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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):  January 27, 2010

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 January 27, 2010, NVR, Inc. issued a press release reporting its financial results for the quarter and year to date periods ended December 31, 2009.  A copy of this press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(c)  Exhibits     
     
Number
 
Description
     
99.1
 
Press release dated January 27, 2010.
 
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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:  January 27, 2010
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 January 27, 2010.

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NVR, INC. ANNOUNCES FULL YEAR AND FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS

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

January 27, 2010, Reston, VA—NVR, Inc. (NYSE: NVR), one of the nation’s largest homebuilding and mortgage banking companies, announced net income for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009 of $60,639,000, $9.61 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $30,457,000 and diluted loss per share of $5.54 for its prior year fourth quarter.  Consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 totaled $745,802,000, an 18% decrease from $910,174,000 for the comparable 2008 quarter.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, consolidated revenues were $2,743,848,000, 26% lower than the $3,693,039,000 reported for the year ended December 31, 2008.  Net income for the year ended December 31, 2009 was $192,180,000, compared to $100,892,000 for the year ended December 31, 2008.  Diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2009 was $31.26, an increase of 83% from $17.04 per diluted share for the comparable period of 2008.

Homebuilding

New orders in the fourth quarter of 2009 increased 47% to 2,000 units, compared to 1,357 units in the fourth quarter of 2008. The cancellation rate in the quarter ended December 31, 2009 was 15% compared to 30% in the fourth quarter of 2008 and 14% in the third quarter of 2009. Settlements decreased in the fourth quarter of 2009 to 2,550 units, 8% less than the same period of 2008.

Homebuilding revenues for the quarter ended December 31, 2009 totaled $730,140,000, 19% lower than the year earlier period. Gross profit margins increased to 18.9% in the 2009 fourth quarter compared to 2.6% for the same period in 2008. Income before tax from homebuilding operations totaled $75,815,000 in the 2009 fourth quarter, compared to a loss of $56,978,000 in the fourth quarter of the previous year. The fourth quarter 2008 gross profit margin results and pre-tax income were negatively impacted by a $109,800,000 land deposit impairment charge. The fourth quarter 2008 results were also impacted by goodwill impairment charges of $11,686,000.

New orders for the 2009 fiscal year totaled 9,409 units, a 7% increase when compared to the 8,760 units reported for 2008. Home settlements for 2009 decreased 16% to 9,042 units when compared to 10,741 units settled in 2008. Homebuilding revenues for 2009 totaled $2,683,467,000, 26% lower than 2008. Gross profit margins increased to 18.5% in 2009 from 12.6% in 2008. Pre-tax homebuilding income increased to $263,083,000 for the 2009 fiscal year, an increase of 87% from the prior year. Gross profit margins and pre-tax income were negatively impacted in 2008 by a $165,000,000 land deposit impairment charge. The Company’s backlog of homes sold but not settled at the end of 2009 increased on a unit basis by 12% to 3,531 units and on a dollar basis by 7% to $1,076,437,000 as compared to the prior year end.

 
 

 

Mortgage Banking

Mortgage closed loan production of $542,147,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2009 was 13% lower than the same period last year. Income before tax for the mortgage banking operations during the fourth quarter of 2009 increased to $8,712,000, compared to $4,234,000 reported for the same period of 2008. Pre-tax income in the current quarter was favorably impacted primarily by a decrease in incentives given to borrowers.
 
Mortgage closed loan production for the 2009 fiscal year decreased 12% to $2,060,376,000. Income before tax from the mortgage banking segment for 2009 increased 32% to $35,331,000 from the $26,704,000 reported for 2008.

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 Operations
(in thousands, except per share data)

   
Three Months Ended December 31,
   
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
                         
Homebuilding:
                       
Revenues
  $ 730,140     $ 899,535     $ 2,683,467     $ 3,638,702  
Other income
    2,186       2,030       8,697       16,386  
Cost of sales
    (592,221 )     (875,779 )     (2,185,733 )     (3,181,010 )
Selling, general and administrative
    (62,132 )     (67,906 )     (233,152 )     (308,739 )
Operating income (loss)
    77,973       (42,120 )     273,279       165,339  
Interest expense
    (2,158 )     (3,172 )     (10,196 )     (12,902 )
Goodwill and intangible asset impairment
    -       (11,686 )     -       (11,686 )
Homebuilding income (loss)
    75,815       (56,978 )     263,083       140,751  
                                 
Mortgage Banking:
                               
Mortgage banking fees
    15,662       10,639       60,381       54,337  
Interest income
    897       1,347       2,979       3,955  
Other income
    171       214       629       745  
General and administrative
    (7,755 )     (7,756 )     (27,474 )     (31,579 )
Interest expense
    (263 )     (210 )     (1,184 )     (754 )
Mortgage banking income
    8,712       4,234       35,331       26,704  
                                 
Income (loss) before taxes
    84,527       (52,744 )     298,414       167,455  
                                 
Income tax (expense) benefit
    (23,888 )     22,287       (106,234 )     (66,563 )
                                 
Net income (loss)
  $ 60,639     $ (30,457 )   $ 192,180     $ 100,892  
                                 
                                 
Basic earnings (loss) per share
  $ 10.21     $ (5.54 )   $ 33.10     $ 18.76  
                                 
Diluted earnings (loss) per share
  $ 9.61     $ (5.54 )   $ 31.26     $ 17.04  
                                 
Basic average shares outstanding
    5,939       5,497       5,807       5,379  
                                 
Diluted average shares outstanding
    6,311       5,497       6,149       5,920  

 
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NVR, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share data)

   
December 31, 2009
   
December 31, 2008
 
             
ASSETS
           
             
Homebuilding:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 1,248,689     $ 1,146,426  
Marketable securities
    219,535       -  
Receivables
    7,995       11,594  
Inventory:
               
Lots and housing units, covered under sales agreements with customers
    337,523       335,238  
Unsold lots and housing units
    73,673       57,639  
Manufacturing materials and other
    7,522       7,693  
      418,718       400,570  
                 
Contract land deposits, net
    49,906       29,073  
Consolidated assets not owned
    70,430       114,930  
Property, plant and equipment, net
    20,215       25,658  
Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net
    41,580       41,580  
Other assets, net
    258,659       242,626  
                 
      2,335,727       2,012,457  
                 
Mortgage Banking:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
    1,461       1,217  
Mortgage loans held for sale, net
    40,097       72,488  
Property and equipment, net
    446       759  
Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net
    7,347       7,347  
Other assets
    10,692       8,968  
                 
      60,043       90,779  
                 
Total assets
  $ 2,395,770     $ 2,103,236  

(Continued)

 
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NVR, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Continued)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)

   
December 31, 2009
   
December 31, 2008
 
             
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
           
             
Homebuilding:
           
Accounts payable
  $ 120,464     $ 137,285  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    221,352       194,869  
Liabilities related to consolidated assets not owned
    65,915       109,439  
Customer deposits
    63,591       59,623  
Other term debt
    2,166       2,530  
Senior notes
    133,370       163,320  
      606,858       667,066  
Mortgage Banking:
               
Accounts payable and other liabilities
    19,306       17,842  
Notes payable
    12,344       44,539  
      31,650       62,381  
                 
Total liabilities
    638,508       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 December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively
    206       206  
Additional paid-in capital
    830,531       722,265  
Deferred compensation trust – 265,278 and 514,470 shares of NVR, Inc. common stock for December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively
    (40,799 )     (74,978 )
Deferred compensation liability
    40,799       74,978  
Retained earnings
    3,823,067       3,630,887  
Less treasury stock at cost – 14,609,560 and 15,028,335 shares for December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively
    (2,896,542 )     (2,979,569 )
Total shareholders’ equity
    1,757,262       1,373,789  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 2,395,770     $ 2,103,236  

 
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NVR, Inc.
Operating Activity
(unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)

   
Three Months Ended December 31,
   
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
                         
Homebuilding data:
                       
New orders (units):
                       
Mid Atlantic (1)
    986       692       4,809       4,290  
North East (2)
    201       159       904       884  
Mid East (3)
    545       360       2,552       2,380  
South East (4)
    268       146       1,144       1,206  
Total
    2,000       1,357       9,409       8,760  
                                 
Average new order price
  $ 297.8     $ 296.0     $ 292.7     $ 311.3  
                                 
Settlements (units):
                               
Mid Atlantic (1)
    1,349       1,389       4,722       5,240  
North East (2)
    241       273       882       1,086  
Mid East (3)
    655       750       2,323       2,762  
South East (4)
    305       364       1,115       1,653  
Total
    2,550       2,776       9,042       10,741  
                                 
Average settlement price
  $ 286.2     $ 323.6     $ 296.4     $ 338.4  
                                 
Backlog (units):
                               
Mid Atlantic (1)
                    1,863       1,776  
North East (2)
                    325       303  
Mid East (3)
                    960       731  
South East (4)
                    383       354  
Total
                    3,531       3,164  
                                 
Average backlog price
                  $ 304.9     $ 316.9  
                                 
Community count (average)
    352       397       355       427  
Lots controlled at end of year
                    46,300       45,000  
                                 
Mortgage banking data:
                               
Loan closings
  $ 542,147     $ 623,623     $ 2,060,376     $ 2,351,341  
Capture rate
    90 %     89 %     91 %     85 %
                                 
Common stock information:
                               
Shares outstanding at end of year
                    5,950,111       5,532,852  

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

 
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