Exhibit
32.1
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer regarding Form 10-K for year 2006 pursuant to 18
USC
Section
1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
In
connection with the Annual Report of Redwood Trust, Inc. (the “Company’) on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, George E. Bull, III,
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 USC Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that:
(1)
The
Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects,
the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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/s/
George E. Bull,
III
George
E. Bull, III
Chief
Executive Officer
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February
19, 2007
This
Certification is made solely for the purpose of 18 USC Section 1350, subject
to
the knowledge standard contained therein, and not for any other
purpose.