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Segment Information (Details) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  | 12 Months Ended |
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Mar. 12, 2013 | Nov. 30, 2013 | Aug. 31, 2013 | May 31, 2013 | Feb. 28, 2013 | Nov. 30, 2012 | Aug. 31, 2012 | May 31, 2012 | Feb. 29, 2012 | Nov. 30, 2013 segment | Nov. 30, 2012 | Nov. 30, 2011 | Nov. 30, 2013 Homebuilding [Member] segment | Nov. 30, 2012 Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2011 Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2013 Financial services [Member] segment | Nov. 30, 2012 Financial services [Member] | Nov. 30, 2011 Financial services [Member] | Jun. 30, 2011 KBA Mortgage | Nov. 30, 2013 Home Community Mortgage LLC [Member] Rate | Nov. 30, 2013 Corporate and Other [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2012 Corporate and Other [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2011 Corporate and Other [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2013 Central [Member] | Nov. 30, 2012 Central [Member] | Nov. 30, 2011 Central [Member] | Nov. 30, 2013 Central [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2012 Central [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2011 Central [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2013 West Coast [Member] | Nov. 30, 2012 West Coast [Member] | Nov. 30, 2011 West Coast [Member] | Nov. 30, 2013 West Coast [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2012 West Coast [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2011 West Coast [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2013 Southeast [Member] | Nov. 30, 2012 Southeast [Member] | Nov. 30, 2011 Southeast [Member] | Nov. 30, 2013 Southeast [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2012 Southeast [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2011 Southeast [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2013 Southwest [Member] | Nov. 30, 2012 Southwest [Member] | Nov. 30, 2011 Southwest [Member] | Nov. 30, 2013 Southwest [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2012 Southwest [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2011 Southwest [Member] Homebuilding [Member] | Nov. 30, 2013 Nationstar Mortgage LLC [Member] Home Community Mortgage LLC [Member] Rate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Reportable Segments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ownership interest in joint venture |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50.00% | 49.90% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50.10%
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ 618,531,000 | $ 548,974,000 | $ 524,406,000 | $ 405,219,000 | $ 578,201,000 | $ 424,504,000 | $ 302,852,000 | $ 254,558,000 | $ 2,097,130,000 | $ 1,560,115,000 | $ 1,315,866,000 | $ 2,084,978,000 | $ 1,548,432,000 | $ 1,305,562,000 | $ 12,152,000 | $ 11,683,000 | $ 10,304,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 565,120,000 | $ 436,407,000 | $ 369,705,000 |  |  |  | $ 1,020,218,000 | $ 755,259,000 | $ 589,387,000 |  |  |  | $ 324,388,000 | $ 224,328,000 | $ 206,598,000 |  |  |  | $ 175,252,000 | $ 132,438,000 | $ 139,872,000 |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss) |  | 28,316,000 | 26,578,000 | (4,173,000) | (12,358,000) | 2,424,000 | (7,439,000) | (28,636,000) | (45,402,000) | 38,363,000 | (79,053,000) | (181,168,000) | 28,179,000 | (89,936,000) | (207,246,000) | 10,184,000 | 10,883,000 | 26,078,000 |  |  | (69,271,000) | [1] | (69,541,000) | [1] | (67,713,000) | [1] |  |  |  | 22,275,000 | 1,449,000 | (12,924,000) |  |  |  | 118,264,000 | (10,467,000) | 19,639,000 |  |  |  | (45,992,000) | (1,183,000) | (37,983,000) |  |  |  | 2,903,000 | (10,194,000) | (108,265,000) |
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (933,000) | 1,797,000 | (36,553,000) | (2,007,000) | (394,000) | (55,839,000) | 1,074,000 | 2,191,000 | 19,286,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  |  | (148,000) | (174,000) | 68,000 |  |  |  | 496,000 | 591,000 | (5,000) |  |  |  | (2,355,000) | (811,000) | (55,902,000) |
Inventory impairments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use |  | 400,000 |  |  |  | 5,200,000 | 6,400,000 | 9,900,000 | 6,600,000 | 391,000 | 28,107,000 | 22,730,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 1,267,000 | 51,000 |  |  |  | 0 | 19,235,000 | 2,598,000 |  |  |  | 391,000 | 5,470,000 | 1,366,000 |  |  |  | 0 | 2,135,000 | 18,715,000 |  |  |  |
Land option contract abandonments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total land option contract abandonment charges | 0 | 2,900,000 | 0 | 300,000 |  | 400,000 |  |  |  | 3,190,000 | 426,000 | 3,061,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 133,000 | 1,310,000 |  |  |  | 3,190,000 | 0 | 704,000 |  |  |  | 0 | 293,000 | 751,000 |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 296,000 |  |  |  |
Joint venture impairments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total joint venture impairments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 53,727,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 53,727,000 |  |  |  |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 3,193,635,000 |  |  |  | 2,561,698,000 |  |  |  | 3,193,635,000 | 2,561,698,000 |  | 3,183,595,000 | 2,557,243,000 |  | 10,040,000 | 4,455,000 |  |  |  | 627,879,000 |  | 596,176,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 465,547,000 | 369,294,000 |  |  |  |  | 1,230,761,000 | 930,450,000 |  |  |  |  | 456,965,000 | 341,460,000 |  |  |  |  | 402,443,000 | 319,863,000 |  |
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures |  | 130,192,000 |  |  |  | 123,674,000 |  |  |  | 130,192,000 | 123,674,000 |  |  |  |  | 5,490,000 | 1,630,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 40,246,000 | 38,372,000 |  |  |  |  | 9,069,000 | 9,382,000 |  |  |  |  | 80,877,000 | 75,920,000 |  |  |  |  |
Initial Capital Contribution to Joint Venture |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 5,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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