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           Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) SEC File No. 333-26865

                            PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
                    (TO PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 12, 1997)

                        CAPSTEAD MORTGAGE CORPORATION

                                60,000 SHARES

                            SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
                             (PAR VALUE OF $0.01)

                                 8,500 SHARES
               SHARES OF $1.26 CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED,
                         SERIES B (PAR VALUE OF $.10)
                                     
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     Pursuant to an Amended and Restated Sales Agency Agreement dated as of
March 30, 1998 (the "Common Stock Sales Agency Agreement") between Capstead
Mortgage Corporation (the "Company") and PaineWebber Incorporated
("PaineWebber") which has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus Supplement is a part and which is
incorporated by reference herein, the Company has sold, through PaineWebber, as
agent of the Company, 60,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), pursuant to ordinary brokers' transactions
on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"). Pursuant to an Amended and
Restated Sales Agency Agreement dated as of March 30, 1998 which has been filed
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus Supplement
is a part and which is incorporated herein by reference, the Company has sold
through PaineWebber, as agent of the Company, 8,500 shares of the Company's
$1.26 Cumulative Convertible Preferred, Series B, par value $.10 per share (the
"Series B Preferred Stock") pursuant to ordinary brokers' transactions on the
NYSE.

COMMON STOCK

     60,000 shares of Common Stock were sold during Pricing Period . .March 30,
1998 through April 3, 1998

                                                         
Gross Proceeds to Company..................................  $1,186,000.00
Commission to Agent........................................  $   16,307.49
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Net Proceeds to Company....................................  $1,169,692.51


On April 3, 1998 the last reported sales price of the Shares on 
the NYSE was ..............................................    $19.9375



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SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK

     8,500 shares of Preferred Stock were sold during 
     the Pricing Period ................................ March 30, 1998 through 
                                                         April 3, 1998

                                                                                
Gross Proceeds to Company .......................................................   $ 127,937.50
Commission to Agent .............................................................   $   1,759.13
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Net Proceeds to Company .........................................................   $ 126,178.37



On April 3, 1998, the last reported sales price of the shares of Series B
Preferred Stock on the NYSE was $15.0000 per share. 

Note:  S.E.C. fees were not used in arriving at any of the above figures.

     THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED
UPON THE ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

     THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK HAS NOT PASSED ON OR ENDORSED
THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.

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           THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS APRIL 7, 1998.