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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-19-003286
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190129
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190129
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190129

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			REDWOOD TRUST INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000930236
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				680329422
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13759
		FILM NUMBER:		19547192

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BELVEDERE PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			MILL VALLEY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94941
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(415) 380-2317

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BELVEDERE PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			MILL VALLEY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94941
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): January 29, 2019</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>____________________</U></P>

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TRUST, INC.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>One Belvedere Place</B><BR>
<B>Suite 300</B><BR>
<B>Mill Valley, California 94941</B><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)</FONT></P>

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(Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code)</P>

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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging
growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

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indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised
financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.</B> &nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On January 29, 2019, the Company issued
a press release announcing its participation in a multifamily whole loan investment fund.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The information contained in Item 7.01and
the attached Exhibit 99.1 is furnished to and not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and shall not be incorporated
by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Forward-Looking Statements</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This Current Report on Form 8-K, including
the attached Exhibit 99.1, contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not historical in nature and can be identified by words such as &quot;anticipate,&quot;
&quot;estimate,&quot; &quot;will,&quot; &quot;should,&quot; &quot;expect,&quot; &quot;believe,&quot; &quot;intend,&quot; &quot;seek,&quot;
&quot;plan,&quot; and similar expressions or their negative forms, or by references to strategy, plans, or intentions, and include
statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K regarding the acquisition of multifamily loans by the limited partnership, financing
and securitization of such loans, and the acquisition of securities issued in any such securitization. These forward-looking statements
are based on the Company&rsquo;s current assumptions, expectations and beliefs and are subject to numerous risks, including, among
other things, those set forth under the caption &ldquo;Risk Factors&rdquo; in the Company&rsquo;s most recent filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause the Company&rsquo;s
actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement.
The Company cautions investors not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on
Form 8-K.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Further information on these and other
factors that could affect Redwood&rsquo;s financial results and the forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K
is included in the Company&rsquo;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, among others, the Company&rsquo;s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, particularly under the captions &ldquo;Risk Factors&rdquo; and
&ldquo;Management&rsquo;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Company undertakes no obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B> &nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 85%; padding-right: 0.8pt; padding-left: 1.25in; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -1.25in"><A HREF="tv511857_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Press Release dated January 29, 2019</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 2.8pt 0pt 0">REDWOOD TRUST, INC.</P>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.8pt; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 1.8pt; width: 35%"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">/<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">s</FONT>/ <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Andrew P. Stone</FONT></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Andrew P. Stone</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Exhibit Index</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 85%; padding-right: 0.8pt"><A HREF="tv511857_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Press Release dated January 29, 2019</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    RELEASE</U></TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"><B>CONTACT:</B> Lisa
    Hartman - SVP, Head of Investor Relations</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Redwood Trust, Inc.</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Phone:&nbsp;&nbsp;415-384-3555</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Tuesday, January 29, 2019</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Email: &nbsp;lisa.hartman@redwoodtrust.com</TD></TR>
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        ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATION IN </B></P>
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        WHOLE LOAN INVESTMENT FUND</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><B>MILL VALLEY,
CA &ndash; Tuesday, January 29, 2019</B> &ndash; Redwood Trust, Inc. (NYSE: RWT), a leading innovator in housing credit investing,
today announced its participation in a multifamily whole loan investment fund that expands the company&rsquo;s access to rental
housing credit opportunities.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">Earlier this month,
Redwood invested in a limited partnership created to acquire up to $1 billion of floating rate, light-renovation multifamily loans
from Freddie Mac. Redwood committed to fund an aggregate of $78 million to the partnership, and has funded approximately $20 million
to date. Freddie Mac is providing a debt facility to finance loans purchased by the partnership. After the partnership&rsquo;s
acquisitions have reached a specific threshold, the partnership and Freddie Mac may agree to include the related loans in a Freddie
Mac-sponsored securitization; the limited partners may acquire the subordinate securities issued in any such securitization.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">&ldquo;Expanding
Redwood&rsquo;s reach into the multifamily whole loan space is another example of our ability to identify and execute on innovative
ways to scale our business for profitable growth,&rdquo; said Christopher J. Abate, Redwood&rsquo;s Chief Executive Officer. &ldquo;This
investment strengthens our relationship with Freddie Mac and furthers our efforts to invest our shareholder&rsquo;s capital in
areas of the housing market where it is most valued. We look forward to deploying the remainder of the capital we have committed
to the fund.&rdquo;</P>

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Trust</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Redwood Trust, Inc. (NYSE: RWT) is a specialty
finance company focused on making credit-sensitive investments in residential mortgages and related assets and engaging in mortgage
banking activities. Our goal is to provide attractive returns to shareholders through a stable and growing stream of earnings and
dividends, as well as through capital appreciation. Redwood Trust was established in 1994, is internally managed, and structured
as a real estate investment trust (&ldquo;REIT&rdquo;) for tax purposes. For more information about Redwood, please visit our website
at www.redwoodtrust.com.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><I>Forward-Looking
Statements:&nbsp; This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements related to the acquisition of multifamily loans by the
limited partnership, financing and securitization of such loans, and the acquisition of securities issued in any such securitization.
Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ from our beliefs, expectations,
estimates, and projections and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future
events. Forward-looking statements are not historical in nature and can be identified by words such as &quot;anticipate,&quot;
&quot;estimate,&quot; &quot;will,&quot; &quot;should,&quot; &quot;expect,&quot; &quot;believe,&quot; &quot;intend,&quot; &quot;seek,&quot;
&quot;plan&quot; and similar expressions or their negative forms, or by references to strategy, plans, or intentions. These forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, among other things, those described in our Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 under the caption &quot;Risk Factors.&quot; Other risks, uncertainties, and factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected may be described from time to time in reports we file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K. We undertake no obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.</I></FONT></P>

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