<ARTICLE> 5
<RESTATED>
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
                                                                                                        
<PERIOD-TYPE>                            YEAR                       3-MOS                   6-MOS                   9-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                        NOV-30-1996                NOV-30-1996             NOV-30-1996             NOV-30-1996
<PERIOD-START>                           DEC-01-1995                DEC-01-1995             DEC-01-1995             DEC-01-1995
<PERIOD-END>                             NOV-30-1996                FEB-29-1996             MAY-31-1996             AUG-31-1996
<CASH>                                         9,781                     35,141                  33,011                  23,336
<SECURITIES>                                  81,536<F1>                 94,557<F1>              87,106<F1>              83,573<F1>
<RECEIVABLES>                                260,496                    205,554                 218,658                 243,535
<ALLOWANCES>                                       0                          0                       0                       0
<INVENTORY>                                  780,302                  1,090,566                 933,256                 889,760
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                   0                          0                       0                       0
<PP&E>                                             0                          0                       0                       0
<DEPRECIATION>                                     0                          0                       0                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                             1,243,494                  1,502,851               1,385,759               1,348,939
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                              0                          0                       0                       0
<BONDS>                                      466,750<F2>                355,855<F2>             348,153<F2>             344,870<F2>
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                              0                          0                       0                       0
<PREFERRED>                                        0                      1,300                       0                       0
<COMMON>                                      38,828                     32,357                  38,857                  38,873
<OTHER-SE>                                   301,522                    380,052                 275,141                 286,463
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>               1,243,494                  1,502,851               1,385,759               1,348,939
<SALES>                                    1,754,147                    295,815                 769,580               1,242,371
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                           1,787,041                    302,475                 784,825               1,226,198
<CGS>                                      1,435,081                    243,956                 632,332               1,020,837
<TOTAL-COSTS>                              1,448,543<F3>                247,425<F3>             639,227<F3>           1,031,128<F3>
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                             397,836<F4>                 40,983<F4>             273,911<F4>             334,231<F4>

<LOSS-PROVISION>                                   0                          0                       0                       0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                            36,691                      8,102                  18,726                  27,717
<INCOME-PRETAX>                             (95,744)                      6,386               (147,496)               (126,829)
<INCOME-TAX>                                  34,500                      2,300                  53,100                  45,700
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                         (61,244)                      4,086                (94,396)                (81,129)
<DISCONTINUED>                                     0                          0                       0                       0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                    0                          0                       0                       0
<CHANGES>                                          0                          0                       0                       0
<NET-INCOME>                                (61,244)                      4,086                (94,396)                (81,129)
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                 (1.80)                       0.05                  (2.88)                  (2.39)
<EPS-DILUTED>                                 (1.80)                       0.05                  (2.88)                  (2.39)
<FN>
<F1>MARKETABLE SECURITIES ARE COMPRISED OF FIRST MORTGAGES AND MORTGAGE-BACKED
SECURITIES WHICH ARE HELD FOR LONG-TERM INVESTMENT.  THE MORTGAGE-BACKED
SECURITIES SERVE AS COLLATERAL FOR RELATED COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS
<F2>BONDS ARE COMPRISED OF SENIOR AND SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES AND COLLATERALIZED
MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS.
<F3>TOTAL COSTS INCLUDE INTEREST EXPENSE ON THE COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE
OBLIGATIONS, AS THE ASSOCIATED INTEREST INCOME GENERATED FROM THE
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES IS INCLUDED IN TOTAL REVENUES.
<F4>OTHER EXPENSES ARE COMPRISED OF SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
AND FOR THE SIX MONTHS, NINE MONTHS AND TWELVE MONTHS OF 1996 INCLUDE A NON-CASH 
CHARGE FOR IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS RECORDED IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1996.
</FN>