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Note 17 - Transactions With Related Parties
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]
17.
Transactions with Related Parties
 
During the years ended
October 31, 2017,
2016
and
2015,
an engineering firm owned by Tavit Najarian, a relative of Ara K. Hovnanian,
 our Chairman of the Board and
one
of our executive officers, provided services to the Company totaling
$0.8
million,
$1.0
million and
$1.2
million, respectively. Neither the Company nor Mr. Hovnanian has a financial interest in the relative’s company from whom the services were provided.
 
Mr. Carson Sorsby, the son of J. Larry Sorsby,
one
of our directors and executive officers, is employed by the Company
’s mortgage subsidiary and his total commissions from the Company’s mortgage affiliate totaled approximately 
$191,000,
$152,000
and
$129,000
in fiscal
2017,
2016
and
2015,
respectively.
 
   Mr. Alexander Hovnanian, the son of Ara K. Hovnanian, our Chairman of the Board and
one
of our executive officers, is employed by the Company as an Area Vice President in the Company
’s Hudson/North Jersey Area and his total compensation was approximately
$336,000
 and
$166,000
in fiscal
2017
and
2016,
respectively.