OPX Opteum Inc.

Opteum Inc. (NYSE:OPX), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that operates an integrated mortgage-related securities investment portfolio and mortgage origination platform, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share of Class A and Class�B Common Stock for the quarter ending March 31, 2007. The dividend is payable April 13, 2007, to stockholders of record on March 26, 2007. About Opteum Opteum Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that operates an integrated mortgage-related investment portfolio and mortgage origination platform. The REIT invests primarily in, but is not limited to, residential mortgage-related securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae). It attempts to earn returns on the spread between the yield on its assets and its costs, including the interest expense on the funds it borrows. Opteum�s mortgage origination platform, Opteum Financial Services, originates, buys, sells, and services residential mortgages from offices throughout the United States and operates as a taxable REIT subsidiary. Statements herein relating to matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The reader is cautioned that such forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time and on management's good faith belief with respect to future events, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences are described in Opteum Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Opteum Inc.'s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Opteum Inc. assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements.