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Mortgages and Notes Payable (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Mortgages and Notes Payable | Mortgages and notes payable consisted of the following (in thousands):
| November 30,
| 2013 |  | 2012
Mortgages and land contracts due to land sellers and other loans (at interest rates of 7% at November 30, 2013 and 6% to 7% at November 30, 2012) | $ | 13,615 |  |  | $ | 52,311 |
5 3/4% Senior notes due February 1, 2014 | — |  |  | 75,911 |
5 7/8% Senior notes due January 15, 2015 | — |  |  | 101,999 |
6 1/4% Senior notes due June 15, 2015 | 199,864 |  |  | 236,826 |
9.10% Senior notes due September 15, 2017 | 262,048 |  |  | 261,430 |
7 1/4% Senior notes due June 15, 2018 | 299,261 |  |  | 299,129 |
8.00% Senior notes due March 15, 2020 | 345,710 |  |  | 345,209 |
7.00% Senior notes due December 15, 2021 | 450,000 |  |  | — |
7.50% Senior notes due September 15, 2022 | 350,000 |  |  | 350,000 |
1.375% Convertible senior notes due February 1, 2019 | 230,000 |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 2,150,498 |  |  | $ | 1,722,815 |

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