EXHIBIT 23

                         Consent of Independent Auditors
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The Board of Directors
NVR, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
33-69754) on Form S-8 (for the NVR, Inc. Directors' Long-Term Incentive Plan),
the registration statement (No. 33-69756) on Form S-8 (for the NVR, Inc.
Management Equity Incentive Plan), the registration statement (No. 33-69758) on
Form S-8 (for the NVR, Inc. Equity Purchase Plan), the registration statement
(No. 33-87478) on Form S-8 (for the NVR, Inc. 1994 Management Equity Incentive
Plan), the registration statement (No. 333-04975) on Form S-8 (for the NVR, Inc.
Management Long-Term Stock Option Plan), the registration statement (No.
333-04989) on Form S-8 (for the NVR, Inc. Directors' Long-Term Stock Option
Plan), the registration statement (No. 33-69436) on Form S-3, the registration
statement (No. 333-44515) on Form S-3 (for a universal shelf registration for
senior or subordinated debt in an amount up to $400 million), the amended
registration statement (No. 333-44515) on Form S-3A (for a universal shelf
registration for senior or subordinated debt in an amount up to $400 million),
the registration statement (No. 333-79949) on Form S-8 (for the NVR, Inc. 1998
Directors' Long-Term Stock Option Plan), the registration statement (No.
333-79951) on Form S-8 (for the NVR, Inc. 1998 Management Stock Option Plan),
the registration statement (No. 333-56732) on Form S-8 (for the NVR, Inc. 2000
Broadly-Based Stock Option Plan) and of our report on the consolidated balance
sheets of NVR, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 and the
related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2001, which
appears in the December 31, 2001, annual report on Form 10-K of NVR, Inc.


KPMG LLP


McLean, Virginia
February 8, 2002