SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 21, 2009

NVR, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)

Virginia
 
1-12378
 
54-1394360
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(Commission File
 
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
 
Number)
 
Identification No.)

11700 Plaza America Drive, Suite 500, Reston, Virginia
 
20190
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  703-956-4000


(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 

 
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Item 2.02
Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On April 21, 2009, NVR, Inc. issued a press release reporting its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009.  A copy of this press release is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)  Exhibits

Number
 
Description
     
99.1
 
Press release dated April 21, 2009.

 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

   
NVR, Inc.
 
       
Date:  April 21, 2009
By:
/s/ Dennis M. Seremet  
 
Name:
Dennis M. Seremet
 
 
Title:
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
 

 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number
 
Exhibit Description
     
99.1
 
Press release dated April 21, 2009.
 
 
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Unassociated Document
 
Exhibit 99.1

 
NVR, INC. ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER RESULTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Dan Malzahn
  
Office:
(703) 956-4204

April 21, 2009, Reston, VA—NVR, Inc. (NYSE: NVR), one of the nation’s largest homebuilding and mortgage banking companies, announced net income for its first quarter ended March 31, 2009 of $17,988,000, $3.02 per diluted share.  Net income and diluted earnings per share for its first quarter ended March 31, 2009 decreased 59% when compared to the 2008 first quarter.  Consolidated revenues for the first three months of 2009 totaled $558,599,000, a 37% decline from $887,931,000 for the comparable 2008 quarter.

Homebuilding

New orders in the first quarter of 2009 decreased 11% to 2,426 units, when compared to 2,731 units in the first quarter of 2008.  The cancellation rate in the first quarter of 2009 was 15% compared to 22% in the first quarter of 2008 and 30% in the fourth quarter of 2008.  The average sales price of new orders in the first quarter of 2009 declined by 12% from the first quarter of 2008.  Settlements decreased in the first quarter of 2009 to 1,773 units, 28% less than the same period of 2008.  The Company’s backlog of homes sold but not settled at the end of the 2009 quarter decreased on a unit basis by 29% to 3,817 units from the same period last year.  On a dollar basis, backlog dropped to $1,139,210,000, a decline of 41% when compared to the same period last year.

Homebuilding revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2009 totaled $548,329,000, 37% lower than the year earlier period.  Gross profit margins were 15.6% in the 2009 first quarter compared to 16.4% for the same period in 2008.  Land deposit impairments in the 2009 quarter were $0 compared to approximately $6,600,000 in the first quarter of 2008.  Income before tax from the homebuilding segment totaled $25,770,000, a decrease of 58% when compared to the first quarter of the previous year.

Mortgage Banking

Mortgage closed loan production of $427,294,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2009 was 18% lower than the same period last year.  Operating income for the mortgage banking operations during the first quarter of 2009 decreased 57% to $4,848,000, when compared to $11,243,000 reported for the same period of 2008.
 
Other News

The Company reported that it closed the 2009 first quarter with a cash and cash equivalents and marketable security position of $1,251,131,000.  The marketable securities are comprised of $309,018,000 of debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury and other U.S. government corporations and agencies, and $349,344,000 of corporate debt securities issued under the FDIC Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program.

The Company also reported that on April 3, 2009 it repurchased $27,950,000 of the Company's 5% Senior Notes due 2010 ("Senior Notes") on the open market at par.  The remaining outstanding balance of the Senior Notes is $135,370,000.
 
 
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Some of the statements in this release made by the Company constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Certain, but not necessarily all, of such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should” or “anticipates” or the negative thereof or other variations thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussion of strategies, each of which involves risks and uncertainties.  All statements other than those of historical facts included herein, including those regarding market trends, NVR’s financial position, business strategy, the outcome of pending litigation, projected plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements.  Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results or performance of NVR to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.  Such risk factors include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions (on both a national and regional level), interest rate changes, access to suitable financing by NVR and by NVR’s customers, competition, the availability and cost of land and other raw materials used by NVR in its homebuilding operations, shortages of labor, weather related slow downs, building moratoria, governmental regulation, the ability of NVR to integrate any acquired business, fluctuation and volatility of stock and other financial markets, mortgage financing availability and other factors over which NVR has little or no control.  The Company has no obligation to update such forward-looking statements.
 
 
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NVR, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
             
Homebuilding:
           
Revenues
  $ 548,329     $ 869,869  
Other income
    2,539       6,399  
Cost of sales
    (462,630 )     (726,931 )
Selling, general and administrative
    (59,694 )     (84,166 )
Operating income
    28,544       65,171  
Interest expense
    (2,774 )     (3,239 )
Homebuilding income
    25,770       61,932  
                 
Mortgage Banking:
               
Mortgage banking fees
    10,270       18,062  
Interest income
    584       810  
Other income
    89       159  
General and administrative
    (5,758 )     (7,654 )
Interest expense
    (337 )     (134 )
Mortgage banking income
    4,848       11,243  
                 
Income before taxes
    30,618       73,175  
                 
Income tax expense
    (12,630 )     (29,709 )
                 
Net income
  $ 17,988     $ 43,466  
                 
Basic earnings per share
  $ 3.19     $ 8.32  
                 
Diluted earnings per share
  $ 3.02     $ 7.42  
                 
Basic average shares outstanding
    5,642       5,224  
                 
Diluted average shares outstanding
    5,958       5,859  
 
 
 
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NVR, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share data)

   
March 31,
2009
   
December 31,
2008
 
   
(unaudited)
       
             
ASSETS
           
             
Homebuilding:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 591,490     $ 1,146,426  
Marketable securities
    658,362       -  
Receivables
    9,251       11,594  
Inventory:
               
Lots and housing units, covered under sales agreements with customers
    321,257       335,238  
Unsold lots and housing units
    44,678       57,639  
Manufacturing materials and other
    4,594       7,693  
      370,529       400,570  
                 
Contract land deposits, net
    25,695       29,073  
Assets not owned, consolidated per FIN 46R
    69,305       114,930  
Property, plant and equipment, net
    23,545       25,658  
Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net
    41,580       41,580  
Other assets, net
    223,431       242,626  
                 
      2,013,188       2,012,457  
                 
Mortgage Banking:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
    1,279       1,217  
Mortgage loans held for sale, net
    100,543       72,488  
Property and equipment, net
    663       759  
Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net
    7,347       7,347  
Other assets
    8,130       8,968  
                 
      117,962       90,779  
                 
Total assets
  $ 2,131,150     $ 2,103,236  
             
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
           
             
Homebuilding:
           
Accounts payable
  $ 119,293     $ 137,285  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    158,359       194,869  
Liabilities related to assets not owned, consolidated per FIN 46R
    64,137       109,439  
Customer deposits
    58,264       59,623  
Other term debt
    2,478       2,530  
Senior notes
    163,320       163,320  
      565,851       667,066  
Mortgage Banking:
               
Accounts payable and other liabilities
    14,947       17,842  
Notes payable
    75,381       44,539  
      90,328       62,381  
                 
Total liabilities
    656,179       729,447  
                 
Commitments and contingencies
               
                 
Shareholders’ equity:
               
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,559,671 and 20,561,187 shares issued for March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively
    206       206  
Additional paid-in capital
    766,775       722,265  
Deferred compensation trust – 270,335 and 514,470 shares of NVR, Inc. common stock for March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively
    (44,307 )     (74,978 )
Deferred compensation liability
    44,307       74,978  
Retained earnings
    3,648,875       3,630,887  
Less treasury stock at cost – 14,833,217 and 15,028,335 shares for March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively
    (2,940,885 )     (2,979,569 )
Total shareholders’ equity
    1,474,971       1,373,789  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 2,131,150     $ 2,103,236  
 
 
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NVR, Inc.
Operating Activity
(unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)

   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
             
Homebuilding data:
           
New orders (units)
           
Mid Atlantic (1)
    1,203       1,292  
North East (2)
    235       280  
Mid East (3)
    701       717  
South East (4)
    287       442  
Total
    2,426       2,731  
                 
Average new order price
  $ 281.9     $ 320.0  
                 
Settlements (units)
               
Mid Atlantic (1)
    928       1,241  
North East (2)
    184       245  
Mid East (3)
    413       617  
South East (4)
    248       362  
Total
    1,773       2,465  
                 
Average settlement price
  $ 308.8     $ 352.6  
                 
Backlog (units)
               
Mid Atlantic (1)
    2,051       2,777  
North East (2)
    354       540  
Mid East (3)
    1,019       1,213  
South East (4)
    393       881  
Total
    3,817       5,411  
                 
Average backlog price
  $ 298.5     $ 354.0  
                 
Community count (average)
    357       442  
Lots controlled at end of period
    44,000       64,000  
                 
Mortgage banking data:
               
Loan closings
  $ 427,294     $ 523,538  
Capture rate
    89 %     82 %
                 
Common stock information:
               
Shares outstanding at end of period
    5,726,454       5,274,489  
Number of shares repurchased
    -       -  
Aggregate cost of shares repurchased
    -       -  

(1)
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware
(2)
Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey
(3)
Western Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New York and Ohio
(4)
North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee
 
 
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