Meritage Homes Takes Home Nine Prestigious Honors at the Annual Avid Awards® for Highest Homebuyer Ratings

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meritage Homes MTH is pleased to announce that nine of its divisions have been honored with a 2018 Avid Award for excellence in homebuyer satisfaction. The record number of awards that Meritage Homes earned this year underscores the company's steadfast commitment to customer service.

Meritage Homes recognized for excellence in homebuyer satisfaction

"Providing an exceptional building experience is something we take very seriously at Meritage Homes," said Steve Hilton, CEO of Meritage Homes. "Our goal is to deliver a Life. Built. Better.® to our valued customers through transparency, excellent quality, and integrity above all else."

For the past 15 years, the Avid Awards have been regarded as a trusted benchmark of customer service performance in the homebuilding industry. Homeowners who purchased new homes in 2017 were surveyed to determine the winners of the 2018 Avid Awards. Every survey analyzes the total home buying experience, including the customer's willingness to refer and the actual number of recommendations a buyer has made.

Meritage's San Antonio, Orlando and Phoenix divisions were each recognized with the Avid Gold Award™ for having the highest customer ratings per region for a new home at the time of move-in. Additionally, the company's Austin, Houston, Raleigh, Tucson, Northern California and Southern California divisions took home the Avid Benchmark Award™ for scoring among the top in customer ratings nationwide.

"Our dedicated employees and trade partners work exceptionally hard to deliver the highest standard of home quality and customer service to our buyers," said Camille Jenkins, vice president of national customer relations at Meritage Homes. "The Avid Awards are a great way to measure and acknowledge that effort."

About Meritage Homes
Meritage Homes is the seventh-largest public homebuilder in the United States, based on homes closed in 2017. Meritage builds and sells single-family homes for entry-level, move-up, and active adult buyers in markets including California, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia.

The Company has designed and built over 110,000 homes in its 33-year history, and has a reputation for its distinctive style, quality construction, and positive customer experience. Meritage is the industry leader in energy-efficient homebuilding and has received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for Sustained Excellence Award every year since 2013 for innovation and industry leadership in energy-efficient homebuilding.

For more information, visit www.meritagehomes.com.

Media Contact
Meritage Homes Corporation
Lauren Hendeles, 602-750-5934
media@meritagehomes.com

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