Mortgages and Notes Payable (Tables)

6 Months Ended

May 31, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Mortgages and Notes Payable

Mortgages and notes payable consisted of the following (in thousands):

	May 31, 2013		November 30, 2012
Mortgages and land contracts due to land sellers and other loans	$	42,081	$	52,311
Senior notes due February 1, 2014 at 5 3/4%	75,935		75,911
Senior notes due January 15, 2015 at 5 7/8%	102,038		101,999
Senior notes due June 15, 2015 at 6 1/4%	236,841		236,826
Senior notes due September 15, 2017 at 9.10%	261,732		261,430
Senior notes due June 15, 2018 at 7 1/4%	299,194		299,129
Senior notes due March 15, 2020 at 8.00%	345,454		345,209
Senior notes due September 15, 2022 at 7.50%	350,000		350,000
Convertible senior notes due February 1, 2019 at 1.375%	230,000		—
Total	$	1,943,275	$	1,722,815