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Land Under Development | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Real Estate [Abstract] |
Land Under Development |
5. | Land Under Development
On a limited basis, NVR directly acquires raw land parcels 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 December 31, 2016, NVR directly owned four separate raw parcels of land with a carrying value of $46,999 that it intends to develop into approximately 600 finished lots primarily for use in its homebuilding operations. The Company also has additional funding commitments of approximately $12,000 under a joint development agreement related to one parcel, a portion of which the Company expects will be offset by development credits of approximately $7,100. None of the raw parcels had any indicators of impairment as of December 31, 2016. In February 2016, the Company purchased a land parcel which included both land under development and finished lots for approximately $150,000. In June 2016, the Company sold that land parcel to a developer for an amount which approximated NVR’s net investment in the property as of the sale date. In conjunction with the sale, the Company also entered into Lot Purchase Agreements with the developer for the option to purchase a portion of the finished lots expected to be developed from the parcel. Prior to the sale of the parcel, the Company sold 56 finished lots for approximately $16,800, which were under contract with unrelated parties. As of December 31, 2015, NVR directly owned four separate raw parcels of land with a carrying value of $60,611 which were expected to produce approximately 980 finished lots.

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