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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-119431
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231117

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			REDWOOD TRUST INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000930236
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	05 Real Estate & Construction
		IRS NUMBER:				680329422
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	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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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Mill Valley, CA 94941</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Phone&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 415.389.7373</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><U>VIA EDGAR</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">November 17, 2023</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
Division of Corporation Finance<BR>
100 F Street, N.W.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Jennifer Monick</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Office of Real Estate &amp; Construction</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Re:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Redwood Trust, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Response to Comments on:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2022, filed March 1, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Form 8-K, filed October 30, 2023</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Response dated October 11, 2023</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">File No. 001-13759</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Dear Mr. McPhee and Ms. Monick,</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On behalf of Redwood Trust, Inc. (&ldquo;Redwood&rdquo;
or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), I hereby provide the following responses in reply to the Staff&rsquo;s comment letter dated November 14,
2023 (the &ldquo;Comment Letter&rdquo;) in connection with the above-referenced Current Report on Form 8-K (the &ldquo;October 2023 8-K&rdquo;).
For your convenience, our responses are preceded with an italicized recitation of the comments set forth in the Comment Letter.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I><U>Form 8-K filed October 30, 2023</U></I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><U>Exhibit 99.1</U></I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><U>Non-GAAP Disclosures, page 10</U></I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>1.</I></FONT></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>We have considered your response to comment
1 and your revised disclosure related to non-GAAP Earnings Available for Distribution within your most recent earnings release. Your
adjustment for Change in economic basis of investments presents income from your investments on an alternative basis. This adjustment
is inconsistent with Question 100.04 of the Compliance &amp; Disclosure Interpretations on the use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures. Specifically,
changing the income recognition appears to be an individually tailored measurement principle. Please revise your non-GAAP measure to
eliminate the adjustment for Change in economic basis of investments.</I></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We acknowledge the Commission&rsquo;s position
regarding Redwood&rsquo;s inclusion of the adjustment for Change in economic basis of investments in our calculation of non-GAAP Earnings
available for distribution (&ldquo;EAD&rdquo;). Going forward, when we disclose EAD as an alternative measure of financial performance,
we will eliminate the adjustment for Change in economic basis of investments and will conform any prior periods presented.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">November 17, 2023</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8239;*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Should you have any further comments or questions
about this letter, please contact me by telephone at 415-384-3827 or by email at <U>brooke.carillo@redwoodtrust.com</U>.</P>

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    Brooke Carillo</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Brooke Carillo</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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