10-Q

United States

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015

OR

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____ to ____

Commission File Number: 1-12378

NVR, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Virginia	54-1394360
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

11700 Plaza America Drive, Suite 500

Reston, Virginia 20190

(703) 956-4000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

(Not Applicable)

(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☒		Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	(Do not check if smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of April 27, 2015 there were 4,064,601 total shares of common stock outstanding.

NVR, Inc. Form 10-Q INDEX
		Page
PART I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	1
Item 1.	Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	1
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)	1
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited)	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)	3
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	4
Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	15
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk	28
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	28
PART II	OTHER INFORMATION	28
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	28
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	29
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	29
Item 6.	Exhibits	30
	SIGNATURE	31
	Exhibit Index	32

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.Financial Statements

NVR, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
	(unaudited)
ASSETS
Homebuilding:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	520,532		$	514,780
Receivables		10,024			10,021
Inventory:
Lots and housing units, covered under sales agreements with customers		797,705			690,955
Unsold lots and housing units		110,010			131,938
Land under development		35,813			33,689
Building materials and other		11,053			12,904
		954,581			869,486
Assets related to consolidated variable interest entity		3,545			3,590
Contract land deposits, net		295,121			294,676
Property, plant and equipment, net		46,343			46,242
Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net		41,580			41,580
Goodwill and finite-lived intangible assets, net		5,019			5,364
Other assets		305,021			302,280
		2,181,766			2,088,019
Mortgage Banking:
Cash and cash equivalents		10,436			30,158
Mortgage loans held for sale, net		154,785			205,664
Property and equipment, net		5,957			6,189
Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net		7,347			7,347
Other assets		15,843			13,958
		194,368			263,316
Total assets	$	2,376,134		$	2,351,335
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Homebuilding:
Accounts payable	$	193,927		$	204,622
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		266,119			289,058
Liabilities related to consolidated variable interest entity		1,578			1,618
Non-recourse debt related to consolidated variable interest entity		—			64
Customer deposits		125,965			106,755
Senior notes		599,189			599,166
		1,186,778			1,201,283
Mortgage Banking:
Accounts payable and other liabilities		24,119			25,797
		24,119			25,797
Total liabilities		1,210,897			1,227,080
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,555,330 shares issued as of    both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014		206			206
Additional paid-in capital		1,370,763			1,325,495
Deferred compensation trust – 108,614 shares of NVR, Inc. common stock as of both    March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014		(17,333	)		(17,333	)
Deferred compensation liability		17,333			17,333
Retained earnings		4,926,245			4,887,187
Less treasury stock at cost – 16,492,618 and 16,506,229 shares as of March 31, 2015 and   December 31, 2014, respectively		(5,131,977	)		(5,088,633	)
Total shareholders' equity		1,165,237			1,124,255
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	2,376,134		$	2,351,335

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NVR, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Homebuilding:
Revenues	$	941,538		$	799,187
Other income		725			997
Cost of sales		(781,668	)		(655,152	)
Selling, general and administrative		(98,229	)		(90,632	)
Operating income		62,366			54,400
Interest expense		(5,782	)		(5,684	)
Homebuilding income		56,584			48,716
Mortgage Banking:
Mortgage banking fees		16,211			12,123
Interest income		1,078			1,184
Other income		105			59
General and administrative		(11,479	)		(12,265	)
Interest expense		(136	)		(110	)
Mortgage banking income		5,779			991
Income before taxes		62,363			49,707
Income tax expense		(23,305	)		(25,858	)
Net income	$	39,058		$	23,849
Basic earnings per share	$	9.63		$	5.34
Diluted earnings per share	$	9.22		$	5.16
Basic weighted average shares outstanding		4,057			4,467
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding		4,235			4,620

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NVR, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	39,058		$	23,849
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		5,281			3,710
Excess income tax benefit from equity-based compensation		(7,998	)		(5,696	)
Equity-based compensation expense		13,399			10,703
Contract land deposit impairments (recoveries)		33			(1,983	)
Gain on sale of loans		(11,238	)		(7,995	)
Mortgage loans closed		(545,325	)		(416,801	)
Mortgage loans sold and principal payments on mortgage loans held for sale		606,932			514,158
Distribution of earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures		5,846			3,704
Net change in assets and liabilities:
Increase in inventory		(84,212	)		(102,729	)
Increase in contract land deposits		(478	)		(7,336	)
Decrease (increase) in receivables		223			(281	)
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses		(31,982	)		(37,225	)
Increase in customer deposits		19,210			18,079
Other, net		(10,352	)		(9,943	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(1,603	)		(15,786	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures		(863	)		—
Distribution of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures		6,154			5,296
Purchase of property, plant and equipment		(4,893	)		(5,433	)
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment		138			142
Net cash provided by investing activities		536			5
Cash flows from financing activities:
Purchase of treasury stock		(63,099	)		(32,578	)
Repayments under non-recourse debt related to consolidated
variable interest entity and note payable		(64	)		(1,327	)
Distributions to partner in consolidated variable interest entity		(300	)		—
Excess income tax benefit from equity-based compensation		7,998			5,696
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options		43,626			57,060
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		(11,839	)		28,851
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		(12,906	)		13,070
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period		545,419			866,253
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period	$	532,513		$	879,323
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Interest paid during the period, net of interest capitalized	$	12,039		$	12,027
Income taxes paid during the period, net of refunds	$	14,458		$	28,661

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars and shares in thousands)

(unaudited)

1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited, condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NVR, Inc. (“NVR” or the “Company”) and its subsidiaries and certain other entities in which the Company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary (see Notes 2 and 3 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements).  Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.  The statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.  Because the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP, they should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals except as otherwise noted herein) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2015.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.  Certain prior year amounts in the condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to 2015 presentation.  Reclassifications did not impact net income, total assets or total liabilities, or statement of cash flow classifications.

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, comprehensive income equaled net income; therefore, a separate statement of comprehensive income is not included in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

2. Variable Interest Entities

Fixed Price Purchase Agreements

NVR generally does not engage in the land development business.  Instead, the Company typically acquires finished building lots at market prices from various development entities under fixed price purchase agreements.  The purchase agreements require deposits that may be forfeited if NVR fails to perform under the agreements.  The deposits required under the purchase agreements are in the form of cash or letters of credit in varying amounts, and typically range up to 10% of the aggregate purchase price of the finished lots.

NVR believes this lot acquisition strategy reduces the financial requirements and risks associated with direct land ownership and land development.  NVR may, at its option, choose for any reason and at any time not to perform under these purchase agreements by delivering notice of its intent not to acquire the finished lots under contract.  NVR’s sole legal obligation and economic loss for failure to perform under these purchase agreements is limited to the amount of the deposit pursuant to the liquidated damage provisions contained within the purchase agreements.  In other words, if NVR does not perform under a purchase agreement, NVR loses only its deposit.  None of the creditors of any of the development entities with which NVR enters fixed price purchase agreements have recourse to the general credit of NVR.  NVR generally does not have any specific performance obligations to purchase a certain number or any of the lots, nor does NVR guarantee completion of the development by the developer or guarantee any of the developers’ financial or other liabilities.

NVR is not involved in the design or creation of any of the development entities from which the Company purchases lots under fixed price purchase agreements.  The developer’s equity holders have the power to direct 100% of the operating activities of the development entity.  NVR has no voting rights in any of the development entities.  The sole purpose of the development entity’s activities is to generate positive cash flow returns for the equity holders.  Further, NVR does not share in any of the profit or loss generated by the project’s development.  The profits and losses are passed directly to the developer’s equity holders.

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars and shares in thousands)

(unaudited)

The deposit placed by NVR pursuant to the fixed price purchase agreement is deemed to be a variable interest in the respective development entities.  Those development entities are deemed to be variable interest entities (“VIE”).  Therefore, the development entities with which NVR enters into fixed price purchase agreements, including the joint venture limited liability corporations discussed below, are evaluated for possible consolidation by NVR.  An enterprise must consolidate a VIE when that enterprise has a controlling financial interest in the VIE.  An enterprise is deemed to have a controlling financial interest if it has i) the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance, and ii) the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could be significant to the VIE or the rights to receive benefits from the VIE that could be significant to the VIE.

NVR believes the activities that most significantly impact a development entity’s economic performance are the operating activities of the entity.  Unless and until a development entity completes finished building lots through the development process to be able to sell, the process of which the development entities’ equity investors bear the full risk, the entity does not earn any revenues.  The operating development activities are managed solely by the development entity’s equity investors.

The development entities with which NVR contracts to buy finished lots typically select the respective projects, obtain the necessary zoning approvals, obtain the financing required with no support or guarantees from NVR, select who will purchase the finished lots and at what price, and manage the completion of the infrastructure improvements, all for the purpose of generating a cash flow return to the development entity’s equity holders and all independent of NVR.  The Company possesses no more than limited protective legal rights through the purchase agreement in the specific finished lots that it is purchasing, and NVR possesses no participative rights in the development entities.  Accordingly, NVR does not have the power to direct the activities of a developer that most significantly impact the developer’s economic performance.  For this reason, NVR has concluded that it is not the primary beneficiary of the development entities with which the Company enters into fixed price purchase agreements, and therefore, NVR does not consolidate any of these VIEs.

As of March 31, 2015, NVR controlled approximately 63,900 lots through fixed price purchase agreements with deposits in cash and letters of credit totaling $347,000 and $2,400, respectively.  As noted above, NVR’s sole legal obligation and economic loss for failure to perform under these purchase agreements is limited to the amount of the deposit pursuant to the liquidated damage provisions contained in the purchase agreements and, in very limited circumstances, specific performance obligations. In addition, NVR has certain properties under contract with land owners that are expected to yield approximately 5,000 lots, which are not included in the number of total lots controlled.  Some of these properties may require rezoning or other approvals to achieve the expected yield. These properties are controlled with deposits and letters of credit totaling approximately $3,200 and $2,500, respectively as of March 31, 2015, of which approximately $3,100 is refundable if NVR does not perform under the contract.  NVR generally expects to assign the raw land contracts to a land developer and simultaneously enter into a lot purchase agreement with the assignee if the project is determined to be feasible.

NVR’s total risk of loss related to contract land deposits as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, was as follows:

	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Contract land deposits	$	350,261		$	350,750
Loss reserve on contract land deposits		(55,140	)		(56,074	)
Contract land deposits, net		295,121			294,676
Contingent obligations in the form of letters of credit		4,938			4,674
Contingent specific performance obligations (1)		1,505			1,505
Total risk of loss	$	301,564		$	300,855

(1) As of both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company was committed to purchase 10 finished lots under specific performance obligations.

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars and shares in thousands)

(unaudited)

3. Joint Ventures

On a limited basis, NVR also obtains finished lots using joint venture limited liability corporations (“JVs”).  The JVs are typically structured such that NVR is a non-controlling member and is at risk only for the amount the Company has invested, or has committed to invest, in addition to any deposits placed under fixed price purchase agreements with the joint venture. NVR is not a borrower, guarantor or obligor on any debt of the JVs.  The Company enters into standard fixed price purchase agreements to purchase lots from these JVs, and as a result has a variable interest in these JVs.

At March 31, 2015, the Company had an aggregate investment totaling approximately $74,400 in five JVs that are expected to produce approximately 8,600 finished lots, of which approximately 3,300 were not under contract with NVR.  In addition, NVR had additional funding commitments in the aggregate totaling approximately $12,500 to three of the JVs at March 31, 2015.  The Company has determined that it is not the primary beneficiary of four of the JVs because either NVR and the other JV partner share power or the other JV partner has the controlling financial interest.  The aggregate investment in unconsolidated JVs was approximately $72,400 and $80,100 at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, and is reported in the “Other assets” line item on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. For the remaining JV, NVR has concluded that it is the primary beneficiary because the Company has the controlling financial interest in the JV. The condensed balance sheets as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 of the consolidated JV were as follows:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Cash	$	1,545	$	481
Restricted cash		—		160
Other assets		266		332
Land under development		1,734		2,617
Total assets	$	3,545	$	3,590
Debt	$	—	$	64
Accrued expenses		1,399		1,231
Equity		2,146		2,295
Total liabilities and equity	$	3,545	$	3,590

Distributions received from the unconsolidated JVs are allocated between return of capital and distributions of earnings based on the ratio of capital contributed by NVR to the total expected returns for the respective JVs, and are classified within the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of cash flows as cash flows from investing activities and operating activities, respectively.  

4. 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.  As of March 31, 2015, NVR directly owned four separate raw parcels of land with a carrying value of $35,813 that it intends to develop into approximately 460 finished lots.  Of the total finished lots, approximately 90 lots are under contract to be sold to an unrelated party under lot purchase agreements.  During the first quarter of 2015, the Company sold five lots to an unrelated party at an aggregate sales price of approximately $1,300.  No lots were sold to unrelated parties during the first quarter of 2014. The Company capitalizes interest costs to land under development during the active development of finished lots (see Note 5 for further discussion of capitalized interest). None of the raw parcels had any indicators of impairment as of March 31, 2015.  Based on market conditions, NVR may on a limited basis continue to directly acquire additional raw parcels to develop into finished lots.

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars and shares in thousands)

(unaudited)

5. Capitalized Interest

The Company capitalizes interest costs to land under development during the active development of finished lots.  In addition, the Company capitalizes interest costs to its joint venture investments while the investments are considered qualified assets pursuant to ASC 835-20, Interest.  Capitalized interest is transferred to sold or unsold inventory as the development of finished lots is completed, then charged to cost of sales upon the Company’s settlement of homes and the respective lots.  Interest incurred in excess of the interest capitalizable based on the level of qualified assets is expensed in the period incurred.  NVR’s interest costs incurred, capitalized, expensed and charged to cost of sales during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Interest capitalized, beginning of period	$	4,072		$	3,294
Interest incurred		6,263			6,223
Interest charged to interest expense		(5,918	)		(5,794	)
Interest charged to cost of sales		(146	)		(105	)
Interest capitalized, end of period	$	4,271		$	3,618

6. Earnings per Share

The following weighted average shares and share equivalents were used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used to    calculate basic EPS		4,057		4,467
Dilutive securities:
Stock options and restricted share units		178		153
Weighted average number of shares and share equivalents    outstanding used to calculate diluted EPS		4,235		4,620

The following stock options and restricted share units issued under equity incentive plans were outstanding during the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Anti-dilutive securities		28		93

7. Excess Reorganization Value, Goodwill and Other Intangibles

Reorganization value in excess of identifiable assets (“excess reorganization value”) is an indefinite-lived intangible asset that was created upon NVR’s emergence from bankruptcy on September 30, 1993.  Based on the allocation of the reorganization value, the portion of the reorganization value which was not attributed to specific tangible or intangible assets has been reported as excess reorganization value, which is treated similarly to goodwill.  Excess reorganization value is not subject to amortization.  Rather, excess reorganization value is subject to an impairment assessment on an annual basis or more frequently if changes in events or circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred.  Because excess reorganization value was based on the reorganization value of NVR’s entire enterprise upon emergence from bankruptcy, the impairment assessment is conducted on an enterprise basis based on the comparison of NVR’s total equity to the market value of NVR’s outstanding publicly-traded common stock.

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars and shares in thousands)

(unaudited)

As of March 31, 2015, goodwill and net finite-lived intangible assets totaled $441 and $4,578, respectively.  The remaining finite-lived intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over a weighted average life of four years.  Accumulated amortization as of March 31, 2015 was $3,110.  Amortization expense related to the finite-lived intangible assets was $346 for both the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

The Company completed the annual impairment assessment of the excess reorganization value and goodwill during the first quarter of 2015 and determined that there was no impairment.

8. Shareholders’ Equity

A summary of changes in shareholders’ equity is presented below:

	Common Stock		Additional Paid-In Capital			Retained Earnings		Treasury Stock			Deferred Compensation Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability		Total
Balance, December 31, 2014	$	206	$	1,325,495		$	4,887,187	$	(5,088,633	)	$	(17,333	)	$	17,333	$	1,124,255
Net income		—		—			39,058		—			—			—		39,058
Purchase of common stock for treasury		—		—			—		(63,099	)		—			—		(63,099	)
Equity-based compensation		—		13,399			—		—			—			—		13,399
Tax benefit from equity benefit plan   activity		—		7,998			—		—			—			—		7,998
Proceeds from stock options exercised		—		43,626			—		—			—			—		43,626
Treasury stock issued upon option   exercise and restricted share vesting		—		(19,755	)		—		19,755			—			—		—
Balance, March 31, 2015	$	206	$	1,370,763		$	4,926,245	$	(5,131,977	)	$	(17,333	)	$	17,333	$	1,165,237

The Company repurchased 50 shares of its common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2015. The Company settles option exercises and vesting of restricted share units by issuing shares of treasury stock.  Approximately 64 shares were issued from the treasury account during the first quarter of 2015 in settlement of option exercises and vesting of restricted share units.  Shares are relieved from the treasury account based on the weighted average cost basis of treasury shares acquired.

9. Product Warranties

The Company establishes warranty and product liability reserves (“warranty reserve”) to provide for estimated future expenses as a result of construction and product defects, product recalls and litigation incidental to NVR’s homebuilding business.  Liability estimates are determined based on management’s judgment, considering such factors as historical experience, the likely current cost of corrective action, manufacturers’ and subcontractors’ participation in sharing the cost of corrective action, consultations with third party experts such as engineers, and discussions with the Company’s general counsel and outside counsel retained to handle specific product liability cases.  The following table reflects the changes in the Company’s warranty reserve during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Warranty reserve, beginning of period	$	94,060		$	101,507
Provision		9,081			10,260
Payments		(13,398	)		(13,002	)
Warranty reserve, end of period	$	89,743		$	98,765

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars and shares in thousands)

(unaudited)

10. Segment Disclosures

The following disclosure includes four homebuilding reportable segments that aggregate geographically the Company’s homebuilding operating segments, and the mortgage banking operations presented as a single reportable segment.  The homebuilding reportable segments are comprised of operating divisions in the following geographic areas:

Mid Atlantic:	Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Washington, D.C.
North East:	New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania
Mid East:	New York, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois
South East:	North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee

Homebuilding profit before tax includes all revenues and income generated from the sale of homes, less the cost of homes sold, selling, general and administrative expenses and a corporate capital allocation charge.  The corporate capital allocation charge is eliminated in consolidation and is based on the segment’s average net assets employed.  The corporate capital allocation charged to the operating segment allows the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) to determine whether the operating segment’s results are providing the desired rate of return after covering the Company’s cost of capital.  In addition, certain assets, including goodwill and intangible assets and consolidation adjustments as discussed further below, are not allocated to the operating segments as those assets are neither included in the operating segment’s corporate capital allocation charge, nor in the CODM’s evaluation of the operating segment’s performance.  The Company records charges on contract land deposits when it is determined that it is probable that recovery of the deposit is impaired.  For segment reporting purposes, impairments on contract land deposits are charged to the operating segment upon the determination to terminate a finished lot purchase agreement with the developer, or to restructure a lot purchase agreement resulting in the forfeiture of the deposit.  Mortgage banking profit before tax consists of revenues generated from mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services, less the costs of such services and general and administrative costs.  Mortgage banking operations are not charged a corporate capital allocation charge.

In addition to the corporate capital allocation and contract land deposit impairments discussed above, the other reconciling items between segment profit and consolidated profit before tax include unallocated corporate overhead (including all management incentive compensation), equity-based compensation expense, consolidation adjustments and external corporate interest expense.  NVR’s overhead functions, such as accounting, treasury and human resources, are centrally performed and the costs are not allocated to the Company’s operating segments.  Consolidation adjustments consist of such items necessary to convert the reportable segments’ results, which are predominantly maintained on a cash basis, to a full accrual basis for external financial statement presentation purposes, and are not allocated to the Company’s operating segments.  External corporate interest expense primarily consists of interest charges on the Company’s 3.95% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Senior Notes”) and is not charged to the operating segments because the charges are included in the corporate capital allocation discussed above.

Following are tables presenting segment revenues, profit and assets, with reconciliations to the amounts reported for the consolidated enterprise, where applicable:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Revenues:
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic	$	556,120	$	465,030
Homebuilding North East		82,993		78,792
Homebuilding Mid East		185,429		150,648
Homebuilding South East		116,996		104,717
Mortgage Banking		16,211		12,123
Total consolidated revenues	$	957,749	$	811,310

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars and shares in thousands)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Profit before taxes:
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic	$	44,566		$	41,012
Homebuilding North East		5,983			6,306
Homebuilding Mid East		7,063			(249	)
Homebuilding South East		8,815			8,046
Mortgage Banking		6,625			1,840
Total segment profit		73,052			56,955
Contract land deposit reserve adjustment (1)		903			1,983
Equity-based compensation expense		(13,399	)		(10,703	)
Corporate capital allocation (2)		36,945			28,966
Unallocated corporate overhead		(29,984	)		(25,960	)
Consolidation adjustments and other		649			4,141
Corporate interest expense		(5,803	)		(5,675	)
Reconciling items sub-total		(10,689	)		(7,248	)
Consolidated profit before taxes	$	62,363		$	49,707

	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Assets:
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic	$	970,021		$	917,689
Homebuilding North East		117,425			103,631
Homebuilding Mid East		207,490			192,781
Homebuilding South East		150,505			144,939
Mortgage Banking		187,021			255,969
Total segment assets		1,632,462			1,615,009
Consolidated variable interest entity		3,545			3,590
Cash and cash equivalents		520,532			514,780
Deferred taxes		167,119			165,189
Intangible assets and goodwill		53,946			54,291
Contract land deposit reserve		(55,140	)		(56,074	)
Consolidation adjustments and other		53,670			54,550
Reconciling items sub-total		743,672			736,326
Consolidated assets	$	2,376,134		$	2,351,335

(1) This item represents changes to the contract land deposit impairment reserve, which are not allocated to the reportable segments.

(2) This item represents the elimination of the corporate capital allocation charge included in the respective homebuilding reportable segments.  The corporate capital allocation charge is based on the segment’s monthly average asset balance, and was as follows for the periods presented:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Corporate capital allocation charge:
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic	$	23,411	$	18,156
Homebuilding North East		3,310		2,449
Homebuilding Mid East		5,935		5,298
Homebuilding South East		4,289		3,063
Total	$	36,945	$	28,966

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars and shares in thousands)

(unaudited)

11. Fair Value

Financial Instruments

The estimated fair value of NVR’s Senior Notes as of March 31, 2015 was $630,750.  The estimated fair value is based on recent market prices of similar transactions, which is classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.  The carrying value of the Senior Notes was $599,189 at March 31, 2015.  Except as otherwise noted below, NVR believes that insignificant differences exist between the carrying value and the fair value of its financial instruments, which consist of cash equivalents, due to their short term nature.

Derivative Instruments and Mortgage Loans Held for Sale

In the normal course of business, NVR’s wholly-owned mortgage subsidiary, NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. (“NVRM”), enters into contractual commitments to extend credit to buyers of single-family homes with fixed expiration dates.  The commitments become effective when the borrowers "lock-in" a specified interest rate within time frames established by NVRM.  All mortgagors are evaluated for credit worthiness prior to the extension of the commitment.  Market risk arises if interest rates move adversely between the time of the "lock-in" of rates by the borrower and the sale date of the loan to a broker/dealer.  To mitigate the effect of the interest rate risk inherentin providing rate lock commitments to borrowers, NVRM enters into optional or mandatory delivery forward sale contracts to sell whole loans and mortgage-backed securities to broker/dealers.  The forward sale contracts lock in an interest rate and price for the sale of loans similar to the specific rate lock commitments.  NVRM does not engage in speculative or trading derivative activities.  Both the rate lock commitments to borrowers and the forward sale contracts to broker/dealers are undesignated derivatives and, accordingly, are marked to fair value through earnings.  At March 31, 2015, there were contractual commitments to extend credit to borrowers aggregating $357,473 and open forward delivery contracts aggregating $471,289, which hedge both the rate lock loan commitments and closed loans held for sale.

GAAP assigns a fair value hierarchy to the inputs used to measure fair value.  Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.  Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.  Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs.  The fair value of NVRM’s rate lock commitments to borrowers and the related input levels include, as applicable:

i) the assumed gain/loss of the expected resultant loan sale (Level 2);

ii) the effects of interest rate movements between the date of the rate lock and the balance sheet date (Level 2); and

iii) the value of the servicing rights associated with the loan (Level 2).

The assumed gain/loss considers the excess servicing to be received or buydown fees to be paid upon securitization of the loan.  The excess servicing and buydown fees are calculated pursuant to contractual terms with investors.  To calculate the effects of interest rate movements, NVRM utilizes applicable published mortgage-backed security prices, and multiplies the price movement between the rate lock date and the balance sheet date by the notional loan commitment amount.  NVRM sells all of its loans on a servicing released basis, and receives a servicing released premium upon sale.  Thus, the value of the servicing rights, which averaged 109 basis points of the loan amount as of March 31, 2015, is included in the fair value measurement and is based upon contractual terms with investors and varies depending on the loan type.  NVRM assumes an approximate 12% fallout rate when measuring the fair value of rate lock commitments.  Fallout is defined as locked loan commitments for which NVRM does not close a mortgage loan and is based on historical experience.

The fair value of NVRM’s forward sales contracts to broker/dealers solely considers the market price movement of the same type of security between the trade date and the balance sheet date (Level 2).  The market price changes are multiplied by the notional amount of the forward sales contracts to measure the fair value.

Mortgage loans held for sale are recorded at fair value when closed, and thereafter are carried at the lower of cost or fair value, net of deferred origination costs, until sold.  Fair value is measured using Level 2 inputs.  The fair value of

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars and shares in thousands)

(unaudited)

loans held for sale of $154,785 included on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet has been increased by $1,426 from the aggregate principal balance of $153,359.

The undesignated derivative instruments are included on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet, as of March 31, 2015, as follows:

	Fair Value		Balance Sheet Location
Rate lock commitments:
Gross assets	$	5,235
Gross liabilities		1,292
Net rate lock commitments	$	3,943	NVRM - Other assets
Forward sales contracts:
Gross assets	$	176
Gross liabilities		2,143
Net forward sales contracts	$	1,967	NVRM - Accounts payable and other liabilities

The fair value measurement as of March 31, 2015 was as follows:

	Notional or Principal Amount		Assumed Gain/(Loss) From Loan Sale			Interest Rate Movement Effect			Servicing Rights Value		Security Price Change			Total Fair Value Measurement Gain/(Loss)
Rate lock commitments	$	357,473	$	(812	)	$	1,338		$	3,417	$	—		$	3,943
Forward sales contracts	$	471,289		—			—			—		(1,967	)		(1,967	)
Mortgages held for sale	$	153,359		(180	)		(94	)		1,700		—			1,426
Total fair value measurement			$	(992	)	$	1,244		$	5,117	$	(1,967	)	$	3,402

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, NVRM recorded a fair value adjustment to expense of $422 and a fair value adjustment to income of $420, respectively.  Unrealized gains/losses from the change in the fair value measurements are included in earnings as a component of mortgage banking fees in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income.  The fair value measurement will be impacted in the future by the change in the value of the servicing rights, interest rate movements, security price fluctuations, and the volume and product mix of NVRM’s closed loans and locked loan commitments.

12. Debt

As of March 31, 2015, the Company had Senior Notes outstanding with a principal balance of $600,000.  The Senior Notes were issued at a discount to yield 3.97% and have been reflected net of the unamortized discount in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet.  The Senior Notes mature on September 15, 2022 and bear interest at 3.95%, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15.

NVRM provides for its mortgage origination and other operating activities using cash generated from operations, borrowings from its parent company, NVR, as well as a revolving mortgage repurchase agreement (the “Repurchase Agreement”), which is non-recourse to NVR.  The Repurchase Agreement provides for loan purchases up to $25,000, subject to certain sub-limits.  The Repurchase Agreement expires on July 29, 2015.  At March 31, 2015, there was no outstanding debt under the Repurchase Agreement.  Amounts outstanding under the Repurchase Agreement are collateralized by the Company’s mortgage loans held for sale.  As of March 31, 2015, there were no borrowing base limitations reducing the amount available for borrowings under the Repurchase Agreement.

13. Commitments and Contingencies

In October 2004, Patrick Tracy, whom NVR had employed as a Sales and Marketing Representative (“SMR”), filed a lawsuit against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York alleging that NVR had misclassified him and other SMRs as outside sales personnel exempt from certain state and federal wage laws, including

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars and shares in thousands)

(unaudited)

overtime pay requirements. Mr. Tracy’s attorneys subsequently filed several other lawsuits in various courts asserting substantially similar claims on behalf of various classes or groups of SMRs. None of those courts have held that the claims are appropriate for class, collective, or other group treatment, and the Western District of New York ruled in April 2013 that the claims in Mr. Tracy’s case could not proceed on such a basis. The Western District of New York reached the same conclusion in July 2014 regarding a separate case that Mr. Tracy’s attorneys brought on behalf of other SMRs.  

In October 2013, Mr. Tracy’s individual claims were tried by a jury, which returned a unanimous verdict in NVR’s favor and found that the Company had properly classified Mr. Tracy as an exempt outside sales person. The plaintiff has sought review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in which he challenges the legal standard that the trial court applied in crafting its jury instructions regarding the outside sales exemption, in addition to rulings that the trial court made at earlier stages of the case. That appeal is fully briefed and scheduled for oral argument on May 15, 2015. The remainder of the cases noted above are in various stages of pre-trial proceedings, many of them stayed or administratively closed pending a final disposition of the Tracy action.

The Company believes that the compensation practices in regard to SMRs are entirely lawful and has vigorously defended all claims challenging those practices. In light of the points noted above, the Company has not recorded any associated liabilities on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets in conjunction with any of those claims.

In June 2010, the Company received a Request for Information from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) pursuant to Section 308 of the Clean Water Act. The request sought information about storm water discharge practices in connection with homebuilding projects completed or underway by the Company in New York and New Jersey. The Company cooperated with this request, and provided information to the EPA. The Company was subsequently informed by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) that the EPA forwarded the information on the matter to the DOJ, and the DOJ requested that the Company meet with the government to discuss the status of the case. Meetings took place in January 2012, August 2012 and November 2014 with representatives from both the EPA and DOJ. The Company has continued discussions with the EPA and DOJ. It is as yet unclear what next steps the DOJ will take in the matter. The Company intends to continue cooperating with any future EPA and/or DOJ inquiries. At this time, the Company cannot predict the outcome of this inquiry, nor can it reasonably estimate the potential costs that may be associated with its eventual resolution.

The Company and its subsidiaries are also involved in various other litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, and based on advice of legal counsel, this litigation is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company. Legal costs incurred in connection with outstanding litigation are expensed as incurred.

14. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers.  The standard will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in GAAP when it becomes effective.  The standard is effective for the Company on January 1, 2017.  Early adoption is not permitted.  The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method.  The Company has not yet selected a transition method and is currently evaluating the effect that the standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In August 2014, FASB issued ASU 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40):  Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern.  The standard requires an entity’s management to evaluate at each annual and interim reporting period whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related footnote disclosures.  The standard is effective for the first annual period ending after December 15, 2016, and interim periods thereafter.  The Company does not believe that the adoption of this standard will have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In February 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810) – Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis.  The standard changes the manner in which reporting entities evaluate consolidation requirements of certain legal entities.  The standard is effective for the annual and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15,

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars and shares in thousands)

(unaudited)

2015.  The Company is currently evaluating the effect that the standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In April 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest – Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30) – Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. The standard requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented on the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the debt liability, rather than as an asset.  The standard is effective for the Company for the first annual period ending after December 15, 2015, and must be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company does not believe that the adoption of this standard will have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In April 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-05, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40).  The standard adds guidance to Subtopic 350-40 to help entities evaluate the accounting for fees paid by a customer in a cloud computing arrangement.  The standard provides a basis for evaluating whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license or whether the arrangement should be accounted for as a service contract.  The standard is effective for the annual and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015.  The Company is currently evaluating the effect that the standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

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Item 2.Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

(dollars in thousands)

Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as statements made by us in periodic press releases or other public communications, 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, as amended.  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 comparable terminology.  All statements other than of historical facts are forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements contained in this document may include those regarding market trends, NVR’s financial position, business strategy, the outcome of pending litigation, investigations or similar contingencies, projected plans and objectives of management for future operations.  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 the following: general economic and business conditions (on both a national and regional level); interest rate changes; access to suitable financing by NVR and NVR’s customers; increased regulation in the mortgage banking industry; the ability of our mortgage banking subsidiary to sell loans it originates into the secondary market; 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 moratoriums; governmental regulation; fluctuation and volatility of stock and other financial markets; mortgage financing availability; and other factors over which NVR has little or no control.  NVR undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements except as required by law.  For additional information regarding risk factors, see Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Part I, Item 1A of NVR’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.

Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “NVR,” “we,” “us,” or “our” include NVR and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

Overview

Business

Our primary business is the construction and sale of single-family detached homes, townhomes and condominium buildings, all of which are primarily constructed on a pre-sold basis.  To fully serve customers of our homebuilding operations, we also operate a mortgage banking and title services business.  We primarily conduct our operations in mature markets. Additionally, we generally grow our business through market share gains in our existing markets and by expanding into markets contiguous to our current active markets.  Our four homebuilding reportable segments consist of the following regions:

Mid Atlantic:	Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Washington, D.C.
North East:	New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania
Mid East:	New York, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois
South East:	North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee

Our lot acquisition strategy is predicated upon avoiding the financial requirements and risks associated with direct land ownership and development.  Historically, we generally have not engaged in land development (see discussion below of our limited land development activities). Instead, we typically have acquired finished lots at market prices from various third party land developers pursuant to fixed price purchase agreements.  These purchase agreements require deposits, typically ranging up to 10% of the aggregate purchase price of the finished lots, in the form of cash or letters of credit that may be forfeited if we fail to perform under the purchase agreement.  This strategy has allowed us to maximize inventory turnover, which we believe enables us to minimize market risk and to operate with less capital, thereby enhancing rates of return on equity and total capital.

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In addition to constructing homes primarily on a pre-sold basis and utilizing what we believe is a conservative lot acquisition strategy, we focus on obtaining and maintaining a leading market position in each market we serve.  This strategy allows us to gain valuable efficiencies and competitive advantages in our markets, which we believe contributes to minimizing the adverse effects of regional economic cycles and provides growth opportunities within these markets.  Our continued success is contingent upon our ability to control an adequate supply of finished lots on which to build.

In certain specific strategic circumstances we deviate from our historical lot acquisition strategy and engage in joint venture arrangements with land developers or directly acquire raw ground already zoned for its intended use for development.  Once we acquire control of any raw ground, we determine whether to sell the raw parcel to a developer and enter into a fixed price purchase agreement with the developer to purchase the finished lots or to hire a developer to develop the land on our behalf. While joint venture arrangements and direct land development activity are not our preferred method of acquiring finished building lots, we may enter into additional transactions in the future on a limited basis where there exists a compelling strategic or prudent financial reason to do so.  We expect, however, to continue to acquire substantially all our finished lot inventory using fixed price purchase agreements with forfeitable deposits.

As of March 31, 2015, we controlled approximately 63,900 lots under purchase agreements with deposits in cash and letters of credit totaling approximately $347,000 and $2,400, respectively. Included in the number of controlled lots are approximately 7,300 lots for which we have recorded a contract land deposit impairment reserve of approximately $55,100 as of March 31, 2015. In addition, we had an aggregate investment totaling approximately $74,400 in five separate joint venture limited liability corporations (“JVs”), expected to produce approximately 8,600 lots. Of the lots controlled by the JVs, approximately 3,300 were not under contract with us at March 31, 2015. Further, as of March 31, 2015, we directly owned four separate raw parcels of land, zoned for their intended use, with a current cost basis, including development costs, of approximately $35,800 that we intend to develop into approximately 460 finished lots. Of the total finished lots expected to be developed, approximately 90 lots are under contract to be sold to an unrelated party under lot purchase agreements. See Notes 2, 3 and 4 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for additional information regarding fixed price purchase agreements, JVs and land under development, respectively. Additionally, we have certain properties under contract with land owners that are expected to yield approximately 5,000 lots, which are not included in our number of total lots controlled.  Some of these properties may require rezoning or other approvals to achieve the expected yield.  These properties are controlled with deposits and letters of credit totaling approximately $3,200 and $2,500, respectively, as of March 31, 2015, of which approximately $3,100 is refundable if we do not perform under the contract.  We generally expect to assign the raw land contracts to a land developer and simultaneously enter into a lot purchase agreement with the assignee if the project is determined to be feasible.

Current Business Environment and Key Financial Results

Our consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2015 totaled $957,749, an 18% increase from the first quarter of 2014.  Our net income and diluted earnings per share in the current quarter were $39,058 and $9.22, respectively, increases of 64% and 79%, respectively, compared to the first quarter of 2014.  Net income and diluted earnings per share in the prior year’s first quarter were reduced by the previously disclosed charge to income tax expense of approximately $6,900 related to the reversal of certain previously recognized tax deductions.  Our homebuilding gross profit margin decreased to 17.0% in the first quarter of 2015 compared to 18.0% in the first quarter of 2014.  Our new orders, net of cancellations (“New Orders”) and the average sales price for New Orders increased 18% and 2%, respectively, compared to the first quarter of 2014.

We believe that a continuation of the housing market recovery which began in 2012 is dependent upon a sustained overall economic recovery, driven by continued improvements in job and wage growth and household formation.  We expect to continue to face gross margin pressure due to higher land and construction costs, as well as increased competition associated with an increase in the number of new home communities in our markets.  Despite the uneven market recovery, we believe that we are well positioned to take advantage of opportunities that may arise from future economic and homebuilding market volatility due to the strength of our balance sheet.

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Homebuilding Operations

The following table summarizes the results of operations and other data for the consolidated homebuilding operations:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Revenues	$	941,538		$	799,187
Cost of sales	$	781,668		$	655,152
Gross profit margin percentage		17.0	%		18.0	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses	$	98,229		$	90,632
Settlements (units)		2,534			2,211
Average settlement price	$	371.0		$	361.4
New orders (units)		3,926			3,325
Average new order price	$	375.4		$	368.1
Backlog (units)		6,867			6,059
Average backlog price	$	384.3		$	374.7
New order cancellation rate		12.0	%		11.5	%

Consolidated Homebuilding - Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

Homebuilding revenues increased 18% for the first quarter of 2015 from the same period in 2014, as a result of a 15% increase in the number of units settled and a 3% increase in the average settlement price quarter over quarter.  The increase in the number of units settled is primarily attributable to an 11% higher backlog unit balance entering 2015 compared to backlog entering 2014, coupled with a higher backlog turnover rate quarter over quarter.  The increase in the average settlement price was attributable to the average price of homes in backlog being approximately 3% higher entering 2015 compared to backlog entering 2014.

Gross profit margin in the quarter ended March 31, 2015 decreased 104 basis points compared to the first quarter of 2014 due primarily to higher lot and construction costs quarter over quarter.

The number of New Orders and the average sales price of New Orders increased 18% and 2%, respectively, in first quarter of 2015 when compared to the first quarter of 2014.  New Orders increased due to more favorable market conditions in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014, which led to higher absorption levels in each of our market segments.

Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses in the first quarter of 2015 increased approximately $7,600, or 8%, compared to the first quarter of 2014, but decreased as a percentage of revenue to 10.4% from 11.3% quarter over quarter.  SG&A dollars increased in part due to an approximate $2,600 increase in equity-based compensation expense attributable to the granting of non-qualified stock options under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan in May 2014.

Backlog units and dollars were 6,867 units and $2,639,047, respectively, as of March 31, 2015 compared to 6,059 units and $2,270,474, respectively, as of March 31, 2014.  The increase in backlog units was primarily attributable to the aforementioned increase in New Orders in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014.  Backlog dollars were favorably impacted by the increase in backlog units and a 2% higher average price of New Orders for the six-month period ended March 31, 2015 compared to the six-month period ended March 31, 2014.

Backlog, which represents homes sold but not yet settled with the customer, may be impacted by customer cancellations for various reasons that are beyond our control, such as failure to obtain mortgage financing, inability to sell an existing home, job loss, or a variety of other reasons.  In any period, a portion of the cancellations that we experience are related to new sales that occurred during the same period, and a portion are related to sales that occurred in prior periods and therefore appeared in the opening backlog for the current period.  Expressed as the total of all cancellations during the period as a percentage of gross sales during the period, our cancellation rate was approximately 12% in the first quarter of both 2015 and 2014.  During the most recent four quarters, approximately 6% of a reporting quarter’s opening backlog cancelled during the fiscal quarter.  We can provide no assurance that our historical cancellation rates are indicative of the actual cancellation rate that may occur during the remainder of 2015 or future years.

The backlog turnover rate is impacted by various factors, including, but not limited to, changes in New Order activity, internal production capacity, external subcontractor capacity and other external factors over which we do not exercise control.

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Reportable Segments

Homebuilding profit before tax includes all revenues and income generated from the sale of homes, less the cost of homes sold, SG&A expenses, and a corporate capital allocation charge determined at the corporate headquarters.  The corporate capital allocation charge eliminates in consolidation and is based on the segment’s average net assets employed.  The corporate capital allocation charged to the operating segment allows the Chief Operating Decision Maker to determine whether the operating segment’s results are providing the desired rate of return after covering our cost of capital. We record charges on contract land deposits when we determine that it is probable that recovery of the deposit is impaired.  For segment reporting purposes, impairments on contract land deposits are generally charged to the operating segment upon the determination to terminate a finished lot purchase agreement with the developer or to restructure a lot purchase agreement resulting in the forfeiture of the deposit.  We evaluate our entire net contract land deposit portfolio for impairment each quarter.  For additional information regarding our contract land deposit impairment analysis, see the Critical Accounting Policies section within this Management Discussion and Analysis.  For presentation purposes below, the contract land deposit reserve at March 31, 2015 and 2014 has been allocated to the respective year’s reportable segments to show contract land deposits on a net basis.  The net contract land deposit balances below also include approximately $4,900 and $2,400 at March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, of letters of credit issued as deposits in lieu of cash. The following tables summarize certain homebuilding operating activity by reportable segment for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

Selected Segment Financial Data:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Revenues:
Mid Atlantic	$	556,120	$	465,030
North East		82,993		78,792
Mid East		185,429		150,648
South East		116,996		104,717

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Gross profit margin:
Mid Atlantic	$	99,553	$	89,286
North East		14,897		14,308
Mid East		28,297		20,849
South East		22,076		18,947

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Segment profit (loss):
Mid Atlantic	$	44,566	$	41,012
North East		5,983		6,306
Mid East		7,063		(249	)
South East		8,815		8,046

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Gross profit margin percentage:
Mid Atlantic		17.9	%		19.2	%
North East		18.0	%		18.2	%
Mid East		15.3	%		13.8	%
South East		18.9	%		18.1	%

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Operating Activity:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015				2014
	Units		Average Price		Units		Average Price
Settlements:
Mid Atlantic		1,296	$	428.0		1,124	$	413.7
North East		239	$	347.3		233	$	338.2
Mid East		582	$	318.6		478	$	315.1
South East		417	$	280.4		376	$	278.4
Total		2,534	$	371.0		2,211	$	361.4

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015				2014
	Units		Average Price		Units		Average Price
New orders, net of cancellations:
Mid Atlantic		1,948	$	439.3		1,675	$	428.8
North East		337	$	360.0		298	$	346.3
Mid East		994	$	316.6		891	$	312.0
South East		647	$	281.2		461	$	269.7
Total		3,926	$	375.4		3,325	$	368.1

	As of March 31,
	2015				2014
	Units		Average Price		Units		Average Price
Backlog:
Mid Atlantic		3,598	$	439.1		3,261	$	429.0
North East		686	$	355.0		560	$	349.0
Mid East		1,562	$	333.3		1,445	$	318.9
South East		1,021	$	288.8		793	$	271.5
Total		6,867	$	384.3		6,059	$	374.7

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
New order cancellation rate:
Mid Atlantic		12.3	%		11.0	%
North East		14.5	%		13.4	%
Mid East		10.3	%		9.6	%
South East		12.7	%		15.9	%

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Average active communities:
Mid Atlantic		238		242
North East		39		44
Mid East		129		125
South East		68		70
Total		474		481

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Homebuilding Inventory:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Sold inventory:
Mid Atlantic	$	518,155	$	435,833
North East		75,504		61,233
Mid East		121,935		115,210
South East		78,496		73,223
Total (1)	$	794,090	$	685,499

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Unsold lots and housing units inventory:
Mid Atlantic	$	80,261	$	103,685
North East		4,909		5,528
Mid East		12,161		8,953
South East		10,948		12,051
Total (1)	$	108,279	$	130,217

(1) The reconciling items between segment inventory and consolidated inventory include certain consolidation adjustments necessary to convert the reportable segments’ results, which are predominantly maintained on a cash basis, to a full accrual basis for external financial statement presentation purposes and are not allocated to our operating segments.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Sold and unsold inventory impairments:
Mid Atlantic	$	24	$	97
North East		1		1
Mid East		118		78
South East		—		—
Total	$	143	$	176

Lots Controlled and Land Deposits:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Total lots controlled:
Mid Atlantic		32,700		32,800
North East		6,000		6,000
Mid East		18,100		17,400
South East		12,800		12,500
Total		69,600		68,700

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Lots included in impairment reserve:
Mid Atlantic		3,600		3,700
North East		600		600
Mid East		2,500		2,500
South East		600		1,000
Total		7,300		7,800

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	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Contract land deposits, net:
Mid Atlantic	$	187,857	$	188,747
North East		27,439		27,900
Mid East		41,349		40,061
South East		43,414		42,642
Total	$	300,059	$	299,350

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Contract land deposit impairments:
Mid Atlantic	$	953	$	—
North East		9		2
Mid East		5		11
South East		—		36
Total	$	967	$	49

Mid Atlantic

Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

The Mid Atlantic segment had an approximate $3,600, or 9%, increase in segment profit in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014.  The increase in segment profit was driven by an increase of approximately $91,100, or 20%, in revenues quarter over quarter due to a 15% increase in the number of units settled and a 3% increase in the average settlement price.  The increases in the number of units settled and the average settlement price were favorably impacted by a 9% higher backlog unit balance and 3% higher average price of homes in backlog entering 2015 compared to the backlog entering 2014.  The Mid Atlantic segment’s gross profit margin percentage decreased to 17.9% in 2015 from 19.2% in 2014, due primarily to higher lot and construction costs quarter over quarter.

Segment New Orders and the average sales price of New Orders increased 16% and 2%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2015 from the same period in 2014.  New Orders were favorably impacted by improved market conditions in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014, which led to a higher absorption rate quarter over quarter.   

North East

Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

The North East segment had an approximate $300, or 5%, decrease in segment profit in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014.  An increase in segment revenues of approximately $4,200, or 5%, quarter over quarter was offset primarily by higher lot and construction costs in the first quarter of 2015.  The increase in segment revenues was due to a 3% increase in the number of units settled and a 3% increase in the average settlement price.  The North East segment’s gross profit margin percentage of 18.0% in 2015 was flat compared to the first quarter of 2014.

Segment New Orders and the average sales price of New Orders increased 13% and 4%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014.  The number of New Orders increased despite a 10% decrease in the average number of active communities quarter over quarter, due to a higher absorption rate quarter over quarter.  Community absorption was impacted by favorable market conditions in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014.

Mid East

Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

The Mid East segment had a profit of approximately $7,100 in the first quarter of 2015 compared to a loss of approximately $250 in the first quarter of 2014.  The increase in segment profit was driven by an increase of approximately $34,800, or 23%, in revenues quarter over quarter.  The increase in revenues was due primarily to a 22%

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increase in the number of units settled.  The increase in settlements was primarily attributable to a 11% higher backlog unit balance entering the first quarter of 2015 compared to backlog entering 2014, coupled with a higher backlog turnover rate.  The segment’s gross profit margin percentage increased to 15.3% in the first quarter of 2015 from 13.8% in the same period of 2014, due primarily to the increased settlement activity, which allowed us to better leverage certain operating costs in the current year first quarter.

Segment New Orders and the average selling price of New Orders increased 12% and 1%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014.  New Orders were favorably impacted by a higher absorption rate quarter over quarter and a 3% increase in the average number of active communities in the current year first quarter.  Community absorption was impacted by favorable market conditions in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014.

South East

Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

The South East segment had an approximate $800, or 10%, increase in segment profit in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014.  The increase in segment profit was primarily driven by an increase of approximately $12,300, or 12%, in revenues quarter over quarter due primarily to an 11% increase in the number of units settled.  The increase in settlements was attributable to a 12% higher backlog unit balance entering 2015 compared to backlog entering 2014.  The South East segment’s gross profit margins increased to 18.9% in the first quarter of 2015 from 18.1% in the first quarter of 2014, due primarily to the increased settlement activity, which allowed us to better leverage certain operating costs in the current year first quarter.

Segment New Orders and the average sales price of New Orders increased 40% and 4%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014.  New Orders increased despite a 3% decrease in the average number of active communities in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014 due to a higher absorption rate quarter over quarter.  Community absorption was impacted by favorable market conditions in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014.  

Homebuilding Segment Reconciliations to Consolidated Homebuilding Operations

In addition to the corporate capital allocation and contract land deposit impairments discussed above, the other reconciling items between homebuilding segment profit and homebuilding consolidated profit before tax include unallocated corporate overhead (which includes all management incentive compensation), equity-based compensation expense, consolidation adjustments and external corporate interest expense.  Our overhead functions, such as accounting, treasury and human resources, are centrally performed and the costs are not allocated to our operating segments.  Consolidation adjustments consist of such items to convert the reportable segments’ results, which are predominantly maintained on a cash basis, to a full accrual basis for external financial statement presentation purposes, and are not allocated to our operating segments.  External corporate interest expense primarily consists of interest charges on our 3.95% Senior Notes due 2022, and is not charged to the operating segments because the charges are included in the corporate capital allocation discussed above.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Homebuilding consolidated gross profit:
Mid Atlantic	$	99,553		$	89,286
North East		14,897			14,308
Mid East		28,297			20,849
South East		22,076			18,947
Consolidation adjustments and other		(4,953	)		645
Homebuilding consolidated gross profit	$	159,870		$	144,035

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	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Homebuilding consolidated profit before taxes:
Mid Atlantic	$	44,566		$	41,012
North East		5,983			6,306
Mid East		7,063			(249	)
South East		8,815			8,046
Reconciling items:
Contract land deposit impairment reserve (1)		903			1,983
Equity-based compensation expense		(12,553	)		(9,854	)
Corporate capital allocation (2)		36,945			28,966
Unallocated corporate overhead		(29,984	)		(25,960	)
Consolidation adjustments and other		649			4,141
Corporate interest expense		(5,803	)		(5,675	)
Reconciling items sub-total		(9,843	)		(6,399	)
Homebuilding consolidated profit before taxes	$	56,584		$	48,716

(1) This item represents changes to the contract land deposit impairment reserve which are not allocated to the reportable segments.

(2) This item represents the elimination of the corporate capital allocation charge included in the respective homebuilding reportable segments.  The corporate capital allocation charge is based on the segment’s monthly average asset balance, and is as follows for the periods presented:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Mid Atlantic	$	23,411	$	18,156
North East		3,310		2,449
Mid East		5,935		5,298
South East		4,289		3,063
Total	$	36,945	$	28,966

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Mortgage Banking Segment

Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

We conduct our mortgage banking activity through NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. (“NVRM”), a wholly owned subsidiary.  NVRM focuses almost exclusively on serving homebuilding’s customer base.  The following table summarizes the results of our mortgage banking operations and certain statistical data for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Loan closing volume:
Total principal	$	638,627		$	472,933
Loan volume mix:
Adjustable rate mortgages		16	%		13	%
Fixed-rate mortgages		84	%		87	%
Operating profit:
Segment profit	$	6,625		$	1,840
Equity-based compensation expense		(846	)		(849	)
Mortgage banking income before tax	$	5,779		$	991
Capture rate:		87	%		78	%
Mortgage banking fees:
Net gain on sale of loans	$	11,238		$	7,995
Title services		4,860			4,029
Servicing fees		113			99
	$	16,211		$	12,123

Loan closing volume for the three months ended March 31, 2015 increased by approximately $165,700, or 35%, from the same period for 2014.  The increase was primarily attributable to a 30% increase in the number of loans closed and a 4% increase in the average loan amount over the same period for 2014.  The increase in the number of loans closed was primarily attributable to the aforementioned increase in the homebuilding segment’s number of settlements in 2015 as compared to 2014 and an increase in the number of loans closed by NVRM for our homebuyers who obtain a mortgage to purchase the home (the “Capture Rate”) compared to the same period in 2014. The Capture Rate increased from 78% in 2014 to 87% in 2015.  The increase in the average loan amount is consistent with the homebuilding segment’s increase in average settlement price.

Segment profit for the three months ended March 31, 2015 increased by approximately $4,800 from the same period for 2014.  The increase was primarily attributable to an approximate $4,100 increase in mortgage banking fees resulting from the aforementioned increase in loan closing volume, and improved leveraging of general and administrative expenses.

Mortgage Banking – Other

We sell all of the loans we originate into the secondary mortgage market.  Insofar as we underwrite our originated loans to the standards and specifications of the ultimate investor, we have no further financial obligations from the issuance of loans, except in certain limited instances where early payment default occurs.  Those underwriting standards are typically equal to or more stringent than the underwriting standards required by Fannie Mae (“FNMA”), the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) and the Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”).  Because we sell all of our loans and do not service them, there is often a substantial delay between the time that a loan goes into default and the time that the investor requests us to reimburse them for losses incurred because of the default.  We believe that all of the loans that we originate are underwritten to the standards and specifications of the ultimate investor to whom we sell our originated loans. We employ a quality control department to ensure that our underwriting controls are effective, and further assess the underwriting function as part of our assessment of internal controls over financial reporting.

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NVRM maintains an allowance for losses on mortgage loans originated that reflects our judgment of the present loss exposure from the loans that we have originated and sold.  The allowance is calculated based on an analysis of historical experience and exposure. At March 31, 2015, we had an allowance for loan losses of approximately $10,500.  Although we consider the allowance for loan losses reflected on the March 31, 2015 balance sheet to be adequate, there can be no assurance that this allowance will prove to be adequate to cover losses on loans previously originated.

NVRM is dependent on our homebuilding operations’ customers for business.  If new orders and selling prices of the homebuilding segment decline, NVRM’s operations will also be adversely affected.  In addition, NVRM’s operating results may be adversely affected in future periods due to tightening and volatility of the credit markets, changes in investor funding times, increased regulation of mortgage lending practices and increased competition in the mortgage market.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Lines of Credit and Notes Payable

Our homebuilding business segment funds its operations from cash flows provided by operating activities and capital raised in the public debt and equity markets.  Our mortgage banking subsidiary, NVRM, provides for its mortgage origination and other operating activities using cash generated from operations, borrowings from its parent company, NVR, as well as a $25,000 revolving mortgage repurchase facility, which is non-recourse to NVR.  At March 31, 2015, there was no debt outstanding under the NVRM revolving mortgage repurchase facility and there were no borrowing base limitations.  

There have been no material changes in our lines of credit and notes payable during the three months ended March 31, 2015.  For additional information regarding lines of credit and notes payable, see Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Cash Flows

For the three months ended March 31, 2015, cash and cash equivalents decreased $12,906.  Cash used in operating activities was $1,603.  Cash was used to fund the increase in homebuilding inventory of $84,212, as a result of an increase in units under construction at March 31, 2015 compared to December 31, 2014.  Cash was provided by net proceeds of $50,369 from mortgage loan activity and an increase in customer deposits totaling $19,210 attributable to an increase in our sales backlog at March 31, 2015.  

Net cash provided by investing activities of $536 included the receipt of capital distributions from our unconsolidated JVs totaling $6,154, offset by cash used for purchases of property, plant and equipment of $4,893.  

Net cash used in financing activities was $11,839 for the three months ended March 31, 2015. Cash was used to repurchase 50,326 shares of our common stock at an aggregate purchase price of $63,099 under our ongoing common stock repurchase program, discussed below.  Stock option exercise activity provided $43,626 in proceeds, and we realized $7,998 in excess income tax benefits from equity-based compensation plan activity.

Equity Repurchases

In addition to funding growth in our homebuilding and mortgage banking operations, we historically have used a substantial portion of our excess liquidity to repurchase outstanding shares of our common stock in open market and privately negotiated transactions.  This ongoing repurchase activity is conducted pursuant to publicly announced Board authorizations, and is typically executed in accordance with the safe-harbor provisions of Rule 10b-18 promulgated under the Exchange Act.  In addition, the Board resolutions authorizing us to repurchase shares of our common stock specifically prohibit us from purchasing shares from our officers, directors, Profit Sharing/401(k) Plan Trust or Employee Stock Ownership Plan Trust.  The repurchase program assists us in accomplishing our primary objective, creating increases in shareholder value.  See Part II, Item 2, Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion of repurchase activity during the first quarter of 2015.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 14 in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for discussion of recently issued accounting pronouncements applicable to us.

Critical Accounting Policies

General

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.  We continually evaluate the estimates we use to prepare the consolidated financial statements and update those estimates as necessary.  In general, our estimates are based on historical experience, on information from third party professionals, and other various assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the facts and circumstances.  Actual results could differ materially from those estimates made by management.  

Homebuilding Inventory

The carrying value of inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market value.  The cost of lots and completed and uncompleted housing units represent the accumulated actual cost of the units.  Field construction supervisors' salaries and related direct overhead expenses are included in inventory costs.  Interest costs are not capitalized into inventory, with the exception of land under development.  Upon settlement, the cost of the unit is expensed on a specific identification basis.  The cost of building materials is determined on a first-in, first-out basis.  

Sold inventory is evaluated for impairment based on the contractual sales price compared to the total estimated cost to construct.  Unsold inventory is evaluated for impairment by analyzing recent comparable sales prices within the applicable community compared to the costs incurred to date plus the expected costs to complete.  Any calculated impairments are recorded immediately.

Land Under Development and Contract Land Deposits

Land Under Development

On a very limited basis, we directly acquire 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.

Land under development, including the land under development held by our unconsolidated joint ventures and the related joint venture investments, is reviewed for potential write-downs when impairment indicators are present.  In addition to considering market and economic conditions, we assess land under development impairments on a community-by-community basis, analyzing, as applicable, current sales absorption levels, recent sales’ gross profit, and the dollar differential between the projected fully-developed cost of the lots and the current market price for lots.  If indicators of impairment are present for a community, we perform an analysis to determine if the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than their carrying amounts, and if they are, impairment charges are required to be recorded in an amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.  Our determination of fair value is primarily based on discounting the estimated future cash flows at a rate commensurate with the inherent risks associated with the assets and related estimated cash flow streams.

At March 31, 2015, we had approximately $35,800 in land under development in four separate communities.  In addition, at March 31, 2015, we had an aggregate investment totaling approximately $74,400 in five separate JVs that controlled land under development.  None of the communities classified as land under development nor any of the undeveloped land held by the JVs had any indicators of impairment at March 31, 2015.  As such, we do not believe that any of the land under development is impaired at this time.  However, there can be no assurance that we will not incur impairment charges in the future due to unanticipated adverse changes in the economy or other events adversely affecting specific markets or the homebuilding industry.

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Contract Land Deposits

We purchase finished lots under fixed price purchase agreements that require deposits that may be forfeited if we fail to perform under the contract.  The deposits are in the form of cash or letters of credit in varying amounts and represent a percentage of the aggregate purchase price of the finished lots.

We maintain an allowance for losses on contract land deposits that reflects our judgment of the present loss exposure in the existing contract land deposit portfolio at the end of the reporting period.  To analyze contract land deposit impairments, we utilize a loss contingency analysis that is conducted each quarter.  In addition to considering market and economic conditions, we assess contract land deposit impairments on a community-by-community basis pursuant to the purchase contract terms, analyzing, as applicable, current sales absorption levels, recent sales’ gross profit, the dollar differential between the contractual purchase price and the current market price for lots, a developer’s financial stability, a developer’s financial ability or willingness to reduce lot prices to current market prices, and the contract’s default status by either us or the developer along with an analysis of the expected outcome of any such default.

Our analysis is focused on whether we can sell houses profitably in a particular community in the current market with which we are faced.  Because we do not own the finished lots on which we had placed a contract land deposit, if the above analysis leads to a determination that we cannot sell homes profitably at the current contractual lot price, we then determine whether we will elect to default under the contract, forfeit our deposit and terminate the contract, or whether we will attempt to restructure the lot purchase contract, which may require us to forfeit the deposit to obtain contract concessions from a developer.  We also assess whether an impairment is present due to collectability issues resulting from a developer’s non-performance because of financial or other conditions.

Although we consider the allowance for losses on contract land deposits reflected on the March 31, 2015 condensed consolidated balance sheet to be adequate (see Note 2 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements included herein), there can be no assurance that this allowance will prove to be adequate over time to cover losses due to unanticipated adverse changes in the economy or other events adversely affecting specific markets or the homebuilding industry.

Warranty/Product Liability Accruals

Warranty and product liability accruals are established to provide for estimated future costs as a result of construction and product defects, product recalls and litigation incidental to our business.  Liability estimates are determined based on our judgment considering such factors as historical experience, the likely current cost of corrective action, manufacturers’ and subcontractors’ participation in sharing the cost of corrective action, consultations with third party experts such as engineers, and evaluations by our General Counsel and outside counsel retained to handle specific product liability cases.  Although we consider the warranty and product liability accrual reflected on the March 31, 2015 condensed consolidated balance sheet to be adequate (see Note 9 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements included herein), there can be no assurance that this accrual will prove to be adequate over time to cover losses due to increased costs for material and labor, the inability or refusal of manufacturers or subcontractors to financially participate in corrective action, unanticipated adverse legal settlements, or other unanticipated changes to the assumptions used to estimate the warranty and product liability accrual.

Equity-Based Compensation Expense

Compensation costs related to our equity-based compensation plans are recognized within our income statement.  The costs recognized are based on the grant date fair value.  Compensation cost for share-based grants is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award (from the date of grant through the period of the last separately vesting portion of the grant).  For the recognition of equity-based compensation expense, stock options which are subject to a performance condition are treated as a separate award from the “service-only” stock options, and compensation expense is recognized when it becomes probable that the stated performance target will be achieved.

We calculate the fair value of our non-publicly traded, employee stock options using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.  While the Black-Scholes model is a widely accepted method to calculate the fair value of options, its results are dependent on input variables, two of which, expected term and expected volatility, are significantly dependent on management’s judgment.  We have concluded that our historical exercise experience is the best estimate of future exercise patterns to determine an option’s expected term.  To estimate expected volatility, we analyze the historical volatility of our common stock over a period equal to the option’s expected term.  Changes in management’s judgment of

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the expected term and the expected volatility could have a material effect on the grant-date fair value calculated and expensed within the income statement.  In addition, we are required to estimate future grant forfeitures when considering the amount of stock-based compensation costs to record.  We have concluded that our historical forfeiture rate is the best measure to base our estimate of future forfeitures of equity-based compensation grants.  However, there can be no assurance that our future forfeiture rate will not be materially higher or lower than our historical forfeiture rate, which would affect the aggregate cumulative compensation expense recognized.

In addition, when recognizing stock based compensation cost related to “performance condition” stock option grants, we are required to make a determination as to whether the performance conditions will be met prior to the completion of the actual performance period.  The performance metric is based on our return on capital performance during specified three-year  periods.  While we currently believe that this performance condition will be satisfied at the target level and are recognizing compensation expense related to such stock options accordingly, our future expected activity levels could cause us to make a different determination, resulting in a change to the compensation expense to be recognized related to performance condition option grants that would otherwise have been recognized to date.  Although we believe that the compensation costs recognized are representative of the cumulative ratable amortization of the grant-date fair value of unvested stock options outstanding and expected to be exercised, changes to the estimated input values such as expected term and expected volatility and changes to the determination of whether performance condition grants will vest, could produce widely different fair values.

Mortgage Loan Loss Allowance

We originate several different loan products to our customers to finance the purchase of their home.  We sell all of the loans we originate into the secondary mortgage market generally within 30 days from origination.  All of the loans that we originate are underwritten to the standards and specifications of the ultimate investor.  Insofar as we underwrite our originated loans to those standards, we bear no increased concentration of credit risk from the issuance of loans, except in certain limited instances where early payment default occurs.  Those underwriting standards are typically equal to or more stringent than the underwriting standards required by FNMA, VA and FHA.  We employ a quality control department to ensure that our underwriting controls are effectively operating, and further assess the underwriting function as part of our assessment of internal controls over financial reporting.  We maintain an allowance for losses on mortgage loans originated that reflects our judgment of the present loss exposure in the loans that we have originated and sold.  The allowance is calculated based on an analysis of historical experience and exposure.  Although we consider the allowance for loan losses reflected on the March 31, 2015 condensed consolidated balance sheet to be adequate, there can be no assurance that this allowance will prove to be adequate over time to cover losses due to unanticipated changes to the assumptions used to estimate the mortgage loan loss allowance.

Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk

There have been no material changes in our market risks during the three months ended March 31, 2015.  For additional information regarding market risk, see Part II, Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Item 4.Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15.  Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures were effective.  There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting in the last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.Legal Proceedings

In October 2004, Patrick Tracy, whom we had employed as a Sales and Marketing Representative (“SMR”), filed a lawsuit against us in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York alleging that we had misclassified him and other SMRs as outside sales personnel exempt from certain state and federal wage laws, including overtime pay

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requirements. Mr. Tracy’s attorneys subsequently filed several other lawsuits in various courts asserting substantially similar claims on behalf of various classes or groups of SMRs. None of those courts have held that the claims are appropriate for class, collective, or other group treatment, and the Western District of New York ruled in April 2013 that the claims in Mr. Tracy’s case could not proceed on such a basis. The Western District of New York reached the same conclusion in July 2014 regarding a separate case that Mr. Tracy’s attorneys brought on behalf of other SMRs.

In October 2013, Mr. Tracy’s individual claims were tried by a jury, which returned a unanimous verdict in our favor and found that we had properly classified Mr. Tracy as an exempt outside sales person. The plaintiff has sought review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in which he challenges the legal standard that the trial court applied in crafting its jury instructions regarding the outside sales exemption, in addition to rulings that the trial court made at earlier stages of the case. That appeal is fully briefed and scheduled for oral argument on May 15, 2015. The remainder of the cases noted above are in various stages of pre-trial proceedings, many of them stayed or administratively closed pending a final disposition of the Tracy action.

We believe that our compensation practices in regard to SMRs are entirely lawful and have vigorously defended all claims challenging those practices.  In light of the points noted above, we have not recorded any associated liabilities on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets in conjunction with any of those claims.

In June 2010, we received a Request for Information from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) pursuant to Section 308 of the Clean Water Act. The request sought information about storm water discharge practices in connection with homebuilding projects completed or underway by us in New York and New Jersey.  We cooperated with this request, and provided information to the EPA.  We were subsequently informed by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) that the EPA forwarded the information on the matter to the DOJ, and the DOJ requested that we meet with the government to discuss the status of the case. Meetings took place in January 2012, August 2012 and November 2014 with representatives from both the EPA and DOJ. We have continued discussions with the EPA and DOJ. It is as yet unclear what next steps the DOJ will take in the matter. We intend to continue cooperating with any future EPA and/or DOJ inquiries. At this time, we cannot predict the outcome of this inquiry, nor can we reasonably estimate the potential costs that may be associated with its eventual resolution.

We are also involved in various other litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, and based on advice of legal counsel, this litigation is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Legal costs incurred in connection with outstanding litigation are expensed as incurred.

Item 1A.Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the risk factors as previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.

Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

We had two repurchase authorizations outstanding during the quarter ended March 31, 2015.  On July 31, 2014 and February 18, 2015, we publicly announced the Board of Directors’ approval for us to repurchase up to an aggregate of $300,000 per authorization, of our common stock in one or more open market and/or privately negotiated transactions. The repurchase authorizations do not have expiration dates.  We repurchased the following shares of our common stock during the first quarter of 2015.

Period	TotalNumber ofShares Purchased		Average Price Paid per Share		TotalNumberof SharesPurchased asPartofPublicly AnnouncedPlans orPrograms		MaximumNumber (or Approximate DollarValue)of SharesthatMayYet BePurchasedUnder thePlansor Programs
January 1 - 31, 2015		23,875	$	1,246.59		23,875	$	140,819
February 1 - 28, 2015		26,451	$	1,260.32		26,451	$	407,482
March 1 - 31, 2015		—	$	—		—	$	407,482
Total		50,326	$	1,253.81		50,326

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Item 6.Exhibits

(a)  Exhibits:

31.1	Certification of NVR’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Filed herewith.
31.2	Certification of NVR’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Filed herewith.
32	Certification of NVR’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Filed herewith
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		NVR, Inc.
Date:  May 1, 2015	By:	/s/ Daniel D. Malzahn
		Daniel D. Malzahn
		Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

31

Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number	Description
	(a) Exhibits:
31.1	Certification of NVR’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Filed herewith.
31.2	Certification of NVR’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Filed herewith.
32	Certification of NVR’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Filed herewith
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT SECTION 302 CERTIFICATIONS

I, Paul C. Saville, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of NVR, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  May 1, 2015	By:	/s/ Paul C. Saville
		Paul C. Saville
		President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT SECTION 302 CERTIFICATIONS

I, Daniel D. Malzahn, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of NVR, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  May 1, 2015	By:	/s/ Daniel D. Malzahn
		Daniel D. Malzahn
		Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

EX-32

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of NVR, Inc. for the period ended March 31, 2015 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers of NVR, Inc., hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of NVR, Inc.

Date:  May 1, 2015	By:	/s/ Paul C. Saville
		Paul C. Saville
		President and Chief Executive Officer
	By:	/s/ Daniel D. Malzahn
		Daniel D. Malzahn
		Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Equity [Abstract]
Common stock repurchased	50
Treasury stock issued upon Option exercise and RSUs vesting	64

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Fair Value - Fair Value Measurement (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assumed Gain/(Loss) From Loan Sale	$ (992)
Interest Rate Movement Effect	1,244
Servicing Rights Value	5,117
Security Price Change	(1,967)
Total Fair Value Measurement Gain/(Loss)	3,402
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Assumed Gain/(Loss) From Loan Sale	(812)
Interest Rate Movement Effect	1,338
Servicing Rights Value	3,417
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Assumed Gain/(Loss) From Loan Sale	(180)
Interest Rate Movement Effect	(94)
Servicing Rights Value	1,700
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Fair Value - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Homebuilding [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes carrying value	$ 599,189		$ 599,166
Homebuilding [Member] | Senior Notes due 2022 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes carrying value	599,189
Homebuilding [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Senior Notes due 2022 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes fair value	630,750
Mortgage Banking [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of mortgage loans held for sale	154,785		205,664
Mortgage Banking [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value adjustment income (expense)	(422)	420
Mortgage Banking [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Mortgage Banking [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Rate Lock Commitments [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Notional amount of contractual commitments	357,473
Average basis points of loan amount	1.09%
Fallout rate of measuring fair value of rate lock commitments	12.00%
Change in fair value of loans held for sale	3,943
Mortgage Banking [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Forward Sales Contracts [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Mortgage Banking [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Mortgages Held for Sale [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Notional amount of contractual commitments	153,359
Change in fair value of loans held for sale	$ 1,426

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Land Under Development - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 Lot Parcels	Mar. 31, 2014 Lot
Real Estate [Abstract]
Number of raw parcels of land acquired	4
Carrying value of raw parcels of land	$ 35,813
Number of finished lots intended to be developed from raw parcels of land	460
Finished lots under lot purchase agreements	90
Lots sold to unrelated party	5	0
Aggregate sales price of finished lots to unrelated party	$ 1,300

XML

Product Warranties (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Guarantees [Abstract]

Summary of Changes in Product Warranties Reserve

The following table reflects the changes in the Company’s warranty reserve during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Warranty reserve, beginning of period	$	94,060		$	101,507
Provision		9,081			10,260
Payments		(13,398	)		(13,002	)
Warranty reserve, end of period	$	89,743		$	98,765

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Segment Disclosures - Revenues (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total consolidated revenues	$ 957,749	$ 811,310
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic [Member]
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenues	556,120	465,030
Homebuilding North East [Member]
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenues	82,993	78,792
Homebuilding Mid East [Member]
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenues	185,429	150,648
Homebuilding South East [Member]
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenues	116,996	104,717
Mortgage Banking [Member]
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Mortgage Banking	$ 16,211	$ 12,123

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Excess Reorganization Value, Goodwill and Other Intangibles - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Goodwill	$ 441,000
Finite-lived intangible assets	4,578,000
Weighted average life of finite-lived intangible assets	4 years
Finite-lived intangible assets, accumulated amortization	3,110,000
Amortization expense	346,000	346,000
Impairment of excess reorganization value and goodwill	$ 0

XML

Fair Value - Undesignated Derivative Instruments (Detail) (Mortgage Banking [Member], Level 2 [Member], Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015
Rate Lock Commitments [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Gross assets	$ 5,235
Gross liabilities	1,292
Net rate lock commitments	3,943
Forward Sales Contracts [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Gross assets	176
Gross liabilities	2,143
Net forward sales contracts	$ 1,967

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Land Under Development

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Real Estate [Abstract]

Land Under Development

4. 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.  As of March 31, 2015, NVR directly owned four separate raw parcels of land with a carrying value of $35,813 that it intends to develop into approximately 460 finished lots.  Of the total finished lots, approximately 90 lots are under contract to be sold to an unrelated party under lot purchase agreements.  During the first quarter of 2015, the Company sold five lots to an unrelated party at an aggregate sales price of approximately $1,300.  No lots were sold to unrelated parties during the first quarter of 2014. The Company capitalizes interest costs to land under development during the active development of finished lots (see Note 5 for further discussion of capitalized interest). None of the raw parcels had any indicators of impairment as of March 31, 2015.  Based on market conditions, NVR may on a limited basis continue to directly acquire additional raw parcels to develop into finished lots.

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Segment Disclosures - Profit before Taxes (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Consolidated profit before taxes	$ 62,363	$ 49,707
Corporate Capital Allocation [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	36,945	28,966
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic [Member] | Corporate Capital Allocation [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	23,411	18,156
Homebuilding North East [Member] | Corporate Capital Allocation [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	3,310	2,449
Homebuilding Mid East [Member] | Corporate Capital Allocation [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	5,935	5,298
Homebuilding South East [Member] | Corporate Capital Allocation [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	4,289	3,063
Mortgage Banking [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Consolidated profit before taxes	5,779	991
Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Consolidated profit before taxes	73,052	56,955
Operating Segments [Member] | Homebuilding Mid Atlantic [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Consolidated profit before taxes	44,566	41,012
Operating Segments [Member] | Homebuilding North East [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Consolidated profit before taxes	5,983	6,306
Operating Segments [Member] | Homebuilding Mid East [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Consolidated profit before taxes	7,063	(249)
Operating Segments [Member] | Homebuilding South East [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Consolidated profit before taxes	8,815	8,046
Operating Segments [Member] | Mortgage Banking [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Consolidated profit before taxes	6,625	1,840
Segment Reconciling Items [Member] | Contract Land Deposit Reserve Adjustment [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	903	1,983
Segment Reconciling Items [Member] | Equity-Based Compensation Expense [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	(13,399)	(10,703)
Segment Reconciling Items [Member] | Corporate Capital Allocation [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	36,945	28,966
Segment Reconciling Items [Member] | Unallocated Corporate Overhead [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	(29,984)	(25,960)
Segment Reconciling Items [Member] | Corporate Interest Expense [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	(5,803)	(5,675)
Consolidation adjustments and other [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Consolidated profit before taxes	649	4,141
Reconciling Items Sub-Total [Member]
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
Consolidated profit before taxes	$ (10,689)	$ (7,248)

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Variable Interest Entities - Total Risk Related to Lot Options (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Contract land deposits	$ 350,261		$ 350,750
Loss reserve on contract land deposits	(55,140)		(56,074)
Contract land deposits, net	295,121		294,676
Contingent obligations in the form of letters of credit	4,938		4,674
Contingent specific performance obligations	1,505	[1]	1,505	[1]
Total risk of loss	$ 301,564		$ 300,855

[1] As of both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company was committed to purchase 10 finished lots under specific performance obligations.

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Variable Interest Entities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Maximum range of deposits required under the purchase agreements	10.00%
Lots controlled by NVR	63,900
Contract land deposits in cash	347,000
Letters of credit related to lots	2,400
Development Entities [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Voting rights description	NVR has no voting rights in any of the development entities
Contract on Raw Ground with Land Owners [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Lots controlled by NVR	5,000
Contract land deposits	3,200
Letters of credit related to land contract	2,500
Refundable deposits and letters of credit	3,100

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Segment Disclosures - Assets (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Consolidated assets	$ 2,376,134	$ 2,351,335
Cash and cash equivalents	532,513	545,419	879,323	866,253
Contract land deposit reserve	(55,140)	(56,074)
Mortgage Banking [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Consolidated assets	194,368	263,316
Cash and cash equivalents	10,436	30,158
Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Consolidated assets	1,632,462	1,615,009
Operating Segments [Member] | Homebuilding Mid Atlantic [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Consolidated assets	970,021	917,689
Operating Segments [Member] | Homebuilding North East [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Consolidated assets	117,425	103,631
Operating Segments [Member] | Homebuilding Mid East [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Consolidated assets	207,490	192,781
Operating Segments [Member] | Homebuilding South East [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Consolidated assets	150,505	144,939
Operating Segments [Member] | Mortgage Banking [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Consolidated assets	187,021	255,969
Segment Reconciling Items [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Consolidated variable interest entity	3,545	3,590
Cash and cash equivalents	520,532	514,780
Deferred taxes	167,119	165,189
Intangible assets and goodwill	53,946	54,291
Contract land deposit reserve	(55,140)	(56,074)
Consolidation adjustments and other [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Consolidated assets	53,670	54,550
Reconciling Items Sub-Total [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Consolidated assets	$ 743,672	$ 736,326

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Variable Interest Entities - Total Risk Related to Lot Options (Parenthetical) (Detail)	Mar. 31, 2015 Lot	Dec. 31, 2014 Lot
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Finished lots committed to purchase under specific performance obligations	10	10

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Joint Ventures - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Aggregate investment	$ 74,400
Number of joint ventures	5
Expected production of finished lots	8,600
Total lots not under contract with NVR under the joint venture	3,300
Additional funding commitments in the aggregate	12,500
Number of joint ventures with additional funding commitment	3
Number of joint ventures NVR is not primary beneficiary	4
Other Assets [Member]
Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Aggregate investment	$ 72,400	$ 80,100

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Joint Ventures

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Equity Method Investments And Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Joint Ventures

3. Joint Ventures

On a limited basis, NVR also obtains finished lots using joint venture limited liability corporations (“JVs”).  The JVs are typically structured such that NVR is a non-controlling member and is at risk only for the amount the Company has invested, or has committed to invest, in addition to any deposits placed under fixed price purchase agreements with the joint venture. NVR is not a borrower, guarantor or obligor on any debt of the JVs.  The Company enters into standard fixed price purchase agreements to purchase lots from these JVs, and as a result has a variable interest in these JVs.

At March 31, 2015, the Company had an aggregate investment totaling approximately $74,400 in five JVs that are expected to produce approximately 8,600 finished lots, of which approximately 3,300 were not under contract with NVR.  In addition, NVR had additional funding commitments in the aggregate totaling approximately $12,500 to three of the JVs at March 31, 2015.  The Company has determined that it is not the primary beneficiary of four of the JVs because either NVR and the other JV partner share power or the other JV partner has the controlling financial interest.  The aggregate investment in unconsolidated JVs was approximately $72,400 and $80,100 at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, and is reported in the “Other assets” line item on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. For the remaining JV, NVR has concluded that it is the primary beneficiary because the Company has the controlling financial interest in the JV. The condensed balance sheets as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 of the consolidated JV were as follows:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Cash	$	1,545	$	481
Restricted cash		—		160
Other assets		266		332
Land under development		1,734		2,617
Total assets	$	3,545	$	3,590
Debt	$	—	$	64
Accrued expenses		1,399		1,231
Equity		2,146		2,295
Total liabilities and equity	$	3,545	$	3,590

Distributions received from the unconsolidated JVs are allocated between return of capital and distributions of earnings based on the ratio of capital contributed by NVR to the total expected returns for the respective JVs, and are classified within the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of cash flows as cash flows from investing activities and operating activities, respectively.  

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Joint Ventures - Condensed Balance Sheets of Consolidated JV (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Cash	$ 532,513	$ 545,419	$ 879,323	$ 866,253
Land under development	35,813
Equity	1,165,237	1,124,255
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	2,376,134	2,351,335
Consolidated JV [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Cash	1,545	481
Restricted cash		160
Other assets	266	332
Land under development	1,734	2,617
Total assets	3,545	3,590
Debt		64
Accrued expenses	1,399	1,231
Equity	2,146	2,295
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 3,545	$ 3,590

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Product Warranties - Summary of Changes in Product Warranties Reserve (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]
Warranty reserve, beginning of period	$ 94,060	$ 101,507
Provision	9,081	10,260
Payments	(13,398)	(13,002)
Warranty reserve, end of period	$ 89,743	$ 98,765

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 532,513	$ 545,419
Inventory:
Land under development	35,813
Contract land deposits, net	295,121	294,676
Total assets	2,376,134	2,351,335
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Total liabilities	1,210,897	1,227,080
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,555,330 shares issued as of both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014	206	206
Additional paid-in capital	1,370,763	1,325,495
Deferred compensation trust – 108,614 shares of NVR, Inc. common stock as of both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014	(17,333)	(17,333)
Deferred compensation liability	17,333	17,333
Retained earnings	4,926,245	4,887,187
Less treasury stock at cost – 16,492,618 and 16,506,229 shares as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively	(5,131,977)	(5,088,633)
Total shareholders' equity	1,165,237	1,124,255
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	2,376,134	2,351,335
Homebuilding [Member]
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	520,532	514,780
Receivables	10,024	10,021
Inventory:
Lots and housing units, covered under sales agreements with customers	797,705	690,955
Unsold lots and housing units	110,010	131,938
Land under development	35,813	33,689
Building materials and other	11,053	12,904
Total Inventory	954,581	869,486
Assets related to consolidated variable interest entity	3,545	3,590
Contract land deposits, net	295,121	294,676
Property, plant and equipment, net	46,343	46,242
Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net	41,580	41,580
Goodwill and finite-lived intangible assets, net	5,019	5,364
Other assets	305,021	302,280
Total assets	2,181,766	2,088,019
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Accounts payable	193,927	204,622
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	266,119	289,058
Liabilities related to consolidated variable interest entity	1,578	1,618
Non-recourse debt related to consolidated variable interest entity		64
Customer deposits	125,965	106,755
Senior notes	599,189	599,166
Total liabilities	1,186,778	1,201,283
Mortgage Banking [Member]
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	10,436	30,158
Mortgage loans held for sale, net	154,785	205,664
Inventory:
Property, plant and equipment, net	5,957	6,189
Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net	7,347	7,347
Other assets	15,843	13,958
Total assets	194,368	263,316
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Accounts payable and other liabilities	24,119	25,797
Total liabilities	$ 24,119	$ 25,797

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Segment Disclosures - Corporate Capital Allocation Charge (Detail) (Corporate Capital Allocation [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Other Significant Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	$ 36,945	$ 28,966
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic [Member]
Segment Reporting Other Significant Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	23,411	18,156
Homebuilding North East [Member]
Segment Reporting Other Significant Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	3,310	2,449
Homebuilding Mid East [Member]
Segment Reporting Other Significant Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	5,935	5,298
Homebuilding South East [Member]
Segment Reporting Other Significant Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Segment reporting reconciling amount for operating profit	$ 4,289	$ 3,063

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Basis of Presentation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited, condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NVR, Inc. (“NVR” or the “Company”) and its subsidiaries and certain other entities in which the Company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary (see Notes 2 and 3 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements).  Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.  The statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.  Because the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP, they should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals except as otherwise noted herein) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2015.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.  Certain prior year amounts in the condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to 2015 presentation.  Reclassifications did not impact net income, total assets or total liabilities, or statement of cash flow classifications.

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, comprehensive income equaled net income; therefore, a separate statement of comprehensive income is not included in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Earnings Per Share - Weighted Average Shares and Share Equivalents Used to Calculate Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Detail) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used to calculate basic EPS	4,057	4,467
Dilutive securities:
Stock options and restricted share units	178	153
Weighted average number of shares and share equivalents outstanding used to calculate diluted EPS	4,235	4,620

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Capitalized Interest (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Interest Costs Incurred [Abstract]

Summary of Interest Costs Incurred, Capitalized, Expensed and Charged to Cost of Sales

NVR’s interest costs incurred, capitalized, expensed and charged to cost of sales during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Interest capitalized, beginning of period	$	4,072		$	3,294
Interest incurred		6,263			6,223
Interest charged to interest expense		(5,918	)		(5,794	)
Interest charged to cost of sales		(146	)		(105	)
Interest capitalized, end of period	$	4,271		$	3,618

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Earnings Per Share - Summary of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share (Detail) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Anti-dilutive securities	28	93

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Shareholders' Equity (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Equity [Abstract]

Summary of Changes in Shareholders' Equity

A summary of changes in shareholders’ equity is presented below:

	Common Stock		Additional Paid-In Capital			Retained Earnings		Treasury Stock			Deferred Compensation Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability		Total
Balance, December 31, 2014	$	206	$	1,325,495		$	4,887,187	$	(5,088,633	)	$	(17,333	)	$	17,333	$	1,124,255
Net income		—		—			39,058		—			—			—		39,058
Purchase of common stock for treasury		—		—			—		(63,099	)		—			—		(63,099	)
Equity-based compensation		—		13,399			—		—			—			—		13,399
Tax benefit from equity benefit plan   activity		—		7,998			—		—			—			—		7,998
Proceeds from stock options exercised		—		43,626			—		—			—			—		43,626
Treasury stock issued upon option   exercise and restricted share vesting		—		(19,755	)		—		19,755			—			—		—
Balance, March 31, 2015	$	206	$	1,370,763		$	4,926,245	$	(5,131,977	)	$	(17,333	)	$	17,333	$	1,165,237

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Variable Interest Entities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Equity Method Investments And Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Variable Interest Entities

2. Variable Interest Entities

Fixed Price Purchase Agreements

NVR generally does not engage in the land development business.  Instead, the Company typically acquires finished building lots at market prices from various development entities under fixed price purchase agreements.  The purchase agreements require deposits that may be forfeited if NVR fails to perform under the agreements.  The deposits required under the purchase agreements are in the form of cash or letters of credit in varying amounts, and typically range up to 10% of the aggregate purchase price of the finished lots.

NVR believes this lot acquisition strategy reduces the financial requirements and risks associated with direct land ownership and land development.  NVR may, at its option, choose for any reason and at any time not to perform under these purchase agreements by delivering notice of its intent not to acquire the finished lots under contract.  NVR’s sole legal obligation and economic loss for failure to perform under these purchase agreements is limited to the amount of the deposit pursuant to the liquidated damage provisions contained within the purchase agreements.  In other words, if NVR does not perform under a purchase agreement, NVR loses only its deposit.  None of the creditors of any of the development entities with which NVR enters fixed price purchase agreements have recourse to the general credit of NVR.  NVR generally does not have any specific performance obligations to purchase a certain number or any of the lots, nor does NVR guarantee completion of the development by the developer or guarantee any of the developers’ financial or other liabilities.

NVR is not involved in the design or creation of any of the development entities from which the Company purchases lots under fixed price purchase agreements.  The developer’s equity holders have the power to direct 100% of the operating activities of the development entity.  NVR has no voting rights in any of the development entities.  The sole purpose of the development entity’s activities is to generate positive cash flow returns for the equity holders.  Further, NVR does not share in any of the profit or loss generated by the project’s development.  The profits and losses are passed directly to the developer’s equity holders.

The deposit placed by NVR pursuant to the fixed price purchase agreement is deemed to be a variable interest in the respective development entities.  Those development entities are deemed to be variable interest entities (“VIE”).  Therefore, the development entities with which NVR enters into fixed price purchase agreements, including the joint venture limited liability corporations discussed below, are evaluated for possible consolidation by NVR.  An enterprise must consolidate a VIE when that enterprise has a controlling financial interest in the VIE.  An enterprise is deemed to have a controlling financial interest if it has i) the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance, and ii) the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could be significant to the VIE or the rights to receive benefits from the VIE that could be significant to the VIE.

NVR believes the activities that most significantly impact a development entity’s economic performance are the operating activities of the entity.  Unless and until a development entity completes finished building lots through the development process to be able to sell, the process of which the development entities’ equity investors bear the full risk, the entity does not earn any revenues.  The operating development activities are managed solely by the development entity’s equity investors.

The development entities with which NVR contracts to buy finished lots typically select the respective projects, obtain the necessary zoning approvals, obtain the financing required with no support or guarantees from NVR, select who will purchase the finished lots and at what price, and manage the completion of the infrastructure improvements, all for the purpose of generating a cash flow return to the development entity’s equity holders and all independent of NVR.  The Company possesses no more than limited protective legal rights through the purchase agreement in the specific finished lots that it is purchasing, and NVR possesses no participative rights in the development entities.  Accordingly, NVR does not have the power to direct the activities of a developer that most significantly impact the developer’s economic performance.  For this reason, NVR has concluded that it is not the primary beneficiary of the development entities with which the Company enters into fixed price purchase agreements, and therefore, NVR does not consolidate any of these VIEs.

As of March 31, 2015, NVR controlled approximately 63,900 lots through fixed price purchase agreements with deposits in cash and letters of credit totaling $347,000 and $2,400, respectively.  As noted above, NVR’s sole legal obligation and economic loss for failure to perform under these purchase agreements is limited to the amount of the deposit pursuant to the liquidated damage provisions contained in the purchase agreements and, in very limited circumstances, specific performance obligations. In addition, NVR has certain properties under contract with land owners that are expected to yield approximately 5,000 lots, which are not included in the number of total lots controlled.  Some of these properties may require rezoning or other approvals to achieve the expected yield. These properties are controlled with deposits and letters of credit totaling approximately $3,200 and $2,500, respectively as of March 31, 2015, of which approximately $3,100 is refundable if NVR does not perform under the contract.  NVR generally expects to assign the raw land contracts to a land developer and simultaneously enter into a lot purchase agreement with the assignee if the project is determined to be feasible.

NVR’s total risk of loss related to contract land deposits as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, was as follows:

	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Contract land deposits	$	350,261		$	350,750
Loss reserve on contract land deposits		(55,140	)		(56,074	)
Contract land deposits, net		295,121			294,676
Contingent obligations in the form of letters of credit		4,938			4,674
Contingent specific performance obligations (1)		1,505			1,505
Total risk of loss	$	301,564		$	300,855

(1) As of both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company was committed to purchase 10 finished lots under specific performance obligations.

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Statement Of Financial Position [Abstract]
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	60,000,000	60,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	20,555,330	20,555,330
Deferred compensation trust, shares	108,614	108,614
Treasury stock, shares	16,492,618	16,506,229

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Debt

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt

12. Debt

As of March 31, 2015, the Company had Senior Notes outstanding with a principal balance of $600,000.  The Senior Notes were issued at a discount to yield 3.97% and have been reflected net of the unamortized discount in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet.  The Senior Notes mature on September 15, 2022 and bear interest at 3.95%, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15.

NVRM provides for its mortgage origination and other operating activities using cash generated from operations, borrowings from its parent company, NVR, as well as a revolving mortgage repurchase agreement (the “Repurchase Agreement”), which is non-recourse to NVR.  The Repurchase Agreement provides for loan purchases up to $25,000, subject to certain sub-limits.  The Repurchase Agreement expires on July 29, 2015.  At March 31, 2015, there was no outstanding debt under the Repurchase Agreement.  Amounts outstanding under the Repurchase Agreement are collateralized by the Company’s mortgage loans held for sale.  As of March 31, 2015, there were no borrowing base limitations reducing the amount available for borrowings under the Repurchase Agreement.

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Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Apr. 27, 2015
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Trading Symbol	NVR
Entity Registrant Name	NVR INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000906163
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		4,064,601

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Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

13. Commitments and Contingencies

In October 2004, Patrick Tracy, whom NVR had employed as a Sales and Marketing Representative (“SMR”), filed a lawsuit against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York alleging that NVR had misclassified him and other SMRs as outside sales personnel exempt from certain state and federal wage laws, including overtime pay requirements. Mr. Tracy’s attorneys subsequently filed several other lawsuits in various courts asserting substantially similar claims on behalf of various classes or groups of SMRs. None of those courts have held that the claims are appropriate for class, collective, or other group treatment, and the Western District of New York ruled in April 2013 that the claims in Mr. Tracy’s case could not proceed on such a basis. The Western District of New York reached the same conclusion in July 2014 regarding a separate case that Mr. Tracy’s attorneys brought on behalf of other SMRs.  

In October 2013, Mr. Tracy’s individual claims were tried by a jury, which returned a unanimous verdict in NVR’s favor and found that the Company had properly classified Mr. Tracy as an exempt outside sales person. The plaintiff has sought review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in which he challenges the legal standard that the trial court applied in crafting its jury instructions regarding the outside sales exemption, in addition to rulings that the trial court made at earlier stages of the case. That appeal is fully briefed and scheduled for oral argument on May 15, 2015. The remainder of the cases noted above are in various stages of pre-trial proceedings, many of them stayed or administratively closed pending a final disposition of the Tracy action.

The Company believes that the compensation practices in regard to SMRs are entirely lawful and has vigorously defended all claims challenging those practices. In light of the points noted above, the Company has not recorded any associated liabilities on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets in conjunction with any of those claims.

In June 2010, the Company received a Request for Information from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) pursuant to Section 308 of the Clean Water Act. The request sought information about storm water discharge practices in connection with homebuilding projects completed or underway by the Company in New York and New Jersey. The Company cooperated with this request, and provided information to the EPA. The Company was subsequently informed by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) that the EPA forwarded the information on the matter to the DOJ, and the DOJ requested that the Company meet with the government to discuss the status of the case. Meetings took place in January 2012, August 2012 and November 2014 with representatives from both the EPA and DOJ. The Company has continued discussions with the EPA and DOJ. It is as yet unclear what next steps the DOJ will take in the matter. The Company intends to continue cooperating with any future EPA and/or DOJ inquiries. At this time, the Company cannot predict the outcome of this inquiry, nor can it reasonably estimate the potential costs that may be associated with its eventual resolution.

The Company and its subsidiaries are also involved in various other litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, and based on advice of legal counsel, this litigation is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company. Legal costs incurred in connection with outstanding litigation are expensed as incurred.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Interest expense	$ (5,918)	$ (5,794)
Income before taxes	62,363	49,707
Income tax expense	(23,305)	(25,858)
Net income	39,058	23,849
Basic earnings per share	$ 9.63	$ 5.34
Diluted earnings per share	$ 9.22	$ 5.16
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	4,057	4,467
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	4,235	4,620
Homebuilding [Member]
Revenues	941,538	799,187
Other income	725	997
Cost of sales	(781,668)	(655,152)
Selling, general and administrative	(98,229)	(90,632)
Operating income	62,366	54,400
Interest expense	(5,782)	(5,684)
Income before taxes	56,584	48,716
Mortgage Banking [Member]
Mortgage banking fees	16,211	12,123
Interest income	1,078	1,184
Other income	105	59
General and administrative	(11,479)	(12,265)
Interest expense	(136)	(110)
Income before taxes	$ 5,779	$ 991

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Excess Reorganization Value, Goodwill and Other Intangibles

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Excess Reorganization Value, Goodwill and Other Intangibles

7. Excess Reorganization Value, Goodwill and Other Intangibles

Reorganization value in excess of identifiable assets (“excess reorganization value”) is an indefinite-lived intangible asset that was created upon NVR’s emergence from bankruptcy on September 30, 1993.  Based on the allocation of the reorganization value, the portion of the reorganization value which was not attributed to specific tangible or intangible assets has been reported as excess reorganization value, which is treated similarly to goodwill.  Excess reorganization value is not subject to amortization.  Rather, excess reorganization value is subject to an impairment assessment on an annual basis or more frequently if changes in events or circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred.  Because excess reorganization value was based on the reorganization value of NVR’s entire enterprise upon emergence from bankruptcy, the impairment assessment is conducted on an enterprise basis based on the comparison of NVR’s total equity to the market value of NVR’s outstanding publicly-traded common stock.  

As of March 31, 2015, goodwill and net finite-lived intangible assets totaled $441 and $4,578, respectively.  The remaining finite-lived intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over a weighted average life of four years.  Accumulated amortization as of March 31, 2015 was $3,110.  Amortization expense related to the finite-lived intangible assets was $346 for both the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

The Company completed the annual impairment assessment of the excess reorganization value and goodwill during the first quarter of 2015 and determined that there was no impairment.

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Earnings per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per Share

6. Earnings per Share

The following weighted average shares and share equivalents were used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used to    calculate basic EPS		4,057		4,467
Dilutive securities:
Stock options and restricted share units		178		153
Weighted average number of shares and share equivalents    outstanding used to calculate diluted EPS		4,235		4,620

The following stock options and restricted share units issued under equity incentive plans were outstanding during the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Anti-dilutive securities		28		93

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Earnings per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Weighted Average Shares and Share Equivalents Used to Calculate Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

The following weighted average shares and share equivalents were used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used to    calculate basic EPS		4,057		4,467
Dilutive securities:
Stock options and restricted share units		178		153
Weighted average number of shares and share equivalents    outstanding used to calculate diluted EPS		4,235		4,620

Summary of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share

The following stock options and restricted share units issued under equity incentive plans were outstanding during the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Anti-dilutive securities		28		93

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Accounting Changes And Error Corrections [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

14. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers.  The standard will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in GAAP when it becomes effective.  The standard is effective for the Company on January 1, 2017.  Early adoption is not permitted.  The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method.  The Company has not yet selected a transition method and is currently evaluating the effect that the standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In August 2014, FASB issued ASU 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40):  Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern.  The standard requires an entity’s management to evaluate at each annual and interim reporting period whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related footnote disclosures.  The standard is effective for the first annual period ending after December 15, 2016, and interim periods thereafter.  The Company does not believe that the adoption of this standard will have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In February 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810) – Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis.  The standard changes the manner in which reporting entities evaluate consolidation requirements of certain legal entities.  The standard is effective for the annual and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015.  The Company is currently evaluating the effect that the standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In April 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest – Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30) – Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. The standard requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented on the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the debt liability, rather than as an asset.  The standard is effective for the Company for the first annual period ending after December 15, 2015, and must be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company does not believe that the adoption of this standard will have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In April 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-05, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40).  The standard adds guidance to Subtopic 350-40 to help entities evaluate the accounting for fees paid by a customer in a cloud computing arrangement.  The standard provides a basis for evaluating whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license or whether the arrangement should be accounted for as a service contract.  The standard is effective for the annual and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015.  The Company is currently evaluating the effect that the standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

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Segment Disclosures

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Disclosures

10. Segment Disclosures

The following disclosure includes four homebuilding reportable segments that aggregate geographically the Company’s homebuilding operating segments, and the mortgage banking operations presented as a single reportable segment.  The homebuilding reportable segments are comprised of operating divisions in the following geographic areas:

Mid Atlantic:	Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Washington, D.C.
North East:	New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania
Mid East:	New York, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois
South East:	North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee

Homebuilding profit before tax includes all revenues and income generated from the sale of homes, less the cost of homes sold, selling, general and administrative expenses and a corporate capital allocation charge.  The corporate capital allocation charge is eliminated in consolidation and is based on the segment’s average net assets employed.  The corporate capital allocation charged to the operating segment allows the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) to determine whether the operating segment’s results are providing the desired rate of return after covering the Company’s cost of capital.  In addition, certain assets, including goodwill and intangible assets and consolidation adjustments as discussed further below, are not allocated to the operating segments as those assets are neither included in the operating segment’s corporate capital allocation charge, nor in the CODM’s evaluation of the operating segment’s performance.  The Company records charges on contract land deposits when it is determined that it is probable that recovery of the deposit is impaired.  For segment reporting purposes, impairments on contract land deposits are charged to the operating segment upon the determination to terminate a finished lot purchase agreement with the developer, or to restructure a lot purchase agreement resulting in the forfeiture of the deposit.  Mortgage banking profit before tax consists of revenues generated from mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services, less the costs of such services and general and administrative costs.  Mortgage banking operations are not charged a corporate capital allocation charge.

In addition to the corporate capital allocation and contract land deposit impairments discussed above, the other reconciling items between segment profit and consolidated profit before tax include unallocated corporate overhead (including all management incentive compensation), equity-based compensation expense, consolidation adjustments and external corporate interest expense.  NVR’s overhead functions, such as accounting, treasury and human resources, are centrally performed and the costs are not allocated to the Company’s operating segments.  Consolidation adjustments consist of such items necessary to convert the reportable segments’ results, which are predominantly maintained on a cash basis, to a full accrual basis for external financial statement presentation purposes, and are not allocated to the Company’s operating segments.  External corporate interest expense primarily consists of interest charges on the Company’s 3.95% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Senior Notes”) and is not charged to the operating segments because the charges are included in the corporate capital allocation discussed above.

Following are tables presenting segment revenues, profit and assets, with reconciliations to the amounts reported for the consolidated enterprise, where applicable:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Revenues:
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic	$	556,120	$	465,030
Homebuilding North East		82,993		78,792
Homebuilding Mid East		185,429		150,648
Homebuilding South East		116,996		104,717
Mortgage Banking		16,211		12,123
Total consolidated revenues	$	957,749	$	811,310

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Profit before taxes:
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic	$	44,566		$	41,012
Homebuilding North East		5,983			6,306
Homebuilding Mid East		7,063			(249	)
Homebuilding South East		8,815			8,046
Mortgage Banking		6,625			1,840
Total segment profit		73,052			56,955
Contract land deposit reserve adjustment (1)		903			1,983
Equity-based compensation expense		(13,399	)		(10,703	)
Corporate capital allocation (2)		36,945			28,966
Unallocated corporate overhead		(29,984	)		(25,960	)
Consolidation adjustments and other		649			4,141
Corporate interest expense		(5,803	)		(5,675	)
Reconciling items sub-total		(10,689	)		(7,248	)
Consolidated profit before taxes	$	62,363		$	49,707

	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Assets:
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic	$	970,021		$	917,689
Homebuilding North East		117,425			103,631
Homebuilding Mid East		207,490			192,781
Homebuilding South East		150,505			144,939
Mortgage Banking		187,021			255,969
Total segment assets		1,632,462			1,615,009
Consolidated variable interest entity		3,545			3,590
Cash and cash equivalents		520,532			514,780
Deferred taxes		167,119			165,189
Intangible assets and goodwill		53,946			54,291
Contract land deposit reserve		(55,140	)		(56,074	)
Consolidation adjustments and other		53,670			54,550
Reconciling items sub-total		743,672			736,326
Consolidated assets	$	2,376,134		$	2,351,335

(1) This item represents changes to the contract land deposit impairment reserve, which are not allocated to the reportable segments.

(2) This item represents the elimination of the corporate capital allocation charge included in the respective homebuilding reportable segments.  The corporate capital allocation charge is based on the segment’s monthly average asset balance, and was as follows for the periods presented:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Corporate capital allocation charge:
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic	$	23,411	$	18,156
Homebuilding North East		3,310		2,449
Homebuilding Mid East		5,935		5,298
Homebuilding South East		4,289		3,063
Total	$	36,945	$	28,966

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Shareholders' Equity

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Equity [Abstract]

Shareholders' Equity

8. Shareholders’ Equity

A summary of changes in shareholders’ equity is presented below:

	Common Stock		Additional Paid-In Capital			Retained Earnings		Treasury Stock			Deferred Compensation Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability		Total
Balance, December 31, 2014	$	206	$	1,325,495		$	4,887,187	$	(5,088,633	)	$	(17,333	)	$	17,333	$	1,124,255
Net income		—		—			39,058		—			—			—		39,058
Purchase of common stock for treasury		—		—			—		(63,099	)		—			—		(63,099	)
Equity-based compensation		—		13,399			—		—			—			—		13,399
Tax benefit from equity benefit plan   activity		—		7,998			—		—			—			—		7,998
Proceeds from stock options exercised		—		43,626			—		—			—			—		43,626
Treasury stock issued upon option   exercise and restricted share vesting		—		(19,755	)		—		19,755			—			—		—
Balance, March 31, 2015	$	206	$	1,370,763		$	4,926,245	$	(5,131,977	)	$	(17,333	)	$	17,333	$	1,165,237

The Company repurchased 50 shares of its common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2015. The Company settles option exercises and vesting of restricted share units by issuing shares of treasury stock.  Approximately 64 shares were issued from the treasury account during the first quarter of 2015 in settlement of option exercises and vesting of restricted share units.  Shares are relieved from the treasury account based on the weighted average cost basis of treasury shares acquired.

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Product Warranties

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Guarantees [Abstract]

Product Warranties

9. Product Warranties

The Company establishes warranty and product liability reserves (“warranty reserve”) to provide for estimated future expenses as a result of construction and product defects, product recalls and litigation incidental to NVR’s homebuilding business.  Liability estimates are determined based on management’s judgment, considering such factors as historical experience, the likely current cost of corrective action, manufacturers’ and subcontractors’ participation in sharing the cost of corrective action, consultations with third party experts such as engineers, and discussions with the Company’s general counsel and outside counsel retained to handle specific product liability cases.  The following table reflects the changes in the Company’s warranty reserve during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Warranty reserve, beginning of period	$	94,060		$	101,507
Provision		9,081			10,260
Payments		(13,398	)		(13,002	)
Warranty reserve, end of period	$	89,743		$	98,765

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Fair Value

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value

11. Fair Value

Financial Instruments

The estimated fair value of NVR’s Senior Notes as of March 31, 2015 was $630,750.  The estimated fair value is based on recent market prices of similar transactions, which is classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.  The carrying value of the Senior Notes was $599,189 at March 31, 2015.  Except as otherwise noted below, NVR believes that insignificant differences exist between the carrying value and the fair value of its financial instruments, which consist of cash equivalents, due to their short term nature.

Derivative Instruments and Mortgage Loans Held for Sale

In the normal course of business, NVR’s wholly-owned mortgage subsidiary, NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. (“NVRM”), enters into contractual commitments to extend credit to buyers of single-family homes with fixed expiration dates.  The commitments become effective when the borrowers "lock-in" a specified interest rate within time frames established by NVRM.  All mortgagors are evaluated for credit worthiness prior to the extension of the commitment.  Market risk arises if interest rates move adversely between the time of the "lock-in" of rates by the borrower and the sale date of the loan to a broker/dealer.  To mitigate the effect of the interest rate risk inherentin providing rate lock commitments to borrowers, NVRM enters into optional or mandatory delivery forward sale contracts to sell whole loans and mortgage-backed securities to broker/dealers.  The forward sale contracts lock in an interest rate and price for the sale of loans similar to the specific rate lock commitments.  NVRM does not engage in speculative or trading derivative activities.  Both the rate lock commitments to borrowers and the forward sale contracts to broker/dealers are undesignated derivatives and, accordingly, are marked to fair value through earnings.  At March 31, 2015, there were contractual commitments to extend credit to borrowers aggregating $357,473 and open forward delivery contracts aggregating $471,289, which hedge both the rate lock loan commitments and closed loans held for sale.

GAAP assigns a fair value hierarchy to the inputs used to measure fair value.  Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.  Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.  Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs.  The fair value of NVRM’s rate lock commitments to borrowers and the related input levels include, as applicable:

i) the assumed gain/loss of the expected resultant loan sale (Level 2);

ii) the effects of interest rate movements between the date of the rate lock and the balance sheet date (Level 2); and

iii) the value of the servicing rights associated with the loan (Level 2).

The assumed gain/loss considers the excess servicing to be received or buydown fees to be paid upon securitization of the loan.  The excess servicing and buydown fees are calculated pursuant to contractual terms with investors.  To calculate the effects of interest rate movements, NVRM utilizes applicable published mortgage-backed security prices, and multiplies the price movement between the rate lock date and the balance sheet date by the notional loan commitment amount.  NVRM sells all of its loans on a servicing released basis, and receives a servicing released premium upon sale.  Thus, the value of the servicing rights, which averaged 109 basis points of the loan amount as of March 31, 2015, is included in the fair value measurement and is based upon contractual terms with investors and varies depending on the loan type.  NVRM assumes an approximate 12% fallout rate when measuring the fair value of rate lock commitments.  Fallout is defined as locked loan commitments for which NVRM does not close a mortgage loan and is based on historical experience.

The fair value of NVRM’s forward sales contracts to broker/dealers solely considers the market price movement of the same type of security between the trade date and the balance sheet date (Level 2).  The market price changes are multiplied by the notional amount of the forward sales contracts to measure the fair value.

Mortgage loans held for sale are recorded at fair value when closed, and thereafter are carried at the lower of cost or fair value, net of deferred origination costs, until sold.  Fair value is measured using Level 2 inputs.  The fair value of loans held for sale of $154,785 included on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet has been increased by $1,426 from the aggregate principal balance of $153,359.

The undesignated derivative instruments are included on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet, as of March 31, 2015, as follows:

	Fair Value		Balance Sheet Location
Rate lock commitments:
Gross assets	$	5,235
Gross liabilities		1,292
Net rate lock commitments	$	3,943	NVRM - Other assets
Forward sales contracts:
Gross assets	$	176
Gross liabilities		2,143
Net forward sales contracts	$	1,967	NVRM - Accounts payable and other liabilities

The fair value measurement as of March 31, 2015 was as follows:

	Notional or Principal Amount		Assumed Gain/(Loss) From Loan Sale			Interest Rate Movement Effect			Servicing Rights Value		Security Price Change			Total Fair Value Measurement Gain/(Loss)
Rate lock commitments	$	357,473	$	(812	)	$	1,338		$	3,417	$	—		$	3,943
Forward sales contracts	$	471,289		—			—			—		(1,967	)		(1,967	)
Mortgages held for sale	$	153,359		(180	)		(94	)		1,700		—			1,426
Total fair value measurement			$	(992	)	$	1,244		$	5,117	$	(1,967	)	$	3,402

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, NVRM recorded a fair value adjustment to expense of $422 and a fair value adjustment to income of $420, respectively.  Unrealized gains/losses from the change in the fair value measurements are included in earnings as a component of mortgage banking fees in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income.  The fair value measurement will be impacted in the future by the change in the value of the servicing rights, interest rate movements, security price fluctuations, and the volume and product mix of NVRM’s closed loans and locked loan commitments.

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Capitalized Interest - Summary of Interest Costs Incurred, Capitalized, Expensed and Charged to Cost of Sales (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Interest Costs Incurred [Abstract]
Interest capitalized, beginning of period	$ 4,072	$ 3,294
Interest incurred	6,263	6,223
Interest charged to interest expense	(5,918)	(5,794)
Interest charged to cost of sales	(146)	(105)
Interest capitalized, end of period	$ 4,271	$ 3,618

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Joint Ventures (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Equity Method Investments And Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Condensed Balance Sheets of Consolidated JV

The condensed balance sheets as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 of the consolidated JV were as follows:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Cash	$	1,545	$	481
Restricted cash		—		160
Other assets		266		332
Land under development		1,734		2,617
Total assets	$	3,545	$	3,590
Debt	$	—	$	64
Accrued expenses		1,399		1,231
Equity		2,146		2,295
Total liabilities and equity	$	3,545	$	3,590

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Segment Disclosures (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Revenues

Following are tables presenting segment revenues, profit and assets, with reconciliations to the amounts reported for the consolidated enterprise, where applicable:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Revenues:
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic	$	556,120	$	465,030
Homebuilding North East		82,993		78,792
Homebuilding Mid East		185,429		150,648
Homebuilding South East		116,996		104,717
Mortgage Banking		16,211		12,123
Total consolidated revenues	$	957,749	$	811,310

Profit before Taxes

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Profit before taxes:
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic	$	44,566		$	41,012
Homebuilding North East		5,983			6,306
Homebuilding Mid East		7,063			(249	)
Homebuilding South East		8,815			8,046
Mortgage Banking		6,625			1,840
Total segment profit		73,052			56,955
Contract land deposit reserve adjustment (1)		903			1,983
Equity-based compensation expense		(13,399	)		(10,703	)
Corporate capital allocation (2)		36,945			28,966
Unallocated corporate overhead		(29,984	)		(25,960	)
Consolidation adjustments and other		649			4,141
Corporate interest expense		(5,803	)		(5,675	)
Reconciling items sub-total		(10,689	)		(7,248	)
Consolidated profit before taxes	$	62,363		$	49,707

(1) This item represents changes to the contract land deposit impairment reserve, which are not allocated to the reportable segments.

(2) This item represents the elimination of the corporate capital allocation charge included in the respective homebuilding reportable segments.  The corporate capital allocation charge is based on the segment’s monthly average asset balance, and was as follows for the periods presented:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Corporate capital allocation charge:
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic	$	23,411	$	18,156
Homebuilding North East		3,310		2,449
Homebuilding Mid East		5,935		5,298
Homebuilding South East		4,289		3,063
Total	$	36,945	$	28,966

Assets

	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Assets:
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic	$	970,021		$	917,689
Homebuilding North East		117,425			103,631
Homebuilding Mid East		207,490			192,781
Homebuilding South East		150,505			144,939
Mortgage Banking		187,021			255,969
Total segment assets		1,632,462			1,615,009
Consolidated variable interest entity		3,545			3,590
Cash and cash equivalents		520,532			514,780
Deferred taxes		167,119			165,189
Intangible assets and goodwill		53,946			54,291
Contract land deposit reserve		(55,140	)		(56,074	)
Consolidation adjustments and other		53,670			54,550
Reconciling items sub-total		743,672			736,326
Consolidated assets	$	2,376,134		$	2,351,335

Corporate Capital Allocation Charge

The corporate capital allocation charge is based on the segment’s monthly average asset balance, and was as follows for the periods presented:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Corporate capital allocation charge:
Homebuilding Mid Atlantic	$	23,411	$	18,156
Homebuilding North East		3,310		2,449
Homebuilding Mid East		5,935		5,298
Homebuilding South East		4,289		3,063
Total	$	36,945	$	28,966

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Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Senior notes principal amount	$ 600,000,000
Senior notes effective interest rate	3.97%
Senior notes maturity	Sep. 15, 2022
Senior notes interest rate	3.95%
Frequency of senior notes payment	semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15
Repurchase agreement maximum loan borrowing capacity	25,000,000
Expiration date of repurchase agreement	Jul. 29, 2015
Debt outstanding under repurchase agreement	0
Borrowing base	$ 0

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Segment Disclosures - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Sep. 10, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Senior notes interest rate	3.95%
Senior notes maturity	Sep. 15, 2022
Senior Notes due 2022 [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Senior notes interest rate		3.95%
Senior notes maturity		Sep. 15, 2022
Homebuilding [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments	4
Mortgage Banking [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments	1

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 39,058	$ 23,849
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	5,281	3,710
Excess income tax benefit from equity-based compensation	(7,998)	(5,696)
Equity-based compensation expense	13,399	10,703
Contract land deposit impairments (recoveries)	33	(1,983)
Gain on sale of loans	(11,238)	(7,995)
Mortgage loans closed	(545,325)	(416,801)
Mortgage loans sold and principal payments on mortgage loans held for sale	606,932	514,158
Distribution of earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures	5,846	3,704
Net change in assets and liabilities:
Increase in inventory	(84,212)	(102,729)
Increase in contract land deposits	(478)	(7,336)
Decrease (increase) in receivables	223	(281)
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses	(31,982)	(37,225)
Increase in customer deposits	19,210	18,079
Other, net	(10,352)	(9,943)
Net cash used in operating activities	(1,603)	(15,786)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	(863)
Distribution of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures	6,154	5,296
Purchase of property, plant and equipment	(4,893)	(5,433)
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment	138	142
Net cash provided by investing activities	536	5
Cash flows from financing activities:
Purchase of treasury stock	(63,099)	(32,578)
Repayments under non-recourse debt related to consolidated variable interest entity and note payable	(64)	(1,327)
Distributions to partner in consolidated variable interest entity	(300)
Excess income tax benefit from equity-based compensation	7,998	5,696
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options	43,626	57,060
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(11,839)	28,851
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(12,906)	13,070
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period	545,419	866,253
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period	532,513	879,323
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Interest paid during the period, net of interest capitalized	12,039	12,027
Income taxes paid during the period, net of refunds	$ 14,458	$ 28,661

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Capitalized Interest

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Text Block [Abstract]

Capitalized Interest

5. Capitalized Interest

The Company capitalizes interest costs to land under development during the active development of finished lots.  In addition, the Company capitalizes interest costs to its joint venture investments while the investments are considered qualified assets pursuant to ASC 835-20, Interest.  Capitalized interest is transferred to sold or unsold inventory as the development of finished lots is completed, then charged to cost of sales upon the Company’s settlement of homes and the respective lots.  Interest incurred in excess of the interest capitalizable based on the level of qualified assets is expensed in the period incurred.  NVR’s interest costs incurred, capitalized, expensed and charged to cost of sales during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Interest capitalized, beginning of period	$	4,072		$	3,294
Interest incurred		6,263			6,223
Interest charged to interest expense		(5,918	)		(5,794	)
Interest charged to cost of sales		(146	)		(105	)
Interest capitalized, end of period	$	4,271		$	3,618

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Fair Value (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Undesignated Derivative Instruments

The undesignated derivative instruments are included on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet, as of March 31, 2015, as follows:

	Fair Value		Balance Sheet Location
Rate lock commitments:
Gross assets	$	5,235
Gross liabilities		1,292
Net rate lock commitments	$	3,943	NVRM - Other assets
Forward sales contracts:
Gross assets	$	176
Gross liabilities		2,143
Net forward sales contracts	$	1,967	NVRM - Accounts payable and other liabilities

Fair Value Measurement

The fair value measurement as of March 31, 2015 was as follows:

	Notional or Principal Amount		Assumed Gain/(Loss) From Loan Sale			Interest Rate Movement Effect			Servicing Rights Value		Security Price Change			Total Fair Value Measurement Gain/(Loss)
Rate lock commitments	$	357,473	$	(812	)	$	1,338		$	3,417	$	—		$	3,943
Forward sales contracts	$	471,289		—			—			—		(1,967	)		(1,967	)
Mortgages held for sale	$	153,359		(180	)		(94	)		1,700		—			1,426
Total fair value measurement			$	(992	)	$	1,244		$	5,117	$	(1,967	)	$	3,402

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Shareholders' Equity - Summary of Changes in Shareholders' Equity (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ 1,124,255
Net income	39,058	23,849
Purchase of common stock for treasury	(63,099)
Equity-based compensation	13,399
Tax benefit from equity benefit plan activity	7,998
Proceeds from stock options exercised	43,626
Ending Balance	1,165,237
Common Stock [Member]
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance			206
Ending Balance	206		206
Additional Paid-In-Capital [Member]
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	1,325,495
Equity-based compensation	13,399
Tax benefit from equity benefit plan activity	7,998
Proceeds from stock options exercised	43,626
Treasury stock issued upon option exercise and restricted share vesting	(19,755)
Ending Balance	1,370,763
Retained Earnings [Member]
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	4,887,187
Net income	39,058
Ending Balance	4,926,245
Treasury Stock [Member]
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	(5,088,633)
Purchase of common stock for treasury	(63,099)
Treasury stock issued upon option exercise and restricted share vesting	19,755
Ending Balance	(5,131,977)
Deferred Compensation Trust [Member]
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance			(17,333)
Ending Balance	(17,333)		(17,333)
Deferred Compensation Liability [Member]
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance			17,333
Ending Balance	$ 17,333		$ 17,333

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Variable Interest Entities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Equity Method Investments And Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Total Risk Related to Lot Options

NVR’s total risk of loss related to contract land deposits as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, was as follows:

	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Contract land deposits	$	350,261		$	350,750
Loss reserve on contract land deposits		(55,140	)		(56,074	)
Contract land deposits, net		295,121			294,676
Contingent obligations in the form of letters of credit		4,938			4,674
Contingent specific performance obligations (1)		1,505			1,505
Total risk of loss	$	301,564		$	300,855

(1) As of both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company was committed to purchase 10 finished lots under specific performance obligations.