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Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) lot | Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) lot | Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Letters of credit related to lots | $ 4,015 |  | $ 4,015 |  |
Net Contract Land Deposit Impairment Recoveries | 18,900 | $ 3,900 | 40,100 | $ 4,900 |
Loss reserve on contract land deposits | 85,368 |  | 85,368 |  | $ 58,597
Contract land deposits in cash | $ 953,676 |  | 953,676 |  | 785,272
Contingent obligations in the form of letters of credit |  |  |  |  | 8,722
Contract land deposit impairments (recoveries), net |  |  | $ 40,138 | $ (4,868) |
Contingent obligations in the form of letters of credit |  |  |  |  | $ 8,722
Variable Interest Entities |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Maximum range of deposits required under the purchase agreements | 10.00% |  | 10.00% |  |
Lots controlled by NVR | lot | 166,050 |  | 166,050 |  |
Contract land deposits in cash under lot purchase Agreements | $ 907,600 |  | $ 907,600 |  |
Letters of credit related to lots | $ 4,000 |  | $ 4,000 |  |
Contract on Raw Ground with Landowners |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Lots controlled by NVR | lot | 47,100 |  | 47,100 |  |
Contract land deposits in cash | $ 46,100 |  | $ 46,100 |  |
Refundable deposits and letters of credit | $ 10,400 |  | $ 10,400 |  |

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