Variable Interest Entities (Details) $ in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2023 USD ($) joint_venture	Nov. 30, 2022 USD ($) joint_venture
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of investments in unconsolidated joint ventures | joint_venture	6	6
Cash Deposits	$ 41,465	$ 51,850
Aggregate Purchase Price	1,045,435	1,164,932
Pre-acquisition costs related to land option contracts and other similar contracts	30,400	33,100
Increase in inventories and accrued expenses and other liabilities	$ 10,700	$ 5,100
Unconsolidated VIEs
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of investments in unconsolidated joint ventures | joint_venture	1	1
Cash Deposits	$ 18,711	$ 22,399
Aggregate Purchase Price	618,939	635,502
Other land option contracts and other similar contracts
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash Deposits	22,754	29,451
Aggregate Purchase Price	$ 426,496	$ 529,430