SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 27, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH), a leading U.S. homebuilder, plans to release fourth quarter and fiscal 2006 earnings on January 24, 2007 after market close, and has scheduled the quarterly conference call to discuss these results on January 25, 2007, at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time (10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.)
The call will be webcast by Thomson/CCBN with an accompanying slideshow on the "Investor Relations" page of the Company's web site at http://www.meritagehomes.com. For telephone participants, the dial-in number is 800-237-9752 with a passcode of "Meritage". Participants are encouraged to dial in five minutes before the call begins.
The webcast will also be distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.earnings.com, Thomson's individual investor portal powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson StreetEvents, a password-protected event management site at www.streetevents.com.
A replay of the call will be available after 12:00 p.m. EDT January 27, 2007, through midnight February 25, 2007, on the websites noted above, or by dialing 888-286-8010, and referencing passcode 96731037.
About Meritage Homes Corporation
Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH) is a leader in the homebuilding industry. The Company is ranked by Builder magazine as the 13th largest homebuilder in the U.S., is in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, and has been perennially included on Forbes' "Platinum 400 - Best Big Companies in America", the Fortune 1000 and Fortune's "Fastest Growing Companies in America" lists. Meritage operates in many of the highest growth housing markets of the southern and western United States, including six of the top 10 single-family housing markets in the country during 2005, and has reported 18 consecutive years of record revenue and net earnings. For more information about the Company, visit www.meritagehomes.com. Meritage is a member of the Public Home Builders Council of America (www.phbca.org).
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