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Capitalized Interest (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
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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, 2014 and 2013 was as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Interest capitalized, beginning of period |  | $ | 3,294 |  |  | $ | 893 |
Interest incurred |  |  | 6,223 |  |  |  | 6,250 |
Interest charged to interest expense |  |  | (5,794 | ) |  |  | (5,566 | )
Interest charged to cost of sales |  |  | (105 | ) |  |  | — |
Interest capitalized, end of period |  | $ | 3,618 |  |  | $ | 1,577 |

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