Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Financial information relating to company reporting segments

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

	Years Ended November 30,
	2016		2015		2014
Revenues:
West Coast	$	1,638,078	$	1,402,264	$	1,089,857
Southwest	447,473		398,242		199,504
Central	1,018,535		809,738		698,429
Southeast	478,857		410,743		401,853
Total	$	3,582,943	$	3,020,987	$	2,389,643

Pretax income (loss):
West Coast	$	148,014		$	127,946		$	116,325
Southwest	38,807			31,718			6,015
Central	85,924			70,959			47,214
Southeast	(29,385		)	(22,758		)	(11,158		)
Corporate and other	(98,511		)	(92,446		)	(71,993		)
Total	$	144,849		$	115,419		$	86,403
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	(1,561	)	$	(1,106	)	$	(374	)
Southwest	(618		)	(696		)	(2,176		)
Central	—			—			—
Southeast	(2		)	(2		)	3,291
Total	$	(2,181	)	$	(1,804	)	$	741
Inventory impairment charges:
West Coast	$	8,209		$	645		$	27,285
Southwest	3,191			3,253			6,392
Central	10,633			—			—
Southeast	27,547			4,132			3,951
Total	$	49,580		$	8,030		$	37,628

	Years Ended November 30,
	2016		2015		2014
Land option contract abandonments:
West Coast	$	769	$	352	$	554
Southwest	253		—		—
Central	460		225		995
Southeast	1,750		984		254
Total	$	3,232	$	1,561	$	1,803

	November 30,
	2016		2015
Inventories:
Homes under construction
West Coast	$	695,742	$	535,795
Southwest	130,886		112,032
Central	297,290		263,345
Southeast	122,020		120,184
Subtotal	1,245,938		1,031,356
Land under development
West Coast	820,088		788,607
Southwest	268,507		317,331
Central	456,508		421,783
Southeast	182,554		238,324
Subtotal	1,727,657		1,766,045
Land held for future development or sale
West Coast	210,910		277,954
Southwest	122,927		104,677
Central	15,439		22,082
Southeast	80,357		111,633
Subtotal	429,633		516,346
Total	$	3,403,228	$	3,313,747
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	51,612	$	54,360
Southwest	9,905		14,697
Central	—		—
Southeast	2,499		2,501
Total	$	64,016	$	71,558
Assets:
West Coast	$	1,847,279	$	1,740,299
Southwest	564,636		582,030
Central	909,497		829,811
Southeast	414,730		507,844
Corporate and other	1,384,983		1,412,893
Total	$	5,121,125	$	5,072,877