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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) August&nbsp;12,
2009</font></b></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;">ITEM 2.02</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DEPARTURE OF
DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF
PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS</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;">On August&nbsp;12, 2009, the
Board of Directors of Meritage Homes Corporation elected Dana Bradford a
Director.&nbsp; Mr.&nbsp;Bradford was appointed to serve on the audit,
executive compensation and nominating/governance committees of the Board of
Directors.&nbsp; The press release announcing Mr.&nbsp;Bradford&#146;s election to
the Board of Directors is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99 and the information in
the release is incorporated herein by reference.&nbsp; The information in this
report, including Exhibit&nbsp;99, shall be deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; for purposes
of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
shall be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.</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;">Additionally on August&nbsp;12,
2009, the Board of Directors appointed existing Director Richard T. Burke Sr.
to be a member of the executive compensation and nominating/governance
committees of the Board of Directors and existing Director Gerald W. Haddock to
be a member of the audit committee of the Board of Directors.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 9.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits</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;">99.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Press
Release dated August&nbsp;14, 2009</font></p>

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<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;August&nbsp;14, 2009</font></p>

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99.1</font></b></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;">Brent Anderson</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;">Jane Hays</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 APPOINTS DANA BRADFORD TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS</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. (August&nbsp;14, 2009) &#151; Meritage
Homes Corporation (NYSE: MTH) a leading U.S. homebuilder, today announced the
appointment of Dana C. Bradford to the Company&#146;s board of directors.</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;">Mr.&nbsp;Bradford is the president and managing
partner of McCarthy Capital Corporation, a private equity firm based in Omaha,
Nebraska, with nearly $1 billion in assets under management. He serves as a
director of a number of private companies, including Guild Mortgage, a
full-line mortgage company; Southwest Value Partners, a real estate investment
firm; Waitt Corp Investments, a diversified investment company; Vornado Air, a
branded consumer products company; NRG Media, a sixty station radio network; and
Gold Circle Films, a movie production company. He has also served as a director
of the Ronald McDonald House, the National Conference for Community and
Justice, the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Ballantyne (AMEX: BTN), a
movie projector manufacturer.</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;">Mr.&nbsp;Bradford earned a bachelor&#146;s degree in
business administration from the University of Arizona, and has been involved
with numerous community projects, including a lead role in the redevelopment of
Ak-Sar-Ben Race Track, the largest redevelopment project in Omaha&#146;s history.</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;">&#147;We are delighted to have Dana join Meritage&#146;s board
of directors,&#148; said Steven J. Hilton, chairman and CEO of Meritage Homes. &#147;His 22
years of business experience and involvement in the real estate, manufacturing
and mortgage industries will be extremely valuable as we navigate our return to
profitability and increase Meritage&#146;s presence within the homebuilding industry.&#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;">Mr.&nbsp;Bradford will serve as a member of the board&#146;s
audit, executive compensation and nominating and corporate governance
committees.</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;">&#147;Meritage has a great reputation as a quality homebuilder
and is well respected within the industry,&#148; said Mr.&nbsp;Bradford. &#147;I look
forward to working with its board members and management team to make the
Company even stronger and continue its long record of success.&#148;</font></p>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">About
Meritage Homes Corporation</font></b></h4>

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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;">Meritage Homes Corporation </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">is a leading designer and
builder of single-family detached homes in the historically high-growth
southern and western United States. We offer a variety of homes that are
designed to appeal to a wide range of homebuyers, including first-time,
move-up, luxury and active adult buyers, with base prices ranging from under
$100,000 to a million dollars.&#160; Our
homebuilding and marketing activities are conducted under the names Meritage
Homes, Monterey Homes and Legacy Homes. We have operations in three regions:
West, Central and East, which are comprised of 12 metropolitan areas in six
states. These three regions are our principal business segments.&#160; As of June&nbsp;30, 2009, we had 178 actively
selling communities in Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin, San Antonio,
Phoenix/Scottsdale, Tucson, Las Vegas, Denver, Orlando, and the East
Bay/Central Valley and Inland Empire of California.&#160; Meritage Homes and its predecessor companies
have delivered over 60,000 homes since the Company was founded. We delivered
more than 5,600 homes in 2008, ranking Meritage as the 10th largest homebuilder
in the U.S. based on homes closed.</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 Homes is listed on the NYSE under the symbol MTH.</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;">For more information about the Company, visit
http://investors.meritagehomes.com</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;">Click here to join our email
alert list:&#160; http://www.b2i.us/irpass.asp?BzID=1474&amp;to=ea&amp;s=0</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;"><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.&#160; Such statements include those regarding Meritage&#146;s
ability to navigate a path to profitability and increase its presence in the
homebuilding industry.&#160; Such statements
are based upon preliminary financial and operating data which are subject to finalization
by management and review by our independent registered public accountants, as
well as the current beliefs and expectations of Company management, and current
market conditions, which are subject to significant risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking
statements. 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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<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 subject to a number of risks and uncertainties,
including: weakness in the homebuilding market resulting from the current
economic downturn; interest rates and changes in the availability and pricing
of residential mortgages; the ability of our potential buyers to sell their
existing homes; the adverse effect of slower sales absorption rates; housing
affordability; fluctuations in demand, competition, sales orders, cancellation
rates and home prices in our markets; potential write-downs or write-offs of
assets, including pre-acquisition costs and deposits; the liquidity of our
joint ventures and the ability of our joint venture partners to meet their
obligations to us and the joint venture; the propensity of homebuyers to cancel
purchase orders with us; the availability and cost of insurance; construction
defect and home warranty claims; the loss of key personnel; our success in
prevailing on contested tax positions; the impact of deferred tax valuation
allowances and our ability to preserve our operating loss carryforwards; the
availability and cost of materials and labor; changes in the availability and
pricing of real estate in the markets in which the Company operates; inflation
in the cost of materials used to construct homes; fluctuations in quarterly
operating results; the Company&#146;s financial leverage and level of indebtedness;
our ability to take certain actions because of restrictions contained in the
indentures for the Company&#146;s senior and senior subordinated notes and the
agreement for the unsecured credit facility and our ability to raise additional
capital when and if needed; government regulations and legislative or other
initiatives that seek to restrain growth or new housing construction or similar
measures; successful integration of future acquisitions; consumer confidence,
which can be impacted by economic and other factors such as terrorism, war, or
threats thereof and changes in energy prices or financial markets; our
potential exposure to natural disasters; and other factors 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,
2008 under the caption &#147;Risk Factors,&#148; as updated in our Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the periods ended March&nbsp;31 and June&nbsp;30, 2009. As a result of
these and other factors, the Company&#146;s stock and note prices may fluctuate
dramatically.</font></p>

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