Business Acquisition (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | |||||||
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Feb. 12, 2018
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Feb. 10, 2017
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May 31, 2018
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May 31, 2017
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May 31, 2018
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May 31, 2017
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Nov. 30, 2017
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Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||||||
Transaction costs | $ 23,875 | $ 0 | $ 128,070 | $ 0 | |||||
Lennar Financial Services | |||||||||
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||||||
Goodwill | 212,871 | 212,871 | $ 59,838 | ||||||
Lennar Homebuilding | |||||||||
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||||||
Goodwill | [1] | $ 3,451,994 | $ 3,451,994 | $ 136,566 | |||||
Lennar Homebuilding | 4.125% senior notes due 2022 | |||||||||
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||||||
Interest rate | 4.125% | 4.125% | |||||||
Senior Notes | Lennar Homebuilding | 4.125% senior notes due 2022 | |||||||||
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||||||
Interest rate | 4.125% | 4.125% | |||||||
CalAtlantic Group, Inc. | |||||||||
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||||||
Number of metropolitan areas | metropolitan_area | 43 | ||||||||
Number of states | state | 19 | ||||||||
Consideration attributable to cash including fractional shares | $ 1,162,341 | ||||||||
Revenue since acquisition | $ 2,100,000 | $ 2,500,000 | |||||||
Pre-tax earnings since acquisition | 56,500 | (52,000) | |||||||
Transaction costs | 23,900 | 128,100 | |||||||
Goodwill | 3,300,000 | ||||||||
CalAtlantic Group, Inc. | Lennar Financial Services | |||||||||
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||||||
Goodwill | 150,000 | ||||||||
CalAtlantic Group, Inc. | Lennar Homebuilding | |||||||||
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||||||
Goodwill | $ 3,315,428 | ||||||||
WCI Communities, Inc. | |||||||||
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||||||
Consideration attributable to cash including fractional shares | $ 642,600 | ||||||||
Revenue since acquisition | 182,800 | 202,300 | |||||||
Pre-tax earnings since acquisition | 21,900 | 13,200 | |||||||
Transaction costs | $ 8,000 | $ 19,000 | |||||||
Goodwill | 156,566 | ||||||||
WCI Communities, Inc. | Lennar Financial Services | |||||||||
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||||||
Goodwill | $ 20,000 | $ 20,000 | $ 20,000 | ||||||
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