Product Warranty (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2015

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule Of Product Warranty Reserve

The activity in the Company’s warranty reserve was as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	February 28,
(In thousands)	2015			2014
Warranty reserve, beginning of period	$	115,927		102,580
Warranties issued	13,323			10,392
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties from changes in estimates (1)	3,661			2,120
Payments	(16,640		)	(13,995	)
Warranty reserve, end of period	$	116,271		101,097

(1) The adjustments to pre-existing warranties from changes in estimates during the three months ended February 28, 2015 and 2014 primarily related to specific claims related to certain of our homebuilding communities and other adjustments.