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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-14-006714
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140109
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140109
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140109

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Meritage Homes CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000833079
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531]
		IRS NUMBER:				860611231
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09977
		FILM NUMBER:		14519264

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		17851 NORTH 85TH STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			SCOTTSDALE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85255
		BUSINESS PHONE:		480-515-8100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		17851 NORTH 85TH STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			SCOTTSDALE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85255

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MERITAGE CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19981009

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MONTEREY HOMES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970113

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HOMEPLEX MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) January&nbsp;9,
2014 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"><B>17851 N. 85<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Street, Suite 300, Scottsdale, Arizona</B></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION<B> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On January&nbsp;9, 2014 Meritage Homes
Corporation, a Maryland Corporation, announced in a press release preliminary home orders, closings and backlog for its fourth quarter of 2013. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1. This press release is being furnished, not
filed, under Item&nbsp;8.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Press release dated January&nbsp;9, 2014</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ LARRY W. SEAY</P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SOURCE: Meritage Homes Corp. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Meritage Homes Releases
Preliminary Home Closings, Revenue, Orders and Backlog for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SCOTTSDALE, AZ - (Marketwired - Jan 9, 2014) -
Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:&nbsp;MTH), a leading U.S. homebuilder, today reported preliminary home orders, closings and backlog for the fourth quarter and full year 2013. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Home closing revenue was approximately $533 million for the fourth quarter and $1.78 billion for the full year 2013, representing increases of 47% and 51%
over 2012 for the quarter and full year 2013, respectively. Home closings increased 18% and 24%, respectively, for the fourth quarter and full year 2013, with 1,468 closings in the quarter and 5,259 closings for the year. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Significant increases in average home prices drove the increases in closing revenue, as well as total order value and backlog value, in addition to the
units&#146; growth in home closings and orders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total order value increased 17% for the fourth quarter and 40% for the full year 2013 compared to 2012,
to approximately $415 million and $1.98 billion for the fourth quarter and full year 2013, respectively. Net orders increased 3% and 17% for the fourth quarter and full year, respectively, with 1,131 orders in the quarter and 5,615 orders for the
full year 2013. Monthly orders and order value increased sequentially from October through December of 2013. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ending backlog increased 26% in units and
43% in total value for 2013 over 2012, based on 1,853 units and approximately $687 million in total backlog value at year-end 2013. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company expects
to report its full fourth quarter and fiscal results on February&nbsp;5, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About Meritage Homes Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Meritage Homes is the ninth-largest public homebuilder in the United States, based on homes closed in 2012. Meritage builds and sells single-family homes for
first-time, move-up, luxury and active adult buyers across the Western, Southern and Southeastern United States. As of September&nbsp;30, 2013, the company had 179 actively selling communities in markets including Sacramento, San Francisco&#146;s
East Bay, the Central Valley and Orange County, California; Houston, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Austin and San Antonio, Texas; Phoenix/Scottsdale, Green Valley and Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Orlando and Tampa, Florida; Raleigh and Charlotte, North
Carolina; York County, South Carolina and Nashville, Tennessee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Meritage has designed and built more than 80,000 homes in its 28-year history, and has a
reputation for its distinctive style, quality construction, and positive customer experience. Meritage is the industry leader in energy efficient homebuilding and in 2013 Meritage received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency&#146;s ENERGY STAR
Partner of the Year for Sustained Excellence Award, for its innovation and industry leadership in energy efficient homebuilding. Meritage was the first national homebuilder to be 100 percent ENERGY
STAR<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> qualified in every home it builds, and far exceeds ENERGY STAR standards today. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For more information, visit meritagehomes.com. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Meritage Homes Corporation has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and a preliminary prospectus supplement) with the SEC for the offering
to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus (including the preliminary prospectus supplement) in that registration statement and other documents Meritage Homes Corporation has filed with the SEC for more
complete information about Meritage Homes Corporation and the offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at&nbsp;www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the prospectus and preliminary prospectus supplement
relating to the offering may be obtained from your sales representative: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., fax: (212)&nbsp;816-7912; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: (212)&nbsp;622-8358; Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., Fax (212)&nbsp;797-9344; or BofA Merrill Lynch at (866)&nbsp;500-5408. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>CONTACT INFORMATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Contacts: </B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Brent Anderson
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">VP Investor Relations </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(972)&nbsp;580-6360 (office) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Brent.Anderson@meritagehomes.com </P>
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