EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-116267) and related Prospectus of Avatar Holdings Inc. for the registration of the $120,000,000 of 4.5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 and 2,280,068 shares of its common stock of our report dated February 19, 2004, except for Note T as to which the date is February 25, 2004, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Avatar Holdings Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Miami, Florida
November 18, 2004
