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Financial Services (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Financial Services Income (Loss) | The following tables present financial information relating to the Company’s financial services reporting segment (in thousands):
| Nine Months Ended August 31, |  | Three Months Ended August 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Insurance commissions | $ | 4,594 |  |  | $ | 4,392 |  |  | $ | 1,840 |  |  | $ | 1,806 |
Title services | 1,535 |  |  | 1,329 |  |  | 657 |  |  | 526 |
Marketing services fees | 1,725 |  |  | 450 |  |  | 450 |  |  | 450 |
Interest income | 5 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |
Total | 7,859 |  |  | 6,178 |  |  | 2,949 |  |  | 2,784 |
Expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |
General and administrative | (2,237 | ) |  | (2,481 | ) |  | (709 | ) |  | (829 | )
Operating income | 5,622 |  |  | 3,697 |  |  | 2,240 |  |  | 1,955 |
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint venture | 2,208 |  |  | (376 | ) |  | 2,119 |  |  | (888 | )
Pretax income | $ | 7,830 |  |  | $ | 3,321 |  |  | $ | 4,359 |  |  | $ | 1,067 |
Schedule of Financial Services Assets and Liabilities |
| August 31, 2012 |  | November 30, 2011
Assets |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 2,732 |  |  | $ | 3,024 |
Receivables (a) | 1,344 |  |  | 25,495 |
Investment in unconsolidated joint venture | 1,647 |  |  | 3,639 |
Other assets | 57 |  |  | 15 |
Total assets | $ | 5,780 |  |  | $ | 32,173 |
Liabilities |  |  |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 3,269 |  |  | $ | 7,494 |
Total liabilities | $ | 3,269 |  |  | $ | 7,494 |
(a) | In December 2011, the Company collected a $23.5 million receivable established in the fourth quarter of 2011 in connection with the wind down of KBA Mortgage’s business operations.

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