Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Aug. 31, 2017	Nov. 30, 2016
Total assets	[1]	$ 16,939,373	$ 15,361,781
Cash and cash equivalents		837,726	1,329,529
Total liabilities	[2]	$ 9,279,913	$ 8,150,214
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		205,428,593	204,089,447
Treasury stock, shares		1,467,826	917,447
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	32,982,815
Treasury stock, shares		1,679,620	1,679,620
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Total assets		$ 812,900	$ 536,300
Total liabilities		390,200	126,400
Lennar Homebuilding
Total assets	[1]	13,675,520	11,804,768
Cash and cash equivalents		564,591	1,050,138	[1]
Receivables, net	[1]	86,640	106,976
Finished homes and construction in progress	[1]	5,037,433	3,951,716
Land and land under development	[1]	5,497,572	5,106,191
Consolidated inventory not owned	[1]	386,579	121,019
Investments in unconsolidated entities	[1]	1,016,588	811,723
Other assets	[1]	936,796	651,028
Total liabilities	[2]	7,498,324	6,005,978
Accounts payable		524,852	478,546	[2]
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned	[2]	381,679	110,006
Other liabilities	[2]	1,068,028	841,449
Lennar Homebuilding | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Cash and cash equivalents		9,700	13,300
Receivables, net		200	200
Finished homes and construction in progress		81,300	54,200
Land and land under development		189,600	106,300
Consolidated inventory not owned		386,600	121,000
Investments in unconsolidated entities		4,600	4,600
Other assets		13,100	13,900
Accounts payable		4,700	3,600
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned		381,700	110,000
Other liabilities		1,100	2,500
Rialto
Total assets	[1]	1,195,407	1,276,210
Cash and cash equivalents		154,814	148,827
Receivables, net		0	204,518
Investments in unconsolidated entities	[1]	249,551	245,741
Other assets		136,194	113,671
Total liabilities		703,329	707,980
Other liabilities		86,177	85,645
Lennar Multifamily
Total assets	[1]	683,258	526,131
Cash and cash equivalents		3,305	6,600
Receivables, net		71,464	58,929
Land and land under development		179,965	139,713
Investments in unconsolidated entities		397,119	318,559
Other assets		31,405	2,330
Total liabilities	[2]	128,162	117,973
Lennar Multifamily | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Total assets		42,000	8,800
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Rialto
Total assets		85,800	213,800
Total liabilities		$ 2,700	$ 10,300

[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, 2017, total assets include $812.9 million related to consolidated VIEs of which $9.7 million is included in Lennar Homebuilding cash and cash equivalents, $0.2 million in Lennar Homebuilding receivables, net, $81.3 million in Lennar Homebuilding finished homes and construction in progress, $189.6 million in Lennar Homebuilding land and land under development, $386.6 million in Lennar Homebuilding consolidated inventory not owned, $4.6 million in Lennar Homebuilding investments in unconsolidated entities, $13.1 million in Lennar Homebuilding other assets, $85.8 million in Rialto assets and $42.0 million in Lennar Multifamily assets.As of November 30, 2016, total assets include $536.3 million related to consolidated VIEs of which $13.3 million is included in Lennar Homebuilding cash and cash equivalents, $0.2 million in Lennar Homebuilding receivables, net, $54.2 million in Lennar Homebuilding finished homes and construction in progress, $106.3 million in Lennar Homebuilding land and land under development, $121.0 million in Lennar Homebuilding consolidated inventory not owned, $4.6 million in Lennar Homebuilding investments in unconsolidated entities, $13.9 million in Lennar Homebuilding other assets, $213.8 million in Rialto assets and $8.8 million in Lennar Multifamily assets.

[2] 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, 2017, total liabilities include $390.2 million related to consolidated VIEs as to which there was no recourse against the Company, of which $4.7 million is included in Lennar Homebuilding accounts payable, $381.7 million in Lennar Homebuilding liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned, $1.1 million in Lennar Homebuilding other liabilities and $2.7 million in Rialto liabilities.As of November 30, 2016, total liabilities include $126.4 million related to consolidated VIEs as to which there was no recourse against the Company, of which $3.6 million is included in Lennar Homebuilding accounts payable, $110.0 million in Lennar Homebuilding liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned, $2.5 million in Lennar Homebuilding other liabilities and $10.3 million in Rialto liabilities.