EXHIBIT 99.2

                            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 Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2003 (the "Report"), I, Thad
M. Brown, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, 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, as amended; and

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

                                       By: /s/ Thad M. Brown
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                                           Thad M. Brown,
                                           Chief Financial Officer
                                           March 25, 2003