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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25,
2006</p>
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STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION<br>
<font style="font-size: 10pt;">Washington, D.C.
20549</font>
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STATEMENT<br>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933</p>
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Inc.</p>
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10038<br>(212)
651-7700</p>
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code, and telephone number,<br>including area code, of
registrant's principal executive
offices)</p>
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AMENDED<br>LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</p>
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Occhino<br>General Counsel and Secretary<br> MortgageIT Holdings,
Inc.<br>33 Maiden Lane<br>New York, New York 10038<br>(212)
651-7700<br>
<font style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal">(Address, including zip code, and
telephone number,</font>
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to:</font>
<br>Norman B. Antin, Esquire<br> Jeffrey D. Haas,
Esquire<br>Patton Boggs LLP<br>2550 M Street, N.W.<br>Washington, DC
20037<br>(202)
457-6000</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Amount to
be<br> Registered (1)</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Proposed<br> Maximum Offering<br>
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<td style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Amount of<br> Registration Fee</font></td>
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share</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff;" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; background-color: #ffffff;">1,000,000</font></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt ;background-color: #ffffff;white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">$12.95</font></td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;"><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration
Statement shall also cover any additional shares of MortgageIT
Holdings, Inc. common stock that become issuable under the Plan by
reason of any stock splits, stock dividends or similar
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;"><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Calculated pursuant
to Rule  457(h)(1) and (c) under the Securities Act on the basis
of $12.95 per share, which was the average of the high and low prices
of the MortgageIT Holdings, Inc. common stock (the "Common
Stock") as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on
January 23, 2006.</font></td>
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I.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">ITEMS 1 &amp; 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the
information for the MortgageIT Holdings, Inc. Amended Long-Term
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") required by Part
I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to the
participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents
are not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") either as a part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule
424 in reliance on Rule 428 but constitute, together with the documents
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II of the Registration Statement, a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</p>
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STATEMENT</p>
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BY REFERENCE</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The following documents filed or to be filed with
the SEC are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:</p>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">(a)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 416pt">The
Registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2004, filed with the SEC on March 31,
2005.</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">(b)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 416pt">The Registrant's
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2005, filed with the
SEC on May 13, 2005.</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">(c)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 416pt">The
Registrant's Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30,
2005, filed with the SEC on August 11,
2005.</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">(d)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 416pt">The Registrant's
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2005, filed with
the SEC on November 9, 2005.</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">(e)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 416pt">The
Registrant's Forms 8-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2005, May
16, 2005, May 17, 2005, May 23, 2005, June 2, 2005, June 8, 2005, June
14, 2005, June 22, 2005, July 20, 2005, July 25, 2005, August 8, 2005,
August 29, 2005, September 21, 2005, September 23, 2005, October 4,
2005, October 20, 2005, October 20, 2005, November 16, 2005 and
December 12, 2005.</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 416pt">All documents
filed by the Registrant and the Plan pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), after the date hereof and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which deregisters all
securities then remaining
unsold.</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 416pt">The description of
Registrant's Common Stock contained in Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-125556), as
originally filed pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act, on June
6, 2005.</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">ANY STATEMENT CONTAINED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT,
OR IN A DOCUMENT INCORPORATED OR DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
HEREIN, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED FOR PURPOSES OF
THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO THE EXTENT THAT A STATEMENT CONTAINED
HEREIN, OR IN ANY OTHER SUBSEQUENTLY FILED DOCUMENT WHICH ALSO IS
INCORPORATED OR DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN, MODIFIES
OR SUPERSEDES SUCH STATEMENT. ANY SUCH STATEMENT SO MODIFIED OR
SUPERSEDED SHALL NOT BE DEEMED, EXCEPT AS SO MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED, TO
CONSTITUTE A PART OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.</p>
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">A description of
Registrant's Common Stock is contained in Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-125556), as
originally filed pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act on June 6,
2005.</p>
<br>
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<br>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">ITEM 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INTERESTS OF NAMED
EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Certain legal matters with respect to
legality of the common stock registered hereby will be passed upon for
the Registrant by Patton Boggs LLP. As of the date of this Registration
Statement, certain partners of Patton Boggs LLP owned approximately
27,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">ITEM 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">In accordance with Section 2-405.2 and Section 2-408 of the Maryland
General Corporation Law, Article VIII of the Registrant's
Articles of Amendment and Restatement provides as follows:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
Corporation shall indemnify, in the manner and to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any person (or the estate of any person) who is or
was a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether or not by or
in the right of the Corporation, and whether civil, criminal,
administrative, investigative or otherwise, by reason of the fact that
such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or such
director or officer is or was serving at the request of the Corporation
as a director, officer, agent, trustee, partner or employee of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
trust, real estate investment trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the indemnification
provided herein shall include expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and any such
expenses may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. The Corporation shall
indemnify other employees and agents to such extent as shall be
authorized by the Board of Directors or the Corporation's Bylaws
and be permitted by law. Any repeal or modification of this Section
1(a) by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only,
and shall not adversely affect any right to indemnification or
advancement of expenses hereunder existing at the time of such repeal
or modification.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Corporation may, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person described in the preceding paragraph against any liability which
may be asserted against such person.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The indemnification
provided herein shall not be deemed to limit the right of the
Corporation to indemnify any other person for any such expenses to the
fullest extent permitted by law, nor shall it be deemed exclusive of
any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification from the
Corporation may be entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders
or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in such
persons' official capacity and as to action in another capacity
while holding such office.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">To the fullest extent permitted by
statutory or decisional law of the State of Maryland, as amended or
interpreted from time to time, no director or officer of the
Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders, or any of them, for money damages. No amendment of the
Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Corporation or repeal of
any of its provisions shall limit or eliminate the benefits provided to
directors and officers under this provision with respect to any act or
omission which occurred prior to such amendment or repeal.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">ITEM 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Not
applicable.</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (numbering corresponds
generally to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):</p>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 406pt">Stock Certificate of MortgageIT
Holdings,
Inc.<sup>1</sup></td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 406pt">Opinion of Patton Boggs LLP,
Washington D.C., as to the legality of the Common Stock registered
hereby.</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 30pt">10.1&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 406pt">MortgageIT Holdings,
Inc. Amended Long-Term Incentive Plan.</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 30pt">23.1&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 406pt">Consent of Patton Boggs LLP
(included in Exhibit 5.1).</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 30pt">23.2&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 406pt">Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 406pt">Power of Attorney is located on the
signature pages.</td>
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undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</p>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">(1)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 416pt">To file, during any period in which
offers or sales of securities are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="53"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="40"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="510"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 40pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 30pt">(i)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 386pt">To include any prospectus required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="53"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="40"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="510"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 40pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 30pt">(ii)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 386pt">To reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
the effective registration statement;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="53"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="40"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="510"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 40pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 30pt">(iii)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 386pt">To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the Registration Statement or any material change to such information
in the Registration Statement;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:40pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">unless the information
required by (i) and (ii) is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement.</p>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="549"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 20pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">(2)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 416pt">That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="549"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 20pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">(3)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 416pt">To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="549"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 20pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">(4)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 416pt">That, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
filing of the Registrant's or the Plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="60">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="60"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="3"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="602"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left"><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left"><sup>1</sup></font></td>
<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;"><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 contained in the Registration
Statement on Form S-11 (SEC File No. 333-113825), as originally filed
with the SEC on March 22, 2004.</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
<page>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="549"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 20pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">(5)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 416pt">Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">SIGNATURES</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
New York, State of New York, on January 24, 2006.</p>
<div style="width: 593;">
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding-top: 12pt;" valign="top" align="left" width="285"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="285"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding-top: 12pt;" valign="top" align="left">MORTGAGEIT HOLDINGS, INC.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div style="width: 593;">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="593">
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding-top: 24pt;" valign="top" align="left" width="309"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="309"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding-top: 24pt;" valign="top" align="left">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>/s/ Doug W.
Naidus&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br> Doug W. Naidus<br> Chairman of the
Board and<br> Chief Executive Officer</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being
a director or officer of MortgageIT Holdings, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Doug W. Naidus as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for such person and in such person's name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign one or more Registration
Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on Form S-8 or
such other form as such attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or
desirable, any or all amendments thereto, and all post-effective
amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, for the
registration of securities in connection with the MortgageIT Holdings,
Inc. Amended Long-Term Incentive Plan, in such forms as he may approve,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done to the end that such Registration Statement or Registration
Statements shall comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the applicable Rules and Regulations adopted or issued pursuant
thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates
indicated.</p>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="218"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="16"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="234"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="16"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="109"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Name</td>
<td></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Title</td>
<td></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Date</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/
Doug W. Naidus</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Chairman
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive
officer)</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">January 24, 2006</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Doug W. Naidus</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/
Glenn J. Mouridy</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">President and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and accounting officer)</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">January 24,
2006</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Glenn J.
Mouridy</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Fred A.
Assenheimer</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">January 24,
2006</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Fred A.
Assenheimer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ William Collins</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">January 24,
2006</td>
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<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">William
Collins</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Michael Garin</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">January 24,
2006</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Michael
Garin</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="218"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="16"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="234"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="16"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="109"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Name</td>
<td></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Title</td>
<td></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Date</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Nancy
McKinstry</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">January 24,
2006</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Nancy
McKinstry</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
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Schantz</td>
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2006</td>
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<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
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2006</td>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25,
2006
Registration No.
333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933
MortgageIT Holdings,
Inc.
(exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
MARYLAND
20-0947002
(state
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization)
(IRS Employer Identification
No.)
33 Maiden Lane
New York, New York
10038
(212)
651-7700
(Address, including zip
code, and telephone number,
including area code, of
registrant's principal executive
offices)
MORTGAGEIT HOLDINGS, INC.
AMENDED
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Andy
Occhino
General Counsel and Secretary
MortgageIT Holdings,
Inc.
33 Maiden Lane
New York, New York 10038
(212)
651-7700
(Address, including zip code, and
telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's
agent for service)
Copies
to:
Norman B. Antin, Esquire
Jeffrey D. Haas,
Esquire
Patton Boggs LLP
2550 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC
20037
(202)
457-6000
Title
of each Class of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to
be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum Offering
Price Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (3)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value per
share
1,000,000
$12.95
$12,950,000
$1,386
(1)
Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration
Statement shall also cover any additional shares of MortgageIT
Holdings, Inc. common stock that become issuable under the Plan by
reason of any stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.
(2)
Calculated pursuant
to Rule  457(h)(1) and (c) under the Securities Act on the basis
of $12.95 per share, which was the average of the high and low prices
of the MortgageIT Holdings, Inc. common stock (the "Common
Stock") as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on
January 23, 2006.
(3)
Estimated solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
PART
I.     INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
ITEMS 1 & 2.    The documents containing the
information for the MortgageIT Holdings, Inc. Amended Long-Term
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") required by Part
I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to the
participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents
are not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") either as a part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule
424 in reliance on Rule 428 but constitute, together with the documents
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II of the Registration Statement, a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II.    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
ITEM 3.    INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS
BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed or to be filed with
the SEC are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:
(a)
The
Registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2004, filed with the SEC on March 31,
2005.
(b)
The Registrant's
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2005, filed with the
SEC on May 13, 2005.
(c)
The
Registrant's Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30,
2005, filed with the SEC on August 11,
2005.
(d)
The Registrant's
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2005, filed with
the SEC on November 9, 2005.
(e)
The
Registrant's Forms 8-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2005, May
16, 2005, May 17, 2005, May 23, 2005, June 2, 2005, June 8, 2005, June
14, 2005, June 22, 2005, July 20, 2005, July 25, 2005, August 8, 2005,
August 29, 2005, September 21, 2005, September 23, 2005, October 4,
2005, October 20, 2005, October 20, 2005, November 16, 2005 and
December 12, 2005.
(f)
All documents
filed by the Registrant and the Plan pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), after the date hereof and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which deregisters all
securities then remaining
unsold.
(g)
The description of
Registrant's Common Stock contained in Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-125556), as
originally filed pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act, on June
6, 2005.
ANY STATEMENT CONTAINED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT,
OR IN A DOCUMENT INCORPORATED OR DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
HEREIN, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED FOR PURPOSES OF
THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO THE EXTENT THAT A STATEMENT CONTAINED
HEREIN, OR IN ANY OTHER SUBSEQUENTLY FILED DOCUMENT WHICH ALSO IS
INCORPORATED OR DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN, MODIFIES
OR SUPERSEDES SUCH STATEMENT. ANY SUCH STATEMENT SO MODIFIED OR
SUPERSEDED SHALL NOT BE DEEMED, EXCEPT AS SO MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED, TO
CONSTITUTE A PART OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
ITEM
4.    DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
A description of
Registrant's Common Stock is contained in Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-125556), as
originally filed pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act on June 6,
2005.
ITEM 5.    INTERESTS OF NAMED
EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Certain legal matters with respect to
legality of the common stock registered hereby will be passed upon for
the Registrant by Patton Boggs LLP. As of the date of this Registration
Statement, certain partners of Patton Boggs LLP owned approximately
27,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.
ITEM 6.    INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
In accordance with Section 2-405.2 and Section 2-408 of the Maryland
General Corporation Law, Article VIII of the Registrant's
Articles of Amendment and Restatement provides as follows:
The
Corporation shall indemnify, in the manner and to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any person (or the estate of any person) who is or
was a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether or not by or
in the right of the Corporation, and whether civil, criminal,
administrative, investigative or otherwise, by reason of the fact that
such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or such
director or officer is or was serving at the request of the Corporation
as a director, officer, agent, trustee, partner or employee of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
trust, real estate investment trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the indemnification
provided herein shall include expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and any such
expenses may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. The Corporation shall
indemnify other employees and agents to such extent as shall be
authorized by the Board of Directors or the Corporation's Bylaws
and be permitted by law. Any repeal or modification of this Section
1(a) by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only,
and shall not adversely affect any right to indemnification or
advancement of expenses hereunder existing at the time of such repeal
or modification.
The Corporation may, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person described in the preceding paragraph against any liability which
may be asserted against such person.
The indemnification
provided herein shall not be deemed to limit the right of the
Corporation to indemnify any other person for any such expenses to the
fullest extent permitted by law, nor shall it be deemed exclusive of
any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification from the
Corporation may be entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders
or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in such
persons' official capacity and as to action in another capacity
while holding such office.
To the fullest extent permitted by
statutory or decisional law of the State of Maryland, as amended or
interpreted from time to time, no director or officer of the
Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders, or any of them, for money damages. No amendment of the
Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Corporation or repeal of
any of its provisions shall limit or eliminate the benefits provided to
directors and officers under this provision with respect to any act or
omission which occurred prior to such amendment or repeal.
ITEM 7.    EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not
applicable.
ITEM 8.    LIST OF EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (numbering corresponds
generally to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):
4.1
Stock Certificate of MortgageIT
Holdings,
Inc.
1
5.1
Opinion of Patton Boggs LLP,
Washington D.C., as to the legality of the Common Stock registered
hereby.
10.1
MortgageIT Holdings,
Inc. Amended Long-Term Incentive Plan.
23.1
Consent of Patton Boggs LLP
(included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.
24
Power of Attorney is located on the
signature pages.
ITEM 9.    UNDERTAKINGS
The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which
offers or sales of securities are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
the effective registration statement;
(iii)
To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the Registration Statement or any material change to such information
in the Registration Statement;
unless the information
required by (i) and (ii) is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement.
(2)
That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3)
To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.
(4)
That, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
filing of the Registrant's or the Plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
1
Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 contained in the Registration
Statement on Form S-11 (SEC File No. 333-113825), as originally filed
with the SEC on March 22, 2004.
(5)
Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
New York, State of New York, on January 24, 2006.
MORTGAGEIT HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Doug W.
Naidus
Doug W. Naidus
Chairman of the
Board and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being
a director or officer of MortgageIT Holdings, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Doug W. Naidus as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for such person and in such person's name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign one or more Registration
Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on Form S-8 or
such other form as such attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or
desirable, any or all amendments thereto, and all post-effective
amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, for the
registration of securities in connection with the MortgageIT Holdings,
Inc. Amended Long-Term Incentive Plan, in such forms as he may approve,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done to the end that such Registration Statement or Registration
Statements shall comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the applicable Rules and Regulations adopted or issued pursuant
thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/
Doug W. Naidus
Chairman
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive
officer)
January 24, 2006
Doug W. Naidus
/s/
Glenn J. Mouridy
President and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and accounting officer)
January 24,
2006
Glenn J.
Mouridy
/s/ Fred A.
Assenheimer
Director
January 24,
2006
Fred A.
Assenheimer
/s/ William Collins
Director
January 24,
2006
William
Collins
/s/ Michael Garin
Director
January 24,
2006
Michael
Garin
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Nancy
McKinstry
Director
January 24,
2006
Nancy
McKinstry
/s/ Timothy Schantz
Director
January 24,
2006
Timothy
Schantz
/s/ Michael Marocco
Director
January 24,
2006
Michael
Marocco
/s/ John K. Darr
Director
January 24,
2006
John K.
Darr
/s/ Edolphus Towns
Director
January 24,
2006
Edolphus
Towns