Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2015

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,
	2015		2014		2013
Revenues:
West Coast	$	1,402,264	$	1,089,857	$	1,020,218
Southwest	398,242		199,504		175,252
Central	809,738		698,429		565,120
Southeast	410,743		401,853		324,388
Total homebuilding revenues	3,020,987		2,389,643		2,084,978
Financial services	11,043		11,306		12,152
Total	$	3,032,030	$	2,400,949	$	2,097,130

Pretax income (loss):
West Coast	$	127,946		$	116,325		$	118,264
Southwest	31,718			6,015			2,903
Central	70,959			47,214			22,275
Southeast	(22,758		)	(11,158		)	(45,992		)
Corporate and other	(92,446		)	(71,993		)	(69,271		)
Total homebuilding pretax income	115,419			86,403			28,179
Financial services	11,624			8,546			10,184
Total	$	127,043		$	94,949		$	38,363
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	(1,106	)	$	(374	)	$	(148	)
Southwest	(696		)	(2,176		)	(2,355		)
Central	—			—			—
Southeast	(2		)	3,291			496
Total	$	(1,804	)	$	741		$	(2,007	)
Inventory impairment charges:
West Coast	$	645		$	27,285		$	—
Southwest	3,253			6,392			—
Central	—			—			—
Southeast	4,132			3,951			391
Total	$	8,030		$	37,628		$	391

	Years Ended November 30,
	2015		2014		2013
Land option contract abandonments:
West Coast	$	352	$	554	$	3,190
Southwest	—		—		—
Central	225		995		—
Southeast	984		254		—
Total	$	1,561	$	1,803	$	3,190

	November 30,
	2015		2014
Inventories:
Homes under construction
West Coast	$	535,795	$	536,843
Southwest	112,032		65,647
Central	263,345		201,164
Southeast	120,184		124,618
Subtotal	1,031,356		928,272
Land under development
West Coast	788,607		765,577
Southwest	317,331		334,691
Central	421,783		363,933
Southeast	238,324		245,948
Subtotal	1,766,045		1,710,149
Land held for future development
West Coast	277,954		294,060
Southwest	104,677		138,367
Central	22,082		22,957
Southeast	111,633		124,582
Subtotal	516,346		579,966
Total	$	3,313,747	$	3,218,387
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	54,360	$	59,552
Southwest	14,697		17,388
Central	—		—
Southeast	2,501		2,501
Total	$	71,558	$	79,441

	November 30,
	2015		2014
Assets:
West Coast	$	1,740,299	$	1,695,753
Southwest	582,030		579,201
Central	829,811		678,139
Southeast	507,844		531,011
Corporate and other	1,341,359		1,262,960
Total homebuilding assets	5,001,343		4,747,064
Financial services	14,028		10,486
Total	$	5,015,371	$	4,757,550