Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report relating to the financial statements of Meritage Homes Corporation (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123(R), Accounting for Share-based Payment , using the modified prospective method in 2006 and the adoption of the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, in 2007)  and the effectiveness of Meritage Homes Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting dated February 25, 2008, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Meritage Homes Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2007.

 

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

Phoenix, Arizona

May 27, 2008