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Notes Payable | 9 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Notes Payable | Notes Payable Notes payable consisted of the following (in thousands):
| August 31, 2020 |  | November 30, 2019
Mortgages and land contracts due to land sellers and other loans | $ | 5,620 |  |  | $ | 7,889 |
7.00% Senior notes due December 15, 2021 | 448,807 |  |  | 448,164 |
7.50% Senior notes due September 15, 2022 | 348,697 |  |  | 348,267 |
7.625% Senior notes due May 15, 2023 | 351,400 |  |  | 351,748 |
6.875% Senior notes due June 15, 2027 | 296,660 |  |  | 296,379 |
4.80% Senior notes due November 15, 2029 | 296,520 |  |  | 296,300 |
Total | $ | 1,747,704 |  |  | $ | 1,748,747 |
The carrying amounts of our senior notes listed above are net of unamortized debt issuance costs, premiums and discounts, which totaled $7.9 million at August 31, 2020 and $9.1 million at November 30, 2019. Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility. We have an $800.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility with various banks (“Credit Facility”) that will mature on October 7, 2023. The Credit Facility contains an uncommitted accordion feature under which its aggregate principal amount of available loans can be increased to a maximum of $1.00 billion under certain conditions, including obtaining additional bank commitments. The Credit Facility also contains a sublimit of $250.0 million for the issuance of letters of credit. Interest on amounts borrowed under the Credit Facility is payable at least quarterly in arrears at a rate based on either a Eurodollar or a base rate, plus a spread that depends on our consolidated leverage ratio (“Leverage Ratio”), as defined under the Credit Facility. The Credit Facility also requires the payment of a commitment fee at a per annum rate ranging from .20% to .35% of the unused commitment, based on our Leverage Ratio. Under the terms of the Credit Facility, we are required, among other things, to maintain compliance with various covenants, including financial covenants relating to our consolidated tangible net worth, Leverage Ratio, and either a consolidated interest coverage ratio (“Interest Coverage Ratio”) or minimum level of liquidity, each as defined therein. The amount of the Credit Facility available for cash borrowings or the issuance of letters of credit depends on the total cash borrowings and letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Facility and the maximum available amount under the terms of the Credit Facility. As of August 31, 2020, we had no cash borrowings and $12.4 million of letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Facility. Therefore, as of August 31, 2020, we had $787.6 million available for cash borrowings under the Credit Facility, with up to $237.6 million of that amount available for the issuance of letters of credit. Letter of Credit Facility. We have an unsecured letter of credit agreement with a financial institution (“LOC Facility”). Under the LOC Facility, which expires on February 13, 2022, we may issue up to $50.0 million of letters of credit. We maintain the LOC Facility to obtain letters of credit from time to time in the ordinary course of operating our business. As of August 31, 2020, we had $29.3 million of letters of credit outstanding under the LOC Facility. We had $15.8 million letters of credit outstanding under the LOC Facility as of November 30, 2019. Mortgages and Land Contracts Due to Land Sellers and Other Loans. As of August 31, 2020, inventories having a carrying value of $49.2 million were pledged to collateralize mortgages and land contracts due to land sellers and other loans. Shelf Registration. On July 9, 2020, we filed an automatically effective universal shelf registration statement (“2020 Shelf Registration”) with the SEC. The 2020 Shelf Registration registers the offering of securities that we may issue from time to time in amounts to be determined. Issuances of securities under our 2020 Shelf Registration require the filing of a prospectus supplement identifying the amount and terms of the securities to be issued. Our ability to issue securities is subject to market conditions and, with respect to debt securities, other factors impacting our borrowing capacity. The 2020 Shelf Registration replaced our previously effective universal shelf registration statement filed with the SEC on July 14, 2017. We have not made any offerings of securities under the 2020 Shelf Registration. Senior Notes. All the senior notes outstanding at August 31, 2020 and November 30, 2019 represent senior unsecured obligations that are guaranteed by certain of our subsidiaries and rank equally in right of payment with all of our and our guarantor subsidiaries’ existing unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. Interest on each of these senior notes is payable semi-annually. The indenture governing our senior notes does not contain any financial covenants. Subject to specified exceptions, the indenture contains certain restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to incur secured indebtedness, or engage in sale and leaseback transactions involving property above a certain specified value. In addition, the indenture contains certain limitations related to mergers, consolidations, and sales of assets. As of August 31, 2020, we were in compliance with the applicable terms of all our covenants and other requirements under the Credit Facility, the senior notes, the indenture, and the mortgages and land contracts due to land sellers and other loans. Our ability to access the Credit Facility for cash borrowings and letters of credit and our ability to secure future debt financing depend, in part, on our ability to remain in such compliance. As of August 31, 2020, principal payments on senior notes, mortgages and land contracts due to land sellers and other loans are due during each year ending November 30 as follows: 2020 – $4.6 million; 2021 – $1.0 million; 2022 – $800.0 million; 2023 – $350.0 million; 2024 – $0; and thereafter – $600.0 million.

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