Meritage Homes Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Operating and Reporting Segments (Details 1)

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Operating and Reporting Segments (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Deposits on real estate under option or contract	$ 94,989us-gaap_DepositAssets	$ 51,595us-gaap_DepositAssets
Real estate	1,877,682us-gaap_InventoryRealEstate	1,405,299us-gaap_InventoryRealEstate
Investments in unconsolidated entities	10,780	11,638
Other assets	332,687us-gaap_OtherAssets	534,829us-gaap_OtherAssets
Assets	2,316,138us-gaap_Assets	2,003,361us-gaap_Assets
Financial Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Deposits on real estate under option or contract	0	0
Real estate	0	0
Investments in unconsolidated entities	0	0
Other assets	958	497
Assets	958	497
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Deposits on real estate under option or contract	0	0
Real estate	0	0
Investments in unconsolidated entities	2,015	2,443
Other assets	132,884	310,657
Assets	134,899	313,100
West [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Deposits on real estate under option or contract	34,622	26,415
Real estate	943,600	800,288
Investments in unconsolidated entities	204	204
Other assets	48,120	26,900
Assets	1,026,546	853,807
Central [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Deposits on real estate under option or contract	31,317	12,198
Real estate	446,208	369,464
Investments in unconsolidated entities	8,561	8,941
Other assets	80,689	165,403
Assets	566,775	556,006
East [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Deposits on real estate under option or contract	29,050	12,982
Real estate	487,874	235,547
Investments in unconsolidated entities	0	50
Other assets	70,036	31,372
Assets	$ 586,960	$ 279,951

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