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Land Under Development | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
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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. During the second quarter of 2014, the Company acquired a raw land parcel for approximately $12,000 which is expected to produce approximately 440 lots. In July the Company entered into an agreement to sell this raw land parcel to a third party developer at NVR’s carrying value, and simultaneously entered into a lot purchase agreement to purchase finished lots from the developer. As of June 30, 2014, NVR directly owned six separate raw parcels of land with a carrying value of $63,789 that when developed will yield approximately 1,150 finished lots 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. None of the raw parcels had any indicators of impairment as of June 30, 2014. Based on current market conditions, NVR may on a limited basis continue to directly acquire additional raw parcels to develop into finished lots.

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