Exhibit 21

Subsidiaries of the Registrant						Jurisdiction
Beaumont Securities Holdings, LLC						Delaware
Diplomat Properties Holding Corp.						Delaware
MFA Omaha Borrower, LLC						Delaware
MFA Securities Holdings LLC						Delaware
MFA Securitization Holdings LLC						Delaware
MFResidential Assets I, LLC						Delaware
MFResidential Assets Holding Corp.						Delaware
MFRA Trust 2014-2						Delaware
MFRA Trust 2015-2						Delaware
MFRA Trust 2016-1						Delaware
MFRA Trust 2020-1						Delaware
MFA Kittiwake Investments Ltd.						Cayman Islands