EXHIBIT NO. 16.1
Published on October 18, 2005
EXHIBIT
      16.1
    [Letterhead
      of Deloitte & Touche LLP]
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October
      18, 2005
    Securities
      and Exchange Commission
    Mail
      Stop
      11-3
    450
      5th
      Street, NW
    Washington,
      D.C. 20549
    Dear
      Sirs/Madams:
    We
      have
      read Item 4.01 of Dynex Capital, Inc's Form 8-K dated October 12, 2005, and
      have
      the following comments:
    We
      agree
      with the statements made in the first sentence of first paragraph, and the
      third
      and fifth paragraphs;
    We
      have
      no basis on which to agree or disagree with the statements made in the second
      sentence of the first paragraph and the second and fourth
      paragraphs.
    Yours
      truly,
    /s/
      Deloitte & Touche LLP