Form 8-K

8-K — REDWOOD TRUST INC

Accession: 0001104659-26-050931

Filed: 2026-04-29

Period: 2026-04-29

CIK: 0000930236

SIC: 6798 (REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS)

Item: Regulation FD Disclosure

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities

Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

April 29, 2026

REDWOOD

TRUST, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its

charter)

Maryland

(State or other

jurisdiction of

incorporation)

001-13759

(Commission

File Number)

68-0329422

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

One

Belvedere Place

Suite 300

Mill Valley, California

94941

(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

(415)

389-7373

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K

filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General

Instruction A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17

CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

(17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the

Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the

Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate

by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405

of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Emerging growth company

If an emerging

growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any

new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title

of each class

Trading symbol(s)

Name

of each exchange on which registered

Common

stock, par value $0.01 per share

RWT

New

York Stock Exchange

10%

Series A Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share

RWT

PRA

New

York Stock Exchange

9.125%

Senior Notes Due 2029

RWTN

New

York Stock Exchange

9.00%

Senior Notes Due 2029

RWTO

New

York Stock Exchange

9.125%

Senior Notes Due 2030

RWTP

New

York Stock Exchange

9.500%

Senior Notes Due 2030

RWTQ

New

York Stock Exchange

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 29, 2026, Redwood Trust, Inc. (the

“Company”) issued a press release announcing the formation of a strategic joint venture.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1

Press Release issued April 29, 2026

Exhibit 104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto

duly authorized.

Date:

April 29, 2026

REDWOOD

TRUST, INC.

By:

/s/ Brooke

E. Carillo

Name:

Brooke

E. Carillo

Title:

Executive

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1 — EXHIBIT 99.1

EX-99.1

Filename: tm2613023d1_ex99-1.htm · Sequence: 2

Exhibit

99.1

Castlelake

and Redwood Trust Announce Strategic Joint Venture to

Purchase up to $8 Billion of Prime Jumbo Mortgage Loans

MINNEAPOLIS,

Minn. and MILL VALLEY, Calif. – April 29, 2026 – Castlelake, L.P. (“Castlelake”), a global alternative investment

firm specializing in asset-based private credit, and Redwood Trust Inc. (NYSE: RWT; “Redwood” or the “Company”),

a leader in expanding access to housing for homebuyers and renters, today announced the formation of a strategic joint venture designed

to support the continued growth of Redwood’s Sequoia platform and provide Castlelake with programmatic purchasing power for fully

documented prime jumbo mortgage loans. The joint venture contemplates purchasing up to $8 billion of Sequoia-sourced prime jumbo loans,

with flexibility to scale as opportunities emerge, including the acquisition of seasoned loans from bank balance sheets. Under the joint

venture, Sequoia will source, aggregate, and diligence loans that meet defined eligibility criteria, with the aim of supporting consistent

execution and high-quality asset selection.

“Castlelake

is pleased to partner with Redwood and its Sequoia platform to provide our investors with access to what we expect to be high-quality,

fully documented prime jumbo assets and to establish a relationship grounded in shared principles of disciplined underwriting and strong

institutional governance,” said Lucas Jackson, Head of North American Residential Mortgage Finance at Castlelake. “This transaction

highlights Castlelake’s granular, loan level approach to deploying capital into opportunities that we expect to create attractive,

risk-adjusted outcomes for our investors.”

“Sequoia

has experienced significant momentum over the past year, with loan acquisition volumes more than doubling as we continue to build share

in the jumbo market,” said Brooke Carillo, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Redwood Trust. “We see

a dynamic and expanding opportunity set ahead, and this initiative is aligned with our strategy of scaling our platforms alongside leading

capital providers. Castlelake’s large, diversified institutional capital base and experience in asset-based investing make them

a strong partner as we continue to grow Sequoia.”

Redwood

is a leading participant in the prime jumbo mortgage market through its Sequoia platform, one of the longest-tenured non-agency correspondent

platforms in the industry since Redwood was founded in 1994. Sequoia has consistently provided liquidity across market cycles, purchasing

roughly $100 billion of loans and securitizing over $50 billion, reflecting its strong and well-established relationships with market-leading

originators.

Castlelake

is an experienced investor in the global residential real estate sector, and has acquired or financed more than $10 billion in residential

and commercial loans since 2024. Supported by dedicated sector specialists and a long-standing focus on disciplined underwriting and

institutional governance, the firm has invested through multiple market cycles and provides reliable, scalable capital for high-quality

residential credit opportunities.

About

Castlelake

Castlelake,

L.P. is a global alternative investment manager specializing in asset-based private credit. Founded in 2005, Castlelake manages approximately

$36 billion of assets on behalf of a diversified global investor base and is a strategic partner of Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.,

a leading global alternative investment manager with over $1 trillion of assets under management. The Castlelake team comprises approximately

250 experienced professionals, including 90 investment professionals, across eight offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East

and Asia. For more information, please visit https://www.castlelake.com/.

About

Redwood Trust, Inc.

Redwood

Trust, Inc. (NYSE: RWT) is a specialty finance company focused on several distinct areas of housing credit where we provide liquidity

to growing segments of the U.S. housing market not well served by government programs. We deliver customized housing credit investments

to a diverse mix of investors, through our best-in-class securitization platforms, whole-loan distribution activities, joint ventures

and our publicly traded shares. We operate through three core residential housing-focused operating platforms — Sequoia, Aspire,

and CoreVest — alongside our complementary Redwood Investments portfolio which is primarily composed of assets we source through

these platforms. Redwood Investments also includes RWT Horizons®, our unified technology platform spanning internal AI innovation

and strategic investments across the ecosystem, which supports our efforts to develop an AI-first operating model that enables compounding

operational leverage and scalable growth. This reflects how we manage and organize our business and may differ from the manner in which

our reportable segments are presented for financial reporting purposes.

Our

goal is to provide attractive returns to shareholders through a stable and growing stream of earnings and dividends, capital appreciation,

and a commitment to technological innovation that facilitates risk-minded scale. Redwood Trust is internally managed and structured as

a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for tax purposes. For more information about Redwood, please visit our website at www.redwoodtrust.com

or connect with us on LinkedIn.

Forward

Looking Statements

This

press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation

Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the joint venture’s target acquisition volume of $8 billion of prime jumbo loans.

Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Redwood’s actual results may differ from Redwood’s beliefs, expectations,

estimates, and projections and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward looking statements as predictions of future events.

Forward-looking statements are not historical in nature and can be identified by words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,”

“will,” “should,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “seek,” “plan”

and similar expressions or their negative forms, or by references to strategy, plans, opportunities, or intentions. These forward-looking

statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, among other things, those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for

the year ended December 31, 2025 under the caption “Risk Factors”. Other risks, uncertainties, and factors that could cause

actual results to differ materially from those projected may be described from time to time in reports we file with the Securities and

Exchange Commission, including reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking

statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Castlelake

Media Relations

media.relations@castlelake.com

Prosek

Partners for Castlelake

Josh Clarkson/Remy Marin

+1 212 279 3115

jclarkson@prosek.com / rmarin@prosek.com

Patrick Company for Redwood Trust

Rick

Sharga

949 322 4583

rick@cjpatrick.com

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