Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Revenues:
Home sales	$ 78,836	$ 19,202	$ 121,139	$ 75,437
Fee building, including management fees from unconsolidated joint ventures of $2,537, $2,133, $4,712 and $5,101, respectively	30,028	26,429	72,965	73,059
Revenues	108,864	45,631	194,104	148,496
Expenses:
Cost of homes sales	69,390	16,598	106,060	64,006
Cost of fee building	28,317	25,209	69,231	68,986
Selling and marketing	5,046	1,939	8,522	4,089
General and administrative	5,833	4,313	11,008	7,973
Total expenses	108,586	48,059	194,821	145,054
Equity in net income of unconsolidated joint ventures	3,947	3,256	3,940	5,124
Other expense, net	(286)	(413)	(395)	(721)
Income before income taxes	3,939	415	2,828	7,845
Provision for income taxes	(1,495)	(140)	(1,253)	(3,025)
Net income	2,444	275	1,575	4,820
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	65	174	120	198
Net income attributable to The New Home Company Inc.	$ 2,509	$ 449	$ 1,695	$ 5,018
Earnings (loss) per share attributable to The New Home Company Inc.
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.12	$ 0.03	$ 0.08	$ 0.30
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.12	$ 0.03	$ 0.08	$ 0.30
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
Basic (in shares)	20,709,139	16,516,546	20,654,998	16,502,578
Diluted (in shares)	20,760,186	16,672,649	20,745,802	16,623,663