RESTON, Va., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NVR, Inc. (NYSE: NVR), one of the nation's largest homebuilding and mortgage banking companies, announced net income for its third quarter ended September 30, 2010 of $43,944,000, $7.31 per diluted share. Net income and diluted earnings per share for its third quarter ended September 30, 2010 decreased 39% and 37%, respectively, compared to the 2009 third quarter. Consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2010 totaled $676,169,000, a 17% decrease from $814,016,000 for the comparable 2009 quarter.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, consolidated revenues were $2,230,887,000, 12% higher than the $1,998,046,000 reported for the same period of 2009. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $147,307,000, an increase of 12% when compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $23.49, an increase of 9% from $21.57 per diluted share for the comparable period of 2009.

Homebuilding

New orders in the third quarter of 2010 decreased 5% to 2,151 units, when compared to 2,255 units in the third quarter of 2009. The cancellation rate in the quarter ended September 30, 2010 was 18% compared to 14% in the third quarter of 2009 and 12% in the second quarter of 2010. Settlements decreased in the third quarter of 2010 to 2,127 units, 20% less than the same period of 2009. The Company's backlog of homes sold but not settled at the end of the 2010 quarter decreased on a unit basis by 7% to 3,790 units and on a dollar basis by 2% to $1,184,488,000 when compared to the same period last year.

Homebuilding revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2010 totaled $661,935,000, 16% lower than the year earlier period. Gross profit margins decreased to 18.3% in the 2010 third quarter compared to 19.7% for the same period in 2009. Income before tax from the homebuilding segment totaled $58,419,000 in the 2010 third quarter, a decrease of 41% when compared to the third quarter of the previous year.

New orders for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 totaled 7,650, a 3% increase when compared to the 7,409 units reported for the same period of 2009. Settlements for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 increased 14% to 7,391 units when compared to the same period of 2009. Homebuilding revenues totaled $2,186,288,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, 12% higher than the same period of 2009. Homebuilding segment income for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $210,761,000, a 13% increase from the nine months ended September 30, 2009.

Mortgage Banking

Mortgage closed loan production of $497,404,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 was 18% lower than the same period last year. Operating income for the mortgage banking operations during the third quarter of 2010 decreased 56% to $6,471,000, when compared to $14,814,000 reported for the same period of 2009.

About NVR

NVR, Inc. operates in two business segments: homebuilding and mortgage banking. The homebuilding unit sells and builds homes under the Ryan Homes, NVHomes, Rymarc Homes and Fox Ridge Homes trade names, and operates in twenty-five metropolitan areas in fourteen states. For more information about NVR, Inc. and its brands, see www.nvrinc.com, www.ryanhomes.com, www.nvhomes.com, www.foxridgehomes.com, and www.rymarc.com.

Some of the statements in this release made by the Company constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Certain, but not necessarily all, of such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "believes," "expects," "may," "will," "should" or "anticipates" or the negative thereof or other variations thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussion of strategies, each of which involves risks and uncertainties. All statements other than those of historical facts included herein, including those regarding market trends, NVR's financial position, business strategy, the outcome of pending litigation, projected plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results or performance of NVR to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risk factors include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions (on both a national and regional level), interest rate changes, access to suitable financing by NVR and by NVR's customers, competition, the availability and cost of land and other raw materials used by NVR in its homebuilding operations, shortages of labor, weather related slow downs, building moratoria, governmental regulation, the ability of NVR to integrate any acquired business, fluctuation and volatility of stock and other financial markets, mortgage financing availability and other factors over which NVR has little or no control. The Company has no obligation to update such forward-looking statements.

NVR, Inc. Consolidated Statements of Incom e (in thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited)

			Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2010	2009	2010	2009
*Homebuilding:*
	Revenues		$ 661,935	$ 792,510	$ 2,186,288	$ 1,953,327
	Other income		3,298	2,222	7,777	6,511
	Cost of sales		(540,783)	(636,642)	(1,783,327)	(1,593,512)
	Selling, general and administrative		(65,534)	(56,662)	(195,412)	(171,020)
		Operating income	58,916	101,428	215,326	195,306
	Interest expense		(497)	(2,802)	(4,565)	(8,038)
		Homebuilding income	58,419	98,626	210,761	187,268

*Mortgage Banking:*
	Mortgage banking fees		14,234	21,506	44,599	44,719
	Interest income		1,555	887	3,803	2,082
	Other income		166	215	565	458
	General and administrative		(9,203)	(7,486)	(23,007)	(19,719)
	Interest expense		(281)	(308)	(841)	(921)
		Mortgage banking income	6,471	14,814	25,119	26,619

*Income before taxes*			64,890	113,440	235,880	213,887

		Income tax expense	(20,946)	(41,313)	(88,573)	(82,346)

*Net income*			$ 43,944	$ 72,127	$ 147,307	$ 131,541

*Basic earnings per share*			$ 7.65	$ 12.29	$ 24.64	$ 22.83

*Diluted earnings per share*			$ 7.31	$ 11.59	$ 23.49	$ 21.57

*Basic average shares outstanding*			5,748	5,866	5,978	5,762

*Diluted average shares outstanding*			6,011	6,223	6,271	6,098

NVR, Inc. Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands, except share and per share data)

				September 30, 2010	December 31, 2009
ASSETS				(unaudited)

*Homebuilding:*
	Cash and cash equivalents			$ 1,053,166	$ 1,248,689
	Marketable securities			25,000	219,535
	Receivables			10,714	7,995
	Inventory:
		Lots and housing units, covered under
			sales agreements with customers	411,045	337,523
		Unsold lots and housing units		72,972	73,673
		Land under development		72,856	-
		Manufacturing materials and other		5,441	7,522
				562,314	418,718

	Assets related to consolidated variable interest entities			22,771	70,430
	Contract land deposits, net			91,005	49,906
	Property, plant and equipment, net			18,859	20,215
	Reorganization value in excess of amounts
		allocable to identifiable assets, net		41,580	41,580
	Other assets, net			235,154	258,659
				2,060,563	2,335,727

*Mortgage Banking:*
	Cash and cash equivalents			2,303	1,461
	Mortgage loans held for sale, net			170,601	40,097
	Property and equipment, net			741	446
	Reorganization value in excess of amounts
		allocable to identifiable assets, net		7,347	7,347
	Other assets			8,264	10,692
				189,256	60,043

			Total assets	$ 2,249,819	$ 2,395,770

NVR, Inc. Consolidated Balance Sheets (Continued) (in thousands, except share and per share data)

			September 30, 2010	December 31, 2009
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY			(unaudited)

*Homebuilding:*
	Accounts payable		$ 145,268	$ 120,464
	Accrued expenses and other liabilities		215,507	221,352
	Liabilities related to consolidated variable
		interest entities	-	65,915
	Non-recourse debt related to consolidated variable
		interest entities	7,944	-
	Customer deposits		70,462	63,591
	Other term debt		1,895	2,166
	Senior notes		-	133,370
			441,076	606,858

*Mortgage Banking:*
	Accounts payable and other liabilities		22,824	19,306
	Note payable		99,241	12,344
			122,065	31,650

		Total liabilities	563,141	638,508

*Commitments and contingencies*

*Shareholders' equity:*
	Common stock, $0.01 par value; 60,000,000
		shares authorized; 20,559,671 shares issued as of
		both September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009	206	206
	Additional paid-in-capital		937,623	830,531
	Deferred compensation trust – 158,894 and
		265,278 shares of NVR, Inc. common stock as
		of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009,
		respectively	(27,582)	(40,799)
	Deferred compensation liability		27,582	40,799
	Retained earnings		3,970,374	3,823,067
	Less treasury stock at cost – 14,928,791 and
		14,609,560 shares at September 30, 2010 and
		December 31, 2009, respectively	(3,221,525)	(2,896,542)
		Total shareholders’ equity	1,686,678	1,757,262
		Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$ 2,249,819	$ 2,395,770

NVR, Inc. Operating Activity (unaudited) (dollars in thousands)

			Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2010	2009	2010	2009

*Homebuilding data:*
	New orders (units)
		Mid Atlantic (1)	1,193	1,199	3,887	3,823
		North East (2)	171	222	650	703
		Mid East (3)	559	560	2,187	2,007
		South East (4)	228	274	926	876
		Total	2,151	2,255	7,650	7,409

	Average new order price		$ 306.3	$ 297.1	$ 299.9	$ 291.3

	Settlements (units)
		Mid Atlantic (1)	1,049	1,388	3,656	3,373
		North East (2)	222	260	724	641
		Mid East (3)	625	722	2,112	1,668
		South East (4)	231	301	899	810
		Total	2,127	2,671	7,391	6,492

	Average settlement price		$ 311.1	$ 296.3	$ 295.7	$ 300.4

	Backlog (units)
		Mid Atlantic (1)			2,094	2,226
		North East (2)			251	365
		Mid East (3)			1,035	1,070
		South East (4)			410	420
		Total			3,790	4,081

	Average backlog price				$ 312.5	$ 296.6

	Community count (average)		374	354	368	356
	Lots controlled at end of period				51,600	43,700

*Mortgage banking data:*
	Loan closings		$ 497,404	$ 603,317	$ 1,621,997	$ 1,518,229
	Capture rate		91%	91%	90%	91%

*Common stock information:*
	Shares outstanding at end of period				5,630,880	5,926,721
	Number of shares repurchased		319,073	-	581,046	-
	Aggregate cost of shares repurchased		$ 201,209	-	$ 377,293	-

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