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2008</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On
September&nbsp;26, 2008, Meritage Homes Corporation issued a press release to
report the results of its lawsuit against Greg Hancock.&#160; On September&nbsp;25, 2008, in United States
Federal District Court in Phoenix, a jury awarded Meritage Homes $111
million.&#160; The verdict is subject to
customary post-trial motions and appeals.&#160;
Additional information about the case and verdict is included in the
press release, which is furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this Report.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
  EXHIBITS</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibits</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press Release dated
  September&nbsp;26, 2008</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:36.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dated:&#160; September&nbsp;26, 2008</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MERITAGE
  HOMES CORPORATION</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Larry
  W. Seay</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Larry
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive
  Vice President&#151;Chief<br>
  Financial Officer</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MERITAGE
HOMES WINS JURY VERDICT OF $111 MILLION IN TRIAL AGAINST FORMER DIVISION
PRESIDENT GREG HANCOCK</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Scottsdale, Ariz. (September&nbsp;26, 2008) &#151;
Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE: MTH) a leading U.S. homebuilder, was awarded
$111 million yesterday, in a unanimous jury verdict in Federal District Court
in Phoenix.&#160; Meritage filed the lawsuit
on February&nbsp;24, 2004, against Greg Hancock, a former division president of
Meritage Homes.&#160; Hancock is the current
owner of Phoenix homebuilder Hancock Communities.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In 2001, Mr.&nbsp;Hancock sold his homebuilding
business to Meritage, at which time he concurrently entered into an employment
agreement with the Company. The jury found that Mr.&nbsp;Hancock breached
contractual and fiduciary duties owed to Meritage and that he had immediately
began to commit fraud against the Company by engaging in side businesses that
stole corporate opportunities and goodwill belonging to the Company while he
was President of Meritage&#146;s Phoenix division. </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The jury awarded Meritage $57 million in compensatory
damages and another $54 million in punitive damages against Hancock. The Court&#146;s
official judgment has not been entered and it is possible that the amount of
the judgment may differ from the verdict.&#160;
The verdict also is subject to customary post-trial motions and appeals.
Meritage is confident the verdict and judgment will stand, and intends to
vigorously pursue various collection options to recover the award from Mr.&nbsp;Hancock;
accordingly, the timing and ultimate amount of any collections cannot be
predicted at this time.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steve Hilton, chief executive officer of
Meritage said, &#147;We are pleased with the verdict which favorably addressed all
nine claims asserted by the Company.&#160; We
believe this was a well-reasoned and thoughtful verdict after a three week
trial.&#160; This is a victory for our
shareholders and employees.&#148;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tim White, executive vice president and
general counsel for Meritage, added, &#147;This jury verdict sends a clear signal to
Mr.&nbsp;Hancock and corporate officers in general that malfeasance and
undisclosed self-dealing by officers of public companies will not be tolerated.&#148;</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MTH AWARD IN HANCOCK TRIAL/ </font></b><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Meritage was represented at trial by Grant
Woods of Grant Woods, P.C. and Dan Goldfine of Snell&nbsp;&amp; Wilmer.</font></p>

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Corporation</font></b></h4>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Meritage Homes
Corporation (NYSE:MTH) builds primarily single-family homes across the southern
and western United States under the Meritage, Monterey and Legacy brands.
Meritage has active communities in Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin, San
Antonio, Phoenix/Scottsdale, Tucson, Las Vegas, the East Bay/Central Valley and
Inland Empire of California, Denver and Orlando.&#160; The Company was ranked by Builder magazine in
2008 as the 12th largest homebuilder in the U.S. and ranked #803 on the 2008
Fortune 1000 list. For more information about the Company, visit
www.meritagehomes.com.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This press release
contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those regarding the Company&#146;s
ability to sustain and collect the amount awarded by the jury in their verdict.
The verdict against Greg Hancock is subject to customary post-trial motions and
appeals, which could result in the verdict being overturned in whole or in
part, or a reduction in the amount of the award.&#160; Although Meritage is confident the verdict
and award will stand, and intends to vigorously pursue various collection options
to recover the award from Mr.&nbsp;Hancock, the timing and ultimate amount of
any collections cannot be predicted at this time.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Meritage&#146;s
business is also subject to other significant risks and uncertainties. Those
factors are identified in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including those set forth in our Form&nbsp;10-K for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, and Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30,
2008, under the caption &#147;Risk Factors.&#148; As a result of these and other factors,
the Company&#146;s stock and note prices may fluctuate dramatically. The Company
makes no commitment, and disclaims any duty, to update or revise any
forward-looking statements to reflect future events or changes in these
expectations.</font></p>

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