Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Revenues:
Home sales	$ 42,303	$ 56,235
Fee building, including management fees from unconsolidated joint ventures of $2,175 and $2,968, respectively	42,937	46,630
Revenues	85,240	102,865
Expenses:
Cost of homes sales	36,670	47,408
Cost of fee building	40,914	43,777
Selling and marketing	3,476	2,150
General and administrative	5,175	3,660
Total expenses	86,235	96,995
Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures	(7)	1,868
Other expense, net	(109)	(308)
Income (loss) before income taxes	(1,111)	7,430
Benefit (provision) for income taxes	242	(2,885)
Net income (loss)	(869)	4,545
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	55	24
Net income (loss) attributable to The New Home Company Inc.	$ (814)	$ 4,569
Earnings (loss) per share attributable to The New Home Company Inc.
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ (0.04)	$ 0.28
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.04)	$ 0.28
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
Basic (in shares)	20,599,014	16,487,859
Diluted (in shares)	20,599,014	16,574,280