Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

May 31, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Financial Information Relating to Company Reporting Segments

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

	Six Months Ended May 31,						Three Months Ended May 31,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Revenues:
West Coast	$	479,594		$	237,884		$	273,490		$	132,651
Southwest	79,078			59,493			47,247			27,909
Central	226,797			168,030			120,305			87,756
Southeast	139,135			87,093			80,746			52,289
Total homebuilding revenues	924,604			552,500			521,788			300,605
Financial services	5,021			4,910			2,618			2,247
Total	$	929,625		$	557,410		$	524,406		$	302,852
Pretax income (loss):
West Coast	$	37,862		$	(33,454	)	$	28,020		$	(14,694	)
Southwest	841			(7,182		)	1,590			(2,139		)
Central	2,484			(4,138		)	2,348			(631		)
Southeast	(25,092		)	320			(16,768		)	4,579
Corporate and other (a)	(37,263		)	(33,055		)	(21,341		)	(17,252		)
Total homebuilding pretax loss	(21,168		)	(77,509		)	(6,151		)	(30,137		)
Financial services	4,637			3,471			1,978			1,501
Total	$	(16,531	)	$	(74,038	)	$	(4,173	)	$	(28,636	)

(a)Corporate and other includes corporate general and administrative expenses.

	Six Months Ended May 31,						Three Months Ended May 31,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	(73	)	$	(77	)	$	(40	)	$	(32	)
Southwest	(1,164		)	(217		)	(639		)	(209		)
Central	—			—			—			—
Southeast	235			(21		)	112			(2		)
Total	$	(1,002	)	$	(315	)	$	(567	)	$	(243	)
Inventory impairments:
West Coast	$	—		$	13,107		$	—		$	6,535
Southwest	—			2,135			—			2,135
Central	—			1,267			—			1,267
Southeast	—			—			—			—
Total	$	—		$	16,509		$	—		$	9,937

Land option contract abandonments:
West Coast	$	284	$	—	$	284	$	—
Southwest	—		—		—		—
Central	—		—		—		—
Southeast	—		—		—		—
Total	$	284	$	—	$	284	$	—

	May 31, 2013		November 30, 2012
Assets:
West Coast	$	1,109,993	$	930,450
Southwest	351,149		319,863
Central	417,172		369,294
Southeast	401,058		341,460
Corporate and other	623,629		596,176
Total homebuilding assets	2,903,001		2,557,243
Financial services	9,120		4,455
Total	$	2,912,121	$	2,561,698
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	38,763	$	38,372
Southwest	74,919		75,920
Central	—		—
Southeast	9,118		9,382
Total	$	122,800	$	123,674