Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^* Davis Joseph David	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol New Home Co Inc. [ NWHM ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) __ X __ Other (specify below) See "Remarks" below.
(Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE NEW HOME COMPANY INC., 85 ENTERPRISE, SUITE 450	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 10/16/2017
(Street) ALISO VIEJO, CA 92656 (City) (State) (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	10/16/2017		S ⁽¹⁾		3800	D	$11.56 ⁽²⁾	580330	I	By Trust
Common Stock								35126	D

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)			11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	The sales reported on these lines were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted by a family trust of which the reporting person is a trustee on March 13, 2017.
(2)	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The shares were disposed of in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $11.55 to $11.59, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares acquired at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.

Remarks:
The reporting person is a party to an Investor Rights Agreement with H. Lawrence Webb, Wayne Stelmar, Thomas Redwitz, IHP Capital Partners VI, LLC, Watt/TNHC LLC and TCN/TNHC LP (collectively,
"Group Members"), dated February 5, 2014, which was filed as Exhibit 4.2 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. Pursuant to this Investor Rights Agreement,
the entity-parties thereto have the right to designate directors for nomination and each of the Group Members has agreed to vote in favor of particular nominees as described in such Investor Rights Agreement.
The reporting person may be deemed to have shared voting power over the shares owned by the other Group Members. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the other Group
Members and has no pecuniary interest in the shares held by the other Group Members.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Davis Joseph David C/O THE NEW HOME COMPANY INC. 85 ENTERPRISE, SUITE 450 ALISO VIEJO, CA 92656				See "Remarks" below.

Signatures
/s/ Miek Harbur, Attorney-in-Fact for Joseph D. Davis		10/18/2017
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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