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Variable Interest Entities | 9 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2012
Variable Interest Entities [Abstract] |
Variable Interest Entities | Variable Interest Entities The Company participates in joint ventures from time to time that conduct land acquisition, development and/or other homebuilding activities in various markets where its homebuilding operations are located. Its investments in these joint ventures may create a variable interest in a variable interest entity (“VIE”), depending on the contractual terms of the arrangement. The Company analyzes its joint ventures in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 810, “Consolidation” (“ASC 810”), to determine whether they are VIEs and, if so, whether the Company is the primary beneficiary. All of the Company’s joint ventures at August 31, 2012 and November 30, 2011 were determined under the provisions of ASC 810 to be unconsolidated joint ventures and were accounted for under the equity method, either because they were not VIEs or, if they were VIEs, the Company was not the primary beneficiary of the VIEs. In the ordinary course of its business, the Company enters into land option contracts and other similar contracts to procure rights to purchase land parcels for the construction of homes. The use of such land option contracts and other similar contracts generally allows the Company to reduce the market risks associated with direct land ownership and development, and to reduce the Company’s capital and financial commitments, including interest and other carrying costs. Under such contracts, the Company typically pays a specified option deposit or earnest money deposit in consideration for the right to purchase land in the future, usually at a predetermined price. Under the requirements of ASC 810, certain of these contracts may create a variable interest for the Company, with the land seller being identified as a VIE. In compliance with ASC 810, the Company analyzes its land option contracts and other similar contracts to determine whether the corresponding land sellers are VIEs and, if so, whether the Company is the primary beneficiary. Although the Company does not have legal title to the underlying land, ASC 810 requires the Company to consolidate a VIE if the Company is determined to be the primary beneficiary. In determining whether it is the primary beneficiary, the Company considers, among other things, whether it has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance. Such activities would include, among other things, determining or limiting the scope or purpose of the VIE, selling or transferring property owned or controlled by the VIE, or arranging financing for the VIE. The Company also considers whether it has the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE. As a result of its analyses, the Company determined that as of August 31, 2012 and November 30, 2011 it was not the primary beneficiary of any VIEs from which it has procured rights to purchase land parcels under land option contracts and other similar contracts. As of August 31, 2012, the Company had cash deposits totaling $6.4 million associated with land option contracts and other similar contracts that it determined were unconsolidated VIEs, having an aggregate purchase price of $316.9 million, and had cash deposits totaling $22.9 million associated with land option contracts and other similar contracts that the Company determined were not VIEs, having an aggregate purchase price of $282.1 million. As of November 30, 2011, the Company had cash deposits totaling $8.1 million associated with land option contracts and other similar contracts that it determined were unconsolidated VIEs, having an aggregate purchase price of $122.1 million, and had cash deposits totaling $12.8 million associated with land option contracts and other similar contracts that the Company determined were not VIEs, having an aggregate purchase price of $223.0 million. The Company’s exposure to loss related to its land option contracts and other similar contracts with third parties and unconsolidated entities consisted of deposits and pre-acquisition costs, which totaled $29.3 million and $27.1 million, respectively, at August 31, 2012 and $20.9 million and $31.5 million, respectively, at November 30, 2011. These amounts are included in inventories in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. In addition, the Company had outstanding letters of credit of $.5 million at August 31, 2012 and $1.7 million at November 30, 2011 in lieu of cash deposits under certain land option contracts or other similar contracts. The Company also evaluates its land option contracts and other similar contracts for financing arrangements in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 470, “Debt” (“ASC 470”), and, as a result of its evaluations, increased inventories, with a corresponding increase to accrued expenses and other liabilities, in its consolidated balance sheets by $20.0 million at August 31, 2012 and $23.9 million at November 30, 2011.

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