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  to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) May&nbsp;27,
  2008</font></b></p>
  
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  HOMES CORPORATION</font></b></p>
  
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">17851 N. 85<sup>th</sup> Street, Suite&nbsp;300,
    Scottsdale, Arizona</font></b></p>
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  Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of May&nbsp;27, 2008, by and among the
  Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the &#147;<b>Prior
  Trustee</b>&#148;), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association (the &#147;<b>Successor Trustee</b>&#148;) with respect to the Indenture for each
  of the following: 7% Senior Notes due 2014; 6.25% Senior Notes due 2015; and
  7.731% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 (each an &#147;<b>Instrument
  of Resignation</b>&#148;).&#160; Each
  Instrument of Resignation provides that (1)&nbsp;the Prior Trustee assigns, transfers,
  delivers, and confirms to the Successor Trustee all right, title, and interest
  of the Prior Trustee in and to the trust created by the Indenture described in
  the Instrument of Resignation, all the rights, powers, and trusts of the Prior
  Trustee under the Indenture, and all property and money held by the Prior
  Trustee under the Indenture, with like effect as if the Successor Trustee were
  originally named as Trustee under the Indenture, and the Prior Trustee resigns
  as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture, (2)&nbsp;the
  Company accepts the resignation of the Prior Trustee as Trustee, Registrar and
  Paying Agent under the Indenture and appoints the Successor Trustee as Trustee,
  Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture, and (3)&nbsp;the Successor
  Trustee accepts its appointment as Trustee under the Indenture and assumes all
  the rights, powers, and trusts of the Trustee under the Indenture and with
  respect to all property and money held or to be held under the Indenture, with
  like effect as if the Successor Trustee were originally named as Trustee under
  the Indenture and accepts its appointment as Registrar and Paying Agent under
  the Indenture.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copies of the Instruments of Resignation are
  attached to, and incorporated by reference into this Item of this Current
  Report on Form&nbsp;8&#150;K as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2.&#160; The foregoing description of each Instrument
  of Resignation is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of
  the Instrument of Resignation.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
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    <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.2%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01</font></b></p>
    </td>
    <td width="69%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:69.2%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></b></p>
    </td>
    <td width="22%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:22.62%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
   </tr>
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    <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.2%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="10%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.48%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="58%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:58.72%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="22%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:22.62%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="69%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:69.2%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibits</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="22%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:22.62%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.2%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.38%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="58%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:58.8%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="22%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:22.62%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.38%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="81%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:81.42%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of
    May&nbsp;27, 2008, by and among Meritage Homes Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank,
    National Association and HSBC Bank USA, National Association (7% Senior Notes
    due 2014 and 6.25% Senior Notes due 2015)</font></p>
    </td>
   </tr>
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    <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.2%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.38%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="58%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:58.8%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="22%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:22.62%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.2%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.38%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="81%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:81.42%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of
    May&nbsp;27, 2008, by and among Meritage Homes Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank,
    National Association and HSBC Bank USA, National Association (7.731% Senior
    Subordinated Notes due 2017)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:36.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
  duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
  duly authorized.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:36.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dated: &#160;May&nbsp;28, 2008</font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    Counsel</font></p>
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text: UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON,
  DC 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT
  REPORT
  Pursuant
  to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) May 27,
  2008
  MERITAGE
  HOMES CORPORATION
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
  Charter)
  Maryland
  1-9977
  86-0611231
  (State or Other Jurisdiction
  of Incorporation)
  (Commission File
  Number)
  (IRS Employer
  Identification No.)
  17851 N. 85
  th
  Street, Suite 300,
    Scottsdale, Arizona
  85255
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  (480) 515-8100
  (Registrant's telephone number, including a
  rea code)
  (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed
    Since Last Report)
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
  to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
  the following provisions (
  see
  General
  Instruction A.2. below):
  o
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
    Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
    Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to
    Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
    the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 1.01
  Entry
  into a Material Definitive Agreement.
  Effective May 27, 2008 Meritage Homes Corporation (the "
  Company
  ") entered into an Instrument of Resignation,
  Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of May 27, 2008, by and among the
  Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the "
  Prior
  Trustee
  "), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association (the "
  Successor Trustee
  ") with respect to the Indenture for each
  of the following: 7% Senior Notes due 2014; 6.25% Senior Notes due 2015; and
  7.731% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 (each an "
  Instrument
  of Resignation
  ").  Each
  Instrument of Resignation provides that (1) the Prior Trustee assigns, transfers,
  delivers, and confirms to the Successor Trustee all right, title, and interest
  of the Prior Trustee in and to the trust created by the Indenture described in
  the Instrument of Resignation, all the rights, powers, and trusts of the Prior
  Trustee under the Indenture, and all property and money held by the Prior
  Trustee under the Indenture, with like effect as if the Successor Trustee were
  originally named as Trustee under the Indenture, and the Prior Trustee resigns
  as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture, (2) the
  Company accepts the resignation of the Prior Trustee as Trustee, Registrar and
  Paying Agent under the Indenture and appoints the Successor Trustee as Trustee,
  Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture, and (3) the Successor
  Trustee accepts its appointment as Trustee under the Indenture and assumes all
  the rights, powers, and trusts of the Trustee under the Indenture and with
  respect to all property and money held or to be held under the Indenture, with
  like effect as if the Successor Trustee were originally named as Trustee under
  the Indenture and accepts its appointment as Registrar and Paying Agent under
  the Indenture.
  Copies of the Instruments of Resignation are
  attached to, and incorporated by reference into this Item of this Current
  Report on Form 8–K as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2.  The foregoing description of each Instrument
  of Resignation is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of
  the Instrument of Resignation.
  Item 9.01
  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)
  Exhibits
  4.1
  Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of
    May 27, 2008, by and among Meritage Homes Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank,
    National Association and HSBC Bank USA, National Association (7% Senior Notes
    due 2014 and 6.25% Senior Notes due 2015)
  4.2
  Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of
    May 27, 2008, by and among Meritage Homes Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank,
    National Association and HSBC Bank USA, National Association (7.731% Senior
    Subordinated Notes due 2017)
  2
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
  duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
  duly authorized.
  Dated:  May 28, 2008
  MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION
  /s/
  C. Timothy White
  By:
  C. Timothy White
  Executive Vice President and General
  Counsel
  3