Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2011

Segment Information and Financial Services [Abstract]

Financial Information Relating to Company Reporting Segments

	Nine Months Ended August 31,				Three Months Ended August 31,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Revenues:
West Coast	$	354,348	$	483,383	$	175,434	$	211,294
Southwest		91,411		149,364		39,479		55,914
Central		247,492		314,786		102,702		140,035
Southeast		136,565		186,313		46,917		91,578
Total homebuilding revenues		829,816		1,133,846		364,532		498,821
Financial services		6,178		5,187		2,784		2,182
Total	$	835,994	$	1,139,033	$	367,316	$	501,003

	Nine Months Ended August 31,						Three Months Ended August 31,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Pretax income (loss):
West Coast	$	9,927		$	31,080		$	3,336		$	15,024
Southwest		(113,620	)		(11,799	)		3,201			(1,802	)
Central		(12,389	)		(3,666	)		(2,187	)		5,441
Southeast		(30,177	)		(42,114	)		(7,156	)		(10,853	)
Corporate and other (a)		(49,641	)		(73,805	)		(7,910	)		(16,931	)
Total homebuilding pretax loss		(195,900	)		(100,304	)		(10,716	)		(9,121	)
Financial services		3,321			8,494			1,067			2,424
Total	$	(192,579	)	$	(91,810	)	$	(9,649	)	$	(6,697	)
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	50		$	877		$	67		$	230
Southwest		(55,902	)		(6,457	)		—			(2,177	)
Central		—			—			—			—
Southeast		(13	)		901			(3	)		—
Total	$	(55,865	)	$	(4,679	)	$	64		$	(1,947	)
Inventory impairments:
West Coast	$	1,679		$	2,630		$	328		$	1,434
Southwest		18,715			962			—			—
Central		51			—			—			—
Southeast		969			4,677			—			—
Total	$	21,414		$	8,269		$	328		$	1,434
Land option contract abandonments:
West Coast	$	112		$	722		$	—		$	722
Southwest		296			—			—			—
Central		1,074			6,340			834			—
Southeast		611			1,408			—			1,221
Total	$	2,093		$	8,470		$	834		$	1,943
Joint venture impairments:
West Coast	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Southwest		53,727			—			—			—
Central		—			—			—			—
Southeast		—			—			—			—
Total	$	53,727		$	—		$	—		$	—

(a) Corporate and other includes corporate general and administrative expenses.

	August 31,		November 30,
	2011		2010
Assets:
West Coast	$	1,082,087	$	965,323
Southwest		315,847		376,234
Central		355,638		328,938
Southeast		356,830		372,611
Corporate and other		589,587		1,037,200
Total homebuilding assets		2,699,989		3,080,306
Financial services		21,828		29,443
Total assets	$	2,721,817	$	3,109,749
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	38,216	$	37,830
Southwest		4,186		59,191
Central		—		—
Southeast		8,853		8,562
Total	$	51,255	$	105,583