Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Revenues:
Revenue	$ 132,033	$ 118,848
Cost of Sales:
Cost of Sales	120,366	105,837
Gross Margin:
Gross Margin	11,667	13,011
Selling and marketing expenses	(7,466)	(8,679)
General and administrative expenses	(6,023)	(7,391)
Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures	(1,937)	184
Interest expense	(718)	0
Project abandonment costs	(14,036)	(5)
Gain (loss) on early extinguishment of debt	(123)	417
Other income (expense), net	223	(188)
Pretax loss	(18,413)	(2,651)
Benefit for income taxes	9,937	664
Net loss	(8,476)	(1,987)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest	0	0
Net loss attributable to The New Home Company Inc.	$ (8,476)	$ (1,987)
Loss per share attributable to The New Home Company Inc.:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ (0.42)	$ (0.10)
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.42)	$ (0.10)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	19,951,825	19,986,394
Diluted (in shares)	19,951,825	19,986,394
Home Building [Member]
Revenues:
Revenue	$ 95,659	$ 99,186
Cost of Sales:
Cost of Sales	84,722	86,569
Gross Margin:
Gross Margin	10,937	12,617
Pretax loss	(19,143)	(3,045)
Land [Member]
Revenues:
Revenue	147	0
Cost of Sales:
Cost of Sales	147	0
Gross Margin:
Gross Margin	0	0
Construction [Member]
Revenues:
Revenue	36,227	19,662
Cost of Sales:
Cost of Sales	35,497	19,268
Gross Margin:
Gross Margin	730	394
Pretax loss	$ 730	$ 394