Financial Instruments (Fair Value Measured On Recurring Basis) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Feb. 28, 2015		Nov. 30, 2014
Lennar Financial Services [Member]
Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale	$ 708,559	[1]	$ 738,396	[1]
Aggregate Principal Balance Of Loans Held For Sale	683,474		706,011
Fair Value, Option, Aggregate Differences, Loans held-for-sale	25,085		32,385
Lennar Financial Services [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale	708,559		738,396
Lennar Financial Services [Member] | Loans Held-For-Sale [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale	708,559	[2]	738,396	[2]
Lennar Financial Services [Member] | Mortgage Loan Commitments [Member]
Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Mortgage loan commitments	18,966		12,687
Lennar Financial Services [Member] | Mortgage Loan Commitments [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Mortgage loan commitments	18,966		12,687
Lennar Financial Services [Member] | Forward Contracts [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	(55)		(7,576)
Lennar Financial Services [Member] | Servicing Contracts [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Servicing asset at fair value, amount	16,786		17,353
Lennar Homebuilding [Member] | Available-for-sale Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Investments available-for-sale	28,573		480
Rialto [Member]
Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale	360,045	[1],[3]	113,596	[1],[3]
Aggregate Principal Balance Of Loans Held For Sale	358,922		111,775
Fair Value, Option, Aggregate Differences, Loans held-for-sale	1,123		1,821
Rialto [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale	360,045		113,596
Rialto [Member] | Loans Held-For-Sale [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale	$ 360,045	[4]	$ 113,596	[4]

[1] Loans held-for-sale related to unsold loans carried at fair value.

[2] The aggregate fair value of Lennar Financial Services loans held-for-sale of $708.6 million at February 28, 2015 exceeds their aggregate principal balance of $683.5 million by $25.1 million. The aggregate fair value of loans held-for-sale of $738.4 million at November 30, 2014 exceeds their aggregate principal balance of $706.0 million by $32.4 million.

[3] Under certain provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 810, Consolidations, (“ASC 810”) the Company is required to separately disclose on its condensed consolidated balance sheets the assets owned by consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) and liabilities of consolidated VIEs as to which neither Lennar Corporation, or any of its subsidiaries, has any obligations.As of February 28, 2015, total assets include $818.9 million related to consolidated VIEs of which $13.9 million is included in Lennar Homebuilding cash and cash equivalents, $0.3 million in Lennar Homebuilding restricted cash, $0.4 million in Lennar Homebuilding receivables, net, $0.3 million in Lennar Homebuilding finished homes and construction in progress, $195.3 million in Lennar Homebuilding land and land under development, $50.2 million in Lennar Homebuilding consolidated inventory not owned, $28.9 million in Lennar Homebuilding investments in unconsolidated entities, $101.8 million in Lennar Homebuilding other assets, $423.8 million in Rialto assets and $4.0 million in Lennar Multifamily assets.As of November 30, 2014, total assets include $929.1 million related to consolidated VIEs of which $11.7 million is included in Lennar Homebuilding cash and cash equivalents, $0.3 million in Lennar Homebuilding restricted cash, $0.2 million in Lennar Homebuilding receivables, net, $0.2 million in Lennar Homebuilding finished homes and construction in progress, $208.2 million in Lennar Homebuilding land and land under development, $52.5 million in Lennar Homebuilding consolidated inventory not owned, $23.9 million in Lennar Homebuilding investments in unconsolidated entities, $104.6 million in Lennar Homebuilding other assets, $508.4 million in Rialto assets and $19.2 million in Lennar Multifamily assets.

[4] The aggregate fair value of Rialto loans held-for-sale of $360.0 million at February 28, 2015 exceeds their aggregate principal balance of $358.9 million by $1.1 million. The aggregate fair value of loans held-for-sale of $113.6 million at November 30, 2014 exceeds their aggregate principal balance of $111.8 million by $1.8 million.