Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Aug. 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):

	Nine Months Ended August 31,						Three Months Ended August 31,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Revenues:
West Coast	$	746,232		$	445,123		$	266,638		$	207,239
Southwest	126,515			95,127			47,437			35,634
Central	381,342			285,129			154,545			117,099
Southeast	216,315			148,676			77,180			61,583
Total homebuilding revenues	1,470,404			974,055			545,800			421,555
Financial services	8,195			7,859			3,174			2,949
Total	$	1,478,599		$	981,914		$	548,974		$	424,504
Pretax income (loss):
West Coast	$	75,469		$	(29,019	)	$	37,607		$	4,435
Southwest	2,026			(10,616		)	1,185			(3,434		)
Central	11,569			(3,152		)	9,085			986
Southeast	(35,012		)	5,494			(9,920		)	5,174
Corporate and other (a)	(51,046		)	(52,014		)	(13,783		)	(18,959		)
Total homebuilding pretax income (loss)	3,006			(89,307		)	24,174			(11,798		)
Financial services	7,041			7,830			2,404			4,359
Total	$	10,047		$	(81,477	)	$	26,578		$	(7,439	)

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

	Nine Months Ended August 31,						Three Months Ended August 31,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	(109	)	$	(129	)	$	(36	)	$	(52	)
Southwest	(1,919		)	(458		)	(755		)	(241		)
Central	—			—			—			—
Southeast	370			550			135			571
Total	$	(1,658	)	$	(37	)	$	(656	)	$	278
Inventory impairments:
West Coast	$	—		$	14,040		$	—		$	933
Southwest	—			2,135			—			—
Central	—			1,267			—			—
Southeast	—			5,470			—			5,470
Total	$	—		$	22,912		$	—		$	6,403
Land option contract abandonments:
West Coast	$	284		$	—		$	—		$	—
Southwest	—			—			—			—
Central	—			—			—			—
Southeast	—			—			—			—
Total	$	284		$	—		$	—		$	—

	August 31, 2013		November 30, 2012
Assets:
West Coast	$	1,236,984	$	930,450
Southwest	387,654		319,863
Central	449,870		369,294
Southeast	431,270		341,460
Corporate and other	449,028		596,176
Total homebuilding assets	2,954,806		2,557,243
Financial services	10,035		4,455
Total	$	2,964,841	$	2,561,698
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	39,575	$	38,372
Southwest	77,721		75,920
Central	—		—
Southeast	9,253		9,382
Total	$	126,549	$	123,674