Downey Financial 10-K 2004 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

           In connection with the Annual Report of Downey Financial Corp. ("Downey") on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Daniel D. Rosenthal, Chief Executive Officer of Downey, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)    The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13 (a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)    The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Downey.

	/s/ Daniel D. Rosenthal
Date: March 1, 2005	Daniel D. Rosenthal
	President and Chief Executive Officer

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Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

           In connection with the Annual Report of Downey Financial Corp. ("Downey") on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Thomas E. Prince, Chief Financial Officer of Downey, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)    The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13 (a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)    The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Downey.

	/s/ Thomas E. Prince
Date: March 1, 2005	Thomas E. Prince
	Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

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