Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2017

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,
	2017		2016		2015
Revenues:
West Coast	$	2,186,411	$	1,638,078	$	1,402,264
Southwest	533,052		447,473		398,242
Central	1,188,839		1,018,535		809,738
Southeast	447,963		478,857		410,743
Total	$	4,356,265	$	3,582,943	$	3,020,987

Pretax income (loss):
West Coast	$	217,649		$	148,014		$	127,946
Southwest	45,540			38,807			31,718
Central	116,098			85,924			70,959
Southeast	(509		)	(29,385		)	(22,758		)
Corporate and other	(101,851		)	(98,511		)	(92,446		)
Total	$	276,927		$	144,849		$	115,419
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	(1,770	)	$	(1,561	)	$	(1,106	)
Southwest	362			(618		)	(696		)
Central	—			—			—
Southeast	(1		)	(2		)	(2		)
Total	$	(1,409	)	$	(2,181	)	$	(1,804	)
Inventory impairment charges:
West Coast	$	13,482		$	8,209		$	645
Southwest	3,445			3,191			3,253
Central	—			10,633			—
Southeast	3,678			27,547			4,132
Total	$	20,605		$	49,580		$	8,030
Land option contract abandonments:
West Coast	$	3,225		$	769		$	352
Southwest	—			253			—
Central	846			460			225
Southeast	556			1,750			984
Total	$	4,627		$	3,232		$	1,561

	November 30,
	2017		2016
Inventories:
Homes under construction
West Coast	$	638,639	$	695,742
Southwest	179,240		130,886
Central	320,205		297,290
Southeast	98,764		122,020
Subtotal	1,236,848		1,245,938
Land under development
West Coast	723,761		820,088
Southwest	309,672		268,507
Central	435,373		456,508
Southeast	182,533		182,554
Subtotal	1,651,339		1,727,657
Land held for future development or sale
West Coast	233,188		210,910
Southwest	62,475		122,927
Central	12,654		15,439
Southeast	66,882		80,357
Subtotal	375,199		429,633
Total	$	3,263,386	$	3,403,228
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	53,506	$	51,612
Southwest	8,784		9,905
Central	—		—
Southeast	2,504		2,499
Total	$	64,794	$	64,016
Assets:
West Coast	$	1,747,786	$	1,847,279
Southwest	586,666		564,636
Central	901,516		909,497
Southeast	359,307		414,730
Corporate and other	1,433,883		1,384,983
Total	$	5,029,158	$	5,121,125