Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Segment Information and Financial Services [Abstract]

Financial Information Relating to Company Reporting Segments

	Six Months Ended May 31,						Three Months Ended May 31,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Revenues:
West Coast	$	237,884		$	178,914		$	132,651		$	107,143
Southwest		59,493			51,932			27,909			28,632
Central		168,030			144,790			87,756			84,201
Southeast		87,093			89,648			52,289			50,007
Total homebuilding revenues		552,500			465,284			300,605			269,983
Financial services		4,910			3,394			2,247			1,755
Total	$	557,410		$	468,678		$	302,852		$	271,738
Pretax income (loss):
West Coast	$	(33,454	)	$	6,591		$	(14,694	)	$	(2,274	)
Southwest		(7,182	)		(116,821	)		(2,139	)		(36,492	)
Central		(4,138	)		(10,202	)		(631	)		(3,493	)
Southeast		320			(23,021	)		4,579			(8,993	)
Corporate and other (a)		(33,055	)		(41,731	)		(17,252	)		(19,181	)
Total homebuilding loss		(77,509	)		(185,184	)		(30,137	)		(70,433	)
Financial services		3,471			2,254			1,501			1,629
Total	$	(74,038	)	$	(182,930	)	$	(28,636	)	$	(68,804	)
Equity in loss of unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	(77	)	$	(17	)	$	(32	)	$	(80	)
Southwest		(217	)		(55,902	)		(209	)		(2	)
Central		—			—			—			—
Southeast		(21	)		(10	)		(2	)		(10	)
Total	$	(315	)	$	(55,929	)	$	(243	)	$	(92	)
Inventory impairments:
West Coast	$	13,107		$	1,351		$	6,535		$	1,351
Southwest		2,135			18,715			2,135			18,324
Central		1,267			51			1,267			—
Southeast		—			969			—			419
Total	$	16,509		$	21,086		$	9,937		$	20,094
Land option contract abandonments:
West Coast	$	—		$	112		$	—		$	—
Southwest		—			296			—			296
Central		—			240			—			—
Southeast		—			611			—			201
Total	$	—		$	1,259		$	—		$	497

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

	Six Months Ended May 31,				Three Months Ended May 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Joint venture impairments:
West Coast	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Southwest		—		53,727		—		—
Central		—		—		—		—
Southeast		—		—		—		—
Total	$	—	$	53,727	$	—	$	—

	May 31, 2012		November 30, 2011
Assets:
West Coast	$	968,793	$	995,888
Southwest		311,475		338,586
Central		339,314		336,553
Southeast		333,548		317,308
Corporate and other		432,583		492,034
Total homebuilding assets		2,385,713		2,480,369
Financial services		8,292		32,173
Total assets	$	2,394,005	$	2,512,542
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures:
West Coast	$	38,328	$	38,405
Southwest		73,439		80,194
Central		—		—
Southeast		9,641		9,327
Total	$	121,408	$	127,926