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Inventories (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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May 31, 2018
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Inventories | Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):
| May 31, 2018 |  | November 30, 2017
Homes under construction | $ | 1,397,790 |  |  | $ | 1,236,848 |
Land under development | 1,761,317 |  |  | 1,651,339 |
Land held for future development or sale (a) | 304,895 |  |  | 375,199 |
Total | $ | 3,464,002 |  |  | $ | 3,263,386 |
Schedule of Capitalized Interest Costs | Our interest costs were as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended May 31, |  | Six Months Ended May 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Capitalized interest at beginning of period | $ | 259,785 |  |  | $ | 311,111 |  |  | $ | 262,191 |  |  | $ | 306,723 |
Interest incurred (a) | 39,924 |  |  | 43,344 |  |  | 79,868 |  |  | 93,423 |
Interest expensed (a) | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (6,307 | )
Interest amortized to construction and land costs (b) | (52,433 | ) |  | (50,471 | ) |  | (94,783 | ) |  | (89,855 | )
Capitalized interest at end of period (c) | $ | 247,276 |  |  | $ | 303,984 |  |  | $ | 247,276 |  |  | $ | 303,984 |
(a) | Interest incurred and interest expensed for the six months ended May 31, 2017 included a charge of $5.7 million for the early extinguishment of debt.
(b) | Interest amortized to construction and land costs for the three months ended May 31, 2018 and 2017 included $3.1 million and $1.1 million, respectively, related to land sales during those periods. Interest amortized to construction and land costs for the six months ended May 31, 2018 and 2017 included $4.1 million and $1.6 million, respectively, related to land sales during those periods.
(c) | Capitalized interest amounts reflect the gross amount of capitalized interest, as inventory impairment charges recognized, if any, are not generally allocated to specific components of inventory.

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