REDWOOD TRUST INC

Summary

In addition to the proceeds from equity and debt capital-raising transactions, our principal sources of cash and liquidity consist of borrowings under mortgage loan, MSR and HEI warehouse facilities, secured term financing facilities, securities repurchase agreements, a corporate secured revolving financing facility, payments of principal and interest we receive from our investment portfolio assets, proceeds from the sale of investment portfolio assets, and cash generated from our mortgage banking operating activities, such as the sale and securitization of mortgage loans.

Our most significant uses of cash are to purchase and originate mortgage loans for our mortgage banking platforms, including financing loans held for sale and managing hedges associated with those activities; to purchase investment securities and make other investments; to repay principal and interest on our debt, including warehouse and other recourse borrowings as loans are sold or securitized; to meet margin calls associated with our debt, interest rate hedges and other obligations; to make dividend payments on our capital stock; to fund draws on our bridge loan portfolio and other commitments when requested; to fund our operations; and from time to time, to repurchase shares of our common stock, outstanding debt securities, and convertible debt.

At March 31, 2026, our total capital was $1.73 billion, consisting of (i) $957 million of equity capital, (ii) $769 million of convertible notes and other corporate debt on our consolidated balance sheets ($297 million of convertible debt due in June 2027, $143 million of senior unsecured notes due in 2029, $189 million of senior unsecured notes due in 2030, $140 million of trust-preferred securities due in 2037), and (iii) $8 million of promissory notes.

Our capital structure continues to reflect the strategic shift toward mortgage banking, which is characterized by faster capital turnover and an originate-to-distribute model. Approximately 63% of our recourse debt is concentrated within our mortgage banking platforms, where loans typically remain on balance sheet for a short duration and related borrowings are repaid as loans are sold or securitized, supporting rapid recycling of our capital for subsequent reinvestment.

At March 31, 2026, our unrestricted cash and cash equivalents were $202 million. While we believe our available cash is sufficient to fund our operations, we may raise equity or debt capital from time to time to increase our unrestricted cash and liquidity, to repay existing debt, to make long-term portfolio investments, to fund strategic acquisitions and investments, or for other purposes. In particular, we continue to focus on additional joint ventures with strategic investors who seek to acquire the assets our operations originate and source and/or seek to provide capital to support the growth potential of our operating platforms. To the extent we seek to raise additional capital, our approach will continue to be based on what we believe to be in the best interests of the Company.

In the discussion that follows and throughout this document, we distinguish between marginable and non-marginable debt and recourse and non-recourse debt. Refer to the section set forth below under the heading "Risks Relating to Debt Incurred under Borrowing Facilities" for additional information regarding these terms on our debt.

At March 31, 2026, in aggregate, we had $3.90 billion of secured recourse debt outstanding, financing our mortgage banking platforms and investment portfolio, of which $3.02 billion was marginable and $874 million was non-marginable. The majority of this debt relates to short-term warehouse financing supporting our Sequoia and Aspire mortgage banking platforms, where capital turns rapidly, with loans remaining on balance sheet for an average of approximately 26 days before being sold or securitized

We are subject to risks relating to our liquidity and capital resources, including risks relating to incurring debt under loan warehouse facilities, securities repurchase facilities, other short- and long-term debt facilities and other risks relating to our corporate debt and use of derivatives, predominately those that hedge our mortgage banking activities. A further discussion of these risks is set forth below under the heading“Risks Relating to Debt Incurred under Borrowing Facilities."

Cash Flows and Liquidity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026

Cash flows from our mortgage banking activities and our investments can be volatile from quarter to quarter depending on many factors, including the timing and amount of loan originations, acquisitions, sales and profitability within our mortgage banking platforms, the timing and amount of securities acquisitions, sales and repayments, as well as changes in interest rates, prepayments, and credit losses. Therefore, cash flows generated in the current period are not necessarily reflective of the long-term cash flows we will receive from these operating or investment activities.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Cash flows used in operating activities increased by $2.56 billion from negative $1.95 billion in the three months ended March 31, 2026 to negative $4.51 billion in the three months ended March 31, 2026, primarily due to the increase in residential consumer loan purchases associated with our mortgage banking activities. Excluding cash flows from the purchase, origination, sale and principal payments of loans classified as held-for-sale, and the settlement of associated derivatives (which cumulatively totaled $4.44 billion of net cash outflows for the three month 2026 period, compared to $2.08 billion of net cash outflows for the three month 2025 period), cash flows from operating activities were negative $70 million during the first three months of 2026 and positive $127 million for the first three months of 2025.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, our net cash provided by investing activities was $1.23 billion and primarily resulted from proceeds from principal payments on loans held-for-investment and other investments, in excess of cash deployed into these investments. Because many of our investment securities, loans and HEI are financed through various borrowing agreements, a significant portion of the proceeds from any sales or principal payments of these assets are generally used to repay balances under these financing sources. Similarly, all or a significant portion of cash flows from principal payments of loans and HEI at consolidated securitization entities would generally be used to repay ABS issued by those entities.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, our net cash provided by financing activities was $3.12 billion. This primarily resulted from $3.09 billion of net borrowings under ABS issued (resulting from the issuance of eight Sequoia securitizations as well as the issuance of ABS through one Sequoia re-securitization of certain consolidated and unconsolidated Sequoia securities during the three months ended March 31, 2026, net of related issuance costs), and $65 million of net borrowings on debt obligations.

Material Cash Requirements

In the normal course of business, we enter into transactions that may require future cash payments. As required by GAAP, some of these obligations are recorded on the balance sheet, while others are off-balance sheet or recorded on our balance sheet in amounts different from the full contractual or notional amount of the transaction.

Our material cash requirements from known contractual and other obligations during the twelve months following March 31, 2026, include maturing debt obligations, interest payments on debt obligations and ABS issued, funding commitments for residential investor and consumer loans, strategic investments, potential repurchases of previously sold or securitized loans, meeting margin calls associated with our debt, interest rate hedges and other obligations, and other current payables. Our material cash requirements from known contractual and other obligations beyond the twelve months following March 31, 2026, include maturing long-term debt, interest payments on long-term debt, payments on operating leases and funding commitments for residential investor bridge loans and strategic investments (including our joint ventures), meeting margin calls associated with our debt, interest rate hedges and other obligations, and principal and interest payments under ABS issued (as described further below under Liquidity Needs for our Redwood Investment Portfolio).

At March 31, 2026, we had commitments to fund up to $203 million of additional advances on existing residential investor bridge loans, of which $92 million related to loans currently in securitizations co-sponsored by one of our joint ventures. These commitments are generally subject to loan agreements with covenants regarding the financial performance of the borrower and other terms regarding advances that must be met before we fund the commitment (for example, funding is dependent on actual progress on a project and we retain the right to conduct due diligence with respect to each draw request to confirm conditions have been met). A majority of the commitments are for longer-term renovate/build-for-rent loans (which generally have funding caps below their full commitment amount) and are expected to fund over the next several quarters. Additionally at March 31, 2026, we had $1.84 billion of available warehouse capacity for residential investor loans and scheduled bridge loan maturities are expected to provide an additional source of cash that can be used to fund our commitments.

During 2025, in connection with the sale of legacy unsecuritized bridge loans to the Legacy Trust, we entered into an agreement to provide up to $35 million of capital support if the Legacy Trust’s portfolio loan-to-value ratios exceed specified thresholds. As of March 31, 2026, we had funded $20 million of this commitment, with $15 million in remaining funding commitments if certain triggers are met.

For additional information regarding our material cash requirements, see Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 under the caption Contractual Obligations. For additional information on commitments and contingencies as of March 31, 2026 that could impact our liquidity and capital resources, see Note 19 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which supplements the disclosures included in Note 18 to the Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Most of our loan warehouse facilities and our servicer advance financing were established with initial one-year terms and are regularly amended on an annual basis to extend the terms for an additional year ahead of their maturity. We renewed several of these facilities during the three months ended March 31, 2026. While there is no assurance of our ability to renew our other facilities maturing in the next year, given current market conditions we expect to extend these in the normal course of business.

We expect to meet our obligations coming due in less than one year from March 31, 2026 most likely from borrowings under existing, new or amended financing arrangements, or through other previously mentioned sources of capital including cash on hand.

See Note 18 in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information on our debt obligations.

Liquidity Needs for our Mortgage Banking Activities

We generally use loan warehouse facilities to finance the loans we acquire and originate in our mortgage banking platforms while we aggregate the loans for sale or securitization.

At March 31, 2026, we had residential consumer warehouse facilities outstanding with $4.70 billion of total capacity and $1.85 billion of available capacity. These included non-marginable facilities with $400 million of total capacity and marginable facilities with $4.30 billion of total capacity. At March 31, 2026, we had non-marginable, residential investor warehouse facilities outstanding available to finance our unsecuritized residential investor loans in our Redwood Investments, CoreVest Mortgage Banking and Legacy Investments segments with $2.03 billion of total capacity and $1.84 billion of available capacity. Borrowing under these facilities used to finance our CoreVest Mortgage Banking loan inventory at March 31, 2026 totaled $55 million. We note that several of these facilities used to finance our CoreVest Mortgage Banking loan inventory are also used to finance bridge loans held in our Legacy Investments portfolio at March 31, 2026.

Most of our loan warehouse facilities were established with initial one-year terms and are regularly amended on an annual basis to extend the terms for an additional year ahead of their maturity. We renewed several of these facilities during the three months ended March 31, 2026, and have other such facilities with scheduled maturities during the next twelve months. See Note 18 in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information on the loan warehouse facilities used for our Mortgage Banking platforms.

As described above, our material cash requirements include meeting margin calls associated with loan warehouse facilities and interest rate hedges. During periods when there is higher volatility in benchmark interest rate levels, we may experience increased margin calls related to interest rate hedges, which may be material and present increased liquidity risk. In particular, interest rate hedges associated with our mortgage banking activities are typically intended to fully or partially offset interest rate-driven changes in the fair value of mortgage loans we own or have identified for purchase. When benchmark interest rates rise or decline, there may be liquidity risk due to the fact that any corresponding change in value to such mortgage loans or other financial instruments we own may not be an immediate source of liquidity to offset margin call amounts related to our interest rate hedges.

Additional information regarding risks related to the debt we use to finance our mortgage banking platforms can be found under the heading"Risks Relating to Debt Incurred under Borrowing Facilities" that follows within this section.

Liquidity Needs for our Redwood Investments

At March 31, 2026, in addition to our ABS issued, our investment portfolio was financed with $566 million of secured recourse debt, of which $219 million was marginable and $347 million was non-marginable, and $300 million of secured non-recourse debt that was non-marginable. At March 31, 2026, we have also allocated $81 million of outstanding borrowings from our secured revolving financing facility to finance our Redwood Investments segment. Our secured revolving financing facility may be used to finance both our Redwood Investments, Sequoia and CoreVest mortgage banking platforms, as well as Legacy Investments.

We use various forms of secured recourse and non-recourse debt to finance assets in our investment portfolio. Refer to Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 under the caption Liquidity and Capital Resources for additional information regarding our forms of financing assets in our investment portfolio, as well as for our descriptions of what constitutes non-recourse and non-marginable debt.

See Note 17 and Note 18 in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information on our asset-backed securities issued and debt obligations, respectively.

Liquidity Needs for our Legacy Investments

At March 31, 2026, we financed our Legacy Investments with a combination of recourse and non-recourse, non-marginable residential investor loan warehouse facilities, a recourse non-marginable HEI facility, and non-recourse securitization debt (ABS issued). Certain residential investor warehouse facilities may impose advance rate step-downs or repurchase requirements if underlying loan performance or property valuations deteriorate, which could require the use of additional liquidity. At March 31, 2026, we have also allocated $244 million of outstanding borrowings from our secured revolving financing facility to finance our Legacy Investments segment.

Refer to Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 under the caption Liquidity and Capital Resources for additional information regarding our forms of financing for our investments, as well as for our descriptions of what constitutes non-recourse and non-marginable debt.

See Note 17 and Note 18 in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information on our asset-backed securities issued and debt obligations, respectively.

Corporate Capital

We also use unsecured recourse debt to finance our operations, including convertible and non-convertible senior debt securities issued in the public markets, as well as trust preferred securities and promissory notes. These financing arrangements support the capital needs of our operating segments. Accordingly, the associated financing costs, including interest expense, are allocated to our operating segments based on their respective use of capital, consistent with how management evaluates segment performance. See Note 18 Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Note 18 in Part II, Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, for additional information on our unsecured debt obligations, net.

Risks Relating to Debt Incurred under Borrowing Facilities

As described above under the heading “Results of Operations,” in the ordinary course of our business, we use debt financing obtained through several different types of borrowing facilities to, among other things, finance the acquisition and/or origination of residential consumer mortgage loans, residential investor mortgage loans, and HEI (including those we acquire or originate in anticipation of sale or securitization), and finance investments in securities and other investments. We may also use borrowings to fund other aspects of our business and operations, including the repurchase of shares of our capital stock. Recourse debt incurred under these facilities is generally either the direct obligation of Redwood Trust, Inc., or the direct obligation of subsidiaries of Redwood Trust, Inc. and guaranteed by Redwood Trust, Inc. Risks relating to debt incurred under these facilities are described in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, under the caption(s) “Risks Relating to Debt Incurred under Borrowing Facilities,” and “Our use of financial leverage exposes us to heightened liquidity risks, including margin calls and acceleration of repayment from defaults and cross-defaults.”

Aggregate borrowing limits are stated under certain of these facilities, and certain other facilities have no stated borrowing limit, but many of the facilities are uncommitted, which means that any request we make to borrow funds under these uncommitted facilities may be declined by the lender for any reason, even if at the time of the borrowing request we have then-outstanding borrowings that are less than the borrowing limits under these facilities. In general, financing under these facilities is obtained by transferring or pledging mortgage loans, securities or other assets to the counterparty in exchange for cash proceeds (in an amount less than 100% of the principal amount of the transferred or pledged assets). Given that we may not be able to obtain additional financing under uncommitted lines when we need it, we are exposed to, among other things, liquidity risks of the types described in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 under the heading “Risk Factors,” and in Part II, Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 under the heading “Market Risks.” In addition, with respect to mortgage loans, securities or other assets that at any given time are already being financed through these warehouse facilities, we are exposed to market, credit, liquidity, and other risks of the types described in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 under the heading “Risk Factors,” and in Part II, Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 under the heading “Market Risks,” if and when those loans, securities or other assets become ineligible to be financed, decline in value, or have been financed for the maximum term permitted under the applicable facility.

Under many of our mortgage loan and HEI warehouse facilities, our securities repurchase facilities, and our secured revolving financing facility, while transferred or pledged mortgage loans, HEI, or securities are financed under the facility, to the extent the value of the loans, HEI, or securities, or the collateral underlying those loans, HEI, or securities, declines, we are generally required to either immediately reacquire the loans or securities or meet a margin requirement to transfer or pledge additional loans, securities or cash in an amount at least equal to the decline in value. Of our active financing arrangements with outstanding balances at March 31, 2026, only our securities repurchase facilities (with $104 million of borrowings outstanding at March 31, 2026), eight of our residential consumer mortgage loan warehouse facilities (with a combined $2.8 billion of borrowings outstanding at March 31, 2026), and a certificated MSR facility (with $114 million of borrowings outstanding at March 31, 2026) retain market-value based margin call provisions based solely on the lender's determination of market value and, as such, are considered marginable.

Margin call provisions under these facilities are further described in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 under the caption “Risks Relating to Debt Incurred under Borrowing Facilities - Margin Call Provisions Associated With Debt Facilities and Other Debt Financing.” Financial covenants included in these facilities are further described Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 under the caption “Risks Relating to Debt Incurred under Borrowing Facilities - Financial Covenants Associated With Debt Facilities and Other Debt Financing.”

At March 31, 2026, and through the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we were in compliance with the financial covenants associated with our debt financing facilities. Our financial covenants require us to maintain a minimum dollar amount of stockholders’ equity or tangible net worth and minimum liquidity, as well as financial covenants that require us to maintain recourse indebtedness below a specified ratio. In particular, with respect to: (i) financial covenants that require us to maintain a minimum dollar amount of stockholders’ equity or tangible net worth at Redwood, at March 31, 2026, our level of stockholders’ equity and tangible net worth resulted in our being in compliance with these covenants by more than $200 million; and (ii) financial covenants that require us to maintain recourse indebtedness below a specified ratio at Redwood, at March 31, 2026, our level of recourse indebtedness resulted in our being in compliance with these covenants at a level such that we could incur at least $1.8 billion in additional recourse indebtedness.