Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Financial information relating to company reporting segments

The following tables present financial information relating to our segments (in thousands):

	Years Ended November 30,
	2014		2013		2012
Revenues:
West Coast	$	1,089,857	$	1,020,218	$	755,259
Southwest	199,504		175,252		132,438
Central	698,429		565,120		436,407
Southeast	401,853		324,388		224,328
Total homebuilding revenues	2,389,643		2,084,978		1,548,432
Financial services	11,306		12,152		11,683
Total	$	2,400,949	$	2,097,130	$	1,560,115

	Years Ended November 30,
	2014			2013			2012
Pretax income (loss):
West Coast	$	116,325		$	118,264		$	(10,467	)
Southwest	6,015			2,903			(10,194		)
Central	47,214			22,275			1,449
Southeast	(11,158		)	(45,992		)	(1,183		)
Corporate and other	(71,993		)	(69,271		)	(69,541		)
Total homebuilding pretax income (loss)	86,403			28,179			(89,936		)
Financial services	8,546			10,184			10,883
Total	$	94,949		$	38,363		$	(79,053	)
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	(374	)	$	(148	)	$	(174	)
Southwest	(2,176		)	(2,355		)	(811		)
Central	—			—			—
Southeast	3,291			496			591
Total	$	741		$	(2,007	)	$	(394	)
Inventory impairment charges:
West Coast	$	27,285		$	—		$	19,235
Southwest	6,392			—			2,135
Central	—			—			1,267
Southeast	3,951			391			5,470
Total	$	37,628		$	391		$	28,107
Land option contract abandonment charges:
West Coast	$	554		$	3,190		$	—
Southwest	—			—			—
Central	995			—			133
Southeast	254			—			293
Total	$	1,803		$	3,190		$	426

	November 30,
	2014		2013
Inventories:
Homes under construction
West Coast	$	536,843	$	275,516
Southwest	65,647		39,661
Central	201,164		157,572
Southeast	124,618		113,690
Subtotal	928,272		586,439
Land under development
West Coast	765,577		560,032
Southwest	334,691		106,654
Central	363,933		238,311
Southeast	245,948		161,919
Subtotal	1,710,149		1,066,916
Land held for future development
West Coast	294,060		308,636
Southwest	138,367		157,924
Central	22,957		15,193
Southeast	124,582		163,469
Subtotal	579,966		645,222
Total	$	3,218,387	$	2,298,577
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	59,552	$	40,246
Southwest	17,388		80,877
Central	—		—
Southeast	2,501		9,069
Total	$	79,441	$	130,192
Assets:
West Coast	$	1,695,753	$	1,230,761
Southwest	579,201		402,443
Central	678,139		465,547
Southeast	531,011		456,965
Corporate and other	1,262,960		627,879
Total homebuilding assets	4,747,064		3,183,595
Financial services	10,486		10,040
Total	$	4,757,550	$	3,193,635