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NVR, Inc
(NYSE:NVR) 

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NVR, Inc. operates as a homebuilder in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Homebuilding and Mortgage Banking. It primarily constructs and sells single-family detached homes, townhomes, and condominium buildings under the Ryan Homes, NVHomes, and Heartland Homes names. The compan...

Founded: 1980
Full Time Employees: 5,700
CEO: Paul C. Saville  
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Residential Construction

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      homebuilding:
                                                                                                  
      revenues
    1,834,879,000 2,635,214,000 2,560,343,000 2,548,267,000 2,350,445,000 2,780,717,000 2,677,640,000 2,547,891,000 2,286,177,000 2,387,094,000 2,512,409,000 2,283,769,000 2,131,333,000 2,668,036,000 2,739,445,000 2,610,062,000 2,309,227,000 2,176,807,000 2,336,615,000 2,224,560,000 1,963,711,000 2,263,673,000 1,920,751,000 1,588,758,000 1,555,707,000 1,946,859,000 1,873,331,000 1,757,448,000 1,643,206,000 1,954,403,000 1,809,345,000 1,750,463,000 1,490,093,000 1,781,494,000 1,633,726,000 1,512,714,000 1,247,587,000 1,718,527,000 1,507,451,000 1,361,741,000 1,121,504,000 1,528,084,000 1,374,467,000 1,221,111,000 941,538,000 1,306,632,000 1,185,160,000 1,084,080,000 799,187,000 1,223,808,000 1,167,595,000 992,210,000 750,868,000 925,363,000 854,396,000 755,290,000 586,195,000 728,808,000 696,980,000 682,663,000 502,744,000 794,470,000 661,935,000 946,972,000 577,381,000 730,140,000 792,510,000 612,488,000 548,329,000 899,535,000 928,265,000 941,033,000 869,869,000 1,405,466,000 1,270,471,000 1,297,140,000 1,075,110,000 1,600,733,000 1,528,964,000 1,722,797,000 1,183,742,000 1,630,778,000 1,350,465,000 1,257,248,000 939,252,000 1,255,714,000 1,146,271,000 984,833,000 860,685,000 1,092,131,000 956,848,000 828,563,000 723,375,000  
      other income
    28,049,000 22,460,000 22,000,000 25,088,000 26,712,000 33,094,000 33,746,000 36,184,000 40,866,000 40,891,000 39,914,000 34,259,000 32,946,000 21,592,000 10,211,000 3,896,000 1,339,000 1,845,000 1,496,000 1,632,000 1,586,000 7,206,000 1,988,000 2,408,000 5,336,000 6,513,000 6,696,000 5,833,000 5,737,000 4,858,000 2,840,000 2,164,000 1,977,000 2,272,000 1,715,000 1,447,000 1,102,000 597,000 703,000 753,000 767,000 466,000 643,000 1,122,000 725,000 499,000 905,000 452,000 997,000 808,000 1,030,000 1,098,000 1,026,000 1,441,000 599,000 538,000 908,000 639,000 842,000 1,362,000 1,458,000 1,522,000 3,298,000 2,110,000 2,369,000 2,186,000 2,222,000 1,750,000 2,539,000 2,030,000 4,256,000 3,701,000 6,399,000 4,693,000 4,209,000 5,251,000 6,965,000 5,361,000 3,238,000 2,634,000 2,376,000 2,144,000 1,224,000 874,000 2,059,000 653,000 675,000 681,000 646,000 863,000 998,000 592,000 932,000  
      cost of sales
    -1,474,539,000 -2,096,645,000 -2,021,398,000 -1,999,983,000 -1,835,375,000 -2,125,633,000 -2,051,087,000 -1,947,616,000 -1,726,213,000 -1,812,968,000 -1,902,174,000 -1,728,146,000 -1,607,910,000 -1,993,722,000 -2,092,457,000 -1,924,727,000 -1,651,365,000 -1,646,050,000 -1,817,939,000 -1,721,673,000 -1,577,453,000 -1,822,121,000 -1,536,044,000 -1,284,493,000 -1,294,743,000 -1,567,392,000 -1,518,276,000 -1,425,388,000 -1,338,806,000 -1,590,735,000 -1,472,649,000 -1,416,797,000 -1,211,946,000 -1,438,307,000 -1,307,971,000 -1,218,083,000 -1,026,017,000 -1,413,440,000 -1,242,292,000 -1,126,369,000 -925,760,000 -1,238,588,000 -1,111,672,000 -986,854,000 -781,668,000 -1,070,601,000 -960,055,000 -882,778,000 -655,152,000 -1,001,415,000 -964,416,000 -834,288,000 -624,085,000 -756,396,000 -702,436,000 -624,978,000 -491,829,000 -616,722,000 -572,382,000 -558,601,000 -417,920,000 -654,965,000 -540,783,000 -771,475,000 -471,069,000 -592,221,000 -636,642,000 -494,240,000 -462,630,000 -875,779,000 -805,931,000 -772,369,000 -726,931,000 -1,224,313,000 -1,087,399,000 -1,061,937,000 -853,410,000 -1,297,372,000 -1,238,671,000 -1,304,183,000 -861,039,000 -1,180,762,000 -970,437,000 -907,284,000 -679,547,000 -929,102,000 -848,195,000 -735,978,000 -643,011,000 -829,707,000 -719,507,000 -623,210,000 -539,437,000  
      selling, general and administrative
    -156,971,000 -142,644,000 -142,736,000 -149,170,000 -165,117,000 -154,714,000 -149,777,000 -141,213,000 -152,503,000 -154,086,000 -142,715,000 -148,543,000 -143,618,000 -140,995,000 -129,416,000 -132,432,000 -129,510,000 -127,757,000 -112,226,000 -113,406,000 -121,419,000 -112,398,000 -105,741,000 -102,702,000 -110,167,000 -109,634,000 -109,969,000 -112,210,000 -115,734,000 -107,438,000 -109,372,000 -106,517,000 -105,547,000 -97,662,000 -95,606,000 -99,100,000 -99,904,000 -91,534,000 -92,867,000 -100,043,000 -98,015,000 -91,920,000 -88,664,000 -92,314,000 -98,229,000 -90,755,000 -83,881,000 -93,583,000 -90,632,000 -73,599,000 -78,897,000 -82,120,000 -78,413,000 -78,701,000 -76,553,000 -73,754,000 -72,176,000 -68,571,000 -60,462,000 -68,045,000 -67,188,000 -61,982,000 -65,534,000 -69,137,000 -60,741,000 -62,132,000 -56,662,000 -54,664,000 -59,694,000 -67,906,000 -66,796,000 -89,871,000 -84,166,000 -90,010,000 -54,906,000 -101,198,000 -97,406,000 -103,188,000 -95,574,000 -119,551,000 -114,006,000 -102,249,000 -86,626,000 -84,235,000 -72,415,000 -73,490,000 -64,482,000 -64,341,000 -58,482,000 -63,565,000 -57,002,000 -60,440,000 -50,959,000  
      interest expense
    -6,854,000 -6,857,000 -6,855,000 -6,685,000 -7,181,000 -6,774,000 -6,855,000 -6,710,000 -6,649,000 -6,618,000 -6,628,000 -6,628,000 -7,001,000 -6,630,000 -6,854,000 -11,852,000 -12,804,000 -12,836,000 -12,838,000 -12,850,000 -13,006,000 -12,769,000 -11,309,000 -9,166,000 -6,214,000 -6,301,000 -6,008,000 -6,033,000 -5,993,000 -6,014,000 -5,968,000 -6,047,000 -6,007,000 -5,997,000 -5,821,000 -5,641,000 -5,578,000 -5,887,000 -5,338,000 -4,554,000 -4,842,000 -5,419,000 -5,900,000 -5,817,000 -5,782,000 -5,696,000 -5,618,000 -5,593,000 -5,684,000 -5,626,000 -5,525,000 -5,237,000 -5,452,000 -5,404,000 -1,351,000 -112,000 -116,000 -215,000 -293,000 -287,000 -222,000 -338,000 -497,000 -1,897,000 -2,171,000 -2,158,000 -2,802,000 -2,462,000 -2,774,000 -3,172,000 -3,259,000 -3,232,000 -3,239,000 -3,155,000 -3,375,000 -3,298,000 -3,322,000 -3,650,000 -3,141,000 -6,105,000 -5,527,000 -4,974,000 -2,905,000 -3,006,000 -2,924,000 -3,056,000 -2,925,000 -3,038,000 -2,915,000 -3,068,000 -3,425,000 -3,725,000 -3,336,000  
      homebuilding income
    224,564,000 411,528,000 411,354,000 417,517,000 369,484,000 526,690,000 503,667,000 488,536,000 441,678,000 454,313,000 500,806,000 434,711,000 405,750,000 548,281,000 520,929,000 544,947,000 516,887,000 392,009,000 395,108,000 378,263,000 253,419,000 323,591,000 269,645,000 194,805,000 149,919,000 270,045,000 245,774,000 219,650,000 188,410,000 255,074,000 224,196,000 223,266,000 168,570,000 241,800,000 226,043,000 191,337,000 117,190,000 208,263,000 167,657,000 131,528,000 93,654,000 192,623,000 168,874,000 137,248,000 56,584,000 140,079,000 136,511,000 102,578,000 48,716,000 143,976,000 119,787,000 71,663,000 43,944,000 86,303,000 74,655,000 56,984,000 22,982,000 43,939,000 64,685,000 57,092,000 18,872,000 78,707,000 58,419,000 106,573,000 45,769,000 75,815,000 98,626,000 62,872,000 25,770,000 -56,978,000 56,535,000 79,262,000 61,932,000 92,681,000 129,000,000 135,958,000 127,937,000 201,884,000 194,816,000 295,592,000 205,546,000 344,937,000 291,721,000 263,597,000 186,425,000 250,719,000 231,344,000 182,157,000 156,923,000 196,654,000 169,409,000 141,780,000 130,575,000  
      mortgage banking:
                                                                                                  
      mortgage banking fees
    46,184,000 77,394,000 49,162,000 50,547,000 52,587,000 64,891,000 55,311,000 64,566,000 47,286,000 45,476,000 56,616,000 54,561,000 46,944,000 44,146,000 37,455,000 48,881,000 69,182,000 53,534,000 59,025,000 59,038,000 77,735,000 80,342,000 69,261,000 31,610,000 26,821,000 43,336,000 37,933,000 42,746,000 43,805,000 40,145,000 43,062,000 36,842,000 39,321,000 34,842,000 34,194,000 31,778,000 29,505,000 34,239,000 30,118,000 26,442,000 22,522,000 27,191,000 27,884,000 22,522,000 16,211,000 21,406,000 18,006,000 17,974,000 12,123,000 18,344,000 21,372,000 17,682,000 19,388,000 18,375,000 16,241,000 14,493,000 14,297,000 12,480,000 10,496,000 13,218,000 11,760,000 16,535,000 14,234,000 17,532,000 12,833,000 15,662,000 21,506,000 12,943,000 10,270,000 10,639,000 10,946,000 14,690,000 18,062,000 21,931,000 21,617,000 19,528,000 18,079,000 26,397,000 24,447,000 26,131,000 20,913,000 27,426,000 22,557,000 20,441,000 14,180,000 19,320,000 20,248,000 16,543,000 16,108,000 20,164,000 20,844,000 17,883,000 17,756,000  
      interest income
    3,629,000 4,706,000 4,881,000 4,493,000 3,806,000 5,600,000 4,728,000 4,672,000 4,092,000 4,779,000 5,067,000 3,823,000 3,018,000 3,570,000 3,437,000 2,772,000 2,074,000 2,148,000 2,336,000 2,209,000 2,032,000 2,385,000 2,222,000 1,854,000 2,469,000 3,232,000 3,340,000 2,737,000 2,833,000 3,223,000 3,362,000 2,915,000 2,093,000 2,682,000 1,953,000 1,554,000 1,661,000 2,458,000 2,000,000 1,437,000 1,674,000 2,132,000 1,972,000 1,303,000 1,078,000 1,558,000 1,373,000 825,000 1,184,000 1,585,000 1,396,000 1,047,000 955,000 999,000 1,025,000 815,000 1,665,000 1,913,000 1,589,000 1,085,000 1,115,000 1,608,000 1,555,000 1,492,000 756,000 897,000 887,000 611,000 584,000 1,347,000 929,000 869,000 810,000 1,485,000 1,078,000 1,030,000 1,307,000 2,468,000 1,986,000 1,791,000 1,459,000 1,738,000 1,492,000 868,000 916,000 1,312,000 1,035,000 949,000 953,000 1,238,000 1,393,000 1,203,000 1,364,000  
      general and administrative
    -23,127,000 -25,944,000 -22,397,000 -26,425,000 -24,693,000 -25,870,000 -26,317,000 -25,351,000 -23,358,000 -21,537,000 -24,050,000 -22,854,000 -22,634,000 -22,300,000 -24,252,000 -23,486,000 -22,908,000 -21,391,000 -22,959,000 -22,613,000 -21,656,000 -21,577,000 -20,180,000 -18,758,000 -18,211,000 -21,859,000 -20,407,000 -20,834,000 -16,758,000 -21,467,000 -21,340,000 -21,796,000 -19,235,000 -18,338,000 -18,010,000 -15,934,000 -16,246,000 -16,516,000 -14,959,000 -14,836,000 -14,550,000 -14,994,000 -13,916,000 -12,493,000 -11,479,000 -11,952,000 -12,182,000 -12,617,000 -12,265,000 -12,135,000 -11,026,000 -10,252,000 -9,181,000 -9,746,000 -7,789,000 -8,327,000 -7,913,000 -7,878,000 -7,796,000 -7,898,000 -6,677,000 -10,254,000 -9,203,000 -7,275,000 -6,529,000 -7,755,000 -7,486,000 -6,475,000 -5,758,000 -7,756,000 -7,761,000 -8,408,000 -7,654,000 -8,227,000 -6,001,000 -8,954,000 -9,323,000 -11,121,000 -8,847,000 -9,852,000 -9,168,000 -9,069,000 -7,957,000 -7,893,000 -6,636,000 -6,556,000 -6,555,000 -6,270,000 -6,212,000 -6,627,000 -6,869,000 -4,859,000 -5,468,000  
      mortgage banking income
    27,130,000 57,194,000 32,719,000 29,616,000 32,520,000 45,944,000 34,945,000 45,032,000 29,014,000 29,734,000 38,534,000 36,465,000 28,060,000 26,441,000 17,586,000 29,065,000 49,058,000 34,796,000 39,019,000 39,202,000 58,587,000 61,779,000 51,812,000 15,026,000 11,456,000 25,257,000 21,400,000 25,062,000 30,197,000 22,364,000 25,514,000 18,320,000 22,428,000 19,518,000 18,421,000 17,631,000 14,971,000 20,399,000 17,346,000 13,192,000 9,658,000 14,546,000 16,122,000 11,436,000 5,779,000 11,145,000 7,280,000 6,246,000 991,000 7,844,000 11,803,000 8,518,000 11,161,000 9,728,000 9,478,000 6,971,000 7,976,000 6,506,000 4,257,000 6,262,000 5,963,000 7,806,000 6,471,000 11,686,000 6,962,000 8,712,000 14,814,000 6,957,000 4,848,000 4,234,000 4,072,000 7,155,000 11,243,000 15,301,000 16,814,000 11,719,000 10,095,000 17,875,000 17,291,000 17,486,000 12,481,000 19,479,000 16,250,000 13,510,000 8,500,000 14,176,000 14,787,000 11,127,000 10,772,000 14,894,000 15,383,000 14,109,000 13,368,000  
      income before taxes
    251,694,000 468,722,000 444,073,000 447,133,000 402,004,000 572,634,000 538,612,000 533,568,000 470,692,000 484,047,000 539,340,000 471,176,000 433,810,000 574,722,000 538,515,000 574,012,000 565,945,000 426,805,000 434,127,000 417,465,000 312,006,000 385,370,000 321,457,000 209,831,000 161,375,000 295,302,000 267,174,000 244,712,000 218,607,000 277,438,000 249,710,000 241,586,000 190,998,000 261,318,000 244,464,000 208,968,000 132,161,000 228,662,000 185,003,000 144,720,000 103,312,000 207,169,000 184,996,000 148,684,000 62,363,000 151,224,000 143,791,000 108,824,000 49,707,000 151,820,000 131,590,000 80,181,000 55,105,000 96,031,000 84,133,000 63,955,000 30,958,000 50,445,000 68,942,000 63,354,000 24,835,000 86,513,000 64,890,000 118,259,000 52,731,000 84,527,000 113,440,000 69,829,000 30,618,000 -52,744,000 60,607,000 86,417,000 73,175,000 107,982,000 145,814,000 147,677,000 138,032,000 219,759,000 212,107,000 313,078,000 218,027,000 364,416,000 307,971,000 277,107,000 194,925,000 264,895,000 246,131,000 193,284,000 167,695,000      
      income tax expense
    -53,335,000 -104,907,000 -101,385,000 -113,396,000 -102,428,000 -115,202,000 -109,289,000 -132,664,000 -76,423,000 -73,972,000 -106,183,000 -67,149,000 -89,458,000 -119,954,000 -127,122,000   -92,224,000 -102,046,000 -96,170,000  -80,366,000 -64,991,000 -45,756,000  -39,165,000 -43,387,000 -34,503,000 -30,201,000 -45,280,000 -53,894,000 -38,412,000 -24,949,000 -136,699,000 -82,362,000 -61,091,000 -29,238,000 -77,771,000 -67,611,000 -53,044,000 -38,009,000 -73,165,000 -68,526,000 -55,289,000 -23,305,000 -51,773,000 -53,639,000 -40,646,000 -25,858,000 -54,009,000 -48,655,000 -29,491,000 -20,064,000 -35,404,000 -31,133,000 -17,117,000 -10,835,000 -18,053,000 -25,533,000 -24,909,000 -9,661,000 -27,815,000 -20,946,000 -46,983,000 -20,644,000 -23,888,000 -41,313,000 -28,403,000 -12,630,000 22,287,000 -24,056,000 -35,085,000 -29,709,000 -40,708,000 -54,701,000 -56,930,000 -53,211,000 -84,592,000 -82,774,000 -122,726,000 -85,467,000 -141,879,000 -118,528,000 -109,458,000 -76,995,000 -105,957,000 -98,452,000 -77,314,000 -67,078,000 -84,058,000 -75,389,000 -60,797,000 -56,137,000  
      net income
    198,359,000 363,815,000 342,688,000 333,737,000 299,576,000 457,432,000 429,323,000 400,904,000 394,269,000 410,075,000 433,157,000 404,027,000 344,352,000 454,768,000 411,393,000 433,314,000 426,100,000 334,581,000 332,081,000 321,295,000 248,762,000 305,004,000 256,466,000 164,075,000 175,703,000 256,137,000 223,787,000 210,209,000 188,406,000 232,158,000 195,816,000 203,174,000 166,049,000 124,619,000 162,102,000 147,877,000 102,923,000 150,891,000 117,392,000 91,676,000 65,303,000 134,004,000 116,470,000 93,395,000 39,058,000 99,451,000 90,152,000 68,178,000 23,849,000 97,811,000 82,935,000 50,690,000 35,041,000 60,627,000 53,000,000 46,838,000 20,123,000 32,392,000 43,409,000 38,445,000 15,174,000 58,698,000 43,944,000 71,276,000 32,087,000 60,639,000 72,127,000 41,426,000 17,988,000 -30,457,000 36,551,000 51,332,000 43,466,000 67,274,000 91,113,000 90,747,000 84,821,000 135,167,000 129,333,000 190,352,000 132,560,000 222,537,000 189,443,000 167,649,000 117,930,000 158,938,000 147,679,000 115,970,000 100,617,000 127,490,000 109,403,000 95,092,000 87,806,000  
      yoy
    -33.79% -20.47% -20.18% -16.75% -24.02% 11.55% -0.89% -0.77% 14.50% -9.83% 5.29% -6.76% -19.19% 35.92% 23.88% 34.86% 71.29% 9.70% 29.48% 95.82% 41.58% 19.08% 14.60% -21.95% -6.74% 10.33% 14.28% 3.46% 13.46% 86.29% 20.80% 37.39% 61.33% -17.41% 38.09% 61.30% 57.61% 12.60% 0.79% -1.84% 67.19% 34.74% 29.19% 36.99% 63.77% 1.68% 8.70% 34.50% -31.94% 61.33% 56.48% 8.22% 74.13% 87.17% 22.09% 21.83% 32.61% -44.82% -1.22% -46.06% -52.71% -3.20% -39.07% 72.06% 78.38% -299.10% 97.33% -19.30% -58.62% -145.27% -59.88% -43.43% -48.76% -50.23% -29.55% -52.33% -36.01% -39.26% -31.73% 13.54% 12.41% 40.01% 28.28% 44.56% 17.21% 24.67% 34.99% 21.96% 14.59%      
      qoq
    -45.48% 6.17% 2.68% 11.40% -34.51% 6.55% 7.09% 1.68% -3.85% -5.33% 7.21% 17.33% -24.28% 10.54% -5.06% 1.69% 27.35% 0.75% 3.36% 29.16% -18.44% 18.93% 56.31% -6.62% -31.40% 14.46% 6.46% 11.57% -18.85% 18.56% -3.62% 22.36% 33.25% -23.12% 9.62% 43.68% -31.79% 28.54% 28.05% 40.39% -51.27% 15.05% 24.71% 139.12% -60.73% 10.31% 32.23% 185.87% -75.62% 17.94% 63.61% 44.66% -42.20% 14.39% 13.16% 132.76% -37.88% -25.38% 12.91% 153.36% -74.15% 33.57% -38.35% 122.13% -47.09% -15.93% 74.11% 130.30% -159.06% -183.33% -28.79% 18.10% -35.39% -26.16% 0.40% 6.99% -37.25% 4.51% -32.06% 43.60% -40.43% 17.47% 13.00% 42.16% -25.80% 7.62% 27.34% 15.26% -21.08% 16.53% 15.05% 8.30%   
      basic earnings per share
    71.33 128.14 119.26 114.52 100.41 149.51 139.65 128.21 123.76 128.38 132.92 123.84 106.31 141.52 125.97 131.84 125.87 96.07 93.25 88.69 67.72 82.26 69.19 44.56 47.97 69.88 60.94 58.2 52.23 64.36 54.21 55.9 45.19 33.4 43.26 39.46 27.78 39.83 30.43 23.51 16.81 33.87 28.75 22.97 9.63 23.82 21.49 15.68 5.34 21.24 18.08 10.37 7.04 12.28 10.6 9.17 3.99 6.44 8.19 6.65 2.61 10.32 7.65 11.64 5.29 10.27 12.29 7.17 3.19 -5.84 6.72 9.58 8.32 13.26 17.25 16.19 14.98 24.48 22.59 33.27 23.69 36.63 30.08 26.31 17.71 24.62 23.16 17.91 15.27 18.22 15.3 13.35 12.41  
      diluted earnings per share
    67.76 121.22 112.33 108.54 94.83 139.49 130.5 120.69 116.41 121.34 125.26 116.54 99.89 133.21 118.51 123.65 116.56 88.73 86.44 82.45 63.21 77.08 65.11 42.5 44.96 64.52 56.11 53.09 47.64 58.27 48.28 49.05 39.34 28.44 38.02 35.19 25.12 37.37 28.46 22.01 15.79 31.67 27.11 21.91 9.22 22.91 20.7 15.17 5.16 20.68 17.67 10.11 6.84 11.9 10.33 8.97 3.9 6.26 7.98 6.48 2.52 9.93 7.31 11.13 5.01 9.69 11.59 6.79 3.02 -5.17 6.12 8.64 7.42 11.89 15.26 14.14 12.96 20.82 19.63 28.08 19.48 29.74 24.33 21.42 14.38 20.06 19.04 14.82 12.58 14.86 12.55 10.9 10.1  
      basic weighted-average shares outstanding
    2,781 2,900 2,874 2,914 2,984 3,110 3,074 3,127 3,186 3,238 3,259 3,263 3,239 3,286 3,266 3,287 3,385 3,581 3,561 3,623 3,673 3,692 3,706 3,682 3,663 3,641 3,672 3,612 3,607 3,631 3,612 3,635 3,675 3,733 3,747 3,748 3,705 3,847 3,858 3,900 3,884 4,022 4,050 4,066 4,057 4,278 4,196 4,349 4,467 4,737 4,588 4,889 4,979 5,011 4,999 5,106 5,044 5,469    5,893        5,379    5,420    5,644                 
      diluted weighted-average shares outstanding
    2,928 3,069 3,051 3,075 3,159 3,319 3,290 3,322 3,387 3,435 3,458 3,467 3,447 3,509 3,471 3,504 3,656 3,859 3,842 3,897 3,935 3,917 3,939 3,861 3,908 3,973 3,988 3,959 3,955 4,092 4,056 4,142 4,220 4,240 4,263 4,202 4,097 4,104 4,125 4,165 4,135 4,255 4,296 4,262 4,235 4,435 4,354 4,495 4,620 4,862 4,695 5,013 5,122 5,142 5,132 5,221 5,159 5,624    6,165        5,920    6,168    6,672                 
      operating income
        376,665,000 533,464,000 510,522,000 495,246,000 448,327,000 460,931,000 507,434,000 441,339,000 412,751,000 554,911,000 527,783,000 556,799,000 529,691,000 404,845,000 407,946,000 391,113,000 266,425,000 336,360,000 280,954,000 203,971,000 156,133,000 276,346,000 251,782,000 225,683,000 194,403,000 261,088,000 230,164,000 229,313,000 174,577,000 247,797,000 231,864,000 196,978,000 122,768,000 214,150,000 172,995,000 136,082,000 98,496,000 198,042,000 174,774,000 143,065,000 62,366,000 145,775,000 142,129,000 108,171,000 54,400,000 149,602,000 125,312,000 76,900,000 49,396,000 91,707,000 76,006,000 57,096,000 23,098,000 44,154,000 64,978,000 57,379,000 19,094,000 79,045,000 58,916,000 108,470,000 47,940,000 77,973,000 101,428,000 65,334,000 28,544,000 -42,120,000 59,794,000 82,494,000 65,171,000 95,836,000 132,375,000 139,256,000 131,259,000 205,534,000 197,957,000 301,697,000 211,073,000 349,911,000 294,626,000 266,603,000 189,349,000 253,775,000 234,269,000 185,195,000 159,838,000 199,722,000 181,337,000 145,505,000 133,911,000  
      yoy
        -15.98% 15.74% 0.61% 12.21% 8.62% -16.94% -3.86% -20.74% -22.08% 37.07% 29.38% 42.36% 98.81% 20.36% 45.20% 91.75% 70.64% 21.72% 11.59% -9.62% -19.69% 5.84% 9.39% -1.58% 11.36% 5.36% -0.73% 16.42% 42.20% 15.71% 34.03% 44.75% 24.64% 8.13% -1.02% -4.88% 57.93% 35.85% 22.97% 32.26% 14.64% -2.56% 13.42% 40.66% 10.13% 63.13% 64.87% 34.69% 113.85% 107.70% 16.97% -0.49% 20.97% -44.14% 10.29% -47.10% -60.17% 1.37% -41.91% 66.02% 67.95% -285.12% 69.63% -20.80% -56.20% -143.95% -54.83% -40.76% -50.35% -53.37% -33.13% -53.84% -37.81% -41.26% -32.81% 13.16% 11.47% 37.88% 25.76% 43.96% 18.46% 27.06% 29.19% 27.28% 19.36%      
      qoq
        -29.39% 4.49% 3.08% 10.47% -2.73% -9.16% 14.98% 6.93% -25.62% 5.14% -5.21% 5.12% 30.84% -0.76% 4.30% 46.80% -20.79% 19.72% 37.74% 30.64% -43.50% 9.76% 11.56% 16.09% -25.54% 13.44% 0.37% 31.35% -29.55% 6.87% 17.71% 60.45% -42.67% 23.79% 27.13% 38.16% -50.27% 13.31% 22.16% 129.40% -57.22% 2.57% 31.39% 98.84% -63.64% 19.38% 62.95% 55.68% -46.14% 20.66% 33.12% 147.19% -47.69% -32.05% 13.24% 200.51% -75.84% 34.17% -45.68% 126.26% -38.52% -23.12% 55.25% 128.89% -167.77% -170.44% -27.52% 26.58% -32.00% -27.60% -4.94% 6.09% -36.14% 3.83% -34.39% 42.93% -39.68% 18.76% 10.51% 40.80% -25.39% 8.33% 26.50% 15.86% -19.97% 10.14% 24.63% 8.66%   
      income tax benefit
                   -140,698,000 -139,845,000    -63,244,000    14,328,000                                                                      
      basic average shares outstanding
                                                             1,408.5 5,301 5,785 5,823 1,494.5 5,748 6,123 6,066 1,440.5 5,866 5,777 5,642 1,335 5,438 5,357 5,224 1,379 5,283 5,606 5,663 1,420.5 5,725 5,722 5,596 -122 6,298 6,372 6,659 -8 6,377 6,475 6,591 -36 7,151 7,124 7,078  
      diluted average shares outstanding
                                                             1,448 5,437 5,929 6,020 1,567.75 6,011 6,405 6,399 1,524.5 6,223 6,101 5,958 1,478.75 5,968 5,938 5,859 1,578 5,969 6,420 6,545 1,681.75 6,588 6,779 6,805 -150 7,787 7,825 8,200 19 7,758 7,825 7,997 -44 8,716 8,725 8,697  
      income from extinguishment of 8% senior notes due 2005
                                                                                              -8,503,000    
      total segment income
                                                                                             121,156,000 184,792,000 155,889,000 143,943,000  
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        assets
                                                                                        
        homebuilding:
                                                                                        
        cash and cash equivalents
      1,645,786,000 1,883,844,000 1,932,167,000 1,726,865,000 2,176,902,000 2,561,339,000 2,474,219,000 2,438,473,000 2,841,354,000 3,126,472,000 2,876,606,000 2,678,709,000 2,786,503,000 2,503,424,000 1,748,506,000 1,483,445,000 2,138,706,000 2,545,069,000 2,681,110,000 2,597,565,000 2,753,123,000 2,714,720,000 2,539,460,000 1,982,890,000 1,078,598,000 1,110,892,000 1,068,172,000 860,956,000 805,195,000 688,783,000 598,789,000 417,341,000 414,763,000 645,087,000 611,094,000 518,482,000 482,689,000 375,748,000 249,728,000 353,176,000 302,945,000 397,522,000 375,886,000 476,493,000 520,532,000 514,780,000 455,387,000 538,940,000 874,062,000 844,274,000 804,629,000 773,289,000 1,082,792,000 1,139,103,000 1,071,999,000 587,646,000 567,922,000 475,566,000 492,331,000 927,370,000 1,217,670,000 1,190,731,000 1,053,166,000 1,089,399,000 1,340,978,000 1,248,689,000 1,114,581,000 582,157,000 963,313,000  240,340,000 259,804,000 248,839,000 362,458,000 256,141,000 137,977,000 207,992,000 228,589,000 220,282,000 390,179,000 92,393,000 139,796,000 
        restricted cash
      40,606,000 34,348,000 44,034,000 53,240,000 64,264,000 42,172,000 46,474,000 46,218,000 44,099,000 41,483,000 48,979,000 51,392,000 47,995,000 48,455,000 51,239,000 60,695,000 65,562,000 60,730,000 41,820,000 42,543,000 36,193,000 28,912,000 28,026,000 24,650,000 23,238,000 17,943,000 18,337,000 20,403,000 19,609,000 16,982,000 19,194,000 22,130,000 20,767,000 19,438,000 13,797,000 15,963,000 14,857,000 17,561,000                                             
        receivables
      35,423,000 32,742,000 41,377,000 41,496,000 36,543,000 32,622,000 35,563,000 35,491,000 36,306,000 29,000,000 33,878,000 26,757,000 23,307,000 20,842,000 28,378,000 29,007,000 23,471,000 18,552,000 22,525,000 24,484,000 22,059,000 18,299,000 21,461,000 20,801,000 27,089,000 18,278,000 29,276,000 28,943,000 30,488,000 18,641,000 26,363,000 30,179,000 22,374,000 20,026,000 20,448,000 22,110,000 19,876,000 18,937,000 13,921,000 17,464,000 13,829,000 11,482,000 9,850,000 15,987,000 10,024,000 10,021,000 11,465,000 15,196,000 10,055,000 9,529,000 13,137,000 14,822,000 14,536,000 9,421,000 9,973,000 9,612,000 6,028,000 6,789,000 7,281,000 7,871,000 7,378,000 6,948,000 10,714,000 15,011,000 8,091,000 7,995,000 9,015,000 9,227,000 10,444,000  19,212,000 36,346,000 17,119,000 14,020,000 16,001,000 22,795,000 19,860,000 9,550,000 15,444,000 14,374,000 10,142,000 10,807,000 
        inventory:
                                                                                        
        lots and housing units, covered under sales agreements with customers
      1,652,220,000  1,758,906,000 1,797,104,000 1,774,287,000  1,946,533,000 1,927,451,000 1,790,687,000 1,674,686,000 1,723,838,000 1,815,169,000 1,630,861,000 1,554,955,000 1,931,639,000 2,138,456,000 1,997,115,000 1,777,862,000 1,697,959,000 1,792,293,000 1,623,941,000 1,484,936,000 1,541,587,000 1,340,444,000 1,216,514,000 1,075,420,000 1,236,831,000 1,199,015,000 1,101,147,000 1,076,904,000 1,263,588,000 1,263,408,000 1,170,604,000 1,046,094,000 1,187,508,000 1,155,047,000 1,025,071,000 883,868,000 1,107,919,000 1,046,334,000 915,352,000 785,982,000 987,933,000 943,970,000 797,705,000 690,955,000 837,626,000 788,848,000 687,080,000 568,831,000 750,209,000 766,178,000 653,799,000 515,498,000 551,059,000 530,577,000 468,434,000 363,833,000 420,680,000 390,498,000 349,096,000 275,272,000 411,045,000 340,577,000 430,944,000 337,523,000 415,104,000 416,270,000 536,895,000  853,709,000 754,876,000 640,339,000 538,770,000 659,103,000 621,491,000 524,471,000 480,492,000 553,545,000 502,614,000 413,317,000 400,008,000 
        unsold lots and housing units
      244,499,000 252,029,000 313,971,000 304,743,000 242,217,000 237,177,000 223,828,000 229,319,000 245,262,000 214,666,000 220,901,000 158,004,000 181,900,000 181,952,000 194,882,000 177,372,000 142,015,000 127,434,000 130,427,000 131,668,000 116,141,000 123,197,000 124,371,000 172,394,000 210,328,000 184,352,000 161,417,000 132,667,000 122,966,000 115,631,000 102,794,000 113,493,000 124,312,000 148,620,000 158,049,000 147,195,000 129,931,000 145,065,000 134,626,000 127,210,000 168,945,000 147,832,000 110,589,000 104,484,000 110,010,000 131,938,000 108,879,000 89,275,000 98,478,000 117,467,000 97,102,000 72,704,000 79,639,000 81,932,000 69,452,000 89,712,000 88,571,000 82,578,000 62,520,000 58,071,000 60,172,000 70,542,000 72,972,000 55,871,000 62,964,000 73,673,000 59,370,000 38,537,000 67,570,000  53,340,000 42,419,000 47,588,000 40,052,000 35,456,000 22,576,000 29,852,000 32,888,000 34,743,000 26,257,000 27,477,000 25,558,000 
        land under development
      19,433,000 39,312,000 38,017,000 39,450,000 70,050,000 65,394,000 63,339,000 61,512,000 59,050,000 36,895,000 41,238,000 24,502,000 28,814,000 27,100,000 15,230,000 16,274,000 14,668,000 12,147,000 8,151,000 7,794,000 63,153,000 62,790,000 63,608,000 69,323,000 68,139,000 69,196,000 80,193,000 46,725,000 37,781,000 38,857,000 36,064,000 35,292,000 33,078,000 34,212,000 19,182,000 46,685,000 63,684,000 46,999,000 62,327,000 58,751,000 163,826,000 60,611,000 53,203,000 25,554,000 35,813,000 33,689,000 55,668,000 63,789,000 46,083,000 41,328,000 59,409,000 87,570,000 96,233,000 68,336,000 71,102,000 70,993,000 70,225,000 78,045,000 91,392,000 78,468,000 77,075,000 78,058,000 72,856,000 17,000,000                   
        building materials and other
      22,358,000 21,524,000 20,531,000 28,743,000 23,818,000 28,893,000 23,697,000 26,137,000 22,035,000 23,903,000 17,796,000 22,414,000 23,967,000 24,268,000 28,698,000 46,643,000 39,841,000 29,923,000 26,988,000 41,618,000 26,557,000 38,159,000 33,620,000 20,379,000 20,659,000 18,320,000 18,008,000 19,321,000 19,275,000 21,718,000 18,624,000 21,422,000 16,398,000 17,273,000 11,820,000 16,024,000 13,748,000 16,168,000 11,858,000 15,319,000 13,012,000 12,101,000 9,730,000 11,083,000 11,053,000 12,904,000 11,560,000 10,593,000 10,357,000 10,939,000                                 
        inventory: - sum
      1,938,510,000 1,723,560,000 2,131,425,000 2,170,040,000 2,110,372,000 2,058,707,000 2,257,397,000 2,244,419,000 2,117,034,000 1,950,150,000 2,003,773,000 2,020,089,000 1,865,542,000  2,170,449,000 2,378,745,000 2,193,639,000 1,947,366,000 1,863,525,000 1,973,373,000 1,829,792,000 1,709,082,000 1,763,186,000 1,602,540,000 1,515,640,000 1,347,288,000 1,496,449,000 1,397,728,000 1,281,169,000 1,253,110,000 1,421,070,000 1,433,615,000 1,344,392,000 1,246,199,000 1,376,559,000 1,364,951,000 1,232,434,000 1,092,100,000 1,316,730,000 1,247,614,000 1,261,135,000 1,006,526,000 1,161,455,000 1,085,091,000 954,581,000 869,486,000 1,013,733,000 952,505,000 841,998,000 738,565,000 917,070,000 940,280,000 841,850,000 678,131,000 700,176,000 701,163,000 635,746,000 533,150,000 581,213,000 535,179,000 492,244,000 431,329,000 562,314,000 420,701,000 499,909,000 418,718,000                 
        contract land deposits
      938,981,000 851,458,000 868,308,000 837,845,000 757,197,000 726,675,000 668,436,000 646,341,000 609,407,000 576,551,000 530,170,000 516,709,000 501,667,000 496,080,000 521,572,000 524,398,000 512,042,000 497,139,000 453,255,000 425,301,000 396,903,000 387,628,000 377,105,000 360,978,000 369,256,000 413,851,000 404,850,000 409,754,000 389,332,000 396,177,000 374,350,000 361,052,000 361,891,000 370,429,000 365,142,000 358,405,000 369,703,000 379,844,000 377,496,000 375,071,000 346,951,000 343,295,000 318,588,000 301,848,000 295,121,000 294,676,000 283,579,000 253,808,000 246,204,000 236,885,000 218,527,000 207,729,000 193,216,000 191,538,000 173,404,000 155,860,000 140,328,000 131,930,000 127,570,000 129,202,000 116,753,000 100,786,000 91,005,000 71,389,000 63,630,000 49,906,000 32,326,000 31,664,000 130,575,000  514,272,000 478,774,000 418,482,000 384,959,000 335,660,000 305,916,000 288,965,000 284,432,000 270,962,000 235,578,000 229,129,000 231,229,000 
        property, plant and equipment
      100,899,000 103,770,000 102,479,000 100,280,000 98,038,000 95,619,000 85,998,000 79,057,000 63,095,000 63,716,000 58,743,000 57,711,000 56,533,000 57,950,000 55,982,000 57,397,000 56,829,000 56,979,000 55,253,000 54,379,000 55,720,000 57,786,000 58,570,000 50,459,000 50,905,000 52,260,000 50,463,000 48,279,000 43,269,000 42,234,000 42,399,000 41,612,000 41,326,000 43,191,000 43,822,000 43,995,000 45,116,000 45,915,000 45,321,000 46,067,000 44,933,000 44,651,000 44,911,000 45,071,000 46,343,000 46,242,000 46,365,000 44,252,000 34,321,000 32,599,000 31,622,000 29,108,000 27,736,000 27,016,000 27,140,000 25,114,000 24,256,000 23,243,000 22,986,000 23,530,000 18,963,000 19,523,000 18,859,000 19,075,000 19,065,000 20,215,000 20,624,000 21,660,000 26,834,000  25,254,000 25,556,000 25,299,000 25,330,000 24,435,000 23,885,000 24,186,000 24,531,000 22,151,000 22,058,000 21,998,000 22,126,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      108,985,000 110,535,000 87,116,000 86,206,000 84,791,000 78,340,000 74,415,000 73,345,000 66,716,000 70,384,000 72,358,000 73,469,000 71,593,000 71,081,000 69,933,000 68,323,000 59,819,000 59,010,000 60,605,000 61,740,000 50,770,000 53,110,000 54,964,000 57,701,000 60,003,000 63,825,000 63,505,000 65,027,000 65,519,000                                                      
        other assets
      335,331,000 205,640,000 291,748,000 295,858,000 264,138,000 108,986,000 251,027,000 258,172,000 249,390,000 94,746,000 233,768,000 239,086,000 237,032,000 75,898,000 230,255,000 233,987,000 220,675,000 96,124,000 211,557,000 215,168,000 219,479,000 70,419,000 204,343,000 196,498,000 191,337,000 60,413,000 181,234,000 185,727,000 192,115,000 71,671,000 192,869,000 205,760,000 204,329,000 86,977,000 266,572,000 265,539,000 277,489,000 87,159,000 280,245,000 293,818,000 289,800,000 122,989,000 305,918,000 303,435,000 305,021,000 137,091,000 316,189,000 311,060,000 311,684,000 145,555,000 287,485,000 290,970,000 288,525,000 125,018,000 285,417,000 275,630,000 275,664,000 112,997,000 288,495,000 285,292,000 232,072,000 58,075,000 235,154,000 240,394,000 250,697,000 58,319,000 231,968,000 224,081,000 253,785,000  120,875,000 118,876,000 115,890,000 36,587,000 109,461,000 111,115,000 109,111,000 43,590,000 115,814,000 116,902,000 114,582,000 35,365,000 
        mortgage banking:
                                                                                        
        mortgage loans held for sale
      287,475,000 571,596,000 341,579,000 415,974,000 391,914,000 355,209,000 379,232,000 392,943,000 332,510,000 222,560,000 325,792,000 438,756,000 319,248,000 316,806,000 316,094,000 335,624,000 312,726,000 302,192,000 287,525,000 344,680,000 334,782,000 449,760,000 340,927,000 325,208,000 430,942,000 492,125,000 411,223,000 462,693,000 422,557,000 458,324,000 322,944,000 399,806,000 344,023,000 352,489,000 258,554,000 241,398,000 213,433,000 351,958,000 291,303,000 275,145,000 189,191,000 319,553,000 260,074,000 265,418,000 154,785,000 205,664,000 198,597,000 170,470,000 123,833,000 210,641,000 153,928,000 176,285,000 128,050,000 188,929,000 128,452,000 150,378,000 113,723,000 252,352,000 192,203,000 181,525,000 105,611,000 177,244,000 170,601,000 244,313,000 83,385,000 40,097,000 110,095,000 123,177,000 113,839,000  143,534,000 153,614,000 113,991,000 138,595,000 127,468,000 113,652,000 116,640,000 96,772,000 130,636,000 143,823,000 160,430,000 163,410,000 
        property and equipment
      7,892,000 7,727,000 8,081,000 8,053,000 7,286,000 7,373,000 7,086,000 7,069,000 7,438,000 6,348,000 6,182,000 4,704,000 3,347,000 3,559,000 3,250,000 3,296,000 3,386,000 3,658,000 3,948,000 4,236,000 4,460,000 4,544,000 4,896,000 5,258,000 5,579,000 5,828,000 6,058,000 6,240,000 6,274,000 6,510,000 6,763,000 7,018,000 6,237,000 6,327,000 6,308,000 5,530,000 5,434,000 4,903,000 5,085,000 5,079,000 5,093,000 5,313,000 5,502,000 5,675,000 5,957,000 6,189,000 6,459,000 6,433,000 4,999,000 4,699,000 4,165,000 3,593,000 2,833,000 2,465,000 2,173,000 1,947,000 1,710,000 1,694,000 1,066,000 1,081,000 887,000 950,000 741,000 821,000 739,000 446,000 544,000 586,000 903,000  903,000 925,000 930,000 996,000 1,041,000 1,021,000 1,025,000 875,000 873,000 932,000 969,000 941,000 
        mortgage banking: - sum
      441,257,000 767,367,000 495,224,000 585,929,000 561,708,000 492,756,000 553,050,000 544,192,000 469,176,000 459,670,000 472,408,000 561,273,000 444,153,000  471,640,000 410,122,000 413,890,000 379,032,000 357,664,000 418,303,000 415,189,000 562,625,000 411,225,000 391,923,000 529,877,000 567,754,000 489,493,000 544,843,000 494,495,000 524,422,000 373,209,000 456,126,000 394,643,000 404,399,000 307,712,000 283,911,000 255,053,000 410,597,000 334,003,000 319,032,000 235,111,000 379,550,000 306,368,000 319,155,000 194,368,000 263,316,000 232,836,000 211,865,000 151,860,000 260,768,000 187,519,000 214,886,000 154,565,000 222,572,000 154,827,000 177,707,000 141,842,000 278,167,000 216,358,000 202,629,000 126,267,000 203,788,000 189,256,000 263,906,000 103,618,000 60,043,000                 
        total assets
      5,585,778,000 5,856,930,000 6,035,458,000 5,939,339,000 6,195,533,000 6,380,988,000 6,488,159,000 6,407,288,000 6,538,157,000 6,601,757,000 6,372,263,000 6,266,775,000 6,075,905,000 5,660,973,000 5,389,534,000 5,287,699,000 5,726,213,000 5,834,475,000 5,788,894,000 5,854,436,000 5,820,808,000 5,777,141,000 5,499,920,000 4,730,020,000 3,887,523,000 3,809,815,000 3,843,359,000 3,603,240,000 3,362,771,000 3,165,933,000 3,089,823,000 3,009,395,000 2,846,065,000 2,989,279,000 3,049,511,000 2,918,087,000 2,742,299,000 2,643,943,000 2,663,216,000 2,698,424,000 2,541,651,000 2,515,131,000 2,570,682,000 2,596,235,000 2,376,134,000 2,351,335,000 2,413,076,000 2,382,063,000 2,524,753,000 2,486,148,000 2,518,897,000 2,531,167,000 2,665,055,000 2,604,842,000 2,480,726,000 1,990,960,000 1,850,912,000 1,779,485,000 1,799,616,000 2,175,675,000 2,275,728,000 2,260,061,000 2,249,819,000 2,359,435,000 2,476,397,000 2,395,770,000 2,374,780,000 2,237,085,000 2,308,152,000  2,216,114,000 2,114,611,000 1,844,526,000 1,777,967,000 1,706,444,000 1,495,481,000 1,449,637,000 1,363,105,000 1,446,477,000 1,529,852,000 1,143,251,000 1,182,288,000 
        nvr, inc.
                                                                                        
        condensed consolidated balance sheets
                                                                                        
        liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                                        
        accounts payable
      332,321,000 259,244,000 361,209,000 367,929,000 364,929,000 332,772,000 370,131,000 421,457,000 391,591,000 347,738,000 373,303,000 377,558,000 353,141,000 334,016,000 393,941,000 417,771,000 398,516,000 336,560,000 329,863,000 380,957,000 360,881,000 339,867,000 342,412,000 294,254,000 306,087,000 262,987,000 285,714,000 309,419,000 283,119,000 244,496,000 283,762,000 290,923,000 265,155,000 261,973,000 267,039,000 271,899,000 237,700,000 251,212,000 281,530,000 272,768,000 232,221,000 227,437,000 260,941,000 256,521,000 193,927,000 204,622,000 227,936,000 231,633,000 186,459,000 181,687,000 221,343,000 196,628,000 170,129,000 163,446,000 156,614,000 158,358,000 137,066,000 125,649,000 146,837,000 148,658,000 115,977,000 115,578,000 145,268,000 161,708,000 144,153,000 120,464,000 150,304,000 142,557,000 181,403,000  281,210,000 240,726,000 205,106,000 215,002,000 224,550,000 195,880,000 179,620,000 185,913,000 171,221,000 167,720,000 137,227,000 145,209,000 
        accrued expenses and other liabilities
      374,987,000 376,976,000 344,658,000 333,456,000 455,369,000 441,300,000 406,319,000 405,338,000 380,811,000 413,043,000 386,299,000 291,563,000 459,335,000 437,234,000 427,072,000 388,179,000 501,091,000 435,860,000 416,266,000 419,454,000 458,849,000 440,671,000 387,757,000 349,113,000 274,127,000 346,035,000 319,347,000 299,466,000 310,880,000 332,871,000 322,560,000 306,452,000 314,897,000 341,891,000 337,932,000 317,168,000 317,828,000 336,318,000 309,939,000 294,604,000 298,045,000 304,922,000 301,594,000 299,553,000 266,119,000 289,058,000 289,696,000 296,045,000 271,875,000 316,227,000 270,750,000 247,965,000 193,004,000 234,804,000 226,750,000 190,377,000 186,024,000 183,810,000 203,297,000 184,615,000 172,608,000 237,052,000 215,507,000 207,281,000 184,194,000 221,352,000 198,106,000 163,250,000 235,564,000  228,940,000 264,159,000 188,576,000 177,041,000 199,357,000 179,247,000 192,314,000 175,259,000 138,227,000 129,682,000 130,099,000 142,215,000 
        customer deposits
      273,422,000 249,210,000 277,351,000 295,145,000 315,746,000 322,926,000 358,609,000 369,274,000 355,331,000 334,441,000 355,311,000 368,763,000 335,230,000 313,804,000 376,160,000 439,119,000 453,178,000 417,463,000 381,594,000 365,443,000 314,453,000 240,758,000 211,122,000 158,016,000 147,161,000 131,886,000 142,937,000 146,207,000 142,634,000 138,246,000 167,676,000 172,033,000 167,486,000 150,033,000 162,285,000 165,684,000 148,353,000 122,236,000 144,697,000 141,746,000 126,552,000 110,965,000 132,072,000 138,383,000 125,965,000 106,755,000 119,423,000 128,320,000 119,101,000 101,022,000 122,227,000 137,765,000 124,862,000 99,687,000 94,940,000 90,255,000 79,374,000 61,223,000 66,640,000 67,593,000 62,894,000 53,705,000 70,462,000 69,344,000 72,261,000 63,591,000 66,819,000 70,163,000 93,117,000  289,152,000 287,813,000 230,580,000 203,835,000 212,136,000 213,800,000 180,042,000 157,005,000 165,515,000 160,549,000 132,523,000 118,174,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      116,040,000 117,589,000 93,191,000 92,160,000 90,489,000 83,939,000 79,796,000 78,563,000 72,052,000 75,797,000 77,639,000 78,661,000 76,547,000 75,818,000 74,670,000 73,075,000 64,546,000 64,128,000 66,002,000 67,413,000 56,697,000 59,357,000 61,382,000 64,540,000 66,980,000 71,095,000 70,864,000 72,360,000 72,965,000                                                      
        senior notes
      908,662,000 909,160,000 909,654,000 910,145,000 910,633,000 911,118,000 911,599,000 912,078,000 912,554,000 913,027,000 913,496,000 913,963,000 914,427,000 914,888,000 915,346,000 915,801,000 1,515,964,000 1,516,255,000 1,516,544,000 1,516,830,000 1,517,114,000 1,517,395,000 1,517,982,000 1,193,962,000 598,456,000 598,301,000 598,146,000 597,991,000 597,836,000 597,681,000 597,527,000 597,373,000 597,220,000 597,066,000 596,913,000 596,760,000 596,607,000 596,455,000 596,303,000 596,151,000 595,999,000 599,260,000 599,237,000 599,213,000 599,189,000 599,166,000 599,143,000 599,120,000 599,098,000 599,075,000 599,053,000 599,031,000 599,010,000 598,988,000 598,967,000          133,370,000 133,370,000 133,370,000 135,370,000 200,000,000  200,000,000 200,000,000 200,000,000 200,000,000 200,000,000 200,000,000 200,000,000 200,000,000 200,000,000 315,000,000 115,000,000 115,000,000 
        accounts payable and other liabilities
      61,162,000 53,738,000 55,249,000 68,785,000 79,009,000 53,433,000 67,029,000 63,960,000 57,400,000 127,511,000 67,333,000 58,667,000 68,969,000 61,396,000 102,101,000 47,868,000 58,098,000 51,394,000 50,077,000 49,605,000 53,335,000 62,720,000 45,906,000 42,500,000 61,141,000 43,985,000 40,084,000 43,387,000 43,327,000 44,077,000 35,982,000 35,043,000 34,499,000 32,824,000 33,813,000 29,925,000 32,652,000 32,399,000 30,731,000 34,603,000 31,141,000 32,291,000 34,729,000 26,032,000 24,119,000 25,797,000 22,503,000 24,195,000 18,296,000 21,774,000 27,395,000 25,595,000 21,244,000 20,686,000 21,926,000 27,353,000 26,731,000 26,395,000 28,420,000 24,891,000 20,405,000 13,171,000 22,824,000 24,612,000 15,346,000 19,306,000 23,797,000 17,047,000 13,858,000  18,058,000 13,149,000 4,715,000 11,949,000 14,047,000 11,926,000 10,902,000 12,166,000 19,627,000 17,025,000 13,620,000 16,482,000 
        total liabilities
      2,091,744,000 1,992,061,000 2,068,696,000 2,094,208,000 2,240,869,000 2,170,916,000 2,216,911,000 2,273,380,000 2,193,776,000 2,237,032,000 2,199,680,000 2,113,512,000 2,230,559,000 2,154,124,000 2,304,695,000 2,296,033,000 3,000,614,000 2,832,097,000 2,771,843,000 2,812,148,000 2,774,301,000 2,674,067,000 2,580,927,000 2,117,608,000 1,470,604,000 1,468,571,000 1,471,902,000 1,483,801,000 1,463,995,000 1,357,371,000 1,407,507,000 1,401,824,000 1,379,257,000 1,383,787,000 1,398,835,000 1,382,310,000 1,334,019,000 1,339,502,000 1,364,077,000 1,340,823,000 1,285,188,000 1,275,966,000 1,330,192,000 1,321,354,000 1,210,897,000 1,227,080,000 1,261,682,000 1,282,848,000 1,198,671,000 1,224,796,000 1,243,803,000 1,210,888,000 1,112,963,000 1,124,365,000 1,101,418,000 469,136,000 432,671,000 404,686,000 453,597,000 524,879,000 457,527,000 519,687,000 563,141,000 543,969,000 607,673,000 638,508,000 703,193,000 688,483,000 935,677,000  1,310,715,000 1,298,221,000 1,058,555,000 942,972,000 1,058,464,000 984,053,000 932,256,000 868,237,000 881,405,000 973,768,000 715,356,000 779,043,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                        
        shareholders' equity:
                                                                                        
        common stock, 0.01 par value...
      206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000  206,000 206,000 206,000  206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 206,000 
        additional paid-in capital
      3,202,642,000 3,155,367,000 3,131,980,000 3,085,904,000 3,057,037,000 3,031,637,000 2,989,776,000 2,935,053,000 2,905,707,000 2,848,528,000 2,801,027,000 2,747,687,000 2,676,641,000 2,600,014,000 2,538,812,000 2,498,123,000 2,416,660,000 2,378,191,000 2,349,000,000 2,314,564,000 2,272,006,000 2,214,426,000 2,188,207,000 2,151,623,000 2,127,315,000 2,055,407,000 2,020,180,000 1,962,156,000 1,899,100,000 1,820,223,000 1,762,323,000 1,721,696,000 1,678,100,000 1,644,197,000 1,626,112,000 1,607,958,000 1,570,270,000 1,515,828,000 1,499,770,000 1,483,064,000 1,467,000,000 1,447,795,000 1,420,214,000 1,389,725,000 1,370,763,000 1,325,495,000                                     
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both march 31, 2026 and december 31, 2025
      -16,710,000                                                                                  
        deferred compensation liability
      16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,710,000 16,912,000 16,912,000 16,912,000 16,912,000 16,912,000 16,937,000 16,928,000 17,148,000 17,389,000 17,383,000 17,376,000 17,371,000 17,383,000 17,375,000 17,367,000 17,355,000 17,343,000 17,333,000 17,333,000 17,333,000 17,333,000 17,333,000 17,333,000 17,741,000 17,741,000 17,741,000 17,741,000 17,741,000 17,864,000 25,331,000 25,331,000 25,331,000 25,331,000 25,581,000 25,582,000 25,582,000 25,582,000 27,582,000 27,582,000 27,582,000 39,856,000 40,799,000 40,799,000 44,307,000 75,495,000  76,303,000 76,303,000 76,303,000 76,366,000 63,877,000 63,877,000 64,348,000 64,725,000 52,235,000 52,235,000 52,235,000 35,647,000 
        retained earnings
      16,585,128,000 16,386,769,000 16,022,954,000 15,680,266,000 15,346,529,000 15,046,953,000 14,589,521,000 14,160,198,000 13,759,294,000 13,365,025,000 12,954,950,000 12,521,793,000 12,117,766,000 11,773,414,000 11,318,646,000 10,907,253,000 10,473,939,000 10,047,839,000 9,713,258,000 9,381,177,000 9,059,882,000 8,811,120,000 8,506,116,000 8,249,650,000 8,085,575,000 7,909,872,000 7,653,735,000 7,429,948,000 7,219,739,000 7,031,333,000 6,799,175,000 6,603,359,000 6,400,185,000 6,231,940,000 6,107,321,000 5,945,219,000 5,797,342,000 5,695,376,000 5,544,485,000 5,427,093,000 5,335,417,000 5,270,114,000 5,136,110,000 5,019,640,000 4,926,245,000 4,887,187,000 4,787,736,000 4,697,584,000 4,629,406,000 4,605,557,000 4,507,746,000 4,424,811,000 4,374,121,000 4,339,080,000 4,278,453,000 4,225,453,000 4,178,615,000 4,158,492,000 4,126,100,000 4,082,691,000 4,044,246,000 4,029,072,000 3,970,374,000 3,926,430,000 3,855,154,000 3,823,067,000 3,762,428,000 3,690,301,000 3,661,344,000  2,386,091,000 2,196,648,000 2,028,999,000 1,911,069,000 1,752,131,000 1,604,452,000 1,488,482,000 1,387,865,000 1,260,375,000 1,150,972,000 1,055,880,000 968,074,000 
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,823,503 and 17,755,943 shares as of march 31, 2026 and december 31, 2025, respectively
      -16,293,942,000                                                                                  
        total shareholders' equity
      3,494,034,000 3,864,869,000 3,966,762,000 3,845,131,000 3,954,664,000 4,210,072,000 4,271,248,000 4,133,908,000 4,344,381,000 4,364,725,000 4,172,583,000 4,153,263,000 3,845,346,000 3,506,849,000 3,084,839,000 2,991,666,000 2,725,599,000 3,002,378,000 3,017,051,000 3,042,288,000 3,046,507,000 3,103,074,000 2,918,993,000 2,612,412,000 2,416,919,000 2,341,244,000 2,371,457,000 2,119,439,000 1,898,776,000 1,808,562,000 1,682,316,000 1,607,571,000 1,466,808,000 1,605,492,000 1,650,676,000 1,535,777,000 1,408,280,000 1,304,441,000 1,299,139,000 1,357,601,000 1,256,463,000 1,239,165,000 1,240,490,000 1,274,881,000 1,165,237,000 1,124,255,000                                     
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity
      5,585,778,000 5,856,930,000 6,035,458,000 5,939,339,000 6,195,533,000 6,380,988,000 6,488,159,000 6,407,288,000 6,538,157,000 6,601,757,000 6,372,263,000 6,266,775,000 6,075,905,000 5,660,973,000 5,389,534,000 5,287,699,000 5,726,213,000 5,834,475,000 5,788,894,000 5,854,436,000 5,820,808,000 5,777,141,000 5,499,920,000 4,730,020,000 3,887,523,000 3,809,815,000 3,843,359,000 3,603,240,000 3,362,771,000 3,165,933,000 3,089,823,000 3,009,395,000 2,846,065,000 2,989,279,000 3,049,511,000 2,918,087,000 2,742,299,000 2,643,943,000 2,663,216,000 2,698,424,000 2,541,651,000 2,515,131,000 2,570,682,000 2,596,235,000 2,376,134,000 2,351,335,000                                     
        lots and housing units covered under sales agreements with customers
       1,410,695,000    1,727,243,000                                                                             
        deferred tax assets
       143,666,000    142,192,000    148,005,000    143,585,000    132,894,000    132,980,000    115,731,000    112,333,000    111,953,000    170,652,000    161,805,000    165,189,000    162,378,000    145,618,000    155,881,000    184,930,000    200,340,000        73,191,000    73,985,000    74,642,000 
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both december 31, 2025 and december 31, 2024
       -16,710,000                                                                                 
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,755,943 and 17,543,686 shares as of december 31, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
       -15,677,473,000                                                                                 
        reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets
        41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000  41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 7,347,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 41,580,000 
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both september 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024
        -16,710,000                                                                                
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,694,431 and 17,543,686 shares as of september 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
        -15,188,378,000                                                                                
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both june 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024
         -16,710,000                                                                               
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,672,115 and 17,543,686 shares as of june 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
         -14,921,245,000                                                                               
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both march 31, 2025 and december 31, 2024
          -16,710,000                                                                              
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,610,715 and 17,543,686 shares as of march 31, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
          -14,449,108,000                                                                              
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both december 31, 2024 and december 31, 2023
           -16,710,000                                                                             
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,543,686 and 17,360,454 shares as of december 31, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
           -13,868,724,000                                                                             
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both september 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023
            -16,710,000                                                                            
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,490,540 and 17,360,454 shares as of september 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
            -13,308,255,000                                                                            
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both june 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023
             -16,710,000                                                                           
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,465,064 and 17,360,454 shares as of june 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
             -12,961,549,000                                                                           
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both march 31, 2024 and december 31, 2023
              -16,710,000                                                                          
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,387,705 and 17,360,454 shares as of march 31, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
              -12,320,826,000                                                                          
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both december 31, 2023 and december 31, 2022
               -16,710,000                                                                         
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,360,454 and 17,336,397 shares as of december 31, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
               -11,849,034,000                                                                         
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both september 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022
                -16,710,000                                                                        
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,345,353 and 17,336,397 shares as of september 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
                -11,583,600,000                                                                        
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both june 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022
                 -16,710,000                                                                       
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,294,792 and 17,336,397 shares as of june 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
                 -11,116,423,000                                                                       
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both march 31, 2023 and december 31, 2022
                  -16,710,000                                                                      
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,313,580 and 17,336,397 shares as of march 31, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
                  -10,949,267,000                                                                      
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both december 31, 2022 and december 31, 2021
                   -16,710,000                                                                     
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,336,397 and 17,107,889 shares as of december 31, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively
                   -10,866,785,000                                                                     
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both september 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021
                    -16,710,000                                                                    
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,343,353 and 17,107,889 shares as of september 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively
                    -10,772,825,000                                                                    
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both june 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021
                     -16,710,000                                                                   
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,271,177 and 17,107,889 shares as of june 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively
                     -10,413,916,000                                                                   
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both march 31, 2022 and december 31, 2021
                      -16,710,000                                                                  
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,240,495 and 17,107,889 shares as of march 31, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively
                      -10,165,206,000                                                                  
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both december 31, 2021 and december 31, 2020
                       -16,710,000                                                                 
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,107,889 and 16,859,753 shares as of december 31, 2021 and december 31, 2020, respectively
                       -9,423,858,000                                                                 
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both september 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020
                        -16,710,000                                                                
        less treasury stock at cost – 17,042,644 and 16,859,753 shares as of september 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020, respectively
                        -9,045,413,000                                                                
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both june 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020
                         -16,710,000                                                               
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,976,140 and 16,859,753 shares as of june 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020, respectively
                         -8,653,659,000                                                               
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of march 31, 2021 and december 31, 2020
                          -16,710,000                                                              
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,915,721 and 16,859,753 shares as of march 31, 2021 and december 31, 2020, respectively
                          -8,285,587,000                                                              
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 and 107,295 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of december 31, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                           -16,710,000                                                             
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,859,753 and 16,922,558 shares as of december 31, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                           -7,922,678,000                                                             
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 and 107,295 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                            -16,710,000                                                            
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,836,943 and 16,922,558 shares as of september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                            -7,775,536,000                                                            
        deferred compensation trust – 106,697 and 107,295 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of june 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                             -16,710,000                                                           
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,866,242 and 16,922,558 shares as of june 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                             -7,789,067,000                                                           
        deferred compensation trust – 107,295 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of march 31, 2020 and december 31, 2019
                              -16,912,000                                                          
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,881,636 and 16,922,558 shares as of march 31, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                              -7,796,177,000                                                          
        deferred compensation trust – 107,295 and 107,340 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of december 31, 2019 and december 31, 2018, respectively
                               -16,912,000                                                         
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,922,558 and 16,977,499 shares as of december 31, 2019 and december 31, 2018, respectively
                               -7,624,241,000                                                         
        deferred compensation trust – 107,295 and 107,340 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of september 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018, respectively
                                -16,912,000                                                        
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,857,145 and 16,977,499 shares as of september 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018, respectively
                                -7,302,664,000                                                        
        deferred compensation trust – 107,295 and 107,340 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of june 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018, respectively
                                 -16,912,000                                                       
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,911,734 and 16,977,499 shares as of june 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018, respectively
                                 -7,272,871,000                                                       
        deferred compensation trust – 107,295 and 107,340 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of march 31, 2019 and december 31, 2018, respectively
                                  -16,912,000                                                      
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,964,581 and 16,977,499 shares as of march 31, 2019 and december 31, 2018, respectively
                                  -7,220,269,000                                                      
        deferred compensation trust – 107,340 and 108,640 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of december 31, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                   -16,937,000                                                     
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,977,499 and 16,864,324 shares as of december 31, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                   -7,043,200,000                                                     
        deferred compensation trust – 107,336 and 108,640 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of september 30, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                    -16,928,000                                                    
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,960,261 and 16,864,324 shares as of september 30, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                    -6,879,388,000                                                    
        deferred compensation trust – 107,904 and 108,640 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of june 30, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                     -17,148,000                                                   
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,926,815 and 16,864,324 shares as of june 30, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                     -6,717,690,000                                                   
        deferred compensation trust – 108,642 and 108,640 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of march 31, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                      -17,389,000                                                  
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,936,586 and 16,864,324 shares as of march 31, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                      -6,611,683,000                                                  
        deferred compensation trust – 108,640 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both december 31, 2017 and december 31, 2016
                                       -17,383,000                                                 
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,864,324 and 16,862,327 shares as of december 31, 2017 and december 31, 2016, respectively
                                       -6,270,851,000                                                 
        assets related to consolidated variable interest entity
                                        1,222,000 1,243,000 1,248,000 1,251,000 1,247,000 1,311,000 1,731,000 1,749,000 1,799,000 2,902,000 3,545,000 3,590,000 6,232,000 6,802,000 6,588,000 7,268,000 9,808,000 10,209,000 11,436,000 15,626,000 16,210,000 16,648,000 17,546,000 20,182,000 21,802,000 23,022,000 22,801,000                      
        goodwill and finite-lived intangible assets
                                        1,563,000 1,908,000 2,254,000 2,599,000 2,945,000 3,291,000 3,636,000 3,982,000 4,327,000 4,673,000 5,019,000 5,364,000 5,710,000 6,055,000 6,401,000 6,747,000 7,520,000 8,294,000 8,819,000                              
        liabilities related to consolidated variable interest entity
                                        853,000 874,000 879,000 882,000 877,000 951,000 1,230,000 1,091,000 1,619,000 1,652,000 1,578,000 1,618,000 2,320,000 2,277,000 1,689,000 1,646,000 2,476,000 2,300,000 2,175,000 2,180,000 1,356,000 1,743,000 1,128,000 1,013,000 1,052,000 1,242,000 995,000                      
        deferred compensation trust – 108,638 and 108,640 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of september 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016, respectively
                                        -17,376,000                                                
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,819,467 and 16,862,327 shares as of september 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016, respectively
                                        -6,082,963,000                                                
        deferred compensation trust – 108,636 and 108,640 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of june 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016, respectively
                                         -17,371,000                                               
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,807,724 and 16,862,327 shares as of june 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016, respectively
                                         -6,017,606,000                                               
        deferred compensation trust – 108,644 and 108,640 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of march 31, 2017 and december 31, 2016, respectively
                                          -17,383,000                                              
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,819,692 and 16,862,327 shares as of march 31, 2017 and december 31, 2016, respectively
                                          -5,959,538,000                                              
        deferred compensation trust – 108,640 and 108,614 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of december 31, 2016 and december 31, 2015, respectively
                                           -17,375,000                                             
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,862,327 and 16,664,342 shares as of december 31, 2016 and december 31, 2015, respectively
                                           -5,906,969,000                                             
        deferred compensation trust – 108,635 and 108,614 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of september 30, 2016 and december 31, 2015, respectively
                                            -17,367,000                                            
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,766,035 and 16,664,342 shares as of september 30, 2016 and december 31, 2015, respectively
                                            -5,745,322,000                                            
        deferred compensation trust – 108,628 and 108,614 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of june 30, 2016 and december 31, 2015
                                             -17,355,000                                           
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,657,701 and 16,664,342 shares as of june 30, 2016 and december 31, 2015, respectively
                                             -5,552,762,000                                           
        deferred compensation trust – 108,621 and 108,614 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of march 31, 2016 and december 31, 2015
                                              -17,343,000                                          
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,660,526 and 16,664,342 shares as of march 31, 2016 and december 31, 2015, respectively
                                              -5,546,160,000                                          
        non-recourse debt related to consolidated variable interest entity
                                                   64,000 661,000 1,258,000 2,153,000 3,365,000 559,000 1,604,000 2,539,000 4,574,000 865,000 1,050,000 2,348,000 4,983,000 5,685,000 6,535,000 7,587,000                      
        deferred compensation trust – 108,614 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both december 31, 2015 and december 31, 2014
                                               -17,333,000                                         
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,664,342 and 16,506,229 shares as of december 31, 2015 and december 31, 2014, respectively
                                               -5,478,950,000                                         
        deferred compensation trust – 108,614 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both september 30, 2015 and december 31, 2014
                                                -17,333,000                                        
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,573,224 and 16,506,229 shares as of september 30, 2015 and december 31, 2014, respectively
                                                -5,316,040,000                                        
        deferred compensation trust – 108,614 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both june 30, 2015 and december 31, 2014
                                                 -17,333,000                                       
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,486,160 and 16,506,229 shares as of june 30, 2015 and december 31, 2014, respectively
                                                 -5,134,690,000                                       
        deferred compensation trust – 108,614 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both march 31, 2015 and december 31, 2014
                                                  -17,333,000                                      
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,492,618 and 16,506,229 shares as of march 31, 2015 and december 31, 2014, respectively
                                                  -5,131,977,000                                      
        deferred compensation trust – 108,614 and 109,256 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of december 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively
                                                   -17,333,000                                     
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,506,229 and 16,121,605 shares as of december 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively
                                                   -5,088,633,000                                     
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                        
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                        
        additional paid-in-capital
                                                    1,299,533,000 1,277,755,000 1,259,410,000 1,212,050,000 1,208,653,000 1,196,385,000 1,184,961,000 1,169,699,000 1,134,306,000 1,113,118,000 1,074,215,000 1,072,779,000 1,054,234,000 1,037,299,000 1,014,017,000 951,234,000 937,623,000 914,585,000 870,408,000 830,531,000 810,132,000 784,080,000 706,560,000  474,613,000 464,154,000 458,249,000 406,705,000 375,207,000 364,122,000 357,556,000 335,346,000 329,045,000 314,077,000 292,202,000 262,867,000 
        deferred compensation trust – 108,614 and 109,256 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of september 30, 2014 and december 31, 2013, respectively
                                                    -17,333,000                                    
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,388,669 and 16,121,605 shares at september 30, 2014 and december 31, 2013, respectively
                                                    -4,936,081,000                                    
        total shareholders’ equity
                                                    1,151,394,000 1,099,215,000 1,326,082,000 1,261,352,000 1,275,094,000 1,320,279,000 1,552,092,000 1,480,477,000 1,379,308,000 1,521,824,000 1,418,241,000 1,374,799,000 1,346,019,000 1,650,796,000 1,818,201,000 1,740,374,000 1,686,678,000 1,815,466,000 1,868,724,000 1,757,262,000 1,671,587,000 1,548,602,000 1,372,475,000  905,399,000 816,390,000 785,971,000 834,995,000 647,980,000 511,428,000 517,381,000 494,868,000 565,072,000 556,084,000 427,895,000 403,245,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                    2,413,076,000 2,382,063,000 2,524,753,000 2,486,148,000 2,518,897,000 2,531,167,000 2,665,055,000 2,604,842,000 2,480,726,000 1,990,960,000 1,850,912,000 1,779,485,000 1,799,616,000 2,175,675,000 2,275,728,000 2,260,061,000 2,249,819,000 2,359,435,000 2,476,397,000 2,395,770,000 2,374,780,000 2,237,085,000 2,308,152,000  2,216,114,000 2,114,611,000 1,844,526,000 1,777,967,000 1,706,444,000 1,495,481,000 1,449,637,000 1,363,105,000 1,446,477,000 1,529,852,000 1,143,251,000 1,182,288,000 
        deferred compensation trust – 109,256 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both june 30, 2014 and december 31, 2013
                                                     -17,741,000                                   
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,342,156 and 16,121,605 shares at june 30, 2014 and december 31, 2013, respectively
                                                     -4,876,330,000                                   
        deferred compensation trust – 109,256 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of both march 31, 2014 and december 31, 2013
                                                      -17,741,000                                  
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,061,912 and 16,121,605 shares at march 31, 2014 and december 31, 2013, respectively
                                                      -4,562,940,000                                  
        deferred compensation trust –109,256 and 152,223 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of december 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively
                                                       -17,741,000                                 
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,121,605 and 15,642,068 shares as of december 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively
                                                       -4,556,461,000                                 
        manufacturing materials and other
                                                        10,350,000 13,828,000 12,179,000 12,365,000 8,563,000 9,881,000 8,516,000 8,694,000 6,621,000 8,142,000 5,901,000 7,457,000 5,441,000 7,253,000 6,001,000 7,522,000 4,365,000 5,763,000 6,555,000  9,532,000 12,098,000 4,453,000 9,718,000 11,747,000 6,639,000 5,054,000 10,393,000 5,226,000 7,417,000 8,717,000 11,108,000 
        deferred compensation trust – 109,256 and 152,223 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of september 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                        -17,741,000                                
        less treasury stock at cost – 16,008,428 and 15,642,068 shares at september 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                        -4,441,511,000                                
        deferred compensation trust – 109,256 and 152,223 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of june 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                         -17,741,000                               
        less treasury stock at cost – 15,855,338 and 15,642,068 shares at june 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                         -4,301,123,000                               
        deferred compensation trust – 109,623 and 152,223 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of march 31, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                          -17,864,000                              
        less treasury stock at cost – 15,559,314 and 15,642,068 shares at march 31, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                          -4,007,196,000                              
        goodwill
                                                           441,000                    6,379,000 6,379,000 6,379,000 6,379,000 6,379,000 6,379,000 6,379,000 6,379,000 6,379,000 
        finite-lived intangible assets
                                                           8,778,000                             
        deferred compensation trust—152,223 and 152,964 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of december 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively
                                                           -25,331,000                             
        less treasury stock at cost—15,642,068 and 15,578,565 shares as of december 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively
                                                           -4,028,508,000                             
        deferred compensation trust – 152,223 and 152,964 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of september 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                            -25,331,000                            
        less treasury stock at cost – 15,681,381 and 15,578,565 shares at september 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                            -4,033,657,000                            
        deferred compensation trust – 152,223 and 152,964 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of june 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                             -25,331,000                           
        less treasury stock at cost – 15,418,099 and 15,578,565 shares at june 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                             -3,816,953,000                           
        deferred compensation trust – 152,223 and 152,964 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of march 31, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                              -25,331,000                          
        less treasury stock at cost – 15,490,168 and 15,578,565 shares at march 31, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                              -3,834,795,000                          
        other term debt
                                                               1,613,000 1,666,000 1,696,000 1,714,000 1,751,000 1,895,000 1,999,000 2,100,000 2,166,000 2,294,000 2,388,000 2,630,000  3,349,000 3,464,000 3,983,000 4,077,000 4,205,000 4,317,000 4,428,000 4,519,000 4,627,000 4,724,000 4,818,000 4,903,000 
        note payable
                                                                 89,649,000 75,347,000 90,338,000 99,241,000 79,025,000 56,249,000        98,378,000          
        deferred compensation trust – 152,964 and 158,894 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of december 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively
                                                               -25,581,000                         
        less treasury stock at cost – 15,578,565 and 14,894,357 shares as of december 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively
                                                               -3,856,678,000                         
        deferred compensation trust – 152,964 and 158,894 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of september 30, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                                -25,582,000                        
        less treasury stock at cost – 15,542,337 and 14,894,357 shares at september 30, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                                -3,834,521,000                        
        deferred compensation trust — 152,964 and 158,894 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of june 30, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                                 -25,582,000                       
        less treasury stock at cost — 14,977,205 and 14,894,357 shares at june 30, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                                 -3,469,400,000                       
        deferred compensation trust — 152,964 and 158,894 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of march 31, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                                  -25,582,000                      
        less treasury stock at cost — 14,688,939 and 14,894,357 shares at march 31, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                                  -3,240,268,000                      
        marketable securities
                                                                    25,000,000 175,000,000 125,000,000 219,535,000 259,406,000 658,362,000               
        assets related to consolidated variable interest entities
                                                                   22,371,000 22,771,000 22,980,000 23,829,000                  
        liabilities related to consolidated variable interest entities
                                                                   500,000                     
        non-recourse debt related to consolidated variable interest entities
                                                                   7,592,000 7,944,000                    
        deferred compensation trust — 158,894 and 265,278 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of december 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively
                                                                   -27,582,000                     
        less treasury stock at cost — 14,894,357 and 14,609,560 shares as of december 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively
                                                                   -3,240,138,000                     
        deferred compensation trust – 158,894 and 265,278 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of september 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                                                    -27,582,000                    
        less treasury stock at cost – 14,928,791 and 14,609,560 shares at september 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                                                    -3,221,525,000                    
        deferred compensation trust — 158,894 and 265,278 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of june 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                                                     -27,582,000                   
        less treasury stock at cost — 14,635,123 and 14,609,560 shares at june 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                                                     -3,025,755,000                   
        deferred compensation trust — 245,278 and 265,278 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of march 31, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                                                      -39,856,000                  
        less treasury stock at cost — 14,410,336 and 14,609,560 shares at march 31, 2010 and december, 2009, respectively
                                                                      -2,857,044,000                  
        consolidated assets not owned
                                                                       70,430,000 57,461,000                
        liabilities related to consolidated assets not owned
                                                                       65,915,000 52,896,000                
        notes payable
                                                                       12,344,000 75,607,000 97,021,000   113,699,000 127,772,000  9,726,000 102,368,000 91,573,000 89,963,000 53,340,000 97,672,000 114,652,000 137,885,000 139,257,000 
        60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,559,671 and 20,561,187 shares issued as of december 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
                                                                       206,000                 
        deferred compensation trust - 265,278 and 514,470 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of december 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
                                                                       -40,799,000                 
        less treasury stock at cost — 14,609,560 and 15,028,335 shares as of december 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
                                                                       -2,896,542,000                 
        deferred compensation trust — 265,278 and 514,470 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of september 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                                                        -40,799,000                
        less treasury stock at cost — 14,632,950 and 15,028,335 shares at september 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                                                        -2,901,179,000                
        assets not owned, consolidated per fin 46r
                                                                         65,990,000 127,074,000  167,184,000 163,114,000 144,255,000 89,924,000         
        liabilities related to assets not owned, consolidated per fin 46r
                                                                         60,687,000 118,323,000  130,969,000 130,360,000 111,571,000          
        deferred compensation trust — 270,335 and 514,470 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of june 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                                                         -44,307,000               
        less treasury stock at cost — 14,758,071 and 15,028,335 shares at june 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                                                         -2,925,985,000               
        goodwill and indefinite life intangibles
                                                                          11,686,000  10,579,000 10,579,000 10,579,000          
        definite life intangibles
                                                                          21,000  406,000 437,000 469,000          
        notes payable and repurchase agreement
                                                                          90,782,000              
        deferred compensation trust — 515,950 and 516,085 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of september 30, 2008 and december 31, 2007, respectively
                                                                          -75,495,000              
        less treasury stock at cost — 15,108,940 and 15,455,086 shares at september 30, 2008 and december 31, 2007, respectively
                                                                          -2,995,635,000              
        mortgage banking segment
                                                                                        
        interest rate sensitive assets:
                                                                                        
        average interest rate
                                                                                        
        interest rate sensitive liabilities:
                                                                                        
        variable rate warehouse line of credit
                                                                                        
        other:
                                                                                        
        forward trades of mortgage-backed securities
                                                                                        
        forward loan commitments
                                                                                        
        homebuilding segment
                                                                                        
        interest-bearing deposits
                                                                                        
        fixed rate obligations
                                                                           229             
        average interest rate is net of credits received for compensating cash balances.
                                                                                        
        represents the fair value recorded pursuant to sfas 133.
                                                                                        
        mortgage servicing rights
                                                                            94,000 105,000 114,000 126,000 147,000 170,000 188,000 181,000 158,000 127,000 1,276,000 5,611,000 
        obligations under incentive plans
                                                                            45,338,000 30,778,000 15,646,000 57,774,000 58,348,000 45,957,000 36,094,000 67,964,000 70,339,000 57,041,000 44,184,000 97,803,000 
        deferred compensation trust – 547,697 and 549,029 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of september 30, 2005 and december 31, 2004, respectively
                                                                            -76,303,000            
        less treasury stock at cost – 14,352,072 and 14,023,631 shares at september 30, 2005 and december 31, 2004, respectively
                                                                            -1,955,511,000            
        deferred compensation trust – 547,697 and 549,029 shares of nvr, inc. common stock as of june 30, 2005 and december 31, 2004, respectively
                                                                             -76,303,000           
        less treasury stock at cost – 14,247,194 and 14,023,631 shares at june 30, 2005 and december 31, 2004, respectively
                                                                             -1,844,618,000           
        deferred compensation trust –547,697 and 549,029 shares as of march 31, 2005 and december 31, 2004, respectively, of nvr, inc. common stock
                                                                              -76,303,000          
        less treasury stock at cost – 14,085,765 and 14,023,631 shares at march 31, 2005 and december 31, 2004, respectively
                                                                              -1,701,483,000          
        liabilities related to inventory not owned, consolidated per fin 46r
                                                                               63,568,000         
        deferred compensation trust- 549,029 and 510,118 shares of nvr, inc. common stock for 2004 and 2003, respectively
                                                                               -76,366,000         
        less treasury stock at cost – 14,023,631 and 13,870,368 shares for 2004 and 2003, respectively
                                                                               -1,482,985,000         
        assets not owned, consolidated per fin 46
                                                                                66,477,000 65,232,000 60,630,000      
        reorganization value in excess of amount allocable to identifiable assets
                                                                                41,580,000        
        liabilities related to assets not owned, consolidated per fin 46
                                                                                43,453,000 41,353,000 38,893,000      
        deferred compensation trust – 492,118 and 510,118 shares as of september 30, 2004 and december 31, 2003, respectively, of nvr, inc. common stock
                                                                                -63,877,000        
        less treasury stock at cost –14,196,128 and 13,870,368 shares at september 30, 2004 and december 31, 2003, respectively
                                                                                -1,479,564,000        
        deferred compensation trust – 492,118 and 510,118 shares as of june 30, 2004 and december 31, 2003, respectively, of nvr, inc. common stock
                                                                                 -63,877,000       
        less treasury stock at cost – 14,217,769 and 13,870,368 shares at june 30, 2004 and december 31, 2003, respectively
                                                                                 -1,457,352,000       
        deferred compensation trust –502,118 and 510,118 shares as of march 31, 2004 and december 31, 2003, respectively, of nvr, inc. common stock
                                                                                  -64,348,000      
        less treasury stock at cost – 13,962,709 and 13,870,368 shares at march 31, 2004 and december 31, 2003, respectively
                                                                                  -1,328,863,000      
        inventory not owned, consolidated per fin 46
                                                                                   12,807,000 15,462,000 7,804,000   
        liabilities related to inventory not owned, consolidated per fin 46
                                                                                   12,071,000 14,177,000 7,375,000   
        deferred compensation trust- 510,118 and 428,698 shares of nvr, inc. common stock for 2003 and 2002, respectively
                                                                                   -64,725,000     
        less treasury stock at cost – 13,870,368 and 13,580,531 shares for 2003 and 2002, respectively
                                                                                   -1,228,549,000     
        deferred compensation trust – 453,207 and 428,698 shares as of september 30, 2003 and december 31, 2002, respectively, of nvr, inc. common stock
                                                                                    -52,235,000    
        less treasury stock at cost – 13,514,412 and 13,580,531 shares at september 30, 2003 and december 31, 2002, respectively
                                                                                    -1,024,554,000    
        deferred compensation trust - 453,207 and 428,698 shares as of june 30, 2003 and december 31, 2002, respectively, of nvr, inc. common stock
                                                                                     -52,235,000   
        less treasury stock at cost – 13,362,526 and 13,580,531 shares at june 30, 2003 and december 31, 2002, respectively
                                                                                     -909,171,000   
        deferred compensation trust—453,207 and 428,698 shares as of march 31, 2003 and december 31, 2002, respectively, of nvr, inc. common stock
                                                                                      -52,235,000  
        less treasury stock at cost—13,579,115 and 13,580,531 shares at march 31, 2003 and december 31, 2002, respectively
                                                                                      -920,393,000  
        deferred compensation trust—428,698 and 393,955 shares of nvr, inc. common stock for 2002 and 2001, respectively
                                                                                       -35,647,000 
        less treasury stock at cost—13,580,531 and 13,139,332 shares for 2002 and 2001, respectively
                                                                                       -827,902,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 2004-12-31 2004-09-30 2004-06-30 2004-03-31 2003-12-31 2003-09-30 2003-06-30 2003-03-31 
                                                                                                     
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                                     
          net income
        198,359,000 363,815,000 342,688,000 333,737,000 299,576,000 457,432,000 429,323,000 400,904,000 394,269,000 410,075,000 433,157,000 404,027,000 344,352,000 454,768,000 411,393,000 433,314,000 426,100,000 334,581,000 332,081,000 321,295,000 248,762,000 305,004,000 256,466,000 164,075,000 175,703,000 256,137,000 223,787,000 210,209,000 188,406,000 232,158,000 195,816,000 203,174,000 166,049,000 124,619,000 162,102,000 147,877,000 102,923,000 150,891,000 117,392,000 91,676,000 65,303,000 134,004,000 116,470,000 93,395,000 39,058,000 99,451,000 90,152,000 68,178,000 23,849,000 97,811,000 82,935,000 50,690,000 35,041,000 60,627,000 53,000,000 46,838,000 20,123,000 32,392,000 43,409,000 38,445,000 15,174,000 58,698,000 43,944,000 71,276,000 32,087,000 60,639,000 72,127,000 41,426,000 17,988,000 -30,457,000 36,551,000 51,332,000 43,466,000 67,274,000 91,113,000 90,747,000 84,821,000 135,167,000 129,333,000 190,352,000 132,560,000 222,537,000 189,443,000 167,649,000 117,930,000 158,938,000 147,679,000 115,970,000 100,617,000 127,490,000 109,403,000 95,092,000 87,806,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                     
          depreciation and amortization
        6,742,000 6,943,000 6,096,000 5,689,000 5,782,000 4,953,000 4,685,000 4,356,000 4,381,000 4,331,000 4,180,000 4,217,000 4,188,000 4,159,000 4,246,000 4,531,000 4,460,000 4,743,000 4,682,000 4,835,000 5,203,000 5,191,000 5,547,000 5,632,000 5,622,000 5,449,000 5,223,000 5,084,000 5,062,000 5,115,000 5,029,000 4,988,000 5,036,000 5,580,000 5,593,000 5,795,000 5,699,000 5,678,000 5,657,000 5,487,000 5,447,000 5,352,000 5,441,000 5,460,000 5,281,000 5,031,000 4,657,000 4,216,000 3,710,000 4,016,000 3,527,000 3,076,000 2,772,000 2,278,000 2,092,000 1,925,000 1,805,000 1,724,000 1,712,000 1,638,000 1,598,000 1,715,000 1,820,000 1,847,000 1,881,000 2,017,000 2,719,000 2,396,000 2,581,000 2,929,000 3,249,000 3,626,000 3,837,000 4,140,000 4,264,000 4,295,000 4,337,000 4,069,000 3,767,000 3,311,000 3,011,000 3,272,000 2,621,000 2,391,000 2,406,000 2,382,000 2,237,000 2,163,000 2,076,000 2,069,000 1,878,000 2,312,000 2,168,000 
          equity-based compensation expense
        13,287,000 15,518,000 17,356,000 17,812,000 18,527,000 19,460,000 19,223,000 18,101,000 17,141,000 26,019,000 26,052,000 25,159,000 22,277,000 24,096,000 26,686,000 20,087,000 11,668,000 15,375,000 15,009,000 13,379,000 14,471,000 15,229,000 13,639,000 14,434,000 7,492,000 19,852,000 20,770,000 18,577,000 19,333,000 24,011,000 23,586,000 18,595,000 9,509,000 11,884,000 11,211,000 10,878,000 10,589,000 11,139,000 11,081,000 10,829,000 10,549,000 14,217,000 13,571,000 12,904,000 13,399,000 18,353,000 18,233,000 15,938,000 10,703,000 3,911,000 11,733,000 10,589,000 8,063,000 14,705,000 16,963,000 16,733,000 16,440,000 16,507,000 16,261,000 16,125,000 15,580,000 12,386,000 19,924,000                               
          contract land deposit impairments
        8,901,000                                            33,000             4,445,000 2,727,000 2,721,000 1,348,000        -250,000  42,838,000 5,818,000 6,592,000    12,251,000                 
          gain on sale of loans
        -38,871,000 -65,153,000 -38,810,000 -40,178,000 -42,987,000 -53,676,000 -43,938,000 -54,429,000 -37,432,000 -35,424,000 -46,767,000 -43,863,000 -37,268,000 -32,633,000 -25,222,000 -36,835,000 -57,978,000 -42,853,000 -47,577,000 -47,602,000 -67,550,000 -68,372,000 -58,774,000 -23,174,000 -18,400,000 -32,952,000 -27,771,000 -32,962,000 -34,957,000 -30,146,000 -33,718,000 -27,571,000 -31,320,000 -25,760,000 -25,898,000 -24,243,000 -23,231,000 -26,149,000 -22,699,000 -19,665,000 -17,022,000 -19,648,000 -20,912,000 -16,093,000 -11,238,000 -15,170,000 -12,116,000 -12,510,000 -7,995,000 -12,577,000 -15,792,000 -12,586,000 -15,573,000 -13,668,000 -11,782,000 -10,453,000 -11,116,000     -12,453,000 -10,794,000    -17,660,000 -9,776,000 -7,564,000  -3,177,000 -10,804,000 -14,371,000  -16,472,000 -14,042,000 -13,360,000  -18,089,000 -19,010,000 -15,792,000  -16,866,000 -14,928,000 -9,690,000  -15,067,000 -12,052,000 -12,095,000  -13,965,000 -16,019,000 -13,886,000 
          mortgage loans closed
        -1,056,391,000 -1,513,582,000 -1,541,814,000 -1,557,231,000 -1,433,354,000 -1,698,687,000 -1,658,568,000 -1,532,007,000 -1,378,231,000 -1,497,159,000 -1,622,533,000 -1,382,918,000 -1,237,589,000 -1,522,772,000 -1,658,696,000 -1,648,275,000 -1,484,771,000 -1,480,130,000 -1,617,694,000 -1,567,642,000 -1,413,988,000 -1,660,712,000 -1,383,021,000 -1,146,916,000 -1,133,283,000 -1,419,855,000 -1,375,819,000 -1,232,028,000 -1,141,720,000 -1,356,270,000 -1,249,043,000 -1,213,627,000 -1,009,675,000 -1,216,469,000 -1,088,471,000 -987,504,000 -784,928,000 -1,117,610,000 -983,884,000 -870,414,000 -688,361,000 -947,941,000 -852,456,000 -765,691,000 -545,325,000 -755,194,000 -704,433,000 -593,448,000 -416,801,000 -634,539,000 -641,228,000 -597,281,000 -434,748,000 -592,785,000 -542,984,000 -495,983,000 -384,332,000 -480,746,000 -457,001,000 -480,956,000 -335,952,000 -565,083,000 -471,273,000 -674,833,000 -398,316,000 -515,974,000 -577,236,000 -458,746,000 -391,118,000 -550,210,000 -529,567,000 -522,339,000 -444,459,000 -700,732,000 -615,288,000 -602,372,000 -474,003,000 -669,769,000 -686,964,000 -761,627,000 -476,798,000 -627,672,000 -637,668,000 -533,290,000 -388,093,000 -562,881,000 -541,243,000 -463,453,000 -394,290,000 -263,709,000 -624,637,000 -579,657,000 -514,897,000 
          mortgage loans sold and principal payments on mortgage loans held for sale
        1,371,938,000 1,348,278,000 1,654,719,000 1,575,196,000 1,416,656,000 1,812,259,000 1,704,393,000 1,521,228,000 1,313,298,000 1,601,697,000 1,805,601,000 1,304,022,000 1,238,337,000 1,545,839,000 1,729,647,000 1,683,934,000 1,511,850,000 1,505,740,000 1,724,185,000 1,610,578,000 1,583,701,000 1,622,568,000 1,422,881,000 1,263,094,000 1,228,025,000 1,374,912,000 1,457,278,000 1,223,512,000 1,204,898,000 1,257,917,000 1,358,188,000 1,184,356,000 1,045,538,000 1,148,981,000 1,097,121,000 980,471,000 955,647,000 1,076,711,000 989,154,000 805,088,000 839,297,000 906,168,000 880,308,000 666,481,000 606,932,000 764,296,000 688,513,000 558,739,000 514,158,000                                             
          net change in assets and liabilities:
                                                                                                     
          increase in inventory
        -214,950,000  38,615,000 -59,668,000 -51,665,000  -12,978,000 -127,385,000 -166,884,000  16,316,000 -154,547,000 -77,267,000  208,296,000 -185,106,000 -246,273,000 -83,841,000 109,848,000 -143,581,000 -120,710,000 54,104,000 -160,636,000 -87,500,000 -168,352,000 149,161,000 -98,721,000 -116,559,000 -28,059,000 167,960,000 12,545,000 -89,223,000 -98,193,000 130,360,000 -11,608,000 -132,517,000 -140,334,000 224,630,000 -69,116,000 13,931,000 -254,639,000 154,951,000 -75,917,000 -129,625,000 -84,212,000 144,728,000 -59,955,000 -109,773,000 -102,729,000 178,815,000 24,865,000 -96,689,000 -159,852,000 64,757,000 1,820,000 -64,692,000 -99,635,000                                     
          increase in contract land deposits
        -96,424,000 -18,886,000 -49,331,000 -93,800,000 -38,640,000 -70,274,000 -26,018,000 -35,609,000 -25,390,000 -49,690,000 -17,243,000 -8,115,000 -2,515,000 508,000 -5,998,000 -11,938,000 -8,979,000                     494,000 -2,434,000 -27,987,000 -2,353,000 -23,574,000 -12,562,000 -947,000 -478,000 -14,980,000 -29,318,000 -5,932,000 -7,336,000 -17,635,000 -10,195,000 -11,538,000 -666,000 -12,711,000 -18,461,000 -15,409,000 -7,361,000 -8,805,000 -1,095,000 -15,170,000 -17,315,000                 -1,395,000 -4,584,000 -19,509,000 -5,512,000 -56,444,000 -38,832,000 -60,890,000 -39,386,000 -52,758,000 -29,232,000 -19,794,000 -16,896,000 -12,921,000 -36,240,000   
          decrease in receivables
        49,904,000 -46,469,000 5,973,000 1,295,000 -18,167,000 15,671,000 -2,480,000 -8,164,000 57,637,000   -5,618,000 9,801,000                    -4,585,000        -4,022,000    223,000         743,000   788,000 374,000   101,000 3,431,000 4,270,000 -6,418,000 249,000 1,129,000   3,183,000    3,143,000    1,877,000                 
          increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
        71,782,000    55,502,000    -46,915,000 54,774,000 84,146,000 -140,422,000 50,607,000 -55,864,000 16,371,000 -101,367,000 127,083,000 25,016,000 -52,913,000 -25,675,000 33,618,000 58,746,000 83,409,000 65,950,000 -39,438,000 5,931,000 -4,776,000 11,619,000 21,152,000 -31,914,000    -4,320,000 18,122,000   -1,204,000 24,379,000   -23,531,000 12,414,000   -22,164,000                                                
          increase in customer deposits
        24,212,000 -28,141,000 -17,794,000 -20,601,000 -7,180,000 -35,683,000 -10,665,000 13,943,000 20,890,000 -20,870,000 -13,452,000 33,533,000 21,426,000 -62,356,000 -62,959,000 -14,059,000 35,715,000 35,869,000 16,151,000 50,990,000 73,695,000 29,636,000 53,106,000 10,855,000 15,275,000 -11,051,000 -3,270,000 3,573,000 4,388,000 -29,430,000 -4,357,000 4,547,000 17,453,000 -12,252,000 -3,399,000 17,331,000 26,117,000 -22,461,000 2,951,000 15,194,000 15,587,000 -21,107,000 -6,311,000 12,418,000 19,210,000 -12,668,000                                                
          other
        1,197,000 -3,601,000 4,022,000 -5,562,000 -4,387,000 -7,125,000 5,707,000 -8,764,000 -340,000 -9,211,000 6,655,000 -866,000 -18,755,000 21,145,000 2,350,000 -5,376,000 8,157,000 -17,896,000 1,476,000 -833,000 -15,426,000 8,021,000 -7,574,000 -3,465,000 -15,608,000 11,251,000 2,876,000 205,000 -6,096,000 6,070,000 4,036,000 -3,993,000 -6,670,000 9,672,000 -1,550,000 6,036,000 -16,024,000 11,538,000 10,991,000 -7,410,000 -10,615,000 16,092,000 -5,401,000 -4,852,000 -10,352,000 12,808,000 -2,546,000 -838,000 -9,943,000 8,182,000 -1,376,000 -2,693,000 -6,881,000 3,936,000 -3,048,000 338,000 -8,611,000 -6,103,000 -4,238,000 5,944,000 3,501,000 -26,075,000 3,584,000 13,238,000 -11,391,000 -47,566,000 -7,352,000 -837,000 19,186,000 24,446,000 10,442,000 10,760,000 -18,285,000 40,395,000 -11,180,000 -18,227,000 -15,247,000 66,884,000 -23,269,000 -26,005,000 -9,104,000 -791,000 -2,104,000 -2,403,000 -6,683,000 -2,133,000 1,151,000 -1,443,000 -436,000 -620,000 -3,563,000 -2,945,000 -5,420,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        339,686,000 439,728,000 438,706,000 35,105,000 207,781,000 637,050,000 358,262,000 232,692,000 146,458,000 495,706,000 658,083,000 28,682,000 315,522,000 817,195,000 605,700,000 137,880,000 309,326,000 260,101,000 461,272,000 192,762,000 328,258,000 345,929,000 208,671,000 302,228,000 68,441,000 357,099,000 206,817,000 74,764,000 227,855,000 231,311,000 322,365,000 91,422,000 78,028,000 228,128,000 161,045,000 69,348,000 110,383,000 292,977,000 87,594,000 50,171,000 -46,277,000 187,809,000 55,991,000 -38,806,000 -1,603,000 226,410,000 -24,781,000 -1,294,000 -15,786,000 182,057,000 178,679,000 -12,421,000 -78,093,000 85,934,000 106,059,000 -18,447,000 90,838,000 6,044,000 20,642,000 -16,190,000 -9,033,000 140,987,000 -19,293,000 51,857,000 -118,163,000 145,706,000   1,227,000 246,801,000 114,612,000 25,907,000 75,041,000 377,899,000 66,000,000   430,565,000 125,568,000   245,201,000 110,405,000 130,191,000 46,975,000 225,361,000 132,998,000 60,554,000 45,015,000 272,997,000 88,703,000 116,623,000 74,462,000 
          capital expenditures
        -4,871,000 -3,700,000 -5,446,000 -8,303,000 -7,059,000 -5,591,000 -8,210,000 -6,432,000 -8,979,000 -6,346,000 -7,083,000 -8,734,000 -2,714,000 -6,456,000 -3,221,000 -4,695,000 -4,056,000 -5,929,000 -5,326,000 -3,516,000 -3,104,000 -3,790,000 -4,112,000 -4,707,000 -3,510,000 -5,959,000 -6,041,000 -5,414,000 -5,285,000 -4,847,000 -5,567,000 -6,138,000 -3,113,000 -4,599,000 -5,886,000 -4,623,000 -5,161,000 -5,856,000 -4,740,000 -6,342,000 -5,431,000 -4,809,000 -4,883,000 -3,692,000 -4,893,000 -6,519,000 -5,433,000 -4,947,000 -5,981,000 -4,633,000 -3,455,000 -1,998,000 -4,368,000 -3,104,000 -2,895,000 -2,770,000 -1,196,000 -6,466,000 -1,012,000 -2,635,000 -1,387,000 -2,040,000 -881,000 -1,498,000   -367,000 -1,819,000 -1,330,000 -1,786,000 -1,964,000 -3,557,000 -2,910,000   -7,391,000 -6,088,000   -8,598,000 -2,217,000 -5,689,000 -2,166,000 -3,214,000 -2,788,000 -1,842,000 -1,917,000 -4,239,000 -1,817,000 -1,820,000 -1,580,000 
          free cash flows
        334,815,000 436,028,000 433,260,000 26,802,000 200,722,000 631,459,000 350,052,000 226,260,000 137,479,000 489,360,000 651,000,000 19,948,000 312,808,000 810,739,000 602,479,000 133,185,000 305,270,000 254,172,000 455,946,000 189,246,000 325,154,000 342,139,000 204,559,000 297,521,000 64,931,000 351,140,000 200,776,000 69,350,000 222,570,000 226,464,000 316,798,000 85,284,000 74,915,000 223,529,000 155,159,000 64,725,000 105,222,000 287,121,000 82,854,000 43,829,000 -51,708,000 183,000,000 51,108,000 -42,498,000 -6,496,000 226,410,000 -31,300,000 -1,294,000 -21,219,000 177,110,000 172,698,000 -17,054,000 -81,548,000 83,936,000 101,691,000 -21,551,000 87,943,000 3,274,000 19,446,000 -22,656,000 -10,045,000 138,352,000 -20,680,000 49,817,000 -119,044,000 144,208,000   860,000 244,982,000 113,282,000 24,121,000 73,077,000 374,342,000 63,090,000   423,174,000 119,480,000   236,603,000 108,188,000 124,502,000 44,809,000 222,147,000 130,210,000 58,712,000 43,098,000 268,758,000 86,886,000 114,803,000 72,882,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                                     
          investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures
        -4,388,000 -10,333,000 -1,931,000 -27,183,000 -8,167,000 -1,460,000 -741,000   -552,000 -659,000 -565,000 -513,000 -8,750,000 -472,000 -421,000 -202,000 -659,000 -397,000   -367,000 -335,000   -3,345,000 -455,000 -332,000 -183,000 -138,000 -365,000 -307,000 -382,000 -863,000     -11,850,000 -11,000,000                                      
          proceeds from the sale of ownership interest in unconsolidated joint ventures
        21,559,000                                                                                             
          purchase of property, plant and equipment
        -4,871,000 -3,700,000 -5,446,000 -8,303,000 -7,059,000 -5,591,000 -8,210,000 -6,432,000 -8,979,000 -6,346,000 -7,083,000 -8,734,000 -2,714,000 -6,456,000 -3,221,000 -4,695,000 -4,056,000 -5,929,000 -5,326,000 -3,516,000 -3,104,000 -3,790,000 -4,112,000 -4,707,000 -3,510,000 -5,959,000 -6,041,000 -5,414,000 -5,285,000 -4,847,000 -5,567,000 -6,138,000 -3,113,000 -4,599,000 -5,886,000 -4,623,000 -5,161,000 -5,856,000 -4,740,000 -6,342,000 -5,431,000 -4,809,000 -4,883,000 -3,692,000 -4,893,000    -5,433,000 -4,947,000 -5,981,000 -4,633,000 -3,455,000 -1,998,000 -4,368,000 -3,104,000 -2,895,000 -2,770,000 -1,196,000 -6,466,000 -1,012,000 -2,635,000 -1,387,000 -2,040,000 -881,000 -1,498,000 -921,000 -258,000 -367,000 -1,819,000 -1,330,000 -1,786,000 -1,964,000 -3,557,000 -2,910,000 -2,481,000 -1,597,000 -7,391,000 -6,088,000 -5,105,000 -4,847,000 -8,598,000 -2,217,000 -5,689,000 -2,166,000 -3,214,000 -2,788,000 -1,842,000 -1,917,000 -4,239,000 -1,817,000 -1,820,000 -1,580,000 
          proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment
        165,000 199,000 267,000 238,000 210,000 295,000 299,000 204,000 2,246,000 152,000 182,000 1,855,000 184,000 179,000 207,000 136,000 210,000 157,000 164,000 288,000 369,000 331,000 216,000 197,000 252,000 353,000 448,000 585,000 484,000 515,000 317,000 230,000 195,000 183,000 192,000 295,000 177,000 299,000 255,000 247,000 199,000 207,000 138,000 200,000 138,000     226,000 124,000 141,000 116,000 -34,000 90,000 108,000 155,000 124,000 94,000 137,000 170,000 149,000 241,000 150,000 115,000                             
          net cash from investing activities
        12,465,000 -13,834,000 -7,110,000 -35,248,000 -15,016,000 -6,756,000 -8,652,000 -4,412,000 -6,733,000 -6,746,000 -6,901,000 -7,538,000 -2,915,000 -6,790,000 -3,014,000 -13,309,000 -4,318,000 -6,193,000 -5,364,000 -3,228,000 -3,394,000 8,166,000 -4,293,000 -4,548,000 -3,258,000 -5,963,000 -4,523,000 -919,000 -1,879,000 -1,690,000 -3,404,000 -2,647,000 -436,000 -6,639,000 -3,883,000 -2,538,000 -2,959,000 -2,125,000 -2,658,000 -3,292,000 -1,353,000 -409,000 -1,682,000 533,000 536,000 -1,094,000 -5,828,000 -12,165,000 5,000 -15,924,000 -1,846,000 -2,701,000 -14,006,000 -17,343,000 -2,953,000 -2,024,000 -291,000 -1,498,000 1,060,000 -64,966,000 3,538,000 23,707,000 148,854,000 -52,890,000 92,769,000  398,170,000 49,948,000 -708,317,000  -907,000 -1,470,000 -1,515,000  -2,627,000 -2,020,000 -799,000  -5,868,000 -4,853,000 -4,759,000    -9,490,000  910,000 -947,000 3,089,000   3,575,000 7,251,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                                     
          purchase of treasury stock
        -631,956,000 -502,104,000 -276,405,000 -471,413,000 -583,394,000 -564,315,000 -357,450,000 -638,976,000 -496,936,000 -286,428,000 -484,262,000 -201,077,000 -110,048,000 -116,165,000 -368,490,000 -266,915,000 -748,788,000 -385,164,000 -398,489,000 -376,941,000 -377,425,000 -154,496,000 -216,582,000 -332,875,000 -61,063,000 -87,980,000 -216,499,000 -188,765,000 -173,831,000 -126,296,000 -357,242,000 -191,967,000 -70,693,000 -73,959,000 -85,547,000 -163,608,000 -195,235,000 -9,407,000 -87,101,000 -167,921,000 -194,161,000 -6,186,000 -63,099,000         -7,153,000    -22,674,000 -365,743,000 -237,477,000 -63,408,000 -39,786,000 -201,209,000           -297,859,000 -123,262,000 -86,351,000 -103,778,000 -62,469,000 -120,817,000 -452,077,000 -115,216,000 -146,910,000 -248,406,000 -31,888,000 -29,858,000 -131,920,000 -113,937,000 -220,127,000 -124,812,000 -2,182,000 -113,270,000 
          principal payments on finance lease liabilities
        -1,476,000 -1,316,000 -1,193,000 -1,153,000 -1,066,000 -826,000 -753,000 -593,000 -462,000 -428,000 -422,000 -411,000 -400,000 -388,000 -384,000 -367,000 -356,000 -355,000 -347,000 -332,000 -329,000 -324,000 -253,000 -212,000 -200,000 -190,000 -104,000                                                                   
          proceeds from the exercise of stock options
        54,087,000 10,803,000 39,681,000 14,724,000 14,938,000 30,847,000 48,314,000 15,442,000 67,022,000 43,346,000 45,439,000 79,808,000 81,916,000 59,311,000 23,584,000 79,581,000 34,241,000 20,535,000 26,162,000 38,048,000 57,625,000 18,344,000 36,476,000 16,984,000 109,062,000 26,673,000 68,524,000 79,857,000 98,974,000 58,842,000 29,174,000 45,290,000 40,804,000 10,280,000 12,279,000 42,701,000 75,265,000 4,168,000 6,029,000 5,646,000 22,263,000 9,529,000 25,163,000 7,630,000 43,626,000 10,514,000 5,046,000 3,533,000 57,060,000 6,393,000 893,000 1,259,000 5,412,000 24,358,000 6,671,000 36,179,000 6,003,000 992,000                                    
          net cash from financing activities
        -579,345,000 -492,617,000 -237,917,000 -457,842,000 -569,522,000 -534,294,000 -309,889,000 -624,127,000 -430,376,000 -243,510,000 -439,245,000 -121,680,000 -28,532,000 -57,242,000 -345,290,000 -787,701,000 -714,903,000 -364,984,000 -372,674,000 -339,225,000 -320,129,000 -136,788,000 360,100,000 612,050,000 -107,720,000 -306,392,000 7,357,000 -8,135,000 -117,525,000 -129,923,000 -144,891,000 -81,006,000 -316,438,000 -181,687,000 -58,414,000 -31,258,000 -10,282,000 -156,661,000 -187,002,000 -1,367,000 -58,704,000 -149,546,000 -164,432,000 3,345,000 -11,839,000 -146,190,000 -56,803,000 -312,159,000 28,851,000 -114,077,000 -141,060,000 -294,185,000 26,323,000 6,368,000 382,179,000 38,575,000 3,818,000 -20,874,000 -454,976,000 -208,743,000 32,040,000 -26,787,000 -164,600,000 -250,377,000 117,536,000  15,904,000 14,171,000 102,216,000                         
          net decrease in cash, restricted cash, and cash equivalents
        -227,194,000  193,679,000 -457,985,000 -376,757,000          257,396,000                                                                               
          cash, restricted cash, and cash equivalents, beginning of the period
        1,956,881,000  2,664,667,000  3,215,444,000  2,574,518,000  2,636,984,000  2,809,782,000  1,160,804,000  732,248,000  689,557,000                                                             
          cash, restricted cash, and cash equivalents, end of the period
        1,729,687,000  193,679,000 -457,985,000 2,287,910,000  39,721,000 -395,847,000 2,924,793,000  211,937,000 -100,536,000 2,858,593,000  257,396,000 -663,130,000 2,227,089,000  83,234,000 -149,691,000 2,814,517,000  564,478,000 909,730,000 1,118,267,000  209,651,000 65,710,000 840,699,000  174,070,000 7,769,000 450,711,000                                                             
          supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
                                                                                                     
          interest paid during the period, net of interest capitalized
        810,000  800,000 14,095,000 651,000  670,000 14,003,000 421,000  504,000 13,922,000 859,000  848,000 20,106,000 12,521,000  12,598,000 14,261,000 12,614,000  12,364,000 419,000 12,174,000  11,988,000 142,000 11,910,000  11,915,000 174,000 11,977,000  11,819,000 -243,000 11,536,000  11,333,000 -1,271,000 10,837,000  12,092,000 182,000 12,039,000  12,086,000 139,000 12,027,000  12,066,000 215,000 12,392,000  118,000 269,000 318,000                                     
          income taxes paid during the period, net of refunds
        5,255,000  107,418,000 243,357,000 3,863,000  143,256,000 157,116,000 6,891,000  50,023,000 257,185,000 5,423,000  112,154,000 289,185,000 2,536,000  117,287,000 169,928,000 2,635,000  74,474,000 9,302,000 2,438,000  37,630,000 69,170,000 2,316,000  39,493,000 82,936,000 3,333,000  70,579,000 92,291,000 7,079,000  58,039,000 73,562,000 16,516,000  71,060,000 38,323,000 14,458,000  58,644,000 34,467,000 28,661,000  42,263,000 9,704,000 3,242,000  21,013,000 15,417,000 -376,000                          134,633,000    59,189,000       
          contract land deposit impairments (recoveries) and other impairments
                                                                                                     
          deferred tax expense
                                                                                                     
          distribution of earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures
             1,500,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 3,500,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000       100,000 1,220,000 1,548,000 608,000 733,000 1,014,000 1,466,000 1,383,000 494,000 1,509,000 1,541,000 2,070,000 1,068,000 1,891,000 2,614,000 3,521,000 2,442,000 3,130,000 4,093,000 5,846,000 3,641,000 72,000 1,014,000 3,704,000 1,353,000 2,989,000   1,152,000 2,275,000 154,000 651,000 352,000 338,000 537,000 1,120,000                                 
          decrease in inventory
                                                                                                     
          distribution of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures
               180,000             10,000 1,070,000 3,910,000 3,257,000 2,642,000 1,846,000 3,545,000 2,482,000 1,122,000 1,811,000 1,790,000 2,480,000 3,432,000 2,159,000 2,986,000 4,017,000 4,558,000 3,370,000 4,407,000 6,154,000 2,859,000 428,000 2,986,000 5,296,000 647,000 4,011,000 1,791,000 333,000 -1,054,000 1,325,000 1,972,000 2,449,000 1,148,000 2,162,000 2,963,000 4,380,000                                 
          net increase in cash, restricted cash, and cash equivalents
             96,000,000 39,721,000 -395,847,000 -290,651,000 245,450,000 211,937,000 -100,536,000 284,075,000    -409,895,000 -111,076,000 83,234,000 -149,691,000 4,735,000 217,307,000 564,478,000 909,730,000 -42,537,000 44,744,000 209,651,000 65,710,000 108,451,000 99,698,000 174,070,000 7,769,000 -238,846,000                                                             
          cash, restricted cash, and cash equivalents, beginning of the year
                                                                                                     
          cash, restricted cash, and cash equivalents, end of the year
                                                                                                     
          interest paid during the year, net of interest capitalized
                                                                                                     
          income taxes paid during the year, net of refunds
                                                                                                     
          contract land deposit impairments (recoveries)
          18,868,000 13,152,000 8,118,000                             -2,158,000 -171,000 1,850,000 1,717,000                                                         
          decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses
          -1,882,000    -54,345,000                         13,703,000 -25,035,000    -37,550,000    -1,382,000    -31,982,000                                                 
          redemption of senior notes
                                                                                                 
          contract land deposit recoveries
              3,923,000 -1,325,000 -7,466,000   -6,927,000 -3,072,000   -418,000 -5,924,000                     -2,842,000 9,000   -1,133,000 -4,178,000   3,883,000 -453,000 -1,672,000 -1,983,000  -603,000 -2,975,000 -1,012,000          298,000 973,000 -1,922,000                             
          contract land deposit (recoveries) impairments and other impairments
                                                                                                     
          deferred tax benefit
                                                                             -10,464,000                        
          contract land deposit (recoveries) impairments
                                        -215,000        -1,303,000             -1,760,000 917,000 -123,000 -1,037,000                                     
          increase in receivables
                     41,748,000 -52,738,000 -2,612,000 -13,782,000  1,978,000 -84,000 -4,243,000  -235,000 30,365,000 -33,190,000  1,116,000 2,408,000 -12,005,000       -2,152,000 -736,000         1,222,000 3,794,000 -5,268,000 -281,000  1,686,000 -380,000 -5,215,000                      -3,591,000       -21,693,000 17,428,000 -19,850,000 -2,463,000 2,628,000 6,160,000 -2,708,000 -8,604,000 4,158,000 -1,311,000   
          decrease (increase) in inventory
                                                                                                     
          proceeds from the issuance of senior notes
                             325,045,000                                                                       
          debt issuance costs
                             -312,000 -1,168,000                                                                       
          deferred tax
                                                                                                     
          decrease in contract land deposits
                         -39,221,000 -23,835,000 -21,226,000 -3,092,000 -4,066,000 -11,435,000 7,761,000 8,259,000   -19,857,000 6,303,000 -24,276,000 -15,920,000 580,000 8,753,000 -3,129,000 -6,566,000 9,448,000 8,424,000                         -14,696,000 -19,914,000 -8,732,000 -10,524,000 -17,513,000 828,000 -1,851,000 3,688,000  363,000 -3,169,000 8,229,000                     
          contract land deposit and other (recoveries) impairments
                          -4,119,000 -7,172,000 -6,183,000      -433,000                                                                   
          proceeds from senior notes
                                                                                                     
          distributions to partner in consolidated variable interest entity
                                            67,000 -67,000 -150,000 -300,000 -650,000                                               
          contract land deposit and other impairments (recoveries)
                              -4,702,000      542,000                                                                 
          contract land deposit and other impairments
                                36,336,000                                                                     
          repayments under non-recourse debt related to consolidated variable interest entity
                                                         -299,000 -1,045,000 -935,000 -2,035,000 -920,000 -1,271,000 -1,534,000 -2,841,000                                     
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                         39,802,000 98,748,000 35,552,000 97,142,000        -12,906,000    13,070,000 52,056,000 35,773,000 -309,307,000 -65,776,000 74,959,000 485,285,000 18,104,000 94,365,000    26,545,000    92,142,000 134,479,000 532,403,000 40,499,000 -604,874,000 182,602,000 96,902,000 100,481,000 103,449,000 347,018,000 -256,891,000 16,840,000 1,123,000 317,514,000    -68,240,000    106,475,000 118,039,000   8,930,000 -170,497,000   
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the year
                                                                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents, end of the year
                                                                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period
                                          396,619,000  425,316,000  545,419,000  866,253,000  1,153,507,000  480,794,000  1,193,750,000    1,250,150,000  1,147,643,000  664,209,000  556,119,000  177,526,000  367,365,000  232,219,000  142,845,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, end of the period
                                          98,748,000 35,552,000 493,761,000  -102,066,000 45,512,000 318,982,000  -110,123,000 -34,928,000 532,513,000  -87,412,000 -325,618,000 879,323,000  35,773,000 -309,307,000 1,087,731,000  485,285,000 18,104,000 575,159,000                                     
          excess income tax benefit from equity-based compensation
                                             -2,712,000 -2,271,000 -2,394,000 -6,284,000 -8,846,000 -4,566,000 -1,901,000 -7,998,000 -2,651,000 -736,000 -354,000 -5,696,000 3,175,000 -84,000 -628,000 -23,099,000 -8,632,000 -978,000 -3,833,000 -876,000 -1,563,000 -42,663,000                                   
          net repayments under note payable and credit lines
                                                         -169,000 -162,000 -158,000 -153,000  -95,000 -139,000 -426,000                                     
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                             134,191,000 -102,066,000 45,512,000 -106,334,000 37,854,000 -110,123,000    -87,412,000            -433,274,000    -35,039,000                 71,460,000 -73,018,000   11,380,000 -113,666,000    -20,921,000    -47,181,000 
          repayments under non-recourse debt related to consolidated variable interest entity and note payable
                                                     -597,000 -895,000 -1,327,000                                             
          borrowings under non-recourse debt related to consolidated variable interest entity
                                                             4,629,000 1,086,000 236,000 206,000                                     
          repayments under non-recourse debt related to consolidated
                                                                                                     
          variable interest entity and note payable
                                                    -64,000                                                 
          acquisition, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                     
          repayments on loans assumed in acquisition
                                                                                                     
          proceeds from issuance of senior notes due 2022
                                                                                                     
          debt issuance costs for senior notes due 2022
                                                                                                     
          supplemental disclosures of non-cash activities:
                                                                                                     
          increase in assets in connection with acquisition
                                                                                                     
          increase in liabilities in connection with acquisition
                                                                                                     
          additions to property, plant and equipment
                                                      -6,519,000                                               
          proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                      263,000 221,000 142,000                                  67,000           
          purchases of treasury stock
                                                      -61,988,000 -314,870,000 -32,578,000  -140,830,000                                           
          increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and customer deposits
                                                       80,416,000 -19,146,000 -22,479,000 30,216,000 93,558,000 13,161,000 11,798,000 28,051,000 38,532,000 32,015,000 -43,975,000 11,898,000 56,136,000 -27,036,000 -32,436,000 -1,967,000 67,753,000 23,402,000                             
          loss on sale of fixed assets
                                                                                                     
          proceeds from sales of mortgage loans
                                                         583,990,000 689,661,000 552,498,000 509,577,000 542,886,000 578,172,000 471,165,000 530,526,000 426,840,000 456,547,000 413,684,000 419,895,000 565,295,000 550,979,000 531,936,000 363,555,000 597,636,000 607,039,000 443,858,000 369,618,000 599,463,000 553,529,000 488,418,000 474,197,000 746,227,000 651,167,000 557,886,000 560,693,000 703,312,000 694,304,000 709,353,000 551,910,000 593,616,000 661,307,000 503,708,000 417,844,000 562,463,000 539,860,000 477,732,000 382,129,000 308,750,000 650,311,000 610,939,000 526,782,000 
          principal payments on mortgage loans held for sale
                                                         1,687,000 345,000 604,000 339,000 796,000 282,000 154,000 1,458,000 944,000 1,266,000 744,000 1,317,000 996,000 1,228,000 161,000 169,000  1,139,000 208,000 221,000 730,000 1,486,000 2,039,000 66,000 921,000 1,727,000 1,190,000 3,555,000 9,328,000 7,109,000 3,311,000 2,331,000 4,453,000 3,210,000 4,887,000 4,539,000 3,581,000 3,520,000 757,000 4,676,000  2,274,000 1,180,000 964,000 
          gain on sale of fixed assets
                                                                                     2,000 243,000   -317,000 35,000           
          purchase of marketable securities
                                                                     -50,000,000 -100,000,000 -598,956,000 398,956,000 50,000,000 -708,362,000                         
          redemption of marketable securities at maturity
                                                                     25,000,000 150,000,000 194,535,000                             
          net (repayments) borrowings under note payable and credit lines
                                                                                                     
          redemption of senior notes due 2010
                                                                                                     
          proceeds from issuance of 3.95% senior notes due 2022
                                                                                                     
          debt issuance costs for 3.95% senior notes due 2022
                                                                                                     
          investments in unconsolidated joint ventures
                                                                     -1,000,000 -1,000,000                             
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
                                                                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents, end of year
                                                                                                     
          gain on sales of loans
                                                                  -7,022,000 -9,735,000 -9,130,000    -9,929,000                             
          increase in inventories
                                                                  -44,857,000 -42,135,000 -61,423,000  -138,295,000    -18,269,000        -92,835,000 -84,202,000 -68,744,000  6,890,000 4,281,000 -228,335,000 122,606,000 -107,188,000 -117,013,000 -100,027,000 117,766,000 -55,600,000 -91,329,000 -35,604,000 69,741,000 -57,226,000 -86,777,000 -12,837,000 
          net (repayments) borrowings under notes payable and credit lines
                                                                  -89,679,000 14,284,000 -15,028,000                                 
          net (repayments) borrowings under non-recourse debt related to consolidated variable interest entity
                                                                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                                                                  -433,274,000 -289,899,000 1,220,295,000  -35,039,000 -251,410,000 1,342,292,000  532,403,000 40,499,000 542,769,000  96,902,000 100,481,000 767,658,000  -256,891,000 16,840,000 557,242,000  62,637,000 71,460,000 104,508,000  -19,313,000 11,380,000 253,699,000  118,039,000 -68,447,000 211,298,000  -170,497,000 298,122,000 95,664,000 
          interest paid during the period
                                                                  523,000 543,000 513,000  627,000 3,940,000 587,000  755,000 4,551,000 711,000  723,000 5,338,000 876,000  830,000 5,620,000 736,000  4,008,000 9,947,000 3,397,000  484,000 5,633,000 447,000  630,000 5,675,000 520,000  2,363,000 5,531,000 875,000 
          income taxes paid, net of refunds
                                                                  8,700,000 3,398,000 10,635,000  7,714,000 1,024,000 8,686,000  719,000 722,000 -35,025,000  24,245,000 30,051,000 1,733,000  45,074,000 59,640,000 6,857,000  133,693,000 88,479,000 81,662,000    6,105,000    31,867,000  36,074,000 30,958,000 34,811,000 
          investment in consolidated joint venture
                                                                                                     
          excess income tax benefit from exercise of stock options
                                                                   -3,580,000 -17,811,000 -1,899,000 -3,097,000 -26,651,000 -31,911,000 -7,792,000 -12,209,000 -6,494,000 -39,953,000 -12,313,000 -4,743,000 -15,001,000 -18,183,000 -724,000 -1,663,000 -26,236,000 -40,423,000 -13,170,000 -3,647,000 -18,668,000 -60,494,000             
          net repayments under non-recourse debt related to consolidated variable interest entity
                                                                   -1,052,000 -5,000                                 
          exercise of stock options
                                                                   11,922,000 92,670,000 20,499,000 5,456,000 9,751,000 41,786,000                             
          excess income tax benefit from equity based compensation
                                                                    17,811,000                                 
          gain on extinguishment of debt
                                                                                                     
          impairment of goodwill and intangible assets
                                                                                                     
          decrease in inventories
                                                                        -81,191,000    30,041,000                         
          purchase of nvr common stock for deferred compensation plan
                                                                                                     
          net borrowings (repayments) under notes payable and credit lines
                                                                                                     
          net borrowings under non-recourse debt related to consolidated variable interest entity
                                                                                                     
          net borrowings under notes payable and credit lines
                                                                      20,112,000 22,675,000 43,839,000                             
          net borrowings under non-recourse debt related to consolidated variable interest entities
                                                                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
                                                                                                    
          investment in newly formed consolidated joint venture
                                                                      -1,438,000 -23,776,000                             
          change in net consolidated variable interest entities
                                                                                                     
          stock option compensation expense
                                                                        5,678,000 11,454,000 11,446,000 11,634,000 11,768,000 11,488,000 11,284,000 12,099,000 6,333,000 8,614,000 -22,934,000 14,186,000 14,323,000 17,124,000 13,854,000 13,596,000 13,560,000             
          marketable securities maturing
                                                                                                     
          net cash used by investing activities
                                                                                          -2,150,000           
          net repayments under notes payable and credit lines
                                                                                                     
          repurchase of senior notes
                                                                         -2,000,000                           
          net cash provided (used) by financing activities
                                                                             -62,593,000 -16,803,000 76,044,000 29,923,000                     
          interest paid during the year
                                                                                                     
          change in net consolidated assets not owned
                                                                                                     
          increase in accounts payable, customer deposits and accrued expenses
                                                                          56,695,000    -16,156,000 -4,556,000 -33,301,000  -6,309,000 48,357,000 17,234,000  -115,211,000 96,796,000 48,316,000  21,785,000 185,111,000 92,726,000  64,662,000 45,605,000 59,988,000  42,252,000 93,353,000 37,731,000 
          net borrowings under notes payable, and other term debt
                                                                                                     
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
                                                                          27,203,000 14,077,000 31,473,000  3,944,000 13,143,000 27,021,000  475,000 16,585,000 49,838,000  1,944,000 3,697,000 10,935,000  1,836,000 1,474,000 8,697,000  3,306,000 2,367,000 8,380,000  1,759,000 3,433,000 3,772,000 
          net consolidated assets not owned
                                                                                                     
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used) provided by operating activities:
                                                                                                     
          contract land deposit impairments/
                                                                                                     
          decrease (increase) in receivables
                                                                                     3,821,000 2,693,000 -7,472,000 28,971,000            609,000 
          net cash (used) provided by operating activities
                                                                                        -52,384,000             
          net borrowings under notes payable and other term debt
                                                                                        33,513,000  -14,188,000 28,875,000 88,558,000         
          net assets not owned, consolidated per fin 46r
                                                                           135,000 -323,000  -1,704,000    -2,897,000    -4,122,000   23,807,000 -13,218,000           
          decrease in accounts payable, customer deposits and accrued expenses
                                                                            -18,162,000                         
          net borrowings (repayments) under notes payable and other term debt
                                                                            30,790,000                  10,683,000 1,499,000 36,532,000     
          contract land deposit impairments and write-offs
                                                                                 97,984,000 96,537,000                   
          decrease (increase) in contract land deposits
                                                                                  -4,156,000 5,748,000 6,635,000                2,100,000 
          decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and customer deposits
                                                                                                     
          change in net assets not owned, consolidated per fin 46r
                                                                                                     
          decrease (increase) in inventories
                                                                              14,617,000 5,440,000 57,777,000                     
          net borrowings (repayments) under notes payable, repurchase agreement and other term debt
                                                                                                     
          net repayments under notes payable and other term debt
                                                                                -15,281,000  -24,543,000                  -1,457,000 
          change in net assets not owned, consolidated per fin 46
                                                                                -3,791,000    -4,387,000                 
          net cash used by financing activities
                                                                                 -27,012,000 -320,264,000 -23,443,000 -70,642,000 -105,933,000 -57,063,000 -102,901,000 -15,875,000 -305,234,000 -127,568,000 -116,561,000 -151,151,000 -119,415,000   -69,025,000 -264,048,000   -128,894,000 
          tax benefit from stock-based compensation activity
                                                                                         3,227,000 10,272,000 8,206,000 72,755,000 42,153,000        
          (gain) loss on sale of fixed assets
                                                                                                     
          decrease in obligations under incentive plans
                                                                                  -3,983,000 11,925,000 -21,385,000  5,380,000 10,742,000 -37,008,000  14,560,000 15,132,000 -42,128,000  12,391,000 9,863,000 -31,870,000    -35,680,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:
                                                                                                     
          net cash provided (used) by operating activities
                                                                                    72,564,000                 
          net (repayments) borrowings under notes payable and other term debt
                                                                                    -74,552,000  -185,000            -17,077,000   
          deferred tax (benefit) expense
                                                                                                     
          increase in obligations under incentive plans
                                                                                                 10,115,000 13,298,000   
          proceeds from sales of mortgage servicing rights
                                                                                                 101,000 -56,000 4,112,000 7,693,000 
          business acquisition, net of cash acquired
                                                                                          -7,465,000         
          net assets not owned, consolidated per fin 46
                                                                                        1,537,000    6,328,000 3,332,000 -855,000 1,406,000 21,737,000     
          income from extinguishment of debt
                                                                                                    
          gain on sales of mortgage servicing rights
                                                                                                    -14,000 
          net cash (used) provided by investing activities
                                                                                                     
          extinguishment of 8% senior notes due 2005
                                                                                                    
          issuance of 5% senior notes due 2010
                                                                                                   
          stock-based compensation expense
                                                                                                     
          deferred tax expense/
                                                                                                     
          net cash provided/(used) by investing activities
                                                                                                     
          net (repayments)/borrowings under notes payable and credit lines
                                                                                                     
          payment of senior note consent fees
                                                                                                     
          gain on sale of mortgage servicing rights
                                                                                                    
          purchase of nvr, inc. common stock for funding of deferred compensation plan
                                                                                                     
          net cash (used) provided by financing activities
                                                                                                     
          purchase of nvr common stock for funding of deferred compensation plan
                                                                                                  -17,939,000 
          proceeds from sales of mortgage-backed securities
                                                                                                     
          principal payments on mortgage-backed securities
                                                                                                     
          redemption of mortgage-backed bonds
                                                                                                     
          inventory not owned, consolidated per fin 46
                                                                                                 -2,655,000 7,658,000   
          net cash provided (used) by investing activities
                                                                                                     
          net change in assets and liabilities
                                                                                                     
          restructuring and asset impairment charge
                                                                                                     
          net cash (used)/provided by investing activities
                                                                                                     
          extinguishment of 8% senior notes
                                                                                                     
          net increase in cash
                                                                                                     
          cash, beginning of year
                                                                                                     
          cash, end of year
                                                                                                     
          add:
                                                                                                     
          goodwill amortization, net of tax
                                                                                                     
          excess reorganization value amortization
                                                                                                     
          adjusted net income
                                                                                                     
          basic earnings per share:
                                                                                                     
          goodwill amortization
                                                                                                     
          diluted earnings per share: