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Land Under Development | 3 Months Ended
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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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