Company: NREF
Filing Date: 2025-08-18
Form Type: 8-A12B
Source: 0001437749-25-027181
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Company: NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-18
Form: 8-A12B
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<div align='center'>UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

For Registration of Certain Classes of Securities

Pursuant to Section 12(b) or (g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</div>

| NEXPOINT REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC.                     |
| (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) |

| Maryland                                                       |     |                          84-2178264 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |     | -I.R.S. Employer Identification No. |
| 300 Crescent Court, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas                   |     |                               75201 |
| (Address of principal executive offices)                       |     |                           -Zip Code |

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

| Title of Each Class                     |     | Name of Exchange on which Each Class is to be Registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |     | NYSE Texas, Inc.                                         |

| If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ☒ |
| If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ☐ |
| If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐                                                                   |
| Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: None.                                                                                    |

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form 8-A (this “Form 8-A”) is being filed by NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with the dual listing of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), on NYSE Texas, Inc. (the “NYSE Texas”) under the trading symbol “NREF”. The Common Stock is currently listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol