Variable Interest Entities (Details) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 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	$ 39,234	$ 51,850
Aggregate Purchase Price	1,203,658	1,164,932
Pre-acquisition costs related to land option contracts and other similar contracts	19,400	33,100
Increase in inventories and accrued expenses and other liabilities	$ 2,900	$ 5,100
Unconsolidated VIEs
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of investments in unconsolidated joint ventures | joint_venture	1	1
Cash Deposits	$ 17,384	$ 22,399
Aggregate Purchase Price	742,685	635,502
Other land option contracts and other similar contracts
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash Deposits	21,850	29,451
Aggregate Purchase Price	$ 460,973	$ 529,430