Lennar Financial Services Segment (Schedule Of Loan Origination Liabilities) (Details) - Lennar Financial Services - Loss origination liability - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2016	Aug. 31, 2015	Aug. 31, 2016	Aug. 31, 2015
Loss Contingency Accrual [Roll Forward]
Loan origination liabilities, beginning of period	$ 20,994	$ 13,660	$ 19,492	$ 11,818
Provision for losses	1,288	1,147	3,186	3,174
Adjustments to pre-existing provisions for losses from changes in estimates	1,224	0	1,224	0
Payments/settlements	(17)	0	(413)	(185)
Loan origination liabilities, end of period	$ 23,489	$ 14,807	$ 23,489	$ 14,807

Loss Contingency Accrual, Increase (Decrease) for Preexisting Provisions

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Amount of loss contingency liability.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25496072&loc=d3e14326-108349

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Amount of cash outflow reducing loss contingency liability.

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