-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, MDT243HfZs0juUJeW6ktwjeILVMbNImEkFLIlX7blB0HmtzBQKySerOzgYzuHI/c fD96EoXfbhubOaMHfn/mdg== 0001144204-09-044610.txt : 20091005 0001144204-09-044610.hdr.sgml : 20091005 20090819151855 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-09-044610 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090819 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SEQUOIA MORTGAGE FUNDING CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001033146 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] IRS NUMBER: 911771827 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 591 REDWOOD HWY STREET 2: STE 3120 CITY: MILL VALLEY STATE: CA ZIP: 94941 BUSINESS PHONE: 4153811765 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY STREET 2: STE 3120 CITY: MILL VALLEY STATE: CA ZIP: 94941 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SEQUOIA RESIDENTIAL FUNDING INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001176320 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] IRS NUMBER: 352170972 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 591 REDWOOD HWY STREET 2: SUITE 3160 CITY: MILL VALLEY STATE: CA ZIP: 94941 BUSINESS PHONE: 4153897373 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 591 REDWOOD HWY STREET 2: SUITE 3160 CITY: MILL VALLEY STATE: CA ZIP: 94941 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Unassociated Document
[SEQUOIA MORTGAGE FUNDING CORPORATION LETTERHEAD]



August 19, 2009


Ms. Lauren Nguyen and Ms. Michelle Lacko
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F Street, Mail Stop 3561
Washington, D.C.  20549

 
Re:
Sequoia Mortgage Funding Corporation; Sequoia Residential Funding, Inc.
 
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-159791)

Dear Ms. Nguyen and Ms. Lacko:

The Registrants hereby respectfully request, pursuant to Rule 461 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 2:00 p.m. eastern daylight time, on Friday August 21, 2009, or as soon as practicable thereafter.  This request for acceleration is on behalf of the Registrants; there are no underwriters named in the Registration Statement.

In connection with this request, the Registrants hereby acknowledge that:

 
1.
should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
 
 
2.
the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Registrants from their full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
 
 
3.
the Registrants may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

Please call our counsel, Phillip R. Pollock, at (415) 772-9679 to provide notice of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Harold F. Zagunis

Harold F. Zagunis
Vice President and Director

cc:  Phillip R. Pollock, Esq.
 
 
 
 
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