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Fair Value Disclosures (Details Textual) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2014 | Aug. 31, 2014 | Nov. 30, 2013 | Nov. 30, 2014 | Nov. 30, 2013 | Nov. 30, 2012
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment of Real Estate | $ 34,200,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate | $ 3,400,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate | $ 400,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate | $ 37,628,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate | $ 391,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate | $ 28,107,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate
Inventory Impacted by Pretax Noncash Inventory Impairment Charges, Carrying Value | 68,200,000 kbh_InventoryImpactedbyPretaxNoncashInventoryImpairmentChargesCarryingValue |  | 1,500,000 kbh_InventoryImpactedbyPretaxNoncashInventoryImpairmentChargesCarryingValue | 68,200,000 kbh_InventoryImpactedbyPretaxNoncashInventoryImpairmentChargesCarryingValue | 1,500,000 kbh_InventoryImpactedbyPretaxNoncashInventoryImpairmentChargesCarryingValue |
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure | $ 30,600,000 us-gaap_AssetsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember |  | $ 1,100,000 us-gaap_AssetsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | $ 30,600,000 us-gaap_AssetsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | $ 1,100,000 us-gaap_AssetsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | $ 39,900,000 us-gaap_AssetsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember

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- Definition Fair value portion of probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events. + 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 (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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