Financial Instruments (Reconciliation Of Beginning And Ending Balance For The Company's Level 3 Recurring Fair Value Measurements) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |||||||||||
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Aug. 31, 2015 |
Aug. 31, 2014 |
Aug. 31, 2015 |
Aug. 31, 2014 |
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Servicing Contracts [Member] | Lennar Financial Services [Member] | |||||||||||||
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward] | |||||||||||||
Beginning of period | $ 16,504 | $ 18,242 | $ 17,353 | $ 11,455 | |||||||||
Purchases and other | 844 | 441 | 1,840 | 8,977 | |||||||||
Sales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Settlements | (974) | (622) | (2,848) | (1,190) | |||||||||
Changes in fair value included in earnings | [1] | 66 | 1,326 | 95 | 145 | ||||||||
Interest accrued | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
End of period | 16,440 | 19,387 | 16,440 | 19,387 | |||||||||
Available-for-sale Securities [Member] | Lennar Homebuilding [Member] | |||||||||||||
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward] | |||||||||||||
Beginning of period | 492 | 20,416 | 480 | 40,032 | |||||||||
Purchases and other | 0 | 0 | 28,093 | [2] | 21,274 | ||||||||
Sales | 0 | (1,655) | 0 | (46,234) | |||||||||
Settlements | 0 | (4,125) | (28,093) | [3] | (5,586) | [3] | |||||||
Changes in fair value included in earnings | [1] | 31 | 2,229 | 43 | 7,379 | ||||||||
Interest accrued | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
End of period | 523 | 16,865 | 523 | 16,865 | |||||||||
Loans Held-For-Sale [Member] | Rialto [Member] | |||||||||||||
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward] | |||||||||||||
Beginning of period | 318,037 | 45,065 | 113,596 | 44,228 | |||||||||
Purchases and other | 719,998 | 411,683 | 1,968,692 | [2] | 1,103,839 | [2] | |||||||
Sales | (528,518) | (292,099) | (1,570,101) | (983,635) | |||||||||
Settlements | 0 | 0 | 0 | [3] | 0 | [3] | |||||||
Changes in fair value included in earnings | [1] | 679 | 1,085 | (1,622) | 1,326 | ||||||||
Interest accrued | (63) | (811) | (432) | (835) | |||||||||
End of period | $ 510,133 | $ 164,923 | $ 510,133 | 164,923 | |||||||||
Lennar Financial Services Acquisition [Member] | Servicing Contracts [Member] | Lennar Financial Services [Member] | |||||||||||||
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward] | |||||||||||||
Purchases and other | $ 5,927 | ||||||||||||
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