SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE: MTH), a leading U.S. homebuilder, plans to release the Company's first quarter 2013 results on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 before the market opens. Following the release, management will host a conference call to discuss their results at 7:30 a.m. Pacific Time (10:30 a.m. Eastern Time).

The call will be webcast with an accompanying slideshow available on the "Investor Relations" page of the Company's web site at http://investors.meritagehomes.com. Telephone participants may avoid any delays by pre-registering for the call using the following link to receive a special dial-in number and PIN.

Conference Call Pre-registration link:  http://services.choruscall.com/DiamondPassRegistration/register?confirmationNumber=10027059&linkSecurityString=213bae13e1

Telephone participants who are unable to pre-register may dial in to 888-317-6016 on the day of the call.

A replay of the call will be available for fifteen days, beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET on April 24, 2013 on the website noted above, or by dialing 877-344-7529, and referencing conference number 10027059. For more information, visit meritagehomes.com.

About Meritage Homes Corporation

Meritage Homes is the ninth-largest public homebuilder in the United States, based on 4,238 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 December 31, 2012, the company had 158 actively selling communities in markets including Sacramento, San Francisco's East Bay, the Central Valley and Southern California;, Houston, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Austin and San Antonio, Texas; Phoenix/Scottsdale and Tucson, Arizona; Las Vegas, Nevada; Denver, Colorado; Orlando and Tampa, Florida; Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Meritage has designed and built more than 75,000 homes in its 27-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'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® qualified in every home it builds, and far exceeds ENERGY STAR standards today.

For more information, visit meritagehomes.com.

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