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Capitalized Interest (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
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 six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  |  | Six Months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Interest capitalized, beginning of period |  | $ | 5,564 |  |  | $ | 5,358 |  |  | $ | 5,106 |  |  | $ | 4,434 |
Interest incurred |  |  | 6,580 |  |  |  | 6,397 |  |  |  | 13,139 |  |  |  | 12,785 |
Interest charged to interest expense |  |  | (5,914 | ) |  |  | (4,814 | ) |  |  | (11,750 | ) |  |  | (9,902 | )
Interest charged to cost of sales |  |  | (278 | ) |  |  | (2,365 | ) |  |  | (543 | ) |  |  | (2,741 | )
Interest capitalized, end of period |  | $ | 5,952 |  |  | $ | 4,576 |  |  | $ | 5,952 |  |  | $ | 4,576 |

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