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Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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May 31, 2016
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities | Accrued expenses and other liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
| May 31, 2016 |  | November 30, 2015
Inventory-related obligations (a) | $ | 113,453 |  |  | $ | 148,887 |
Employee compensation and related benefits | 98,710 |  |  | 114,456 |
Self-insurance and other litigation liabilities | 94,303 |  |  | 96,496 |
Accrued interest payable | 65,583 |  |  | 62,645 |
Warranty liability | 48,837 |  |  | 49,085 |
Customer deposits | 20,255 |  |  | 14,563 |
Real estate and business taxes | 9,271 |  |  | 14,255 |
Other | 6,233 |  |  | 13,027 |
Total | $ | 456,645 |  |  | $ | 513,414 |
(a) | Represents liabilities for financing arrangements discussed in Note 7 – Variable Interest Entities, as well as liabilities for fixed or determinable amounts associated with tax increment financing entity (“TIFE”) assessments. As homes are delivered, our obligation to pay the remaining TIFE assessments associated with each underlying lot is transferred to the homebuyer. As such, these assessment obligations will be paid by us only to the extent we do not deliver homes on applicable lots before the related TIFE obligations mature.

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