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Notes Payable (Schedule of Notes Payable) (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 22, 2022	Jun. 09, 2021	Nov. 04, 2019	Feb. 20, 2019	Nov. 30, 2022	Nov. 15, 2022	Jul. 07, 2022	Nov. 30, 2021
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Notes payable					$ 1,838,511,000			$ 1,685,027,000
Senior unsecured term loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal					360,000,000
Mortgages and land contracts due to land sellers and other loans (at interest rates of 7% at November 30, 2013 and 6% to 7% at November 30, 2012)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable					$ 4,760,000			5,327,000
Stated interest rate percentage					4.50%
Senior Notes \| 7.625% Senior notes due May 15, 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable					$ 0			350,788,000
Stated interest rate percentage					7.625%	7.625%
Senior Notes \| 7.50% Senior notes due September 15, 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable					$ 0			349,471,000
Stated interest rate percentage					7.50%		7.50%
Senior Notes \| 6.875% Senior notes due June 15, 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable					$ 297,595,000			297,161,000
Stated interest rate percentage					6.875%
Principal				$ 300,000,000
Effective interest rate				7.10%
Redemption price (percent)				100.00%
Senior Notes \| 4.80% Senior notes due November 15, 2029
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Notes payable					$ 297,230,000			296,905,000
Stated interest rate percentage					4.80%
Principal			$ 300,000,000
Effective interest rate			5.00%
Redemption price (percent)			100.00%
Senior Notes \| 7.25% Senior notes due July 15, 2030
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Notes payable					$ 345,663,000			0
Stated interest rate percentage	7.25%				7.25%
Principal	$ 350,000,000
Effective interest rate	7.50%
Redemption price (percent)	107.25%
Senior Notes \| 7.25% Senior notes due July 15, 2030 \| Prior to July 25, 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price (percent)	100.00%
Redemption percentage of aggregate principal amount of notes issued (percent)	40.00%
Senior Notes \| 4.00% Senior notes due June 15, 2031
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable					$ 385,778,000			385,375,000
Stated interest rate percentage		4.00%			4.00%
Principal		$ 390,000,000
Effective interest rate		4.20%
Redemption price (percent)		100.00%
Senior unsecured term loan \| Senior unsecured term loan
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Notes payable					$ 357,485,000			0
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable					$ 150,000,000			$ 0