<ARTICLE> 5 <RESTATED> <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> YEAR <FISCAL-YEAR-END> NOV-30-1995 <PERIOD-START> DEC-01-1994 <PERIOD-END> NOV-30-1995 <CASH> 43,382 <SECURITIES> 97,672<F1> <RECEIVABLES> 293,384 <ALLOWANCES> 0 <INVENTORY> 1,059,179 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 0 <PP&E> 0 <DEPRECIATION> 0 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 1,574,179 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 0 <BONDS> 358,613<F2> <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 1,300 <COMMON> 32,347 <OTHER-SE> 381,831 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 1,574,179 <SALES> 1,366,866 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 1,396,526 <CGS> 1,119,405 <TOTAL-COSTS> 1,134,226<F3> <OTHER-EXPENSES> 187,421<F4> <LOSS-PROVISION> 0 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 27,501 <INCOME-PRETAX> 45,459 <INCOME-TAX> 16,400 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 29,059 <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 29,059 <EPS-PRIMARY> 0.59 <EPS-DILUTED> 0.58 <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. </FN>