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Variable Interest Entities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Total Risk Related to Lot Options | NVR’s total risk of loss related to contract land deposits as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Contract land deposits |  | $ | 296,646 |  |  | $ | 256,577 |
Loss reserve on contract land deposits |  |  | (59,761 | ) |  |  | (65,039 | )
Contract land deposits, net |  |  | 236,885 |  |  |  | 191,538 |
Contingent obligations in the form of letters of credit |  |  | 2,459 |  |  |  | 3,338 |
Contingent specific performance obligations (1) |  |  | 1,707 |  |  |  | 7,047 |
Total risk of loss |  | $ | 241,051 |  |  | $ | 201,923 |
(1) | At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company was committed to purchase 13 and 71 finished lots under specific performance obligations, respectively.

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