Rialto Segment (Assets And Liabilities Related To The Rialto Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Nov. 30, 2015		Nov. 30, 2014		May. 31, 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
Rialto [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents		150,219		303,889			201,496
Restricted cash		15,061	[1]	46,975
Receivables, net	[1]	154,948		153,773
Loans held-for-sale		316,275		113,596
Loans receivable, net		164,826		137,124
Real estate owned - held-for-sale		183,052		190,535
Real estate owned - held-and-used, net		153,717		255,795
Investments in unconsolidated entities		224,869		175,700			154,573
Investments held-to-maturity		25,625		17,290
Other Assets, miscellaneous		116,908		57,306
Total assets		1,505,500	[1]	1,451,983	[1]		$ 1,474,591
Notes and other debts payable		771,728		617,077
Other (4)		94,496		123,798
Total liabilities	[2]	866,224		740,875
Debt Issuance Cost		3,667		6,169
Line of credit facility maximum borrowing capacity		1,000,000
Credit facility, amount outstanding		317,104		141,272
7% Senior Notes due 2018 [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Senior notes		347,944		347,113
Interest rate							7.00%
2.85% Notes Payable [Member] | Rialto [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Notes and other debts payable		31,317		56,607
Interest rate						2.85%
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Credit Default Swap [Member] | Rialto [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Credit default swaps		6,153		1,694
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Amount Not Offset Against Collateral		720		766
Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Rialto [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Interest rate swaps and swap futures, derivatives assets		280		0
Interest rate swaps and swap futures, derivatives liabilities		$ 978		$ 1,376

[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.