Exhibit 21

Subsidiaries of the Registrant		Jurisdiction
MFA Securities Holdings LLC		Delaware
MFA Securitization Holdings LLC		Delaware
MFResidential Assets I, LLC		Delaware
MFResidential Assets Holding Corp.		Delaware
MFRA Trust 2014-1		Delaware
MFRA Trust 2014-2		Delaware
MFRA Trust 2015-1		Delaware
MFRA Trust 2015-2		Delaware
MFRA Trust 2016-1		Delaware
MFA Kittiwake Investments Ltd.		Cayman Islands