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CERTIFICATIONS
  1.
    
    I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report of Origen
Financial, Inc. on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2005;2.
    
    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
the period covered by this report;3.
    
    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;4.
    
    The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 a)
    
    Designed such disclosure
controls and procedures,
or caused such
disclosure controls and
procedures to be
designed under our
supervision, to ensure
that material
information relating to
the registrant,
including its
consolidated
subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others
within those entities,
particularly during the
period in which this
report is being
prepared;b)
    
    Designed such internal
control over financial
reporting, or caused
such internal control
over financial reporting
to be designed under our
supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance
regarding the
reliability of financial
reporting and the
preparation of financial
statements for external
purposes in accordance
with generally accepted
accounting principles;c)
    
    Evaluated the
effectiveness of the
registrants disclosure
controls and procedures
and presented in this
report our conclusions
about the effectiveness
of the disclosure
controls and procedures,
as of the end of the
period covered by this
report based on such
evaluation; andd)
    
    Disclosed in this report
any change in the
registrants internal
control over financial
reporting that occurred
during the registrants
most recent fiscal
quarter (the
registrants fourth
fiscal quarter in the
case of an annual
report) that has
materially affected, or
is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the
registrants internal
control over financial
reporting; and
 5.
    
    The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of
registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
function):
 a)
    
    All significant deficiencies or material
weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial
reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrants
ability to record, process, summarize
and report financial information; andb)
    
    Any fraud, whether or not material, that
involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in the
registrants internal control over
financial reporting.
  /s/ Ronald A. KleinRonald A. Klein, Chief Executive Officer