NWHM The New Home Company Inc

FORM 4 [X] 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                                                                                   
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Neff Douglas C	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol New Home Co Inc. [ NWHM ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director                    __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below)    __X__ Other (specify below) See "Remarks" below.
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O THE NEW HOME COMPANY INC., 15231 LAGUNA CANYON RD, SUITE 250	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 9/8/2021
(Street) IRVINE, CA 92618 (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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	9/8/2021		U		16759 (1)	D	(1)	0	D
Common Stock	9/8/2021		D		9917 (2)	D	(2)	0	D
Common Stock	9/8/2021		U		2455944 (1)	D	(1)	0	I	By IHP Capital Partners VI, LLC

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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Reflects disposition of Issuer common stock in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 23, 2021 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Newport Holdings, LLC, Newport Merger Sub, Inc. ("Merger Sub") and the Issuer, including the completion of a tender offer to purchase (the "Offer") all of the outstanding shares of Issuer common stock at a price of $9.00 per share in cash, without interest and subject to applicable withholding (the "Offer Price"), and the consummation of the merger (the "Merger") between the Issuer and Merger Sub on September 8, 2021. Each share of Issuer common stock tendered in the Offer was acquired by Merger Sub in exchange for the Offer Price. As of the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), each outstanding share of Issuer common stock was cancelled in exchange for the Offer Price.
(2)	Reflects disposition of Issuer restricted stock units in accordance with the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which, effective immediately prior to the Effective Time, each Issuer restricted stock unit held by the Reporting Person was automatically cancelled and terminated and converted into the right to receive from the surviving corporation an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the aggregate number of shares of Issuer common stock underlying such Issuer restricted stock unit immediately prior to the Effective Time by (y) the Offer Price.

Remarks: IHP Capital Partners VI, LLC ("IHP VI LLC") is a party to an Investor Rights Agreement dated February 5, 2014 and amended on May 22, 2018 and May 6, 2020 (as amended, the "IRA"). The current parties to the IRA are IHP VI LLC, Joseph Davis, Wayne Stelmar and H. Lawrence Webb (collectively, "Group Members"). The original IRA was filed as Exhibit 4.2 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, the amendment was filed as Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 22, 2018, and the second amendment was filed as Exhibit 4.4 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated May 8, 2020. Pursuant to the IRA, IHP VI LLC has the right to designate a director for nomination and each of the Group Members has agreed to vote in favor of particular nominees as described in such IRA. 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
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Neff Douglas C C/O THE NEW HOME COMPANY INC. 15231 LAGUNA CANYON RD, SUITE 250 IRVINE, CA 92618	X	X		See "Remarks" below.

Signatures
/s/ Miek Harbur, Attorney-in-Fact for Douglas C. Neff		9/10/2021
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date