Exhibit 99.1
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Press Release
                  CAPITAL ALLIANCE INCOME TRUST LTD. ANNOUNCES
                YEAR END 2004 EARNINGS AND FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS


SAN FRANCISCO - (BUSINESS WIRE) - March 31, 2005 - Capital Alliance Income Trust
Ltd. ("CAIT") (AMEX: CAA-News) a residential mortgage REIT, announced net income
of $96,214 ($0.02 basic and $0.02 diluted per share) for the three months ending
December 31, 2004 and $669,871 ($0.80 basic and $0.69 diluted per share) for the
twelve months ended December 31, 2004, as compared to net income of $200,745
($0.29 basic and $0.24 diluted per share) and $909,531 ($1.40 basic and $1.19
diluted per share), respectively, for the like periods in 2003. Revenues were
reported as $488,767 for the three months ending December 31, 2004 and
$2,125,859 for the twelve month period ending December 31, 2004, as compared to
$636,475 and $2,605,765 for the like periods in 2003. During the three and
twelve month periods ended December 31, 2004, CAIT paid preferred share
dividends of $86,096 and $318,788 respectively, and $76,788 and $315,302 for the
like period in 2003.

Dennis Konczal, CAIT's President and Chief Operating Officer explained that
CAIT's reduced revenues, and earnings in the fourth quarter were due to a number
of factors which included the continuation of high loan payoffs that reduced the
mortgage notes receivable balance and resulted in a significant reduction in
interest income, the tightening of interest spreads due to both lower rates of
interest on the replacement loans and increased short term borrowing costs, and
the accelerated expensing of previously capitalized loan origination costs due
to accelerated payoffs.

CAIT has requested an extension to file Form 10-KSB due to the additional time
required to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley's documentation and reporting processes.
CAIT's Form 10-KSB and its financial statements included therein, are scheduled
to be filed before April 15, 2005 and, will be duly certified pursuant to the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Within 2004's 10-KSB, CAIT's management has identified its mortgage banking
business, Capital Alliance Funding Corporation, as an asset held for sale within
the meaning of Financial Accounting Standard No. 144 "Accounting for the
Impairment of Disposal of Long-Lived Assets." CAIT's management expects the
aforementioned sale to be transacted during 2005 for the asset's fair value.

CAIT is a specialty residential lender, which invests in conforming and
high-yielding, non-conforming residential mortgage loans on
one-to-four-unit-residential properties located primarily in California and
other western states. Only residential loans with a combined loan-to-value of
75% or less are retained in CAIT's portfolio of mortgage investments.

This document contains "forward-looking statements" (within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that inherently involve risks
and uncertainties. CAIT's actual results and liquidity may differ materially
from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements because of changes in
the level and composition of CAIT's investments and unforeseen factors. As
discussed in CAIT's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, these
factors may include, but are not limited to, changes in general economic
conditions, the availability of suitable investments, fluctuations in and market
expectations for fluctuations in interest rates and levels of mortgage
prepayments, deterioration in credit quality and ratings, the effectiveness of
risk management strategies, the impact of leverage, the liquidity of secondary
markets and credit markets, increases in costs and other general competitive
factors.

Contact:          Capital Alliance Income Trust Ltd., San Francisco
                  Richard J. Wrensen, EVP & CFO - 415/288-9575
                  rwrensen@calliance.com
                  www.calliance.com