Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Aug. 31, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Total assets	[1]	$ 14,998,720	$ 14,419,509
Cash and cash equivalents		816,095	1,158,445
Total liabilities	[2]	$ 8,235,814	$ 8,469,437
Class A Common Stock
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)		$ 0.10	$ 0.10
Common stock, shares authorized		300,000,000	300,000,000
Common stock, shares issued		197,412,050	180,658,550
Treasury stock, shares		911,807	815,959
Class B Common Stock
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)		$ 0.10	$ 0.10
Common stock, shares authorized		90,000,000	90,000,000
Common stock, shares issued		32,982,815	32,982,515
Treasury stock, shares		1,679,620	1,679,620
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Total assets		$ 596,600	$ 652,300
Total liabilities		136,800	84,400
Lennar Homebuilding
Total assets	[1]	11,741,937	11,072,820
Cash and cash equivalents	[1]	567,708	893,408
Receivables, net	[1]	78,986	74,538
Finished homes and construction in progress	[1]	4,335,302	3,957,167
Land and land under development	[1]	5,193,420	4,724,578
Consolidated inventory not owned	[1]	127,024	58,851
Investments in unconsolidated entities	[1]	796,499	741,551
Other assets	[1]	637,546	609,222
Total liabilities	[2]	6,355,841	6,452,285
Accounts payable	[2]	459,183	475,909
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned	[2]	108,443	51,431
Other liabilities	[2]	867,367	899,815
Lennar Homebuilding | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Cash and cash equivalents		9,700	9,600
Receivables, net		100	500
Finished homes and construction in progress		46,900	3,900
Land and land under development		113,800	154,200
Consolidated inventory not owned		127,000	58,900
Investments in unconsolidated entities		4,600	35,800
Other assets		16,500	22,700
Accounts payable		2,700	2,000
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned		108,400	51,400
Other liabilities		1,700	15,600
Rialto
Total assets	[1]	1,196,653	1,505,500
Cash and cash equivalents		133,103	150,219
Receivables, net		0	154,948
Investments in unconsolidated entities	[1]	241,680	224,869
Other assets		97,556	116,908
Total liabilities	[2]	632,562	866,224
Other liabilities	[2]	56,114	94,496
Lennar Multifamily
Total assets	[1]	532,574	415,352
Cash and cash equivalents		5,120	8,041
Land and land under development		148,241	115,982
Consolidated inventory not owned		18,500	5,508
Investments in unconsolidated entities		304,032	250,876
Other assets		56,681	34,945
Total liabilities	[2]	107,196	66,950
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned		11,850	4,007
Lennar Multifamily | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Total assets		26,600	11,500
Total liabilities		11,900	4,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Rialto
Total assets		251,500	355,200
Total liabilities		$ 12,100	$ 11,300

[1] Under certain provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 810, Consolidations, (“ASC 810”) the Company is required to separately disclose on its condensed consolidated balance sheets the assets owned by consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) and liabilities of consolidated VIEs as to which neither Lennar Corporation, or any of its subsidiaries, has any obligations.As of August 31, 2016, total assets include $596.6 million related to consolidated VIEs of which $9.7 million is included in Lennar Homebuilding cash and cash equivalents, $0.1 million in Lennar Homebuilding receivables, net, $46.9 million in Lennar Homebuilding finished homes and construction in progress, $113.8 million in Lennar Homebuilding land and land under development, $127.0 million in Lennar Homebuilding consolidated inventory not owned, $4.6 million in Lennar Homebuilding investments in unconsolidated entities, $16.5 million in Lennar Homebuilding other assets, $251.5 million in Rialto assets and $26.6 million in Lennar Multifamily assets.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.

[2] As of August 31, 2016, total liabilities include $136.8 million related to consolidated VIEs as to which there was no recourse against the Company, of which $2.7 million is included in Lennar Homebuilding accounts payable, $108.4 million in Lennar Homebuilding liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned, $1.7 million in Lennar Homebuilding other liabilities, $12.1 million in Rialto liabilities and $11.9 million in Lennar Multifamily liabilities.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.