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Segment Information (Segment Financial Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Aug. 31, 2020 | Aug. 31, 2019 | Aug. 31, 2020 | Aug. 31, 2019 | Nov. 30, 2019
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Inventory impairments and land option contract abandonments |  |  |  | $ 16,939 | $ 13,143 |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenues |  | $ 999,013 | $ 1,160,786 | 2,988,918 | 2,994,072 |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss) |  | 101,315 | 91,936 | 237,952 | 183,208 |
Inventories: Homes under Construction |  | 1,316,467 |  | 1,316,467 |  | $ 1,340,412
Inventories: Land under development |  | 2,234,992 |  | 2,234,992 |  | 2,213,713
Inventories: Land held for future development or sale | [1] | 119,670 |  | 119,670 |  | 150,477
Inventories |  | 3,671,129 |  | 3,671,129 |  | 3,704,602
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 5,177,427 |  | 5,177,427 |  | 5,015,482
Land Option Contract Abandonment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Land option contract abandonment charges |  | 400 | 400 | 5,400 | 1,700 |
Home Building [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Inventory impairments and land option contract abandonments |  | 6,888 | 5,251 | 16,939 | 13,143 |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenues |  | 995,148 | 1,156,855 | 2,977,810 | 2,984,314 |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss) |  | 91,651 | 85,292 | 214,871 | 169,499 |
Inventories |  | 3,671,129 |  | 3,671,129 |  | 3,704,602
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 5,142,666 |  | 5,142,666 |  | 4,977,086
Home Building [Member] | West Coast [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Inventory impairments and land option contract abandonments |  | 5,546 | 5,065 | 10,610 | 12,148 |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenues |  | 379,025 | 497,654 | 1,195,404 | 1,194,728 |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss) |  | 34,353 | 43,775 | 96,202 | 86,480 |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 1,916,237 |  | 1,916,237 |  | 1,925,192
Home Building [Member] | Southwest [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Inventory impairments and land option contract abandonments |  | 0 | 126 | 171 | 408 |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenues |  | 223,096 | 180,238 | 589,665 | 522,721 |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss) |  | 39,295 | 26,366 | 96,298 | 76,433 |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 699,777 |  | 699,777 |  | 674,310
Home Building [Member] | Central [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Inventory impairments and land option contract abandonments |  | 1,084 | 0 | 5,520 | 366 |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenues |  | 297,022 | 326,058 | 864,728 | 874,730 |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss) |  | 35,422 | 34,417 | 84,996 | 80,199 |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 977,535 |  | 977,535 |  | 1,035,563
Home Building [Member] | Southeast [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Inventory impairments and land option contract abandonments |  | 258 | 60 | 638 | 221 |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenues |  | 96,005 | 152,905 | 328,013 | 392,135 |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss) |  | 5,986 | 5,272 | 15,245 | 5,316 |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | 417,349 |  | 417,349 |  | 441,451
Home Building [Member] | Corporate and Other [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Pretax income (loss) |  | (23,405) | $ (24,538) | (77,870) | $ (78,929) |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | $ 1,131,768 |  | $ 1,131,768 |  | $ 900,570
[1] | Land held for sale totaled $1.3 million at August 31, 2020 and $19.3 million at November 30, 2019.

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