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Inventories (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Feb. 29, 2012
Inventories [Abstract] |
Inventories |
|  | February 29, 2012 |  |  | November 30, 2011 |
Homes under construction |  | $ | 402,077 |  |  | $ | 417,304 |
Land under development |  |  | 608,695 |  |  |  | 587,582 |
Land held for future development |  |  | 737,605 |  |  |  | 726,743 |
Total |  | $ | 1,748,377 |  |  | $ | 1,731,629 |
Interest costs |
|  | Three Months Ended |
|  | February 29, 2012 |  |  | February 28, 2011 |
Capitalized interest at beginning of period |  | $ | 233,461 |  |  | $ | 249,966 |
Interest incurred (a) |  |  | 30,411 |  |  |  | 25,937 |
Interest expensed (a) |  |  | (16,286 | ) |  |  | (11,439 | )
Interest amortized to construction and land costs |  |  | (12,669 | ) |  |  | (11,424 | )
Capitalized interest at end of period (b) |  | $ | 234,917 |  |  | $ | 253,040 |

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