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Segment Information | 9 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Information | Segment Information As of August 31, 2012, the Company had identified five reporting segments, comprised of four homebuilding reporting segments and one financial services reporting segment, within its consolidated operations in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 280, “Segment Reporting.” As of August 31, 2012, the Company’s homebuilding reporting segments conducted ongoing operations in the following states: West Coast: California Southwest: Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico Central: Colorado and Texas Southeast: Florida, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia The Company’s homebuilding reporting segments are engaged in the acquisition and development of land primarily for residential purposes and offer a wide variety of homes that are designed to appeal to first-time, move-up and active adult homebuyers. The Company’s homebuilding reporting segments were identified based primarily on similarities in economic and geographic characteristics, product types, regulatory environments, methods used to sell and construct homes and land acquisition characteristics. The Company evaluates segment performance primarily based on segment pretax results. The Company’s financial services reporting segment provides title and insurance services to the Company’s homebuyers in the same markets as the Company’s homebuilding reporting segments. In addition, since the third quarter of 2011, this segment has earned revenues pursuant to the terms of a marketing services agreement with a preferred mortgage lender that offers mortgage banking services, including residential consumer mortgage loan originations, to the Company’s homebuyers who elect to use the lender. The Company’s homebuyers are under no obligation to use the Company’s preferred mortgage lender and may select any lender of their choice to obtain mortgage financing for the purchase of a home. The Company makes available to its homebuyers marketing materials and other information regarding its preferred mortgage lender’s financing options and mortgage loan products, and is compensated solely for the fair market value of these services. Prior to late June 2011, this segment provided mortgage banking services to the Company’s homebuyers indirectly through KBA Mortgage, LLC (“KBA Mortgage”), a former unconsolidated joint venture of a subsidiary of the Company and a subsidiary of Bank of America, N.A., with each partner having had a 50% interest in the joint venture. The Company’s reporting segments follow the same accounting policies used for the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Operational results of each reporting 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, nor are they indicative of the results to be expected in future periods. The following tables present financial information relating to the Company’s reporting segments (in thousands):
| Nine Months Ended August 31, |  | Three Months Ended August 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West Coast | $ | 445,123 |  |  | $ | 354,348 |  |  | $ | 207,239 |  |  | $ | 175,434 |
Southwest | 95,127 |  |  | 91,411 |  |  | 35,634 |  |  | 39,479 |
Central | 285,129 |  |  | 247,492 |  |  | 117,099 |  |  | 102,702 |
Southeast | 148,676 |  |  | 136,565 |  |  | 61,583 |  |  | 46,917 |
Total homebuilding revenues | 974,055 |  |  | 829,816 |  |  | 421,555 |  |  | 364,532 |
Financial services | 7,859 |  |  | 6,178 |  |  | 2,949 |  |  | 2,784 |
Total | $ | 981,914 |  |  | $ | 835,994 |  |  | $ | 424,504 |  |  | $ | 367,316 |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West Coast | $ | (29,019 | ) |  | $ | 9,927 |  |  | $ | 4,435 |  |  | $ | 3,336 |
Southwest | (10,616 | ) |  | (113,620 | ) |  | (3,434 | ) |  | 3,201 |
Central | (3,152 | ) |  | (12,389 | ) |  | 986 |  |  | (2,187 | )
Southeast | 5,494 |  |  | (30,177 | ) |  | 5,174 |  |  | (7,156 | )
Corporate and other (a) | (52,014 | ) |  | (49,641 | ) |  | (18,959 | ) |  | (7,910 | )
Total homebuilding pretax loss | (89,307 | ) |  | (195,900 | ) |  | (11,798 | ) |  | (10,716 | )
Financial services | 7,830 |  |  | 3,321 |  |  | 4,359 |  |  | 1,067 |
Total | $ | (81,477 | ) |  | $ | (192,579 | ) |  | $ | (7,439 | ) |  | $ | (9,649 | )
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West Coast | $ | (129 | ) |  | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | (52 | ) |  | $ | 67 |
Southwest | (458 | ) |  | (55,902 | ) |  | (241 | ) |  | — |
Central | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Southeast | 550 |  |  | (13 | ) |  | 571 |  |  | (3 | )
Total | $ | (37 | ) |  | $ | (55,865 | ) |  | $ | 278 |  |  | $ | 64 |
Inventory impairments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West Coast | $ | 14,040 |  |  | $ | 1,679 |  |  | $ | 933 |  |  | $ | 328 |
Southwest | 2,135 |  |  | 18,715 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Central | 1,267 |  |  | 51 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Southeast | 5,470 |  |  | 969 |  |  | 5,470 |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 22,912 |  |  | $ | 21,414 |  |  | $ | 6,403 |  |  | $ | 328 |
(a)Corporate and other includes corporate general and administrative expenses.
| Nine Months Ended August 31, |  | Three Months Ended August 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Land option contract abandonments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West Coast | $ | — |  |  | $ | 112 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Southwest | — |  |  | 296 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Central | — |  |  | 1,074 |  |  | — |  |  | 834 |
Southeast | — |  |  | 611 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,093 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 834 |
Joint venture impairments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West Coast | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Southwest | — |  |  | 53,727 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Central | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Southeast | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total | $ | — |  |  | $ | 53,727 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
| August 31, 2012 |  | November 30, 2011
Assets: |  |  |
West Coast | $ | 1,016,181 |  |  | $ | 995,888 |
Southwest | 307,363 |  |  | 338,586 |
Central | 351,804 |  |  | 336,553 |
Southeast | 336,515 |  |  | 317,308 |
Corporate and other | 531,821 |  |  | 492,034 |
Total homebuilding assets | 2,543,684 |  |  | 2,480,369 |
Financial services | 5,780 |  |  | 32,173 |
Total assets | $ | 2,549,464 |  |  | $ | 2,512,542 |
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures: |  |  |
West Coast | $ | 38,418 |  |  | $ | 38,405 |
Southwest | 74,458 |  |  | 80,194 |
Central | — |  |  | — |
Southeast | 9,279 |  |  | 9,327 |
Total | $ | 122,155 |  |  | $ | 127,926 |

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