EXHIBIT 23.1

          CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


The Board of Directors
New Century Financial Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of New Century Financial Corporation of our report dated
January 21, 2004, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of New
Century Financial Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and
2002, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive
income, changes in stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 2003, which report appears in
the December 31, 2003, annual report on Form 10-K, as amended, of New Century
Financial Corporation.

                                                /s/ KPMG LLP


Los Angeles, California
September 16, 2004