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Segment Information (Segment Financial Information) (Details) (USD $)
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2014
Feb. 28, 2013
Nov. 30, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Inventory, Homes under Construction $ 633,396,000   $ 586,439,000
Inventory, Real Estate, Land and Land Development Costs 1,363,340,000   1,066,916,000
Inventory, Land Held for Development and Sale 638,208,000   645,222,000
Inventory, Operative Builders 2,634,944,000   2,298,577,000
Revenues:      
Total revenues 450,687,000 405,219,000  
Pretax income (loss):      
Total pretax income (loss) 10,763,000 (12,358,000)  
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:      
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures 2,584,000 656,000  
Inventory impairments:      
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use 0 0 400,000
Land option contract abandonments:      
Land Option Contract Abandonment Charges 433,000 0  
Assets:      
Total assets 3,248,172,000   3,193,635,000
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:      
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures 60,648,000   130,192,000
Homebuilding [Member]
      
Revenues:      
Total revenues 448,267,000 402,816,000  
Pretax income (loss):      
Total pretax income (loss) 9,201,000 (15,017,000)  
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:      
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures 2,590,000 (435,000)  
Assets:      
Total assets 3,238,786,000   3,183,595,000
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:      
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures 60,648,000   130,192,000
Financial services [Member]
      
Revenues:      
Total revenues 2,420,000 2,403,000  
Pretax income (loss):      
Total pretax income (loss) 1,562,000 2,659,000  
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:      
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures (6,000) [1] 1,091,000 [1]  
Assets:      
Total assets 9,386,000   10,040,000
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:      
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures 5,484,000   5,490,000
West Coast [Member]
      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Inventory, Homes under Construction 321,787,000   275,516,000
Inventory, Real Estate, Land and Land Development Costs 659,753,000   560,032,000
Inventory, Land Held for Development and Sale 306,902,000   308,636,000
Land option contract abandonments:      
Land Option Contract Abandonment Charges 0 0  
West Coast [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
      
Revenues:      
Total revenues 181,721,000 206,104,000  
Pretax income (loss):      
Total pretax income (loss) 18,365,000 9,842,000  
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:      
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures (38,000) (33,000)  
Assets:      
Total assets 1,395,759,000   1,230,761,000
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:      
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures 44,598,000   40,246,000
Southwest [Member]
      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Inventory, Homes under Construction 34,278,000   39,661,000
Inventory, Real Estate, Land and Land Development Costs 237,788,000   106,654,000
Inventory, Land Held for Development and Sale 147,865,000   157,924,000
Land option contract abandonments:      
Land Option Contract Abandonment Charges 0 0  
Southwest [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
      
Revenues:      
Total revenues 46,115,000 31,831,000  
Pretax income (loss):      
Total pretax income (loss) 1,285,000 (749,000)  
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:      
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures (663,000) (525,000)  
Assets:      
Total assets 453,062,000   402,443,000
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:      
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures 13,549,000   80,877,000
Central [Member]
      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Inventory, Homes under Construction 173,194,000   157,572,000
Inventory, Real Estate, Land and Land Development Costs 285,407,000   238,311,000
Inventory, Land Held for Development and Sale 23,746,000   15,193,000
Land option contract abandonments:      
Land Option Contract Abandonment Charges 433,000 0  
Central [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
      
Revenues:      
Total revenues 125,162,000 106,492,000  
Pretax income (loss):      
Total pretax income (loss) 2,776,000 136,000  
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:      
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures 0 0  
Assets:      
Total assets 546,222,000   465,547,000
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:      
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures 0   0
Southeast [Member]
      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Inventory, Homes under Construction 104,137,000   113,690,000
Inventory, Real Estate, Land and Land Development Costs 180,392,000   161,919,000
Inventory, Land Held for Development and Sale 159,695,000   163,469,000
Land option contract abandonments:      
Land Option Contract Abandonment Charges 0 0  
Southeast [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
      
Revenues:      
Total revenues 95,269,000 58,389,000  
Pretax income (loss):      
Total pretax income (loss) 3,841,000 (8,324,000)  
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:      
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures 3,291,000 123,000  
Assets:      
Total assets 461,442,000   456,965,000
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:      
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures 2,501,000   9,069,000
Corporate and Other [Member] | Homebuilding [Member]
      
Pretax income (loss):      
Total pretax income (loss) (17,066,000) (15,922,000)  
Assets:      
Total assets $ 382,301,000   $ 627,879,000
[1] (a)The equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures in 2013 related to the wind down of KBA Mortgage, LLC (“KBA Mortgage”), our unconsolidated mortgage banking joint venture with a subsidiary of Bank of America, N.A., which ceased offering mortgage banking services in 2011