UNITED STATES
                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C.  20549


                                     SCHEDULE 13G


                      Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934




                                      NVR, INC.
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                                   (Name of Issuer)

                                     Common Stock
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                            (Title of Class of Securities)

                                      62944T105
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                                    (CUSIP Number)


          *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
          reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to
          the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
          containing information which would alter the disclosures provided
          in a prior cover page.  

          The information required in the remainder of this cover page
          shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18
          of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise
          subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall
          be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
          Notes).
















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                                     SCHEDULE 13G

          CUSIP No. 62944T105                            Page 2 of 5 Pages

          1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
               S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

               Quaker Capital Management Corporation
               --------------------------------------

          2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                 (a) ___

                                                                 (b)  X
                                                                     --- 
          3    SEC USE ONLY

          4    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                    Pennsylvania
                    ------------

             NUMBER OF             5  SOLE VOTING POWER          139,400
              SHARES
            BENEFICIALLY           6  SHARED VOTING POWER        592,500
             OWNED BY
               EACH                7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER     139,400
            REPORTING
              PERSON               8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   592,500
               WITH

          9    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
               PERSON

                    731,900
                    -------

          10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
               CERTAIN SHARES   ___

               The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of
               714,600 shares owned by its clients.


          11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

                    5.39%
                    -----

          12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                     IA
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                                     SCHEDULE 13G
                                 CUSIP NO. 62944T105

               Pursuant to Rule 13d-1 and 13d-2 promulgated under the
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned
          hereby files this Schedule 13G.

          Item 1.   (a)  The name of the Issuer is NVR, Inc..

                    (b)  The address of the Issuer's principal executive
                         offices is 7601 Lewinsville Road, Suite 300,
                         McLean, Virginia 22101.

          Item 2.   (a)  The name of the person filing this report is
                         Quaker Capital Management Corporation (the
                         "Reporting Person").

                    (b)  The address of the principal place of business of 
                         the Reporting Person is The Arrott Building, 401
                         Wood Street, Suite 1300, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
                         15222-1824. The Reporting Person is a corporation 
                         organized and existing under the laws of the
                         Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

                    (d) and (e)    This report relates to the Common Stock 
                         of NVR, Inc..  CUSIP No.62944T105.

          Item 3.   The Reporting Person is a corporation registered as an 
                    Investment Advisor under Section 203 of the Investment 
                    Advisers Act of 1940.

          Item 4.   Ownership
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                    (a)  The Reporting Person, in its capacity as
                         investment adviser, may be deemed to be the
                         beneficial owner of 714,600 shares of the Common
                         Stock of the Issuer which are owned by various
                         investment advisory clients of the Reporting
                         Person in accounts over which the Reporting Person
                         has discretionary authority.  The filing of this
                         report shall not be construed as an admission that
                         the Reporting Person is, for purposes of Section
                         13(d) or 13(g) of the Act, the beneficial owner of
                         these securities.  Additionally, the Reporting
                         Person and/or its principals own 17,300 shares of 
                         the Common Stock of the Issuer.

                    (b)  The shares covered by this report represent 5.39% 
                         of the Common Stock of the Issuer.

                    (c)  None of the clients of the Reporting Person is
                         known to own more than 5% of the Common Stock of
                         the Issuer.  The Reporting Person has shared
                         voting and dispositive power over 592,500 shares

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                         and sole voting and dispositive power over 122,100
                         shares owned by its clients and held in accounts
                         over which it has discretionary authority.  The
                         Reporting Person and/or its principals have sole
                         voting and dispositive power over the 17,300
                         shares owned by the Reporting Person and/or its
                         principals.

          Item 5.   Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
                    --------------------------------------------

                    Not applicable.

          Item 6.   Ownership of More than Five Percent on 
                    Behalf of Another Person
                    ---------------------------------------

                    714,600 of the shares with respect to which this report
                    is filed are owned by a variety of investment advisory 
                    clients of the Reporting Person, which clients are
                    entitled to receive dividends on and the proceeds from 
                    the sale of such shares.  No client is known to own
                    more than 5% of the class.

          Item 7.   Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary
                    which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the
                    Parent Holding Company                              
                    ----------------------------------------------------

                    Not applicable.

          Item 8.   Identification and Classification of the Members 
                    of the Group
                    -------------------------------------------------

                    Not applicable.

          Item 9.   Notice of Dissolution of a Group
                    --------------------------------

                    Not applicable.

          Item 10.  Certification
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                    By signing below, I certify that, to the best of my
                    knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above 
                    were acquired in the ordinary course of business and
                    were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have
                    the effect of changing or influencing the control of
                    the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in 
                    connection with or as a participant in any transaction 
                    involving such purposes or effect.


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                                      SIGNATURE

               After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
          belief, I certify that the information set forth in this
          statement is true, complete and correct.


                                   QUAKER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORPORATION




          February 11, 1997             By: /s/Mark G. Schoeppner
                                        -----------------------------------
                                            Mark G. Schoeppner
                                            President




































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