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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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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 (Month/Day/Year) 10/09/2017 (Street) ALISO VIEJO, CA 92656 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction 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) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 10/09/2017   S(1)   200 D $ 11.55 590,330 I By Trust Common Stock 10/10/2017   S(1)   6,200 D $ 11.55 584,130 I By Trust Common Stock               35,126 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction 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 (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (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)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	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		10/11/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(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.
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.

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