NORWEST ASSET SECURITIES CORP
8-K, 1999-07-23
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934



Date of Report:  July 23, 1999
(Date of earliest event reported)

Commission File No. 333-65481



                      Norwest Asset Securities Corporation
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       Delaware                                          52-1972128
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(State of Incorporation)                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

7485 New Horizon Way
Frederick, Maryland                                        21703
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Address of principal executive offices                   (Zip Code)



                                 (301) 846-8881
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                    Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code



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              (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                          if changed since last report)


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ITEM 5.       Other Events
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Documents incorporated by Reference

The  consolidated  financial  statements  of  Ambac  Assurance  Corporation  and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and December  31,1997,  and for each of the
years in the three-year  period ended December 31, 1998,  included in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of Ambac  Financial  Group,  Inc.  (which was filed with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on  March  30,  1999)  and the  unaudited
consolidated  financial  statements  of  Ambac  Assurance  Corporation  and  its
subsidiaries  as of March 31,  1999,  and for  periods  ended March 31, 1999 and
March 31, 1998, included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ambac Financial
Group,  Inc.  for the  period  ended  March 31,  1999  (which was filed with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission on May 12, 1999) are hereby  incorporated by
reference  in (i)  this  Current  Report  on Form  8-K;  (ii)  the  registration
statement (No. 333-65481) of the Registrant; and (iii) the Prospectus Supplement
and  Prospectus  relating  to  Norwest  Asset  Securities  Corporation  Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1999-20, and shall be deemed to be part hereof
and thereof.

ITEM 7.       Financial Statements and Exhibits
              ---------------------------------

              (c) Exhibits

Item 601(a)
of Regulation S-K
Exhibit No.                                 Description
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(EX-23)                               Consent of KPMG LLP,
                                      independent certified public
                                      accountants of Ambac Assurance
                                      Corporation and subsidiaries in
                                      connection with Norwest Asset
                                      Securities Corporation, Mortgage
                                      Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1999-20



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            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                   NORWEST ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION


July 23, 1999

                                   By:    /s/ Alan S. McKenney
                                          -----------------------------
                                          Alan S. McKenney
                                          Vice President




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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS



                                                                 Paper (P) or
Exhibit No.             Description                              Electronic (E)
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(EX-23)           Consent of KPMG LLP,                           E
                  independent certified
                  public accountants of Ambac Assurance
                  Corporation and subsidiaries in connection
                  with Norwest Asset Securities Corporation,
                  Mortgage Pass -Through Certificates,
                  Series 1999-20








                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Ambac Assurance Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration  statement (No.
333-65481) of Norwest Asset Securities  Corporation (the  "Registrant"),  and in
the Prospectus Supplement of the Registrant (the "Prospectus  Supplement"),  via
the Form 8-K of the  Registrant  dated July 23, 1999 of our report dated January
27, 1999 on the consolidated financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation
as of December  31, 1998 and 1997,  and for each of the years in the  three-year
period ended  December 31, 1998,  which report appears in the Form 10-K of Ambac
Financial  Group,  Inc.  dated March 30, 1999 and to the  reference  to our firm
under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus Supplement.


                                  /s/ KPMG LLP


New York, New York
July 23, 1999




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