Product Warranty (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Feb. 29, 2016

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule Of Product Warranty Reserve

The activity in the Company’s warranty reserve was as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	February 29,			February 28,
(In thousands)	2016			2015
Warranty reserve, beginning of period	$	130,853		115,927
Warranties issued	17,573			13,323
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties from changes in estimates (1)	(620		)	3,661
Payments	(23,073		)	(16,640	)
Warranty reserve, end of period	$	124,733		116,271

(1) The adjustments to pre-existing warranties from changes in estimates during both the three months ended February 29, 2016 and February 28,2015 primarily related to specific claims related to certain of our homebuilding communities and other adjustments.