Leases

9 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2023

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

LeasesWe lease certain property and equipment for use in our operations. We recognize lease expense for these leases generally on a straight-line basis over the lease term and combine lease and non-lease components for all leases. Lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are recorded in our consolidated balance sheets for leases with an expected term at the commencement date of more than 12 months. Lease expense is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations and includes costs for leases with terms of more than 12 months as well as short-term leases with terms of 12 months or less. Our total lease expense for the three months ended August 31, 2023 and 2022 was $5.7 million and $5.4 million, respectively, and included short-term lease costs of $2.4 million and $2.2 million, respectively. For the nine months ended August 31, 2023 and 2022, our total lease expense was $16.5 million and $14.6 million, respectively, and included short-term lease costs of $6.3 million and $5.2 million, respectively. Variable lease costs and external sublease income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2023 and 2022 were immaterial.

The following table presents our lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities (in thousands):

	August 31, 2023		November 30, 2022
Lease right-of-use assets (a)	$	23,103	$	25,545
Lease liabilities (a)	24,985		27,580

(a)Consists of amounts within both our homebuilding and financial services operations. The financial services amounts were nominal as of each date.