Lennar Financial Services Segment (Schedule of Assets and Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Nov. 30, 2017		Nov. 30, 2016		Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 2,650,872		$ 1,329,529		$ 1,158,445	$ 1,281,814
Total assets		18,745,034	[1]	15,361,781	[1]	14,419,509
Liabilities:
Total liabilities	[2]	10,758,902		8,150,214
Self insurance reserve		90,200		87,600
Lennar Financial Services
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		117,410		123,964
Restricted cash		12,006		17,053
Receivables, net		313,252		409,528
Loans held-for-sale		937,516		939,405
Loans held-for-investment, net		44,193		30,004
Investments held-to-maturity		52,327		41,991
Investments available-for-sale		57,439		53,570
Goodwill (4)		59,838		39,838		$ 38,854
Other		95,527		99,319
Total assets	[1]	1,689,508		1,754,672
Liabilities:
Notes and other debts payable		937,431		1,077,228
Other		240,383		241,055
Total liabilities	[2]	1,177,814		1,318,283
Self insurance reserve		57,700		57,400
Lennar Financial Services | Mortgage servicing rights
Liabilities:
Mortgage servicing rights		31,200		23,900
Lennar Financial Services | Mortgage loan commitments
Liabilities:
Other assets		9,900		7,400
Lennar Financial Services | Forward contracts
Liabilities:
Other assets		$ 1,700		$ 26,500

[1] Under certain provisions of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 810, Consolidations, ("ASC 810") the Company is required to separately disclose on its consolidated balance sheets the assets of consolidated variable interest entities ("VIEs") that are owned by the consolidated VIEs and liabilities of consolidated VIEs as to which there is no recourse against the Company.As of November 30, 2017, total assets include $799.4 million related to consolidated VIEs of which $15.8 million is included in Lennar Homebuilding cash and cash equivalents, $0.2 million in Lennar Homebuilding receivables, net, $53.2 million in Lennar Homebuilding finished homes and construction in progress, $229.0 million in Lennar Homebuilding land and land under development, $393.3 million in Lennar Homebuilding consolidated inventory not owned, $4.6 million in Lennar Homebuilding investments in unconsolidated entities, $11.8 million in Lennar Homebuilding other assets, $48.8 million in Rialto assets and $42.7 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] As of November 30, 2017, total liabilities include $389.7 million related to consolidated VIEs as to which there was no recourse against the Company, of which $5.0 million is included in Lennar Homebuilding accounts payable, $380.7 million in Lennar Homebuilding liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned, $1.8 million in Lennar Homebuilding other liabilities and $2.2 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, $10.3 million in Rialto liabilities.