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10-K - 10-K MFA FINANCIAL, INC. - MFA FINANCIAL, INC.mfa-12312017x10k.htm
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - MFA FINANCIAL, INC.exhibit322certificationofc.htm
EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - MFA FINANCIAL, INC.exhibit321certficationofce.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - MFA FINANCIAL, INC.exhibit312certificationofc.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - MFA FINANCIAL, INC.exhibit311certificationofc.htm
EX-21 - EXHIBIT 21 - MFA FINANCIAL, INC.exhibit21subsidiariesofthe.htm
EX-12.1 - EXHIBIT 12.1 - MFA FINANCIAL, INC.exhibit121computationofrat.htm


Exhibit 23.1



Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm




The Board of Directors
MFA Financial, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-213678 and 333-214659) on Form S-3 and in the registration statement (No. 333-205105) on Form S-8 of MFA Financial, Inc., of our reports dated February 15, 2018, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of MFA Financial, Inc. as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income/(loss), changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2017, and all related financial statement schedules, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, which reports appear in the December 31, 2017 annual report on Form 10-K of MFA Financial, Inc.


/s/ KPMG LLP
 
New York, New York
February 15, 2018