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Capitalized Interest (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
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, 2016 and 2015 was as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Interest capitalized, beginning of period |  | $ | 4,576 |  |  | $ | 4,332 |  |  | $ | 4,434 |  |  | $ | 4,072 |
Interest incurred |  |  | 6,562 |  |  |  | 6,317 |  |  |  | 19,347 |  |  |  | 18,842 |
Interest charged to interest expense |  |  | (5,624 | ) |  |  | (6,081 | ) |  |  | (15,526 | ) |  |  | (17,955 | )
Interest charged to cost of sales |  |  | (600 | ) |  |  | (288 | ) |  |  | (3,341 | ) |  |  | (679 | )
Interest capitalized, end of period |  | $ | 4,914 |  |  | $ | 4,280 |  |  | $ | 4,914 |  |  | $ | 4,280 |

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