SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                WASHINGTON, D.C.

                                   FORM T-3/A
                                (Amendment No. 1)

                FOR APPLICATIONS FOR QUALIFICATION OF INDENTURES
                      UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

                               DYNEX CAPITAL, INC.
                               (NAME OF APPLICANT)


                            4551 COX ROAD, SUITE 300
                           GLEN ALLEN, VIRGINIA 23060
                     (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE)

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           Securities to be Issued Under the Indenture to be Qualified


Title of Class                          Amount
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9.50% Senior Notes Due 2005             Up to a maximum aggregate principal
                                        amount of $32,079,025

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Approximate date of proposed public offering:  As soon as practicable  after the
date of this Application for Qualification.

Name and address of agent for service:

                  Stephen J. Benedetti, Chief Financial Officer
                               DYNEX CAPITAL, INC.
                            4551 Cox Road, Suite 300
                           Glen Allen, Virginia 23060
                                 (804) 217-5800

                                    COPY TO:
                          Elizabeth R. Hughes, Esquire
                         VENABLE, BAETJER & HOWARD, LLP
                      8010 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 300
                             Vienna, Virginia 22182
                                 (703) 760-1600


                                Explanatory note

         This Amendment No. 1 to Application for  Qualification  of Indenture on
Form T-3, which amends the  Application for  Qualification  of Indenture on Form
T-3 filed by Dynex Capital, Inc., a Virginia corporation, on January 9, 2003, is
being filed  solely for the  purposes of (1)  amending  the cover page set forth
above,  (2) filing the execution copy of the Indenture,  which is attached as an
exhibit  hereto,  and (3) amending the list of exhibits to this  Application for
Qualification of Indenture on Form T-3 set forth below.


Contents of Application for Qualification.  This amendment to the application
for qualification comprises:

(a)  Pages numbered 1 to 4, consecutively;
(b)  The statement of eligibility and  qualification  of Wachovia Bank, N.A., as
     trustee,  on  Form  T-1  (previously  filed)  under  the  indenture  to  be
     qualified; and
(c)  The  following  attached  as exhibits in addition to those filed as part of
     the Form T-1 statement of eligibility and qualification of the trustee:

Exhibit T3A
(i)     Articles  of  Incorporation  of the  Registrant,  as  amended,
        effective  as of  February  4, 1988.  (Incorporated  herein by
        reference to the Company's Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
        Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-10783) filed March 21, 1997.);

(ii)    Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, effective December
        29, 1989  (Incorporated  herein by reference to the  Company's
        Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
        333-10783) filed March 21, 1997.);

(iii)   Amendment  to Articles of  Incorporation,  effective  June 27,
        1995  (Incorporated  herein  by  reference  to  the  Company's
        Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.  1-9819),  dated June 26,
        1995.);

(iv)    Amendment to Articles of Incorporation,  effective October 23,
        1995,  (Incorporated  herein  by  reference  to the  Company's
        Current  Report on Form 8-K (File No.  1-9819),  dated October
        19, 1995.);

(v)     Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation,  effective October
        9, 1996, (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's
        Current Report on Form 8-K, filed October 15, 1996.);

(vi)    Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation,  effective October
        10,   1996,   (Incorporated   herein  by   reference   to  the
        Registrant's  Current  Report on Form 8-K,  filed  October 15,
        1996.);

(vii)   Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation,  effective October
        19, 1992.  (Incorporated  herein by reference to the Company's
        Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
        333-10783) filed March 21, 1997.);

(viii)  Amendment to the Articles of  Incorporation,  effective August
        17, 1992.  (Incorporated  herein by reference to the Company's
        Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
        333-10783) filed March 21, 1997.);

(ix)    Amendment to Articles of  Incorporation,  effective  April 25,
        1997.  (Incorporated  herein  by  reference  to the  Company's
        Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
        1997.);

(x)     Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, effective May 5, 1997.
        (Incorporated  herein by reference to the Company's  Quarterly
        Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1997.)

(xi)    Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, effective May 19, 1998
        (previously filed).

(xii)   Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, effective August 2, 1999
        (previously filed).

Exhibit T3B   Amended Bylaws of the Company  (Incorporated  by reference
              to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
              December 31, 1992, as amended.)

Exhibit T3C   Execution copy of Indenture between the Company and Wachovia Bank,
              N.A., as Trustee (filed herewith).

Exhibit T3D   Not applicable.

Exhibit T3E

(i)           Offering Circular,  dated January 8, 2002 (filed as an exhibit
              to the Company's  Schedule TO, filed with the  Securities  and
              Exchange  Commission  on  January  8, 2003,  as  amended,  and
              incorporated by reference herein).

(ii)          Series A Preferred  Stock Letter of  Transmittal  (filed as an
              exhibit  to  the   Company's   Schedule  TO,  filed  with  the
              Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on January 8, 2003,  as
              amended, and incorporated by reference herein).

(iii)         Series B Preferred  Stock Letter of  Transmittal  (filed as an
              exhibit  to  the   Company's   Schedule  TO,  filed  with  the
              Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on January 8, 2003,  as
              amended, and incorporated by reference herein).

(iv)          Series C Preferred  Stock Letter of  Transmittal  (filed as an
              exhibit  to  the   Company's   Schedule  TO,  filed  with  the
              Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on January 8, 2003,  as
              amended, and incorporated by reference herein).

(v)           Notice of  Guaranteed  Delivery  (filed as an  exhibit  to the
              Company's  Schedule TO, filed with the Securities and Exchange
              Commission on January 8, 2003, as amended, and incorporated by
              reference herein).

(vi)          Letter to Brokers, Dealers,  Commercial Banks, Trust Companies
              and Other  Nominees dated January 8, 2003 (filed as an exhibit
              to the Company's  Schedule TO, filed with the  Securities  and
              Exchange  Commission  on  January  8, 2003,  as  amended,  and
              incorporated by reference herein).

(vii)         Letter to Clients from  Brokers,  Dealers,  Commercial  Banks,
              Trust  Companies  and other  Nominees  dated  January  8, 2003
              (filed as an exhibit to the Company's  Schedule TO, filed with
              the Securities and Exchange  Commission on January 8, 2003, as
              amended, and incorporated by reference herein).


Exhibit       T3F  Cross   Reference  Sheet  showing  the  location  in  the
              Indenture  of the  provisions  inserted  therein  pursuant  to
              Sections 310 through 318(a),  inclusive,  of the Act (included
              in Exhibit T3C hereof).


                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the  requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, Dynex
Capital,  Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Virginia,
has duly caused this  application to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, and its seal to be hereunto affixed and attested, all
in the city of  Richmond  and State of  Virginia,  on the 27th day of  February,
2003.


(SEAL)                                   DYNEX CAPITAL, INC.


                                         By:   /s/ Stephen J. Benedetti
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                                              Stephen J. Benedetti
                                              Executive Vice President and
                                              Chief Financial Officer and


Attest:
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By:   /s/ Kathleen A. Fern
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              (Name)

         Assistant Secretary
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             (Title)