Supplemental Financial Information (Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Nov. 30, 2015		Nov. 30, 2014		Nov. 30, 2013
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		$ 14,419,509	[1]	$ 12,923,151	[1]	$ 11,239,885
Total liabilities	[2]	8,469,437		7,671,849
Stockholders' equity	[2]	5,648,944		4,827,020
Noncontrolling interests	[2]	301,128		424,282
Total equity		5,950,072	[2]	5,251,302	[2]	4,627,470
Total liabilities and equity	[2]	14,419,509		12,923,151
Lennar Corporation [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		10,975,161		9,567,339
Total liabilities		5,326,217		4,740,319
Stockholders' equity		5,648,944		4,827,020
Noncontrolling interests		0		0
Total equity		5,648,944		4,827,020
Total liabilities and equity		10,975,161		9,567,339
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		10,227,036		9,222,692
Total liabilities		6,580,261		5,460,929
Stockholders' equity		3,646,775		3,761,763
Noncontrolling interests		0		0
Total equity		3,646,775		3,761,763
Total liabilities and equity		10,227,036		9,222,692
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		3,579,852		3,209,453
Total liabilities		2,790,152		2,173,815
Stockholders' equity		488,572		611,356
Noncontrolling interests		301,128		424,282
Total equity		789,700		1,035,638
Total liabilities and equity		3,579,852		3,209,453
Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		(10,362,540)		(9,076,333)
Total liabilities		(6,227,193)		(4,703,214)
Stockholders' equity		(4,135,347)		(4,373,119)
Noncontrolling interests		0		0
Total equity		(4,135,347)		(4,373,119)
Total liabilities and equity		(10,362,540)		(9,076,333)
Lennar Homebuilding [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and receivables, net		981,451		989,022
Inventories	[1]	8,740,596		7,736,600
Investments in unconsolidated entities		741,551	[1]	656,837	[1]	716,949
Other assets	[1]	609,222		643,642
Investments in subsidiaries		0		0
Total assets	[1]	11,072,820		10,026,101
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities		1,375,724		1,275,794
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned	[2]	51,431		45,028
Senior notes and other debts payable	[2]	5,025,130		4,661,266
Intercompany liabilities		0		0
Total liabilities	[2]	6,452,285		5,982,088
Lennar Homebuilding [Member] | Lennar Corporation [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and receivables, net		595,921		653,491
Inventories		0		0
Investments in unconsolidated entities		0		0
Other assets		193,360		130,617
Investments in subsidiaries		3,958,687		4,073,687
Intercompany assets		6,227,193		4,709,544
Total assets		10,975,161		9,567,339
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities		579,468		447,104
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned		0		0
Senior notes and other debts payable		4,746,749		4,293,215
Intercompany liabilities		0		0
Total liabilities		5,326,217		4,740,319
Lennar Homebuilding [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and receivables, net		372,146		321,765
Inventories		8,571,769		7,517,261
Investments in unconsolidated entities		692,879		622,663
Other assets		324,050		385,143
Investments in subsidiaries		176,660		299,432
Total assets		10,137,504		9,146,264
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities		710,460		748,991
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned		51,431		45,028
Senior notes and other debts payable		267,531		287,700
Intercompany liabilities		5,514,610		4,350,505
Total liabilities		6,544,032		5,432,224
Lennar Homebuilding [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and receivables, net		13,384		13,766
Inventories		168,827		219,339
Investments in unconsolidated entities		48,672		34,174
Other assets		75,108		120,591
Investments in subsidiaries		0		0
Total assets		305,991		387,870
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities		85,796		79,699
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned		0		0
Senior notes and other debts payable		10,850		80,351
Intercompany liabilities		712,583		359,039
Total liabilities		809,229		519,089
Lennar Homebuilding [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and receivables, net		0		0
Inventories		0		0
Investments in unconsolidated entities		0		0
Other assets		16,704		7,291
Investments in subsidiaries		(4,135,347)		(4,373,119)
Intercompany assets		(6,227,193)		(4,709,544)
Total assets		(10,345,836)		(9,075,372)
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities		0		0
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned		0		0
Senior notes and other debts payable		0		0
Intercompany liabilities		(6,227,193)		(4,709,544)
Total liabilities		(6,227,193)		(4,709,544)
Rialto [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Investments in unconsolidated entities		224,869		175,700		154,573
Total assets		1,505,500	[1]	1,451,983	[1]	1,474,591
Senior notes and other debts payable		771,728		617,077
Total liabilities	[2]	866,224		740,875
Rialto [Member] | Lennar Corporation [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		0		0
Total liabilities		0		0
Rialto [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		0		0
Total liabilities		0		0
Rialto [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		1,505,500		1,451,983
Total liabilities		866,224		740,875
Rialto [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		0		0
Total liabilities		0		0
Lennar Financial Services [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Other assets		66,186		61,595
Total assets		1,425,837	[1]	1,177,053	[1]	796,710
Total liabilities	[2]	1,083,978		896,643
Lennar Financial Services [Member] | Lennar Corporation [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		0		0
Total liabilities		0		0
Lennar Financial Services [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		89,532		76,428
Total liabilities		36,229		28,705
Lennar Financial Services [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		1,341,565		1,100,625
Total liabilities		1,047,749		861,608
Lennar Financial Services [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		(5,260)		0
Total liabilities		0		6,330
Lennar Multifamily [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Investments in unconsolidated entities		250,876		105,674		46,301
Other assets		34,324		18,240
Total assets		415,352	[1]	268,014	[1]	$ 147,089
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned		4,007		4,008
Total liabilities	[2]	66,950		52,243
Lennar Multifamily [Member] | Lennar Corporation [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		0		0
Total liabilities		0		0
Lennar Multifamily [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		0		0
Total liabilities		0		0
Lennar Multifamily [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		426,796		268,975
Total liabilities		66,950		52,243
Lennar Multifamily [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Total assets		(11,444)		(961)
Total liabilities		$ 0		$ 0

[1] Under certain provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 810, Consolidations, (“ASC 810”) the Company is required to separately disclose on its consolidated balance sheets the assets of consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) that are owned by the consolidated VIEs and liabilities of consolidated VIEs as to which there is no recourse against the Company.As of November 30, 2015, total assets include $652.3 million related to consolidated VIEs of which $9.6 million is included in Lennar Homebuilding cash and cash equivalents, $0.5 million in Lennar Homebuilding receivables, net, $3.9 million in Lennar Homebuilding finished homes and construction in progress, $154.2 million in Lennar Homebuilding land and land under development, $58.9 million in Lennar Homebuilding consolidated inventory not owned, $35.8 million in Lennar Homebuilding investments in unconsolidated entities, $22.7 million in Lennar Homebuilding other assets, $355.2 million in Rialto assets and $11.5 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 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.

[2] As of November 30, 2015, total liabilities include $84.4 million related to consolidated VIEs as to which there was no recourse against the Company, of which $2.0 million is included in Lennar Homebuilding accounts payable, $51.4 million in Lennar Homebuilding liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned, $15.6 million in Lennar Homebuilding other liabilities, $11.3 million in Rialto liabilities and $4.0 million in Lennar Multifamily liabilities.As of November 30, 2014, total liabilities include $149.8 million related to consolidated VIEs as to which there was no recourse against the Company, of which $6.8 million is included in Lennar Homebuilding accounts payable, $45.0 million in Lennar Homebuilding liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned, $61.6 million in Lennar Homebuilding senior notes and other debts payable, $14.8 million in Lennar Homebuilding other liabilities and $21.5 million in Rialto liabilities.