Inventories (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

	November 30,
	2016		2015
Homes under construction	$	1,245,938	$	1,031,356
Land under development	1,727,657		1,766,045
Land held for future development or sale (a)	429,633		516,346
Total	$	3,403,228	$	3,313,747

Interest costs

tion and land costs for the years ended November 30, 2016 and 2015 included $.7 million and $16.4 million, respectively, related to land sales during the periods.

(b) Capitalized interest amounts presented in the table reflect the gross amount of capitalized interest, as inventory impairment charges recognized, if any, are not generally allocated to specific components of inventory.