NVR 10-Q 2022-03-31

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022

OR

For the transition period from ____ to ____

Commission File Number: 1-12378

NVR, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

11700 Plaza America Drive, Suite 500

Reston, Virginia 20190

(703) 956-4000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

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(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year if changed since last report)

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As of April 30, 2022 there were 3,289,666 total shares of common stock outstanding.

NVR, Inc.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

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NVR, Inc.

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Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as statements made by us in periodic press releases or other public communications, 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, as amended. 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 comparable terminology. All statements other than of historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained in this document may include those regarding market trends, our financial position and financial results, business strategy, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and customers, supply chain disruptions, the outcome of pending litigation, investigations or similar contingencies, projected plans and objectives of management for future operations. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results or performance 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 the following: the economic impact of COVID-19 and related supply chain disruption; general economic and business conditions (on both a national and regional level); interest rate changes; access to suitable financing by us and our customers; increased regulation in the mortgage banking industry; the ability of our mortgage banking subsidiary to sell loans it originates into the secondary market; competition; the availability and cost of land and other raw materials used by us in our homebuilding operations; shortages of labor; weather related slow-downs; building moratoriums; governmental regulation; fluctuation and volatility of stock and other financial markets; mortgage financing availability; and other factors over which we have little or no control. We undertake no obligation to update such forward-looking statements except as required by law. For additional information regarding risk factors, see Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “NVR,” “we,” “us,” or “our” include NVR and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

Business Environment and Current Outlook

Despite experiencing rising mortgage interest rates during the quarter, demand for new homes remained strong during the first quarter of 2022 driven by limited housing supply. As a result, the market has seen significant appreciation in home prices, allowing us to improve profitability despite rising material and labor costs. Additionally, strong housing demand has resulted in increased construction activity and demand for building materials and contractor labor, which, coupled with the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to supply chain disruptions and longer construction cycle times. We expect to continue to face these disruptions well into 2022, and we continue to work closely with our suppliers and trade partners to manage these disruptions.

Although current demand for new homes is strong, there is uncertainty regarding the extent and timing of the supply chain disruption and the effects of the ongoing pandemic and related economic relief efforts on the U.S. economy, which have contributed to high inflation during the first quarter of 2022. Demand for new homes and home affordability may be negatively impacted by both rising inflation and mortgage interest rates. We expect to continue to face cost pressures related to building materials, labor and land costs, which will impact profit margins based on our ability to manage these costs while balancing sales pace and pricing. Although we are unable to predict the extent to which this will impact our operational and financial performance, we believe that we are well positioned to take advantage of opportunities that may arise from future economic and homebuilding market volatility due to the strength of our balance sheet.

Business

Our primary business is the construction and sale of single-family detached homes, townhomes and condominiums, all of which are primarily constructed on a pre-sold basis. To fully serve customers of our homebuilding operations, we also operate a mortgage banking and title services business. We primarily conduct our operations in mature markets. Additionally, we generally grow our business through market share gains in our existing markets and by expanding into markets contiguous to our current active markets. Our four homebuilding reportable segments consist of the following regions:

Our lot acquisition strategy is predicated upon avoiding the financial requirements and risks associated with direct land ownership and development. We generally do not engage in land development (see discussion below of our land development activities). Instead, we typically acquire finished building lots from various third party land developers pursuant to fixed price finished lot purchase agreements (“LPAs”). These LPAs require deposits, typically ranging up to 10% of the aggregate purchase price of the finished lots, in the form of cash or letters of credit that may be forfeited if we fail to perform under the LPA. This strategy has allowed us to maximize inventory turnover, which we believe enables us to minimize market risk and to operate with less capital, thereby enhancing rates of return on equity and total capital.

In addition to constructing homes primarily on a pre-sold basis and utilizing what we believe is a conservative lot acquisition strategy, we focus on obtaining and maintaining a leading market position in each market we serve. This strategy allows us to gain valuable efficiencies and competitive advantages in our markets, which we believe contributes to minimizing the adverse effects of regional economic cycles and provides growth opportunities within these markets. Our continued success is contingent upon our ability to control an adequate supply of finished lots on which to build.

In certain specific strategic circumstances, we deviate from our historical lot acquisition strategy and engage in joint venture arrangements with land developers or directly acquire raw ground already zoned for its intended use for development. Once we acquire control of raw ground, we determine whether to sell the raw parcel to a developer and enter into an LPA with the developer to purchase the finished lots or to hire a developer to develop the land on our behalf. While joint venture arrangements and direct land development activity are not our preferred method of acquiring finished building lots, we may enter into additional transactions in the future on a limited basis where there exists a compelling strategic or prudent financial reason to do so. We expect, however, to continue to acquire substantially all our finished lot inventory using LPAs with forfeitable deposits.

As of March 31, 2022, we controlled approximately 126,800 lots as described below.

Lot Purchase Agreements

We controlled approximately 124,600 lots under LPAs with third parties through deposits in cash and letters of credit totaling approximately $529,600 and $8,800, respectively. Included in the number of controlled lots are approximately 4,300 lots for which we have recorded a contract land deposit impairment reserve of approximately $24,100 as of March 31, 2022.

Joint Venture Limited Liability Corporations (“JVs”)

We had an aggregate investment totaling approximately $18,800 in four JVs, expected to produce approximately 2,200 lots. Of the lots to be produced by the JVs, approximately 1,850 lots were controlled by us and approximately 350 were either under contract with unrelated parties or currently not under contract. We had additional funding commitments totaling approximately $2,000 to one of the JVs at March 31, 2022.

Land Under Development

We owned land with a carrying value of approximately $14,700 that we intend to develop into approximately 350 finished lots. We had additional funding commitments of approximately $2,000 under a joint development

agreement related to one parcel, a portion of which we expect will be offset by development credits of approximately $600.

See Notes 2, 3 and 4 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for additional information regarding LPAs, JVs and land under development, respectively.

Raw Land Purchase Agreements

In addition, we have certain properties under contract with land owners that are expected to yield approximately 18,500 lots, which are not included in the number of total lots controlled. Some of these properties may require rezoning or other approvals to achieve the expected yield. As of March 31, 2022, these properties are controlled with deposits in cash totaling approximately $6,600, of which approximately $4,600 is refundable if certain contractual conditions are not met. We generally expect to assign the raw land contracts to a land developer and simultaneously enter into an LPA with the assignee if the project is determined to be feasible.

Key Financial Results

Our consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2022 totaled $2,378,409, a 17% increase from the first quarter of 2021. Net income for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 was $426,100, or $116.56 per diluted share, increases of 71% and 84% when compared to net income and diluted earnings per share in the first quarter of 2021, respectively. Our homebuilding gross profit margin percentage increased to 28.5% in the first quarter of 2022 from 19.7% in the first quarter of 2021. New orders, net of cancellations (“New Orders”) decreased by 6% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021. The average sales price for New Orders in the first quarter of 2022 increased by 13% to $465.7 compared to the first quarter of 2021.

Homebuilding Operations

The following table summarizes the results of operations and other data for our homebuilding operations:

Consolidated Homebuilding - Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

Homebuilding revenues increased 18% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, as a result of a 3% increase in the number of units settled and a 14% increase in the average settlement price. The increase in the number of units settled was attributable to a 10% higher backlog unit balance entering 2022 compared to the backlog unit balance entering 2021, offset partially by a lower backlog turnover rate quarter over quarter attributable in part to the impact of supply chain issues on our construction cycle times. The increase in the

average settlement price was primarily attributable to a 15% higher average sales price of units in backlog entering 2022 compared to backlog entering 2021.

Gross profit margin percentage in the first quarter of 2022 increased to 28.5%, from 19.7% in the first quarter of 2021. Gross profit margins were favorably impacted by the increase in the average settlement price attributable to improved pricing power in prior quarters, lower lumber costs and improved leveraging of certain operating costs attributable to the increase in settlement activity in the first quarter of 2022.

The number of New Orders decreased 6% while the average sales price of New Orders increased 13% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021. New Orders were lower due primarily to a 9% decrease in the average number of active communities in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021. The increase in the average sales price of New Orders was attributable to strong price appreciation attributable to sustained demand driven by favorable market conditions.

Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expense in the first quarter of 2022 increased by approximately $8,100 compared to the first quarter of 2021, but as a percentage of revenue decreased to 5.6% from 6.2% quarter over quarter due to improved leveraging of SG&A costs. The increase in SG&A expense was attributable primarily to increases of approximately $7,400 in personnel costs and approximately $2,900 in incentive compensation attributable largely to increased headcount.

Our backlog represents homes sold but not yet settled with our customers. As of March 31, 2022, our backlog increased on a unit basis by 5% to 13,443 units and increased on a dollar basis by 20% to $6,232,955 when compared to 12,791 units and $5,204,091, respectively, as of March 31, 2021. The increase in backlog units was primarily attributable to a lower backlog turnover rate quarter over quarter, which was negatively impacted by a longer production cycle attributable to supply chain disruptions and external subcontractor capacity constraints as we work to expand production capacity to meet our increased sales pace. Backlog dollars were higher due to the increase in backlog units and a 14% increase in the average sales price of New Orders during the six-month period ended March 31, 2022 compared to the same period in 2021.

Our backlog may be impacted by customer cancellations for various reasons that are beyond our control, such as failure to obtain mortgage financing, inability to sell an existing home, job loss, or a variety of other reasons. In any period, a portion of the cancellations that we experience are related to new sales that occurred during the same period, and a portion are related to sales that occurred in prior periods and therefore appeared in the opening backlog for the current period. Calculated as the total of all cancellations during the period as a percentage of gross sales during that same period, our first quarter cancellation rate was approximately 10% for both 2022 and 2021. During the most recent four quarters, approximately 3% of a reporting quarter’s opening backlog cancelled during the fiscal quarter. We can provide no assurance that our historical cancellation rates are indicative of the actual cancellation rate that may occur during the remainder of 2022 or future years. Other than those units that are cancelled, and subject to potential construction delays resulting from continued supply chain and/or COVID-19 related disruptions, we expect to settle substantially all of our March 31, 2022 backlog within the next twelve months.

The backlog turnover rate is impacted by various factors, including, but not limited to, changes in New Order activity, internal production capacity, external subcontractor capacity, building material supply chain disruptions and other external factors over which we do not exercise control.

Reportable Segments

Homebuilding segment profit includes all revenues and income generated from the sale of homes, less the cost of homes sold, SG&A expenses, and a corporate capital allocation charge determined by corporate management. The corporate capital allocation charge eliminates in consolidation and is based on the segment’s average net assets employed. The corporate capital allocation charged to the operating segment allows the Chief Operating Decision Maker to determine whether the operating segment is providing the desired rate of return after covering our cost of capital.

We record charges on contract land deposits when we determine that it is probable that recovery of the deposit is impaired. For segment reporting purposes, impairments on contract land deposits are generally charged to the operating segment upon the termination of an LPA with the developer, or the restructuring of an LPA resulting

in the forfeiture of the deposit. We evaluate our entire net contract land deposit portfolio for impairment each quarter. For presentation purposes below, the contract land deposit reserve at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 has been allocated to the respective year’s reportable segments to show contract land deposits on a net basis. The net contract land deposit balances below also include approximately $8,800 and $10,100 at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, of letters of credit issued as deposits in lieu of cash.

The following tables summarize certain homebuilding operating activity by reportable segment for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.

Selected Segment Financial Data:

Operating Activity:

Homebuilding Inventory:

(1) The reconciling items between segment inventory and consolidated inventory include certain consolidation adjustments necessary to convert the reportable segments’ results, which are predominantly maintained on a cash basis, to a full accrual basis for external financial statement presentation purposes. These consolidation adjustments are not allocated to our operating segments.

Lots Controlled and Land Deposits:

Mid Atlantic

Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

The Mid Atlantic segment had an approximate $120,700, or 94%, increase in segment profit in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021. The increase in segment profit was driven by an increase in segment revenues of approximately $205,600, or 22%, coupled with an increase in gross profit margins. Segment revenues increased due to increases in the number of units settled and the average settlement price of 8% and 12%, respectively. The increases in the number of units settled and the average settlement price were primarily attributable to a 10% higher backlog unit balance and a 14% higher average sales price of units in backlog entering 2022 compared to backlog entering 2021. The Mid Atlantic segment’s gross profit margin percentage increased to

27.9% in the first quarter of 2022 from 20.4% in the first quarter of 2021. Gross profit margins were favorably impacted by the aforementioned 12% increase in the average settlement price and improved leveraging of certain operating costs attributable to the increase in settlement activity in the first quarter of 2022.

Segment New Orders and the average sales price of New Orders increased 1% and 5%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021. The increase in the average sales price of New Orders was attributable to strong price appreciation attributable to sustained demand driven by favorable market conditions.

North East

Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

The North East segment had an approximate $10,700, or 70%, increase in segment profit in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021, due primarily to an increase in segment revenues of approximately $13,400, or 8%, coupled with an increase in gross profit margins. Segment revenues increased due to an increase in the average settlement price of 16%, offset partially by a 6% decrease in the number of units settled. The increase in the average settlement price was primarily attributable to a 14% higher average sales price of units in backlog entering 2022 compared to backlog entering 2021. The decrease in the number of units settled was attributable to a lower backlog turnover rate attributable in part to the impact of supply chain issues on our construction cycle times. The segment’s gross profit margin percentage increased to 23.8% in the first quarter of 2022 from 17.8% in the first quarter of 2021. Gross profit margins were favorably impacted by the aforementioned 16% increase in the average settlement price, coupled with lower lot costs as a percentage of revenue in the first quarter of 2022.

Segment New Orders and the average sales price of New Orders increased 5% and 10%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021. The increase in the average sales price of New Orders was attributable to strong price appreciation attributable to sustained demand driven by favorable market conditions. New Orders were higher due to strong demand which led to higher sales absorption rates in the first quarter of 2022.

Mid East

Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

The Mid East segment had an approximate $22,200, or 45%, increase in segment profit in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021, due primarily to an increase in segment revenues of approximately $36,500, or 9%, coupled with an increase in gross profit margins. Segment revenues increased due to a 13% increase in the average settlement price, offset partially by a 4% decrease in settlements. The increase in the average settlement price was primarily attributable to an 11% higher average sales price of units in backlog entering 2022 compared to backlog entering 2021. The decrease in the number of units settled was attributable to a lower backlog turnover rate attributable in part to the impact of supply chain issues on our construction cycle times. The segment's gross profit margin percentage increased to 22.0% in the first quarter of 2022 from 18.2% in the first quarter of 2021. Gross profit margins were favorably impacted by the aforementioned 13% increase in the average settlement price, coupled with lower lot costs as a percentage of revenue in the first quarter of 2022.

Segment New Orders decreased 15% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021. The decrease in New Orders was primarily attributable to an 8% decrease in average number of active communities. The average sales price of New Orders increased 14% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021 due primarily to strong price appreciation attributable to sustained demand driven by favorable market conditions.

South East

Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

The South East segment had an approximate $56,800, or 100%, increase in segment profit in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021. The increase in segment profit was primarily driven by an increase in segment revenues of approximately $90,100, or 20%, coupled with an increase in gross profit margins. The increase in revenues is attributable to a 3% increase in the number of units settled and a 16% increase in the average settlement price quarter over quarter. The increase in the number of units settled was attributable to an 18% higher backlog unit balance entering 2022 compared to the backlog unit balance entering 2021, offset by a lower backlog

turnover rate attributable in part to the impact of supply chain issues on our construction cycle times. The increase in the average settlement price was primarily attributable to a 22% higher average sales price of units in backlog entering 2022 compared to backlog entering 2021. The segment’s gross profit margin percentage increased to 28.7% in the first quarter of 2022 from 20.4% in the first quarter of 2021. Gross profit margins were favorably impacted by the aforementioned 16% increase in the average settlement price and improved leveraging of certain operating costs attributable to the increase in settlement activity in the first quarter of 2022.

Segment New Orders decreased 9% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021. The decrease in New Orders was mainly attributable to a 19% decrease in average number of active communities. The average sales price of New Orders increased 25% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021 due primarily to strong price appreciation attributable to sustained demand driven by favorable market conditions.

Homebuilding Segment Reconciliations to Consolidated Homebuilding Operations

In addition to the corporate capital allocation and contract land deposit impairments discussed above, the other reconciling items between homebuilding segment profit and homebuilding consolidated income before tax include unallocated corporate overhead (which includes all management incentive compensation), equity-based compensation expense, consolidation adjustments and external corporate interest expense. Our overhead functions, such as accounting, treasury and human resources, are centrally performed and the costs are not allocated to our operating segments. Consolidation adjustments consist of such items to convert the reportable segments’ results, which are predominantly maintained on a cash basis, to a full accrual basis for external financial statement presentation purposes, and are not allocated to our operating segments. External corporate interest expense primarily consists of interest charges on our Senior Notes, and is not charged to the operating segments because the charges are included in the corporate capital allocation discussed above.

(1)This item represents changes to the contract land deposit impairment reserve, which are not allocated to the reportable segments. See further discussion of lot deposit impairment charges in Note 2 in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

(2)The decrease in equity-based compensation expense for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022 was primarily attributable to previously issued options becoming fully vested effective December 31, 2021.

(3)This item represents the elimination of the corporate capital allocation charge included in the respective homebuilding reportable segments. The corporate capital allocation charge is based on the segment’s monthly average asset balance, and is as follows for the periods presented:

(4)The increase in consolidation adjustments and other for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022 compared to the respective 2021 period is driven by higher lumber prices quarter over quarter. Our reportable segments' results include the intercompany profits of our production facilities for home packages delivered to our homebuilding divisions, which were negatively impacted by the increase in lumber costs. The increase in lumber costs related to homes not yet settled is reversed through the consolidation adjustment. As the homes currently in inventory are settled in subsequent quarters, our consolidated homebuilding margins will be negatively impacted by these higher lumber costs.

Mortgage Banking Segment

Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

We conduct our mortgage banking activity through NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. (“NVRM”), a wholly owned subsidiary. NVRM focuses exclusively on serving the homebuilding segment customer base. NVRM sells all of the mortgage loans it closes to investors in the secondary markets on a servicing-released basis, typically within 30 days from the loan closing. The following table summarizes the results of our mortgage banking operations and certain statistical data for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021:

Loan closing volume for the three months ended March 31, 2022 increased by approximately $71,700, or 5%, from the same period in 2021. The increase in loan closing volume during the three months ended March 31, 2022 was primarily attributable to the 11% increase in the average loan balance for loans closed, driven by a 14% increase in the homebuilding segment's average home settlement price in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021. This increase was partially offset by a 5% decrease in number of loans closed, which was primarily attributable to the 3% decrease in the capture rate in the first quarter of 2022.

Segment profit for the three months ended March 31, 2022 decreased by approximately $9,500, or 16%, from the same period in 2021. This decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease of approximately $8,600, or 11%, in mortgage banking fees, primarily due to a decrease in secondary marketing gains on sales of loans.

Seasonality

We generally have higher New Order activity in the first half of the year and higher home settlements, revenue and net income in the second half of the year, however, our typical seasonal New Order and settlement trends have been affected since 2020 by the pandemic and supply chain disruptions.

Effective Tax Rate

Our effective tax rate during the three months ended March 31, 2022 was 24.7% compared to 20.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The increase in the effective tax rate in the first quarter of 2022 is primarily attributable to a lower income tax benefit recognized for excess tax benefits from stock option exercises, which totaled approximately $8,400 and $17,400 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2021, respectively.

We expect to experience volatility in our effective tax rate in future quarters as the amount of the excess tax benefit from equity-based awards is dependent on our stock price when awards are exercised as well as on the timing of exercises, which historically has varied from quarter to quarter.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We fund our operations primarily from our current cash holdings and cash flows generated by operating activities. In addition, we have available a short-term unsecured working capital revolving credit facility and revolving mortgage repurchase facility, as further described below. As of March 31, 2022, we had approximately $2,150,000 in cash and cash equivalents, approximately $285,000 in unused committed capacity under our revolving credit facility and $150,000 in unused committed capacity under our revolving mortgage repurchase facility.

Material Cash Requirements

We believe that our current cash holdings, cash generated from operations, and cash available under our short-term unsecured credit agreement and revolving mortgage repurchase facility, as well as the public debt and equity markets, will be sufficient to satisfy both our short term and long term cash requirements for working capital to support our daily operations and meet commitments under our contractual obligations with third parties. Our material contractual obligations primarily consist of (i) payments due to service our debt and interest on that debt. We expect to use cash holdings to repurchase or retire $600,000 in senior notes maturing in September 2022. Future interest payments on our outstanding senior notes total approximately $230,100, with approximately $37,800 due in within the next twelve months, (ii) payment obligations totaling approximately $314,000 under existing LPAs for deposits to be paid to land developers, assuming that contractual development milestones are met by the developers and we exercise our option to acquire finished lots under those LPAs. We expect to make the majority of these payments within the next three years, and (iii) obligations under operating and finance leases related primarily to office space and our production facilities (see Note 13 of this Form 10-Q for additional discussion of our leases).

In addition to funding growth in our homebuilding and mortgage banking operations, we historically have used a substantial portion of our excess liquidity to repurchase outstanding shares of our common stock in open market and privately negotiated transactions. This ongoing repurchase program assists us in accomplishing our primary objective, creating increases in shareholder value. See Part II, Item 2, Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds, of this Form 10-Q for further discussion of repurchase activity during the first quarter of 2022. For the quarter ended March 31, 2022, we repurchased 146,054 shares of our common stock at an aggregate purchase price of $748,788. As of March 31, 2022, we had approximately $259,300 available under Board approved repurchase authorizations.

Capital Resources

Senior Notes

As of March 31, 2022, we had a total of $1,500,000 in outstanding Senior Notes, $600,000 of which mature in September 2022 and the remaining $900,000 mature in May 2030. The Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with any of our existing and future unsecured senior indebtedness,

will rank senior in right of payment to any of our future indebtedness that is by its terms expressly subordinated to the Senior Notes and will be effectively subordinated to any of our existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness. The indenture governing the Senior Notes does not contain any financial covenants; however, it does contain, among other items, and subject to certain exceptions, covenants that restrict our ability to create, incur, assume or guarantee secured debt, enter into sale and leaseback transactions and conditions related to mergers and/or the sale of assets. We were in compliance with all covenants under the Senior Notes at March 31, 2022.

Credit Agreement

We have an unsecured revolving credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement") with a group of lenders which may be used for working capital and general corporate purposes. The Credit Agreement provides for aggregate revolving loan commitments of $300,000 (the "Facility"). Under the Credit Agreement, we may request increases of up to $300,000 to the Facility in the form of revolving loan commitments or term loans to the extent that new or existing lenders agree to provide additional revolving loan or term loan commitments. In addition, the Credit Agreement provides for a $100,000 sublimit for the issuance of letters of credit of which there was approximately $15,000 outstanding at March 31, 2022. The Credit Agreement termination date is February 12, 2026. There was no debt outstanding under the Facility at March 31, 2022.

Repurchase Agreement

NVRM's revolving mortgage repurchase facility (the “Repurchase Agreement”) provides for aggregate borrowings up to $150,000 and is non-recourse to NVR. The Repurchase Agreement expires on July 20, 2022. At March 31, 2022, there were no borrowing base limitations reducing the amount available under the Repurchase Agreement. There was no debt outstanding under the Repurchase Agreement at March 31, 2022.

There have been no changes in our Credit Agreement or Repurchase Agreement during the three months ended March 31, 2022. For additional information regarding lines of credit and notes payable, see Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Cash Flows

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, cash, restricted cash, and cash equivalents decreased by $409,895. Net cash provided by operating activities was $309,326, due primarily to cash provided by earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $127,083 attributable primarily to an increase in income taxes payable. Additionally, cash was provided by an increase in customer deposits of $35,715, attributable to the increase in our ending backlog and by net proceeds of $27,079 from mortgage loan activity. Cash was primarily used to fund the increase in inventory of $246,273, attributable to an increase in units under construction at March 31, 2022 compared to December 31, 2021.

Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $4,318. Cash was used primarily for purchases of property, plant and equipment of $4,056.

Net cash used in financing activities was $714,903 for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Cash was used to repurchase 146,054 shares of our common stock at an aggregate purchase price of $748,788 under our ongoing common stock repurchase program, discussed above. Cash was provided from stock option exercise proceeds totaling $34,241.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates as previously disclosed in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

There have been no material changes in our market risks during the three months ended March 31, 2022. For additional information regarding our market risks, see Part II, Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures were effective. There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting in the last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are involved in various litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, and based on advice of legal counsel, this litigation is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Legal costs incurred in connection with outstanding litigation are expensed as incurred.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors as previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

We had three share repurchase authorizations outstanding during the quarter ended March 31, 2022. On August 4, 2021, November 3, 2021 and February 16, 2022, we publicly announced that our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of our outstanding common stock in one or more open market and/or privately negotiated transactions, up to an aggregate of $500,000 per authorization. The repurchase authorizations do not have expiration dates. We repurchased the following shares of our common stock during the first quarter of 2022: