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Segment Information (Segment Financial Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2017 | May 31, 2016 | May 31, 2017 | May 31, 2016 | Nov. 30, 2016
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment of Real Estate |  | $ 4,302 | $ 9,930 | $ 7,519 | $ 11,276 | $ 49,600
Inventory, Homes under Construction |  | 1,531,052 |  | 1,531,052 |  | 1,245,938
Inventory, Real Estate, Land and Land Development Costs |  | 1,560,759 |  | 1,560,759 |  | 1,727,657
Inventory, Land Held for Development and Sale | [1] | 396,393 |  | 396,393 |  | 429,633
Inventory, Operative Builders |  | 3,488,204 |  | 3,488,204 |  | 3,403,228
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Home Building Revenue |  | 1,000,072 | 808,462 | 1,816,318 | 1,484,204 |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Total pretax income (loss) |  | 51,982 | 24,797 | 73,441 | 40,824 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 4,958,795 |  | 4,958,795 |  | 5,131,624
Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Total pretax income (loss) |  | 49,165 | 23,277 | 69,064 | 38,121 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 4,947,385 |  | 4,947,385 |  | 5,121,125
Financial services [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Total pretax income (loss) |  | 2,817 | 1,520 | 4,377 | 2,703 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 11,410 |  | 11,410 |  | 10,499
West Coast [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment of Real Estate |  | 3,144 | 4,574 | 3,144 | 4,574 |
Inventory, Homes under Construction |  | 937,202 |  | 937,202 |  | 695,742
Inventory, Real Estate, Land and Land Development Costs |  | 641,669 |  | 641,669 |  | 820,088
Inventory, Land Held for Development and Sale |  | 195,684 |  | 195,684 |  | 210,910
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Home Building Revenue |  | 460,600 | 331,273 | 816,432 | 615,119 |
West Coast [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Total pretax income (loss) |  | 36,496 | 19,619 | 59,349 | 41,735 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 1,881,660 |  | 1,881,660 |  | 1,847,279
Southwest [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment of Real Estate |  | 0 | 0 | 1,343 | 0 |
Inventory, Homes under Construction |  | 149,669 |  | 149,669 |  | 130,886
Inventory, Real Estate, Land and Land Development Costs |  | 287,557 |  | 287,557 |  | 268,507
Inventory, Land Held for Development and Sale |  | 111,608 |  | 111,608 |  | 122,927
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Home Building Revenue |  | 126,189 | 111,671 | 243,825 | 212,003 |
Southwest [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Total pretax income (loss) |  | 9,949 | 10,134 | 18,621 | 22,637 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 584,515 |  | 584,515 |  | 564,636
Central [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment of Real Estate |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 787 |
Inventory, Homes under Construction |  | 334,326 |  | 334,326 |  | 297,290
Inventory, Real Estate, Land and Land Development Costs |  | 451,551 |  | 451,551 |  | 456,508
Inventory, Land Held for Development and Sale |  | 18,328 |  | 18,328 |  | 15,439
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Home Building Revenue |  | 292,746 | 240,232 | 535,002 | 442,393 |
Central [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Total pretax income (loss) |  | 26,985 | 23,335 | 46,663 | 33,914 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 918,171 |  | 918,171 |  | 909,497
Southeast [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment of Real Estate |  | 1,158 | 5,356 | 3,032 | 5,915 |
Inventory, Homes under Construction |  | 109,855 |  | 109,855 |  | 122,020
Inventory, Real Estate, Land and Land Development Costs |  | 179,982 |  | 179,982 |  | 182,554
Inventory, Land Held for Development and Sale |  | 70,773 |  | 70,773 |  | 80,357
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Home Building Revenue |  | 120,537 | 125,286 | 221,059 | 214,689 |
Southeast [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Total pretax income (loss) |  | 479 | (6,590) | (1,734) | (14,154) |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 375,823 |  | 375,823 |  | 414,730
Corporate and Other [Member] | Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Total pretax income (loss) |  | (24,744) | (23,221) | (53,835) | (46,011) |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 1,187,216 |  | 1,187,216 |  | $ 1,384,983
Land Option Contract Abandonment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss on Contract Termination |  | 1,699 | 1,810 | 2,490 | 2,430 |
Land Option Contract Abandonment [Member] | West Coast [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss on Contract Termination |  | 1,044 | 261 | 1,835 | 421 |
Land Option Contract Abandonment [Member] | Southwest [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss on Contract Termination |  | 0 | 111 | 0 | 111 |
Land Option Contract Abandonment [Member] | Central [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss on Contract Termination |  | 518 | 0 | 518 | 460 |
Land Option Contract Abandonment [Member] | Southeast [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss on Contract Termination |  | $ 137 |  | $ 137 |  |
Metro Washington, D.C. [Member] | Land Option Contract Abandonment [Member] | Southeast [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss on Contract Termination |  |  | 1,438 |  | 1,438 |
Metro Washington, D.C. [Member] | Land [Member] | Southeast [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment of Real Estate |  |  | $ 5,400 |  | $ 5,400 |
[1] | Land held for sale totaled $65.4 million at May 31, 2017 and $63.4 million at November 30, 2016.

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