 NEW YORK, May 6, 2021 PRNewswire -- MFA Financial, Inc. NYSE: MFA announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the remaining ownership interests it did not previously own in Lima One Holdings, LLC together with its operating subsidiary Lima One Capital, LLC and other affiliates, Lima One, a leading nationwide originator and servicer of business purpose loans BPLs for residential real estate investors, from affiliates of Magnetar Capital the Sellers. The acquisition includes Lima Ones operating platform and 1.1 billion servicing portfolio as well as approximately 200 million of related financial assets. 