UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20459

                                 SCHEDULE TO-I

                             TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
                    UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                               DYNEX CAPITAL, INC.
                       (NAME OF SUBJECT COMPANY (ISSUER))

                          DYNEX CAPITAL, INC. (OFFEROR)
 (NAME OF FILING PERSON (IDENTIFYING STATUS AS OFFEROR, ISSUER OR OTHER PERSON))

               SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
               SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
               SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
                         (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)

                                  (26817Q 20 9)
                   (CUSIP NUMBER OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK)
                                  (26817Q 30 8)
                   (CUSIP NUMBER OF SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK)
                                  (26817Q 40 7)
                   (CUSIP NUMBER OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK)

                  STEPHEN J. BENEDETTI, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                               DYNEX CAPITAL, INC.
                            4551 COX ROAD, SUITE 300
                           GLEN ALLEN, VIRGINIA 23060
                                 (804) 217-5800

           (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO
          RECEIVE NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF FILING PERSON
                              FILING THE STATEMENT)

                                    COPY TO:
                          ELIZABETH R. HUGHES, ESQUIRE
                         VENABLE, BAETJER & HOWARD, LLP
                      8010 TOWERS CRESCENT DRIVE, SUITE 300
                                VIENNA, VA 22182
                                 (703) 760-1649

                            CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

        TRANSACTION VALUATION*:                     AMOUNT OF FILING FEE:
             $50,000,000                                $10,000.00

*CALCULATED  SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF THE FILING FEE.
THE AMOUNT  ASSUMES THE  PURCHASE OF THE MAXIMUM  AMOUNT  UNDER THE TERMS OF THE
OFFER OF 492,425  SHARES OF SERIES A PREFERRED  STOCK,  THE  PURCHASE OF 662,944
SHARES OF SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK, AND THE PURCHASE OF 683,703 SHARES OF SERIES
C PREFERRED  STOCK. IF THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SHARES ARE TENDERED,  DYNEX MAY PAY
UP TO $20 MILLION IN CASH AND ISSUE UP TO $30 MILLION AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF SENIOR NOTES TO HOLDERS OF ITS PREFERRED STOCK. BASED ON THE MAXIMUM VALUE OF
THE OFFER,  THE  TRANSACTION  VALUE IS EQUAL TO $50  MILLION.  THE AMOUNT OF THE
FILING FEE,  CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 0-11 OF THE SECURITIES  EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED, EQUALS 1/50TH OF ONE PERCENT OF THE TRANSACTION VALUE.

[ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as  provided  by Rule  0-11(a)(2)
and  identify  the filing with which the  offsetting  fee was  previously  paid.
Identify the previous  filing by  registration  statement  number or the form or
schedule and the date of its filing



                                                             
Amount Previously Paid:  Not applicable            Form or Registration No.: Not applicable
Filing Party:  Not applicable                      Filed: Not applicable



[ ] Check the box if the filing  relates  solely to  preliminary  communications
made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the  appropriate  boxes below to designate any  transactions  to which the
statement relates:

         [   ] third-party tender offer subject to Rule14d-1.

         [ X ] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

         [   ] going-private transaction subject to Rule13e-3.

         [   ] amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results
of the tender offer: [ ]


ITEM 1. SUMMARY TERM SHEET

     This Issuer  Tender  Offer  Statement on Schedule TO (this  "Schedule  TO")
relates to the offer by Dynex Capital, Inc., a Virginia corporation ("Dynex") to
exchange up to an aggregate  492,425 shares of its Series A Preferred  Stock, up
to an aggregate  662,944  shares of its Series B Preferred  Stock,  and up to an
aggregate 683,703 shares of its Series C Preferred Stock (or, in each case, such
lesser  number of shares as are properly  tendered and not properly  withdrawn),
for cash, 9.50% Senior Notes,  due February 28, 2005 (the "Senior Notes"),  or a
combination  of cash and Senior Notes,  each subject to the terms and conditions
of the Offering  Circular,  dated January 8, 2003 (as amended from time to time,
the "Offer to Exchange"),  attached  hereto as Exhibit  (a)(1),  is incorporated
herein by  reference.  This  Schedule TO is  intended  to satisfy the  reporting
requirements  of Rule  13e-4(c)(2)  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Pursuant to Rule 13e-4(f)(1)(ii),  the total number of shares purchased
may be increased to 502,273 shares of Series A Preferred  Stock,  676,202 shares
of Series B Preferred Stock and 697,376 shares of Series C Preferred Stock.

     The information in the Exchange Offer,  including all schedules and annexes
thereto, is hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference in response to all
the items of this Statement, except as otherwise set forth below.

     The  information  set forth under  "Summary Term Sheet of the Offer" in the
Offer to Exchange is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 2. SUBJECT COMPANY INFORMATION

     (a) The name of the issuer is Dynex Capital,  Inc., a Virginia  corporation
("Dynex"),  and the  address and  telephone  number of its  principal  executive
offices is, 4551 Cox Road, Suite 300 Glen Allen, Virginia 23060, (804) 217-5800.
The  information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under  "Business,"  "Summary
Historical  and  Pro  Forma  Financial   Information,"  and  "Risk  Factors"  is
incorporated herein by reference.

     (b) The information set forth under "Description of Capital Stock."

     (c) The  information  set forth in the Offer to Exchange under "Price Range
of Preferred Stock" is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 3. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND OF FILING PERSON

     (a) The  information  set forth  under  Item 2(a)  above and in  "Executive
Officer  and  Director  Beneficial  Ownership"  of  the  Offer  to  Exchange  is
incorporated  herein  by  reference.  Dynex is both the  filing  person  and the
subject company.

     Pursuant to General  Instruction C to Schedule TO promulgated by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), the following persons are
the directors and/or executive officers of Dynex:

Name                                                          Position
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
J. Sidney Davenport                                           Director
Thomas H. Potts                                               Director
Barry S. Shein                                                Director
Donald B. Vaden                                               Director
Eric P. Von der Porten                                        Director
Leon A. Felman                                                Director
Barry Igdaloff                                                Director
Stephen J. Benedetti                                          Executive Officer

     The address of each  director and  executive  officer  listed above is, c/o
Dynex Capital,  Inc., 4551 Cox Road, Suite 300, Glen Allen,  Virginia 23060. The
telephone  number for each director and executive  officer listed above is (804)
217-5800.


ITEM 4. TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION

     (a) This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO relates to the  solicitation
by Dynex to its  shareholders for the tender of its shares of Series A preferred
stock (the "Series A Preferred  Stock");  shares of its Series B preferred stock
(the  "Series B Preferred  Stock"),  and shares of its Series C preferred  stock
(the "Series C Preferred Stock",  and collectively,  the "Preferred  Stock") all
upon the terms and subject to the  conditions set forth in the Offer to Exchange
and in the related  letters of  transmittal.  Pursuant to the Offer to Exchange,
Dynex is offering to exchange up to an aggregate  492,425 shares of its Series A
Preferred  Stock,  up to an aggregate  662,944  shares of its Series B Preferred
Stock,  and up to an aggregate  683,703  shares of its Series C Preferred  Stock
(or, in each case, such lesser number of shares as are properly tendered and not
properly withdrawn), under the following exchange options:

        1. Cash. Cash, net to the seller, in the amount of $24.00 for each share
tendered of Series A Preferred Stock, $24.50 for each share tendered of Series B
Preferred Stock, and $30.00 for each share tendered of Series C Preferred Stock,
which equates to 100% of the issue price of such series of Preferred Stock; or

        2. Senior Notes.  Senior  Note s in  the  aggregate  principal amount of
$25.20 for each share  tendered  of Series A Preferred  Stock,  $25.725 for each
share tendered of Series B Preferred  Stock,  and $31.50 for each share tendered
of Series C Preferred  Stock in  principal  amount of our 9.50% Senior Notes due
February 28, 2005. The Senior Notes will be issued in denominations of $25 or in
integral  multiples of $25. In cases where the  consideration for shares of each
series you tender is not divisible,  in the aggregate,  by the $25 denomination,
you will receive cash  consideration for the amount in excess of the nearest $25
not to exceed $24.99.

         The  principal  amount  received  for  each  share of  Preferred  Stock
tendered equates to 105% of the issue price of such Preferred Stock; or

        3. A combination of cash and Senior Notes.

         The  information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under "Summary Term
Sheet of the Offer," "The Offer,"  "Risk  Factors,"  "Purposes and Effect of the
Offer," "Business,"  "Summary  Historical and Pro Forma Financial  Information,"
"Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences," "Description of Capital
Stock," "Description of Senior Notes" are incorporated herein by reference.

     (b) The  information  set forth in the Offer to Exchange  under  "Executive
Officer and Director Beneficial Ownership" is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 5. PAST CONTACTS, TRANSACTIONS, NEGOTIATIONS AND AGREEMENTS

     (e) The  information  set forth in the Offer to Exchange  under  "Executive
Officer and Director Beneficial Ownership" is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 6. PURPOSES OF THE TRANSACTION AND PLANS OR PROPOSALS

     (a) The  information  set forth  "Purposes  and Effect of the  Offer,"  and
"Business" is incorporated herein by reference.

     (b) The  information  set forth in the Offer to Exchange under "Purposes of
the Offer," is incorporated herein by reference.

     (c) The information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under "Business," is
incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 7. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION

     (a) The  information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under "Summary Term
Sheet of the Offer - How will  Dynex pay for the  Shares  and How will Dynex pay
interest and principal on the Senior  Notes," "The Offer - Source and Amounts of
Funds"  and  "Purposes  and  Effects  of the  Offer" is  incorporated  herein by
reference.

     (b) Not applicable.

     (d) Not applicable.


ITEM 8. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE SUBJECT COMPANY

     (a) The  information  set forth in the Offer to Exchange  under  "Executive
Officer and Director Beneficial Ownership" is incorporated herein by reference.

     (b) The  information  set forth in the Offer to Exchange  under  "Executive
Officer and Director Beneficial Ownership" is incorporated herein by reference.


ITEM 9. PERSONS/ASSETS, RETAINED, EMPLOYED, COMPENSATED OR USED

     (a) The  information  set forth in the Offer to Exchange under "The Offer -
Payment of Expenses" is incorporated by reference herein.


ITEM 10. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     (a) The  information  set forth in the  Offer to  Exchange  under  "Summary
Historical  and  Pro  Forma  Financial  Information,"  "Capitalization,"  and in
Dynex's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001,
as amended,  and its Quarterly  Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters
ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2002 are incorporated herein by
reference.

     (b) Not applicable.


ITEM 11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

     (a) With respect to regulatory requirements,  the Indenture under which the
Senior Notes are issued must be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
The Issuer has filed a Form T-3 for this purpose.  The  information set forth in
the  Offer  to  Exchange  under  "Executive  Officer  and  Director   Beneficial
Ownership" and "Legal Matters;  Regulatory  Approvals" is incorporated herein by
reference.

     (b) Not applicable.


ITEM 12. EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT
NUMBER            DESCRIPTION
-------           -----------

(a)(1)(A)         Offering Circular dated January 8, 2003.

(a)(1)(B)(i)      Series A Preferred Stock Letter of Transmittal.

(a)(1)(B)(ii)     Series B Preferred Stock Letter of Transmittal.

(a)(1)(B)(iii)    Series C Preferred Stock Letter of Transmittal.

(a)(1)(C)         Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

(a)(1)(D)         Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust
                  Companies and Other Nominees dated January 8, 2003.

(a)(1)(E)         Letter to Clients from Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
                  Trust Companies and other Nominees dated January 8, 2003.

(a)(1)(F)         Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number
                  on Substitute Form W-9.

(a)(1)(G)         Press Release dated January 2, 2003  (incorporated by
                  reference to Dynex Capital, Inc.'s Schedule TO, filed
                  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange   Commission  on
                  January 3, 2003).

(a)(2)-(5)        Not applicable.

(b)               Not applicable.

(d)(1)            Indenture between Dynex and Wachovia Bank, as Trustee, with
                  respect to the 9.50% Senior Notes due 2005.

(e)               Not applicable.

(g)               Not Applicable.


ITEM 13. INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SCHEDULE 13E-3

     (a) Not applicable.


                                    SIGNATURE

     After due inquiry  and to the best of my  knowledge  and belief,  I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

                                            DYNEX CAPITAL, INC.



                                            By:  /s/ Stephen J. Benedetti
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Stephen Benedetti
                                                 Chief Financial Officer
Dated: January 8, 2003

EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER            DESCRIPTION
-------           -----------

(a)(1)(A)         Offering Circular dated January 8, 2003.

(a)(1)(B)(i)      Series A Preferred Stock Letter of Transmittal.

(a)(1)(B)(ii)     Series B Preferred Stock Letter of Transmittal.

(a)(1)(B)(iii)    Series C Preferred Stock Letter of Transmittal.

(a)(1)(C)         Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

(a)(1)(D)         Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust
                  Companies and Other Nominees dated January 8, 2003.

(a)(1)(E)         Letter to Clients from Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
                  Trust Companies and other Nominees dated January 8, 2003.

(a)(1)(F)         Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number
                  on Substitute Form W-9.

(a)(1)(G)         Press Release dated January 2, 2003  (incorporated by
                  reference to Dynex Capital, Inc.'s Schedule TO, filed
                  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange   Commission  on
                  January 3, 2003).

(a)(2)-(5)        Not applicable.

(b)               Not applicable.

(d)(1)            Indenture between Dynex and Wachovia Bank, as Trustee, with
                  respect to the 9.50% Senior Notes due 2005.

(e)               Not applicable.

(g)               Not Applicable.