NEW YORK, March 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE: MFA) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock for the first quarter of 2015. The dividend will be paid on April 30, 2015, to stockholders of record on March 27, 2015.

MFA is a real estate investment trust primarily engaged in the business of investing, on a leveraged basis, in residential mortgage assets, including residential mortgage-backed securities and residential whole loans.

Investor Contact:
MFA Investor Relations
212-207-6433
www.mfafinancial.com

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