Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders

RAIT Financial Trust:

We consent to the use of our reports dated March 13, 2017 with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of RAIT Financial Trust and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, and the related financial statement schedules, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 5, 2017