EX-21.1 8 0008.txt SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT Exhibit 21.1 Subsidiaries of the Registrant ------------------------------ NovaStar Financial, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and its subsidiaries NovaStar Assets Corporation, a Delaware corporation NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, a Delaware corporation NovaStar Certificates Financing Corporation, a Delaware corporation NovaStar Capital Access Corporation, a Delaware corporation NFI Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., a Virginia corporation NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation II, a Delaware corporation NovaStar REMIC Financing Corporation, a Delaware corporation NovaStar Home Mortgage, Inc., a Delaware corporation NovaStar Capital, Inc., a Delaware corporation