Variable Interest Entities (Details) $ in Thousands	Nov. 30, 2022 USD ($) joint_venture	Nov. 30, 2021 USD ($) joint_venture	Nov. 30, 2020 joint_venture
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of investments in unconsolidated joint ventures | joint_venture	6	6	5
Cash Deposits	$ 51,850	$ 74,509
Aggregate Purchase Price	1,164,932	1,859,851
Acquisition costs related to land option contracts and other similar contracts	33,100	38,100
Increase in inventories and accrued expenses and other liabilities	$ 5,100	$ 26,500
Unconsolidated VIEs
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of investments in unconsolidated joint ventures | joint_venture	1	1
Cash Deposits	$ 22,399	$ 38,333
Aggregate Purchase Price	635,502	1,093,669
Other land option contracts and other similar contracts
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash Deposits	29,451	36,176
Aggregate Purchase Price	$ 529,430	$ 766,182