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NVR Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/12 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 4/27/12, at 3:16pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/12   ·   Accession #:  1193125-12-190645   ·   File #:  1-12378

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/27/12  NVR Inc                           10-Q        3/31/12   56:3.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    449K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
36: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     37K 
27: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    128K 
34: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     29K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
38: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML     78K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
51: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    134K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
28: R6          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     29K 
33: R7          Variable Interest Entities and Joint Ventures       HTML     48K 
24: R8          Land Under Development                              HTML     20K 
17: R9          Contract Land Deposits                              HTML     21K 
52: R10         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     29K 
40: R11         Excess Reorganization Value                         HTML     20K 
39: R12         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     56K 
44: R13         Product Warranties                                  HTML     27K 
45: R14         Segment Disclosures                                 HTML     78K 
43: R15         Fair Value                                          HTML     54K 
46: R16         Debt                                                HTML     22K 
35: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     30K 
37: R18         Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     21K 
42: R19         Variable Interest Entities and Joint Ventures       HTML     40K 
                (Tables)                                                         
56: R20         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     25K 
48: R21         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     45K 
30: R22         Product Warranties (Tables)                         HTML     25K 
41: R23         Segment Disclosure (Tables)                         HTML     84K 
32: R24         Fair Value (Tables)                                 HTML     39K 
14: R25         Variable Interest Entities and Joint Ventures       HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R26         Variable Interest Entities and Joint Ventures       HTML     34K 
                (Details 1)                                                      
53: R27         Variable Interest Entities and Joint Ventures       HTML     40K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
21: R28         Land Under Development (Details)                    HTML     23K 
20: R29         Contracts Land Deposits (Details)                   HTML     29K 
22: R30         Earnings per Share (Details)                        HTML     39K 
23: R31         Excess Reorganization Value (Details)               HTML     19K 
25: R32         Shareholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     53K 
12: R33         Shareholders' Equity (Details Textual)              HTML     23K 
47: R34         Product Warranties (Details)                        HTML     25K 
29: R35         Segment Disclosure (Details)                        HTML     27K 
31: R36         Segment Disclosure (Details 1)                      HTML     36K 
16: R37         Segment Disclosure (Details 2)                      HTML     46K 
55: R38         Segment Disclosure (Details 3)                      HTML     22K 
11: R39         Segment Disclosure (Details Textual)                HTML     19K 
26: R40         Fair Value (Details)                                HTML     24K 
50: R41         Fair Value (Details 1)                              HTML     34K 
15: R42         Fair Value (Details Textual)                        HTML     38K 
19: R43         Debt (Details Textual)                              HTML     25K 
54: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     78K 
18: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS    461K 
 5: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- nvr-20120331                        XML    653K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- nvr-20120331_cal                XML    153K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- nvr-20120331_def                 XML    281K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- nvr-20120331_lab                      XML    666K 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- nvr-20120331_pre               XML    475K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- nvr-20120331                          XSD    129K 
13: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001193125-12-190645-xbrl      Zip     80K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — nvr-20120331_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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