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Land Under Development
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
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Land Under Development
3. Land Under Development

On a limited basis, NVR directly acquires raw parcels of land already zoned for its intended use to develop into finished lots. Land under development includes the land acquisition costs, direct improvement costs, capitalized interest, where applicable, and real estate taxes. During the first quarter of 2013, NVR directly acquired a raw parcel of land zoned for its intended use for approximately $28,500 that it intends to develop into approximately 400 finished lots for use in its homebuilding operations. As of March 31, 2013, NVR directly owned four separate raw parcels of land with a carrying value of $96,233 that it intends to develop into approximately 1,000 finished lots for use in its homebuilding operations. None of the raw parcels had any indicators of impairment as of March 31, 2013. Based on current market conditions, NVR may, on a very limited basis, directly acquire additional raw parcels to develop into finished lots. See the Overview section of Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included herein for additional discussion.