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Notes Payable (Schedule Notes Payable) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Aug. 31, 2015 | Nov. 30, 2014
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Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Mortgages and notes payable | $ 2,630,732 | $ 2,576,525
Convertible Senior Notes Due Two Thousand Nineteen At One Point Three Seven Five Percent [Member] [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Senior notes, rate | 1.375% |
Mortgages and Land Contracts Due to Land Sellers and Other Loans [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Mortgages and notes payable | $ 41,244 | $ 38,250
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior Notes Due Two Thousand Fifteen at Six Point Two Five Percent [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Senior notes, rate |  | 6.25%
Mortgages and notes payable | $ 0 | $ 199,891
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior notes due September 15, 2017 at 9.10% |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Senior notes, rate | 9.10% | 9.10%
Mortgages and notes payable | $ 263,282 | $ 262,729
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior notes due June 15, 2018 at 7 1/4% |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Senior notes, rate | 7.25% | 7.25%
Mortgages and notes payable | $ 299,515 | $ 299,402
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior Notes Due Two Thousand Nineteen at Four Point Seven Five Percent [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Senior notes, rate | 4.75% | 4.75%
Mortgages and notes payable | $ 400,000 | $ 400,000
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior notes due March 15, 2020 at 8.00% |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Senior notes, rate | 8.00% | 8.00%
Mortgages and notes payable | $ 346,691 | $ 346,253
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior Notes due December 15, 2021 at 7.00% |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Senior notes, rate | 7.00% | 7.00%
Mortgages and notes payable | $ 450,000 | $ 450,000
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior notes due September 15, 2022 at 7.50% |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Senior notes, rate | 7.50% | 7.50%
Mortgages and notes payable | $ 350,000 | $ 350,000
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior Notes Due Two Thousand Twenty Three At Seven Point Six Two Five Percent [Domain] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Senior notes, rate | 7.625% |
Mortgages and notes payable | $ 250,000 | $ 0
Convertible Notes Payable [Member] | Convertible Senior Notes Due Two Thousand Nineteen At One Point Three Seven Five Percent [Member] [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Senior notes, rate | 1.375% | 1.375%
Mortgages and notes payable | $ 230,000 | $ 230,000

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