EXHIBIT 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation

Santa Monica, California

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration Statement of our report dated March 12, 2008, relating to the consolidated balance sheet of Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation as of December 31, 2007 and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2007 appearing in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

We also consent to the reference to us under the caption “Experts” in the Prospectus.

/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP

Los Angeles, CA

December 28, 2009