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