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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">FORM 8-K</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#9;CURRENT REPORT</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#9;Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#9;Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#9;June 26, 2012</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#9;Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center">SEQUOIA MORTGAGE TRUST 2012-3</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center">(Issuing Entity of the Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2012-3)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center">RWT Holdings, Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center">(Sponsor)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center"><U>RWT Holdings, Inc.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Sponsor as Specified in Its
Charter)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center">SEQUOIA RESIDENTIAL FUNDING, INC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center">(as Depositor with respect to the issuance
of Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2012-3,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center">Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#9;<U>SEQUOIA RESIDENTIAL FUNDING, INC.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#9;(Exact Name of Registrant/Depositor as Specified in Its
Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center">&nbsp;&#9;<U>Delaware</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; text-align: center"><U>&nbsp;333-179292-02</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center">&nbsp;<U>35-2170972</U></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;(Commission File Number) </TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>One Belvedere Place, Suite 330</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>Mill Valley, CA 94941</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#9;<U>(415) 389-7373</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#9;(Registrant&rsquo;s Telephone Number,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#9;Including Area Code)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>Not Applicable</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed
Since Last Report)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>&#9;INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-indent: -1in"><B>Item 8.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;<U>Other Events</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin &amp;
Tobin Law Corporation and Chapman and Cutler LLP have been retained by Sequoia Residential Funding, Inc. (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;)
as counsel for the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Commission File No. 333-179292) (the &ldquo;Shelf Registration
Statement&rdquo;) in connection with various transactions. Legal opinions by Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin &amp; Tobin Law Corporation
as to various legal matters to be incorporated into the Shelf Registration Statement are attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1 and Exhibit
23.1. Legal opinions by Chapman and Cutler LLP as to federal income tax matters to be incorporated into the Shelf Registration
Statement are attached hereto as Exhibit 8.1 and Exhibit 23.2. These Exhibits are filed in connection with the take-down under
the Shelf Registration Statement reflected by the issuance of mortgage pass-through certificates by Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2012-3.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1in"><B>Item
9.01(d). &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;<U>Financial Statements and Exhibits</U></B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in">5.1</TD><TD>Opinion of Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin &amp; Tobin Law Corporation, dated June 26, 2012, as to various legal matters.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in">8.1</TD><TD>Opinion of Chapman and Cutler LLP, dated June 26, 2012, as to federal income tax matters.</TD></TR>                                                                                                                                                                  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>23.1</TD><TD>Consent of Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin
&amp; Tobin (included in Exhibit 5.1)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>23.2&nbsp;</TD><TD>Consent of Chapman and Cutler LLP (included
in Exhibit 8.1)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#9;SIGNATURE</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: June 26, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 4.25in">SEQUOIA RESIDENTIAL FUNDING, INC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 4.25in">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 4.25in">By:<U> /s/ John H. Isbrandtsen&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 4.5in">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John H. Isbrandtsen</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 4.5in">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>&#9;EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><U>Exhibit Number</U>&#9;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">5.1</TD><TD>Opinion of Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin &amp; Tobin Law Corporation, dated June 26, 2012 as to various legal matters.</TD></TR>                                                                                                                                                                                                  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>8.1</TD><TD>Opinion of Chapman and Cutler LLP, dated June 26, 2012,
as to federal income tax matters.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>23.1&nbsp;</TD><TD>Consent of Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin &amp; Tobin
Law Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>23.2</TD><TD>Consent of Chapman and Cutler LLP (included in Exhibit
8.1)</TD></TR>
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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
June 26, 2012
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)
SEQUOIA MORTGAGE TRUST 2012-3
(Issuing Entity of the Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2012-3)
RWT Holdings, Inc.
(Sponsor)
RWT Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Sponsor as Specified in Its
Charter)
SEQUOIA RESIDENTIAL FUNDING, INC.
(as Depositor with respect to the issuance
of Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2012-3,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates)
SEQUOIA RESIDENTIAL FUNDING, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant/Depositor as Specified in Its
Charter)
Delaware
333-179292-02
35-2170972
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Belvedere Place, Suite 330
Mill Valley, CA 94941
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(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:
[ ] 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))
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Item 8.01.
Other Events
Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin &
Tobin Law Corporation and Chapman and Cutler LLP have been retained by Sequoia Residential Funding, Inc. (the "Registrant")
as counsel for the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Commission File No. 333-179292) (the "Shelf Registration
Statement") in connection with various transactions. Legal opinions by Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin & Tobin Law Corporation
as to various legal matters to be incorporated into the Shelf Registration Statement are attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1 and Exhibit
23.1. Legal opinions by Chapman and Cutler LLP as to federal income tax matters to be incorporated into the Shelf Registration
Statement are attached hereto as Exhibit 8.1 and Exhibit 23.2. These Exhibits are filed in connection with the take-down under
the Shelf Registration Statement reflected by the issuance of mortgage pass-through certificates by Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2012-3.
Item
9.01(d).
Financial Statements and Exhibits
5.1
Opinion of Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin & Tobin Law Corporation, dated June 26, 2012, as to various legal matters.
8.1
Opinion of Chapman and Cutler LLP, dated June 26, 2012, as to federal income tax matters.
23.1
Consent of Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin
& Tobin (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Chapman and Cutler LLP (included
in Exhibit 8.1)
SIGNATURE
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: June 26, 2012
SEQUOIA RESIDENTIAL FUNDING, INC.
By:
/s/ John H. Isbrandtsen
John H. Isbrandtsen
Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
5.1
Opinion of Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin & Tobin Law Corporation, dated June 26, 2012 as to various legal matters.
8.1
Opinion of Chapman and Cutler LLP, dated June 26, 2012,
as to federal income tax matters.
23.1
Consent of Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin & Tobin
Law Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Chapman and Cutler LLP (included in Exhibit
8.1)