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NEW YORK, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MortgageIT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:MHL), a residential mortgage company organized as a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), today announced that MortgageIT, Inc., its wholly owned residential mortgage banking subsidiary, has issued and sold through a trust subsidiary in a private placement, $50 million of trust preferred securities ("TPS"), to a collateralized debt obligation pool vehicle, under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), in a transaction not otherwise registered thereunder. The floating rate TPS bear a variable interest rate of 360 basis points above 3-month LIBOR, paid quarterly, will mature in 2036 and are redeemable at par after five years. Proceeds from the TPS sale will be used to support the Company's strategic initiatives and the continued expansion of MortgageIT, Inc.'s national mortgage origination platform, and for general corporate purposes. The TPS have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the TPS. About MortgageIT Holdings, Inc. MortgageIT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:MHL) is a self-administered mortgage real estate investment trust ("REIT") focused on the residential lending market. The Company self-originates its investment portfolio of high quality adjustable rate mortgage ("ARM") loans through MortgageIT, Inc., its wholly owned residential mortgage banking subsidiary. MortgageIT, Inc. is a full- service residential mortgage banking company that is licensed to originate loans throughout the United States. MortgageIT Holdings is organized and conducts its operations to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. MortgageIT is organized and operates as MortgageIT Holdings' taxable REIT subsidiary. For more information, please visit http://www.mortgageitholdings.com/. Certain items in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements that relate to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address the Company's expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "will" or other similar words or expressions. Forward-looking statements, by their nature, address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain and include, among other things, statements relating to the Company's ability to fund a fully-leveraged, self-originated loan portfolio, its anticipated loan funding volume and the Company's ability to pay dividends. These statements are based on the current economic environment and management's current expectations and beliefs, and are subject to a number of trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to significant economic, competitive, and other contingencies that are beyond the control of management. The Company can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations include, but are not limited to, MortgageIT's continued ability to originate new loans, including loans that the Company deems suitable for its securitization portfolio; changes in the capital markets, including changes in interest rates and/or credit spreads; and other risks detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 15, 2006 and from time to time in the Company's other SEC reports. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard thereto or change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based. DATASOURCE: MortgageIT Holdings, Inc. CONTACT: Investors: Sean McGrath of MortgageIT Holdings, Inc., +1-646-346-8700; or Media: Joe LoBello of Brainerd Communicators, Inc., +1-212-986-6667 Web site: http://www.mortgageitholdings.com/

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