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Capitalized Interest (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Interest Costs Incurred Capitalized [Abstract] |
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 and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Interest capitalized, beginning of period |  | $ | 4,332 |  |  | $ | 3,810 |  |  | $ | 4,072 |  |  | $ | 3,294 |
Interest incurred |  |  | 6,317 |  |  |  | 6,293 |  |  |  | 18,842 |  |  |  | 18,716 |
Interest charged to interest expense |  |  | (6,081 | ) |  |  | (5,775 | ) |  |  | (17,955 | ) |  |  | (17,292 | )
Interest charged to cost of sales |  |  | (288 | ) |  |  | (301 | ) |  |  | (679 | ) |  |  | (691 | )
Interest capitalized, end of period |  | $ | 4,280 |  |  | $ | 4,027 |  |  | $ | 4,280 |  |  | $ | 4,027 |

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