10-Q

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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, 2016

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. 131,802,260 shares of Class A Common Stock and 15,317,869 shares of Class B Common Stock were outstanding as of May 31, 2016.

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.  

FORM 10-Q  

INDEX	PAGE NUMBER
PART I.  Financial Information
Item l.  Financial Statements:
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) as of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015	3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015	5
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity (unaudited) for the six months ended April 30, 2016	6
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015	7
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	9
Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	34
Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	56
Item 4.  Controls and Procedures	57
PART II.  Other Information
Item 1.  Legal Proceedings	57
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	57
Item 6.  Exhibits	58
Signatures	59

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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In Thousands)

	April 30, 2016		October 31, 2015
	(Unaudited)		(1)
ASSETS
Homebuilding:
Cash and cash equivalents		$120,661		$245,398
Restricted cash and cash equivalents		6,259		7,299
Inventories:
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development		1,171,668		1,307,850
Land and land options held for future development or sale		191,627		214,503
Consolidated inventory not owned		312,841		122,225
Total inventories		1,676,136		1,644,578
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures		70,061		61,209
Receivables, deposits and notes, net		65,055		70,349
Property, plant and equipment, net		45,670		45,534
Prepaid expenses and other assets		80,004		77,671
Total homebuilding		2,063,846		2,152,038
Financial services:
Cash and cash equivalents		8,993		8,347
Restricted cash and cash equivalents		19,134		19,223
Mortgage loans held for sale at fair value		129,999		130,320
Other assets		2,586		2,091
Total financial services		160,712		159,981
Income taxes receivable – including net deferred tax benefits		294,069		290,279
Total assets		$2,518,627		$2,602,298

(1)  Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In Thousands Except Share and Per Share Amounts)

	April 30, 2016			October 31, 2015
	(Unaudited)			(1)
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Homebuilding:
Nonrecourse mortgages secured by inventory		$125,076			$143,863
Accounts payable and other liabilities		360,946			348,516
Customers’ deposits		47,976			44,218
Nonrecourse mortgages secured by operating properties		14,924			15,511
Liabilities from inventory not owned		220,348			105,856
Total homebuilding		769,270			657,964
Financial services:
Accounts payable and other liabilities		27,574			27,908
Mortgage warehouse lines of credit		109,132			108,875
Total financial services		136,706			136,783
Notes payable:
Revolving credit agreement		50,000			47,000
Senior secured notes, net of discount		982,086			981,346
Senior notes, net of discount		607,575			780,319
Senior amortizing notes		10,516			12,811
Senior exchangeable notes		75,677			73,771
Accrued interest		39,119			40,388
Total notes payable		1,764,973			1,935,635
Total liabilities		2,670,949			2,730,382
Stockholders’ equity deficit:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value - authorized 100,000 shares; issued and outstanding 5,600 shares with a liquidation preference of $140,000 at April 30, 2016 and at October 31, 2015		135,299			135,299
Common stock, Class A, $0.01 par value – authorized 400,000,000 shares; issued 143,563,023 shares at April 30, 2016 and 143,292,881 shares at October 31, 2015 (including 11,760,763 shares at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015 held in treasury)		1,436			1,433
Common stock, Class B, $0.01 par value (convertible to Class A at time of sale) – authorized 60,000,000 shares; issued 16,009,617 shares at April 30, 2016 and 15,676,829 shares at October 31, 2015 (including 691,748 shares at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015 held in treasury)		160			157
Paid in capital – common stock		704,141			703,751
Accumulated deficit		(877,998	)		(853,364	)
Treasury stock – at cost		(115,360	)		(115,360	)
Total stockholders’ equity deficit		(152,322	)		(128,084	)
Total liabilities and equity		$2,518,627			$2,602,298

(1)  Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In Thousands Except Per Share Data)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Revenues:
Homebuilding:
Sale of homes		$626,157			$455,172			$1,182,932			$888,643
Land sales and other revenues		11,563			1,320			12,167			2,441
Total homebuilding		637,720			456,492			1,195,099			891,084
Financial services		17,003			12,457			35,229			23,579
Total revenues		654,723			468,949			1,230,328			914,663
Expenses:
Homebuilding:
Cost of sales, excluding interest		536,050			382,139			1,000,196			736,951
Cost of sales interest		21,444			12,013			38,287			23,331
Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs		9,669			4,311			21,350			6,541
Total cost of sales		567,163			398,463			1,059,833			766,823
Selling, general and administrative		56,371			52,614			103,875			100,260
Total homebuilding expenses		623,534			451,077			1,163,708			867,083
Financial services		9,618			7,508			17,833			14,825
Corporate general and administrative		12,598			16,493			28,919			33,401
Other interest		24,084			23,030			45,309			48,101
Other operations		1,147			1,788			2,531			3,332
Total expenses		670,981			499,896			1,258,300			966,742
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures		(1,346	)		1,466			(2,826	)		2,918
Loss before income taxes		(17,604	)		(29,481	)		(30,798	)		(49,161	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision:
State		(758	)		(414	)		3,561			2,718
Federal		(8,385	)		(9,508	)		(9,725	)		(17,944	)
Total income taxes		(9,143	)		(9,922	)		(6,164	)		(15,226	)
Net loss		$(8,461	)		$(19,559	)		$(24,634	)		$(33,935	)
Per share data:
Basic:
Loss per common share		$(0.06	)		$(0.13	)		$(0.17	)		$(0.23	)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding		147,334			146,946			147,301			146,762
Assuming dilution:
Loss per common share		$(0.06	)		$(0.13	)		$(0.17	)		$(0.23	)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding		147,334			146,946			147,301			146,762

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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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			Total
Balance, October 31, 2015		131,532,118		$1,433		14,985,081			$157		5,600		$135,299		$703,751			$(853,364	)		$(115,360	)		$(128,084	)
Stock options, amortization and issuances															(1,859	)								(1,859	)
Restricted stock amortization, issuances and forfeitures		270,032		3		332,898			3						2,249									2,255
Conversion of class B to class A common stock		110				(110	)																	-
Net loss																		(24,634	)					(24,634	)
Balance, April 30, 2016		131,802,260		$1,436		15,317,869			$160		5,600		$135,299		$704,141			$(877,998	)		$(115,360	)		$(152,322	)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Six Months Ended
	April 30,
	2016			2015
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss		$(24,634	)		$(33,935	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation		1,729			1,719
Compensation from stock options and awards		825			6,665
Amortization of bond discounts and deferred financing costs		6,106			5,991
Gain on sale and retirement of property and assets		(100	)		(851	)
Loss (income) from unconsolidated joint ventures		2,826			(2,918	)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures		-			4,445
Inventory impairment and land option write-offs		21,350			6,541
Deferred income tax benefit		(4,077	)		(15,975	)
(Increase) decrease in assets:
Origination of mortgage loans		(584,879	)		(429,708	)
Sale of mortgage loans		585,200			418,594
Restricted cash, receivables, prepaids, deposits and other assets		2,461			134
Inventories		(52,908	)		(200,988	)
Increase (decrease) in liabilities:
State income tax payable		287			(70	)
Customers’ deposits		3,758			6,462
Accounts payable, accrued interest and other accrued liabilities		10,869			(22,235	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(31,187	)		(256,129	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of property and assets		115			983
Purchase of property, equipment and other fixed assets and acquisitions		(1,651	)		(1,172	)
(Increase) decrease in restricted cash related to mortgage company		(204	)		1,645
Decrease in restricted cash related to letters of credit		325			-
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures		(16,743	)		(15,539	)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures		5,065			7,345
Net cash used in investing activities		(13,093	)		(6,738	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from mortgages and notes		112,894			76,569
Payments related to mortgages and notes		(132,033	)		(61,858	)
Proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs		14,910			21,301
Payments related to model sale leaseback financing programs		(13,691	)		(7,960	)
Proceeds from land bank financing programs		153,423			4,144
Payments related to land bank financing programs		(38,950	)		(17,147	)
Proceeds from senior notes		-			250,000
Payments related to senior notes and senior amortizing notes		(175,040	)		(2,062	)
Borrowings from revolving credit facility		3,000			-
Net proceeds related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit		257			6,047
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances		(4,581	)		(6,493	)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		(79,811	)		262,541
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(124,091	)		(326	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period		253,745			261,898
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period		$129,654			$261,572

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands - Unaudited)

(Continued)

	Six Months Ended
	April 30,
	2016			2015
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow:
Cash paid (received) during the period for:
Interest, net of capitalized interest (see Note 3 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements)		$47,987			$41,061
Income taxes		$(2,373	)		$819

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. Basis of Presentation

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 17).

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. 

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, 2015. 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 condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows. The preparation of Condensed Consolidated 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 Condensed Consolidated 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, 2015 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. Stock Compensation

For the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, the Company’s total stock-based compensation was income of $(0.7) million and expense of $0.8 million ($0.7 million net of tax), respectively, and expense of $3.2 million and $6.7 million ($2.1 million and $4.6 million net of tax) for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively. Included in this total stock-based compensation was income of $(2.1) million for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 for previously recognized expense of certain performance based stock option grants for which the performance metrics are no longer expected to be satisfied. This income was slightly offset by the vesting of stock options of $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, during the three and six months ended April 30, 2016. Included in total stock based compensation expense for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 was the vesting of stock options of $0.5 million and $1.4 million, respectively.

3. Interest

Interest costs incurred, expensed and capitalized were:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Interest capitalized at beginning of period		$117,113		$114,241		$123,898		$109,158
Plus interest incurred (1)		44,224		40,703		86,183		82,175
Less cost of sales interest expensed		21,444		12,013		38,287		23,331
Less other interest expensed (2)(3)		24,084		23,030		45,309		48,101
Less interest contributed to unconsolidated joint venture (4)		-		-		10,676		-
Interest capitalized at end of period (5)		$115,809		$119,901		$115,809		$119,901

(1)	Data does not include interest incurred by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries.
(2)	Other interest expensed includes interest that does not qualify for interest capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt. Also includes interest on completed homes and land in planning, which does not qualify for capitalization, and therefore, 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 on notes payable, which is calculated as follows:

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	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2016			2015			2016		2015
Other interest expensed		$24,084			$23,030			$45,309		$48,101
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries		851			268			1,410		676
Decrease (increase) in accrued interest		(9,948	)		(8,726	)		1,268		(7,716	)
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest		$14,987			$14,572			$47,987		$41,061

(4)	Represents capitalized interest which was included as part of the assets contributed to the joint venture the Company entered into in November 2015, as discussed in Note 18. There was no impact to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as a result of this transaction.
(5)	Capitalized interest amounts are shown gross before allocating any portion of impairments, if any, to capitalized interest.

4. Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value

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, 2016, our discount rate used for the impairments recorded ranged from 16.8% to 18.5%. For the six months ended April 30, 2015, our discount rate used for the impairments recorded ranged from 17.5% to 19.8%. 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, 2016 and 2015, we evaluated inventories of all 478 and 508 communities under development and held for future development, respectively, for impairment indicators through preparation and review of detailed budgets or other market indicators of impairment. We performed detailed impairment calculations during the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015 for 20 and 15 of those communities (i.e., those with a projected operating loss or other impairment indicators), respectively, with an aggregate carrying value of $89.0 million and $77.4 million, respectively. Of those communities tested for impairment during the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, nine and seven communities with an aggregate carrying value of $43.5 million and $33.0 million, respectively, had undiscounted future cash flows that exceeded the carrying amount by less than 20%. As a result of our impairment analysis, we recorded aggregate impairment losses of $5.4 million and $15.1 million, in four and ten communities, respectively, with an aggregate pre-impairment value of $16.7 million and $45.4 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, respectively, and recorded aggregate impairment losses of $3.5 million and $4.4 million, in four and five communities, respectively, with an aggregate pre-impairment value of $11.0 million and $16.7 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, which are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations on the line entitled “Homebuilding: Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs” and deducted from inventory. The impairments recorded for the six months ended April 30, 2016 were mainly for land held for sale in the Midwest and Northeast. The inventory has been written down to fair value based on recent offers received for the properties. The pre-impairment value represents the carrying value, net of prior period impairments, if any, at the time of recording the impairment.

The Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations line 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 $4.3 million and $0.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $6.3 million and $2.1 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Such write-offs were located in each of our segments in both the first half of fiscal 2016 and 2015. 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 costs written off. The number of lots walked away from during the three months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015 were 2,263 and 455, respectively, and 3,519 and 2,155 during the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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We decide to mothball (or stop development on) certain communities when we determine that the current performance does not justify further investment at the time. When we decide to mothball a community, the inventory is reclassified on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets 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 2016, we did not mothball any additional communities or sell any communities; we re-activated one previously mothballed community and contributed one previously mothballed community to a new joint venture which is beginning construction. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the net book value associated with our 29 and 31 total mothballed communities was $75.7 million and $103.0 million, respectively, which was net of impairment charges recorded in prior periods of $296.8 million and $334.5 million, respectively.

From time to time we enter into option agreements that include specific performance requirements, whereby we are required to purchase a minimum number of lots. Because of our obligation to purchase these lots, for accounting purposes in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360-20-40-38, we are required to record this inventory on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of April 30, 2016 we had no specific performance options. As of October 31, 2015, we had $1.2 million of specific performance options recorded on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet to “Consolidated inventory not owned,” with a corresponding liability of $1.2 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned.” 

We sell and lease 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 Sheets, at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, inventory of $98.2 million and $95.9 million, respectively, was recorded to “Consolidated inventory not owned,” with a corresponding amount of $89.1 million and $87.9 million, respectively, recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned” for the amount of net cash received from the transactions.

We have land banking arrangements, whereby we sell our land parcels to the land bankers and they provide us an option to purchase back finished lots on a quarterly basis. Because of our options to repurchase these parcels, for accounting purposes, in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, these transactions are considered a financing rather than a sale. For purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, inventory of $214.6 million and $25.1 million, respectively, was recorded as “Consolidated inventory not owned,” with a corresponding amount of $131.2 million and $16.8 million, respectively, recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned” for the amount of net cash received from the transactions.

5. Variable Interest Entities

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, 2016 and October 31, 2015, 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, 2016, we had total cash deposits amounting to $67.4 million to purchase land and lots with a total purchase price of $1.3 billion. The maximum exposure to loss with respect to our land and lot options is limited to the deposits plus any pre-development costs invested in the property, although some deposits are refundable at our request or refundable if certain conditions are not met.

6. Warranty Costs

General liability insurance for homebuilding companies and their suppliers and subcontractors is very difficult to obtain. The availability of general liability insurance is 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. To date, we have been able to obtain general liability insurance but at higher premium costs with higher deductibles. Our subcontractors and suppliers have advised us that they have also had difficulty obtaining insurance that also provides us coverage. As a result, we have 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 risk type of the trade. 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, 2016 and 2015, we received $2.0 million and $1.3 million, respectively, from subcontractors related to the owner controlled insurance program, which we accounted for as a reduction to inventory.

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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 2016 and 2015, our deductible under our general liability insurance is a $20 million aggregate for construction defect and warranty claims. For bodily injury claims, our deductible per occurrence in fiscal 2016 and 2015 is $0.25 million, up to a $5 million limit. Our aggregate retention in fiscal 2016 and 2015 is $21 million for construction defect, 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, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2016			2015			2016			2015
Balance, beginning of period		$133,389			$181,833			$135,053			$178,008
Additions – Selling, general and administrative		4,292			4,331			8,915			9,580
Additions – Cost of sales		4,539			5,635			7,921			8,816
Charges incurred during the period		(5,514	)		(30,492	)		(15,183	)		(35,097	)
Changes to pre-existing reserves		-			-			-			-
Balance, end of period		$136,706			$161,307			$136,706			$161,307

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

Insurance claims paid by our insurance carriers, excluding insurance deductibles paid, were $0.5 million and $18.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $3.7 million and $18.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, for prior year deliveries. During the first half of fiscal 2016, we settled two construction defect claims relating to the Northeast segment which made up the majority of the payments. During the first half of fiscal 2015, we settled a class action suit which alleged specified issues related to the HVAC systems installed in certain of the Company’s homes, with the majority of the settlement being paid by our insurance carriers.

7. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

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, results of operations or cash flows, and we are subject to extensive and complex laws and regulations that affect the development of land and home building, sales and customer financing processes, including zoning, density, building standards and mortgage financing. These laws and 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, including those regulating the emission or discharge of materials into the environment, the management of stormwater runoff at construction sites, the handling, use, storage and disposal of hazardous substances, impacts to wetlands and other sensitive environments, and the remediation of contamination at properties that we have owned or developed or currently own or are developing (“environmental laws”). 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. In addition, noncompliance with these laws and regulations could result in fines and penalties, obligations to remediate, permit revocations or other sanctions; and contamination or other environmental conditions at or in the vicinity of our developments may result in claims against us for personal injury, property damage or other losses.

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In March 2013, we received a letter from the Environmental Protection Agency (“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 ceased operations many years before the Company entity involved acquired the properties in the area and carried out the re-development project. We responded to the EPA’s request. In August 2013, we were notified that the EPA considers us a potentially responsible party (or “PRP”) with respect to the site, that the EPA will clean up the site, and that the EPA is proposing that we fund and/or contribute towards the cleanup of the contamination at the site. We began preliminary discussions with the EPA concerning a possible resolution but do not know the scope or extent of the Company’s obligations, if any, that may arise from the site and therefore cannot provide any assurance that this matter will not have a material impact on the Company. The EPA requested additional information in April 2014 and the Company has responded to its information request.

We anticipate that increasingly stringent requirements will be imposed on developers and homebuilders in the future. Although we cannot reliably predict the extent of any effect these requirements may have on us, 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, our ability to obtain or renew permits or approvals and 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. 

8. Restricted Cash and Deposits

Cash represents cash deposited in checking accounts. Cash equivalents include 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. At April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, $8.6 million and $15.8 million, respectively, of the total cash and cash equivalents was in cash equivalents, the book value of which approximates fair value.

Restricted cash and cash equivalents on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets totaled $25.4 million and $26.5 million as of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively, which includes cash collateralizing our letter of credit agreements and facilities as discussed in Note 10. Also included in this balance were (1) homebuilding and financial services customers’ deposits of $4.0 million and $17.1 million at April 30, 2016, respectively, and $4.7 million and $17.2 million as of October 31, 2015, respectively, which are restricted from use by us, and (2) $2.0 million of restricted cash at both April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, under the terms of our mortgage warehouse lines of credit.

Total Homebuilding Customers’ deposits are shown as a liability on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. These liabilities are significantly more than the applicable periods’ restricted 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 these customer deposits to cash by pledging letters of credit and surety bonds.

9. Mortgage Loans Held for Sale

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 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in “Revenues: Financial services.” We currently use forward sales of mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”), interest rate commitments from borrowers and mandatory and/or best efforts forward commitments to sell loans to third-party purchasers to protect us from interest rate fluctuations. These short-term instruments, which do not require any payments to be made to the counterparty or purchaser 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 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in “Revenues: Financial services.”

At April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, $116.8 million and $114.0 million, respectively, 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 Sheets. As of April 30, 2016 and 2015, we had reserves specifically for 132 and 131 identified mortgage loans, respectively, as well as reserves for an estimate for future losses on mortgages sold but not yet identified to us.

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The activity in our loan origination reserves during the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,					Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2016		2015			2016		2015
Loan origination reserves, beginning of period		$8,028		$7,981			$8,025		$7,352
Provisions for losses during the period		117		68			158		129
Adjustments to pre-existing provisions for losses from changes in estimates		161		(107	)		123		461
Loan origination reserves, end of period		$8,306		$7,942			$8,306		$7,942

10. Mortgage and Notes Payable

We had nonrecourse mortgage loans for certain communities totaling $125.1 million and $143.9 million at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively, which are secured by the related real property, including any improvements, with an aggregate book value of $330.9 million and $388.1 million, respectively. The weighted-average interest rate on these obligations was 4.6% and 5.1% at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively, and the mortgage loan payments on each community primarily correspond to home deliveries. We also had nonrecourse mortgage loans on our corporate headquarters totaling $14.9 million and $15.5 million at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively. These loans had a weighted-average interest rate of 8.8% at both April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015. As of April 30, 2016, these loans have remaining installment obligations with annual principal maturities in the years ending October 31 of: $0.6 million in 2016, $1.3 million in 2017, $1.4 million in 2018, $1.5 million in 2019, $1.7 million in 2020 and $8.4 million after 2020.

In June 2013, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (“K. Hovnanian”), as borrower, and we and certain of our subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into a five-year, $75.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with Citicorp USA, Inc., as administrative agent and issuing bank, and Citibank, N.A., as a lender. The Credit Facility is available for both letters of credit and general corporate purposes. The Credit Facility does not contain any financial maintenance covenants, but does contain certain restrictive covenants that track those contained in our indenture governing the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, which are described in Note 11. The Credit Facility also contains certain customary events of default which would permit the administrative agent at the request of the required lenders to, among other things, declare all loans then outstanding to be immediately due and payable if such default is not cured within applicable grace periods, including the failure to make timely payments of amounts payable under the Credit Facility or other material indebtedness or the acceleration of other material indebtedness, the failure to comply with agreements and covenants or for representations or warranties to be correct in all material respects when made, specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency, and the entry of a material judgment against a loan party. Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility accrue interest at an annual rate equal to either, as selected by K. Hovnanian, (i) the alternate base rate plus the applicable spread determined on the date of such borrowing or (ii) an adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) rate plus the applicable spread determined as of the date two business days prior to the first day of the interest period for such borrowing. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015 there were $50.0 million and $47.0 million of borrowings, respectively, and $22.4 million and $25.9 million of letters of credit outstanding, respectively, under the Credit Facility. As of April 30, 2016, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Facility.

In addition to the Credit Facility, we have certain stand–alone cash collateralized letter of credit agreements and facilities under which there were a total of $2.2 million and $2.6 million letters of credit outstanding at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, 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, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the amount of cash collateral in these segregated accounts was $2.3 million and $2.6 million, respectively, which is reflected in “Restricted cash and cash equivalents” 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. In certain instances, we retain the servicing rights for a small amount of loans. Our secured Master Repurchase Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on January 29, 2016, is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through January 31, 2017. 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 0.44% at April 30, 2016, plus the applicable margin of 2.5% or 2.63% based upon type of loan. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Chase Master Repurchase Agreement was $31.9 million and $30.5 million, respectively.

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K. Hovnanian Mortgage has another secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Customers Bank (“Customers Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on February 18, 2016 to extend the maturity date to February 17, 2017, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $25.0 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 rate, plus the applicable margin ranging from 2.5% to 5.25% based on the type of loan and the number of days outstanding on the warehouse line. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Customers Master Repurchase Agreement was $24.1 million and $29.7 million, respectively.

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 February 23, 2016, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through February 21, 2017. 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 Base Rate (as defined in the loan documents), which was 0.85% at April 30, 2016, plus an applicable margin of 2.25% to 2.5%. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement was $27.6 million and $30.1 million, respectively.

In February 2014, K. Hovnanian Mortgage executed a secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Comerica Bank (“Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on December 28, 2015 to extend the maturity date to December 27, 2016. The Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $35.0 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 monthly at the current LIBOR rate, subject to a floor of 0.25%, plus the applicable margin of 2.5%. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement was $25.5 million and $18.6 million, respectively.

The Chase Master Repurchase Agreement, Customers Master Repurchase Agreement, Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement and Comerica 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 applicable agreement, we do not consider any of these covenants to be substantive or material. As of April 30, 2016, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Master Repurchase Agreements.

11. Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing and Senior Exchangeable Notes

Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing and Senior Exchangeable Notes balances as of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, were as follows:

(In thousands)	April 30, 2016		October 31, 2015
Senior Secured Notes:
7.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due October 15, 2020		$577,000		$577,000
9.125% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due November 15, 2020		220,000		220,000
2.0% Senior Secured Notes due November 1, 2021 (net of discount)		53,143		53,139
5.0% Senior Secured Notes due November 1, 2021 (net of discount)		131,943		131,207
Total Senior Secured Notes		$982,086		$981,346
Senior Notes:
6.25% Senior Notes due January 15, 2016 (net of discount)		$-		$172,744
7.5% Senior Notes due May 15, 2016		86,532		86,532
8.625% Senior Notes due January 15, 2017		121,043		121,043
7.0% Senior Notes due January 15, 2019		150,000		150,000
8.0% Senior Notes due November 1, 2019		250,000		250,000
Total Senior Notes		$607,575		$780,319
11.0% Senior Amortizing Notes due December 1, 2017		$10,516		$12,811
Senior Exchangeable Notes due December 1, 2017		$75,677		$73,771

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 Except for 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 and senior exchangeable notes outstanding at April 30, 2016 (see Note 21). In addition, the 5.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “5.0% 2021 Notes”) and the 2.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “2.0% 2021 Notes” and together with the 5.0% 2021 Notes, 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 indentures governing the 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 nonrecourse indebtedness), pay dividends and make distributions on common and preferred stock, repurchase subordinated indebtedness (with respect to certain of the senior secured and senior 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, 2016, 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 12 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, (currently, however, our ability to incur additional permitted indebtedness is limited and we expect it to be limited for the foreseeable future) refinancing indebtedness, and nonrecourse indebtedness. As a result of this ratio restriction, we are currently restricted from paying dividends, which are not cumulative, on our 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock. We anticipate that 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 debt instruments or otherwise affect compliance with any of the covenants contained in our debt instruments.

The 7.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2020 (the “First Lien Notes”) are secured by a first-priority lien and the 9.125% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2020 (the “Second Lien Notes” and, together with the First Lien Notes, the “2020 Secured 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 us, K. Hovnanian and the guarantors of such notes. At April 30, 2016, the aggregate book value of the real property that constituted collateral securing the 2020 Secured Notes was approximately $685.1 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 and cash equivalents collateral that secured the 2020 Secured Notes was $106.4 million as of April 30, 2016, which included $2.3 million of restricted cash collateralizing certain letters of credit. Subsequent to such date, fluctuations as a result of cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments along with cash inflow primarily from deliveries.

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, 2016, the collateral securing the guarantees included (1) $16.5 million of cash and cash equivalents (subsequent to such date, fluctuations as a result of cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments along with cash inflow primarily from deliveries); (2) $153.9 million aggregate book value of real property of the Secured Group, 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, and (3) equity interests in guarantors that are members of the Secured Group. 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 $66.3 million as of April 30, 2016; 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 and senior secured notes, and thus have not guaranteed such indebtedness. 

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On November 5, 2014, K. Hovnanian issued $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, resulting in net proceeds of $245.7 million. These proceeds were used for general corporate purposes. The notes will mature on November 1, 2019. The notes are redeemable in whole or in part at K. Hovnanian’s option at any time prior to August 1, 2019 at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus an applicable “Make-Whole Amount.” At any time and from time to time on or after August 1, 2019, K. Hovnanian may also redeem some or all of the notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount.

On January 15, 2016, $172.7 million principal amount of our 6.25% Senior Notes due 2016 matured and was paid. In the third quarter of fiscal 2016, on May 15, 2016, $86.5 million principal amount of our 7.5% Senior Notes due 2016 matured and was paid. We have $121.0 million principal amount of our 8.625% Senior Notes due on January 15, 2017. While our preference is to refinance these notes, in light of current availability of debt financing in the capital and loan markets to companies with comparable credit ratings, we may not be able to refinance these obligations or do so at an attractive rate. In this situation, we currently believe we will have sufficient liquidity from our operations and our planned reduction of our geographic operating footprint (as described below) to enable us to pay these notes at maturity. However, depending on market conditions, we may also need to reduce or delay investments or consider other liquidity-enhancing measures such as new land banking arrangements, an increase in joint venture activity and/or project specific financings and model sale leasebacks.

As a result of our evaluation of our geographic operating footprint as it relates to our strategic objectives, we decided to exit the Minneapolis, MN and Raleigh, NC markets, and in the third quarter of fiscal 2016, we completed the sale of our land portfolios in those markets. We have also decided to wind down our operations in the San Francisco Bay area in Northern California and in Tampa, FL by building and delivering homes to sell through our existing land position.

Any other liquidity-enhancing transaction will depend on identifying counterparties, negotiation of documentation and applicable closing conditions and any required approvals. Due to covenant restrictions in our debt instruments, we are currently limited in the amount of debt we can incur that does not qualify as refinancing indebtedness (a limitation that we expect to continue for the foreseeable future), even if market conditions would otherwise be favorable, which could also impact our ability to grow our business.

12. Senior Exchangeable Notes

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 Senior Exchangeable Note, and that will accrete to $1,000 at maturity and (2) a senior amortizing note due December 1, 2017 (a “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. If certain corporate events 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. As of April 30, 2016, 18,305 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.

On each June 1 and December 1 (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 was $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.

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13. Per Share Calculation

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) (the “numerator”) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, adjusted for nonvested shares of restricted stock (the “denominator”) for the period. 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 nonvested 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 nonforfeitable 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 in periods when we have net income. The Company’s restricted common stock (“nonvested shares”) are considered participating securities.

Incremental shares attributed to nonvested stock and outstanding options to purchase common stock of 0.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015 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. There were no incremental shares attributed to nonvested stock and outstanding options to purchase common stock for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 and the three months ended April 30, 2015. Also, for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, 15.2 million shares of common stock issuable upon the exchange of our Senior Exchangeable Notes (which were issued in fiscal 2012) were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because we had net losses for the periods.

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 6.4 million for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, and 3.3 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 because to do so would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented.

14. Preferred Stock

On July 12, 2005, we issued 5,600 shares of 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock, with a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are not cumulative and are paid 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, 2016 and 2015, we did not pay any dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock due to covenant restrictions in our debt instruments.

15. Common Stock

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 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 (NOL) carryforwards 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 of Directors 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.

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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, 2016. As of April 30, 2016, the maximum number of shares of Class A Common Stock that may yet be purchased under this program is 0.5 million.

16. Income Taxes

The total income tax benefit of $9.1 million and $6.2 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, respectively, was primarily due to deferred taxes, partially offset by state tax expenses and state tax reserves for uncertain tax positions. The six months ended April 30, 2016 was also impacted by permanent differences between book income and taxable income as a result of the issuance of shares under a deferred compensation plan that were expensed during vesting at significantly higher value than the value at the time of issuance. The total income tax benefit of $9.9 million and $15.2 million recognized for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, was primarily due to deferred taxes, partially offset by state tax expenses and state tax reserves for uncertain tax positions.

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.  

As of October 31, 2015, and again at April 30, 2016, we concluded that it was more likely than not that a substantial amount of our deferred tax assets (“DTA”) would be utilized. This conclusion was based on a detailed evaluation of all relevant evidence, both positive and negative. The positive evidence included factors such as positive earnings for two of the last three fiscal years and the expectation of earnings going forward over the long term and evidence of a sustained recovery in the housing markets in which we operate. Such evidence is supported by significant increases in key financial indicators over the last few years, including new orders, backlog, and community count compared with the prior years. Economic data has also been affirming the housing market recovery. Housing starts, homebuilding volume and prices are increasing and forecasted to continue to increase. Historically low mortgage rates, affordable home prices, reduced foreclosures and a favorable home ownership to rental comparison are key factors in the recovery.

Potentially offsetting this positive evidence is the fact that we had a loss before income taxes for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015 as well as for the six months ended April 30, 2016. However, we are not in a three year cumulative loss position as of April 30, 2016. As per ASC 740, cumulative losses are one of the most objectively verifiable forms of negative evidence; we no longer have this negative evidence and we expect to be profitable going forward over the long term. Our recent three years cumulative performance and our expectations for the coming years based on our current backlog, community count and recent sales contracts provide evidence that reaffirms our conclusion that a full valuation allowance was not necessary and that the current valuation allowance for deferred taxes of $635.4 million as of April 30, 2016 is appropriate.

17. Operating and Reporting Segments

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. Our 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, Washington D.C. and West Virginia)
(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 lifestyle 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 typically 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 any debt repurchases or exchanges.

Evaluation of segment performance is based primarily on operating earnings from continuing operations before provision for income taxes (“Income (loss) before income taxes”). Income (loss) before income taxes for the Homebuilding segments consist of revenues generated from the sales of homes and land, income (loss) from unconsolidated entities, management fees and other income, less the cost of homes and land sold, selling, general and administrative expenses and interest expense. Income before income taxes for the Financial Services segment consist of revenues generated from mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services, less the cost of such services and 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)	2016			2015			2016			2015
Revenues:
Northeast		$54,046			$39,274			$126,550			$90,004
Mid-Atlantic		89,987			76,777			183,807			157,962
Midwest		84,631			73,256			176,551			137,695
Southeast		51,298			49,275			90,550			87,169
Southwest		276,735			190,427			481,060			357,614
West		81,095			27,522			136,673			60,715
Total homebuilding		637,792			456,531			1,195,191			891,159
Financial services		17,003			12,457			35,229			23,579
Corporate and unallocated		(72	)		(39	)		(92	)		(75	)
Total revenues		$654,723			$468,949			$1,230,328			$914,663
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Northeast		$(6,684	)		$(3,812	)		$(3,950	)		$(6,965	)
Mid-Atlantic		1,072			(178	)		3,694			4,999
Midwest		(23	)		1,210			(5,582	)		4,921
Southeast		(7,255	)		(1,202	)		(9,089	)		(2,358	)
Southwest		18,491			14,022			34,860			25,347
West		(4,318	)		(8,963	)		(10,286	)		(11,336	)
Homebuilding income before income taxes		1,283			1,077			9,647			14,608
Financial services		7,385			4,949			17,396			8,754
Corporate and unallocated		(26,272	)		(35,507	)		(57,841	)		(72,523	)
Loss before income taxes		$(17,604	)		$(29,481	)		$(30,798	)		$(49,161	)

(In thousands)	April 30, 2016		October 31, 2015
Assets:
Northeast		$287,781		$321,983
Mid-Atlantic		355,629		342,159
Midwest		169,786		197,899
Southeast		281,694		223,206
Southwest		454,939		465,740
West		298,220		259,943
Total homebuilding		1,848,049		1,810,930
Financial services		160,712		159,981
Corporate and unallocated(1)		509,866		631,387
Total assets		$2,518,627		$2,602,298

(1) Includes $294.1 million and $290.3 million of income taxes receivable, including deferred tax assets, as of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively.

18. Investments in Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures

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 home buyers. 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.

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In November 2015, the Company entered into a new joint venture to which the company contributed a land parcel that had been mothballed by the company, but on which construction by the joint venture has now begun. Upon formation of the joint venture, the Company received $25.7 million of cash proceeds for the contributed land.

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, 2016
	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$29,757			$1,642			$31,399
Inventories		400,785			11,692			412,477
Other assets		19,536			-			19,536
Total assets		$450,078			$13,334			$463,412
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		$39,591			$992			$40,583
Notes payable		116,852			3,319			120,171
Total liabilities		156,443			4,311			160,754
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.		66,300			3,271			69,571
Others		227,335			5,752			233,087
Total equity		293,635			9,023			302,658
Total liabilities and equity		$450,078			$13,334			$463,412
Debt to capitalization ratio		28	%		27	%		28	%

(Dollars in thousands)	October 31, 2015
	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$27,856			$1,755			$29,611
Inventories		314,814			11,767			326,581
Other assets		11,225			-			11,225
Total assets		$353,895			$13,522			$367,417
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		$29,994			$669			$30,663
Notes payable		112,554			3,774			116,328
Total liabilities		142,548			4,443			146,991
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.		57,336			3,122			60,458
Others		154,011			5,957			159,968
Total equity		211,347			9,079			220,426
Total liabilities and equity		$353,895			$13,522			$367,417
Debt to capitalization ratio		35	%		29	%		35	%

As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, we had advances outstanding of $0.5 million and $0.8 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 $70.1 million and $61.2 million at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively.

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	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues		$25,760			$521			$26,281
Cost of sales and expenses		(31,480	)		(96	)		(31,576	)
Joint venture net (loss) income		$(5,720	)		$425			$(5,295	)
Our share of net (loss) income		$(1,353	)		$213			$(1,140	)

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues		$27,648			$1,483			$29,131
Cost of sales and expenses		(29,258	)		(1,722	)		(30,980	)
Joint venture net loss		$(1,610	)		$(239	)		$(1,849	)
Our share of net income (loss)		$1,465			$(119	)		$1,346

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues		$46,026			$1,617			$47,643
Cost of sales and expenses		(55,659	)		(1,319	)		(56,978	)
Joint venture net (loss) income		$(9,633	)		$298			$(9,335	)
Our share of net (loss) income		$(2,849	)		$149			$(2,700	)

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues		$64,774			$2,615			$67,389
Cost of sales and expenses		(59,117	)		(2,807	)		(61,924	)
Joint venture net income (loss)		$5,657			$(192	)		$5,465
Our share of net income (loss)		$2,932			$(96	)		$2,836

“(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures” is reflected as a separate line 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 income or loss from these unconsolidated joint ventures in the tables above compared to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations is due primarily 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 $1.1 million and $1.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $1.9 million and $2.4 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, are recorded in “Homebuilding: Selling, general and administrative” on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

In determining whether or not we must consolidate joint ventures that we manage, 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 some of our joint ventures, obtaining financing was challenging, therefore, some of our joint ventures are capitalized only with equity. The total debt to capitalization ratio of all our joint ventures is currently 28%. 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 have determined that we are not the primary beneficiary, and therefore we do not consolidate these entities.  

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19. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606), (“ASU 2014-09”). ASU 2014-09 requires entities to recognize revenue that represents the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount equivalent to the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The following steps should be applied to determine this amount: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. ASU 2014-09 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASU 605, “Revenue Recognition,” and most industry-specific guidance in the Accounting Standards Codification. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14 on this same topic, which defers for one year the effective date of ASU 2014-09, therefore making the guidance effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2018. Additionally, the FASB also decided to permit entities to early adopt the standard, which allows for either full retrospective or modified retrospective methods of adoption, for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, “Disclosure of Uncertainties About an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (“ASU 2014-15”), which requires management to perform interim and annual assessments on whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related disclosures, if required. ASU 2014-15 is effective for the Company for our fiscal year ending October 31, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. We do not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2014-15 to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. 

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, “Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis” (“ASU 2015-02”), which amends the consolidation requirements in ASC 810, primarily related to limited partnerships and VIEs. ASU 2015-02 is effective for the Company beginning on November 1, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. We do not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2015-02 to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.  

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, “Interest - Imputation of Interest” (“ASU 2015-03”), which requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability. This new guidance is a change from the current treatment of recording debt issuance costs as an asset representing a deferred charge, and is consistent with the accounting treatment for debt discounts. The guidance, which requires retrospective application, is effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2015-03 will result in reclassification of our deferred bond issuance costs from assets to an offset of our notes payable on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. Additionally, in August 2015, as a follow-up to ASU 2015-03, the FASB issued ASU 2015-15 “Interest – Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30)” (“ASU 2015-15”). ASU 2015-15 addresses the presentation of debt issuance costs for line-of-credit arrangements, allowing an entity to defer and present debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortize the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. The adoption of ASU 2015-15 will be concurrent with the adoption of ASU 2015-03. The Company does not expect ASU 2015-15 to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” (“ASU 2016-02”), which provides guidance for accounting for leases. ASU 2016-02 requires lessees to classify leases as either finance or operating leases and to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term greater than 12 months regardless of the lease classification. The lease classification will determine whether the lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest rate method or on a straight line basis over the term of the lease. Accounting for lessors remains largely unchanged from current GAAP. ASU 2016-02 is effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting” (“ASU 2016-09”). ASU 2016-09 simplifies several aspects related to the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the accounting for income taxes, statutory tax withholding requirements and classification on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning November 1, 2017. Early adoption is permitted and the Company elected to adopt ASU 2016-09 in the second quarter of fiscal 2016. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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20.  Fair Value of Financial Instruments

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, 2016			Fair Value at October 31, 2015
Mortgage loans held for sale (1)	Level 2		$130,017			$129,818
Interest rate lock commitments	Level 2		23			(7	)
Forward contracts	Level 2		(41	)		509
Total			$129,999			$130,320

(1)  The aggregate unpaid principal balance was $118.4 million and $122.7 million at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, 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. Fair value of loans held for sale is based on independent quoted market prices, where available, or the prices for other mortgage loans with similar characteristics.

The Financial Services segment had a pipeline of loan applications in process of $798.5 million at April 30, 2016. Loans in process for which interest rates were committed to the borrowers totaled $60.1 million as of April 30, 2016. 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 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, 2016, the segment had open commitments amounting to $27.5 million to sell MBS with varying settlement dates through May 23, 2016.

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, 2016
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues		$(1,178	)		$(377	)		$593

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	Three Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues		$(233	)		$(325	)		$880

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues		$3,829		$30		$(550	)

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues		$(173	)		$(59	)		$498

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:

Nonfinancial Assets

		Three Months Ended
		April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3		$15,710		$(4,730	)		$10,980
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3		$1,012		$(646	)		$366

		Three Months Ended
		April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3		$11,055		$(3,543	)		$7,512
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3		$-		$-			$-

		Six Months Ended
		April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3		$44,238		$(14,399	)		$29,839
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3		$1,169		$(694	)		$475

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		Six Months Ended
		April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3		$16,756		$(4,466	)		$12,290
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3		$-		$-			$-

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 $5.4 million and $15.1 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, respectively, and $3.5 million and $4.4 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively.

The fair value of our cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and borrowings under the revolving credit facility 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 the senior 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, was estimated at $487.5 million and $689.6 million as of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively.

The fair value of each of the senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), the senior amortizing notes and the 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), the senior amortizing notes and the senior exchangeable notes were estimated at $809.2 million, $10.5 million and $64.0 million, respectively, as of April 30, 2016. As of October 31, 2015, the fair value of the senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), the senior amortizing notes and the senior exchangeable notes were estimated at $869.4 million, $12.8 million and $69.0 million, respectively.

21. Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., the parent company (the “Parent”), is the issuer of publicly traded common stock and preferred stock, which is represented by depository shares. One of its wholly owned subsidiaries, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Subsidiary Issuer”), acts as a finance entity that, as of April 30, 2016, had issued and outstanding $992.0 million of senior secured notes ($982.1 million, net of discount), $607.6 million senior notes and $10.5 million senior amortizing notes and $75.7 million senior exchangeable notes (issued as components of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units). The senior secured notes, senior notes, senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable 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 and senior 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 unsecured notes (except for the 7.0% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”) and the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019), senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). The 2019 Notes, the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, 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 under the Act. The Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements presented below are in respect of our registered notes only and not the 2019 Notes, the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, the 2020 Secured Notes or the 2021 Notes (however, the Guarantor Subsidiaries for the 2019 Notes, the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019 and 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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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

APRIL 30, 2016

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding		$-			$102,903			$1,474,850		$486,093		$-			$2,063,846
Financial services								14,937		145,775					160,712
Income taxes receivable		140,353			(73,884	)		227,575		25					294,069
Intercompany receivable					1,522,624					28,208		(1,550,832	)		-
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries								414,580				(414,580	)		-
Total assets		$140,353			$1,551,643			$2,131,942		$660,101		$(1,965,412	)		$2,518,627
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding		$2,823			$73			$640,813		$125,561		$-			$769,270
Financial services								14,580		122,126					136,706
Notes payable					1,760,690			4,030		253					1,764,973
Intercompany payable		174,877						1,375,955				(1,550,832	)		-
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries		114,975			26,059							(141,034	)		-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity		(152,322	)		(235,179	)		96,564		412,161		(273,546	)		(152,322	)
Total liabilities and equity		$140,353			$1,551,643			$2,131,942		$660,101		$(1,965,412	)		$2,518,627

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

OCTOBER 31, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding		$-			$230,358			$1,553,811		$367,869		$-			$2,152,038
Financial services								15,680		144,301					159,981
Income taxes receivable		128,176			(89,212	)		251,293		22					290,279
Intercompany receivable					1,575,712					58,280		(1,633,992	)		-
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries					1,013			383,032				(384,045	)		-
Total assets		$128,176			$1,717,871			$2,203,816		$570,472		$(2,018,037	)		$2,602,298
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding		$3,076			$87			$588,854		$65,947		$-			$657,964
Financial services								15,677		121,106					136,783
Notes payable					1,933,119			2,132		384					1,935,635
Intercompany payable		180,681						1,453,311				(1,633,992	)		-
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries		72,503										(72,503	)		-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity		(128,084	)		(215,335	)		143,842		383,035		(311,542	)		(128,084	)
Total liabilities and equity		$128,176			$1,717,871			$2,203,816		$570,472		$(2,018,037	)		$2,602,298

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2016

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding		$-			$-			$523,418			$114,302			$-			$637,720
Financial services								2,676			14,327						17,003
Intercompany charges					26,567									(26,567	)		-
Total revenues		-			26,567			526,094			128,629			(26,567	)		654,723
Expenses:
Homebuilding		(343	)		33,396			525,553			102,757						661,363
Financial services								1,823			7,795						9,618
Intercompany charges								25,838			729			(26,567	)		-
Total expenses		(343	)		33,396			553,214			111,281			(26,567	)		670,981
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures								7			(1,353	)					(1,346	)
(Loss) income before income taxes		343			(6,829	)		(27,113	)		15,995			-			(17,604	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(4,885	)		(8,410	)		4,152									(9,143	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(13,689	)		(13,562	)		15,995						11,256			-
Net (loss) income		$(8,461	)		$(11,981	)		$(15,270	)		$15,995			$11,256			$(8,461	)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding		$-			$-			$390,898			$65,594		$-			$456,492
Financial services								1,935			10,522					12,457
Intercompany charges					31,873						66		(31,939	)		-
Total revenues		-			31,873			392,833			76,182		(31,939	)		468,949
Expenses:
Homebuilding		3,082			38,387			392,535			58,384					492,388
Financial services		20						1,556			5,932					7,508
Intercompany charges								31,939					(31,939	)		-
Total expenses		3,102			38,387			426,030			64,316		(31,939	)		499,896
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures											1,466					1,466
(Loss) income before income taxes		(3,102	)		(6,514	)		(33,197	)		13,332		-			(29,481	)
State and federal income tax benefit		(5,906	)					(4,016	)							(9,922	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(22,363	)		(13,558	)		13,332					22,589			-
Net (loss) income		$(19,559	)		$(20,072	)		$(15,849	)		$13,332		$22,589			$(19,559	)

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2016

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding		$-			$-			$998,328			$196,771			$-			$1,195,099
Financial services								4,921			30,308						35,229
Intercompany charges					61,107									(61,107	)		-
Total revenues		-			61,107			1,003,249			227,079			(61,107	)		1,230,328
Expenses:
Homebuilding		1,597			69,207			992,173			177,490						1,240,467
Financial services								3,447			14,386						17,833
Intercompany charges								60,301			806			(61,107	)		-
Total expenses		1,597			69,207			1,055,921			192,682			(61,107	)		1,258,300
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures								23			(2,849	)					(2,826	)
(Loss) income before income taxes		(1,597	)		(8,100	)		(52,649	)		31,548			-			(30,798	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(19,435	)		(15,328	)		28,599									(6,164	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(42,472	)		(27,072	)		31,548						37,996			-
Net (loss) income		$(24,634	)		$(19,844	)		$(49,700	)		$31,548			$37,996			$(24,634	)

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SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding		$-			$-			$756,087			$134,997		$-			$891,084
Financial services								3,768			19,811					23,579
Intercompany charges					60,385								(60,385	)		-
Total revenues		-			60,385			759,855			154,808		(60,385	)		914,663
Expenses:
Homebuilding		6,793			76,215			750,044			118,865					951,917
Financial services		88						3,129			11,608					14,825
Intercompany charges								60,321			64		(60,385	)		-
Total expenses		6,881			76,215			813,494			130,537		(60,385	)		966,742
Income (loss) from unconsolidated joint ventures								(14	)		2,932					2,918
(Loss) income before income taxes		(6,881	)		(15,830	)		(53,653	)		27,203		-			(49,161	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(18,192	)					2,966								(15,226	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(45,246	)		(26,364	)		27,203					44,407			-
Net (loss) income		$(33,935	)		$(42,194	)		$(29,416	)		$27,203		$44,407			$(33,935	)

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2016

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income		$(24,634	)		$(19,844	)		$(49,700	)		$31,548			$37,996			$(24,634	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities		(12,034	)		22,078			120,711			(99,312	)		(37,996	)		(6,553	)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities		(36,668	)		2,234			71,011			(67,764	)		-			(31,187	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of property and assets								94			21						115
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions								(1,620	)		(31	)					(1,651	)
Increase in restricted cash related to mortgage company											(204	)					(204	)
Decrease in restricted cash related to letters of credit					325												325
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures					(130	)		(990	)		(15,623	)					(16,743	)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures					(186	)		1,087			4,164						5,065
Intercompany investing activities					80,160									(80,160	)		-
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		-			80,169			(1,429	)		(11,673	)		(80,160	)		(13,093	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net payments related to mortgages and notes								(13,649	)		(5,490	)					(19,139	)
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs								3,179			(1,960	)					1,219
Net proceeds from land bank financing programs								90,425			24,048						114,473
Payments related to senior notes and senior amortizing notes					(175,040	)											(175,040	)
Borrowings from revolving credit facility					3,000												3,000
Net proceeds related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit											257						257
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances								(3,380	)		(1,201	)					(4,581	)
Intercompany financing activities		36,668						(146,900	)		30,072			80,160			-
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		36,668			(172,040	)		(70,325	)		45,726			80,160			(79,811	)
Net decrease in cash		-			(89,637	)		(743	)		(33,711	)		-			(124,091	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period					199,318			(4,800	)		59,227						253,745
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period		$-			$109,681			$(5,543	)		$25,516			$-			$129,654

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income		$(33,935	)		$(42,194	)		$(29,416	)		$27,203			$44,407			$(33,935	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities		(7,989	)		18,740			(101,623	)		(86,915	)		(44,407	)		(222,194	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(41,924	)		(23,454	)		(131,039	)		(59,712	)		-			(256,129	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of property and assets								952			31						983
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions								(1,172	)								(1,172	)
Decrease in restricted cash related to mortgage company											1,645						1,645
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures					81			146			(15,766	)					(15,539	)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures					(33	)		339			7,039						7,345
Intercompany investing activities					(165,853	)								165,853			-
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		-			(165,805	)		265			(7,051	)		165,853			(6,738	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net proceeds from mortgages and notes								6,336			8,375						14,711
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs								11,746			1,595						13,341
Net payments related to land bank financing programs								(9,124	)		(3,879	)					(13,003	)
Proceeds from senior notes					250,000												250,000
Net proceeds related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit											6,047						6,047
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances					(4,627	)		(1,016	)		(850	)					(6,493	)
Principal payments and debt repurchases					(2,062	)											(2,062	)
Intercompany financing activities		41,924						124,498			(569	)		(165,853	)		-
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		41,924			243,311			132,440			10,719			(165,853	)		262,541
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		-			54,052			1,666			(56,044	)		-			(326	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period					159,508			(4,726	)		107,116						261,898
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period		$-			$213,560			$(3,060	)		$51,072			$-			$261,572

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22. Transactions with Related Parties

During the three months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, an engineering firm owned by Tavit Najarian, a relative of our Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, provided services to the Company totaling $0.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively. During the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, the services provided by such engineering firm to the Company totaled $0.7 million and $0.5 million, respectively. Neither the Company nor the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer has a financial interest in the relative’s company from whom the services were provided.

23. Subsequent Events

In May 2016, we received an aggregate of $75.1 million in net cash proceeds from sales of our land portfolios in our Minnesota and North Carolina markets and from the contribution of land to a new joint venture. In addition, on May 15, 2016, all $86.5 million in aggregate principal amount of our 7.5% Senior Notes due 2016 matured and was paid.

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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 2016, we experienced some positive operating trends compared to the same period of the prior year. For the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, sale of homes revenues increased 37.6% and 33.1%, respectively, as compared to the same period of the prior year. These increases in revenues were primarily due to increases in the volume of deliveries, along with increases in average price per home, which was a result of geographic and community mix of our deliveries. Net contracts increased 0.9% and 7.3%, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the same period of the prior year. Net contracts per active selling community increased from 8.7 for the three months ended April 30, 2015 to 9.2 for the three months ended April 30, 2016. Net contracts per average active selling community increased slightly to 15.8 for the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to 15.4 in the same period in the prior year. Selling, general and administrative costs (including corporate general and administrative expenses) as a percentage of total revenue decreased from 14.7% for the three months ended April 30, 2015, to 10.5% for the three months ended April 30, 2016, and decreased from 14.6% for the six months ended April 30, 2015, to 10.8% for the six months ended April 30, 2016. These positive operating improvements were partially offset by a decrease in our gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges, from 17.1% for the six months ended April 30, 2015 to 16.3% for the six months ended April 30, 2016, as a result of deliveries in certain of our new communities in the six months ended April 30, 2016 having higher land costs as a percentage of revenue compared to deliveries in the same period of the prior year. Gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges, remained flat at 16.1% for both the three months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015. Active selling communities decreased from 207 at April 30, 2015 to 196 at April 30, 2016, as discussed below.

Providing further detail on our selling, general and administrative costs, homebuilding selling, general and administrative expenses (“SGA”) increased $3.8 million from $52.6 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 to $56.4 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2016, while corporate general and administrative expenses decreased $3.9 million from $16.5 million to $12.6 million for the same periods. SGA increased $3.6 million from $100.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015 to $103.9 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016, while corporate general and administrative expenses decreased $4.5 million from $33.4 million to $28.9 million for the same periods. The decrease in corporate general and administrative expenses was primarily due to the reversal of a previously recognized expense for certain performance based stock option grants for which the performance metrics are no longer expected to be satisfied. In addition, there was an adjustment to the Company’s medical self-insurance reserves based on current claim estimates. As a percentage of total revenue, SGA decreased 2.6% for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 as compared to the prior year period, as revenues increased year over year. Corporate general and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenue decreased to 1.9% and 2.4%, respectively, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 from 3.5% and 3.7%, respectively, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015. Improving the efficiency of our SGA will continue to be a significant area of focus.

During the last twelve months ended April 30, 2016, we opened for sale 87 new communities and closed 98 communities, resulting in a net decrease of 11 communities from 207 communities at April 30, 2015 to 196 communities at April 30, 2016. In addition, during the same period, we put under option or acquired approximately 12,000 lots in 140 wholly owned communities (which includes 1,750 lots in 35 wholly owned communities which are no longer owned inventory but are optioned inventory under our land banking transactions closed during the first quarter of fiscal 2016) and walked away from 6,038 lots in 90 wholly owned communities.

Based on the 8.6% increase of homes in backlog and the 22.1% increase of the dollar value of backlog at April 30, 2016 compared to April 30, 2015, as well as our significant community count at April 30, 2016, we believe that we are well-positioned for continuing to have strong results compared to the prior year as the fiscal year progresses. Similar to prior years, we expect our fourth quarter to contribute to a significant portion of the fiscal year’s results. However, several challenges, such as economic weakness and uncertainty, lower oil prices (which may affect our Texas markets), the restrictive mortgage lending environment and rising mortgage interest rates, continue to impact the housing market and, consequently, our performance. Both national new home sales and our home sales remain below historical levels. We continue to believe that we are still in the early stages of the housing recovery. However, given our recent uneven operating performance, we may continue to experience mixed results across our operating markets.

As previously disclosed in the first quarter of fiscal 2016, as a result of our evaluation of our geographic operating footprint as it related to our strategic objectives we decided to exit the Minneapolis, MN and Raleigh, NC markets by selling our land portfolios in those markets and to wind down our operations in the San Francisco Bay area in Northern California and in Tampa, FL by building and delivering homes to sell through our existing land position. In the third quarter of fiscal 2016, we completed the sales of our Minneapolis, MN and Raleigh, NC markets land portfolios. In our remaining markets, we continue to see opportunities to purchase land at prices that make economic sense in light of our current sales prices and sales paces and plan to continue pursuing such land acquisitions.

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 CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

As disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015, our most critical accounting policies relate to income recognition from mortgage loans; inventories; unconsolidated joint ventures; post-development completion, warranty and insurance reserves; and deferred income taxes. Since October 31, 2015, there have been no significant changes to those critical accounting policies.

CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY

On January 15, 2016, $172.7 million principal amount of our 6.25% Senior Notes due 2016 matured and was paid. Additionally, subsequent to the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2016, $86.5 million principal amount of 7.5% Senior Notes due on May 15, 2016 matured and was paid. We have $121.0 million principal amount of 8.625% Senior Notes due on January 15, 2017. While our preference is to refinance these notes, in light of current availability of debt financing in the capital and loan markets to companies with comparable credit ratings, we may not be able to refinance these obligations or do so at an attractive rate. In this situation, we currently believe we will have sufficient liquidity from our operations and our reduction of our geographic operating footprint (as described above under “—Overview”) to enable us to pay these notes at maturity. However, depending on market conditions, we may also need to reduce or delay investments or consider other liquidity-enhancing measures such as new land banking arrangements, an increase in joint venture activity and/or project specific financings and model sale leasebacks. The timing of any such liquidity-enhancing transaction will depend on identifying counterparties, negotiation of documentation and applicable closing conditions and any required approvals. Due to covenant restrictions in our debt instruments, we are currently limited in the amount of debt we can incur that does not qualify as refinancing indebtedness (a limitation that we expect to continue for the foreseeable future), even if market conditions would otherwise be favorable, which could also impact our ability to grow our business.

Subsequent to the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2016, in early May 2016, we closed on the land sale transactions to exit our Minneapolis, MN and Raleigh, NC markets. In addition, we entered into a new joint venture by contributing seven communities to the joint venture and receiving cash in return. The combination of these activities resulted in $75.1 million of net cash proceeds to us, enhancing our liquidity.

Under the terms of our 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. 

We have historically funded our homebuilding and financial services operations with cash flows from operating activities, borrowings under our bank credit facilities, the issuance of new debt and equity securities and other financing activities. 

After paying $172.7 million for our 6.25% Senior Notes that matured in January 2016, our homebuilding cash balance at April 30, 2016 decreased $124.7 million from October 31, 2015. In addition to paying debt during the period, we spent $303.3 million on land and land development. After considering this land and land development and all other operating activities, including revenue received from deliveries, we used $31.2 million of cash in operations. During the first half of fiscal 2016, cash used in investing activities was $13.1 million, primarily related to an investment in a new joint venture. Cash used in financing activities was $79.8 million during the first half of fiscal 2016, which included the payment of our 6.25% Senior Notes discussed above, slightly offset by net proceeds from land banking. We intend to continue to use nonrecourse mortgage financings, model sale leaseback and land banking programs as our business needs dictate.

Our cash uses during the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015 were for operating expenses, land purchases, land deposits, land development, construction spending, financing transactions, debt payments, state income taxes, interest payments and investments in joint ventures. During these periods, we provided for our cash requirements from available cash on hand, housing and land sales, financing transactions, debt issuances, our revolving credit facility, model sale leasebacks, land banking transactions, joint ventures, financial service revenues and other revenues. We believe that these sources of cash will be sufficient through fiscal 2016 to finance our working capital requirements.

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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, 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 partially 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 January 31, 2016, as a result of new land purchases and land development, we have used cash in operations as we have added new communities. Looking forward, because we may not be able to refinance our near term debt maturities, we have shifted our focus from growing our community count and revenues to increasing operating efficiency and profitability while generating positive cash flow from operations (we generated $33.9 million of cash flow from operations in the second quarter of fiscal 2016) to pay debt maturities as they come due. We plan to continue to make adjustments to our business plans in order to maximize our liquidity while also taking steps to return to sustained profitability.  

In June 2013, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (“K. Hovnanian”), as borrower, and we and certain of our subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into a five-year, $75.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with Citicorp USA, Inc., as administrative agent and issuing bank, and Citibank, N.A., as a lender. The Credit Facility is available for both letters of credit and general corporate purposes. The Credit Facility does not contain any financial maintenance covenants, but does contain certain restrictive covenants that track those contained in our indenture governing the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, which are described in Note 11 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. The Credit Facility also contains certain customary events of default which would permit the administrative agent at the request of the required lenders to, among other things, declare all loans then outstanding to be immediately due and payable if such default is not cured within applicable grace periods, including the failure to make timely payments of amounts payable under the Credit Facility or other material indebtedness or the acceleration of other material indebtedness, the failure to comply with agreements and covenants or for representations or warranties to be correct in all material respects when made, specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency, and the entry of a material judgment against a loan party. Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility accrue interest at an annual rate equal to either, as selected by K. Hovnanian, (i) the alternate base rate plus the applicable spread determined on the date of such borrowing or (ii) an adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) rate plus the applicable spread determined as of the date two business days prior to the first day of the interest period for such borrowing. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015 there were $50.0 million and $47.0 million of borrowings, respectively, and $22.4 million and $25.9 million of letters of credit outstanding, respectively, under the Credit Facility. As of April 30, 2016, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Facility.

In addition to the Credit Facility, we have certain stand–alone cash collateralized letter of credit agreements and facilities under which there were a total of $2.2 million and $2.6 million letters of credit outstanding at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, 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, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the amount of cash collateral in these segregated accounts was $2.3 million and $2.6 million, respectively, which is reflected in “Restricted cash and cash equivalents” 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. In certain instances, we retain the servicing rights for a small amount of loans. Our secured Master Repurchase Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on January 29, 2016, is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through January 31, 2017. 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 0.44% at April 30, 2016, plus the applicable margin of 2.5% or 2.63% based upon type of loan. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Chase Master Repurchase Agreement was $31.9 million and $30.5 million, respectively.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has another secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Customers Bank (“Customers Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on February 18, 2016 to extend the maturity date to February 17, 2017, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $25.0 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, plus the applicable margin ranging from 2.5% to 5.25% based on the type of loan and the number of days outstanding on the warehouse line. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Customers Master Repurchase Agreement was $24.1 million and $29.7 million, respectively.

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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 February 23, 2016, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through February 21, 2017. 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 Base Rate, which was 0.85% at April 30, 2016, plus an applicable margin of 2.25% to 2.5%. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement was $27.6 million and $30.1 million, respectively.

In February 2014, K. Hovnanian Mortgage executed a secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Comerica Bank (“Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on December 28, 2015 to extend the maturity date to December 27, 2016. The Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $35.0 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 monthly at LIBOR, subject to a floor of 0.25%, plus the applicable margin of 2.5%. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement was $25.5 million and $18.6 million, respectively.

The Chase Master Repurchase Agreement, Customers Master Repurchase Agreement, Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement and Comerica 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 applicable agreement, we do not consider any of these covenants to be substantive or material. As of April 30, 2016, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Master Repurchase Agreements.

As of April 30, 2016, we had $992.0 million of outstanding senior secured notes ($982.1 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, 2016, we also had $607.6 million of outstanding senior notes comprised of $86.5 million 7.5% Senior Notes due 2016, $121.0 million 8.625% Senior Notes due 2017, $150.0 million 7.0% Senior Notes due 2019 and $250.0 million 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019. In addition, as of April 30, 2016, we had outstanding $10.5 million 11.0% Senior Amortizing Notes due 2017 (issued as a component of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units) and $75.7 million Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2017 (issued as a component of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units).

Except for 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 and senior exchangeable notes outstanding at April 30, 2016 (see Note 21 to the Condensed Consolidated financial statements). 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 indentures governing the 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 nonrecourse indebtedness), pay dividends and make distributions on common and preferred stock, repurchase subordinated indebtedness (with respect to certain of the senior secured and senior 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, 2016, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants of the indentures governing our outstanding notes.

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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 12 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements), 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, (currently, however, our ability to incur additional permitted indebtedness is limited and we expect it to be limited for the foreseeable future) refinancing indebtedness, and nonrecourse indebtedness. As a result of this ratio restriction, we are currently restricted from paying dividends, which are not cumulative, on our 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock. We anticipate that 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 debt instruments or otherwise affect compliance with any of the covenants contained in our debt instruments.

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 us, K. Hovnanian and the guarantors of such notes. At April 30, 2016, the aggregate book value of the real property that constituted collateral securing the 2020 Secured Notes was approximately $685.1 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 and cash equivalents collateral that secured the 2020 Secured Notes was $106.4 million as of April 30, 2016, which included $2.3 million of restricted cash collateralizing certain letters of credit. Subsequent to such date, fluctuations as a result of cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments along with cash inflow primarily from deliveries.

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, 2016, the collateral securing the guarantees included (1) $16.5 million of cash and cash equivalents (subsequent to such date, fluctuations as a result of cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments along with cash inflow primarily from deliveries); (2) $153.9 million aggregate book value of real property of the Secured Group, 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, and (3) equity interests in guarantors that are members of the Secured Group. 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 $66.3 million as of April 30, 2016; 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 and senior secured notes, and thus have not guaranteed such indebtedness. 

On November 5, 2014, K. Hovnanian issued $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, resulting in net proceeds of $245.7 million. These proceeds were used for general corporate purposes. The notes will mature on November 1, 2019. The notes are redeemable in whole or in part at K. Hovnanian’s option at any time prior to August 1, 2019 at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus an applicable “Make-Whole Amount.” At any time and from time to time on or after August 1, 2019, K. Hovnanian may also redeem some or all of the notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount.

On April 20, 2016, Moody’s Investors Service took certain rating actions as follows:

● Corporate Family Rating, downgraded to Caa2;

● Probability of Default Rating, downgraded to Caa2;

● Preferred stock, downgraded to Ca;

● First Lien Notes, downgraded to B2;

● Second Lien Notes, downgraded to Caa2; and

● Senior unsecured notes, downgraded to Caa3.

On May 3, 2016, S&P Global Ratings took certain rating actions as follows:

● Corporate Credit Rating, downgraded to CCC+;

● First Lien Notes, downgraded to CCC+;

● 2021 Notes, downgraded to CCC;

● Second Lien Notes, downgraded to CCC-; and

● Senior unsecured notes, downgraded to 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. 

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Total inventory, excluding consolidated inventory not owned, decreased $159.0 million during the six months ended April 30, 2016 from October 31, 2015. Total inventory, excluding consolidated inventory not owned, decreased in the Northeast by $58.9 million, in the Mid-Atlantic by $38.7 million, in the Midwest by $41.9 million and in the Southwest by $62.2 million. This decrease was slightly offset by an increase in the Southeast of $24.6 million and in the West of $18.1 million. The decreases were primarily attributable to new land banking transactions during the period (discussed below), along with home deliveries, partially offset by new land purchases and land development. During the six months ended April 30, 2016, we had impairments in the amount of $15.1 million primarily related to land that was held for sale in the Midwest (discussed above) and the Northeast. We wrote-off costs in the amount of $6.3 million during the six months ended April 30, 2016 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, 2016 are expected to be closed during the next six to nine months.

Consolidated inventory not owned increased $190.6 million during the six months ended April 30, 2016 from October 31, 2015. Consolidated inventory not owned consists of specific performance options and other options that were included in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in accordance with US GAAP. The increase from October 31, 2015 to April 30, 2016 was primarily due to an increase in land banking transactions during the period, along with an increase in the sale and leaseback of certain model homes. Under our land banking arrangements, we sell land parcels to the land bankers and they provide us an option to purchase back finished lots on a quarterly basis. Because of our options to repurchase these parcels, for accounting purposes in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, these transactions are considered a financing rather than a sale. For purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, at April 30, 2016, inventory of $214.6 million was recorded to “Consolidated inventory not owned,” with a corresponding amount of $131.2 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned” for the amount of net cash received from the transactions. In addition, we sell and lease 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, 2016, inventory of $98.2 million was recorded to “Consolidated inventory not owned,” with a corresponding amount of $89.1 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned” for the amount of net cash received from the transactions. From time to time, we enter into option agreements that include specific performance requirements whereby we are required to purchase a minimum number of lots. Because of our obligation to purchase these lots, for accounting purposes in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, we are required to record this inventory on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of April 30, 2016, we had no specific performance options recorded on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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 (other than with respect to specific performance options discussed above). 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” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Also included in “Land and land options held for future development or sale” 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 time as the markets improve or we determine to sell the property. As of April 30, 2016, we had mothballed land in 29 communities. The book value associated with these communities at April 30, 2016 was $75.7 million, which was net of impairment charges recorded in prior periods of $296.8 million. We continually review communities to determine if mothballing is appropriate. During the first half of fiscal 2016, we did not mothball any new communities or sell any communities; we re-activated one previously mothballed community and contributed one previously mothballed community to a new joint venture which is beginning construction.

Inventories held for sale, which are land parcels where we have decided not to build homes, represented $74.7 million and $1.3 million, respectively, of our total inventories at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, 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 significant increase in land held for sale during the period was related to planned land sales of our Minneapolis, MN and Raleigh, NC operations as discussed above, as well as a few additional land parcels in other markets that are planned to be sold.

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The following tables summarize home sites included in our total residential real estate. The decrease in total home sites available at April 30, 2016 compared to October 31, 2015 is attributable to delivering homes and terminating certain option agreements partially offset by signing new land option agreements and acquiring new land parcels.

	Active Communities(1)		Active Communities Homes		Proposed Developable Homes		Total Homes
April 30, 2016:
Northeast		9		961		4,938		5,899
Mid-Atlantic		37		2,458		2,268		4,726
Midwest		29		2,856		1,837		4,693
Southeast		30		3,038		2,082		5,120
Southwest		74		4,501		1,280		5,781
West		17		1,895		3,752		5,647
Consolidated total		196		15,709		16,157		31,866
Unconsolidated joint ventures		12		2,205		1,085		3,290
Total including unconsolidated joint ventures		208		17,914		17,242		35,156
Owned				8,589		7,509		16,098
Optioned				6,961		8,648		15,609
Controlled lots				15,550		16,157		31,707
Construction to permanent financing lots				159		-		159
Consolidated total				15,709		16,157		31,866
Lots controlled by unconsolidated joint ventures				2,205		1,085		3,290
Total including unconsolidated joint ventures				17,914		17,242		35,156

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

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	Active Communities(1)		Active Communities Homes		Proposed Developable Homes		Total Homes
October 31, 2015:
Northeast		12		1,220		4,390		5,610
Mid-Atlantic		40		2,728		2,860		5,588
Midwest		30		3,105		1,399		4,504
Southeast		33		2,344		3,919		6,263
Southwest		86		4,913		1,993		6,906
West		18		1,668		4,190		5,858
Consolidated total		219		15,978		18,751		34,729
Unconsolidated joint ventures		10		1,969		1,155		3,124
Total including unconsolidated joint ventures		229		17,947		19,906		37,853
Owned				10,448		8,164		18,612
Optioned				5,336		10,587		15,923
Controlled lots				15,784		18,751		34,535
Construction to permanent financing lots				194		-		194
Consolidated total				15,978		18,751		34,729
Lots controlled by unconsolidated joint ventures				1,969		1,155		3,124
Total including unconsolidated joint ventures				17,947		19,906		37,853

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

The following table summarizes our started or completed unsold homes and models, excluding unconsolidated joint ventures, in active and substantially completed communities. The decrease in the number of started unsold homes from October 31, 2015 to April 30, 2016 is primarily due to the decrease in community count during the period.

	April 30, 2016						October 31, 2015
	Unsold Homes		Models		Total		Unsold Homes		Models		Total
Northeast		83		14		97		68		14		82
Mid-Atlantic		114		12		126		132		13		145
Midwest		39		15		54		61		3		64
Southeast		105		25		130		99		17		116
Southwest		407		7		414		395		4		399
West		44		19		63		65		26		91
Total		792		92		884		820		77		897
Started or completed unsold homes and models per active selling communities (1)		4.0		0.5		4.5		3.7		0.4		4.1

(1) Active selling communities (which are communities that are open for sale with ten or more home sites available) were 196 and 219 at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively. Ratio does not include substantially completed communities, which are communities with less than ten home sites available.

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures increased $8.9 million to $70.1 million at April 30, 2016 compared to October 31, 2015. The increase was primarily due to an investment in a new joint venture in the first quarter of fiscal 2016, along with an additional contribution to an existing joint venture during the period, partially offset by joint venture partnership distributions received during the period. As of both April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, we had investments in nine homebuilding joint ventures and one land development joint venture. 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, net, decreased $5.3 million from October 31, 2015 to $65.1 million at April 30, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to the timing of home closings during the period, along with a decrease in refundable deposits during the period.

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Prepaid expenses and other assets were as follows as of:

	April 30,		October 31,		Dollar
(In thousands)	2016		2015		Change
Prepaid insurance		$2,968		$2,389		$579
Prepaid project costs		44,861		42,459		2,402
Net rental properties		685		924		(239	)
Prepaid bond fees		17,713		20,323		(2,610	)
Other prepaids		12,853		11,173		1,680
Other assets		924		403		521
Total		$80,004		$77,671		$2,333

Prepaid insurance increased $0.6 million during the six months ended April 30, 2016 due to the timing of premium payments. 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. The increase of $2.4 million from October 31, 2015 to April 30, 2016 was associated with the opening of 40 new communities during the first half of fiscal 2016. Prepaid bond fees decreased $2.6 million during the period, due to the amortization of existing prepaid bond fees.

Financial Services - Mortgage loans held for sale consist primarily of residential mortgages receivable held for sale of which $123.1 million and $124.1 million at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively, were being temporarily warehoused and are awaiting sale in the secondary mortgage market. Mortgage loans held for sale remained relatively flat from October 31, 2015, resulting from a decrease in the volume of loans originated during the second quarter of fiscal 2016 compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, offset by an increase in the average loan value.

Income taxes receivable increased $3.8 million to $294.1 million at April 30, 2016 as compared to October 31, 2015. The increase was primarily due to net deferred tax benefits resulting from our loss before income taxes, recorded during the six months ended April 30, 2016.

Nonrecourse mortgages decreased to $125.1 million at April 30, 2016 from $143.9 million at October 31, 2015. The decrease was primarily due to the payment of existing mortgages, partially offset by new mortgages for communities primarily in the Northeast, Southwest and West obtained during the period.  

Accounts payable and other liabilities are as follows as of:

	April 30,		October 31,		Dollar
(In thousands)	2016		2015		Change
Accounts payable		$170,006		$144,735		$25,271
Reserves		142,315		140,566		1,749
Accrued expenses		13,688		19,280		(5,592	)
Accrued compensation		27,943		36,349		(8,406	)
Other liabilities		6,994		7,586		(592	)
Total		$360,946		$348,516		$12,430

The increase in accounts payable was primarily due to the timing of payments made in the second quarter of fiscal 2016 compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, as we adjusted payment schedules in fiscal 2016 so that payments are made consistent with payment due dates. Reserves increased slightly during the period as new accruals for general liability insurance exceeded payments for warranty related claims. The decrease in accrued expenses was primarily due to decreases in accrued property tax and amortization of accruals related to abandoned lease space. The decrease in accrued compensation was primarily due to the payment of our fiscal year 2015 bonuses during the first quarter of fiscal 2016, partially offset by the accrual for six months of the fiscal 2016 estimated bonuses.

Customers’ deposits increased $3.8 million to $48.0 million at April 30, 2016. The increase was primarily related to the increase in backlog during the period.     

Liabilities from inventory not owned increased $114.5 million to $220.3 million at April 30, 2016. The increase was primarily due to new land banking transactions during the period, along with a slight increase in the sale and leaseback of certain model homes, both accounted for as financing transactions as described above.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2016 COMPARED TO THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015

Total revenues

Compared to the same prior period, revenues increased as follows:

	Three Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands)	April 30, 2016		April 30, 2015		Dollar Change		Percentage Change
Homebuilding:
Sale of homes		$626,157		$455,172		$170,985		37.6	%
Land sales and other revenues		11,563		1,320		10,243		776.0	%
Financial services		17,003		12,457		4,546		36.5	%
Total revenues		$654,723		$468,949		$185,774		39.6	%

	Six Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands)	April 30, 2016		April 30, 2015		Dollar Change		Percentage Change
Homebuilding:
Sale of homes		$1,182,932		$888,643		$294,289		33.1	%
Land sales and other revenues		12,167		2,441		9,726		398.4	%
Financial services		35,229		23,579		11,650		49.4	%
Total revenues		$1,230,328		$914,663		$315,665		34.5	%

Homebuilding

For the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, sale of homes revenues increased $171.0 million, or 37.6%, and $294.3 million or 33.1%, respectively, as compared to the same period of the prior year. These increases were primarily due to the number of home deliveries increasing 30.7% and 27.3% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, respectively, as compared to the prior year periods along with increases in the average price per home. The average price per home increased to $392,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2016 from $372,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2015. The average price per home increased to $392,000 in the six months ended April 30, 2016 from $375,000 in the six months ended April 30, 2015. The fluctuations in average prices were primarily a result of the geographic and community mix of our deliveries as opposed to home price increases (which we increase or decrease in communities depending on the respective community's performance). Our ability to raise prices during the first half of fiscal 2016 and 2015 was limited because in order to increase our sales pace per community, we lowered prices or increased incentives in certain of our communities, especially with respect to certain started unsold homes. 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 increase 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)	2016		2015		% Change			2016		2015		% Change
Northeast:
Dollars		$53,913		$39,123		37.8	%		$126,351		$89,764		40.8	%
Homes		108		70		54.3	%		259		166		56.0	%
Mid-Atlantic:
Dollars		$89,873		$76,102		18.1	%		$183,425		$157,013		16.8	%
Homes		194		164		18.3	%		400		355		12.7	%
Midwest:
Dollars		$76,793		$73,214		4.9	%		$168,633		$137,624		22.5	%
Homes		239		218		9.6	%		513		421		21.9	%
Southeast:
Dollars		$51,230		$49,255		4.0	%		$90,424		$87,039		3.9	%
Homes		156		158		(1.3	)%		272		279		(2.5	)%
Southwest:
Dollars		$273,304		$189,974		43.9	%		$477,493		$356,584		33.9	%
Homes		733		532		37.8	%		1,283		1,009		27.2	%
West:
Dollars		$81,044		$27,504		194.7	%		$136,606		$60,619		125.4	%
Homes		168		81		107.4	%		293		142		106.3	%
Consolidated total:
Dollars		$626,157		$455,172		37.6	%		$1,182,932		$888,643		33.1	%
Homes		1,598		1,223		30.7	%		3,020		2,372		27.3	%
Unconsolidated joint ventures
Dollars		$25,576		$27,325		(6.4	)%		$45,763		$54,904		(16.6	)%
Homes		49		66		(25.8	)%		93		137		(32.1	)%
Totals:
Dollars		$651,733		$482,497		35.1	%		$1,228,695		$943,547		30.2	%
Homes		1,647		1,289		27.8	%		3,113		2,509		24.1	%

As discussed above, the overall increase in housing revenues during the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 as compared to the same period of the prior year was primarily attributed to an increase in the volume of deliveries, along with an increase in average sales price.

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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)	2016		2015		2016		2015		2016		2015
Northeast:
Dollars		$74,727		$69,717		$114,511		$126,470		$135,164		$110,032
Homes		142		140		234		247		268		227
Mid-Atlantic:
Dollars		$150,369		$116,843		$280,685		$218,952		$336,358		$250,862
Homes		285		247		545		458		598		474
Midwest:
Dollars		$69,445		$101,807		$137,014		$172,788		$162,671		$223,759
Homes		216		311		423		519		554		763
Southeast:
Dollars		$84,665		$66,824		$174,924		$119,114		$190,435		$113,146
Homes		205		205		418		378		425		331
Southwest:
Dollars		$262,344		$290,901		$470,986		$484,485		$416,205		$423,221
Homes		731		761		1,291		1,299		1,041		1,060
West:
Dollars		$126,505		$54,648		$218,578		$82,088		$188,859		$50,081
Homes		233		132		432		214		342		117
Consolidated total:
Dollars		$768,055		$700,740		$1,396,698		$1,203,897		$1,429,692		$1,171,101
Homes		1,812		1,796		3,343		3,115		3,228		2,972
Unconsolidated joint ventures
Dollars		$21,236		$50,132		$61,057		$68,213		$147,376		$62,433
Homes		50		98		111		145		225		120
Totals:
Dollars		$789,291		$750,872		$1,457,755		$1,272,110		$1,577,068		$1,233,534
Homes		1,862		1,894		3,454		3,260		3,453		3,092

(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 2016, our open for sale community count decreased to 196 from 219 at October 31, 2015, which is the net result of opening 40 new communities and closing 63 communities since the beginning of fiscal 2016. Our reported level of sales contracts (net of cancellations) has been impacted by an increase in the sales pace per community in most of the Company’s segments for the six months ended April 30, 2016 as compared to the same period of the prior year. Net contracts per average active selling community for the six months ended April 30, 2016 was 15.8 compared to 15.4 for the same period of the prior year. Net contracts per active selling community increased to 9.2 for the three months ended April 30, 2016 from 8.7 for the three months ended April 30, 2015.

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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	2016		2015		2014		2013		2012
First		20%		16%		18%		16%		21%
Second		19%		16%		17%		15%		16%
Third				20%		22%		17%		20%
Fourth				20%		22%		23%		23%

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	2016		2015		2014		2013		2012
First		13%		11%		11%		12%		18%
Second		14%		14%		17%		15%		21%
Third				13%		13%		12%		18%
Fourth				12%		14%		14%		18%

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. As shown in the tables above, contract cancellations over the past several years have been within what we believe to be a normal range. However, market conditions are uncertain and it is difficult to predict what cancellation rates will be in the future.

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Total cost of sales on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations 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)	2016			2015			2016			2015
Sale of homes		$626,157			$455,172			$1,182,932			$888,643
Cost of sales, net of impairment reversals and excluding interest expense and land charges		525,442			381,870			989,588			736,249
Homebuilding gross margin, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges		100,715			73,302			193,344			152,394
Cost of sales interest expense, excluding land sales interest expense		21,340			11,993			38,183			23,292
Homebuilding gross margin, after cost of sales interest expense, before land charges		79,375			61,309			155,161			129,102
Land charges		9,669			4,311			21,350			6,541
Homebuilding gross margin, after cost of sales interest expense and land charges		$69,706			$56,998			$133,811			$122,561
Gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges		16.1	%		16.1	%		16.3	%		17.1	%
Gross margin percentage, after cost of sales interest expense, before land charges		12.7	%		13.5	%		13.1	%		14.5	%
Gross margin percentage, after cost of sales interest expense and land charges		11.1	%		12.5	%		11.3	%		13.8	%

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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,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Sale of homes		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%
Cost of sales, net of impairment reversals and excluding interest expense and land charges:
Housing, land and development costs		73.6	%		73.1	%		73.4	%		71.9	%
Commissions		3.6	%		3.6	%		3.5	%		3.6	%
Financing concessions		1.4	%		1.4	%		1.4	%		1.4	%
Overheads		5.3	%		5.8	%		5.4	%		6.0	%
Total cost of sales, before interest expense and land charges		83.9	%		83.9	%		83.7	%		82.9	%
Gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges		16.1	%		16.1	%		16.3	%		17.1	%
Cost of sales interest		3.4	%		2.6	%		3.2	%		2.6	%
Gross margin percentage, after cost of sales interest expense and before land charges		12.7	%		13.5	%		13.1	%		14.5	%

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 charges, remained flat at 16.1% during the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to 16.1% for the same period last year and decreased to 16.3% during the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to 17.1% for the same period last year. The decrease in gross margin percentage for the six months ended April 30, 2016 was primarily due to higher construction costs in several of our markets, as well as higher land and development costs as a percentage of sales of homes revenue in certain of our new communities delivering in the first half of fiscal 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year. For the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, gross margin was favorably impacted by the reversal of prior period inventory impairments of $25.7 million and $14.9 million, respectively, which represented 2.2% and 1.7%, respectively, of “Sale of homes” revenue.

Reflected as inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs in cost of sales, we have written-off or written-down certain inventories totaling $9.7 million and $4.3 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $21.4 million and $6.5 million during the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, to their estimated fair value. During the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, we wrote-off residential land options and approval and engineering costs amounting to $4.3 million and $6.3 million compared to $0.8 million and $2.1 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, 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 each of our segments in both the first half of fiscal 2016 and 2015. We recorded $5.4 million and $3.5 million of inventory impairments during the three months ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015, respectively, and $15.1 million and $4.4 million in inventory impairments during the six months ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015, respectively. It is difficult to predict if impairment levels will remain low 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. 

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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				Six Months Ended
	April 30,				April 30,
(In thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Land and lot sales		$11,154		$336		$11,154		$850
Cost of sales, excluding interest		10,608		269		10,608		702
Land and lot sales gross margin, excluding interest		546		67		546		148
Land and lot sales interest expense		104		20		104		39
Land and lot sales gross margin, including interest		$442		$47		$442		$109

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. Revenue associated with land sales can vary significantly due to the mix of land parcels sold. There were five land sales in the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to one in the same period of the prior year, resulting in an increase of $10.8 million in land sales revenues. There were five land sales in the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to three in the same period of the prior year, resulting in an increase of $10.3 million in land sales revenue. This increase was primarily due to the sale of one land parcel in the Midwest in the second quarter of fiscal 2016, in connection with our previously discussed strategy to exit the Minneapolis, MN market.

Land sales and other revenues increased $10.2 million and $9.7 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 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 and miscellaneous one-time receipts. For the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, compared to the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, the increase was mainly due to the fluctuation in land sales revenues noted above, slightly offset by decreases in the various components of other revenue.  

Homebuilding Selling, General and Administrative

Homebuilding selling, general and administrative expenses (“SGA”) increased $3.8 million and $3.6 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the same period last year mainly due to increases in sales and other compensation, related to increased headcount and increased compensation reflective of the competitive homebuilding market, increased advertising costs related to community count growth that occurred at the end of fiscal 2015, and the reduction of joint venture management fees received, which offset general and administrative expenses, as a result of fewer joint venture deliveries. SGA as a percentage of homebuilding revenues was 8.8% and 8.7% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to 11.5% and 11.3% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015. These improvements are a result of increased deliveries and our ability to leverage the fixed SGA costs.

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HOMEBUILDING OPERATIONS BY SEGMENT

Segment Analysis

	Three Months Ended April 30,
(Dollars in thousands, except average sales price)	2016			2015			Variance			Variance %
Northeast
Homebuilding revenue		$54,046			$39,274			$14,772			37.6	%
Loss before income taxes		$(6,684	)		$(3,812	)		$(2,872	)		(75.3	)%
Homes delivered		108			70			38			54.3	%
Average sales price		$499,194			$558,897			$(59,703	)		(10.7	)%
Mid-Atlantic
Homebuilding revenue		$89,987			$76,777			$13,210			17.2	%
Income (loss) before income taxes		$1,072			$(178	)		$1,250			702.2	%
Homes delivered		194			164			30			18.3	%
Average sales price		$463,262			$464,035			$(773	)		(0.2	)%
Midwest
Homebuilding revenue		$84,631			$73,256			$11,375			15.5	%
(Loss) income before income taxes		$(23	)		$1,210			$(1,233	)		(101.9	)%
Homes delivered		239			218			21			9.6	%
Average sales price		$321,312			$335,847			$(14,535	)		(4.3	)%
Southeast
Homebuilding revenue		$51,298			$49,275			$2,023			4.1	%
Loss before income taxes		$(7,255	)		$(1,202	)		$(6,053	)		(503.6	)%
Homes delivered		156			158			(2	)		(1.3	)%
Average sales price		$328,396			$311,740			$16,656			5.3	%
Southwest
Homebuilding revenue		$276,735			$190,427			$86,308			45.3	%
Income before income taxes		$18,491			$14,022			$4,469			31.9	%
Homes delivered		733			532			201			37.8	%
Average sales price		$372,857			$357,095			$15,762			4.4	%
West
Homebuilding revenue		$81,095			$27,522			$53,573			194.7	%
Loss before income taxes		$(4,318	)		$(8,963	)		$4,645			51.8	%
Homes delivered		168			81			87			107.4	%
Average sales price		$482,404			$339,552			$142,852			42.1	%

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	Six Months Ended April 30,
(Dollars in thousands, except average sales price)	2016			2015			Variance			Variance %
Northeast
Homebuilding revenue		$126,550			$90,004			$36,546			40.6	%
Loss before income taxes		$(3,950	)		$(6,965	)		$3,015			43.3	%
Homes delivered		259			166			93			56.0	%
Average sales price		$487,841			$540,748			$(52,907	)		(9.8	)%
Mid-Atlantic
Homebuilding revenue		$183,807			$157,962			$25,845			16.4	%
Income before income taxes		$3,694			$4,999			$(1,305	)		(26.1	)%
Homes delivered		400			355			45			12.7	%
Average sales price		$458,562			$442,290			$16,272			3.7	%
Midwest
Homebuilding revenue		$176,551			$137,695			$38,856			28.2	%
(Loss) income before income taxes		$(5,582	)		$4,921			$(10,503	)		(213.4	)%
Homes delivered		513			421			92			21.9	%
Average sales price		$328,720			$326,899			$1,821			0.6	%
Southeast
Homebuilding revenue		$90,550			$87,169			$3,381			3.9	%
Loss before income taxes		$(9,089	)		$(2,358	)		$(6,731	)		(285.5	)%
Homes delivered		272			279			(7	)		(2.5	)%
Average sales price		$332,443			$311,967			$20,476			6.6	%
Southwest
Homebuilding revenue		$481,060			$357,614			$123,446			34.5	%
Income before income taxes		$34,860			$25,347			$9,513			37.5	%
Homes delivered		1,283			1,009			274			27.2	%
Average sales price		$372,169			$353,403			$18,766			5.3	%
West
Homebuilding revenue		$136,673			$60,715			$75,958			125.1	%
Loss before income taxes		$(10,286	)		$(11,336	)		$1,050			9.3	%
Homes delivered		293			142			151			106.3	%
Average sales price		$466,231			$426,891			$39,340			9.2	%

Homebuilding Results by Segment

Northeast - Homebuilding revenues increased 37.6% for the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year. The increase for the three months ended April 30, 2016 was attributed to a 54.3% increase in homes delivered partially offset by a 10.7% decrease in average sales price due to the mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of fiscal 2015. 

Loss before income taxes increased $2.9 million compared to the prior year to a loss of $6.7 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016. This increased loss was mainly due to a $3.0 million increase in inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs and a $1.5 million decrease in income from unconsolidated joint ventures. In addition, there was a slight decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the three months ended April 30, 2016. The loss was slightly offset by a $1.2 million decrease in selling, general and administrative costs and the increase in homebuilding revenue discussed above. 

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Homebuilding revenues increased 40.6% for the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year. The increase was attributed to a 56.0% increase in homes delivered partially offset by a 9.8% decrease in average sales price due to the mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of fiscal 2015.

Loss before income taxes decreased $3.0 million compared to the prior year to a loss of $4.0 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016. This decrease in loss was due to the increase in homebuilding revenue discussed above and a $2.8 million decrease in selling, general and administrative costs while gross margin percentage before interest expense for the six months ended April 30, 2016 was relatively flat compared to the same period of the prior year. The decreased loss was slightly offset by a $3.7 million increase in inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs.

Mid-Atlantic - Homebuilding revenues increased 17.2% for the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to an 18.3% increase in homes delivered slightly offset by a 0.2% decrease in average sales price for the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. The slight decrease in average sales prices was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of fiscal 2015.

Loss before income taxes improved $1.3 million compared to the prior year to income of $1.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016 primarily due to a $0.9 million decrease in selling, general and administrative costs and a slight increase in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the three months ended April 30, 2016.

Homebuilding revenues increased 16.4% for the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to a 12.7% increase in homes delivered as well as a 3.7% increase in average sales price for the six months ended April 30, 2016. The increase in average sales prices was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of fiscal 2015.

Income before income taxes decreased $1.3 million compared to the prior year to $3.7 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016 due primarily to a $2.8 million decrease in income from unconsolidated joint ventures, along with a slight decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense. Partially offsetting the decrease was the increase in homebuilding revenues discussed above and a $1.9 million decrease in selling, general and administrative costs for the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year.

Midwest - Homebuilding revenues increased 15.5% for the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was due to a 9.6% increase in homes delivered, partially offset by a 4.3% decrease in average sales price for the three months ended April 30, 2016. The decrease in average sales price was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of fiscal 2015. Also impacting the increase was a $7.8 million increase in land sales and other revenue.

Income before income taxes decreased $1.2 million to a loss of $23 thousand for the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. The decrease in the income for the three months ended April 30, 2016 was primarily due to a $1.6 million increase in inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs. Gross margin percentage before interest expense for the period was relatively flat compared to the same period of the prior year.

Homebuilding revenues increased 28.2% for the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to a 21.9% increase in homes delivered and a 0.6% increase in average sales price for the six months ended April 30, 2016. The slight increase in average sales price was the result of the mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of fiscal 2015. Also impacting the increase was a $7.8 million increase in land sales and other revenue.

Income before income taxes decreased $10.5 million compared to the prior year to a loss of $5.6 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016. The decrease in income for the six months ended April 30, 2016 was primarily due to an $11.2 million increase in inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs, along with a decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the period.

 Southeast - Homebuilding revenues increased 4.1% for the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase for the three months ended April 30, 2016 was attributed to the 5.3% increase in average sales price offset slightly by a 1.3% decrease in homes delivered. The increase in average sales price was the result of the different mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of fiscal 2015.

Loss before income taxes increased $6.1 million to $7.3 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016 primarily due to a $2.6 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs, a slight decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense and a $0.7 million increase in inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs.

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Homebuilding revenues increased 3.9% for the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase for the six months ended April 30, 2016 was attributed to the 6.6% increase in average sales price, offset by a 2.5% decrease in homes delivered. The increase in average sales price was primarily due to the different mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of fiscal 2015.

Loss before income taxes increased $6.7 million compared to the prior year to $9.1 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016. The increase for the six months ended April 30, 2016 was primarily due to a $3.2 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs and a slight decrease in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the period compared to the same period of the prior year.

Southwest - Homebuilding revenues increased 45.3% for the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase in homebuilding revenues was primarily due to a 37.8% increase in homes delivered for the three months ended April 30, 2016. The increase was also due to a 4.4% increase in average sales price, which was the result of the different mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of fiscal 2015. Also impacting the increase was a $3.0 million increase in land sales and other revenue.

Income before income taxes increased $4.5 million to $18.5 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016.  The increase was primarily due to the increase in homebuilding revenue discussed above. This increase was slightly offset by a $1.6 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs, while gross margin percentage before interest expense was flat for the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year.

Homebuilding revenues increased 34.5% for the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to a 27.2% increase in homes delivered and a 5.3% increase in average sales price for the six months ended April 30, 2016, as a result of the different mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of fiscal 2015. Also impacting this increase was a $2.5 million increase in land sales and other revenue.

Income before income taxes increased $9.5 million compared to the prior year to $34.9 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016. The increase was due to the income in homebuilding revenues discussed above partially offset by a $2.8 million increase in inventory impairments and land option write-offs and a $1.1 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs, while gross margin percentage before interest expense for the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year remained flat.

West - Homebuilding revenues increased 194.7% for the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase for the three months ended April 30, 2016 was primarily attributed to a 107.4% increase in homes delivered, primarily resulting from increased community count, as well as a 42.1% increase in average sales price, which was due to the different mix of communities delivering in the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year.

Loss before income taxes decreased $4.6 million to $4.3 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016. The decrease for the three months ended April 30, 2016 was primarily due to the increase in homebuilding revenues discussed above and a $1.8 million decrease in inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs. In addition, there was an increase in gross margin percentage before interest expense for the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. This decrease in loss was partially offset by a $1.4 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs.

Homebuilding revenues increased 125.1% for the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase for the six months ended April 30, 2016 was primarily attributed to a 106.3% increase in homes delivered, primarily resulting from increased community count, as well as a 9.2% increase in average sales price, which was due to the different mix of communities delivering in the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year.

Loss before income taxes decreased $1.1 million compared to the prior year to $10.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016. The decrease was due to the increase in homebuilding revenue discussed above and a $1.9 million decrease in inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs. Gross margin percentage before interest expense for the six months ended April 30, 2016 was flat compared to the same period in the prior year. Partially offsetting this decrease in loss was a $3.7 million increase in selling, general and administrative costs.

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 2016 and 2015, Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration (“FHA/VA”) loans represented 25.5% and 29.2%, respectively, of our total loans. While the origination of FHA/VA loans have decreased slightly from the first half of fiscal 2015 to the first half of fiscal 2016, our conforming conventional loan originations as a percentage of our total loans increased from 67.9% to 71.0% for these periods, respectively. 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.

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During the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, financial services provided a $7.4 million and $17.4 million pretax profit compared to $5.0 million and $8.8 million of pretax profit for the same periods of fiscal 2015. Revenues were up 36.5% and 49.4% and costs were up 28.1% and 20.3% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively. The increase in revenues was attributable to the increase in the mortgage capture rate and the average price of loans settled for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase in costs was attributed to the increase in the number of loans originated for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year. In the market areas served by our wholly owned mortgage banking subsidiaries, approximately 76.1% and 73.2% of our noncash homebuyers obtained mortgages originated by these subsidiaries during the three months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and 75.8% and 72.1% of our noncash homebuyers obtained mortgages originated by these subsidiaries for the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, 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 decreased to $12.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to $16.5 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, and decreased to $28.9 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to $33.4 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015. The decrease in the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 from the prior year period was primarily attributed to decreases in reserves for self-insured medical claims based on current claim estimates and the reversal of previously recognized expense for certain performance based stock grants for which the performance metrics are no longer expected to be satisfied.

Other Interest

Other interest increased $1.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2015 and decreased $2.8 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the six months ended April 30, 2015. 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. The increase for the three months ended April 30, 2016 was attributed to the increase in interest incurred as a result of higher nonrecourse mortgage balances and increased land banking activities. The decrease in the six months ended April 30, 2016 was attributed to the reduction in directly expensed interest as our assets that qualified for interest capitalization increased with the increase in inventory.

Other Operations

Other operations consist primarily of miscellaneous residential housing operations expenses, rent expense for commercial office space and amortization of prepaid bond fees. Other operations decreased $0.6 million to $1.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2015 and decreased $0.8 million to $2.5 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the six months ended April 30, 2015. The decrease for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 compared to the same periods in the prior year was due to decreased prepaid bond fees amortization as a result of the maturity of our 11.875% Senior Notes in October 2015 and 6.25% Senior Notes in January 2016. 

Total Taxes

The total income tax benefit of $9.1 million and $6.2 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, respectively, was primarily due to deferred taxes, partially offset by state tax expenses and state tax reserves for uncertain tax positions. The six months ended April 30, 2016 was also impacted by permanent differences between book income and taxable income as a result of the issuance of shares under a deferred compensation plan that were expensed during vesting at significantly higher value than the value at the time of issuance. The total income tax benefit of $9.9 million and $15.2 million recognized for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, was primarily due to deferred taxes, partially offset by state tax expenses and state tax reserves for uncertain tax positions.

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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.  

As of October 31, 2015, and again at April 30, 2016, we concluded that it was more likely than not that a substantial amount of our deferred tax assets (“DTA”) would be utilized. This conclusion was based on a detailed evaluation of all relevant evidence, both positive and negative. The positive evidence included factors such as positive earnings for two of the last three fiscal years and the expectation of earnings going forward over the long term and evidence of a sustained recovery in the housing markets in which we operate. Such evidence is supported by significant increases in key financial indicators over the last few years, including new orders, backlog, and community count compared with the prior years. Economic data has also been affirming the housing market recovery. Housing starts, homebuilding volume and prices are increasing and forecasted to continue to increase. Historically low mortgage rates, affordable home prices, reduced foreclosures and a favorable home ownership to rental comparison are key factors in the recovery.

Potentially offsetting this positive evidence is the fact that we had a loss before income taxes for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015 as well as for the six months ended April 30, 2016. However, we are not in a three year cumulative loss position as of April 30, 2016. As per ASC 740, cumulative losses are one of the most objectively verifiable forms of negative evidence; we no longer have this negative evidence and we expect to be profitable going forward over the long term. Our recent three years cumulative performance and our expectations for the coming years based on our current backlog, community count and recent sales contracts provide evidence that reaffirms our conclusion that a full valuation allowance was not necessary and that the current valuation allowance for deferred taxes of $635.4 million as of April 30, 2016 is appropriate.

 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 53.6% 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 as “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. Such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements related to the Company’s goals and expectations with respect to its financial results for future financial periods. 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. By their nature, forward-looking statements: (i) speak only as of the date they are made, (ii) are not guarantees of future performance or results and (iii) are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict or quantify. Therefore, actual results could differ materially and adversely from those forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to:

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

● Adverse weather and other environmental conditions and natural disasters;

● 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;

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● Changes in credit ratings;

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

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

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

● Regional and local economic factors, including dependency on certain sectors of the economy, and employment levels affecting home prices and sales activity in the markets where the Company builds homes;

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

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

● Operations through joint ventures with third parties;

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

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

● Levels of competition;

● Availability and terms of financing to the Company;

● Successful identification and integration of acquisitions;

● Significant influence of the Company’s controlling stockholders; 

● Availability of net operating loss carryforwards;

● Utility shortages and outages or rate fluctuations;

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

● Increases in cancellations of agreements of sale;

● Loss of key management personnel or failure to attract qualified personnel;

● Information technology failures and data security breaches; and

● Legal claims brought against us and not resolved in our favor.

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 fiscal year ended October 31, 2015 as updated by our subsequent filings with the SEC. 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, including debt instruments at variable interest rates. 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. The following table sets forth as of April 30, 2016, our principal cash payment obligations on our long-term debt obligations by scheduled maturity, weighted average interest rates and estimated fair value (“FV”).

	Long Term Debt as of April 30, 2016 by Fiscal Year of Expected Maturity Date
(Dollars in thousands)	2016		2017		2018		2019		2020		Thereafter		Total		FV at 4/30/16
Long term debt (1)(2):
Fixed rate	$89,567		$127,593		$129,933		$151,536		$828,673		$423,390		$1,750,692		$1,436,247
Weighted average interest rate	7.60	%	8.72	%	4.52	%	7.02	%	7.48	%	6.85	%	7.16	%

(1)	Does not include the mortgage warehouse lines of credit made under our Master Repurchase Agreements. Also, does not include $22.4 million of letters of credit issued as of April 30, 2016 under our $75.0 million revolving Credit Facility.
(2)	Does not include $125.1 million of nonrecourse mortgages secured by inventory. These mortgages have various maturities spread over the next two to three years and are paid as homes are delivered.

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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, as amended, 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, 2016. 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, 2016 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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 2016. The maximum number of shares that may 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 our common stockholders.

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Item 6.  EXHIBITS

3(a)	Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.(2)
3(b)	Amended and 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)
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, 2016, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity for the six months ended April 30, 2016, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, and (v) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

(1) Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (001-08551) of the Registrant for the quarter ended July 31, 2008.

(2) Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Current Report on Form 8-K (001-08551) of the Registrant filed March 15, 2013.

(3) Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Current Report on Form 8-K (001-08551) of the Registrant filed March 11, 2015.

(4) Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Current Report on Form 8-K (001-08551) of the Registrant filed on July 13, 2005.

(5) Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (001-08551) of the Registrant filed August 14, 2008.

(6) Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (001-08551) of the Registrant for the quarter ended January 31, 2009.

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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 3, 2016
	/S/J. LARRY SORSBY
	J. Larry Sorsby
	Executive Vice President and
	Chief Financial Officer
DATE:	June 3, 2016
	/S/BRAD G. O’CONNOR
	Brad G. O’Connor
	Vice President/Chief Accounting Officer/Corporate Controller

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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, 2016 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 3, 2016

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

EX-31.B

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, 2016 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 3, 2016

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

EX-32.A

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, 2016 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 3, 2016

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

EX-32.B

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, 2016 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 3, 2016

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

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Document And Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	May. 31, 2016
Common Class B [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		15,317,869
Common Class A [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		131,802,260
Entity Registrant Name	HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000357294
Trading Symbol	hov
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--10-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Apr. 30, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Amendment Flag	false

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015
Homebuilding [Member] | Nonrecourse Mortgages Secured By Inventory [Member] | Mortgages [Member]
Nonrecourse mortgages secured by inventory	$ 125,076	$ 143,863	[1]
Homebuilding [Member] | Nonrecourse Mortgages Secured by Operating Properties [Member] | Mortgages [Member]
Nonrecourse mortgages secured by inventory	14,924	15,511	[1]
Homebuilding [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	120,661	245,398	[1]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	6,259	7,299	[1]
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	1,171,668	1,307,850	[1]
Land and land options held for future development or sale	191,627	214,503	[1]
Consolidated inventory not owned	312,841	122,225	[1]
Total inventories	1,676,136	1,644,578	[1]
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	70,061	61,209
Receivables, deposits and notes, net	65,055	70,349	[1]
Property, plant and equipment, net	45,670	45,534	[1]
Prepaid expenses and other assets	80,004	77,671	[1]
Total assets	2,063,846	2,152,038	[1]
Cash and cash equivalents	120,661	245,398	[1]
Total assets	2,063,846	2,152,038	[1]
Accounts payable and other liabilities	360,946	348,516	[1]
Customers’ deposits	47,976	44,218	[1]
Liabilities from inventory not owned	220,348	105,856	[1]
Liability	769,270	657,964	[1]
Total liabilities	769,270	657,964	[1]
Financial Services [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	8,993	8,347	[1]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	19,134	19,223	[1]
Total assets	160,712	159,981	[1]
Cash and cash equivalents	8,993	8,347	[1]
Mortgage loans held for sale at fair value	129,999	130,320	[1]
Other assets	2,586	2,091	[1]
Total assets	160,712	159,981	[1]
Accounts payable and other liabilities	27,574	27,908	[1]
Liability	136,706	136,783	[1]
Mortgage warehouse lines of credit	109,132	108,875	[1]
Total liabilities	136,706	136,783	[1]
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Senior secured notes, net of discount	982,086	981,346	[1]
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior secured notes, net of discount	607,575	780,319	[1]
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Senior secured notes, net of discount	10,516	12,811	[1]
Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior secured notes, net of discount	75,677	73,771	[1]
Common Class A [Member]
Common stock	1,436	1,433	[1]
Common Class B [Member]
Common stock	160	157	[1]
Cash and cash equivalents	129,654	253,745
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	25,400	26,500
Total assets	2,518,627	2,602,298	[1]
Cash and cash equivalents	129,654	253,745
Income taxes receivable – including net deferred tax benefits	294,069	290,279	[1]
Total assets	2,518,627	2,602,298	[1]
Liability	2,670,949	2,730,382	[1]
Total liabilities	2,670,949	2,730,382	[1]
Revolving credit agreement	50,000	47,000	[1]
Accrued interest	39,119	40,388	[1]
Total notes payable	1,764,973	1,935,635	[1]
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value - authorized 100,000 shares; issued and outstanding 5,600 shares with a liquidation preference of $140,000 at April 30, 2016 and at October 31, 2015	135,299	135,299	[1]
Paid in capital – common stock	704,141	703,751	[1]
Accumulated deficit	(877,998)	(853,364)	[1]
Treasury stock – at cost	(115,360)	(115,360)	[1]
Total stockholders’ equity deficit	(152,322)	(128,084)	[1]
Total liabilities and equity	$ 2,518,627	$ 2,602,298	[1]

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) (Parentheticals) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Apr. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015	[1]
Common Class A [Member]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	400,000,000	400,000,000
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)	143,563,023	143,292,881
Common stock, shares held in Treasury (in shares)	11,760,763	11,760,763
Common Class B [Member]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	60,000,000	60,000,000
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)	16,009,617	15,676,829
Common stock, shares held in Treasury (in shares)	691,748	691,748
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	100,000	100,000
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)	5,600	5,600
Preferred stock, liquidation preference	$ 140	$ 140
Preferred stock, outstanding (in shares)	5,600	5,600

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Homebuilding [Member]
Sale of homes		$ 626,157	$ 455,172	$ 1,182,932	$ 888,643
Land sales and other revenues		11,563	1,320	12,167	2,441
Total homebuilding		637,720	456,492	1,195,099	891,084
Total revenues		637,792	456,531	1,195,191	891,159
Cost of sales, excluding interest		536,050	382,139	1,000,196	736,951
Cost of sales interest		21,444	12,013	38,287	23,331
Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs		9,669	4,311	21,350	6,541
Total cost of sales		567,163	398,463	1,059,833	766,823
Selling, general and administrative		56,371	52,614	103,875	100,260
Total homebuilding expenses		623,534	451,077	1,163,708	867,083
Total expenses		661,363	492,388	1,240,467	951,917
Loss before income taxes		1,283	1,077	9,647	14,608
Financial Services [Member]
Financial services revenue		17,003	12,457	35,229	23,579
Total revenues		17,003	12,457	35,229	23,579
Financial services		9,618	7,508	17,833	14,825
Total expenses		9,618	7,508	17,833	14,825
Loss before income taxes		7,385	4,949	17,396	8,754
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)		(758)	(414)	3,561	2,718
Domestic Tax Authority [Member]
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)		(8,385)	(9,508)	(9,725)	(17,944)
Total revenues		654,723	468,949	1,230,328	914,663
Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs				21,350	6,541
Corporate general and administrative		12,598	16,493	28,919	33,401
Other interest	[1],[2]	24,084	23,030	45,309	48,101
Other operations		1,147	1,788	2,531	3,332
Total expenses		670,981	499,896	1,258,300	966,742
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures		(1,346)	1,466	(2,826)	2,918
Loss before income taxes		(17,604)	(29,481)	(30,798)	(49,161)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)		(9,143)	(9,922)	(6,164)	(15,226)
Net loss		$ (8,461)	$ (19,559)	$ (24,634)	$ (33,935)
Loss per common share (in dollars per share)		$ (0.06)	$ (0.13)	$ (0.17)	$ (0.23)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (in shares)		147,334	146,946	147,301	146,762
Loss per common share (in dollars per share)		$ (0.06)	$ (0.13)	$ (0.17)	$ (0.23)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (in shares)		147,334	146,946	147,301	146,762

[1] 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 on notes payable, which is calculated as follows:

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

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity (Unaudited) - 6 months ended Apr. 30, 2016 - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Common Stock [Member] Common Class A [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Common Class B [Member]	Preferred Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Total
Balance (in shares) at Oct. 31, 2015	131,532,118	14,985,081	5,600
Balance at Oct. 31, 2015	$ 1,433	$ 157	$ 135,299	$ 703,751	$ (853,364)	$ (115,360)	$ (128,084)	[1]
Stock options, amortization and issuances				(1,859)			(1,859)
Restricted stock amortization, issuances and forfeitures (in shares)	270,032	332,898
Restricted stock amortization, issuances and forfeitures	$ 3	$ 3		2,249			2,255
Conversion of class B to class A common stock (in shares)	110	(110)
Net loss					(24,634)		(24,634)
Balance (in shares) at Apr. 30, 2016	131,802,260	15,317,869	5,600
Balance at Apr. 30, 2016	$ 1,436	$ 160	$ 135,299	$ 704,141	$ (877,998)	$ (115,360)	$ (152,322)

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Related to Mortgage Company [Member]
Cash flows from investing activities:
Increase (decrease) in restricted cash	$ (204)	$ 1,645
Related to Letters of Credit [Member]
Cash flows from investing activities:
Increase (decrease) in restricted cash	$ 325
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from senior notes		$ 250,000
Net loss	$ (24,634)	(33,935)
Depreciation	1,729	1,719
Compensation from stock options and awards	825	6,665
Amortization of bond discounts and deferred financing costs	6,106	5,991
Gain on sale and retirement of property and assets	(100)	(851)
Loss (income) from unconsolidated joint ventures	$ 2,826	(2,918)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures		4,445
Inventory impairment and land option write-offs	$ 21,350	6,541
Deferred income tax benefit	(4,077)	(15,975)
Origination of mortgage loans	(584,879)	(429,708)
Sale of mortgage loans	585,200	418,594
Restricted cash, receivables, prepaids, deposits and other assets	2,461	134
Inventories	(52,908)	(200,988)
State income tax payable	287	(70)
Customers’ deposits	3,758	6,462
Accounts payable, accrued interest and other accrued liabilities	10,869	(22,235)
Net cash used in operating activities	(31,187)	(256,129)
Proceeds from sale of property and assets	115	983
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions	(1,651)	(1,172)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	(16,743)	(15,539)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures	5,065	7,345
Net cash used in investing activities	(13,093)	(6,738)
Proceeds from mortgages and notes	112,894	76,569
Payments related to mortgages and notes	(132,033)	(61,858)
Proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs	14,910	21,301
Payments related to model sale leaseback financing programs	(13,691)	(7,960)
Proceeds from land bank financing programs	153,423	4,144
Payments related to land bank financing programs	(38,950)	(17,147)
Proceeds from senior notes		250,000
Payments related to senior notes and senior amortizing notes	(175,040)	$ (2,062)
Borrowings from revolving credit facility	3,000
Net proceeds related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit	257	$ 6,047
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances	(4,581)	(6,493)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(79,811)	262,541
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(124,091)	(326)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period	253,745	261,898
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	129,654	261,572
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow:
Interest, net of capitalized interest (see Note 3 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements)	47,987	41,061
Income taxes	$ (2,373)	$ 819

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Note 1 - Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Basis of Accounting [Text Block]

1. Basis of Presentation

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 17).

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. 

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, 2015. 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 condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows. The preparation of Condensed Consolidated 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 Condensed Consolidated 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, 2015 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 2 - Stock Compensation

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

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

2. Stock Compensation

For the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, the Company’s total stock-based compensation was income of $(0.7) million and expense of $0.8 million ($0.7 million net of tax), respectively, and expense of $3.2 million and $6.7 million ($2.1 million and $4.6 million net of tax) for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively. Included in this total stock-based compensation was income of $(2.1) million

 for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 for previously recognized expense of certain performance based stock option grants for which the performance metrics are no longer expected to be satisfied. This income was slightly offset by the vesting of stock options of $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, during the three and six months ended April 30, 2016. Included in total stock based compensation expense for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 was the vesting of stock options of $0.5 million and $1.4 million, respectively

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Note 3 - Interest

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Home Building Interest [Text Block]

3. Interest

Interest costs incurred, expensed and capitalized were:

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Interest capitalized at beginning of period		$117,113		$114,241		$123,898		$109,158
Plus interest incurred (1)		44,224		40,703		86,183		82,175
Less cost of sales interest expensed		21,444		12,013		38,287		23,331
Less other interest expensed (2)(3)		24,084		23,030		45,309		48,101
Less interest contributed to unconsolidated joint venture (4)		-		-		10,676		-
Interest capitalized at end of period (5)		$115,809		$119,901		$115,809		$119,901

(1)	Data does not include interest incurred by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries.
(2)	Other interest expensed includes interest that does not qualify for interest capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt. Also includes interest on completed homes and land in planning, which does not qualify for capitalization, and therefore, 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 on notes payable, which is calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2016			2015			2016		2015
Other interest expensed		$24,084			$23,030			$45,309		$48,101
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries		851			268			1,410		676
Decrease (increase) in accrued interest		(9,948	)		(8,726	)		1,268		(7,716	)
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest		$14,987			$14,572			$47,987		$41,061

(4)	Represents capitalized interest which was included as part of the assets contributed to the joint venture the Company entered into in November 2015, as discussed in Note 18. There was no impact to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as a result of this transaction.
(5)	Capitalized interest amounts are shown gross before allocating any portion of impairments, if any, to capitalized interest.

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Note 4 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Inventory Impairments and Land Option Cost Write-offs [Text Block]

4. Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value

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, 2016, our discount rate used for the impairments recorded ranged from 16.8% to 18.5%. For the six months ended April 30, 2015, our discount rate used for the impairments recorded ranged from 17.5% to 19.8%. 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, 2016 and 2015, we evaluated inventories of all 478 and 508 communities under development and held for future development, respectively, for impairment indicators through preparation and review of detailed budgets or other market indicators of impairment. We performed detailed impairment calculations during the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015 for 20 and 15 of those communities (i.e., those with a projected operating loss or other impairment indicators), respectively, with an aggregate carrying value of $89.0 million and $77.4 million, respectively. Of those communities tested for impairment during the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, nine and seven communities with an aggregate carrying value of $43.5 million and $33.0 million, respectively, had undiscounted future cash flows that exceeded the carrying amount by less than 20%. As a result of our impairment analysis, we recorded aggregate impairment losses of $5.4 million and $15.1 million, in four and ten communities, respectively, with an aggregate pre-impairment value of $16.7 million and $45.4 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, respectively, and recorded aggregate impairment losses of $3.5 million and $4.4 million, in four and five communities, respectively, with an aggregate pre-impairment value of $11.0 million and $16.7 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, which are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations on the line entitled “Homebuilding: Inventory impairment loss and land option write-offs” and deducted from inventory. The impairments recorded for the six months ended April 30, 2016 were mainly for land held for sale in the Midwest and Northeast. The inventory has been written down to fair value based on recent offers received for the properties. The pre-impairment value represents the carrying value, net of prior period impairments, if any, at the time of recording the impairment.

The Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations line 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 $4.3 million and $0.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $6.3 million and $2.1 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Such write-offs were located in each of our segments in both the first half of fiscal 2016 and 2015.

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 costs written off. The number of lots walked away from during the three months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015 were 2,263 and 455, respectively, and 3,519 and 2,155 during the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

We decide to mothball (or stop development on) certain communities when we determine that the current performance does not justify further investment at the time. When we decide to mothball a community, the inventory is reclassified on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets 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 2016, we did not mothball any additional communities or sell any communities; we re-activated one previously mothballed community and contributed one previously mothballed community to a new joint venture which is beginning construction. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the net book value associated with our 29 and 31 total mothballed communities was $75.7 million and $103.0 million, respectively, which was net of impairment charges recorded in prior periods of $296.8 million and $334.5 million, respectively.

From time to time we enter into option agreements that include specific performance requirements, whereby we are required to purchase a minimum number of lots. Because of our obligation to purchase these lots, for accounting purposes in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360-20-40-38, we are required to record this inventory on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of April 30, 2016 we had no specific performance options. As of October 31, 2015, we had $1.2 million of specific performance options recorded on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet to “Consolidated inventory not owned,” with a corresponding liability of $1.2 million recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned.” 

We sell and lease 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 Sheets, at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, inventory of $98.2 million and $95.9 million, respectively, was recorded to “Consolidated inventory not owned,” with a corresponding amount of $89.1 million and $87.9 million, respectively, recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned” for the amount of net cash received from the transactions.

We have land banking arrangements, whereby we sell our land parcels to the land bankers and they provide us an option to purchase back finished lots on a quarterly basis. Because of our options to repurchase these parcels, for accounting purposes, in accordance with ASC 360-20-40-38, these transactions are considered a financing rather than a sale. For purposes of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, inventory of $214.6 million and $25.1 million, respectively, was recorded as “Consolidated inventory not owned,” with a corresponding amount of $131.2 million and $16.8 million, respectively, recorded to “Liabilities from inventory not owned” for the amount of net cash received from the transactions.

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Note 5 - Variable Interest Entities

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Variable Interest Entity Disclosure [Text Block]

5. Variable Interest Entities

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, 2016 and October 31, 2015, 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, 2016, we had total cash deposits amounting to $67.4 million to purchase land and lots with a total purchase price of $1.3 billion. The maximum exposure to loss with respect to our land and lot options is limited to the deposits plus any pre-development costs invested in the property, although some deposits are refundable at our request or refundable if certain conditions are not met.

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Note 6 - Warranty Costs

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Product Warranty Disclosure [Text Block]

6. Warranty Costs

General liability insurance for homebuilding companies and their suppliers and subcontractors is very difficult to obtain. The availability of general liability insurance is 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. To date, we have been able to obtain general liability insurance but at higher premium costs with higher deductibles. Our subcontractors and suppliers have advised us that they have also had difficulty obtaining insurance that also provides us coverage. As a result, we have 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 risk type of the trade. 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, 2016 and 2015, we received $2.0 million and $1.3 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 2016 and 2015, our deductible under our general liability insurance is a $20 million aggregate for construction defect and warranty claims. For bodily injury claims, our deductible per occurrence in fiscal 2016 and 2015 is $0.25 million, up to a $5 million limit. Our aggregate retention in fiscal 2016 and 2015 is $21 million for construction defect, 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, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2016			2015			2016			2015
Balance, beginning of period		$133,389			$181,833			$135,053			$178,008
Additions – Selling, general and administrative		4,292			4,331			8,915			9,580
Additions – Cost of sales		4,539			5,635			7,921			8,816
Charges incurred during the period		(5,514	)		(30,492	)		(15,183	)		(35,097	)
Changes to pre-existing reserves		-			-			-			-
Balance, end of period		$136,706			$161,307			$136,706			$161,307

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

Insurance claims paid by our insurance carriers, excluding insurance deductibles paid, were $0.5 million and $18.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $3.7 million and $18.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, for prior year deliveries. During the first half of fiscal 2016, we settled two construction defect claims relating to the Northeast segment which made up the majority of the payments. During the first half of fiscal 2015, we settled a class action suit which alleged specified issues related to the HVAC systems installed in certain of the Company’s homes, with the majority of the settlement being paid by our insurance carriers.

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Note 7 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

7. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

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, results of operations or cash flows, and we are subject to extensive and complex laws and regulations that affect the development of land and home building, sales and customer financing processes, including zoning, density, building standards and mortgage financing. These laws and 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, including those regulating the emission or discharge of materials into the environment, the management of stormwater runoff at construction sites, the handling, use, storage and disposal of hazardous substances, impacts to wetlands and other sensitive environments, and the remediation of contamination at properties that we have owned or developed or currently own or are developing (“environmental laws”). 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. In addition, noncompliance with these laws and regulations could result in fines and penalties, obligations to remediate, permit revocations or other sanctions; and contamination or other environmental conditions at or in the vicinity of our developments may result in claims against us for personal injury, property damage or other losses.

In March 2013, we received a letter from the Environmental Protection Agency (“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 ceased operations many years before the Company entity involved acquired the properties in the area and carried out the re-development project. We responded to the EPA’s request. In August 2013, we were notified that the EPA considers us a potentially responsible party (or “PRP”) with respect to the site, that the EPA will clean up the site, and that the EPA is proposing that we fund and/or contribute towards the cleanup of the contamination at the site. We began preliminary discussions with the EPA concerning a possible resolution but do not know the scope or extent of the Company’s obligations, if any, that may arise from the site and therefore cannot provide any assurance that this matter will not have a material impact on the Company. The EPA requested additional information in April 2014 and the Company has responded to its information request.

We anticipate that increasingly stringent requirements will be imposed on developers and homebuilders in the future. Although we cannot reliably predict the extent of any effect these requirements may have on us, 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, our ability to obtain or renew permits or approvals and 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. 

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Note 8 - Restricted Cash and Deposits

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Cash and Cash Equivalents Disclosure [Text Block]

8. Restricted Cash and Deposits

Cash represents cash deposited in checking accounts. Cash equivalents include 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. At April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, $8.6 million and $15.8 million, respectively, of the total cash and cash equivalents was in cash equivalents, the book value of which approximates fair value.

Restricted cash and cash equivalents on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets totaled $25.4 million and $26.5 million as of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively, which includes cash collateralizing our letter of credit agreements and facilities as discussed in Note 10. Also included in this balance were (1) homebuilding and financial services customers’ deposits of $4.0 million and $17.1 million at April 30, 2016, respectively, and $4.7 million and $17.2 million as of October 31, 2015, respectively, which are restricted from use by us, and (2) $2.0 million of restricted cash at both April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, under the terms of our mortgage warehouse lines of credit.

Total Homebuilding Customers’ deposits are shown as a liability on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. These liabilities are significantly more than the applicable periods’ restricted 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 these customer deposits to cash by pledging letters of credit and surety bonds.

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Note 9 - Mortgage Loans Held for Sale

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

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

9. Mortgage Loans Held for Sale

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 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in “Revenues: Financial services.” We currently use forward sales of mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”), interest rate commitments from borrowers and mandatory and/or best efforts forward commitments to sell loans to third-party purchasers to protect us from interest rate fluctuations. These short-term instruments, which do not require any payments to be made to the counterparty or purchaser 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 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in “Revenues: Financial services.”

At April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, $116.8 million and $114.0 million, respectively, 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 Sheets. As of April 30, 2016 and 2015, we had reserves specifically for 132 and 131 identified mortgage loans, respectively, as well as reserves for an estimate for future losses on mortgages sold but not yet identified to us.

The activity in our loan origination reserves during the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended April 30,					Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2016		2015			2016		2015
Loan origination reserves, beginning of period		$8,028		$7,981			$8,025		$7,352
Provisions for losses during the period		117		68			158		129
Adjustments to pre-existing provisions for losses from changes in estimates		161		(107	)		123		461
Loan origination reserves, end of period		$8,306		$7,942			$8,306		$7,942

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Note 10 - Mortgage and Notes Payable

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Line of Credit [Text Block]

10. Mortgage and Notes Payable

We had nonrecourse mortgage loans for certain communities totaling $125.1 million and $143.9 million at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively, which are secured by the related real property, including any improvements, with an aggregate book value of $330.9 million and $388.1 million, respectively. The weighted-average interest rate on these obligations was 4.6% and 5.1% at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively, and the mortgage loan payments on each community primarily correspond to home deliveries. We also had nonrecourse mortgage loans on our corporate headquarters totaling $14.9 million and $15.5 million at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively. These loans had a weighted-average interest rate of 8.8% at both April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015. As of April 30, 2016, these loans have remaining installment obligations with annual principal maturities in the years ending October 31 of: $0.6 million in 2016, $1.3 million in 2017, $1.4 million in 2018, $1.5 million in 2019, $1.7 million in 2020 and $8.4 million after 2020.

In June 2013, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (“K. Hovnanian”), as borrower, and we and certain of our subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into a five-year, $75.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with Citicorp USA, Inc., as administrative agent and issuing bank, and Citibank, N.A., as a lender. The Credit Facility is available for both letters of credit and general corporate purposes. The Credit Facility does not contain any financial maintenance covenants, but does contain certain restrictive covenants that track those contained in our indenture governing the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, which are described in Note 11. The Credit Facility also contains certain customary events of default which would permit the administrative agent at the request of the required lenders to, among other things, declare all loans then outstanding to be immediately due and payable if such default is not cured within applicable grace periods, including the failure to make timely payments of amounts payable under the Credit Facility or other material indebtedness or the acceleration of other material indebtedness, the failure to comply with agreements and covenants or for representations or warranties to be correct in all material respects when made, specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency, and the entry of a material judgment against a loan party. Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility accrue interest at an annual rate equal to either, as selected by K. Hovnanian, (i) the alternate base rate plus the applicable spread determined on the date of such borrowing or (ii) an adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) rate plus the applicable spread determined as of the date two business days prior to the first day of the interest period for such borrowing. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015 there were $50.0 million and $47.0 million of borrowings, respectively, and $22.4 million and $25.9 million of letters of credit outstanding, respectively, under the Credit Facility. As of April 30, 2016, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Facility.

In addition to the Credit Facility, we have certain stand–alone cash collateralized letter of credit agreements and facilities under which there were a total of $2.2 million and $2.6 million letters of credit outstanding at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, 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, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the amount of cash collateral in these segregated accounts was $2.3 million and $2.6 million, respectively, which is reflected in “Restricted cash and cash equivalents” 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. In certain instances, we retain the servicing rights for a small amount of loans. Our secured Master Repurchase Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on January 29, 2016, is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through January 31, 2017. 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 0.44% at April 30, 2016, plus the applicable margin of 2.5% or 2.63% based upon type of loan. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Chase Master Repurchase Agreement was $31.9 million and $30.5 million, respectively.

K. Hovnanian Mortgage has another secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Customers Bank (“Customers Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on February 18, 2016 to extend the maturity date to February 17, 2017, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $25.0 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 rate, plus the applicable margin ranging from 2.5% to 5.25% based on the type of loan and the number of days outstanding on the warehouse line. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Customers Master Repurchase Agreement was $24.1 million and $29.7 million, respectively.

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 February 23, 2016, that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $50.0 million through February 21, 2017. 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 Base Rate (as defined in the loan documents), which was

0.85% at April 30, 2016, plus an applicable margin of 2.25% to 2.5%. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement was $27.6 million and $30.1 million, respectively.

In February 2014, K. Hovnanian Mortgage executed a secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Comerica Bank (“Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on December 28, 2015 to extend the maturity date to December 27, 2016. The Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to $35.0 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 monthly at the current LIBOR rate, subject to a floor of

0.25%, plus the applicable margin of 2.5%. As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement was $25.5 million and $18.6 million, respectively.

The Chase Master Repurchase Agreement, Customers Master Repurchase Agreement, Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement and Comerica 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 applicable agreement, we do not consider any of these covenants to be substantive or material. As of April 30, 2016, we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Master Repurchase Agreements.

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Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

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11. Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing and Senior Exchangeable Notes

Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing and Senior Exchangeable Notes balances as of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, were as follows:

(In thousands)	April 30, 2016		October 31, 2015
Senior Secured Notes:
7.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due October 15, 2020		$577,000		$577,000
9.125% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due November 15, 2020		220,000		220,000
2.0% Senior Secured Notes due November 1, 2021 (net of discount)		53,143		53,139
5.0% Senior Secured Notes due November 1, 2021 (net of discount)		131,943		131,207
Total Senior Secured Notes		$982,086		$981,346
Senior Notes:
6.25% Senior Notes due January 15, 2016 (net of discount)		$-		$172,744
7.5% Senior Notes due May 15, 2016		86,532		86,532
8.625% Senior Notes due January 15, 2017		121,043		121,043
7.0% Senior Notes due January 15, 2019		150,000		150,000
8.0% Senior Notes due November 1, 2019		250,000		250,000
Total Senior Notes		$607,575		$780,319
11.0% Senior Amortizing Notes due December 1, 2017		$10,516		$12,811
Senior Exchangeable Notes due December 1, 2017		$75,677		$73,771

 Except for 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 and senior exchangeable notes outstanding at April 30, 2016 (see Note 21). In addition, the 5.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “5.0% 2021 Notes”) and the 2.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “2.0% 2021 Notes” and together with the 5.0% 2021 Notes, 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 indentures governing the 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 nonrecourse indebtedness), pay dividends and make distributions on common and preferred stock, repurchase subordinated indebtedness (with respect to certain of the senior secured and senior 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, 2016, 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 12 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, (currently, however, our ability to incur additional permitted indebtedness is limited and we expect it to be limited for the foreseeable future) refinancing indebtedness, and nonrecourse indebtedness. As a result of this ratio restriction, we are currently restricted from paying dividends, which are not cumulative, on our 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock. We anticipate that 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 debt instruments or otherwise affect compliance with any of the covenants contained in our debt instruments.

The 7.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2020 (the “First Lien Notes”) are secured by a first-priority lien and the 9.125% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2020 (the “Second Lien Notes” and, together with the First Lien Notes, the “2020 Secured 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 us, K. Hovnanian and the guarantors of such notes. At April 30, 2016, the aggregate book value of the real property that constituted collateral securing the 2020 Secured Notes was approximately $685.1 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 and cash equivalents collateral that secured the 2020 Secured Notes was $106.4 million as of April 30, 2016, which included $2.3 million of restricted cash collateralizing certain letters of credit. Subsequent to such date, fluctuations as a result of cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments along with cash inflow primarily from deliveries.

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, 2016, the collateral securing the guarantees included (1) $16.5 million of cash and cash equivalents (subsequent to such date, fluctuations as a result of cash uses include general business operations and real estate and other investments along with cash inflow primarily from deliveries); (2) $153.9 million aggregate book value of real property of the Secured Group, 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, and (3) equity interests in guarantors that are members of the Secured Group. 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 $66.3 million as of April 30, 2016; 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 and senior secured notes, and thus have not guaranteed such indebtedness. 

On November 5, 2014, K. Hovnanian issued $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, resulting in net proceeds of $245.7 million. These proceeds were used for general corporate purposes. The notes will mature on November 1, 2019. The notes are redeemable in whole or in part at K. Hovnanian’s option at any time prior to August 1, 2019 at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus an applicable “Make-Whole Amount.” At any time and from time to time on or after August 1, 2019, K. Hovnanian may also redeem some or all of the notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount.

On January 15, 2016, $172.7 million principal amount of our 6.25% Senior Notes due 2016 matured and was paid. In the third quarter of fiscal 2016, on May 15, 2016, $86.5 million principal amount of our 7.5% Senior Notes due 2016 matured and was paid. We have $121.0 million principal amount of our 8.625% Senior Notes due on January 15, 2017. While our preference is to refinance these notes, in light of current availability of debt financing in the capital and loan markets to companies with comparable credit ratings, we may not be able to refinance these obligations or do so at an attractive rate. In this situation, we currently believe we will have sufficient liquidity from our operations and our planned reduction of our geographic operating footprint (as described below) to enable us to pay these notes at maturity. However, depending on market conditions, we may also need to reduce or delay investments or consider other liquidity-enhancing measures such as new land banking arrangements, an increase in joint venture activity and/or project specific financings and model sale leasebacks.

As a result of our evaluation of our geographic operating footprint as it relates to our strategic objectives, we decided to exit the Minneapolis, MN and Raleigh, NC markets, and in the third quarter of fiscal 2016, we completed the sale of our land portfolios in those markets. We have also decided to wind down our operations in the San Francisco Bay area in Northern California and in Tampa, FL by building and delivering homes to sell through our existing land position.

Any other liquidity-enhancing transaction will depend on identifying counterparties, negotiation of documentation and applicable closing conditions and any required approvals. Due to covenant restrictions in our debt instruments, we are currently limited in the amount of debt we can incur that does not qualify as refinancing indebtedness (a limitation that we expect to continue for the foreseeable future), even if market conditions would otherwise be favorable, which could also impact our ability to grow our business.

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Note 12 - Senior Exchangeable Notes

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

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12. Senior Exchangeable Notes

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 Senior Exchangeable Note, and that will accrete to $1,000 at maturity and (2) a senior amortizing note due December 1, 2017 (a “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. If certain corporate events 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. As of April 30, 2016, 18,305 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.

On each June 1 and December 1 (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 was $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.

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Note 13 - Per Share Calculation

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

13. Per Share Calculation

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) (the “numerator”) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, adjusted for nonvested shares of restricted stock (the “denominator”) for the period. 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 nonvested 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 nonforfeitable 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 in periods when we have net income. The Company’s restricted common stock (“nonvested shares”) are considered participating securities.

Incremental shares attributed to nonvested stock and outstanding options to purchase common stock of 0.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2015 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. There were no incremental shares attributed to nonvested stock and outstanding options to purchase common stock for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 and the three months ended April 30, 2015. Also, for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, 15.2 million shares of common stock issuable upon the exchange of our Senior Exchangeable Notes (which were issued in fiscal 2012) were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because we had net losses for the periods.

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 6.4 million for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, and 3.3 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 because to do so would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented.

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Note 14 - Preferred Stock

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Preferred Stock [Text Block]

14. Preferred Stock

On July 12, 2005, we issued 5,600 shares of 7.625% Series A Preferred Stock, with a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are not cumulative and are paid 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, 2016 and 2015, we did not pay any dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock due to covenant restrictions in our debt instruments.

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Note 15 - Common Stock

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Common Stock [Text Block]

15. Common Stock

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 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 (NOL) carryforwards 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 of Directors 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, 2016. As of April 30, 2016, the maximum number of shares of Class A Common Stock that may yet be purchased under this program is 0.5 million.

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Note 16 - Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

16. Income Taxes

The total income tax benefit of $9.1 million and $6.2 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, respectively, was primarily due to deferred taxes, partially offset by state tax expenses and state tax reserves for uncertain tax positions. The six months ended April 30, 2016 was also impacted by permanent differences between book income and taxable income as a result of the issuance of shares under a deferred compensation plan that were expensed during vesting at significantly higher value than the value at the time of issuance. The total income tax benefit of $9.9 million and $15.2 million recognized for the three and six months ended

April 30, 2015, respectively, was primarily due to deferred taxes, partially offset by state tax expenses and state tax reserves for uncertain tax positions.

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.  

As of October 31, 2015, and again at April 30, 2016, we concluded that it was more likely than not that a substantial amount of our deferred tax assets (“DTA”) would be utilized. This conclusion was based on a detailed evaluation of all relevant evidence, both positive and negative. The positive evidence included factors such as positive earnings for two of the last three fiscal years and the expectation of earnings going forward over the long term and evidence of a sustained recovery in the housing markets in which we operate. Such evidence is supported by significant increases in key financial indicators over the last few years, including new orders, backlog, and community count compared with the prior years. Economic data has also been affirming the housing market recovery. Housing starts, homebuilding volume and prices are increasing and forecasted to continue to increase. Historically low mortgage rates, affordable home prices, reduced foreclosures and a favorable home ownership to rental comparison are key factors in the recovery.

Potentially offsetting this positive evidence is the fact that we had a loss before income taxes for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015 as well as for the six months ended April 30, 2016. However, we are not in a three year cumulative loss position as of April 30, 2016. As per ASC 740, cumulative losses are one of the most objectively verifiable forms of negative evidence; we no longer have this negative evidence and we expect to be profitable going forward over the long term. Our recent three years cumulative performance and our expectations for the coming years based on our current backlog, community count and recent sales contracts provide evidence that reaffirms our conclusion that a full valuation allowance was not necessary and that the current valuation allowance for deferred taxes of $635.4 million as of April 30, 2016 is appropriate.

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Note 17 - Operating and Reporting Segments

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

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17. Operating and Reporting Segments

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. Our 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, Washington D.C. and West Virginia)
(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 lifestyle 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 typically 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 any debt repurchases or exchanges.

Evaluation of segment performance is based primarily on operating earnings from continuing operations before provision for income taxes (“Income (loss) before income taxes”). Income (loss) before income taxes for the Homebuilding segments consist of revenues generated from the sales of homes and land, income (loss) from unconsolidated entities, management fees and other income, less the cost of homes and land sold, selling, general and administrative expenses and interest expense. Income before income taxes for the Financial Services segment consist of revenues generated from mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services, less the cost of such services and 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)	2016			2015			2016			2015
Revenues:
Northeast		$54,046			$39,274			$126,550			$90,004
Mid-Atlantic		89,987			76,777			183,807			157,962
Midwest		84,631			73,256			176,551			137,695
Southeast		51,298			49,275			90,550			87,169
Southwest		276,735			190,427			481,060			357,614
West		81,095			27,522			136,673			60,715
Total homebuilding		637,792			456,531			1,195,191			891,159
Financial services		17,003			12,457			35,229			23,579
Corporate and unallocated		(72	)		(39	)		(92	)		(75	)
Total revenues		$654,723			$468,949			$1,230,328			$914,663
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Northeast		$(6,684	)		$(3,812	)		$(3,950	)		$(6,965	)
Mid-Atlantic		1,072			(178	)		3,694			4,999
Midwest		(23	)		1,210			(5,582	)		4,921
Southeast		(7,255	)		(1,202	)		(9,089	)		(2,358	)
Southwest		18,491			14,022			34,860			25,347
West		(4,318	)		(8,963	)		(10,286	)		(11,336	)
Homebuilding income before income taxes		1,283			1,077			9,647			14,608
Financial services		7,385			4,949			17,396			8,754
Corporate and unallocated		(26,272	)		(35,507	)		(57,841	)		(72,523	)
Loss before income taxes		$(17,604	)		$(29,481	)		$(30,798	)		$(49,161	)

(In thousands)	April 30, 2016		October 31, 2015
Assets:
Northeast		$287,781		$321,983
Mid-Atlantic		355,629		342,159
Midwest		169,786		197,899
Southeast		281,694		223,206
Southwest		454,939		465,740
West		298,220		259,943
Total homebuilding		1,848,049		1,810,930
Financial services		160,712		159,981
Corporate and unallocated(1)		509,866		631,387
Total assets		$2,518,627		$2,602,298

(1) Includes $294.1 million and $290.3 million of income taxes receivable, including deferred tax assets, as of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively.

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Note 18 - Investments in Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

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18. Investments in Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures

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 home buyers. 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.

In November 2015, the Company entered into a new joint venture to which the company contributed a land parcel that had been mothballed by the company, but on which construction by the joint venture has now begun. Upon formation of the joint venture, the Company received $25.7 million of cash proceeds for the contributed land.

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, 2016
	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$29,757			$1,642			$31,399
Inventories		400,785			11,692			412,477
Other assets		19,536			-			19,536
Total assets		$450,078			$13,334			$463,412
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		$39,591			$992			$40,583
Notes payable		116,852			3,319			120,171
Total liabilities		156,443			4,311			160,754
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.		66,300			3,271			69,571
Others		227,335			5,752			233,087
Total equity		293,635			9,023			302,658
Total liabilities and equity		$450,078			$13,334			$463,412
Debt to capitalization ratio		28	%		27	%		28	%

(Dollars in thousands)	October 31, 2015
	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$27,856			$1,755			$29,611
Inventories		314,814			11,767			326,581
Other assets		11,225			-			11,225
Total assets		$353,895			$13,522			$367,417
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		$29,994			$669			$30,663
Notes payable		112,554			3,774			116,328
Total liabilities		142,548			4,443			146,991
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.		57,336			3,122			60,458
Others		154,011			5,957			159,968
Total equity		211,347			9,079			220,426
Total liabilities and equity		$353,895			$13,522			$367,417
Debt to capitalization ratio		35	%		29	%		35	%

As of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, we had advances outstanding of $0.5 million and $0.8 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 $70

.1 million and $61.2 million at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively.

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues		$25,760			$521			$26,281
Cost of sales and expenses		(31,480	)		(96	)		(31,576	)
Joint venture net (loss) income		$(5,720	)		$425			$(5,295	)
Our share of net (loss) income		$(1,353	)		$213			$(1,140	)

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues		$27,648			$1,483			$29,131
Cost of sales and expenses		(29,258	)		(1,722	)		(30,980	)
Joint venture net loss		$(1,610	)		$(239	)		$(1,849	)
Our share of net income (loss)		$1,465			$(119	)		$1,346

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues		$46,026			$1,617			$47,643
Cost of sales and expenses		(55,659	)		(1,319	)		(56,978	)
Joint venture net (loss) income		$(9,633	)		$298			$(9,335	)
Our share of net (loss) income		$(2,849	)		$149			$(2,700	)

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues		$64,774			$2,615			$67,389
Cost of sales and expenses		(59,117	)		(2,807	)		(61,924	)
Joint venture net income (loss)		$5,657			$(192	)		$5,465
Our share of net income (loss)		$2,932			$(96	)		$2,836

“(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures” is reflected as a separate line 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 income or loss from these unconsolidated joint ventures in the tables above compared to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations is due primarily 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 $1.1 million and $1.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $1.9 million and $2.4 million for the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, are recorded in “Homebuilding: Selling, general and administrative” on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

In determining whether or not we must consolidate joint ventures that we manage, 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 some of our joint ventures, obtaining financing was challenging, therefore, some of our joint ventures are capitalized only with equity. The total debt to capitalization ratio of all our joint ventures is currently 28%. 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 have determined that we are not the primary beneficiary, and therefore we do not consolidate these entities.  

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Note 19 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

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

19. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606), (“ASU 2014-09”). ASU 2014-09 requires entities to recognize revenue that represents the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount equivalent to the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The following steps should be applied to determine this amount: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. ASU 2014-09 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASU 605, “Revenue Recognition,” and most industry-specific guidance in the Accounting Standards Codification. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14 on this same topic, which defers for one year the effective date of ASU 2014-09, therefore making the guidance effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2018. Additionally, the FASB also decided to permit entities to early adopt the standard, which allows for either full retrospective or modified retrospective methods of adoption, for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, “Disclosure of Uncertainties About an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (“ASU 2014-15”), which requires management to perform interim and annual assessments on whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related disclosures, if required. ASU 2014-15 is effective for the Company for our fiscal year ending October 31, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. We do not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2014-15 to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. 

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, “Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis” (“ASU 2015-02”), which amends the consolidation requirements in ASC 810, primarily related to limited partnerships and VIEs. ASU 2015-02 is effective for the Company beginning on November 1, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. We do not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2015-02 to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.  

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, “Interest - Imputation of Interest” (“ASU 2015-03”), which requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability. This new guidance is a change from the current treatment of recording debt issuance costs as an asset representing a deferred charge, and is consistent with the accounting treatment for debt discounts. The guidance, which requires retrospective application, is effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2015-03 will result in reclassification of our deferred bond issuance costs from assets to an offset of our notes payable on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. Additionally, in August 2015, as a follow-up to ASU 2015-03, the FASB issued ASU 2015-15 “Interest – Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30)” (“ASU 2015-15”). ASU 2015-15 addresses the presentation of debt issuance costs for line-of-credit arrangements, allowing an entity to defer and present debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortize the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. The adoption of ASU 2015-15 will be concurrent with the adoption of ASU 2015-03. The Company does not expect ASU 2015-15 to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” (“ASU 2016-02”), which provides guidance for accounting for leases. ASU 2016-02 requires lessees to classify leases as either finance or operating leases and to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term greater than 12 months regardless of the lease classification. The lease classification will determine whether the lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest rate method or on a straight line basis over the term of the lease. Accounting for lessors remains largely unchanged from current GAAP. ASU 2016-02 is effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting” (“ASU 2016-09”). ASU 2016-09 simplifies several aspects related to the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the accounting for income taxes, statutory tax withholding requirements and classification on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning November 1, 2017. Early adoption is permitted and the Company elected to adopt ASU 2016-09 in the second quarter of fiscal 2016. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]

20.   Fair Value of Financial Instruments

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, 2016			Fair Value at October 31, 2015
Mortgage loans held for sale (1)	Level 2		$130,017			$129,818
Interest rate lock commitments	Level 2		23			(7	)
Forward contracts	Level 2		(41	)		509
Total			$129,999			$130,320

(1)  The aggregate unpaid principal balance was $118.4 million and $122.7 million at April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, 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. Fair value of loans held for sale is based on independent quoted market prices, where available, or the prices for other mortgage loans with similar characteristics.

The Financial Services segment had a pipeline of loan applications in process of $798.5 million at April 30, 2016. Loans in process for which interest rates were committed to the borrowers totaled $60.1 million as of April 30, 2016. 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 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, 2016, the segment had open commitments amounting to $27.5 million to sell MBS with varying settlement dates through May 23, 2016.

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, 2016
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues		$(1,178	)		$(377	)		$593

	Three Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues		$(233	)		$(325	)		$880

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues		$3,829		$30		$(550	)

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues		$(173	)		$(59	)		$498

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:

Nonfinancial Assets

		Three Months Ended
		April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3		$15,710		$(4,730	)		$10,980
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3		$1,012		$(646	)		$366

		Three Months Ended
		April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3		$11,055		$(3,543	)		$7,512
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3		$-		$-			$-

		Six Months Ended
		April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3		$44,238		$(14,399	)		$29,839
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3		$1,169		$(694	)		$475

		Six Months Ended
		April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3		$16,756		$(4,466	)		$12,290
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3		$-		$-			$-

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 $5.4 million and $15.1 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016, respectively, and $3.5 million and $4.4 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively.

The fair value of our cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and borrowings under the revolving credit facility 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 the senior 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, was estimated at $487.5 million and $689.6 million as of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively.

The fair value of each of the senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), the senior amortizing notes and the 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), the senior amortizing notes and the senior exchangeable notes were estimated at $809.2 million, $10.5 million and $64.0 million, respectively, as of April 30, 2016. As of October 31, 2015, the fair value of the senior secured notes (all series in the aggregate), the senior amortizing notes and the senior exchangeable notes were estimated at $869.4 million, $12.8 million and $69.0 million, respectively.

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Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Condensed Financial Statements [Text Block]

21. Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., the parent company (the “Parent”), is the issuer of publicly traded common stock and preferred stock, which is represented by depository shares. One of its wholly owned subsidiaries, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Subsidiary Issuer”), acts as a finance entity that, as of April 30, 2016, had issued and outstanding $992.0 million of senior secured notes ($982.1 million, net of discount), $607.6 million senior notes and $10.5 million senior amortizing notes and $75.7 million senior exchangeable notes (issued as components of our 6.0% Exchangeable Note Units). The senior secured notes, senior notes, senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable 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 and senior 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 unsecured notes (except for the 7.0% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”) and the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019), senior amortizing notes and senior exchangeable notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). The 2019 Notes, the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, 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 under the Act. The Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements presented below are in respect of our registered notes only and not the 2019 Notes, the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019, the 2020 Secured Notes or the 2021 Notes (however, the Guarantor Subsidiaries for the 2019 Notes, the 8.0% Senior Notes due 2019 and 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, 2016

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding		$-			$102,903			$1,474,850		$486,093		$-			$2,063,846
Financial services								14,937		145,775					160,712
Income taxes receivable		140,353			(73,884	)		227,575		25					294,069
Intercompany receivable					1,522,624					28,208		(1,550,832	)		-
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries								414,580				(414,580	)		-
Total assets		$140,353			$1,551,643			$2,131,942		$660,101		$(1,965,412	)		$2,518,627
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding		$2,823			$73			$640,813		$125,561		$-			$769,270
Financial services								14,580		122,126					136,706
Notes payable					1,760,690			4,030		253					1,764,973
Intercompany payable		174,877						1,375,955				(1,550,832	)		-
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries		114,975			26,059							(141,034	)		-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity		(152,322	)		(235,179	)		96,564		412,161		(273,546	)		(152,322	)
Total liabilities and equity		$140,353			$1,551,643			$2,131,942		$660,101		$(1,965,412	)		$2,518,627

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

OCTOBER 31, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding		$-			$230,358			$1,553,811		$367,869		$-			$2,152,038
Financial services								15,680		144,301					159,981
Income taxes receivable		128,176			(89,212	)		251,293		22					290,279
Intercompany receivable					1,575,712					58,280		(1,633,992	)		-
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries					1,013			383,032				(384,045	)		-
Total assets		$128,176			$1,717,871			$2,203,816		$570,472		$(2,018,037	)		$2,602,298
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding		$3,076			$87			$588,854		$65,947		$-			$657,964
Financial services								15,677		121,106					136,783
Notes payable					1,933,119			2,132		384					1,935,635
Intercompany payable		180,681						1,453,311				(1,633,992	)		-
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries		72,503										(72,503	)		-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity		(128,084	)		(215,335	)		143,842		383,035		(311,542	)		(128,084	)
Total liabilities and equity		$128,176			$1,717,871			$2,203,816		$570,472		$(2,018,037	)		$2,602,298

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2016

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding		$-			$-			$523,418			$114,302			$-			$637,720
Financial services								2,676			14,327						17,003
Intercompany charges					26,567									(26,567	)		-
Total revenues		-			26,567			526,094			128,629			(26,567	)		654,723
Expenses:
Homebuilding		(343	)		33,396			525,553			102,757						661,363
Financial services								1,823			7,795						9,618
Intercompany charges								25,838			729			(26,567	)		-
Total expenses		(343	)		33,396			553,214			111,281			(26,567	)		670,981
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures								7			(1,353	)					(1,346	)
(Loss) income before income taxes		343			(6,829	)		(27,113	)		15,995			-			(17,604	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(4,885	)		(8,410	)		4,152									(9,143	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(13,689	)		(13,562	)		15,995						11,256			-
Net (loss) income		$(8,461	)		$(11,981	)		$(15,270	)		$15,995			$11,256			$(8,461	)

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding		$-			$-			$390,898			$65,594		$-			$456,492
Financial services								1,935			10,522					12,457
Intercompany charges					31,873						66		(31,939	)		-
Total revenues		-			31,873			392,833			76,182		(31,939	)		468,949
Expenses:
Homebuilding		3,082			38,387			392,535			58,384					492,388
Financial services		20						1,556			5,932					7,508
Intercompany charges								31,939					(31,939	)		-
Total expenses		3,102			38,387			426,030			64,316		(31,939	)		499,896
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures											1,466					1,466
(Loss) income before income taxes		(3,102	)		(6,514	)		(33,197	)		13,332		-			(29,481	)
State and federal income tax benefit		(5,906	)					(4,016	)							(9,922	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(22,363	)		(13,558	)		13,332					22,589			-
Net (loss) income		$(19,559	)		$(20,072	)		$(15,849	)		$13,332		$22,589			$(19,559	)

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2016

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding		$-			$-			$998,328			$196,771			$-			$1,195,099
Financial services								4,921			30,308						35,229
Intercompany charges					61,107									(61,107	)		-
Total revenues		-			61,107			1,003,249			227,079			(61,107	)		1,230,328
Expenses:
Homebuilding		1,597			69,207			992,173			177,490						1,240,467
Financial services								3,447			14,386						17,833
Intercompany charges								60,301			806			(61,107	)		-
Total expenses		1,597			69,207			1,055,921			192,682			(61,107	)		1,258,300
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures								23			(2,849	)					(2,826	)
(Loss) income before income taxes		(1,597	)		(8,100	)		(52,649	)		31,548			-			(30,798	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(19,435	)		(15,328	)		28,599									(6,164	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(42,472	)		(27,072	)		31,548						37,996			-
Net (loss) income		$(24,634	)		$(19,844	)		$(49,700	)		$31,548			$37,996			$(24,634	)

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding		$-			$-			$756,087			$134,997		$-			$891,084
Financial services								3,768			19,811					23,579
Intercompany charges					60,385								(60,385	)		-
Total revenues		-			60,385			759,855			154,808		(60,385	)		914,663
Expenses:
Homebuilding		6,793			76,215			750,044			118,865					951,917
Financial services		88						3,129			11,608					14,825
Intercompany charges								60,321			64		(60,385	)		-
Total expenses		6,881			76,215			813,494			130,537		(60,385	)		966,742
Income (loss) from unconsolidated joint ventures								(14	)		2,932					2,918
(Loss) income before income taxes		(6,881	)		(15,830	)		(53,653	)		27,203		-			(49,161	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(18,192	)					2,966								(15,226	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(45,246	)		(26,364	)		27,203					44,407			-
Net (loss) income		$(33,935	)		$(42,194	)		$(29,416	)		$27,203		$44,407			$(33,935	)

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2016

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income		$(24,634	)		$(19,844	)		$(49,700	)		$31,548			$37,996			$(24,634	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities		(12,034	)		22,078			120,711			(99,312	)		(37,996	)		(6,553	)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities		(36,668	)		2,234			71,011			(67,764	)		-			(31,187	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of property and assets								94			21						115
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions								(1,620	)		(31	)					(1,651	)
Increase in restricted cash related to mortgage company											(204	)					(204	)
Decrease in restricted cash related to letters of credit					325												325
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures					(130	)		(990	)		(15,623	)					(16,743	)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures					(186	)		1,087			4,164						5,065
Intercompany investing activities					80,160									(80,160	)		-
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		-			80,169			(1,429	)		(11,673	)		(80,160	)		(13,093	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net payments related to mortgages and notes								(13,649	)		(5,490	)					(19,139	)
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs								3,179			(1,960	)					1,219
Net proceeds from land bank financing programs								90,425			24,048						114,473
Payments related to senior notes and senior amortizing notes					(175,040	)											(175,040	)
Borrowings from revolving credit facility					3,000												3,000
Net proceeds related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit											257						257
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances								(3,380	)		(1,201	)					(4,581	)
Intercompany financing activities		36,668						(146,900	)		30,072			80,160			-
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		36,668			(172,040	)		(70,325	)		45,726			80,160			(79,811	)
Net decrease in cash		-			(89,637	)		(743	)		(33,711	)		-			(124,091	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period					199,318			(4,800	)		59,227						253,745
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period		$-			$109,681			$(5,543	)		$25,516			$-			$129,654

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015

(In Thousands)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income		$(33,935	)		$(42,194	)		$(29,416	)		$27,203			$44,407			$(33,935	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities		(7,989	)		18,740			(101,623	)		(86,915	)		(44,407	)		(222,194	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(41,924	)		(23,454	)		(131,039	)		(59,712	)		-			(256,129	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of property and assets								952			31						983
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions								(1,172	)								(1,172	)
Decrease in restricted cash related to mortgage company											1,645						1,645
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures					81			146			(15,766	)					(15,539	)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures					(33	)		339			7,039						7,345
Intercompany investing activities					(165,853	)								165,853			-
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		-			(165,805	)		265			(7,051	)		165,853			(6,738	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net proceeds from mortgages and notes								6,336			8,375						14,711
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs								11,746			1,595						13,341
Net payments related to land bank financing programs								(9,124	)		(3,879	)					(13,003	)
Proceeds from senior notes					250,000												250,000
Net proceeds related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit											6,047						6,047
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances					(4,627	)		(1,016	)		(850	)					(6,493	)
Principal payments and debt repurchases					(2,062	)											(2,062	)
Intercompany financing activities		41,924						124,498			(569	)		(165,853	)		-
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		41,924			243,311			132,440			10,719			(165,853	)		262,541
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		-			54,052			1,666			(56,044	)		-			(326	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period					159,508			(4,726	)		107,116						261,898
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period		$-			$213,560			$(3,060	)		$51,072			$-			$261,572

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Note 22 - Transactions with Related Parties

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

22. Transactions with Related Parties

During the three months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, an engineering firm owned by Tavit Najarian, a relative of our Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, provided services to the Company totaling $0.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively. During the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, the services provided by such engineering firm to the Company totaled $0.7 million and $0.5 million, respectively. Neither the Company nor the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer has a financial interest in the relative’s company from whom the services were provided.

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Note 23 - Subsequent Events

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Subsequent Events [Text Block]

23. Subsequent Events

In May 2016, we received an aggregate of $75.1 million in net cash proceeds from sales of our land portfolios in our Minnesota and North Carolina markets and from the contribution of land to a new joint venture. In addition, on May 15, 2016, all $86.5 million in aggregate principal amount of our 7.5% Senior Notes due 2016 matured and was paid.

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Note 3 - Interest (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes Tables

Schedule of Real Estate Inventory, Capitalized Interest Costs [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Interest capitalized at beginning of period		$117,113		$114,241		$123,898		$109,158
Plus interest incurred (1)		44,224		40,703		86,183		82,175
Less cost of sales interest expensed		21,444		12,013		38,287		23,331
Less other interest expensed (2)(3)		24,084		23,030		45,309		48,101
Less interest contributed to unconsolidated joint venture (4)		-		-		10,676		-
Interest capitalized at end of period (5)		$115,809		$119,901		$115,809		$119,901

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

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2016			2015			2016		2015
Other interest expensed		$24,084			$23,030			$45,309		$48,101
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries		851			268			1,410		676
Decrease (increase) in accrued interest		(9,948	)		(8,726	)		1,268		(7,716	)
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest		$14,987			$14,572			$47,987		$41,061

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Note 6 - Warranty Costs (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes Tables

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2016			2015			2016			2015
Balance, beginning of period		$133,389			$181,833			$135,053			$178,008
Additions – Selling, general and administrative		4,292			4,331			8,915			9,580
Additions – Cost of sales		4,539			5,635			7,921			8,816
Charges incurred during the period		(5,514	)		(30,492	)		(15,183	)		(35,097	)
Changes to pre-existing reserves		-			-			-			-
Balance, end of period		$136,706			$161,307			$136,706			$161,307

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Note 9 - Mortgage Loans Held for Sale (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes Tables

Allowance for Credit Losses on Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended April 30,					Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2016		2015			2016		2015
Loan origination reserves, beginning of period		$8,028		$7,981			$8,025		$7,352
Provisions for losses during the period		117		68			158		129
Adjustments to pre-existing provisions for losses from changes in estimates		161		(107	)		123		461
Loan origination reserves, end of period		$8,306		$7,942			$8,306		$7,942

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Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes Tables

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)	April 30, 2016		October 31, 2015
Senior Secured Notes:
7.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due October 15, 2020		$577,000		$577,000
9.125% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due November 15, 2020		220,000		220,000
2.0% Senior Secured Notes due November 1, 2021 (net of discount)		53,143		53,139
5.0% Senior Secured Notes due November 1, 2021 (net of discount)		131,943		131,207
Total Senior Secured Notes		$982,086		$981,346
Senior Notes:
6.25% Senior Notes due January 15, 2016 (net of discount)		$-		$172,744
7.5% Senior Notes due May 15, 2016		86,532		86,532
8.625% Senior Notes due January 15, 2017		121,043		121,043
7.0% Senior Notes due January 15, 2019		150,000		150,000
8.0% Senior Notes due November 1, 2019		250,000		250,000
Total Senior Notes		$607,575		$780,319
11.0% Senior Amortizing Notes due December 1, 2017		$10,516		$12,811
Senior Exchangeable Notes due December 1, 2017		$75,677		$73,771

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Note 17 - Operating and Reporting Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Operating Segments [Member]

Notes Tables

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

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2016			2015			2016			2015
Revenues:
Northeast		$54,046			$39,274			$126,550			$90,004
Mid-Atlantic		89,987			76,777			183,807			157,962
Midwest		84,631			73,256			176,551			137,695
Southeast		51,298			49,275			90,550			87,169
Southwest		276,735			190,427			481,060			357,614
West		81,095			27,522			136,673			60,715
Total homebuilding		637,792			456,531			1,195,191			891,159
Financial services		17,003			12,457			35,229			23,579
Corporate and unallocated		(72	)		(39	)		(92	)		(75	)
Total revenues		$654,723			$468,949			$1,230,328			$914,663
(Loss) income before income taxes:
Northeast		$(6,684	)		$(3,812	)		$(3,950	)		$(6,965	)
Mid-Atlantic		1,072			(178	)		3,694			4,999
Midwest		(23	)		1,210			(5,582	)		4,921
Southeast		(7,255	)		(1,202	)		(9,089	)		(2,358	)
Southwest		18,491			14,022			34,860			25,347
West		(4,318	)		(8,963	)		(10,286	)		(11,336	)
Homebuilding income before income taxes		1,283			1,077			9,647			14,608
Financial services		7,385			4,949			17,396			8,754
Corporate and unallocated		(26,272	)		(35,507	)		(57,841	)		(72,523	)
Loss before income taxes		$(17,604	)		$(29,481	)		$(30,798	)		$(49,161	)

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

(In thousands)	April 30, 2016		October 31, 2015
Assets:
Northeast		$287,781		$321,983
Mid-Atlantic		355,629		342,159
Midwest		169,786		197,899
Southeast		281,694		223,206
Southwest		454,939		465,740
West		298,220		259,943
Total homebuilding		1,848,049		1,810,930
Financial services		160,712		159,981
Corporate and unallocated(1)		509,866		631,387
Total assets		$2,518,627		$2,602,298

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Note 18 - Investments in Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes Tables

Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

(Dollars in thousands)	April 30, 2016
	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$29,757			$1,642			$31,399
Inventories		400,785			11,692			412,477
Other assets		19,536			-			19,536
Total assets		$450,078			$13,334			$463,412
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		$39,591			$992			$40,583
Notes payable		116,852			3,319			120,171
Total liabilities		156,443			4,311			160,754
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.		66,300			3,271			69,571
Others		227,335			5,752			233,087
Total equity		293,635			9,023			302,658
Total liabilities and equity		$450,078			$13,334			$463,412
Debt to capitalization ratio		28	%		27	%		28	%

(Dollars in thousands)	October 31, 2015
	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$27,856			$1,755			$29,611
Inventories		314,814			11,767			326,581
Other assets		11,225			-			11,225
Total assets		$353,895			$13,522			$367,417
Liabilities and equity:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		$29,994			$669			$30,663
Notes payable		112,554			3,774			116,328
Total liabilities		142,548			4,443			146,991
Equity of:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.		57,336			3,122			60,458
Others		154,011			5,957			159,968
Total equity		211,347			9,079			220,426
Total liabilities and equity		$353,895			$13,522			$367,417
Debt to capitalization ratio		35	%		29	%		35	%

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues		$25,760			$521			$26,281
Cost of sales and expenses		(31,480	)		(96	)		(31,576	)
Joint venture net (loss) income		$(5,720	)		$425			$(5,295	)
Our share of net (loss) income		$(1,353	)		$213			$(1,140	)

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues		$27,648			$1,483			$29,131
Cost of sales and expenses		(29,258	)		(1,722	)		(30,980	)
Joint venture net loss		$(1,610	)		$(239	)		$(1,849	)
Our share of net income (loss)		$1,465			$(119	)		$1,346

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues		$46,026			$1,617			$47,643
Cost of sales and expenses		(55,659	)		(1,319	)		(56,978	)
Joint venture net (loss) income		$(9,633	)		$298			$(9,335	)
Our share of net (loss) income		$(2,849	)		$149			$(2,700	)

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Homebuilding			Land Development			Total
Revenues		$64,774			$2,615			$67,389
Cost of sales and expenses		(59,117	)		(2,807	)		(61,924	)
Joint venture net income (loss)		$5,657			$(192	)		$5,465
Our share of net income (loss)		$2,932			$(96	)		$2,836

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Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes Tables

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

(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Fair Value at April 30, 2016			Fair Value at October 31, 2015
Mortgage loans held for sale (1)	Level 2		$130,017			$129,818
Interest rate lock commitments	Level 2		23			(7	)
Forward contracts	Level 2		(41	)		509
Total			$129,999			$130,320

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

	Three Months Ended April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues		$(1,178	)		$(377	)		$593

	Three Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues		$(233	)		$(325	)		$880

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale		Interest Rate Lock Commitments		Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues		$3,829		$30		$(550	)

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Mortgage Loans Held For Sale			Interest Rate Lock Commitments			Forward Contracts
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues		$(173	)		$(59	)		$498

Fair Value Measurements, Nonrecurring [Table Text Block]

		Three Months Ended
		April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3		$15,710		$(4,730	)		$10,980
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3		$1,012		$(646	)		$366

		Three Months Ended
		April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3		$11,055		$(3,543	)		$7,512
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3		$-		$-			$-

		Six Months Ended
		April 30, 2016
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3		$44,238		$(14,399	)		$29,839
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3		$1,169		$(694	)		$475

		Six Months Ended
		April 30, 2015
(In thousands)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Pre-Impairment Amount		Total Losses			Fair Value
Sold and unsold homes and lots under development	Level 3		$16,756		$(4,466	)		$12,290
Land and land options held for future development or sale	Level 3		$-		$-			$-

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Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Notes Tables

Condensed Balance Sheet [Table Text Block]

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding		$-			$102,903			$1,474,850		$486,093		$-			$2,063,846
Financial services								14,937		145,775					160,712
Income taxes receivable		140,353			(73,884	)		227,575		25					294,069
Intercompany receivable					1,522,624					28,208		(1,550,832	)		-
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries								414,580				(414,580	)		-
Total assets		$140,353			$1,551,643			$2,131,942		$660,101		$(1,965,412	)		$2,518,627
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding		$2,823			$73			$640,813		$125,561		$-			$769,270
Financial services								14,580		122,126					136,706
Notes payable					1,760,690			4,030		253					1,764,973
Intercompany payable		174,877						1,375,955				(1,550,832	)		-
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries		114,975			26,059							(141,034	)		-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity		(152,322	)		(235,179	)		96,564		412,161		(273,546	)		(152,322	)
Total liabilities and equity		$140,353			$1,551,643			$2,131,942		$660,101		$(1,965,412	)		$2,518,627

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS:
Homebuilding		$-			$230,358			$1,553,811		$367,869		$-			$2,152,038
Financial services								15,680		144,301					159,981
Income taxes receivable		128,176			(89,212	)		251,293		22					290,279
Intercompany receivable					1,575,712					58,280		(1,633,992	)		-
Investments in and amounts due from consolidated subsidiaries					1,013			383,032				(384,045	)		-
Total assets		$128,176			$1,717,871			$2,203,816		$570,472		$(2,018,037	)		$2,602,298
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Homebuilding		$3,076			$87			$588,854		$65,947		$-			$657,964
Financial services								15,677		121,106					136,783
Notes payable					1,933,119			2,132		384					1,935,635
Intercompany payable		180,681						1,453,311				(1,633,992	)		-
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries		72,503										(72,503	)		-
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity		(128,084	)		(215,335	)		143,842		383,035		(311,542	)		(128,084	)
Total liabilities and equity		$128,176			$1,717,871			$2,203,816		$570,472		$(2,018,037	)		$2,602,298

Condensed Income Statement [Table Text Block]

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding		$-			$-			$523,418			$114,302			$-			$637,720
Financial services								2,676			14,327						17,003
Intercompany charges					26,567									(26,567	)		-
Total revenues		-			26,567			526,094			128,629			(26,567	)		654,723
Expenses:
Homebuilding		(343	)		33,396			525,553			102,757						661,363
Financial services								1,823			7,795						9,618
Intercompany charges								25,838			729			(26,567	)		-
Total expenses		(343	)		33,396			553,214			111,281			(26,567	)		670,981
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures								7			(1,353	)					(1,346	)
(Loss) income before income taxes		343			(6,829	)		(27,113	)		15,995			-			(17,604	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(4,885	)		(8,410	)		4,152									(9,143	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(13,689	)		(13,562	)		15,995						11,256			-
Net (loss) income		$(8,461	)		$(11,981	)		$(15,270	)		$15,995			$11,256			$(8,461	)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding		$-			$-			$390,898			$65,594		$-			$456,492
Financial services								1,935			10,522					12,457
Intercompany charges					31,873						66		(31,939	)		-
Total revenues		-			31,873			392,833			76,182		(31,939	)		468,949
Expenses:
Homebuilding		3,082			38,387			392,535			58,384					492,388
Financial services		20						1,556			5,932					7,508
Intercompany charges								31,939					(31,939	)		-
Total expenses		3,102			38,387			426,030			64,316		(31,939	)		499,896
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures											1,466					1,466
(Loss) income before income taxes		(3,102	)		(6,514	)		(33,197	)		13,332		-			(29,481	)
State and federal income tax benefit		(5,906	)					(4,016	)							(9,922	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(22,363	)		(13,558	)		13,332					22,589			-
Net (loss) income		$(19,559	)		$(20,072	)		$(15,849	)		$13,332		$22,589			$(19,559	)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding		$-			$-			$998,328			$196,771			$-			$1,195,099
Financial services								4,921			30,308						35,229
Intercompany charges					61,107									(61,107	)		-
Total revenues		-			61,107			1,003,249			227,079			(61,107	)		1,230,328
Expenses:
Homebuilding		1,597			69,207			992,173			177,490						1,240,467
Financial services								3,447			14,386						17,833
Intercompany charges								60,301			806			(61,107	)		-
Total expenses		1,597			69,207			1,055,921			192,682			(61,107	)		1,258,300
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures								23			(2,849	)					(2,826	)
(Loss) income before income taxes		(1,597	)		(8,100	)		(52,649	)		31,548			-			(30,798	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(19,435	)		(15,328	)		28,599									(6,164	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(42,472	)		(27,072	)		31,548						37,996			-
Net (loss) income		$(24,634	)		$(19,844	)		$(49,700	)		$31,548			$37,996			$(24,634	)

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Homebuilding		$-			$-			$756,087			$134,997		$-			$891,084
Financial services								3,768			19,811					23,579
Intercompany charges					60,385								(60,385	)		-
Total revenues		-			60,385			759,855			154,808		(60,385	)		914,663
Expenses:
Homebuilding		6,793			76,215			750,044			118,865					951,917
Financial services		88						3,129			11,608					14,825
Intercompany charges								60,321			64		(60,385	)		-
Total expenses		6,881			76,215			813,494			130,537		(60,385	)		966,742
Income (loss) from unconsolidated joint ventures								(14	)		2,932					2,918
(Loss) income before income taxes		(6,881	)		(15,830	)		(53,653	)		27,203		-			(49,161	)
State and federal income tax (benefit) provision		(18,192	)					2,966								(15,226	)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries		(45,246	)		(26,364	)		27,203					44,407			-
Net (loss) income		$(33,935	)		$(42,194	)		$(29,416	)		$27,203		$44,407			$(33,935	)

Condensed Cash Flow Statement [Table Text Block]

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income		$(24,634	)		$(19,844	)		$(49,700	)		$31,548			$37,996			$(24,634	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities		(12,034	)		22,078			120,711			(99,312	)		(37,996	)		(6,553	)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities		(36,668	)		2,234			71,011			(67,764	)		-			(31,187	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of property and assets								94			21						115
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions								(1,620	)		(31	)					(1,651	)
Increase in restricted cash related to mortgage company											(204	)					(204	)
Decrease in restricted cash related to letters of credit					325												325
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures					(130	)		(990	)		(15,623	)					(16,743	)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures					(186	)		1,087			4,164						5,065
Intercompany investing activities					80,160									(80,160	)		-
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		-			80,169			(1,429	)		(11,673	)		(80,160	)		(13,093	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net payments related to mortgages and notes								(13,649	)		(5,490	)					(19,139	)
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs								3,179			(1,960	)					1,219
Net proceeds from land bank financing programs								90,425			24,048						114,473
Payments related to senior notes and senior amortizing notes					(175,040	)											(175,040	)
Borrowings from revolving credit facility					3,000												3,000
Net proceeds related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit											257						257
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances								(3,380	)		(1,201	)					(4,581	)
Intercompany financing activities		36,668						(146,900	)		30,072			80,160			-
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		36,668			(172,040	)		(70,325	)		45,726			80,160			(79,811	)
Net decrease in cash		-			(89,637	)		(743	)		(33,711	)		-			(124,091	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period					199,318			(4,800	)		59,227						253,745
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period		$-			$109,681			$(5,543	)		$25,516			$-			$129,654

	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Nonguarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income		$(33,935	)		$(42,194	)		$(29,416	)		$27,203			$44,407			$(33,935	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities		(7,989	)		18,740			(101,623	)		(86,915	)		(44,407	)		(222,194	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(41,924	)		(23,454	)		(131,039	)		(59,712	)		-			(256,129	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of property and assets								952			31						983
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions								(1,172	)								(1,172	)
Decrease in restricted cash related to mortgage company											1,645						1,645
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures					81			146			(15,766	)					(15,539	)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures					(33	)		339			7,039						7,345
Intercompany investing activities					(165,853	)								165,853			-
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		-			(165,805	)		265			(7,051	)		165,853			(6,738	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net proceeds from mortgages and notes								6,336			8,375						14,711
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs								11,746			1,595						13,341
Net payments related to land bank financing programs								(9,124	)		(3,879	)					(13,003	)
Proceeds from senior notes					250,000												250,000
Net proceeds related to mortgage warehouse lines of credit											6,047						6,047
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances					(4,627	)		(1,016	)		(850	)					(6,493	)
Principal payments and debt repurchases					(2,062	)											(2,062	)
Intercompany financing activities		41,924						124,498			(569	)		(165,853	)		-
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		41,924			243,311			132,440			10,719			(165,853	)		262,541
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		-			54,052			1,666			(56,044	)		-			(326	)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period					159,508			(4,726	)		107,116						261,898
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period		$-			$213,560			$(3,060	)		$51,072			$-			$261,572

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Note 1 - Basis of Presentation (Details Textual)	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016
Homebuilding [Member]
Number of Reportable Segments	6

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Note 2 - Stock Compensation (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Reverse of Previously Recognized Expense	$ (2.1)		$ (2.1)
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	0.1	$ 0.5	0.2	$ 1.4
Share-based Compensation Income	0.7
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense		3.2	0.8	6.7
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense, Net of Tax	$ 0.7	$ 2.1	$ 0.7	$ 4.6

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Note 3 - Interest Costs Incurred, Expensed and Capitalized (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Interest capitalized at beginning of period		$ 117,113	$ 114,241	$ 123,898	$ 109,158
Plus interest incurred (1)	[1]	44,224	40,703	86,183	82,175
Less cost of sales interest expensed		21,444	12,013	38,287	23,331
Other interest expensed	[2],[3]	$ 24,084	$ 23,030	45,309	$ 48,101
Less interest contributed to unconsolidated joint venture (4)	[4]			10,676
Interest capitalized at end of period (5)	[5]	$ 115,809	$ 119,901	$ 115,809	$ 119,901

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

[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 on notes payable, which is calculated as follows:

[3] Other interest expensed includes interest that does not qualify for interest capitalization because our assets that qualify for interest capitalization (inventory under development) do not exceed our debt. Also includes interest on completed homes and land in planning, which does not qualify for capitalization, and therefore is expensed.

[4] Represents capitalized interest which was included as part of the assets contributed to the joint venture the Company entered into in November 2015, as discussed in Note 18. There was no impact to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as a result of this transaction.

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

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Note 3 - Cash Paid for Interest, Net of Capitalized Interest (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Other interest expensed	[1],[2]	$ 24,084	$ 23,030	$ 45,309	$ 48,101
Interest paid by our mortgage and finance subsidiaries		851	268	1,410	676
Decrease (increase) in accrued interest		(9,948)	(8,726)	1,268	(7,716)
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest		$ 14,987	$ 14,572	$ 47,987	$ 41,061

[1] 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 on notes payable, which is calculated as follows:

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

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Note 4 - Reduction of Inventory to Fair Value (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Homebuilding [Member] | Real Estate Inventory [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate			16.80%	17.50%
Homebuilding [Member] | Real Estate Inventory [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate			18.50%	19.80%
Homebuilding [Member] | Model Sale Leaseback Financing Arrangements [Member]
Inventory Real Estate, Other Options	$ 98,200		$ 98,200		$ 95,900
Liabilities from Inventory Real Estate Not Owned	89,100		89,100		87,900
Homebuilding [Member] | Land Banking Arrangement [Member]
Inventory Real Estate, Other Options	214,600		214,600		25,100
Liabilities from Inventory Real Estate Not Owned	131,200		131,200		16,800
Homebuilding [Member]
Liabilities from Inventory Real Estate Not Owned	$ 220,348		$ 220,348		$ 105,856	[1]
Number of Communities Evaluated for Impairment	478	508	478	508
Number of Communities Performed Detailed Impairment Calculations	20	15	20	15
Carrying Value of Communities Tested for Impairment	$ 89,000	$ 77,400	$ 89,000	$ 77,400
Number of Communities Tested for Impairment for Which Undiscounted Future Cash Flow Only Exceeded Carrying Amount By Less Than 20 Percent	9	7	9	7
Carrying Value of Communities Tested for Impairment for Which Undiscounted Future Cash Flow Only Exceeded Carrying Amount by Less than 20 Percent	$ 43,500	$ 33,000	$ 43,500	$ 33,000
Percentage Undiscounted Cash Flow Exceeds Carrying Amount			20.00%
Impairment of Real Estate	$ 5,400	$ 3,500	$ 15,100	$ 4,400
Number of Communities Impaired	4	4	10	5
PreImpairment Value	$ 16,700	$ 11,000	$ 45,400	$ 16,700
Land Option Write Offs	$ 4,300	$ 800	$ 6,300	$ 2,100
Number of Walk Away Lots	2,263	455	3,519	2,155
Number of Communities Mothballed	29		29		31
Inventory Real Estate Mothballed Communities	$ 75,700		$ 75,700		$ 103,000
Inventory Real Estate Mothballed Communities Accumulated Impairment Charges	$ 296,800		$ 296,800		334,500
Inventory Real Estate Specific Performance Options					1,200
Liabilities from Inventory Real Estate Specific Performance Options					$ 1,200

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

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Note 5 - Variable Interest Entities (Details Textual) $ in Millions	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Deposits Associated with Land and Lot Options of Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities	$ 67.4
Purchase Price Associated with Land and Lot Options of Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities	$ 1,300.0

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Note 6 - Warranty Costs (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015
General Liability Insurance Deductible	$ 20,000		$ 20,000		$ 20,000
Bodily Injury Insurance Deductible	250		250		250
Bodily Injury Insurance Limit	5,000		5,000		5,000
Cash Received from Subcontractors for Owner Controlled Insurance Program			2,000	$ 1,300
Aggregate Retention for Construction Defects Warranty and Bodily Injury Claims	21,000		21,000		$ 21,000
Payments by Insurance Companies for Claims	$ 500	$ 18,100	$ 3,700	$ 18,300

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Note 6 - Warranty and General Liability Reserve (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Additions	$ 4,292	$ 4,331	$ 8,915	$ 9,580
Cost of Sales [Member]
Additions	4,539	5,635	7,921	8,816
Balance, beginning of period	133,389	181,833	135,053	178,008
Charges incurred during the period	(5,514)	(30,492)	(15,183)	(35,097)
Balance, end of period	$ 136,706	$ 161,307	$ 136,706	$ 161,307

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Note 8 - Restricted Cash and Deposits (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015
Mortgage Warehouse Lines of Credit [Member]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	$ 2,000	$ 2,000
Customer Deposits [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	4,000	4,700
Customer Deposits [Member] | Financial Services [Member]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	17,100	17,200
Homebuilding [Member]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	6,259	7,299	[1]
Financial Services [Member]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	19,134	19,223	[1]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	25,400	26,500
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	$ 8,600	$ 15,800

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

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Note 9 - Mortgage Loans Held for Sale (Details Textual) $ in Millions	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2015
Loans Pledged as Collateral	$ 116.8	$ 114.0
Number of Loans Reserved For	132		131

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Note 9 - Loan Origination Reserves (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Loan origination reserves, beginning of period	$ 8,028	$ 7,981	$ 8,025	$ 7,352
Provisions for losses during the period	117	68	158	129
Adjustments to pre-existing provisions for losses from changes in estimates	161	(107)	123	461
Loan origination reserves, end of period	$ 8,306	$ 7,942	$ 8,306	$ 7,942

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Note 10 - Mortgage and Notes Payable (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015		Nov. 05, 2014
Nonrecourse Mortgages [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate		8.80%	8.80%
Secured Debt		$ 14,900	$ 15,500
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months		600
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two		1,300
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three		1,400
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four		1,500
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five		1,700
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five		$ 8,400
Nonrecourse Mortgages [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate		4.60%	5.10%
Secured Debt		$ 125,100	$ 143,900
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount		$ 330,900	388,100
8.0% Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		8.00%			8.00%
The 7.25% 2020 Notes and 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member] | Letter of Credit [Member] | Restricted Cash [Member]
Cash Collateral for Borrowed Securities		$ 2,300	2,600
The 7.25% 2020 Notes and 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount		685,100
Cash Collateral for Borrowed Securities		$ 106,400
Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		2.25%
Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		2.50%
Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 50,000
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings		$ 27,600	30,100
Debt Instrument Variable Rate Basis Effective Rate		0.85%
Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		2.50%
Debt Instrument Variable Rate Basis Floor Rate		0.25%
Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 35,000
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings		$ 25,500	18,600
Citi Bank [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument, Term	5 years
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 75,000
Debt Instrument Basis Spread on Variable Rate Number of Business Days Prior to First Day of Interest Period Spread Determined		2 days
Long-term Line of Credit		$ 50,000	47,000
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount		$ 22,400	25,900
JP Morgan Chase Bank [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		2.50%
JP Morgan Chase Bank [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		2.63%
JP Morgan Chase Bank [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument Variable Rate Basis Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate LIBOR		0.44%
JP Morgan Chase Bank [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 50,000
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings		$ 31,900	30,500
Customers Bank [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		2.50%
Customers Bank [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		5.25%
Customers Bank [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 25,000
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings		24,100	29,700
Letter of Credit [Member]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount		2,200	2,600
Long-term Line of Credit		$ 50,000	$ 47,000	[1]

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

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Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior, Senior Amortizing, and Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details Textual) $ in Thousands				3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	May. 15, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 15, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 05, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)
The 6.25% 2016 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date				Jan. 15, 2016	Jan. 15, 2016		Jan. 15, 2016
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		6.25%		6.25%	6.25%		6.25%
Repayments of Senior Debt		$ 172,700
The 7.5% 2016 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	7.50%
Repayments of Senior Debt	$ 86,500
The 7.5% 2016 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date				May 15, 2016	May 15, 2016		May 15, 2016
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				7.50%	7.50%		7.50%
The 8.625% 2017 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date				Jan. 15, 2017	Jan. 15, 2017		Jan. 15, 2017
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				8.625%	8.625%		8.625%
Long-term Debt, Gross				$ 121,000	$ 121,000
The 5.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date					Nov. 01, 2021		Nov. 01, 2021
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				5.00%	5.00%		5.00%
The 2.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date					Nov. 01, 2021		Nov. 01, 2020
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				2.00%	2.00%		2.00%
The 7.25% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date					Oct. 15, 2020		Oct. 15, 2020
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				7.25%	7.25%		7.25%
The 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date					Nov. 15, 2020		Nov. 15, 2020
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				9.125%	9.125%		9.125%
The 7.25% 2020 Notes and 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member] | Restricted Cash [Member] | Letter of Credit [Member]
Cash Collateral for Borrowed Securities				$ 2,300	$ 2,300		$ 2,600
The 7.25% 2020 Notes and 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount				685,100	685,100
Cash Collateral for Borrowed Securities				106,400	106,400
The 2.0% 2021 Notes Member and 5.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member] | Cash and Cash Equivalents Collateral [Member]
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount				16,500	16,500
The 2.0% 2021 Notes Member and 5.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member] | Secured Group [Member]
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount				153,900	153,900
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures				$ 66,300	$ 66,300
8.0% Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			8.00%	8.00%	8.00%
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			$ 250,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt			$ 245,700
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage			100.00%
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage				7.625%
Debt Covenant Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Minimum				2	2
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage			100.00%
Repayments of Senior Debt					$ 175,040	$ 2,062

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Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior and Senior Subordinated Notes (Details) - USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015
The 7.25% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	$ 577,000,000	$ 577,000,000
The 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	220,000,000	220,000,000
The 2.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	53,143,000	53,139,000
The 5.0% 2021 Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	131,943,000	131,207,000
The 6.25% 2016 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Notes		172,744,000
The 7.5% 2016 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	86,532	86,532
The 8.625% 2017 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	121,043	121,043
The 7.0% 2019 Notes Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	150,000	150,000
The 8.0% Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	250,000,000	250,000,000
The 11.0% 2017 Amortizing Note [Member] | Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	10,516,000	12,811,000
Senior Exchangeable Notes Due 2017 [Member] | Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	75,677,000	73,771,000
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	982,086,000	981,346,000
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	$ 607,575,000	$ 780,319,000

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Note 11 - Senior Secured, Senior and Senior Subordinated Notes (Details) (Parentheticals)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015	Jan. 15, 2016	Oct. 02, 2012
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | The 7.25% 2020 Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	7.25%	7.25%	7.25%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date		Oct. 15, 2020	Oct. 15, 2020
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | The 9.125% 2020 Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	9.125%	9.125%	9.125%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date		Nov. 15, 2020	Nov. 15, 2020
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | The 2.0% 2021 Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date		Nov. 01, 2021	Nov. 01, 2020
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | The 5.0% 2021 Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date		Nov. 01, 2021	Nov. 01, 2021
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | The 6.25% 2016 Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	6.25%	6.25%	6.25%	6.25%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date	Jan. 15, 2016	Jan. 15, 2016	Jan. 15, 2016
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | The 7.5% 2016 Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	7.50%	7.50%	7.50%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date	May 15, 2016	May 15, 2016	May 15, 2016
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | The 8.625% 2017 Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	8.625%	8.625%	8.625%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date	Jan. 15, 2017	Jan. 15, 2017	Jan. 15, 2017
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | The 7.0% 2019 Notes Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	7.00%	7.00%	7.00%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date		Jan. 15, 2019	Jan. 15, 2019
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | The 8.0% Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	8.00%	8.00%	8.00%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date		Nov. 01, 2019	Nov. 01, 2019
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member] | The 11.0% 2017 Amortizing Note [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	11.00%	11.00%	11.00%		11.00%
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member] | Senior Exchangeable Notes Due 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date		Dec. 01, 2017	Dec. 01, 2017
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	11.00%	11.00%

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Note 12 - Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details Textual)		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 01, 2013 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 02, 2012 USD ($) $ / shares shares
The 6.00% Exchangeable Note Units [Member] | Exchangeable Note Units [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount | $				$ 100,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				6.00%
Note Units Number				100,000
Note Units Stated Amount | $				$ 1,000
Note Units Initial Principal Amount Exchangeable Note				$ 768.51
Note Units Principal Amount at Maturity				1,000
Note Units Initial Principal Amount Senior Amortizing Note				$ 231.49
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage				5.17%
Shares Issued Upon Conversion of Convertible Debt | shares				185.5288
Share Price for Exchangeable Note Conversion				$ 5.39
Senior Exchangeable Notes Exchanged for Class A Common Stock | shares		18,305
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued | shares		3,400,000
The 11.0% 2017 Amortizing Note [Member] | Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		11.00%	11.00%	11.00%
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		11.00%
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Interest | $	$ 39.83	$ 30

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Note 13 - Per Share Calculation (Details Textual) - shares	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Non Vested Stock and Outstanding Options [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	0	0	0	300,000
Convertible Debt Securities [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	15,200,000	15,200,000	15,200,000	15,200,000
Out of the Money Stock Options [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	6,400,000	3,300,000	6,400,000	3,300,000
Exchangeable Note Unit Rate Stated Percentage	6.00%		6.00%

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Note 14 - Preferred Stock (Details Textual) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 12, 2005	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015	[1]
Preferred Class A [Member]
Payments of Dividends		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued	5,600
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage	7.625%
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share	$ 25,000
Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Number of Shares of Preferred Stock in Each Depositary Share	0.001
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued		5,600		5,600		5,600

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

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Note 15 - Common Stock (Details Textual) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares	Dec. 05, 2008	Aug. 15, 2008	Aug. 04, 2008	Jul. 03, 2001 shares
Common Class A [Member]
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares	0	0
Common Stock Voting Rights Votes per Share Number		1
Shareholder Ownership Percentage				4.90%
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						4,000,000
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount | $	$ 0.5	$ 0.5
Common Class B [Member]
Common Stock Voting Rights Votes per Share Number		10
Minimum [Member]
Shareholder Ownership Percentage					5.00%
Common Stock Dividends Percent of Increase from Class A to Class B	110.00%	110.00%
Shareholder Ownership Percentage of Increase					50.00%

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Note 16 - Income Taxes (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	$ (9,143)	$ (9,922)	$ (6,164)	$ (15,226)
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance	$ 635,400		$ 635,400

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Note 17 - Operating and Reporting Segments (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Homebuilding [Member]
Number of Reportable Segments	6
Corporate and Other [Member]
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance	$ 294,100	$ 290,300
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance	$ 294,069	$ 290,279	[1]

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

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Note 17 - Financial Information Relating to Segment Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Homebuilding [Member] | Northeast [Member]
Total revenues	$ 54,046	$ 39,274	$ 126,550	$ 90,004
(Loss) income before income taxes	6,684	3,812	3,950	6,965
Homebuilding [Member] | Mid-Atlantic [Member]
Total revenues	89,987	76,777	183,807	157,962
(Loss) income before income taxes	1,072	(178)	3,694	4,999
Homebuilding [Member] | Midwest [Member]
Total revenues	84,631	73,256	176,551	137,695
(Loss) income before income taxes	(23)	1,210	(5,582)	4,921
Homebuilding [Member] | Southeast [Member]
Total revenues	51,298	49,275	90,550	87,169
(Loss) income before income taxes	(7,255)	(1,202)	(9,089)	(2,358)
Homebuilding [Member] | Southwest [Member]
Total revenues	276,735	190,427	481,060	357,614
(Loss) income before income taxes	18,491	14,022	34,860	25,347
Homebuilding [Member] | West [Member]
Total revenues	81,095	27,522	136,673	60,715
(Loss) income before income taxes	(4,318)	(8,963)	(10,286)	(11,336)
Homebuilding [Member]
Total revenues	637,792	456,531	1,195,191	891,159
(Loss) income before income taxes	1,283	1,077	9,647	14,608
Financial Services [Member]
Total revenues	17,003	12,457	35,229	23,579
(Loss) income before income taxes	7,385	4,949	17,396	8,754
Corporate and Other [Member]
Total revenues	(72)	(39)	(92)	(75)
(Loss) income before income taxes	(26,272)	(35,507)	(57,841)	(72,523)
Total revenues	654,723	468,949	1,230,328	914,663
(Loss) income before income taxes	$ (17,604)	$ (29,481)	$ (30,798)	$ (49,161)

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Note 17 - Financial Information Relating to Segment Financial Position (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Apr. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015
Homebuilding [Member] | Northeast [Member]
Assets		$ 287,781	$ 321,983
Homebuilding [Member] | Mid-Atlantic [Member]
Assets		355,629	342,159
Homebuilding [Member] | Midwest [Member]
Assets		169,786	197,899
Homebuilding [Member] | Southeast [Member]
Assets		281,694	223,206
Homebuilding [Member] | Southwest [Member]
Assets		454,939	465,740
Homebuilding [Member] | West [Member]
Assets		298,220	259,943
Homebuilding [Member] | Excluding Corporate and Unallocated [Member]
Assets		1,848,049	1,810,930
Homebuilding [Member]
Assets		2,063,846	2,152,038	[1]
Financial Services [Member]
Assets		160,712	159,981	[1]
Corporate and Other [Member]
Assets	[2]	509,866	631,387
Assets		$ 2,518,627	$ 2,602,298	[1]

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

[2] Includes $294.1 million and $290.3 million of income taxes receivable, including deferred tax assets, as of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively.

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Note 18 - Investments in Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015
Land Development Venture [Member]
Proceeds from Sale of Land and Contribution of Land to Joint Venture	$ 25,700
Homebuilding [Member] | Corporate Joint Venture [Member]
Joint Venture Average Debt to Capitalization Ratio		28.00%		28.00%		35.00%
Homebuilding [Member]
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures		$ 70,061		$ 70,061		$ 61,209
Management Fees Revenue		1,100	$ 1,200	1,900	$ 2,400
Corporate Joint Venture [Member]
Advances to Affiliate		$ 500		$ 500		$ 800
Joint Venture Financing Percent of Assets		50.00%		50.00%
Joint Venture Average Debt to Capitalization Ratio		28.00%		28.00%

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Note 18 - Unconsolidated Homebuilding and Land Development Joint Ventures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015
Corporate Joint Venture [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] | Homebuilding Venture [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 29,757		$ 29,757		$ 27,856
Inventories	400,785		400,785		314,814
Other assets	19,536		19,536		11,225
Total assets	450,078		450,078		353,895
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	39,591		39,591		29,994
Notes payable	116,852		116,852		112,554
Total liabilities	156,443		156,443		142,548
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	66,300		66,300		57,336
Others	227,335		227,335		154,011
Total equity	293,635		293,635		211,347
Total liabilities and equity	$ 450,078		$ 450,078		$ 353,895
Debt to capitalization ratio	28.00%		28.00%		35.00%
Revenues	$ 25,760	$ 27,648	$ 46,026	$ 64,774
Cost of sales and expenses	(31,480)	(29,258)	(55,659)	(59,117)
Joint venture net (loss) income	(5,720)	(1,610)	(9,633)	5,657
Our share of net (loss) income	(1,353)	1,465	(2,849)	2,932
Corporate Joint Venture [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] | Land Development Venture [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	1,642		1,642		$ 1,755
Inventories	$ 11,692		$ 11,692		$ 11,767
Other assets
Total assets	$ 13,334		$ 13,334		$ 13,522
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	992		992		669
Notes payable	3,319		3,319		3,774
Total liabilities	4,311		4,311		4,443
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	3,271		3,271		3,122
Others	5,752		5,752		5,957
Total equity	9,023		9,023		9,079
Total liabilities and equity	$ 13,334		$ 13,334		$ 13,522
Debt to capitalization ratio	27.00%		27.00%		29.00%
Revenues	$ 521	1,483	$ 1,617	2,615
Cost of sales and expenses	(96)	(1,722)	(1,319)	(2,807)
Joint venture net (loss) income	425	(239)	298	(192)
Our share of net (loss) income	213	(119)	149	(96)
Corporate Joint Venture [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	31,399		31,399		$ 29,611
Inventories	412,477		412,477		326,581
Other assets	19,536		19,536		11,225
Total assets	463,412		463,412		367,417
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	40,583		40,583		30,663
Notes payable	120,171		120,171		116,328
Total liabilities	160,754		160,754		146,991
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	69,571		69,571		60,458
Others	233,087		233,087		159,968
Total equity	302,658		302,658		220,426
Total liabilities and equity	$ 463,412		$ 463,412		$ 367,417
Debt to capitalization ratio	28.00%		28.00%		35.00%
Revenues	$ 26,281	29,131	$ 47,643	67,389
Cost of sales and expenses	(31,576)	(30,980)	(56,978)	(61,924)
Joint venture net (loss) income	(5,295)	(1,849)	(9,335)	5,465
Our share of net (loss) income	$ (1,140)	1,346	$ (2,700)	2,836
Debt to capitalization ratio	28.00%		28.00%
Our share of net (loss) income	$ (1,346)	$ 1,466	$ (2,826)	$ 2,918

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Note 20 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015
Loan Origination Commitments [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Number of Days in Committment			60 days
Loan Origination Commitments [Member]
Loan Applications in Process	$ 798.5		$ 798.5
Interest Rate Committed Loan Applications [Member]
Interest Rate Committed Loan Applications	60.1		60.1
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	487.5		487.5		$ 689.6
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	809.2		809.2		869.4
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	10.5		10.5		12.8
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	64.0		64.0		69.0
Loans Held for Sale Mortgages Unpaid Principal	118.4		118.4		$ 122.7
Other Commitment	27.5		27.5
Impairment of Real Estate	$ 5.4	$ 3.5	$ 15.1	$ 4.4

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Note 20 - Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Portion at Fair Value Measurement [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Mortgage loans held for sale (1)	$ 130,017	$ 129,818
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Interest Rate Lock Commitments [Member]
Derivative Fair Value	23	(7)
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Forward Contracts [Member]
Derivative Fair Value	(41)	509
Total	$ 129,999	$ 130,320

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Note 20 - Changes in Fair Values Included in Income (Loss) (Details) - Financial Services Revenue Line Item [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Loans Held for Sale [Member]
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	$ 1,178	$ 233	$ 3,829	$ 173
Interest Rate Lock Commitments [Member]
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	377	325	30	59
Forward Contracts [Member]
Changes in fair value included in net loss all reflected in financial services revenues	$ 593	$ 880	$ 550	$ 498

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Note 20 - Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Sold and Unsold Homes and Lots Under Development [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member]
Pre-Impairment Amount	$ 15,710	$ 11,055	$ 44,238	$ 16,756
Total Losses	4,730	3,543	14,399	4,466
Fair Value	10,980	7,512	29,839	12,290
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Land and Land Options Held for Future Development or Sale [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member]
Pre-Impairment Amount	1,012		1,169
Total Losses	646		694
Fair Value	366		475
Pre-Impairment Amount	16,700	11,000	45,400	16,700
Total Losses	$ (5,400)	$ (3,500)	$ (15,100)	$ (4,400)

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Note 21 - Financial Information of Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015		Nov. 05, 2014
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 992,000
Senior Notes	982,100
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	982,086	$ 981,346	[1]
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 607,600
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member] | The 7.0% 2019 Notes Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	7.00%	7.00%
Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	$ 607,575	$ 780,319	[1]
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Senior Notes	10,500
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	$ 10,516	12,811	[1]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	11.00%
Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Senior Notes	$ 75,677	$ 73,771	[1]
Senior Notes [Member] | The 7.0% 2019 Notes Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	7.00%
Senior Notes [Member] | 8.0% Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	8.00%
8.0% Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				$ 250,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	8.00%			8.00%
Number of Wholly Owned Subsidiaries	1
Exchangeable Note Unit Rate Stated Percentage	6.00%
Direct or Indirect Ownership in Guarantor Subsidiaries Percentage	100.00%

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

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Note 21 - Consolidating Condensed Financial Statements - Balance Sheets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015
Subsidiary Issuer [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Assets	$ 102,903	$ 230,358
Liability	73	87
Subsidiary Issuer [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Assets	1,551,643	1,717,871
Income taxes receivable	(73,884)	(89,212)
Intercompany receivable	1,522,624	1,575,712
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures		1,013
Notes payable	1,760,690	1,933,119
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries	26,059
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(235,179)	(215,335)
Total liabilities and equity	1,551,643	1,717,871
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Assets	1,474,850	1,553,811
Liability	640,813	588,854
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Financial Services [Member]
Assets	14,937	15,680
Liability	14,580	15,677
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Assets	2,131,942	2,203,816
Income taxes receivable	227,575	251,293
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures	414,580	383,032
Notes payable	4,030	2,132
Intercompany payable	1,375,955	1,453,311
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	96,564	143,842
Total liabilities and equity	2,131,942	2,203,816
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Assets	486,093	367,869
Liability	125,561	65,947
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Financial Services [Member]
Assets	145,775	144,301
Liability	122,126	121,106
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Assets	660,101	570,472
Income taxes receivable	25	22
Intercompany receivable	28,208	58,280
Notes payable	253	384
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	412,161	383,035
Total liabilities and equity	660,101	570,472
Parent Company [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Liability	2,823	3,076
Parent Company [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Assets	140,353	128,176
Income taxes receivable	140,353	128,176
Intercompany payable	174,877	180,681
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries	114,975	72,503
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(152,322)	(128,084)
Total liabilities and equity	140,353	128,176
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Assets	(1,965,412)	(2,018,037)
Intercompany receivable	(1,550,832)	(1,633,992)
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures	(414,580)	(384,045)
Intercompany payable	(1,550,832)	(1,633,992)
Amounts due to consolidated subsidiaries	(141,034)	(72,503)
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(273,546)	(311,542)
Total liabilities and equity	(1,965,412)	(2,018,037)
Homebuilding [Member]
Assets	2,063,846	2,152,038	[1]
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures	70,061	61,209
Liability	769,270	657,964	[1]
Financial Services [Member]
Assets	160,712	159,981	[1]
Liability	136,706	136,783	[1]
Assets	2,518,627	2,602,298	[1]
Income taxes receivable	294,069	290,279
Liability	2,670,949	2,730,382	[1]
Notes payable	1,764,973	1,935,635	[1]
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity	(152,322)	(128,084)	[1]
Total liabilities and equity	$ 2,518,627	$ 2,602,298	[1]

[1] Derived from the audited balance sheet as of October 31, 2015.

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Note 21 - Consolidating Condensed Financial Statements - Statements of Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Homebuilding revenue	$ 523,418	$ 390,898	$ 998,328	$ 756,087
Total expenses	525,553	392,535	992,173	750,044
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Financial Services [Member]
Financial services revenue	2,676	1,935	4,921	3,768
Total expenses	1,823	1,556	3,447	3,129
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Intercompany charges	25,838	31,939	60,301	60,321
Total revenues	526,094	392,833	1,003,249	759,855
Total expenses	553,214	426,030	1,055,921	813,494
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures	7		23	(14)
(Loss) income before income taxes	(27,113)	(33,197)	(52,649)	(53,653)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	4,152	(4,016)	28,599	2,966
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	15,995	13,332	31,548	27,203
Net (loss) income	(15,270)	(15,849)	(49,700)	(29,416)
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Homebuilding revenue	114,302	65,594	196,771	134,997
Total expenses	102,757	58,384	177,490	118,865
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Financial Services [Member]
Financial services revenue	14,327	10,522	30,308	19,811
Total expenses	7,795	5,932	14,386	11,608
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Intercompany charges	729	66	806	64
Total revenues	128,629	76,182	227,079	154,808
Total expenses	111,281	64,316	192,682	130,537
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures	(1,353)	1,466	(2,849)	2,932
(Loss) income before income taxes	$ 15,995	13,332	31,548	27,203
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
Net (loss) income	$ 15,995	13,332	31,548	27,203
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Total expenses	33,396	38,387	69,207	76,215
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Intercompany charges	26,567	31,873	61,107	60,385
Total revenues	26,567	31,873	61,107	60,385
Total expenses	33,396	38,387	69,207	76,215
(Loss) income before income taxes	(6,829)	(6,514)	(8,100)	(15,830)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	(8,410)		(15,328)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(13,562)	(13,558)	(27,072)	(26,364)
Net (loss) income	(11,981)	(20,072)	(19,844)	(42,194)
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Parent Company [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
Total expenses	(343)	3,082	1,597	6,793
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Parent Company [Member] | Financial Services [Member]
Total expenses		20		88
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
Total expenses	(343)	3,102	1,597	6,881
(Loss) income before income taxes	343	(3,102)	(1,597)	(6,881)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	(4,885)	(5,906)	(19,435)	(18,192)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	(13,689)	(22,363)	(42,472)	(45,246)
Net (loss) income	(8,461)	(19,559)	(24,634)	(33,935)
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Intercompany charges	(26,567)	(31,939)	(61,107)	(60,385)
Total revenues	(26,567)	(31,939)	(61,107)	(60,385)
Total expenses	$ (26,567)	(31,939)	$ (61,107)	(60,385)
(Loss) income before income taxes
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
Equity in (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries	$ 11,256	22,589	$ 37,996	44,407
Net (loss) income	11,256	22,589	37,996	44,407
Homebuilding [Member]
Homebuilding revenue	637,720	456,492	1,195,099	891,084
Total revenues	637,792	456,531	1,195,191	891,159
Total expenses	661,363	492,388	1,240,467	951,917
(Loss) income before income taxes	1,283	1,077	9,647	14,608
Financial Services [Member]
Financial services revenue	17,003	12,457	35,229	23,579
Total revenues	17,003	12,457	35,229	23,579
Total expenses	9,618	7,508	17,833	14,825
(Loss) income before income taxes	7,385	4,949	17,396	8,754
Total revenues	654,723	468,949	1,230,328	914,663
Total expenses	670,981	499,896	1,258,300	966,742
(Loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures	(1,346)	1,466	(2,826)	2,918
(Loss) income before income taxes	(17,604)	(29,481)	(30,798)	(49,161)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	(9,143)	(9,922)	(6,164)	(15,226)
Net (loss) income	$ (8,461)	$ (19,559)	$ (24,634)	$ (33,935)

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Note 21 - Consolidating Condensed Financial Statements - Statements of Cash Flows (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Parent Company [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Net (loss) income	$ (8,461)	$ (19,559)	$ (24,634)	$ (33,935)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities			(12,034)	(7,989)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities			(36,668)	(41,924)
Intercompany financing activities			36,668	41,924
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities			36,668	41,924
Subsidiary Issuer [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Related to Letters of Credit [Member]
Increase (decrease) in restricted cash			325
Subsidiary Issuer [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Net (loss) income	(11,981)	(20,072)	(19,844)	(42,194)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities			22,078	18,740
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities			2,234	(23,454)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures			(130)	81
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures			186	33
Intercompany investing activities			80,160	(165,853)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities			80,169	(165,805)
Payments related to senior notes and senior amortizing notes			(175,040)	(2,062)
Borrowings from revolving credit facility			3,000
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances				(4,627)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities			(172,040)	243,311
Net decrease in cash			(89,637)	54,052
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period			199,318	159,508
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	109,681	213,560	109,681	213,560
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures			(186)	(33)
Proceeds from senior notes				250,000
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Net (loss) income	(15,270)	(15,849)	(49,700)	(29,416)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities			120,711	(101,623)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities			71,011	(131,039)
Proceeds from sale of property and assets			94	952
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions			(1,620)	(1,172)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures			(990)	146
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures			1,087	339
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities			(1,429)	265
Net payments related to mortgages and notes			(13,649)	6,336
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs			3,179	11,746
Net proceeds from land bank financing programs			90,425	(9,124)
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances			(3,380)	(1,016)
Intercompany financing activities			(146,900)	124,498
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities			(70,325)	132,440
Net decrease in cash			(743)	1,666
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period			(4,800)	(4,726)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	(5,543)	3,060	(5,543)	3,060
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures			(1,087)	(339)
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Related to Mortgage Company [Member]
Increase (decrease) in restricted cash			(204)	1,645
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Net (loss) income	15,995	13,332	31,548	27,203
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities			(99,312)	(86,915)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities			(67,764)	(59,712)
Proceeds from sale of property and assets			21	31
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions			(31)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures			(15,623)	(15,766)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures			4,164	7,039
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities			(11,673)	(7,051)
Net payments related to mortgages and notes			(5,490)	8,375
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs			(1,960)	1,595
Net proceeds from land bank financing programs			24,048	(3,879)
Borrowings from revolving credit facility			257	6,047
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances			(1,201)	(850)
Intercompany financing activities			30,072	(569)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities			45,726	10,719
Net decrease in cash			(33,711)	(56,044)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period			59,227	107,116
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	25,516	51,072	25,516	51,072
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures			(4,164)	(7,039)
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Net (loss) income	11,256	22,589	37,996	44,407
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities			(37,996)	(44,407)
Intercompany investing activities			(80,160)	165,853
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities			(80,160)	165,853
Intercompany financing activities			80,160	(165,853)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities			80,160	(165,853)
Related to Mortgage Company [Member]
Increase (decrease) in restricted cash			(204)	1,645
Related to Letters of Credit [Member]
Increase (decrease) in restricted cash			325
Net (loss) income	(8,461)	(19,559)	(24,634)	(33,935)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities			(6,553)	(222,194)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities			(31,187)	(256,129)
Proceeds from sale of property and assets			115	983
Purchase of property, equipment & other fixed assets and acquisitions			(1,651)	(1,172)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures			(16,743)	(15,539)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures			5,065	7,345
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities			(13,093)	(6,738)
Net payments related to mortgages and notes			(19,139)	14,711
Net proceeds from model sale leaseback financing programs			1,219	13,341
Net proceeds from land bank financing programs			114,473	(13,003)
Payments related to senior notes and senior amortizing notes			(175,040)	(2,062)
Borrowings from revolving credit facility			257	6,047
Deferred financing costs from land bank financing programs and note issuances			(4,581)	(6,493)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities			(79,811)	262,541
Net decrease in cash			(124,091)	(326)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period			253,745	261,898
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period	$ 129,654	$ 261,572	129,654	261,572
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures			$ (5,065)	(7,345)
Proceeds from senior notes				$ 250,000

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Note 22 - Transactions with Related Parties (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Tavit Najarian [Member]
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction	$ 0.4	$ 0.2	$ 0.7	$ 0.5

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Note 23 - Subsequent Events (Details Textual) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	May. 15, 2016	May. 31, 2016	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015
Subsequent Event [Member] | The 7.5% 2016 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Repayments of Senior Debt	$ 86,500,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	7.50%
Subsequent Event [Member]
Proceeds from Sale of Land and Contribution of Land to Joint Venture		$ 75.10
The 7.5% 2016 Notes [Member] | Unsecured Senior Notes Excluding Senior Amortizing Notes and Senior Exchangeable Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			7.50%		7.50%
Repayments of Senior Debt			$ 175,040,000	$ 2,062,000