SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TCW GROUP INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 865 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET 865 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90017 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMERICAN RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT TRUST INC [ INV ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/04/2004
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, $.01 par value	03/04/2004		S		1,100,000(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)	D	$9.5	500,000(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)	D(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TCW GROUP INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 865 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET 865 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90017 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TCW CRESCENT MEZZANINE LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 865 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET 18TH FLOOR (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90017 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT CO (Last) (First) (Middle) 865 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET 18TH FLOOR (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90017 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HOME ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP (Last) (First) (Middle) 445 MARINE VIEW AVE STE (Street) DEL MAR CA 92014 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, reported above are owned directly by Home Asset Management Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("HAMCO"). The shares are indirectly held by others to the extent described below. The issued and outstanding shares of voting common stock of HAMCO ("HAMCO Shares") are owned as follows: TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Partners") owns 528,644 HAMCO Shares, TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Investment Partners, L.P. , a Delaware limited partnership ("Investment Partners") owns 14,445 HAMCO Shares, TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Trust, a Delaware business trust ("Trust") owns 160,911 HAMCO Shares, TCW Shared Opportunity Fund II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("SHOP") owns 16,000 HAMCO Shares, and Crescent/Mach I Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("CMI", and, together with Partners, Investment Partners, Trust and SHOP, the "Funds") owns 80,000 HAMCO Shares.

2. The Funds have delegated all disposition and voting discretion to their respective Investment Advisor (described below), and thus disclaim any beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein.

3. TCW/Crescent Mezzanine, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Mezzanine"), is the General Partner of Partners and Investment Partners, the Managing Owner of Trust, and the Investment Advisor to each of Partners, Investment Partners and Trust, and disclaims beneficial ownership of securities reported as indirectly owned except to the extent of its pecuniary interest as General Partner or Managing Owner, as applicable. TCW Investment Management Company, a California corporation ("TIMCO"), is the General Partner of and Investment Advisor to SHOP, and disclaims beneficial ownership of securities reported as indirectly owned except to the extent of its pecuniary interest as General Partner. TCW Asset Management Company, a California corporation ("TAMCO"), is the Investment Advisor to CMI, and disclaims beneficial ownership of securities reported as indirectly owned except to the extent of any pecuniary interest.

4. TAMCO and TIMCO are wholly owned by The TCW Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("Group", and together with Mezzanine, TIMCO and TAMCO, the "Reporting Persons"), which disclaims beneficial ownership of securities reported as indirectly owned except to the extent of any pecuniary interest in TAMCO or TIMCO by virtue of Group's ownership thereof.

5. The Reporting Persons are making this single, joint filing because they may be deemed to constitute a "group" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, although neither the fact of this filing nor anything contained herein shall be deemed to be an admission by the Reporting Persons that such a group exists.

6. Group, together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries, collectively constitute The TCW Group, Inc. business unit (the "TCW Business Unit"). The TCW Business Unit is primarily engaged in the provision of investment management services. The ultimate parent company of Group is Soci?t? G?n?rale, S.A., a company incorporated under the laws of France ("SG"). The principal business of SG is acting as a holding company for a global financial services group, which includes certain distinct specialized business units that are independently operated, including the TCW Business Unit. SG, for purposes of the federal securities laws, may be deemed ultimately to control Group and the TCW Business Unit. SG, its executive officers and directors, and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (including all of its business units except the TCW Business Unit), may beneficially own securities of the Issuer and such securities are not reported in this statement.

7. In accordance with Exchange Act Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998) and due to the separate management and independent operation of its business units, SG disclaims beneficial ownership of securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by the TCW Business Unit. Each member of the TCW Business Unit disclaims beneficial ownership of securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by SG and any of SG's other business units.

	Linda D. Barker, Authorized Signatory for each Reporting Person other than Home Asset Management Corp.	03/08/2004
	Joseph J. Keenan, Authorized Signatory for Home Asset Management Corp.	03/08/2004
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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