Operating and Reporting Segments

3 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2023

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Operating and Reporting Segments

Operating and Reporting Segments

The Company's homebuilding operations construct and sell homes primarily for first-time, move-up and active adult homebuyers primarily under the Lennar brand name. In addition, the Company's homebuilding operations purchase, develop and sell land to third parties. The Company's chief operating decision makers manage and assess the Company’s performance at a regional level. Therefore, the Company performed an assessment of its operating segments in accordance with ASC 280, Segment Reporting, and determined that the following are its operating and reportable segments:

Homebuilding segments: (1) East (2) Central (3) Texas (4) West

(5) Financial Services

(6) Multifamily

(7) Lennar Other

The assets and liabilities related to the Company’s segments were as follows:

(In thousands)	February 28, 2023
Assets:	Homebuilding		Financial Services	Multifamily	Lennar Other	Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	4,057,956	163,000	15,075	6,825	4,242,856
Restricted cash	22,504		8,797	—	—	31,301
Receivables, net (1)	559,939		329,331	110,696	—	999,966
Inventories	21,627,886		—	439,947	—	22,067,833
Loans held-for-sale (2)	—		1,233,466	—	—	1,233,466
Investments in equity securities (3)	—		—	—	367,369	367,369
Investments available-for-sale (4)	—		—	—	36,332	36,332
Loans held-for-investment, net	—		45,327	—	—	45,327
Investments held-to-maturity	—		141,854	—	—	141,854
Investments in unconsolidated entities	1,178,802		—	635,499	315,632	2,129,933
Goodwill	3,442,359		189,699	—	—	3,632,058
Other assets	1,412,654		101,947	65,560	64,698	1,644,859
	$	32,302,100	2,213,421	1,266,777	790,856	36,573,154
Liabilities:
Notes and other debts payable, net	$	4,033,335	1,171,638	16,828	—	5,221,801
Accounts payable and other liabilities	6,295,653		146,137	266,552	87,724	6,796,066
	$	10,328,988	1,317,775	283,380	87,724	12,017,867

(In thousands)	November 30, 2022
Assets:	Homebuilding		Financial Services	Multifamily	Lennar Other	Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	4,616,124	139,378	17,827	5,391	4,778,720
Restricted cash	23,046		14,004	—	—	37,050
Receivables, net (1)	673,980		826,163	114,134	—	1,614,277
Inventories	21,432,011		—	430,442	—	21,862,453
Loans held-for-sale (2)	—		1,776,311	—	—	1,776,311
Investments in equity securities (3)	—		—	—	391,026	391,026
Investments available-for-sale (4)	—		—	—	35,482	35,482
Loans held-for-investment, net	—		45,636	—	—	45,636
Investments held-to-maturity	—		143,251	—	—	143,251
Investments in unconsolidated entities	1,173,164		—	648,126	316,523	2,137,813
Goodwill	3,442,359		189,699	—	—	3,632,058
Other assets	1,323,478		119,815	46,808	40,117	1,530,218
	$	32,684,162	3,254,257	1,257,337	788,539	37,984,295
Liabilities:
Notes and other debts payable, net	$	4,047,294	2,135,093	16,749	—	6,199,136
Accounts payable and other liabilities	6,931,352		218,811	296,735	97,894	7,544,792
	$	10,978,646	2,353,904	313,484	97,894	13,743,928

(1)Receivables, net for Financial Services primarily related to loans sold to investors for which the Company had not yet been paid as of February 28, 2023 and November 30, 2022, respectively.

(2)Loans held-for-sale related to unsold residential and commercial loans carried at fair value.

(3)Investments in equity securities include investments of $178.0 million without readily available fair values as of both February 28, 2023 and November 30, 2022, respectively.

(4)Investments available-for-sale are carried at fair value with changes in fair value recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Financial information relating to the Company’s segments was as follows:

	Three Months Ended February 28, 2023
(In thousands)	Homebuilding		Financial Services	Multifamily	Lennar Other	Corporate and Unallocated	Total
Revenues	$	6,156,305	182,981	143,523	7,620	—	6,490,429
Operating earnings (loss)	906,839		78,737	(21,601)	(39,757)	—	924,218
Corporate general and administrative expenses	—		—	—	—	126,106	126,106
Charitable foundation contribution	—		—	—	—	13,659	13,659
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	906,839		78,737	(21,601)	(39,757)	(139,765)	784,453
	Three Months Ended February 28, 2022
Revenues	$	5,752,205	176,701	267,359	7,251	—	6,203,516
Operating earnings (loss)	1,109,850		90,791	5,427	(403,134)	—	802,934
Corporate general and administrative expenses	—		—	—	—	113,661	113,661
Charitable foundation contribution	—		—	—	—	12,538	12,538
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	1,109,850		90,791	5,427	(403,134)	(126,199)	676,735

Homebuilding Segments

Information about homebuilding activities in states which are not economically similar to other states in the same geographic area is grouped under "Homebuilding Other," which is not considered a reportable segment.

Evaluation of segment performance is based primarily on operating earnings (loss) before income taxes. Operations of the Company’s Homebuilding segments primarily include the construction and sale of single-family attached and detached homes as well as the purchase, development and sale of residential land directly and through the Company’s unconsolidated entities. Operating earnings (loss) for the Homebuilding segments consist of revenues generated from the sales of homes and land, other revenues from management fees and forfeited deposits, equity in earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities and other income (expense), net, less the cost of homes sold and land sold, and selling, general and administrative expenses incurred by the segment. Homebuilding Other also includes management of a fund that acquires single-family homes and holds them as rental properties.

The Company’s reportable Homebuilding segments and all other homebuilding operations not required to be reported separately have homebuilding divisions located in:

East: Alabama, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and South Carolina

Central: Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia

Texas: Texas

West: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington

Other: Urban divisions and other homebuilding related investments primarily in California, including FivePoint Holdings, LLC ("FivePoint")

The assets related to the Company’s homebuilding segments were as follows:

(In thousands)	East		Central	Texas	West	Other	Corporate and Unallocated	Total Homebuilding
February 28, 2023	$	6,800,191	4,074,510	3,592,725	12,076,029	1,371,403	4,387,242	32,302,100
November 30, 2022	6,877,581		4,010,610	3,742,663	12,182,709	1,382,864	4,487,735	32,684,162

Financial information relating to the Company’s homebuilding segments was as follows:

	Three Months Ended February 28, 2023
(In thousands)	East		Central	Texas	West	Other	Total Homebuilding
Revenues	$	1,875,977	1,048,007	1,022,052	2,205,061	5,208	6,156,305
Operating earnings (loss)	424,196		130,522	125,319	230,500	(3,698)	906,839
	Three Months Ended February 28, 2022
Revenues	$	1,670,186	1,109,272	812,619	2,150,798	9,330	5,752,205
Operating earnings (loss)	351,995		152,078	171,312	441,448	(6,983)	1,109,850

Financial Services

Operations of the Financial Services segment include primarily mortgage financing, title and closing services primarily for buyers of the Company’s homes. It also includes originating and selling into securitizations commercial mortgage loans through its LMF Commercial business. Financial Services’ operating earnings consist of revenues generated primarily from mortgage financing, title and closing services, and property and casualty insurance, less the cost of such services and certain selling, general and administrative expenses incurred by the segment. The Financial Services segment operates generally in the same states as the Company’s homebuilding operations.

At February 28, 2023, the Financial Services warehouse facilities were all 364-day repurchase facilities and were used to fund residential mortgages or commercial mortgages for LMF Commercial as follows:

(In thousands)	Maximum Aggregate Commitment
Residential facilities maturing:
May 2023	$	200,000
August 2023	600,000
December 2023	500,000
Total - Residential facilities	$	1,300,000
LMF Commercial facilities maturing
July 2023	$	50,000
November 2023	100,000
December 2023	400,000
Total - LMF Commercial facilities	$	550,000
Total	$	1,850,000

The Financial Services segment uses the residential facilities to finance its residential lending activities until the mortgage loans are sold to investors and the proceeds are collected. The facilities are non-recourse to the Company and are expected to be renewed or replaced with other facilities when they mature. The LMF Commercial facilities finance LMF Commercial loan originations and securitization activities and were secured by up to 80% interests in the originated commercial loans financed.

Borrowings and collateral under the facilities and their prior year predecessors were as follows:

(In thousands)	February 28, 2023		November 30, 2022
Borrowings under the residential facilities	$	1,028,283	1,877,411
Collateral under the residential facilities	1,064,394		1,950,155
Borrowings under the LMF Commercial facilities	11,397		124,399

If the facilities are not renewed or replaced, the borrowings under the lines of credit will be repaid by selling the mortgage loans held-for-sale to investors and by collecting receivables on loans sold but not yet paid for. Without the facilities, the Financial Services segment would have to use cash from operations and other funding sources to finance its lending activities.

Substantially all of the residential loans the Financial Services segment originates are sold within a short period in the secondary mortgage market on a servicing released, non-recourse basis. After the loans are sold, the Company retains potential liability for possible claims by purchasers that it breached certain limited industry-standard representations and warranties in the loan sale agreements. Purchasers sometimes try to defray losses by purporting to have found inaccuracies related to sellers’ representations and warranties in particular loan sale agreements. Mortgage investors could seek to have the Company buy back mortgage loans or compensate them for losses incurred on mortgage loans that the Company has sold based on claims that the Company breached its limited representations or warranties. The Company’s mortgage operations have established accruals for possible losses associated with mortgage loans previously originated and sold to investors. The Company establishes accruals for such possible losses based upon, among other things, an analysis of repurchase requests received, an estimate of potential repurchase claims not yet received and actual past repurchases and losses through the disposition of affected loans as well as previous settlements. While the Company believes that it has adequately reserved for known losses and projected repurchase requests, given the volatility in the residential mortgage industry and the uncertainty regarding the ultimate resolution of these claims, if either actual repurchases or the losses incurred resolving those repurchases exceed the Company’s expectations, additional recourse expense may be incurred. The provision for loan losses was immaterial for both the three months ended February 28, 2023 and 2022. Loan origination liabilities were $12.1 million and $11.8 million as of February 28, 2023 and November 30, 2022, respectively, and included in Financial Services’ liabilities in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets.

LMF Commercial - loans held-for-sale

LMF Commercial originated commercial loans as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	February 28,
(Dollars in thousands)	2023		2022
Originations (1)	$	79,480	264,845
Sold	77,200		178,082
Securitizations	1		1

(1)During both the three months ended February 28, 2023 and 2022, all the commercial loans originated were recorded as loans held-for-sale, which are held at fair value.

Investments held-to-maturity

At February 28, 2023 and November 30, 2022, the Financial Services segment held commercial mortgage-backed securities ("CMBS"). These securities are classified as held-to-maturity based on the segment's intent and ability to hold the securities until maturity and changes in estimated cash flows are reviewed periodically to determine if an other-than-temporary impairment has occurred. Based on the segment’s assessment, no impairment charges were recorded during either the three months ended February 28, 2023 or 2022. The Company has financing agreements to finance CMBS that have been purchased as investments by the Financial Services segment.

Details related to Financial Services' CMBS were as follows:

(Dollars in thousands)	February 28, 2023		November 30, 2022
Carrying value	$	141,854	143,251
Outstanding debt, net of debt issuance costs	131,959		133,283
Incurred interest rate	3.4%		3.4%

	February 28, 2023
Discount rates at purchase	6%	—	84%
Coupon rates	2.0%	—	5.3%
Distribution dates	October 2027	—	December 2028
Stated maturity dates	October 2050	—	December 2051

Multifamily

The Company is actively involved, primarily through unconsolidated funds and joint ventures, in the development, construction and property management of multifamily rental properties. The Multifamily segment focuses on developing a geographically diversified portfolio of institutional quality multifamily rental properties in select U.S. markets.

The Multifamily Segment (i) manages, and owns interests in, funds that are engaged in the development of multifamily residential communities with the intention of holding the newly constructed and occupied properties as income and fee generating assets, and (ii) manages, and owns interests in, joint ventures that are engaged in the development of multifamily residential communities, in most instances with the intention of selling them when they are built and substantially occupied. Our multifamily business is a vertically integrated platform with capabilities spanning development, construction, property management, asset management, and capital markets. Revenues are generated from the sales of land, from construction activities, and management and promote fees generated from joint ventures and other gains (which includes sales of buildings), less the cost of sales of land sold, expenses related to construction activities and general and administrative expenses. Operations of the Multifamily Segment also include equity in earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities.

Lennar Other

Lennar Other primarily includes strategic investments in technology companies, primarily managed by the Company's LENX subsidiary, and fund interests the Company retained when it sold the Rialto Capital Management ("Rialto") asset and investment management platform. Operations of the Lennar Other segment include operating earnings (loss) consisting of revenues generated primarily from the Company's share of carried interests in the Rialto fund investments, along with equity in earnings (loss) from the Rialto fund investments and technology investments, realized and unrealized gains (losses) from investments in equity securities and other income (expense), net from the remaining assets related to the Company's former Rialto segment.

The Company has investments in Blend Labs, Inc. ("Blend Labs"), Hippo Holdings, Inc. ("Hippo"), Opendoor, Inc. ("Opendoor"), SmartRent, Inc. ("SmartRent"), Sonder Holdings, Inc. ("Sonder") and Sunnova Energy International, Inc. ("Sunnova"), which are held at market and will therefore change depending on the value of the Company's share holdings in those entities on the last day of each quarter. All the investments are accounted for as investments in equity securities which are held at fair value and the changes in fair values are recognized through earnings. The following is a detail of Lennar Other unrealized gains (loss) from mark-to-market adjustments on the Company's technology investments:

	Three Months Ended
	February 28,
(In thousands)	2023		2022
Blend Labs (BLND)	$	586	(7,442)
Hippo (HIPO)	6,632		(124,457)
Opendoor (OPEN)	(7,691)		(143,361)
SmartRent (SMRT)	1,305		(44,363)
Sonder (SOND)	(320)		(506)
Sunnova (NOVA)	(24,466)		(75,041)
Lennar Other unrealized losses from technology investments	$	(23,954)	(395,170)

Doma Holdings, Inc. ("Doma"), which went public during the year ended November 30, 2021, is an investment that continues to be accounted for under the equity method due to the Company's significant ownership interest which allows the Company to exercise significant influence. As of February 28, 2023, the Company owned approximately 25% of Doma