Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Stockholders Equity

A summary of changes in stockholders’ equity is as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings		Total Green Brick Partners, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity		Noncontrolling Interests			Total Stockholders’ Equity
	Shares	Amount
Balance as of December 31, 2017	50,598,901	$	506	$	289,938	$	125,903	$	416,347	$	16,691		$	433,038
Share-based compensation	—	—		71		—		71		—			71
Issuance of common stock under 2014 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, net of shares withheld for employee taxes	66,798	1		668		—		669		—			669
Amortization of deferred share-based compensation	—	—		96		—		96		—			96
Common stock issued in connection with the investment in the Challenger Subsidiary	20,000	—		—		—		—		—			—
Distributions	—	—		—		—		—		(8,045		)	(8,045		)
Net income	—	—		—		11,203		11,203		2,036			13,239
Balance as of March 31, 2018	50,685,699	$	507	$	290,773	$	137,106	$	428,386	$	10,682		$	439,068