing Notes [Member] The 6.00% Exchangable Note Units [Member]	Oct. 02, 2012 Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] The 6.00% Exchangable Note Units [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]	Oct. 02, 2012 Senior Amortizing Notes [Member] The 6.00% Exchangable Note Units [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 6.00% Exchangable Note Units [Member]	Oct. 02, 2012 The 6.00% Exchangable Note Units [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount (in Dollars)				$ 992,000,000		$ 460,600,000						$ 100,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			11.00%				11.00%				6.00%	6.00%
Note Units Number												100,000
Note Units Stated Amount (in Dollars per Item)												1,000
Number of Coupons		0
Note Units Initial Principal Amount Exchangeable Note (in Dollars per Item)		768.51
Note Units Principal Amount At Maturity (in Dollars per Item)		1,000
Note Units Initial Principal Amount Senior Amortizing Note (in Dollars per Item)			231.49
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage								5.17%
Convertible Debt Shares Issued Upon Conversion (in Dollars per Item)								185.5288
Share Price For Exchangeable Note Conversion (in Dollars per Item)								5.39
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Interest (in Dollars)					$ 39.83					$ 30.00
Senior exchangeable notes exchanged for Class A Common Stock (in Shares)	18,305								18,300,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Conversion of Convertible Securities (in Shares)	3,396,102

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Income taxes receivable – including net deferred tax benefits	$ 1,483		[1]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	49,500	64,200
Inventories:
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	52,800	61,100
Total assets	1,618,887	1,684,250	[1]
Secured debt	978,000
Senior notes	459,000
TEU senior subordinated amortizing notes	4,180	6,091	[1]
Accrued interest	30,019	20,199	[1]
Total notes payable	1,559,213	1,562,395	[1]
Income taxes payable		6,882	[1]
Total liabilities	2,097,407	2,169,595	[1]
Equity:
Preferred stock, $.01 par value - authorized 100,000 shares; issued 5,600 shares with a liquidation preference of $140,000 at April 30, 2013 and at October 31, 2012	135,299	135,299	[1]
Paid in capital - common stock	685,398	668,735	[1]
Accumulated deficit	(1,185,693)	(1,175,703)	[1]
Treasury stock - at cost	(115,360)	(115,360)	[1]
Total Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. stockholders’ equity deficit	(478,840)	(485,575)	[1]
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures	320	230	[1]
Total equity deficit	(478,520)	(485,345)	[1]
Total liabilities and equity	1,618,887	1,684,250	[1]
Mortgage warehouse lines of credit	26,200
Homebuilding [Member] | Nonrecourse Land Mortgages [Member]
Inventories:
Secured debt	30,384	38,302	[1]
Homebuilding [Member] | Nonrecourse Mortgages Secured By Operating Properties [Member]
Inventories:
Secured debt	18,263	18,775	[1]
Homebuilding [Member]
Cash	236,419	258,323	[1]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	32,764	41,732	[1]
Inventories:
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	700,921	671,851	[1]
Land and land options held for future development or sale	228,265	218,996	[1]
Consolidated inventory not owned - other options	106,121	90,619	[1]
Total inventories	1,035,307	981,466	[1]
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	52,821	61,083	[1]
Receivables, deposits, and notes – net	45,129	61,794	[1]
Property, plant, and equipment – net	47,037	48,524	[1]
Prepaid expenses and other assets	55,127	66,694	[1]
Total assets	1,504,604	1,519,616	[1]
Liabilities from inventory not owned	91,150	77,791	[1]
Total liabilities	444,526	455,224	[1]
Equity:
Accounts payable and other liabilities	271,736	296,510	[1]
Customers’ deposits	32,993	23,846	[1]
Financial Services [Member]
Cash	8,443	14,909	[1]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	16,701	22,470	[1]
Mortgage loans held for sale at fair value	85,463	117,024	[1]
Other assets	2,193	10,231	[1]
Inventories:
Total assets	112,800	164,634	[1]
Total liabilities	93,668	145,094	[1]
Equity:
Accounts payable and other liabilities	27,680	37,609	[1]
Mortgage warehouse lines of credit	65,988	107,485	[1]
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Inventories:
Secured debt	977,980	977,369	[1]
Senior Notes [Member]
Inventories:
Senior notes	459,005	458,736	[1]
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Inventories:
Senior notes	23,149	23,149	[1]
Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Inventories:
Senior notes	64,880	76,851	[1]
Common Class A [Member]
Equity:
Common stock	1,363	1,300	[1]
Common Class B [Member]
Equity:
Common stock	$ 153	$ 154	[1]

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2012.

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Note 7 (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2012	Dec. 14, 2011	Feb. 28, 2013 Subsequent Event [Member]
Loss Contingency Fine Assessed	$ 120,000		$ 130,000
Potential Class, Number of Homes		1,065

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Note 23 (Detail) - Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements - Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
ASSETS:
Assets	$ 1,618,887	$ 1,684,250	[1]
Income taxes (payable) receivable	1,483
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liabilities	2,097,407	2,169,595	[1]
Notes payable	1,559,213	1,562,395	[1]
Income taxes payable (receivable)		6,882	[1]
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(478,840)	(485,575)	[1]
Non-controlling interest in consolidated joint ventures	320	230	[1]
Total liabilities and equity	1,618,887	1,684,250	[1]
Homebuilding [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets		6,155
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liabilities	1,931	1,671
Homebuilding [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	241,996	259,339
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liabilities	123	125
Homebuilding [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	968,307	976,836
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liabilities	379,450	391,628
Homebuilding [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	294,301	277,286
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liabilities	63,022	61,800
Homebuilding [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	1,504,604	1,519,616	[1]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liabilities	444,526	455,224	[1]
Financial Services [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	13,646	23,669
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liabilities	13,588	23,070
Financial Services [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	99,154	140,965
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liabilities	80,080	122,024
Financial Services [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	112,800	164,634	[1]
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Liabilities	93,668	145,094	[1]
Due to and from Consolidated Subsidiaries [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	(104,989)	(80,674)
Due to and from Consolidated Subsidiaries [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	(8,930)	13,790
Due to and from Consolidated Subsidiaries [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	268,438	246,467
Due to and from Consolidated Subsidiaries [Member] | Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	(154,519)	(179,583)
Parent Company [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	(136,784)	(74,519)
Income taxes (payable) receivable	(31,795)
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Income taxes payable (receivable)		40,551
Intercompany	340,125	368,834
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(478,840)	(485,575)
Total liabilities and equity	(136,784)	(74,519)
Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	233,066	273,129
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Notes payable	1,558,066	1,561,635
Intercompany	(1,155,371)	(1,930,998)
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(169,752)	642,367
Total liabilities and equity	233,066	273,129
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	1,283,669	1,246,972
Income taxes (payable) receivable	33,278
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Notes payable	819	271
Income taxes payable (receivable)		(33,669)
Intercompany	855,327	1,589,502
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	34,485	(723,830)
Total liabilities and equity	1,283,669	1,246,972
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	393,455	418,251
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Notes payable	328	489
Intercompany	(18,733)	(12,759)
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	268,438	246,467
Non-controlling interest in consolidated joint ventures	320	230
Total liabilities and equity	393,455	418,251
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
ASSETS:
Assets	(154,519)	(179,583)
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Intercompany	(21,348)	(14,579)
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(133,171)	(165,004)
Total liabilities and equity	$ (154,519)	$ (179,583)

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2012.

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Note 22

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]

22.  ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”, provides a framework for measuring fair value, expands disclosures about fair-value measurements and establishes a fair-value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value summarized as follows:

Level 1                      Fair value determined based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.

Level 2                      Fair value determined using significant other observable inputs.

Level 3                      Fair value determined using significant unobservable inputs.

 Our financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below:

(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Fair Value at April 30, 2013			Fair Value at October 31, 2012
Mortgage loans held for sale (1)	Level 2	$	86,543		$	116,912
Interest rate lock commitments	Level 2		264			(8	)
Forward contracts	Level 2		(1,344	)		120
		$	85,463		$	117,024

(1)  The aggregate unpaid principal balance was $82.2 million and $113.8 million at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively.

We elected the fair value option for our loans held for sale for mortgage loans originated subsequent to October 31, 2008 in accordance with ASC 825, “Financial Instruments”, which permits us to measure financial instruments at fair value on a contract-by-contract basis.  Management believes that the election of the fair value option for loans held for sale improves financial reporting by mitigating volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring the fair value of the loans and the derivative instruments used to economically hedge them without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions.  In addition, the fair value of servicing rights is included in the Company’s loans held for sale as of April 30, 2013.  Fair value of the servicing rights is determined based on values in the Company’s servicing sales contracts.  Fair value of loans held for sale is based on independent quoted market prices, where available, or the prices for other mortgage whole loans with similar characteristics.

The Financial Services segment had a pipeline of loan applications in process of $496.5 million at April 30, 2013.  Loans in process for which interest rates were committed to the borrowers totaled approximately $54.6 million as of April 30, 2013. Substantially all of these commitments were for periods of 60 days or less. Since a portion of these commitments is expected to expire without being exercised by the borrowers, the total commitments do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

The Financial Services segment uses investor commitments and forward sales of mandatory mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) to hedge its mortgage-related interest rate exposure.  These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk.  Credit risk is managed by entering into MBS forward commitments, option contracts with investment banks, federally regulated bank affiliates and loan sales transactions with permanent investors meeting the segment’s credit standards.  The segment’s risk, in the event of default by the purchaser, is the difference between the contract price and fair value of the MBS forward commitments and option contracts.  At April 30, 2013, the segment had open commitments amounting to $9.0 million to sell MBS with varying settlement dates through May 21, 2013.

The assets accounted for using the fair value option are initially measured at fair value.  Gains and losses from initial measurement and subsequent changes in fair value are recognized in the Financial Services segment’s income. The changes in fair values that are included in income are shown, by financial instrument and financial statement line item, below:

	Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	$	1,776	$	480	$	(1,668	)

	Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	$	(51	)	$	(4	)	$	(136	)

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	$	738	$	272	$	(1,464	)

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net income (loss), all reflected in financial services revenues	$	(446	)	$	(9	)	$	482

The Company’s assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are those assets for which the Company has recorded valuation adjustments and write-offs during the periods presented.  The assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are all within the Company’s Homebuilding operations and are summarized below:

Non-financial Assets

		Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$	2,348	$	(910	)	$	1,438
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$	-	$	-		$	-

		Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$	4,550	$	(2,011	)	$	2,539
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$	180	$	(91	)	$	89

		Six Months Ended April 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$	5,243	$	(1,478	)	$	3,765
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$	485	$	(19	)	$	466

		Six Months Ended April 30, 2012
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3	$	6,978	$	(2,715	)	$	4,263
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3	$	16,496	$	(2,528	)	$	13,968

We record impairment losses on inventories related to communities under development and held for future development when events and circumstances indicate that they may be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than their related carrying amounts.  If the expected undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount, then the community is written down to its fair value.  We estimate the fair value of each impaired community by determining the present value of its estimated future cash flows at a discount rate commensurate with the risk of the respective community. Should the estimates or expectations used in determining cash flows or fair value decrease or differ from current estimates in the future, we may be required to recognize additional impairments.  We recorded inventory impairments, which are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as “Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs” and deducted from Inventory of $0.9 million and $2.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $1.5 million and $5.2 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  See Note 5 for a further discussion of communities evaluated for impairment.

The fair value of our cash equivalents and restricted cash approximates their carrying amount, based on Level 1 inputs.

The fair value of each series of the senior unsecured notes (other than the senior exchangeable notes) and senior subordinated amortizing notes is estimated based on recent trades or quoted market prices for the same issues or based on recent trades or quoted market prices for our debt of similar security and maturity to achieve comparable yields, which are Level 2 measurements.  The fair value of the senior unsecured notes (all series in the aggregate), other than the senior exchangeable notes and senior amortizing notes, and senior subordinated amortizing notes, was estimated at $488.5 million and $4.7 million, respectively, as of April 30, 2013.  As of October 31, 2012 the fair value of the senior unsecured notes (all series in the aggregate), other than the senior exchangeable notes and the senior amortizing notes and senior subordinated amortizing notes, was estimated at $448.7 million and $5.5 million, respectively.

The fair value of each of the senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable notes is estimated based on third party broker quotes, a Level 3 measurement. The fair value of the senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable notes was estimated at $1,062.1 million, $23.1 million and $86.3 million, respectively, as of April 30, 2013. As of October 31, 2012, the fair value of the senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable notes was estimated at $994.2 million, $23.1 million and $87.2 million, respectively.

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Note 16

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Common Stock [Text Block]

16. Each share of Class A Common Stock entitles its holder to one vote per share, and each share of Class B Common Stock generally entitles its holder to ten votes per share. The amount of any regular cash dividend payable on a share of Class A Common Stock will be an amount equal to 110% of the corresponding regular cash dividend payable on a share of Class B Common Stock. If a shareholder desires to sell shares of Class B Common Stock, such stock must be converted into shares of Class A Common Stock.

On March 12, 2013, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2013 Annual Meeting”) at which the Company’s shareholders approved an increase in the Company’s authorized common stock from 200,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), to 400,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and from 30,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), to 60,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

On April 11, 2012, we issued 25,000,000 shares of our Class A Common Stock at a price of $2.00 per share, resulting in net proceeds of $47.3 million. The net proceeds of the issuance, along with cash on hand, were used to purchase $75.4 million principal amount of our senior notes, as discussed in Note 11.

Pursuant to agreements with bondholders, during the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we also issued an aggregate of 3,064,330 shares of our Class A Common Stock in exchange for approximately $12.2 million of our outstanding indebtedness, consisting of $9.1 million aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 8.625% Senior Notes due 2017 and approximately $3.1 million aggregate principal amount of our 12.072% senior subordinated amortizing notes (the “exchanges”). The exchanges were effected with existing bondholders, without any underwriters, and no commission or other remuneration was paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting such exchanges. The exchanges resulted in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $3.7 million for the three months ended April 30, 2012. The gain is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on extinguishment of debt”.

On August 4, 2008, our Board of Directors adopted a shareholder rights plan (the “Rights Plan”) designed to preserve shareholder value and the value of certain tax assets primarily associated with net operating loss carryforwards (NOL) and built-in losses under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. Our ability to use NOLs and built-in losses would be limited if there was an “ownership change” under Section 382. This would occur if shareholders owning (or deemed under Section 382 to own) 5% or more of our stock increase their collective ownership of the aggregate amount of our outstanding shares by more than 50 percentage points over a defined period of time. The Rights Plan was adopted to reduce the likelihood of an “ownership change” occurring as defined by Section 382. Under the Rights Plan, one right was distributed for each share of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock outstanding as of the close of business on August 15, 2008. Effective August 15, 2008, if any person or group acquires 4.9% or more of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock without the approval of the Board of Directors, there would be a triggering event causing significant dilution in the voting power of such person or group. However, existing stockholders who owned, at the time of the Rights Plan’s adoption, 4.9% or more of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock will trigger a dilutive event only if they acquire additional shares. The approval of the Board of Directors’ decision to adopt the Rights Plan may be terminated by the Board at any time, prior to the Rights being triggered. The Rights Plan will continue in effect until August 15, 2018, unless it expires earlier in accordance with its terms. The approval of the Board of Directors’ decision to adopt the Rights Plan was submitted to a stockholder vote and approved at a special meeting of stockholders held on December 5, 2008. Also at the Special Meeting on December 5, 2008, our stockholders approved an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to restrict certain transfers of Class A Common Stock in order to preserve the tax treatment of our NOLs and built-in losses under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. Subject to certain exceptions pertaining to pre-existing 5% stockholders and Class B stockholders, the transfer restrictions in the amended Certificate of Incorporation generally restrict any direct or indirect transfer (such as transfers of our stock that result from the transfer of interests in other entities that own our stock) if the effect would be to (i) increase the direct or indirect ownership of our stock by any person (or public group) from less than 5% to 5% or more of our common stock; (ii) increase the percentage of our common stock owned directly or indirectly by a person (or public group) owning or deemed to own 5% or more of our common stock; or (iii) create a new public group. Transfers included under the transfer restrictions include sales to persons (or public groups) whose resulting percentage ownership (direct or indirect) of common stock would exceed the 5% thresholds discussed above, or to persons whose direct or indirect ownership of common stock would by attribution cause another person (or public group) to exceed such threshold.

On July 3, 2001, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program to purchase up to 4 million shares of Class A Common Stock.  There were no shares purchased during the three and six months ended April 30, 2013.  As of April 30, 2013, approximately 3.5 million shares of Class A Common Stock have been purchased under this program.

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Note 3 (Detail) - Cash Paid for Interest, Net of Capitalized Interest (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012		Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012
Other interest expensed	$ 22,632	[1],[2]	$ 26,056	[1],[2]	$ 46,632	[1],[2]	$ 48,051	[1],[2]
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest	21,663		40,874		38,320		52,278
Subsidiaries [Member]
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries	631		468		1,508		944
(Increase)/decrease in accrued interest	$ (1,600)		$ 14,350		$ (9,820)		$ 3,283

[1] Other interest expensed is comprised of interest that does not qualify for capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt. Interest on completed homes and land in planning which does not qualify for capitalization is expensed.

[2] Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest, is the sum of other interest expensed, as defined above, and interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries adjusted for the change in accrued interest.

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Note 23 (Detail) - Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements - Statements of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012
Net income (loss)	$ (9,990)	$ (16,463)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(5,930)	(23,403)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(15,920)	(39,866)
Net cash (used in) investing activities	17,674	(2,104)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(30,124)	(1,753)
Net (decrease) increase in cash	(28,370)	(43,723)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period	273,232	250,740
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	244,862	207,017
Parent Company [Member]
Net income (loss)	(9,990)	(16,463)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	14,384	14,463
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	4,394	(2,000)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		47,147
Intercompany investing and financing activities – net	(4,394)	(45,147)
Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Net income (loss)	(812,119)	73,676
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	773,776	(46,947)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(38,343)	26,729
Net cash (used in) investing activities	242	(1,121)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(2,169)	(91,885)
Intercompany investing and financing activities – net	28,338	52,388
Net (decrease) increase in cash	(11,932)	(13,889)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period	197,097	112,122
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	185,165	98,233
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Net income (loss)	758,315	(55,930)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(773,952)	28,283
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(15,637)	(27,647)
Net cash (used in) investing activities	12,033	(1,011)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	20,087	25,585
Intercompany investing and financing activities – net	(17,970)	5,352
Net (decrease) increase in cash	(1,487)	2,279
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period	(2,017)	(4,989)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	(3,504)	(2,710)
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Net income (loss)	21,971	8,462
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	11,695	(45,410)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	33,666	(36,948)
Net cash (used in) investing activities	5,399	28
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(48,042)	17,400
Intercompany investing and financing activities – net	(5,974)	(12,593)
Net (decrease) increase in cash	(14,951)	(32,113)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period	78,152	143,607
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	63,201	111,494
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Net income (loss)	31,833	(26,208)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	$ (31,833)	$ 26,208

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Note 9 (Detail) - Loan Origination Reserves (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012
Loan origination reserves, beginning of period	$ 9,118	$ 6,429	$ 9,334	$ 5,063
Provisions for losses during the period	709	724	1,335	2,388
Adjustments to pre-existing provisions for losses from changes in estimates	(61)	(39)	(253)	53
Payments/settlements		(544)	(650)	(934)
Loan origination reserves, end of period	$ 9,766	$ 6,570	$ 9,766	$ 6,570

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Note 18 (Detail) - Segment Operations - Operating Activity (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012
Revenues	$ 422,998	$ 341,698	$ 781,209	$ 611,297
Income (loss) before income taxes	(1,265)	2,338	(22,067)	(15,224)
Homebuilding [Member] | Northeast [Member]
Revenues	54,236	51,775	109,071	93,307
Income (loss) before income taxes	(4,651)	(125)	(9,538)	(5,773)
Homebuilding [Member] | Mid-Atlantic [Member]
Revenues	58,405	64,776	111,124	119,171
Income (loss) before income taxes	3,344	5,058	4,269	7,669
Homebuilding [Member] | Midwest [Member]
Revenues	39,393	23,631	71,726	41,829
Income (loss) before income taxes	2,279	(91)	3,479	(1,247)
Homebuilding [Member] | Southeast [Member]
Revenues	37,192	36,346	66,153	56,555
Income (loss) before income taxes	2,719	(3,876)	3,309	(6,733)
Homebuilding [Member] | Southwest [Member]
Revenues	161,813	114,716	293,437	206,540
Income (loss) before income taxes	16,538	8,235	24,641	12,785
Homebuilding [Member] | West [Member]
Revenues	61,326	42,011	107,429	78,763
Income (loss) before income taxes	2,422	(2,948)	1,327	(3,920)
Homebuilding [Member]
Revenues	412,365	333,255	758,940	596,165
Income (loss) before income taxes	22,651	6,253	27,487	2,781
Financial Services [Member]
Revenues	10,682	8,513	22,341	15,203
Income (loss) before income taxes	3,545	3,150	7,776	4,663
Corporate and Other [Member]
Revenues	(49)	(70)	(72)	(71)
Income (loss) before income taxes	$ (27,461)	$ (7,065)	$ (57,330)	$ (22,668)

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Note 23 (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Condensed Balance Sheet [Table Text Block]

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding	$			$	241,996		$	968,307	$	294,301		$			$	1,504,604
Financial services								13,646		99,154						112,800
Income taxes (payable) receivable		(31,795	)					33,278								1,483
Investments in and amounts due to and from consolidated subsidiaries		(104,989	)		(8,930	)		268,438					(154,519	)		-
Total assets	$	(136,784	)	$	233,066		$	1,283,669	$	393,455		$	(154,519	)	$	1,618,887
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding	$	1,931		$	123		$	379,450	$	63,022		$			$	444,526
Financial services								13,588		80,080						93,668
Notes payable					1,558,066			819		328						1,559,213
Intercompany		340,125			(1,155,371	)		855,327		(18,733	)		(21,348	)		-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity		(478,840	)		(169,752	)		34,485		268,438			(133,171	)		(478,840	)
Non-controlling interest in consolidated joint ventures										320						320
Total liabilities and equity	$	(136,784	)	$	233,066		$	1,283,669	$	393,455		$	(154,519	)	$	1,618,887

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding	$	6,155		$	259,339		$	976,836		$	277,286		$			$	1,519,616
Financial services								23,669			140,965						164,634
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries		(80,674	)		13,790			246,467						(179,583	)		-
Total assets	$	(74,519	)	$	273,129		$	1,246,972		$	418,251		$	(179,583	)	$	1,684,250
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding	$	1,671		$	125		$	391,628		$	61,800		$			$	455,224
Financial services								23,070			122,024						145,094
Notes payable					1,561,635			271			489						1,562,395
Income taxes payable (receivable)		40,551						(33,669	)								6,882
Intercompany		368,834			(1,930,998	)		1,589,502			(12,759	)		(14,579	)		-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity		(485,575	)		642,367			(723,830	)		246,467			(165,004	)		(485,575	)
Non-controlling interest in consolidated joint ventures											230						230
Total liabilities and equity	$	(74,519	)	$	273,129		$	1,246,972		$	418,251		$	(179,583	)	$	1,684,250

Condensed Income Statement [Table Text Block]

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$	1		$	(54	)	$	362,496		$	51,121		$	(1,248	)	$	412,316
Financial services								2,586			8,096						10,682
Intercompany charges					20,207			(25,013	)		(877	)		5,683			-
Total revenues		1			20,153			340,069			58,340			4,435			422,998
Expenses:
Homebuilding		2,396			29,838			345,306			40,482			(69	)		417,953
Financial services		5						1,848			5,284						7,137
Total expenses		2,401			29,838			347,154			45,766			(69	)		425,090
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures								(123	)		950						827
(Loss) income before income taxes		(2,400	)		(9,685	)		(7,208	)		13,524			4,504			(1,265	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(2,714	)					131									(2,583	)
Equity in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries		1,004			(11,601	)		13,524						(2,927	)		-
Net income (loss)	$	1,318		$	(21,286	)	$	6,185		$	13,524		$	1,577		$	1,318

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$			$	(75	)	$	314,161		$	20,337		$	(1,238	)	$	333,185
Financial services								1,696			6,817						8,513
Intercompany charges					23,949			(18,779	)		(2,449	)		(2,721	)		-
Total revenues		-			23,874			297,078			24,705			(3,959	)		341,698
Expenses:
Homebuilding		2,435			9,456			316,409			15,910			18,321			362,531
Financial services		29						1,335			3,995			4			5,363
Total expenses		2,464			9,456			317,744			19,905			18,325			367,894
Gain on extinguishment of debt					27,039												27,039
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures								462			1,033						1,495
(Loss) income before income taxes		(2,464	)		41,457			(20,204	)		5,833			(22,284	)		2,338
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(4,104	)					4,640									536
Equity in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries		162			33,834			5,833						(39,829	)		-
Net income (loss)	$	1,802		$	75,291		$	(19,011	)	$	5,833		$	(62,113	)	$	1,802

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$	3		$	(99	)	$	661,511		$	99,948		$	(2,495	)	$	758,868
Financial services								4,663			17,678						22,341
Intercompany charges					40,407			(50,334	)		(1,751	)		11,678			-
Total revenues		3			40,308			615,840			115,875			9,183			781,209
Expenses:
Homebuilding		2,744			59,699			643,076			83,895			2,413			791,827
Financial services		9						3,690			10,866						14,565
Total expenses		2,753			59,699			646,766			94,761			2,413			806,392
(Loss) gain on extinguishment of debt					(770,009	)		770,009									-
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures								2,259			857						3,116
(Loss) income before income taxes		(2,750	)		(789,400	)		741,342			21,971			6,770			(22,067	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(17,075	)					4,998									(12,077	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(24,315	)		(22,719	)		21,971						25,063			-
Net (loss) income	$	(9,990	)	$	(812,119	)	$	758,315		$	21,971		$	31,833		$	(9,990	)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$	4		$	(105	)	$	577,467		$	21,206		$	(2,478	)	$	596,094
Financial services								2,995			12,208						15,203
Intercompany charges					23,949			(31,131	)		(3,448	)		10,630			-
Total revenues		4			23,844			549,331			29,966			8,152			611,297
Expenses:
Homebuilding		4,175			24,077			601,746			14,575			24,618			669,191
Financial services		80						2,561			7,911			(12	)		10,540
Total expenses		4,255			24,077			604,307			22,486			24,606			679,731
Gain on extinguishment of debt					51,737												51,737
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures								491			982						1,473
(Loss) income before income taxes		(4,251	)		51,504			(54,485	)		8,462			(16,454	)		(15,224	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(8,668	)					9,907									1,239
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(20,880	)		22,172			8,462						(9,754	)		-
Net (loss) income	$	(16,463	)	$	73,676		$	(55,930	)	$	8,462		$	(26,208	)	$	(16,463	)

Condensed Cash Flow Statement [Table Text Block]

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$	(9,990	)	$	(812,119	)	$	758,315		$	21,971		$	31,833		$	(9,990	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		14,384			773,776			(773,952	)		11,695			(31,833	)		(5,930	)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		4,394			(38,343	)		(15,637	)		33,666			-			(15,920	)
Net cash provided by investing activities					242			12,033			5,399						17,674
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities					(2,169	)		20,087			(48,042	)					(30,124	)
Intercompany investing and financing activities – net		(4,394	)		28,338			(17,970	)		(5,974	)					-
Net (decrease) in cash		-			(11,932	)		(1,487	)		(14,951	)		-			(28,370	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period					197,097			(2,017	)		78,152						273,232
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$	-		$	185,165		$	(3,504	)	$	63,201		$	-		$	244,862

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$	(16,463	)	$	73,676		$	(55,930	)	$	8,462		$	(26,208	)	$	(16,463	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		14,463			(46,947	)		28,283			(45,410	)		26,208			(23,403	)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities		(2,000	)		26,729			(27,647	)		(36,948	)		-			(39,866	)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities					(1,121	)		(1,011	)		28						(2,104	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		47,147			(91,885	)		25,585			17,400						(1,753	)
Intercompany investing and financing activities – net		(45,147	)		52,388			5,352			(12,593	)					-
Net (decrease) increase in cash		-			(13,889	)		2,279			(32,113	)		-			(43,723	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period					112,122			(4,989	)		143,607						250,740
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$	-		$	98,233		$	(2,710	)	$	111,494		$	-		$	207,017

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Note 14 (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands, except per share data)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Numerator:
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Hovnanian	$	1,318		$	1,802		$	(9,990	)	$	(16,463	)
Less: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares		(2	)		(3	)		-			-
Numerator for basic earnings per share		1,316			1,799			(9,990	)		(16,463	)
Plus: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares		2			3
Less: undistributed earnings reallocated to nonvested shares		(2	)		(3	)		-			-
Numerator for diluted earnings per share	$	1,316		$	1,799		$	(9,990	)	$	(16,463	)
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share		145,948			116,021			144,373			112,338
Effect of dilutive securities:
Share based payments		1,283			96			-			-
Denominator for diluted earnings per share – weighted average shares outstanding		147,231			116,117			144,373			112,338
Basic earnings (loss) per share	$	0.01		$	0.02		$	(0.07	)	$	(0.15	)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	0.01		$	0.02		$	(0.07	)	$	(0.15	)

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Note 18 (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Operations [Member]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Revenues:
Northeast	$	54,236		$	51,775		$	109,071		$	93,307
Mid-Atlantic		58,405			64,776			111,124			119,171
Midwest		39,393			23,631			71,726			41,829
Southeast		37,192			36,346			66,153			56,555
Southwest		161,813			114,716			293,437			206,540
West		61,326			42,011			107,429			78,763
Total homebuilding		412,365			333,255			758,940			596,165
Financial services		10,682			8,513			22,341			15,203
Corporate and unallocated		(49	)		(70	)		(72	)		(71	)
Total revenues	$	422,998		$	341,698		$	781,209		$	611,297
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Northeast	$	(4,651	)	$	(125	)	$	(9,538	)	$	(5,773	)
Mid-Atlantic		3,344			5,058			4,269			7,669
Midwest		2,279			(91	)		3,479			(1,247	)
Southeast		2,719			(3,876	)		3,309			(6,733	)
Southwest		16,538			8,235			24,641			12,785
West		2,422			(2,948	)		1,327			(3,920	)
Homebuilding income before income taxes		22,651			6,253			27,487			2,781
Financial services		3,545			3,150			7,776			4,663
Corporate and unallocated		(27,461	)		(7,065	)		(57,330	)		(22,668	)
(Loss) income before income taxes	$	(1,265	)	$	2,338		$	(22,067	)	$	(15,224	)

Assets [Member]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)	April 30, 2013		October 31, 2012
Assets:
Northeast	$	367,882	$	396,073
Mid-Atlantic		210,881		200,969
Midwest		81,338		73,305
Southeast		91,953		90,132
Southwest		289,577		235,367
West		127,269		143,851
Total homebuilding		1,168,900		1,139,697
Financial services		112,800		164,634
Corporate and unallocated		337,187		379,919
Total assets	$	1,618,887	$	1,684,250

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Note 6

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Product Warranty Disclosure [Text Block]

6.   Over the past several years, general liability insurance for homebuilding companies and their suppliers and subcontractors has become very difficult to obtain. The availability of general liability insurance has been limited due to a decreased number of insurance companies willing to underwrite for the industry. In addition, those few insurers willing to underwrite liability insurance have significantly increased the premium costs. We have been able to obtain general liability insurance but at higher premium costs with higher deductibles. We have been advised that a significant number of our subcontractors and suppliers have also had difficulty obtaining insurance that also provides us coverage. As a result, we introduced an owner controlled insurance program for certain of our subcontractors, whereby the subcontractors pay us an insurance premium (through a reduction of amounts we would otherwise owe such subcontractors for their work on our homes) based on the value of their services. We absorb the liability associated with their work on our homes as part of our overall general liability insurance at no additional cost to us because our existing general liability and construction defect insurance policy and related reserves for amounts under our deductible covers construction defects regardless of whether we or our subcontractors are responsible for the defect. For the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012 we received $1.0 million and $0.9 million, respectively, from subcontractors related to the owner controlled insurance program, which we accounted for as a reduction to inventory.

We accrue for warranty costs that are covered under our existing general liability and construction defect policy as part of our general liability insurance deductible. This accrual is expensed as selling, general, and administrative costs.  For homes delivered in fiscal 2013 and 2012, our deductible under our general liability insurance is $20 million per occurrence for construction defects and warranty claims.  For bodily injury claims, our deductible per occurrence in fiscal 2013 and 2012 is $0.25 million and $0.1 million, respectively, up to a $5 million limit.  Our aggregate retention in fiscal 2013 and 2012 is $21 million for construction defects, warranty and bodily injury claims.  In addition, we establish a warranty accrual for lower cost-related issues to cover home repairs, community amenities, and land development infrastructure that are not covered under our general liability and construction defect policy.  We accrue an estimate for these warranty costs as part of cost of sales at the time each home is closed and title and possession have been transferred to the homebuyer. Additions and charges in the warranty reserve and general liability reserve for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Balance, beginning of period	$	121,135		$	124,725		$	121,149		$	123,865
Additions – Selling, general and administrative		4,217			4,268			8,406			6,924
Additions – Cost of sales		3,516			4,224			6,311			10,158
Charges incurred during the period		(3,594	)		(9,637	)		(10,592	)		(17,367	)
Changes to pre-existing reserves		-			-			-			-
Balance, end of period	$	125,274		$	123,580		$	125,274		$	123,580

Warranty accruals are based upon historical experience.  We engage a third-party actuary that uses our historical warranty and construction defect data, worker’s compensation data, and other industry data to assist us in estimating our reserves for unpaid claims, claim adjustment expenses and incurred but not reported claims reserves for the risks that we are assuming under the general liability and workers compensation programs.  The estimates include provisions for inflation, claims handling, and legal fees.

Insurance claims paid by our insurance carriers, excluding insurance deductibles paid, were $7.5 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $8.5 million and $2.6 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, for prior year deliveries.

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Note 16 (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended					0 Months Ended										0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Jul. 03, 2001	Mar. 12, 2013 Increased Amount [Member] Common Class A [Member]	Mar. 12, 2013 Increased Amount [Member] Common Class B [Member]	Apr. 11, 2012 Common Class A [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Common Class A [Member]	Mar. 12, 2013 Common Class A [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Common Class A [Member]		Apr. 30, 2013 Common Class B [Member]	Mar. 12, 2013 Common Class B [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Common Class B [Member]		Apr. 30, 2013 Minimum [Member]	Apr. 11, 2012 Senior Notes Purchased With Stock Issuance Proceeds [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 The 8.625% 2017 Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 The 12.072% Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 8.625% Senior Notes and 12.072% Senior Notes [Member]
Number of Votes								1				10
Common Stock Dividends, Percent of Increase from Class A to Class B			110.00%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized (in Shares)					400,000,000	60,000,000		400,000,000	200,000,000	400,000,000	[1]	60,000,000	30,000,000	60,000,000	[1]
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (in Dollars per share)								$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	[1]	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	[1]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues (in Shares)							25,000,000
Sale of Stock, Price Per Share (in Dollars per share)							$ 2.00
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues (in Dollars)							$ 47,300,000
Face Amount of Debt Repurchased (in Dollars)																	75,400,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Other (in Shares)	3,064,330
Debt Instrument, Repurchased Face Amount (in Dollars)	12,200,000	12,200,000																9,100,000	3,100,000
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt (in Dollars)	$ 27,039,000	$ 51,737,000																$ 3,500,000		$ 3,700,000
Shareholder Ownership Percentage			4.90%													5.00%
Shareholder Ownership, Percentage of Increase			50.00%
Number of Rights			1
Shareholder, Percent of Stock Acquired			4.90%
Shareholders, Pre-existing Ownership Percentage			5.00%
Shareholders, Current Ownership Percentage			5.00%
Shareholders Ownership Percentage on Transfers			5.00%
Shareholders, Ownership Percentage Threshold			5.00%
Stock Repurchase Program, Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased (in Shares)				4,000,000
Stock Repurchase Program, Number of Shares Repurchased (in Shares)			3,500,000

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2012.

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Note 23

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Condensed Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

23.  Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., the parent company (the “Parent”), is the issuer of publicly traded common stock, preferred stock, which is represented by depository shares, and 7.25% Tangible Equity Units. One of its wholly owned subsidiaries, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Subsidiary Issuer”), acts as a finance entity that, as of April 30, 2013, had issued and outstanding approximately $992.0 million of senior secured notes ($978.0 million, net of discount), $460.6 million senior notes ($459.0 million, net of discount), $23.1 million senior amortizing notes and $64.9 million senior exchangeable notes (issued as components of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units) and $4.2 million senior subordinated amortizing notes (issued as a component of our 7.25% Tangible Equity Units). The senior secured notes, senior notes, senior amortizing notes, senior exchangeable notes and senior subordinated amortizing notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Parent.

In addition to the Parent, each of the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Parent other than the Subsidiary Issuer (collectively, “Guarantor Subsidiaries”), with the exception of our home mortgage subsidiaries, certain of our title insurance subsidiaries, joint ventures, subsidiaries holding interests in our joint ventures and our foreign subsidiary (collectively, the “Nonguarantor Subsidiaries”), have guaranteed fully and unconditionally, on a joint and several basis, the obligations of the Subsidiary Issuer to pay principal and interest under the senior secured notes (other than the 2021 Notes), senior notes, senior exchangeable notes, senior amortizing notes and senior subordinated amortizing notes.  The Guarantor Subsidiaries are directly or indirectly 100% owned subsidiaries of the Parent. The 2021 Notes are guaranteed by the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the members of the Secured Group (see Note 11).

The senior notes, senior amortizing notes, senior exchangeable notes and senior subordinated amortizing notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The 2020 Secured Notes and the 2021 Notes (see Note 11) are not, pursuant to the indentures under which such notes were issued, required to be registered.  The Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements presented below are in respect of our registered notes only and not the 2020 Secured Notes or the 2021 Notes (however, the Guarantor Subsidiaries for the 2020 Secured Notes are the same as those represented by the accompanying Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements). In lieu of providing separate financial statements for the Guarantor Subsidiaries of our registered notes, we have included the accompanying Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements. Therefore, separate financial statements and other disclosures concerning such Guarantor Subsidiaries are not presented.

The following Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements present the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of (i) the Parent, (ii) the Subsidiary Issuer, (iii) the Guarantor Subsidiaries, (iv) the Nonguarantor Subsidiaries and (v) the eliminations to arrive at the information for Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on a consolidated basis.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

APRIL 30, 2013

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding	$			$	241,996		$	968,307	$	294,301		$			$	1,504,604
Financial services								13,646		99,154						112,800
Income taxes (payable) receivable		(31,795	)					33,278								1,483
Investments in and amounts due to and from consolidated subsidiaries		(104,989	)		(8,930	)		268,438					(154,519	)		-
Total assets	$	(136,784	)	$	233,066		$	1,283,669	$	393,455		$	(154,519	)	$	1,618,887
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding	$	1,931		$	123		$	379,450	$	63,022		$			$	444,526
Financial services								13,588		80,080						93,668
Notes payable					1,558,066			819		328						1,559,213
Intercompany		340,125			(1,155,371	)		855,327		(18,733	)		(21,348	)		-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity		(478,840	)		(169,752	)		34,485		268,438			(133,171	)		(478,840	)
Non-controlling interest in consolidated joint ventures										320						320
Total liabilities and equity	$	(136,784	)	$	233,066		$	1,283,669	$	393,455		$	(154,519	)	$	1,618,887

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

OCTOBER 31, 2012

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding	$	6,155		$	259,339		$	976,836		$	277,286		$			$	1,519,616
Financial services								23,669			140,965						164,634
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries		(80,674	)		13,790			246,467						(179,583	)		-
Total assets	$	(74,519	)	$	273,129		$	1,246,972		$	418,251		$	(179,583	)	$	1,684,250
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding	$	1,671		$	125		$	391,628		$	61,800		$			$	455,224
Financial services								23,070			122,024						145,094
Notes payable					1,561,635			271			489						1,562,395
Income taxes payable (receivable)		40,551						(33,669	)								6,882
Intercompany		368,834			(1,930,998	)		1,589,502			(12,759	)		(14,579	)		-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity		(485,575	)		642,367			(723,830	)		246,467			(165,004	)		(485,575	)
Non-controlling interest in consolidated joint ventures											230						230
Total liabilities and equity	$	(74,519	)	$	273,129		$	1,246,972		$	418,251		$	(179,583	)	$	1,684,250

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2013

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$	1		$	(54	)	$	362,496		$	51,121		$	(1,248	)	$	412,316
Financial services								2,586			8,096						10,682
Intercompany charges					20,207			(25,013	)		(877	)		5,683			-
Total revenues		1			20,153			340,069			58,340			4,435			422,998
Expenses:
Homebuilding		2,396			29,838			345,306			40,482			(69	)		417,953
Financial services		5						1,848			5,284						7,137
Total expenses		2,401			29,838			347,154			45,766			(69	)		425,090
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures								(123	)		950						827
(Loss) income before income taxes		(2,400	)		(9,685	)		(7,208	)		13,524			4,504			(1,265	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(2,714	)					131									(2,583	)
Equity in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries		1,004			(11,601	)		13,524						(2,927	)		-
Net income (loss)	$	1,318		$	(21,286	)	$	6,185		$	13,524		$	1,577		$	1,318

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2012

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$			$	(75	)	$	314,161		$	20,337		$	(1,238	)	$	333,185
Financial services								1,696			6,817						8,513
Intercompany charges					23,949			(18,779	)		(2,449	)		(2,721	)		-
Total revenues		-			23,874			297,078			24,705			(3,959	)		341,698
Expenses:
Homebuilding		2,435			9,456			316,409			15,910			18,321			362,531
Financial services		29						1,335			3,995			4			5,363
Total expenses		2,464			9,456			317,744			19,905			18,325			367,894
Gain on extinguishment of debt					27,039												27,039
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures								462			1,033						1,495
(Loss) income before income taxes		(2,464	)		41,457			(20,204	)		5,833			(22,284	)		2,338
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(4,104	)					4,640									536
Equity in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries		162			33,834			5,833						(39,829	)		-
Net income (loss)	$	1,802		$	75,291		$	(19,011	)	$	5,833		$	(62,113	)	$	1,802

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$	3		$	(99	)	$	661,511		$	99,948		$	(2,495	)	$	758,868
Financial services								4,663			17,678						22,341
Intercompany charges					40,407			(50,334	)		(1,751	)		11,678			-
Total revenues		3			40,308			615,840			115,875			9,183			781,209
Expenses:
Homebuilding		2,744			59,699			643,076			83,895			2,413			791,827
Financial services		9						3,690			10,866						14,565
Total expenses		2,753			59,699			646,766			94,761			2,413			806,392
(Loss) gain on extinguishment of debt					(770,009	)		770,009									-
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures								2,259			857						3,116
(Loss) income before income taxes		(2,750	)		(789,400	)		741,342			21,971			6,770			(22,067	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(17,075	)					4,998									(12,077	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(24,315	)		(22,719	)		21,971						25,063			-
Net (loss) income	$	(9,990	)	$	(812,119	)	$	758,315		$	21,971		$	31,833		$	(9,990	)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$	4		$	(105	)	$	577,467		$	21,206		$	(2,478	)	$	596,094
Financial services								2,995			12,208						15,203
Intercompany charges					23,949			(31,131	)		(3,448	)		10,630			-
Total revenues		4			23,844			549,331			29,966			8,152			611,297
Expenses:
Homebuilding		4,175			24,077			601,746			14,575			24,618			669,191
Financial services		80						2,561			7,911			(12	)		10,540
Total expenses		4,255			24,077			604,307			22,486			24,606			679,731
Gain on extinguishment of debt					51,737												51,737
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures								491			982						1,473
(Loss) income before income taxes		(4,251	)		51,504			(54,485	)		8,462			(16,454	)		(15,224	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(8,668	)					9,907									1,239
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(20,880	)		22,172			8,462						(9,754	)		-
Net (loss) income	$	(16,463	)	$	73,676		$	(55,930	)	$	8,462		$	(26,208	)	$	(16,463	)

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2013

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$	(9,990	)	$	(812,119	)	$	758,315		$	21,971		$	31,833		$	(9,990	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		14,384			773,776			(773,952	)		11,695			(31,833	)		(5,930	)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		4,394			(38,343	)		(15,637	)		33,666			-			(15,920	)
Net cash provided by investing activities					242			12,033			5,399						17,674
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities					(2,169	)		20,087			(48,042	)					(30,124	)
Intercompany investing and financing activities – net		(4,394	)		28,338			(17,970	)		(5,974	)					-
Net (decrease) in cash		-			(11,932	)		(1,487	)		(14,951	)		-			(28,370	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period					197,097			(2,017	)		78,152						273,232
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$	-		$	185,165		$	(3,504	)	$	63,201		$	-		$	244,862

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2012

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$	(16,463	)	$	73,676		$	(55,930	)	$	8,462		$	(26,208	)	$	(16,463	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		14,463			(46,947	)		28,283			(45,410	)		26,208			(23,403	)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities		(2,000	)		26,729			(27,647	)		(36,948	)		-			(39,866	)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities					(1,121	)		(1,011	)		28						(2,104	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		47,147			(91,885	)		25,585			17,400						(1,753	)
Intercompany investing and financing activities – net		(45,147	)		52,388			5,352			(12,593	)					-
Net (decrease) increase in cash		-			(13,889	)		2,279			(32,113	)		-			(43,723	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period					112,122			(4,989	)		143,607						250,740
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$	-		$	98,233		$	(2,710	)	$	111,494		$	-		$	207,017

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Note 2 (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	$ 1.3	$ 1.7	$ 2.5	$ 2.9
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense, Net of Tax		1.3
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested in Period, Fair Value	$ 0.7	$ 1.6	$ 1.5	$ 2.6

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Note 9

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]

9.   Our mortgage banking subsidiary originates mortgage loans, primarily from the sale of our homes. Such mortgage loans are sold in the secondary mortgage market within a short period of time of origination. Mortgage loans held for sale consist primarily of single-family residential loans collateralized by the underlying property. We have elected the fair value option to record loans held for sale and therefore these loans are recorded at fair value with the changes in the value recognized in the Statements of Operations in “Revenues: Financial services.” We currently use forward sales of mortgage-backed securities, interest rate commitments from borrowers and mandatory and/or best efforts forward commitments to sell loans to investors to protect us from interest rate fluctuations. These short-term instruments, which do not require any payments to be made to the counterparty or investor in connection with the execution of the commitments, are recorded at fair value. Gains and losses on changes in the fair value are recognized in the Statements of Operations in “Revenues: Financial services”.

At April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively, $68.4 million and $104.6 million of mortgages held for sale were pledged against our mortgage warehouse lines of credit (see Note 10). We may incur losses with respect to mortgages that were previously sold that are delinquent and which had underwriting defects, but only to the extent the losses are not covered by mortgage insurance or resale value of the home. The reserves for these estimated losses are included in the “Financial services – Accounts payable and other liabilities” balances on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. We received 11 and 24 repurchase or make-whole inquiries during the three and six months ended April 30, 2013, respectively. We received 21 and 34 repurchase or make-whole inquiries during the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, respectively.

The activity in our loan origination reserves during the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Loan origination reserves, beginning of period	$	9,118		$	6,429		$	9,334		$	5,063
Provisions for losses during the period		709			724			1,335			2,388
Adjustments to pre-existing provisions for losses from changes in estimates		(61	)		(39	)		(253	)		53
Payments/settlements		-			(544	)		(650	)		(934	)
Loan origination reserves, end of period	$	9,766		$	6,570		$	9,766		$	6,570

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Note 23 (Detail) (USD $)	Apr. 30, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012		Feb. 09, 2011	Apr. 30, 2013 Net [Member] Subsidiary Issuer [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Subsidiary Issuer [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Subsidiary Issuer [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Tangible Equity Units [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Senior Exchangeable Notes Due 2017 [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 6.00% Exchangable Note Units [Member]	Oct. 02, 2012 The 6.00% Exchangable Note Units [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Senior Amortizing Notes [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Tangible Equity Units, Rate	7.25%			7.25%				7.25%
Number of Wholly Owned Subsidiaries	1
Debt Instrument, Face Amount						$ 460,600,000	$ 992,000,000		$ 64,900,000		$ 100,000,000
Secured Debt	978,000,000				978,000,000
Senior Notes, Unsecured	459,000,000				459,000,000				64,900,000			23,100,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage								6.00%		6.00%	6.00%
Subordinated Debt	$ 4,180,000	$ 6,091,000	[1]				$ 4,200,000	$ 4,200,000

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2012.

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Note 5

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Inventory Impairments And Land Option Cost Write Offs [Text Block]

5.  We record impairment losses on inventories related to communities under development and held for future development when events and circumstances indicate that they may be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than their related carrying amounts.  If the expected undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount, then the community is written down to its fair value.  We estimate the fair value of each impaired community by determining the present value of the estimated future cash flows at a discount rate commensurate with the risk of the respective community.  For the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, our discount rates used for the impairments recorded ranged from 18.0% to 18.8% and from 16.8% to 18.5%, respectively. Should the estimates or expectations used in determining cash flows or fair value decrease or differ from current estimates in the future, we may need to recognize additional impairments.  During the six months ended April 30, 2013, we evaluated inventories of all 344 communities under development and held for future development for impairment indicators through preparation and review of detailed budgets or other market indicators of impairment. We performed detailed impairment calculations for 29 of those communities (i.e., those with a projected operating loss or other impairment indicators) with an aggregate carrying value of $82.0 million. As impairment indicators are assessed on a quarterly basis, some of the communities evaluated during the six months ended April 30, 2013 were evaluated in more than one quarterly period. Of those communities tested for impairment, one community with an aggregate carrying value of $2.7 million had undiscounted future cash flow that only exceeded the carrying amount by less than 20%. As a result of our impairment analysis, we recorded impairment losses, which are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and deducted from inventory, of $0.9 million and $2.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $1.5 million and $5.2 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The following tables represent inventory impairments by homebuilding segment for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012:

(Dollars in millions)	Three Months Ended April 30, 2013						Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
	Number of Communities		Dollar Amount of Impairment		Pre- Impairment Value(1)		Number of Communities		Dollar Amount of Impairment		Pre- Impairment Value(1)
Northeast		1	$	0.9	$	2.3		-	$	-	$	-
Mid-Atlantic		-		-		-		1		0.1		0.2
Midwest		-		-		-		-		-		-
Southeast		-		-		-		5		2.0		4.5
Southwest		-		-		-		-		-		-
West		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total		1	$	0.9	$	2.3		6	$	2.1	$	4.7

(Dollars in millions)	Six Months Ended April 30, 2013						Six Months Ended April 30, 2012
	Number of Communities		Dollar Amount of Impairment(2)		Pre- Impairment Value(1)		Number of Communities		Dollar Amount of Impairment		Pre- Impairment Value(1)
Northeast		2	$	1.5	$	5.2		5	$	2.4	$	16.1
Mid-Atlantic		1		-		0.1		3		0.4		0.8
Midwest		-		-		-		1		0.1		1.1
Southeast		1		-		0.4		8		2.3		5.4
Southwest		-		-		-		-		-		-
West		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total		4	$	1.5	$	5.7		17	$	5.2	$	23.4

(1) Represents carrying value, net of prior period impairments, if any, at the time of recording the applicable period’s impairments.

(2) During the six months ended April 30, 2013, the Mid-Atlantic had an impairment totaling $2 thousand and the Southeast had an impairment totaling $17 thousand.

The Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations line item entitled “Homebuilding: Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs” also includes write-offs of options, and approval, engineering and capitalized interest costs that we record when we redesign communities and/or abandon certain engineering costs and we do not exercise options in various locations because the communities' pro forma profitability is not projected to produce adequate returns on investment commensurate with the risk.  Total aggregate write-offs related to these items were $1.3 million and $1.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $1.4 million and $1.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  Occasionally, these write-offs are offset by recovered deposits (sometimes through legal action) that had been written off in a prior period as walk-away costs.  Historically, these recoveries have not been significant in comparison to the total cost written off.

The following tables represent write-offs of such costs (after giving effect to any recovered deposits in the applicable period) and the number of lots walked away from by homebuilding segment for the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012:

	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2013				2012
(Dollars in millions)	Number of Walk-Away Lots		Dollar Amount of Write-Offs (1)		Number of Walk-Away Lots		Dollar Amount of Write-Offs(1)
Northeast		300	$	0.1		-	$	0.3
Mid-Atlantic		24		-		3		0.1
Midwest		-		-		67		0.1
Southeast		-		0.1		593		0.6
Southwest		189		1.1		165		-
West		-		-		-		-
Total		513	$	1.3		828	$	1.1

	Six Months Ended April 30,
	2013				2012
(Dollars in millions)	Number of Walk-Away Lots		Dollar Amount of Write-Offs(1)		Number of Walk-Away Lots		Dollar Amount of Write-Offs(1)
Northeast		300	$	0.2		-	$	0.3
Mid-Atlantic		164		-		182		0.2
Midwest		-		-		105		0.1
Southeast		-		0.1		734		0.7
Southwest		234		1.1		165		-
West		-		-		-		-
Total		698	$	1.4		1,186	$	1.3

(1) During the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 there were write-offs in the Mid-Atlantic totaling $2 thousand and $8 thousand, respectively. During the three and six months ended April 30, 2012 there were write-offs in the Southwest totaling $44 thousand and $52 thousand, respectively.

We have decided to mothball (or stop development on) certain communities when we have determined the current performance does not justify further investment at the time.  When we decide to mothball a community, the inventory is reclassified from “Sold and unsold homes and lots under development” to “Land and land options held for future development or sale”.  During the first half of fiscal 2013, we mothballed one community and we re-activated two previously mothballed communities.  As of April 30, 2013, the net book value associated with our 52 total mothballed communities was $125.2 million, net of impairment charges recorded in prior periods of $455.2 million.

During fiscal 2012 and 2013, we sold and leased back certain of our model homes with the right to participate in the potential profit when each home is sold to a third party at the end of the respective lease. As a result of our continued involvement, for accounting purposes in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, these sale and leaseback transactions are considered a financing rather than a sale. Therefore, for purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, at April 30, 2013, inventory of $34.2 million was recorded to consolidated inventory not owned, with a corresponding amount of $33.6 million recorded to liabilities from inventory not owned.

In addition, we entered into a land banking arrangement in fiscal 2012 with GSO Capital Partners LP ("GSO"), that continued in fiscal 2013, whereby we sold a portfolio of our land parcels to GSO, and GSO provided us an option to purchase back finished lots on a quarterly basis. Because of our option to repurchase these parcels, for accounting purposes, in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, this transaction is considered a financing rather than a sale. For purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, at April 30, 2013, inventory of $71.9 million was recorded as “Consolidated inventory not owned – other options”, with a corresponding amount of $57.5 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned” for the amount of net cash received from the transactions.

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Supplemental Disclosure of Noncash Activities

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Disclosure Of Noncash Activities [Text Block]

Supplemental disclosure of noncash financing activities:

In the second quarter of fiscal 2013, a property that we previously acquired when our partner in a land development joint venture transferred its interest in the venture to us, was foreclosed on by the note holder. As a result, the inventory with a book value of $9.5 million and corresponding non-recourse liability of equal amount were taken off of our balance sheet in the quarter.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2013, 18,305 of our senior exchangeable notes were exchanged for 3,396,102 shares of Class A Common Stock.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2013, we entered into a new unconsolidated homebuilding joint venture which resulted in the transfer of an existing receivable from our joint venture partners of $0.6 million at October 31, 2012, to an investment in the joint venture at January 31, 2013.

In the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we completed several debt for equity exchanges.  See Notes 11, 12 and 16 for further information.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2012, we completed a debt for debt exchange. See Note 9 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012 for further information.

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Note 8 (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Cash Equivalents Policy, Number of Days	90 days
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	$ 49,500	$ 64,200
Homebuilding [Member]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	5,700	4,800
Customer Deposits [Member]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	16,700	22,500
Surety Bond [Member]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents		$ 6,200

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Note 5 (Detail) - Inventory Impairments by Homebuilding Segment (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012		Apr. 30, 2013		Apr. 30, 2012
Number of Communities	1		6		4		17
Dollar Amount of Impairment	$ 900		$ 2,100		$ 1,500	[1]	$ 5,200
Pre-Impairment Value	2,300	[2]	4,700	[2]	5,700	[2]	23,400	[2]
Northeast [Member]
Number of Communities	1				2		5
Dollar Amount of Impairment	900				1,500	[1]	2,400
Pre-Impairment Value	2,300	[2]		[2]	5,200	[2]	16,100	[2]
Mid-Atlantic [Member]
Number of Communities			1		1		3
Dollar Amount of Impairment			100			[1]	400
Pre-Impairment Value		[2]	200	[2]	100	[2]	800	[2]
Midwest [Member]
Number of Communities							1
Dollar Amount of Impairment						[1]	100
Pre-Impairment Value		[2]		[2]		[2]	1,100	[2]
Southeast [Member]
Number of Communities			5		1		8
Dollar Amount of Impairment			2,000			[1]	2,300
Pre-Impairment Value		[2]	4,500	[2]	400	[2]	5,400	[2]
Southwest [Member]
Dollar Amount of Impairment						[1]
Pre-Impairment Value		[2]		[2]		[2]		[2]
West [Member]
Dollar Amount of Impairment						[1]
Pre-Impairment Value		[2]		[2]		[2]		[2]

[1] During the six months ended April 30, 2013, the Mid-Atlantic had an impairment totaling $2 thousand and the Southeast had an impairment totaling $17 thousand.

[2] Represents carrying value, net of prior period impairments, if any, at the time of recording the applicable period's impairments.

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Note 6 (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Balance, beginning of period	$	121,135		$	124,725		$	121,149		$	123,865
Additions – Selling, general and administrative		4,217			4,268			8,406			6,924
Additions – Cost of sales		3,516			4,224			6,311			10,158
Charges incurred during the period		(3,594	)		(9,637	)		(10,592	)		(17,367	)
Changes to pre-existing reserves		-			-			-			-
Balance, end of period	$	125,274		$	123,580		$	125,274		$	123,580

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Note 18 (Detail) - Segment Operations - Assets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Assets	$ 1,618,887	$ 1,684,250	[1]
Segment [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Assets	1,168,900	1,139,697
Homebuilding [Member] | Northeast [Member]
Assets	367,882	396,073
Homebuilding [Member] | Mid-Atlantic [Member]
Assets	210,881	200,969
Homebuilding [Member] | Midwest [Member]
Assets	81,338	73,305
Homebuilding [Member] | Southeast [Member]
Assets	91,953	90,132
Homebuilding [Member] | Southwest [Member]
Assets	289,577	235,367
Homebuilding [Member] | West [Member]
Assets	127,269	143,851
Homebuilding [Member]
Assets	1,504,604	1,519,616	[1]
Financial Services [Member]
Assets	112,800	164,634	[1]
Corporate and Other [Member]
Assets	$ 337,187	$ 379,919

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2012.

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Note 14 (Detail)			3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Feb. 09, 2011	Apr. 30, 2013 Included in EPS [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Non-Vested Stock and Outstanding Options [Member] Because of Net Loss [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 Non-Vested Stock and Outstanding Options [Member] Because of Net Loss [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] Because of Net Loss [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Employee Stock Option [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 Employee Stock Option [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Minimum [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Maximum [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 The 6.00% Exchangable Note Units [Member]	Oct. 02, 2012 The 6.00% Exchangable Note Units [Member]
Prepaid Stock Purchase Contracts, Shares Included in Basic Earnings Per Share			6,100,000
Tangible Equity Units, Rate	7.25%	7.25%
Tangible Equity Units, Number of Shares Upon Conversion, Per Unit									4.7655	5.8140
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage											6.00%	6.00%
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount				1,400,000	60,000	16,500,000	1,300,000	2,600,000

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Note 12

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Tangible Equity Units Disclosure [Text Block]

12. On February 9, 2011, we issued an aggregate of 3,000,000 7.25% Tangible Equity Units (the “TEUs”), and on February 14, 2011, we issued an additional 450,000 TEUs pursuant to the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters. Each TEU initially consists of (i) a prepaid stock purchase contract (each a “Purchase Contract”) and (ii) a senior subordinated amortizing note due February 15, 2014 (each, a “Senior Subordinated Amortizing Note”).  As of April 30, 2013, we had an aggregate principal amount of $4.2 million Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes outstanding. On each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, K. Hovnanian will pay holders of the Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes equal quarterly cash installments of $0.453125 per Senior Subordinated Amortizing Note, which cash payments in the aggregate will be equivalent to 7.25% per year with respect to each $25 stated amount of TEUs. Each installment constitutes a payment of interest (at a rate of 12.072% per annum) and a partial repayment of principal on the Senior Subordinated Amortizing Note, allocated as set forth in the amortization schedule provided in the indenture under which the Amortizing Notes were issued.  The Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes have a scheduled final installment payment date of February 15, 2014. If we elect to settle the Purchase Contracts early, holders of the Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes will have the right to require K. Hovnanian to repurchase such holders’ Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes, except in certain circumstances as described in the indenture governing Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes.

Unless settled earlier, on February 15, 2014 (subject to postponement under certain circumstances), each Purchase Contract will automatically settle and we will deliver a number of shares of Class A Common Stock based on the applicable market value, as defined in the purchase contract agreement, which will be between 4.7655 shares and 5.8140 shares per Purchase Contract (subject to adjustment). Each TEU may be separated into its constituent Purchase Contract and Senior Subordinated Amortizing Note after the initial issuance date of the TEUs, and the separate components may be combined to create a TEU. The Senior Subordinated Amortizing Note component of the TEUs is recorded as debt, and the Purchase Contract component of the TEUs is recorded in equity as additional paid in capital. We have recorded $68.1 million, the initial fair value of the Purchase Contracts, as additional paid in capital. As of April 30, 2013, 2.2 million Purchase Contracts had been converted into 10.4 million shares of our Class A Common Stock. There were no Purchase Contracts converted into common stock during the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 0.6 million Purchase Contracts converted into 2.7 million shares of our Class A Common Stock during the six months ended April 30, 2013.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we purchased pursuant to agreements with bondholders $3.1 million aggregate principal amount of our Senior Subordinated Amortizing Notes in exchange for Class A Common Stock, as discussed in Note 16.  These transactions resulted in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $0.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2012. The gain is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on extinguishment of debt”.

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Note 8

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Cash and Cash Equivalents Disclosure [Text Block]

8.  Cash represents cash deposited in checking accounts. Cash equivalents includes certificates of deposit, Treasury Bills and government money market funds with maturities of 90 days or less when purchased.  Our cash balances are held at a few financial institutions and may, at times, exceed insurable amounts.  We believe we help to mitigate this risk by depositing our cash in major financial institutions.  

Restricted cash and cash equivalents on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, totaled to $49.5 million and $64.2 million as of April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively, which includes cash collateralizing our letter of credit agreements and facilities and is discussed in Note 10. Also included in this balance are homebuilding and financial services customers’ deposits of $5.7 million and $16.7 million at April 30, 2013, respectively, and $4.8 million and $22.5 million as of October 31, 2012, respectively, which are restricted from use by us. In addition, we previously collateralized our surety bonds with cash, but as of April 30, 2013 are no longer required to do so. The balance of this surety bond collateral was $6.2 million at October 31, 2012, which was in cash equivalents, the book value of which approximates fair value.  

Total Homebuilding Customers’ deposits are shown as a liability on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. These liabilities are significantly more than the applicable years’ escrow cash balances because, in some states, the deposits are not restricted from use and, in other states, we are able to release the majority of this escrow cash by pledging letters of credit and surety bonds.

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Note 20 (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012
Advances to Affiliates	$ 6.3		$ 6.3		$ 15.0
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures	52.8		52.8		61.1
Management Fees Revenue	$ 2.7	$ 3.5	$ 5.5	$ 5.9
Joint Venture Financing, Percent of Assets	50.00%		50.00%
Joint Venture, Average Debt to Capitalization Ratio	35.00%		35.00%		40.00%

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Note 15

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Preferred Stock [Text Block]

15.  On July 12, 2005, we issued 5,600 shares of 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock, with a liquidation preference of $25,000.  Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are not cumulative and are payable at an annual rate of 7.625%.  The Series A Preferred Stock is not convertible into the Company’s common stock and is redeemable in whole or in part at our option at the liquidation preference of the shares.  The Series A Preferred Stock is traded as depositary shares, with each depositary share representing 1/1000th of a share of Series A Preferred Stock.  The depositary shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “HOVNP”. During the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, we did not make any dividend payments on the Series A Preferred Stock as a result of covenant restrictions in certain of our indentures.

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Note 13

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Exchangeable Note Units And Senior Amortizing Notes [Text Block]

13. On October 2, 2012, the Company and K. Hovnanian issued $100,000,000 aggregate stated amount of 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units (the “Units”) (equivalent to 100,000 Units).  Each $1,000 stated amount of Units initially consists of (1) a zero coupon senior exchangeable note due December 1, 2017 (a “Senior Exchangeable Note”) issued by K. Hovnanian, which bears no cash interest and has an initial principal amount of $768.51 per Exchangeable Note, and that will accrete to $1,000 at maturity and (2) a senior amortizing note due December 1, 2017 (the “Senior Amortizing Note”) issued by K. Hovnanian, which has an initial principal amount of $231.49 per Senior Amortizing Note, bears interest at a rate of 11.0% per annum, and has a final installment payment date of December 1, 2017. Each Unit may be separated into its constituent Senior Exchangeable Note and Senior Amortizing Note after the initial issuance date of the Units, and the separate components may be combined to create a Unit.

Each Senior Exchangeable Note had an initial principal amount of $768.51 (which will accrete to $1,000 over the term of the Senior Exchangeable Note at an annual rate of 5.17% from the date of issuance, calculated on a semi-annual bond equivalent yield basis).  Holders may exchange their Senior Exchangeable Notes at their option at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day immediately preceding December 1, 2017.  Each Senior Exchangeable Note will be exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock at an initial exchange rate of 185.5288 shares of Class A Common Stock per Senior Exchangeable Note (equivalent to an initial exchange price, based on $1,000 principal amount at maturity, of approximately $5.39 per share of Class A Common Stock).  The exchange rate will be subject to adjustment in certain events.  Following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date, the Company will increase the applicable exchange rate for any holder who elects to exchange its Senior Exchangeable Notes in connection with such corporate event.  In addition, holders of Senior Exchangeable Notes will also have the right to require K. Hovnanian to repurchase such holders’ Senior Exchangeable Notes upon the occurrence of certain of these corporate events.

On each June 1 and December 1 commencing on June 1, 2013 (each, an “installment payment date”) K. Hovnanian will pay holders of Senior Amortizing Notes equal semi-annual cash installments of $30.00 per Senior Amortizing Note (except for the June 1, 2013 installment payment, which will be $39.83 per Senior Amortizing Note), which cash payment in the aggregate will be equivalent to 6.0% per year with respect to each $1,000 stated amount of Units.  Each installment will constitute a payment of interest (at a rate of 11.0% per annum) and a partial repayment of principal on the Senior Amortizing Note. Following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date, holders of the Senior Amortizing Notes will have the right to require K. Hovnanian to repurchase such holders’ Senior Amortizing Notes. As of April 30, 2013, 18.3 million Senior Exchangeable Notes have been converted into 3.4 million shares of our Class A Common Stock, all of which were converted during the first quarter of fiscal 2013 (there were no Senior Exchangeable Notes converted to common stock during the three months ended April 30, 2013).

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Document And Entity Information	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Jun. 03, 2013 Common Class A [Member]	Jun. 03, 2013 Common Class B [Member]
Entity Registrant Name	HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
Document Type	10-Q
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--10-31
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		124,484,825	14,657,325
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Central Index Key	0000357294
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Period End Date	Apr. 30, 2013
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2

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Note 14

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

14. Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) (the “numerator”) by the weighted-average number of common shares, adjusted for non-vested shares of restricted stock (the “denominator”) for the period.  The basic weighted-average number of shares for the three months ended April 30, 2013 includes 6.1 million shares related to Purchase Contracts (issued as part of our 7.25% Tangible Equity Units) which are issuable in the future with no additional cash required to be paid by the holders thereof. This number of shares represents the minimum number of shares that will, under all circumstances, be issuable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts. As discussed previously in Note 12, the actual number of shares of Class A Common Stock we may issue upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts will be between 4.7655 shares (which is the minimum settlement rate) and 5.8140 shares (which is the maximum settlement rate) per Purchase Contract (in each case, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments) based on the applicable market value, as defined in the purchase contract agreement governing the Purchase Contracts, of our Class A Common Stock. Computing diluted earnings per share is similar to computing basic earnings per share, except that the denominator is increased to include the dilutive effects of options and non-vested shares of restricted stock, as well as common shares issuable upon exchange of our Senior Exchangeable Notes issued as part of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units.  Any options that have an exercise price greater than the average market price are considered to be anti-dilutive and are excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation.  

All outstanding nonvested shares that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents that participate in undistributed earnings with common stock are considered participating securities and are included in computing earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. The two class method is an earnings allocation formula that determines earnings per share for each class of common stock and participating securities according to dividends or dividend equivalents and participation rights in undistributed earnings. The Company’s restricted common stock (“nonvested shares”) are considered participating securities.

  Basic and diluted earnings per share for the periods presented below were calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands, except per share data)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Numerator:
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Hovnanian	$	1,318		$	1,802		$	(9,990	)	$	(16,463	)
Less: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares		(2	)		(3	)		-			-
Numerator for basic earnings per share		1,316			1,799			(9,990	)		(16,463	)
Plus: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares		2			3
Less: undistributed earnings reallocated to nonvested shares		(2	)		(3	)		-			-
Numerator for diluted earnings per share	$	1,316		$	1,799		$	(9,990	)	$	(16,463	)
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share		145,948			116,021			144,373			112,338
Effect of dilutive securities:
Share based payments		1,283			96			-			-
Denominator for diluted earnings per share – weighted average shares outstanding		147,231			116,117			144,373			112,338
Basic earnings (loss) per share	$	0.01		$	0.02		$	(0.07	)	$	(0.15	)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	0.01		$	0.02		$	(0.07	)	$	(0.15	)

Incremental shares attributed to non-vested stock and outstanding options to purchase common stock of 1.4 million and 0.06 million for the six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because we had a net loss for the period, and any incremental shares would not be dilutive. Also, for the six months ended April 30, 2013, 16.5 million shares of common stock issuable upon the exchange of our senior exchangeable notes were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because we had a net loss for the period.

In addition, shares related to out-of-the money stock options that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share were 1.3 million and 2.6 million for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, because to do so would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented.

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Note 15 (Detail) (USD $)				1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012		Jul. 31, 2005 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Jul. 12, 2005 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued (in Shares)	5,600	5,600	[1]			5,600
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share (in Dollars per share)	$ 140,000	$ 140,000	[1]			$ 25,000
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage				7.625%	7.625%

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2012.

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Note 14 (Detail) - Earnings per Share Calculation (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012
Numerator:
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Hovnanian	$ 1,318	$ 1,802	$ (9,990)	$ (16,463)
Less: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares	(2)	(3)
Numerator for basic earnings per share	1,316	1,799	(9,990)	(16,463)
Plus: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares	2	3
Less: undistributed earnings reallocated to nonvested shares	(2)	(3)
Numerator for diluted earnings per share	$ 1,316	$ 1,799	$ (9,990)	$ (16,463)
Denominator for basic earnings per share (in Shares)	145,948	116,021	144,373	112,338
Share based payments (in Shares)	1,283	96
Denominator for diluted earnings per share – weighted average shares outstanding (in Shares)	147,231	116,117	144,373	112,338
Basic earnings (loss) per share (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.02	$ (0.07)	$ (0.15)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.02	$ (0.07)	$ (0.15)