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Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2011

Segment Information and Financial Services [Abstract]

Financial Information Relating to Company Reporting Segments

		Years Ended November 30,
		2011				2010				2009
Revenues:
West Coast		$	589,387			$	700,645			$	812,207
Southwest			139,872				187,736				218,096
Central			369,705				436,404				434,400
Southeast			206,598				256,978				351,712
Total homebuilding revenues			1,305,562				1,581,763				1,816,415
Financial services			10,304				8,233				8,435
Total revenues		$	1,315,866			$	1,589,996			$	1,824,850
Pretax income (loss):
West Coast		$	19,639			$	60,250			$	(88,442	)
Southwest			(108,265	)			(15,802	)			(48,572	)
Central			(12,924	)			(1,772	)			(29,382	)
Southeast			(37,983	)			(42,801	)			(78,414	)
Corporate and other (a)			(67,713	)			(88,386	)			(85,573	)
Total homebuilding loss			(207,246	)			(88,511	)			(330,383	)
Financial services			26,078				12,143				19,199
Total pretax loss		$	(181,168	)		$	(76,368	)		$	(311,184	)
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast		$	68			$	1,476			$	(7,761	)
Southwest			(55,902	)			(8,631	)			(15,509	)
Central			—				—				506
Southeast			(5	)			898				(26,851	)
Total		$	(55,839	)		$	(6,257	)		$	(49,615	)
Inventory impairments:
West Coast		$	2,598			$	3,828			$	44,895
Southwest			18,715				962				28,833
Central			51				348				23,891
Southeast			1,366				4,677				23,229
Total		$	22,730			$	9,815			$	120,848
Land option contract abandonments:
West Coast		$	704			$	797			$	32,679
Southwest			296				—				—
Central			1,310				6,511				—
Southeast			751				2,802				14,622
Total		$	3,061			$	10,110			$	47,301
Joint venture impairments:
West Coast		$	—			$	—			$	7,190
Southwest			53,727				—				5,426
Southeast			—				—				25,915
Total		$	53,727			$	—			$	38,531

(a) Corporate and other includes corporate general and administrative expenses.

		November 30,
		2011				2010
Assets:
West Coast		$	995,888			$	965,323
Southwest			338,586				376,234
Central			336,553				328,938
Southeast			317,308				372,611
Corporate and other			492,034				1,037,200
Total homebuilding assets			2,480,369				3,080,306
Financial services			32,173				29,443
Total assets		$	2,512,542			$	3,109,749
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast		$	38,405			$	37,830
Southwest			80,194				59,191
Southeast			9,327				8,562
Total		$	127,926			$	105,583

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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