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      "value_usd": 466620,
      "date": "2025-08-12",
      "filed": "2025-08-12",
      "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307925000126/0000833079-25-000126-index.htm"
    }
  ],
  "quotes": [
    {
      "text": "In the third quarter of 2026, we navigated an increasingly challenging homebuying environment marked by rising mortgage interest rates and persistent geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty. Constrained affordability weighed on consumer sentiment, which was reflected in our 15% year-over-year decline in third quarter orders despite achieving an average absorption pace of 3.0 net sales per month per store",
      "speaker": "Steven J. Hilton",
      "title": "executive chairman of Meritage Homes",
      "form": "8-K",
      "filed": "2026-10-28",
      "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307926000133/mth20260930earningsrelease.htm"
    }
  ],
  "latest_filings": [
    {
      "form": "8-K",
      "filed": "2026-10-28",
      "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307926000133/mth-20261028.htm"
    },
    {
      "form": "10-K",
      "filed": "2026-02-13",
      "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307926000010/mth-20251231.htm"
    },
    {
      "form": "10-Q",
      "filed": "2026-10-30",
      "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307926000135/mth-20260930.htm"
    },
    {
      "form": "DEF 14A",
      "filed": "2026-04-07",
      "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307926000098/mth-20260406.htm"
    }
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  "source": "SEC EDGAR filings, read by Steadybase. Every value links to the filing it came from."
}