<PAGE>

      As Filed With The Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 1996

                                                           Registration No. 333-

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                            ________________________

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            ________________________

                                    NVR, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           VIRGINIA           7601 LEWINSVILLE ROAD         54-1394360
(State or other jurisdiction   MCLEAN, VIRGINIA  22102     (IRS employer
of incorporation or organization)  (703) 761-2000     identification number)

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






                NVR, INC. MANAGEMENT LONG-TERM STOCK OPTION PLAN



                            ________________________





                                 DWIGHT C. SCHAR
                              7601 LEWINSVILLE ROAD
                             MCLEAN, VIRGINIA  22102
                                 (703) 761-2000
                (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
               number, including area code, of agent for service)


                                    Copy to:
                          J. WARREN GORRELL, JR., ESQ.
                               EVE N. HOWARD, ESQ.
                             HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P.
                          555 THIRTEENTH  STREET, N.W.
                          WASHINGTON, D.C.  20004-1109
                                 (202) 637-5600




                            ________________________
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            AMOUNT      PROPOSED MAXIMUM  PROPOSED MAXIMUM      AMOUNT OF 
 TITLE OF SECURITIES                         TO BE       OFFERING PRICE   AGGREGATE OFFERING   REGISTRATION 
   TO BE REGISTERED                        REGISTERED     PER SHARE (1)        PRICE (1)            FEE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 <S>                                       <C>          <C>               <C>                  <C>    
 Common Stock, par value $.01 per share    2,000,000        $10.4375         $20,875,000        $7,198.28 
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

(1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the
average of the high and low prices per share of NVR, Inc. Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share, on May 28, 1996, as reported on the American Stock
Exchange.

<PAGE>
 
                                     PART I
              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

     The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent
or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  In accordance with the instructions to
Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of
the Securities Act.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.   INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

     NVR, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference into this
registration statement the following documents filed with the Commission:

               (a)  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
               year ended December 31, 1995;

               (b)  All other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to
               Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of
               1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since December 31, 1995;
               and 

               (c)  The description of the Registrant's common stock contained
               in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, No.
               33-69436, which is an exhibit to the Registrant's Form 8-A
               registration statement filed with the Commission on September 27,
               1993.

     In addition, all documents and reports filed by the Registrant subsequent
to the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part of hereof from the date of filing of such
documents or reports.


ITEM 4.   DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

     A description of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
is incorporated by reference under Item 3.  

ITEM 5.   INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

     Not applicable.

ITEM 6.   INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

     Each director and officer of the Registrant is insured and indemnified
against liability incurred by him or her in his or her capacity as an officer
and/or director, pursuant to the following:

<PAGE>

     (a)  Articles 8 and 9 of the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation
entitled "Indemnification" and "Limitation of Liability of Officers and
Directors," respectively, which are set forth as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference; and

     (b)  Sections 13.1-692.1, 13.1-697, 13.1-698, 13.1-702, 13.1-703 and
13.1-704 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, which are set forth as Exhibit
99.2 to this Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference.

                           *            *            *

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), may be permitted to directors,
officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

ITEM 7.   EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

     Not applicable. 


                                        2
<PAGE>

ITEM 8.   EXHIBITS.

          Exhibit
          Number    Description
- -------------------------------

          5         Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

          23.1      Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (independent auditors)

          23.2      Consent of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (included in their opinion
                    filed as Exhibit 5 hereto) 

          24        Powers of Attorney, included on the signature page at 5.

          99.1      Articles 8 and 9 of the Articles of Incorporation of NVR,
                    Inc.

          99.2      Sections 13.1-692.1, 13.1-697, 13.1-698, 13.1-702, 13.1-703
                    and 13.1-704 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act

          99.3      NVR, Inc. Management Long-Term Stock Option Plan


ITEM 9.   UNDERTAKINGS.

          (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

               (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
          being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                         (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section
               10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

                         (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
               arising after the effective date of the registration statement
               (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
               individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
               in the information set forth in the registration statement;

                         (iii)     To include any material information with
               respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
               the registration statement or any material change to such
               information in the registration statement.

          PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
          apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and
          the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
          by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
          Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
          that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

               (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
          Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
          be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
          therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
          deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.


                                        3
<PAGE>


               (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
          amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
          at the termination of the offering.

                    (b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
     purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
     of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
     15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
     employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
     Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration
     statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
     the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
     time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.

               (c)  The undertaking concerning indemnification is as set forth
     in the response to Item 6.


                                        4
<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the County of Fairfax, Commonwealth of Virginia, on May 30, 1996.

                                   NVR, INC.



                                 By: /s/ Dwight C. Schar    
                                     ---------------------------------------
                                     Dwight C. Schar
                                     Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive 
                                        Officer and President


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all Men by These Presents, that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Dwight C. Schar, Paul C. Saville and
Dennis M. Seremet, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-
fact and agents, or any of them, or their, his or her substitutes or substitute,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.


     Signature                        Title                         Date
     ---------                        -----                         -----
                                                           
                                                                      
                                                                      
/s/ Dwight C. Schar          Chairman of the Board of           May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------  Directors, Chief Executive
Dwight C. Schar              Officer and President
                             
                             
                             
/s/ Paul C. Saville          Chief Financial Officer, Senior    May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------  Vice President and Treasurer
Paul C. Saville              


                                        5
<PAGE>

                           
/s/ Dennis M. Seremet        Principal Accounting Officer,      May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------  Vice President and Controller
Dennis M. Seremet           
                             
                             
                             
/s/ C. Scott Bartlett, Jr.   Director                           May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
C. Scott Bartlett, Jr.       
                             
                             
                             
/s/ Manuel H. Johnson        Director                           May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
Manuel H. Johnson            
                             
                             
                             
/s/ William A. Moran         Director                           May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
William A. Moran             
                             
                             
                             
/s/ Richard H. Norair        Director                           May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
Richard H. Norair            
                             
                             
                             
/s/ David A. Preiser         Director                           May 17, 1996
- ---------------------------
David A. Preiser             
                             
                             
                             
/s/ George E. Slye           Director                           May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
George E. Slye               
                             
                             
                             
/s/ John M. Toups            Director                           May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
John M. Toups                
                             
                             
                             
/s/ Frederick W. Zuckerman   Director                           May 19, 1996
- ---------------------------
Frederick W. Zuckerman       
                             


                                        6
<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number          Description                                                Page
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5         Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

23.1      Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (independent auditors)

23.2      Consent of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (included in their opinion 
          filed as Exhibit 5 hereto) 

24        Powers of Attorney, included on the signature page at 5.

99.1      Articles 8 and 9 of the Articles of Incorporation of NVR, Inc.

99.2      Sections 13.1-692.1, 13.1-697, 13.1-698, 13.1-702, 13.1-703 and
          13.1-704 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act

99.3      NVR, Inc. Management Long-Term Stock Option Plan







                                        7
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As Filed With The Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 1996

                                                           Registration No. 333-

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                            ________________________

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            ________________________

                                    NVR, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           VIRGINIA           7601 LEWINSVILLE ROAD         54-1394360
(State or other jurisdiction   MCLEAN, VIRGINIA  22102     (IRS employer
of incorporation or organization)  (703) 761-2000     identification number)

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

                NVR, INC. MANAGEMENT LONG-TERM STOCK OPTION PLAN

                            ________________________

                                 DWIGHT C. SCHAR
                              7601 LEWINSVILLE ROAD
                             MCLEAN, VIRGINIA  22102
                                 (703) 761-2000
                (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
               number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:
                          J. WARREN GORRELL, JR., ESQ.
                               EVE N. HOWARD, ESQ.
                             HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P.
                          555 THIRTEENTH  STREET, N.W.
                          WASHINGTON, D.C.  20004-1109
                                 (202) 637-5600

                            ________________________
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            AMOUNT      PROPOSED MAXIMUM  PROPOSED MAXIMUM      AMOUNT OF 
 TITLE OF SECURITIES                         TO BE       OFFERING PRICE   AGGREGATE OFFERING   REGISTRATION 
   TO BE REGISTERED                        REGISTERED     PER SHARE (1)        PRICE (1)            FEE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share    2,000,000        $10.4375         $20,875,000        $7,198.28 
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the
average of the high and low prices per share of NVR, Inc. Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share, on May 28, 1996, as reported on the American Stock
Exchange.
PART I
              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

     The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent
or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  In accordance with the instructions to
Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of
the Securities Act.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.   INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

     NVR, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference into this
registration statement the following documents filed with the Commission:

               (a)  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
               year ended December 31, 1995;

               (b)  All other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to
               Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of
               1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since December 31, 1995;
               and 

               (c)  The description of the Registrant's common stock contained
               in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, No.
               33-69436, which is an exhibit to the Registrant's Form 8-A
               registration statement filed with the Commission on September 27,
               1993.

     In addition, all documents and reports filed by the Registrant subsequent
to the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part of hereof from the date of filing of such
documents or reports.

ITEM 4.   DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

     A description of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
is incorporated by reference under Item 3.  

ITEM 5.   INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

     Not applicable.

ITEM 6.   INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

     Each director and officer of the Registrant is insured and indemnified
against liability incurred by him or her in his or her capacity as an officer
and/or director, pursuant to the following:
(a)  Articles 8 and 9 of the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation
entitled "Indemnification" and "Limitation of Liability of Officers and
Directors," respectively, which are set forth as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference; and

     (b)  Sections 13.1-692.1, 13.1-697, 13.1-698, 13.1-702, 13.1-703 and
13.1-704 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, which are set forth as Exhibit
99.2 to this Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference.

                           *            *            *

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), may be permitted to directors,
officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

ITEM 7.   EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

     Not applicable. 

                                        2
ITEM 8.   EXHIBITS.

          Exhibit
          Number    Description
- -------------------------------

          5         Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

          23.1      Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (independent auditors)

          23.2      Consent of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (included in their opinion
                    filed as Exhibit 5 hereto) 

          24        Powers of Attorney, included on the signature page at 5.

          99.1      Articles 8 and 9 of the Articles of Incorporation of NVR,
                    Inc.

          99.2      Sections 13.1-692.1, 13.1-697, 13.1-698, 13.1-702, 13.1-703
                    and 13.1-704 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act

          99.3      NVR, Inc. Management Long-Term Stock Option Plan

ITEM 9.   UNDERTAKINGS.

          (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

               (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
          being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                         (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section
               10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

                         (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
               arising after the effective date of the registration statement
               (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
               individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
               in the information set forth in the registration statement;

                         (iii)     To include any material information with
               respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
               the registration statement or any material change to such
               information in the registration statement.

          PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
          apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and
          the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
          by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
          Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
          that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

               (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
          Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
          be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
          therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
          deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.

                                        3
(3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
          amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
          at the termination of the offering.

                    (b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
     purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
     of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
     15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
     employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
     Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration
     statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
     the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
     time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.

               (c)  The undertaking concerning indemnification is as set forth
     in the response to Item 6.

                                        4
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the County of Fairfax, Commonwealth of Virginia, on May 30, 1996.

                                   NVR, INC.

                                 By: /s/ Dwight C. Schar    
                                     ---------------------------------------
                                     Dwight C. Schar
                                     Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive 
                                        Officer and President

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all Men by These Presents, that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Dwight C. Schar, Paul C. Saville and
Dennis M. Seremet, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-
fact and agents, or any of them, or their, his or her substitutes or substitute,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.

     Signature                        Title                         Date
     ---------                        -----                         -----
                                                           
                                                                      
                                                                      
/s/ Dwight C. Schar          Chairman of the Board of           May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------  Directors, Chief Executive
Dwight C. Schar              Officer and President
                             
                             
                             
/s/ Paul C. Saville          Chief Financial Officer, Senior    May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------  Vice President and Treasurer
Paul C. Saville              

                                        5
/s/ Dennis M. Seremet        Principal Accounting Officer,      May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------  Vice President and Controller
Dennis M. Seremet           
                             
                             
                             
/s/ C. Scott Bartlett, Jr.   Director                           May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
C. Scott Bartlett, Jr.       
                             
                             
                             
/s/ Manuel H. Johnson        Director                           May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
Manuel H. Johnson            
                             
                             
                             
/s/ William A. Moran         Director                           May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
William A. Moran             
                             
                             
                             
/s/ Richard H. Norair        Director                           May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
Richard H. Norair            
                             
                             
                             
/s/ David A. Preiser         Director                           May 17, 1996
- ---------------------------
David A. Preiser             
                             
                             
                             
/s/ George E. Slye           Director                           May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
George E. Slye               
                             
                             
                             
/s/ John M. Toups            Director                           May 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
John M. Toups                
                             
                             
                             
/s/ Frederick W. Zuckerman   Director                           May 19, 1996
- ---------------------------
Frederick W. Zuckerman       
                             

                                        6
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number          Description                                                Page
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5         Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

23.1      Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (independent auditors)

23.2      Consent of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (included in their opinion 
          filed as Exhibit 5 hereto) 

24        Powers of Attorney, included on the signature page at 5.

99.1      Articles 8 and 9 of the Articles of Incorporation of NVR, Inc.

99.2      Sections 13.1-692.1, 13.1-697, 13.1-698, 13.1-702, 13.1-703 and
          13.1-704 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act

99.3      NVR, Inc. Management Long-Term Stock Option Plan

                                        7