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Inventory Impairments and Land Option Contract Abandonments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2013
Inventory Impairments and Land Option Contract Abandonments [Abstract] |
Summary of Quantitative Unobservable Inputs Utilized in Determining the Fair Value of Communities | The following table summarizes ranges for significant quantitative unobservable inputs we utilized in our fair value measurements with respect to the impaired communities or land parcels written down to fair value during the periods presented:
|  | Nine Months Ended August 31, |  | Three Months Ended August 31,
Unobservable Input (a) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Average selling price |  | $ | — |  |  | $115,200 - $497,900 |  | $ | — |  |  | $152,000 - $246,200
Deliveries per month |  | — |  |  | 1 - 6 |  | — |  |  | 2 - 4
Discount rate |  | — | % |  | 17% - 20% |  | — | % |  | 17% - 20%
(a) | The ranges of inputs used primarily reflect the underlying variability among the various housing markets where each of the impacted communities or land parcels are located, rather than changes in prevailing market conditions.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of quantitative information about the inputs used in the fair value measurement of assets. This disclosure may include, but is not limited to, the fair value of the asset, valuation technique used to measure fair value, the inputs used to measure fair value, the ranges of the inputs, and the weighted averages of the inputs. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (bbb) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7578670&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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