Exhibit 99.1

NVR, INC. ANNOUNCES A 28% INCREASE IN EARNINGS PER SHARE FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: Dan Malzahn
	OFFICE: 703-956-4204

October 18, 2005 — Reston, VA — NVR, Inc. (AMEX: NVR), one of the nation’s largest homebuilding and mortgage banking companies, today announced that diluted earnings per share for its third quarter ended September 30, 2005 exceeded the 2004 third quarter by 28%. Net income for the 2005 third quarter was $189,443,000, $24.33 per diluted share, compared to net income of $147,679,000, $19.04 per diluted share, for the same period of 2004. Consolidated revenues increased 18% to $1,373,022,000 for the quarter when compared to $1,166,519,000 for the same period of 2004. The Company reported that new orders increased 7% to 2,897 units for the third quarter of 2005 when compared to the third quarter of 2004. New orders increased in each region, except Washington, D.C., which was negatively impacted by generally weaker market conditions. Backlog at the end of the period increased 14% to 8,875 units when compared to the same time last year. The dollar value of the backlog units totaled $3,831,608,000 at the end of the September 2005 quarter, a 30% increase from a year earlier.

Homebuilding revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2005, totaled $1,350,465,000, 18% higher than the year earlier period. Income before tax from the homebuilding segment totaled $291,721,000, an increase of 26% when compared to the third quarter of the previous year. Gross profit margins improved to 28.1% for the third quarter of 2005 compared to 26.0% for the same quarter of 2004. The margin improvement primarily resulted from the ability to raise prices in certain markets that more than offset rising material and land costs.

The Company reported that closed loan production from its mortgage banking segment increased 17% in the third quarter of 2005 when compared to the third quarter of 2004. The mortgage segment’s operating income for the 2005 third quarter increased to $16,250,000, a 10% increase from the same period of 2004.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, consolidated revenues were $3,604,143,000, 18% higher than the $3,044,688,000 reported for the same period of 2004. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $475,022,000, an increase of 30% when compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2004. Earnings per diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $59.87, an increase of 29% from the $46.36 per diluted share reported for the comparable period of 2004.

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The Company has increased its full year 2005 guidance to 30% growth in net income when compared to 2004. The Company also stated that during the first nine months of 2005 it had repurchased approximately 643,000 shares of its common stock.

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, 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, 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 and other factors over which NVR has little or no control. The Company has no obligation to update such forward-looking statements.

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NVR, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Income

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2005			2004			2005			2004
Homebuilding:
Revenues	$	1,350,465		$	1,146,271		$	3,546,965		$	2,991,789
Other income		1,224			675			4,157			2,002
Cost of sales		(970,437	)		(848,195	)		(2,557,268	)		(2,227,184	)
Selling, general and administrative		(86,626	)		(64,482	)		(243,276	)		(187,305	)
Operating income		294,626			234,269			750,578			579,302
Interest expense		(2,905	)		(2,925	)		(8,835	)		(8,878	)
Homebuilding income		291,721			231,344			741,743			570,424
Mortgage Banking:
Mortgage banking fees		22,557			20,248			57,178			52,899
Interest income		1,492			1,035			3,276			2,937
Other income		435			321			1,022			766
General and administrative		(7,957	)		(6,555	)		(22,486	)		(19,037	)
Interest expense		(277	)		(262	)		(730	)		(879	)
Mortgage banking income		16,250			14,787			38,260			36,686
Income before taxes		307,971			246,131			780,003			607,110
Income tax expense		(118,528	)		(98,452	)		(304,981	)		(242,844	)
Net income	$	189,443		$	147,679		$	475,022		$	364,266
Basic earnings per share	$	30.08		$	23.16		$	73.73		$	56.21
Diluted earnings per share	$	24.33		$	19.04		$	59.87		$	46.36
Basic average shares outstanding		6,298			6,377			6,443			6,481
Diluted average shares outstanding		7,787			7,758			7,934			7,858

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NVR, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

	September 30, 2005		December 31, 2004
	(unaudited)
ASSETS
Homebuilding:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	240,340	$	362,458
Receivables		19,212		14,020
Inventory:
Lots and housing units, covered under sales agreements with customers		853,709		538,770
Unsold lots and housing units		53,340		40,052
Manufacturing materials and other		9,532		9,718
		916,581		588,540
Contract land deposits		514,272		384,959
Assets not owned, consolidated per FIN 46R		167,184		89,924
Property, plant and equipment, net		25,254		25,330
Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net		41,580		41,580
Goodwill and indefinite life intangibles, net		10,579		6,379
Definite life intangibles, net		406		—
Other assets		120,875		109,778
		2,056,283		1,622,968
Mortgage Banking:
Cash and cash equivalents		5,426		4,907
Mortgage loans held for sale, net		143,534		138,595
Mortgage servicing rights, net		94		126
Property and equipment, net		903		996
Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net		7,347		7,347
Other assets		2,527		3,028
		159,831		154,999
Total assets	$	2,216,114	$	1,777,967

(Continued)

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NVR, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Continued)

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

	September 30, 2005			December 31, 2004
	(unaudited)
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Homebuilding:
Accounts payable	$	281,210		$	215,002
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		274,278			234,815
Customer deposits		289,152			203,835
Liabilities related to assets not owned, consolidated per FIN 46R		130,969			63,568
Other term debt		3,349			4,077
Senior notes		200,000			200,000
		1,178,958			921,297
Mortgage Banking:
Accounts payable and other liabilities		18,058			11,949
Notes payable		113,699			9,726
		131,757			21,675
Total liabilities		1,310,715			942,972
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,592,640 and 20,597,709 shares issued as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively		206			206
Additional paid-in-capital		474,613			406,705
Deferred compensation trust- 547,697 and 549,029 shares of NVR, Inc. common stock as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively		(76,303	)		(76,366	)
Deferred compensation liability		76,303			76,366
Retained earnings		2,386,091			1,911,069
Less treasury stock at cost – 14,352,072 and 14,023,631 shares as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively		(1,955,511	)		(1,482,985	)
Total shareholders’ equity		905,399			834,995
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	2,216,114		$	1,777,967

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NVR, Inc.

Operating Activity

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2005			2004			2005			2004
Homebuilding data:
New orders (units)
Washington (1)		622			766			2,881			2,907
Baltimore (2)		431			264			1,461			1,094
North (3)		1,225			1,163			4,480			4,040
South (4)		619			525			2,216			1,996
Total		2,897			2,718			11,038			10,037
Average new order price	$	399.3		$	374.3		$	403.8		$	358.5
Settlements (units)
Washington (1)		964			924			2,570			2,397
Baltimore (2)		388			387			1,046			1,179
North (3)		1,491			1,450			3,889			3,855
South (4)		733			672			2,102			1,721
Total		3,576			3,433			9,607			9,152
Average settlement price	$	377.5		$	332.9		$	368.5		$	325.9
Backlog (units)
Washington (1)								2,864			2,774
Baltimore (2)								1,231			872
North (3)								3,340			2,810
South (4)								1,440			1,319
Total								8,875			7,775
Average backlog price							$	431.7		$	378.1
Community count (average)		518			440			501			443
Lots controlled at end of period								100,000			76,000
Mortgage banking data:
Loan closings	$	867,864		$	739,834		$	2,340,177		$	1,891,771
Capture rate		85	%		85	%		87	%		84	%
Common stock information:
Shares outstanding at end of period								6,240,568			6,401,581
Weighted average basic shares outstanding		6,298,000			6,377,000			6,443,000			6,481,000
Weighted average diluted shares outstanding		7,787,000			7,758,000			7,934,000			7,858,000
Number of shares repurchased		137,000			63,570			643,150			615,189
Aggregate cost of shares repurchased	$	115,215		$	29,858		$	510,531		$	275,715

(1) Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and adjacent counties in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia

(2) Baltimore, MD metropolitan area and adjacent counties in Pennsylvania

(3) Delaware, Maryland Eastern Shore, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania

(4) North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Richmond, VA

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