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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Real Estate Inventory |
| As of December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Completed home inventory and residential lots held for sale | 47,048 |  |  | 33,950 |
Work in process | 203,756 |  |  | 140,325 |
Undeveloped land | 16,220 |  |  | 54,502 |
Land not owned under option agreements | 7,279 |  |  | — |
Total Inventory | 274,303 |  |  | 228,777 |
Schedule of Real Estate Inventory Capitalized Interest Costs | For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 interest incurred, capitalized and expensed was as follows (in thousands):
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Interest capitalized at beginning of year | $ | 1,065 |  |  | $ | 53 |  |  | $ | 100 |
Interest incurred | 4,146 |  |  | 1,380 |  |  | 405 |
Interest charged to cost of sales | (105 | ) |  | (53 | ) |  | (101 | )
Interest charged to interest expense | (1,393 | ) |  | (315 | ) |  | (351 | )
Interest capitalized at end of year | $ | 3,713 |  |  | $ | 1,065 |  |  | $ | 53 |
Schedule of Basic and Diluted Net Income | The computation of basic and diluted net income attributable to Green Brick Partners, Inc. per share using the treasury stock method is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):
| Years End December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Basic net income attributable to Green Brick Partners, Inc. per share |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Green Brick Partners, Inc. —basic | $ | 50,026 |  |  | $ | 32,007 |  |  | $ | 17,194 |
Weighted-average number of shares outstanding —basic | 14,712 |  |  | 11,109 |  |  | 11,109 |
Basic net income attributable to Green Brick Partners, Inc. per share | $3.40 |  | $2.88 |  | $1.55
Diluted net income attributable to Green Brick Partners, Inc. per share |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Green Brick Partners, Inc. —diluted | $ | 50,026 |  |  | $ | 32,007 |  |  | $ | 17,194 |
Weighted-average number of shares outstanding —diluted | 14,712 |  |  | 11,109 |  |  | 11,109 |
Diluted net income attributable to Green Brick Partners, Inc. per share | $3.40 |  | $2.88 |  | $1.55
Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share | The following securities that could potentially dilute earnings per share in the future are not included in the determination of diluted net income attributable to Green Brick Partners, Inc. per common share (in thousands):
| Years End December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Antidilutive options to purchase common stock | $ | 129 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |

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