Homebuilding Senior Notes and Other Debts Payable (Schedule of Senior Notes and Other Debts Payable) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		May 31, 2020	Nov. 30, 2019
Senior Notes | 6.625% senior notes due 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate		6.625%
Homebuilding
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net	[1]	$ 7,495,674	$ 7,776,638
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 2.95% senior notes due 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 299,712	299,421
Interest rate		2.95%
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 8.375% senior notes due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 410,591	418,860
Interest rate		8.375%
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 4.750% senior notes due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 499,283	498,893
Interest rate		4.75%
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 6.25% senior notes due December 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 307,737	310,252
Interest rate		6.25%
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 4.125% senior notes due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 598,380	597,885
Interest rate		4.125%
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 5.375% senior notes due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 256,770	258,198
Interest rate		5.375%
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 4.750% senior notes due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 572,184	571,644
Interest rate		4.75%
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 4.875% senior notes due December 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 396,950	396,553
Interest rate		4.875%
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 4.500% senior notes due 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 647,165	646,802
Interest rate		4.50%
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 5.875% senior notes due 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 445,821	448,158
Interest rate		5.875%
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 4.750% senior notes due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 497,780	497,558
Interest rate		4.75%
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 5.25% senior notes due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 407,315	407,921
Interest rate		5.25%
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 5.00% senior notes due 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 352,700	352,892
Interest rate		5.00%
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 4.75% senior notes due 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 894,386	893,046
Interest rate		4.75%
Homebuilding | Senior Notes | 6.625% senior notes due 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 0	303,668
Interest rate		6.625%
Homebuilding | Mortgage notes on land and other debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes and other debts payable, net		$ 908,900	$ 874,887

[1] Under certain provisions of ASC 810, the Company is required to separately disclose on its condensed consolidated balance sheets the assets owned by consolidated VIEs and liabilities of consolidated VIEs as to which neither Lennar Corporation, or any of its subsidiaries, has any obligations. As of May 31, 2020, total liabilities include $450.4 million related to consolidated VIEs as to which there was no recourse against the Company, of which $20.9 million is included in Homebuilding accounts payable, $335.5 million in Homebuilding liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned, $74.5 million in Homebuilding senior notes and other debts payable, $8.6 million in Homebuilding other liabilities and $11.0 million in Multifamily liabilities. As of November 30, 2019, total liabilities include $549.7 million related to consolidated VIEs as to which there was no recourse against the Company, of which $13.7 million is included in Homebuilding accounts payable, $247.5 million in Homebuilding liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned, $47.1 million in Homebuilding senior notes and other debt payable, $8.9 million in Homebuilding other liabilities, $231.1 million in Financial Services liabilities and $1.4 million in Multifamily liabilities.