Lennar Financial Services Segment (Financial Services Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Nov. 30, 2015		Nov. 30, 2014		Nov. 30, 2013	Nov. 30, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 1,158,445		$ 1,281,814		$ 970,505	$ 1,310,743
Total assets		14,419,509	[1]	12,923,151	[1]	11,239,885
Total liabilities	[2]	8,469,437		7,671,849
Self insurance reserve		96,530		103,198
Lennar Financial Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents		106,777		90,010		73,066
Restricted cash		13,961		8,609
Receivables, net		242,808		150,858
Loans held-for-sale		843,252		738,396
Loans held-for-investment, net		30,998		26,894
Investments held-to-maturity		40,174		45,038
Available-for-sale securities		42,827		16,799
Goodwill		38,854		38,854		34,046
Other		66,186		61,595
Total assets		1,425,837	[1]	1,177,053	[1]	$ 796,710
Notes and other debts payable		858,300		704,143
Other (4)		225,678		192,500
Total liabilities	[2]	1,083,978		896,643
Self insurance reserve		65,022		69,263
Mortgage Loan Commitments [Member] | Lennar Financial Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Other assets (mortgage loan commitments)		13,060		12,687
Forward Contracts [Member] | Lennar Financial Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Other assets (mortgage loan commitments)		531
Other liabilities, fair value disclosures				(7,576)
Servicing Contracts [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Lennar Financial Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Mortgage servicing rights		$ 16,770		$ 17,353

[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.