Exhibit 99.1

CreXus Investment Corp. Reports Results for the 4th Quarter and Year Ended 2011

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 23, 2012--CreXus Investment Corp. (NYSE: CXS), today reported GAAP net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 of $41.8 million or $0.55 per average share, as compared to $4.5 million or $0.25 per average share for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 and $39.9 million or $0.52 per average share for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.

GAAP net income for the year ended December 31, 2011 was $108.4 million or $1.73 per average share as compared to GAAP net income of $11.9 million or $0.66 per average share for the year ended December 31, 2010.

During the quarter ended December 31, 2011, the Company sold Agency residential-mortgage-backed securities (“Agency MBS”) with a carrying value of $191.6 million resulting in realized gains of $4.5 million. The Company did not sell Agency MBS during the quarters ended December 31, 2010 and September 30, 2011.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company sold commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) with a carrying value of $200.8 million resulting in realized gains of $13.9 million and Agency MBS with a carrying value of $191.6 million resulting in realized gains of $4.5 million. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company sold CMBS with a carrying value of $61.2 million resulting in realized gains of $623 thousand.

Common dividends declared for the quarters ended December 31, 2011, December 31, 2010, and September 30, 2011, were $0.35, $0.22 and $0.30 per common share, respectively. The Company distributes dividends based on its current estimate of taxable earnings per common share, not GAAP earnings. Taxable and GAAP earnings will typically differ due to items such as differences in premium amortization and discount accretion, non-taxable unrealized and realized gains and losses, credit loss recognition, and non-deductible general and administrative expenses. The annualized dividend yield on the Company’s common stock for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, based on the December 31, 2011 closing price of $10.38, was 13.49%.

On a GAAP basis the Company provided a return on average equity of 18.12%, 6.60%, and 17.61%, for the quarters ended December 31, 2011, December 31, 2010, and September 30, 2011, respectively. On a GAAP basis, the Company provided a return on average equity of 12.03% and 4.53% for the years ended December 31, 2011, and 2010, respectively.

Kevin Riordan, Chief Executive Officer and President of CreXus, commented on the quarter’s results. “The fourth quarter of 2011 continued to demonstrate the breadth of our origination platform. During the quarter we made several new investments, continued to transform low yielding financings into accretive long-term investments, consummated new originations, and expanded our pipeline of opportunities. We closed over $143 million in new investments during the quarter, with several notable transactions: CreXus acquired its first two net lease facilities, two warehouse/distribution centers located in Phoenix, Arizona, for $33 million. We also funded a $29 million senior and mezzanine loan secured by two retail facilities in Indiana, a $20 million mezzanine loan secured by a portfolio of office buildings in Southern California, and a $12 million first mortgage secured by a condominium development in New Jersey.”

Mr. Riordan continued: “A significant wall of commercial real estate debt is slated to mature over the next several years, and institutions here and in Europe are looking to de-lever their balance sheets to adapt to new risk thresholds and capital ratios. Moreover, volatility in the capital markets continues to present attractive, risk-adjusted debt and equity investments. In this environment, I believe CreXus is well-positioned to take advantage of these opportunities.”

With the expansion of our portfolio to incorporate investment properties, we have adopted segment accounting to differentiate the returns between debt and equity investments. The following table summarizes segmented investment portfolio information for the Company:

The following table summarizes characteristics for each asset class:

At December 31, 2011, the Company’s commercial mortgage loan portfolio had two loans relating to one group of underlying properties that were 30 days or more delinquent. At December 31, 2010, the Company’s CMBS portfolio was composed of AAA-rated securities and its commercial mortgage loan portfolio had no loans 30 days or more delinquent. At September 30, 2011, the Company’s commercial mortgage loan and preferred equity portfolio had two loans relating to one group of underlying properties that were 30 days or more delinquent. During the quarters ended December 31, 2011 and September 30, 2011, the Company did not record any additional general loan loss provision as compared to loan loss provisions of $127,000 for the quarter ended December 31, 2010.

The accretion of discount on the Company’s loan and preferred equity portfolio, which is a component of interest income, for the quarters ended December 31, 2011, December 31, 2010 and September 30, 2011, was $28.8 million, $105 thousand and $30.9 million, respectively. The total net discount remaining at December 31, 2011 was $83.8 million, which includes an estimated $45.2 million of unaccretable discount, which is the difference between estimated recovery value and par, as compared to total net discount remaining of $2.8 million and $114.3 million at December 31, 2010 and September 30, 2011, respectively. Approximately $10.4 million of the accretion income for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 was accelerated due to early pay-off of loans in the first quarter of 2012. The Company no longer holds any preferred equity positions at December 31, 2011.

Annualized general and administrative expenses, including the management fee, as a percentage of average total equity were 2.09%, 1.69% and 1.86% for the quarters ended December 31, 2011, December 31, 2010, and September 30, 2011, respectively. At December 31, 2011, the Company had a common stock book value per share of $12.10 as compared to $14.79 and $11.96 at December 31, 2010 and September 30, 2011, respectively.

CreXus acquires, manages and finances, directly or through its subsidiaries, commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate debt, commercial mortgage-backed securities and other commercial and residential real estate-related assets. The Company’s principal business objective is to generate net income for distribution to investors from the spread between the yields on its investments and the cost of borrowing to finance their acquisition and secondarily to provide capital appreciation. The Company, a Maryland corporation that has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), is externally managed by Fixed Income Discount Advisory Company.

The Company will hold the fourth quarter 2011 earnings conference call on Friday, February 24, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. ET. The number to call is 1-866-524-3160 for domestic calls, 1-412-317-6760 for international calls and 1-866-605-3852 for Canadian calls. There is no pass code, please reference CreXus Investment Corp fourth quarter earnings. The replay number is 1-877-344-7529 for domestic calls and 1-412-317-0088 for international calls and the conference number is 10009716. The replay will be available at 3:00 p.m. EDT through February 27, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. ET. There will be a web cast of the call on www.crexusinvestment.com. If you would like to be added to the e-mail distribution list, please visit www.crexusinvestment.com, click on Investor Relations, then E-Mail Alerts, enter your e-mail address where indicated and click the Submit button.

This news release and our public documents to which we refer contain or incorporate by reference certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements which are based on various assumptions (some of which are beyond our control) may be identified by reference to a future period or periods or by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “continue,” “intend,” “should,” “may,” “would,” “will” or similar expressions, or variations on those terms or the negative of those terms. Actual results could differ materially from those set forth in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, our business and strategy; our projected financial and operating results; our ability to obtain and maintain financing arrangements and the terms of such arrangements; general volatility of the markets in which we acquire assets; the implementation, timing and impact of, and changes to, various government programs; our expected assets; changes in the value of our assets; interest rate mismatches between our assets and our borrowings used to fund such purchases; changes in interest rates and mortgage prepayment rates; effects of interest rate caps on our adjustable-rate assets; rates of default or decreased recovery rates on our assets; prepayments of the mortgage and other loans underlying our mortgage-backed or other asset-backed securities; the degree to which our hedging strategies may or may not protect us from interest rate volatility; changes in governmental regulations, tax law and rates, accounting guidance, and similar matters; availability of opportunities in real estate-related and other securities; availability of qualified personnel; estimates relating to our ability to make distributions to our stockholders in the future; our understanding of our competition; market trends in our industry, interest rates, the debt securities markets or the general economy; our ability to integrate and manage newly acquired assets into our portfolio; our ability to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and our ability to maintain our qualification as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. For a discussion of the risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. We do not undertake, and specifically disclaim all obligations, to publicly release the result of any revisions which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements.

(1) Derived from the audited consolidated statements of financial condition at December 31, 2010.

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