Financial Instruments and Fair Value Disclosure (Reconcilation of Beginning and Ending Balance of the Company's Level 3 Recurring Fair Value Measurements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014
Available-for-sale Securities [Member] | Lennar Homebuilding [Member]
Fair Value Assets Measures on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Inputs [Roll Forward]
Beginning of year	$ 480	$ 40,032
Purchases and other	28,093	21,274
Sales	0	(51,934)
Settlements	(28,093)	(16,271)
Changes in fair value	43	7,379
Interest and principal paydowns	0	0
End of year	523	480
Servicing Contracts [Member] | Lennar Financial Services [Member]
Fair Value Assets Measures on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Inputs [Roll Forward]
Beginning of year	17,353	11,455
Purchases and other	3,290	9,314
Sales	0	0
Settlements	(3,577)	(2,308)
Changes in fair value	(296)	(1,108)
Interest and principal paydowns	0	0
End of year	16,770	17,353
Servicing Contracts [Member] | Lennar Financial Services Acquisition [Member] | Lennar Financial Services [Member]
Fair Value Assets Measures on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Inputs [Roll Forward]
Purchases and other		5,697
Loans Held For Sale [Member] | Rialto [Member]
Fair Value Assets Measures on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Inputs [Roll Forward]
Beginning of year	113,596	44,228
Purchases and other	2,628,019	1,562,748
Sales	(2,424,478)	1,494,075
Settlements	0	0
Changes in fair value	899	(1,495)
Interest and principal paydowns	(37)	800
End of year	$ 316,275	$ 113,596