Meritage Homes First Quarter 2013 Earnings Release and Webcast Conference Call Scheduled for April 24, 2013

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 1, 2013

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.