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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-19-010547
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190227
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190227
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190227

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:		19637976

	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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt 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">Washington, D.C. 20549</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>

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of The 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): February 27, 2019</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REDWOOD TRUST, INC.</B></P>

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its charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>One Belvedere
Place</B></P>

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94941</B></P>

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and Zip Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(415)&nbsp;389-7373</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report)</P>

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Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions
(see General Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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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
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    <TD STYLE="width: 9%; padding-right: 0.8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7.01.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 91%; padding-right: 0.8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Regulation
    FD Disclosure.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 23pt">On February 27, 2019,
Redwood Trust, Inc. issued a press release announcing its Board of Directors&rsquo; authorization to declare a first quarter regular
dividend of $0.30 per share, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K. The first quarter
2019 dividend is payable on March 29, 2019 to stockholders of record on March 15, 2019.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 23pt">Redwood Trust, Inc.
also announced that its Board of Directors has set May 15, 2019 as the date for the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. The meeting
will be held at 8:30 a.m. (Pacific) in Mill Valley, California. Stockholders of record as of March 21, 2019 will be entitled to
vote at that meeting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 23pt">The information contained
in this Item&nbsp;2.02 and Item&nbsp;7.01 and 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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    <TD STYLE="width: 91%; padding-right: 0.8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Financial
    Statements and Exhibits.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: justify; width: 88%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Exhibits</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 0.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv514565_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Press Release dated February 27, 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: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 23pt">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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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Date: February 27, 2019</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>REDWOOD
    TRUST, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
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Collin L. Cochrane</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Collin
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><U>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</U></B>&#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Redwood Trust, Inc. &#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Wednesday, February 27, 2019&#9;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REDWOOD TRUST DECLARES $0.30 PER SHARE
DIVIDEND FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2019</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>MILL VALLEY, CA</B> &ndash; Wednesday,
February 27, 2019 &ndash; <U>Redwood Trust, Inc</U>. (NYSE: RWT), a leading innovator in housing credit investing, today announced
that its Board of Directors authorized the declaration of a first quarter regular dividend of $0.30 per share.&nbsp;The first
quarter 2019 dividend is payable on March 29, 2019 to stockholders of record on March 15, 2019.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">&quot;The
payment of regular dividends is an important element of Redwood&rsquo;s commitment to delivering value to our shareholders. &nbsp;Our
first quarter 2019 dividend will mark our 79th consecutive quarterly distribution,&quot; said Christopher J. Abate, Redwood's Chief
Executive Officer.</FONT></P>



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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>About Redwood Trust</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="background-color: white">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 (&quot;REIT&quot;)
for tax purposes. For more information about Redwood, please visit our website at&nbsp;<U>www.redwoodtrust.com</U>.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Lisa Hartman &ndash; SVP, Head of Investor
Relations</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Email: investorrelations@redwoodtrust.com</P>

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