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Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH) is a leading designer and builder of single-family attached and 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. More >>>>>

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Brent Anderson

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Forward Looking Statement:

This website and the information in it contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include those regarding the outlook for the Company and homebuilding in 2009, including its outlook for Texas; strategic actions to lower costs; future strategy and intentions to deploy capital to acquire land in the future at attractive prices; strategy and ability to minimize losses, return to profitability and increase margins; and intentions to increase unsold inventory. 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.
Meritage'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's financial leverage and level of indebtedness; our ability to take certain actions because of restrictions contained in the indentures for the Company'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 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and our most recently filed Form 10-Q under the caption "Risk Factors." As a result of these and other factors, the Company�s stock and note prices may fluctuate dramatically.