EXHIBIT 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Meritage Homes Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, John R. Landon, Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company certify, to the best of my knowledge, that:

 

(1)          The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2)          The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

 

	MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION,
	a Maryland Corporation
	By    /s/	STEVEN J. HILTON
	Steven J. Hilton
	Co-Chief Executive Officer
	March 16, 2005
	By    /s/	JOHN R. LANDON
	John R. Landon
	Co-Chief Executive Officer
	March 16, 2005
	By    /s/	LARRY W. SEAY
	Larry W. Seay
	Chief Financial Officer
	March 16, 2005