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Land Under Development | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
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5. | Land Under Development
As of December 31, 2013, NVR directly owned five separate raw parcels of land with a carrying value of $41,328 that it intends to develop into approximately 650 finished lots primarily for use in its homebuilding operations. Of the total finished lots, 125 lots are under contract to be sold to an unrelated party under lot purchase agreements. The Company sold 15 lots to an unrelated party in 2013 at an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2,600. The Company capitalizes interest costs to land under development during the active development of finished lots. See Note 6 for further discussion of capitalized interest. None of the raw parcels had any indicators of impairment as of December 31, 2013. Based on current market conditions, NVR may, on a limited basis, directly acquire additional raw parcels to develop into finished lots. As of December 31, 2012, NVR directly owned three separate raw parcels of land with a carrying value of $68,336 and expected to produce approximately 700 finished lots.

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