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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 (Date of earliest event reported)
                         April 26, 1996


           AMRESCO Residential Securities Corporation
            (on   behalf   of   AMRESCO  Residential   Securities
                Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-2)
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


   New York                         33-99346              Pending
(State  or  Other  Jurisdiction)  (Commission       (I.R.S. Employer
   of   Incorporation)           File   Number)     Identification No.)


c/o Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A.
  3 Park Plaza, 16th Floor
Irvine,  CA                                       92714
(Address        of         Principal           (Zip Code)
      Executive Offices)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code (909) 605-7600


                           No Change
 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


Total number of sequentially numbered pages __________
Exhibit index located on sequentially numbered page 4

NOTE:

The Form 8-K submitted by AMRESCO Residential Securities 
Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-2 on May 9, 1996, is hereby amended to
rename exhibit 99.1 listed in the Exhibit Index.

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Item  7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial  Information
and Exhibits.

(a)       Not applicable

(b)       Not applicable

(c)       Exhibits:

               1.1       Underwriting Agreement

               4.1       Pooling and Servicing Agreement

               99.1      Exhibits to Pooling and Servicing Agreement
Page 2
<PAGE>
                           SIGNATURES



      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.


                    AMRESCO RESIDENTIAL SECURITIES CORPORATION,
                    as Depositor


                    By:    /s/ Ronald B. Kirkland
                         Name: Ronald B. Kirkland
                         Title:    Chief Financial Officer and
                               Chief Accounting Officer



Dated:  May 9, 1996

Page 3
<PAGE>
                         EXHIBIT INDEX

  Exhibit No.     Description                           Page No.
      1.1*        Underwriting Agreement                          ________
      4.1*        Pooling and Servicing Agreement                 ________
      99.1**      Exhibits to Pooling and Servicing Agreement     ________

*  Previously filed
**  Previously filed - renamed
 
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<PAGE>



      SOLELY  FOR  FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS  CERTIFICATE
REPRESENTS  A  CLASS OF "REGULAR INTERESTS"  IN  A  "REAL  ESTATE
MORTGAGE  INVESTMENT  CONDUIT"  ("REMIC")  AS  THOSE  TERMS   ARE
DEFINED,  RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE  INTERNAL
REVENUE   CODE  OF  1986,  AS  AMENDED  (THE  "CODE"),   ASSUMING
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.


           AMRESCO RESIDENTIAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
                   MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 1996-2
             MORTGAGE LOAN PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
                           CLASS A-1
                  (7.425% Pass-Through Rate)*
  *As to any Payment Date after the Clean-Up Call Date, 7.925%

     Representing Certain Interests in the Group I Mortgage
          Loans Originated or Purchased and Serviced by

                  LONG BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY

      (This certificate does not represent an interest in, or  an
obligation  of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured  or
guaranteed   by,  AMRESCO  Residential  Securities   Corporation,
AMRESCO  Residential Mortgage Corporation or Long Beach  Mortgage
Company.   This  Certificate represents  a  fractional  ownership
interest in the Mortgage Loans and certain other property held by
the Trust.)

      Unless  this  certificate  is presented  by  an  authorized
representative  of  The  Depository Trust  Company,  a  New  York
corporation   ("DTC"),   to  the  Issuer  ("AMRESCO   Residential
Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-2") or its  agent
for  registration  of  transfer, exchange, or  payment,  and  any
certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or  in
such  other  name as is requested by an authorized representative
of  DTC  (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such  other
entity  as is requested by an authorized representative of  DTC),
ANY  TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY  OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner
hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.


No:  A-1-1                                  CUSIP:03215PAG4
                                              ISIN
                                       COMMON CODE

$32,442,000              April 25, 1996             May 25, 2027
Original Certificate          Date                Final Scheduled
Principal Balance                                    Payment Date

                          Cede & Co.
                        Registered Owner

Trustee Authentication
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
       The   registered  Owner  named  above  is  the  registered
beneficial  Owner  of a fractional interest in (a)  the  Mortgage
Loans  in Group I (other than any principal and interest payments
due  thereon on or prior to the Cut-Off Date on any Mortgage Loan
that  is current as of Cut-Off Date) listed in Schedule I to  the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement which the Seller has caused to be
delivered  to  the  Trustee  (and all substitutions  therefor  as
provided by Section 3.03, 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 of the Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement),  together with the related  Mortgage  Loan
documents  and  the  Depositor's interest in any  Property  which
secured   a  Mortgage  Loan  but  which  has  been  acquired   by
foreclosure  or  deed in lieu of foreclosure,  and  all  payments
thereon and proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary,
of  the foregoing; (b) such amounts as may be held by the Trustee
in  the  Certificate  Account, the Pre-Funding  Account  and  the
Capitalized Interest Account together with investment earnings on
such  amounts and such amounts as may be held in the name of  the
Trustee  in the Principal and Interest Account, if any, exclusive
of  investment earnings thereon (except as otherwise provided  in
the  Pooling  and Servicing Agreement), whether in  the  form  of
cash, instruments, securities or other properties (including  any
Eligible  Investments held by the Servicer); (c) the  Certificate
Insurance   Policy   issued   under  the   Insurance   Agreement;
(d)  proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not by way  of
limitation,  all  proceeds  of  any  mortgage  insurance,  hazard
insurance  and  title insurance policy relating to  the  Mortgage
Loans,  cash  proceeds,  accounts,  accounts  receivable,  notes,
drafts,  acceptances,  chattel paper, checks,  deposit  accounts,
rights  to  payment  of any and every kind, and  other  forms  of
obligations and receivables which at any time constitute  all  or
part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing);
and  (e)  certain  of  the  Seller's rights  under  the  Transfer
Agreements  that are being assigned to the Trust in  the  Pooling
and  Servicing Agreement to pay the Certificates as specified  in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      The  Owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each
Payment Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize
such  original Certificate Principal Balance over the period from
the  date  of initial issuance of the Certificates to  the  final
Payment  Date  for  the Class A-1 Certificates.   Therefore,  the
actual  Outstanding principal amount of this Certificate may,  on
any  date subsequent to May 28, 1996 (the first Payment Date)  be
less  than  the original Certificate Principal Balance set  forth
above.

     The Owner hereof is required to send this Certificate to the
Trustee  prior to receiving the final distribution  hereon.   The
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below) provides that,
in  any  event, upon the making of the final distribution due  on
this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled  for
all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE  LOANS
ARE  INSURED  OR  GUARANTEED  BY THE  FEDERAL  DEPOSIT  INSURANCE
CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR  ANY
OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.

       THE   PRINCIPAL  OF  THIS  CERTIFICATE   IS   PAYABLE   IN
INSTALLMENTS.  THEREFORE, THE ACTUAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF  THIS  CERTIFICATE MAY ON ANY DATE SUBSEQUENT TO MAY 28,  1996
(THE  FIRST  PAYMENT DATE) BE LESS THAN ITS ORIGINAL  CERTIFICATE
PRINCIPAL BALANCE.

      THIS  CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE  ONLY  AND,
NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND  INTEREST,  NO
DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.

      This  Certificate  is  one  of a Class  of  duly-authorized
Certificates   designated  as  AMRESCO   Residential   Securities
Corporation  Mortgage  Loan  Trust 1996-2,  Mortgage  Loan  Pass-
Through  Certificates, Class A-1 (the "Class  A-1  Certificates")
and  issued  under  and  subject to  the  terms,  provisions  and
conditions of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement  dated
as  of  April 1, 1996 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")  by
and  among  AMRESCO  Residential  Mortgage  Corporation,  in  its
capacity  as  the  Seller  (the  "Seller"),  AMRESCO  Residential
Securities  Corporation,  in  its  capacity  as  Depositor   (the
"Depositor"), Long Beach Mortgage Company, as a Servicer,  Option
One   Mortgage  Corporation  as  a  Servicer  (collectively,  the
"Servicers")  and  Bankers Trust Company of California,  N.A.,  a
national banking association, in its capacity as the Trustee (the
"Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Owner of
this  Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents  and  by
which  such  Owner is bound.  Also issued under the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement  are  Certificates  designated  as   AMRESCO
Residential  Securities Corporation Mortgage  Loan  Trust  1996-2
Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Class A-2 (the "Class A-
2  Certificates"), Class B-IO (the "Class B-IO Certificates") and
Class  R  (Residual Interest) (the "Class R Certificates").   The
Class  A-1 Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates  shall  be
together referred to as the "Class A Certificates" and the  Class
A  Certificates,  the Class B-IO Certificates  and  the  Class  R
Certificates   are   together   referred   to   herein   as   the
"Certificates."    The Class A-1 Certificates are  known  as  the
"Fixed  Rate  Certificates."  Terms capitalized  herein  and  not
otherwise  defined herein shall have the respective meanings  set
forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      On  the  25th day of each month, or, if such day is  not  a
Business  Day, then the next succeeding Business Day  (each  such
day  being a "Payment Date") commencing May 28, 1996, the  Owners
of  the Class A-1 Certificates as of the close of business on the
last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar
month in which a Payment Date occurs (the "Record Date") will  be
entitled to receive the Class A-1 Distribution Amount relating to
such  Certificate  on such Payment Date.  Distributions  will  be
made  in  immediately available funds to Owners  of  Certificates
having  an  aggregate  original Class A-1  Certificate  Principal
Balance of at least $1,000,000 (by wire transfer or otherwise) to
the account of an Owner at a domestic bank or other entity having
appropriate  facilities therefor, if such Owner has  so  notified
the  Trustee,  or by check mailed to the address  of  the  person
entitled thereto as it appears on the Register.

      Each  Owner  of record of a Class A-1 Certificate  will  be
entitled  to  receive  such Owner's Percentage  Interest  in  the
amounts  due on such Payment Date to the Owners of the Class  A-1
Certificates.   The  Percentage  Interest  of  each   Class   A-1
Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to  the
percentage   obtained   by  dividing  the  original   Certificate
Principal  Balance of such Class A-1 Certificate on  the  Startup
Day  by the aggregate Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance  on
the Startup Day.

     The Certificate Insurer is required, subject to the terms of
the   Certificate  Insurance  Policy  to  make  Insured  Payments
available to the Trustee on or prior to the related Payment  Date
for  distribution to the Owners.   "Insured Payment"  means  with
respect to either Mortgage Loan Group and as to any Payment  Date
(i)  the  excess,  if any, of (a) the sum of the related  Current
Interest and the then existing related Subordination Deficit,  if
any,   over  (b)  the  Total  Available  Funds  to  be   actually
distributed  on such Payment Date on the Fixed Rate  Certificates
or  the  Class A-2 Certificates, as the case may be  pursuant  to
Section  7.03(c)(iv)  of  the  Pooling  and  Servicing  Agreement
without  regard to any related Insured Payment to  be  made  with
respect to such Payment Date), plus (ii) an amount equal  to  the
Preference  Amount with respect to the related Class of  Class  A
Certificates.

      Upon  receipt  of  amounts under the Certificate  Insurance
Policy  on behalf of the Owners of the Class A Certificates,  the
Trustee  shall  distribute in accordance  with  the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement such amounts (directly or through  a  Paying
Agent)  to  the Owners of the appropriate Class of  the  Class  A
Certificates.

     The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and
punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate  in
accordance  with the terms hereof and the Pooling  and  Servicing
Agreement.   Amounts  properly withheld under  the  Code  by  any
Person  from  a distribution to any Owner shall be considered  as
having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant
to   the  Pooling  and  Servicing  Agreement.   The  Pooling  and
Servicing   Agreement  permits  the  Servicer   to   enter   into
Subservicing  Agreements with certain institutions  eligible  for
appointment  as Subservicers for the servicing and administration
of  certain  Mortgage Loans.  No appointment of  any  Subservicer
shall release the Servicer from any of its obligations under  the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      This  Certificate  does not represent a  deposit  or  other
obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage
Loans  insured  or guaranteed by, AMRESCO Residential  Securities
Corporation,  AMRESCO Residential Mortgage  Corporation  or  Long
Beach  Mortgage  Company  or  any  of  their  affiliates.    This
Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain collections
and  recoveries  relating to the Mortgage Loans  and  amounts  on
deposit in the Certificate Account and the Principal and Interest
Account  (except  as  otherwise  provided  in  the  Pooling   and
Servicing  Agreement)  and  payments  received  by  the   Trustee
pursuant  to  the  Certificate  Insurance  Policy,  all  as  more
specifically  set  forth  hereinabove  and  in  the  Pooling  and
Servicing Agreement.

      No  Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial  or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement,  or for the appointment of a receiver or  trustee,  or
for  any  other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement
except in compliance with the terms thereof.

      Notwithstanding  any other provisions in  the  Pooling  and
Servicing Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have  the
right   which   is   absolute   and  unconditional   to   receive
distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement  with respect to such Certificate or to institute  suit
for  the  enforcement of any such distribution,  and  such  right
shall  not  be impaired without the consent of such  Owner.   The
Owner  of  this  Certificate, by its acceptance  hereof,  agrees,
however, that to the extent the Certificate Insurer makes Insured
Payments, either directly or indirectly (as by paying through the
Trustee  or  Paying  Agent), to the  owners  of  such  Class  A-1
Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be subrogated  to  the
rights  of such Owners of Class A-1 Certificates with respect  to
such  Insured  Payment, shall be deemed  to  the  extent  of  the
payments  so  made  to be a registered Owner of  such  Class  A-1
Certificates  and shall receive all future distributions  of  the
Class A-1 Distribution Amount until all such Insured Payments  by
the Certificate Insurer have been fully reimbursed.

      The  Pooling  and  Servicing Agreement  provides  that  the
obligations  created thereby will terminate upon the  earlier  of
the  payment to the Owners of all Certificates from amounts other
than  those available under the Certificate Insurance  Policy  of
all  amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to  such
Owners  pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement upon  the
later to occur of (a) the final payment or other liquidation  (or
any  advance made with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition of all property acquired
in respect of any Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Estate and
(c)  at  any  time when a Qualified Liquidation of both  Mortgage
Loan  Groups  included  within the REMIC Estate  is  effected  as
described  below.   To effect a termination of  the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners  of
all  Certificates  then Outstanding shall (i) unanimously  direct
the  Trustee  on behalf of the REMIC to adopt a plan of  complete
liquidation for each of the Mortgage Loan Groups, as contemplated
by Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code and (ii) provide to the Trustee
an  opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax  matters
acceptable  to  the Certificate Insurer and the  Trustee  to  the
effect   that  each  such  liquidation  constitutes  a  Qualified
Liquidation, and the Trustee shall either sell the Mortgage Loans
and  distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of the Trust,  or
shall distribute equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust
Estate  to  the  remaining Owners of the  Certificates,  each  in
accordance   with   such  plan,  so  that  the   liquidation   or
distribution  of  the  Trust  Estate,  the  distribution  of  any
proceeds  of  the liquidation and the termination of the  Pooling
and Servicing Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th
day  after  the  date of adoption of the plan of liquidation  and
such liquidation qualifies as a Qualified Liquidation.

      The  Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally  provides
that  (i)  the Owners of the Class R Certificates may,  at  their
option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Mortgage Loans  and
other  property then constituting the Trust Estate,  and  thereby
effect  early  retirement  of the Certificates,  on  any  Monthly
Remittance  Date,  (ii)  the  Servicers  may,  at  their  option,
purchase from the Trust all remaining Mortgage Loans serviced  by
the related Servicer and any other related property remaining  in
the  Trust  Estate  and thereby effect early  retirement  of  the
Certificates  on  any Monthly Remittance Date  on  or  after  the
Servicer Clean-Up Call Date and (iii) under certain circumstances
relating  to the qualification of the REMIC as a REMIC under  the
Code  the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early
retirement of the Certificates.

      The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the
Pooling  and Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner  set
forth therein.

     The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority of the
Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates with
the  prior  written consent of the Certificate Insurer  have  the
right to exercise any trust or power set forth in Section 6.11 of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      As  provided  in  the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement  and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred  to
on   the  face  hereof,  the  transfer  of  this  Certificate  is
registrable  in  the Register upon surrender of this  Certificate
for  registration  of transfer at the office  designated  as  the
location  of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied  by  a
written  instrument  of  transfer in  form  satisfactory  to  the
Registrar duly executed by, the Owner hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of  the like Class, tenor and a like Percentage Interest will  be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

      The  Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with  certain
exceptions  as  therein provided, the amendment thereof  and  the
modifications  of rights and obligations of the parties  provided
therein  by the Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer at any  time
and  from  time to time, with the prior written approval  of  the
Certificate  Insurer  and  not  less  than  a  majority  of   the
Percentage  Interest  represented  by  each  affected  Class   of
Certificates then Outstanding, and in certain other circumstances
provided  for  in  the  Pooling and Servicing  Agreement  may  be
amended  without the consent of the Owners.  Any such consent  by
the  Owner at the time of the giving thereof, of this Certificate
shall  be  conclusive and binding upon such Owner  and  upon  all
future  Owners  of the Certificate and of any Certificate  issued
upon the registration of Transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or
in  lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver
is made upon this Certificate.

      The  Trustee is required to furnish certain information  on
each Payment Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully
described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      The  Class A-1 Certificates are issuable only as registered
Certificates   in   minimum  denominations  of  $1,000   original
Certificate  Principal Balance.  As provided in the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement  and subject to certain limitations  therein
set  forth, Class A-1 Certificates are exchangeable for new Class
A-1  Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate principal amount.

      No service charge will be made for any such registration of
transfer  or  exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may  require
payment   of  a  sum  sufficient  to  cover  any  tax  or   other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

      The  Trustee  and any agent of the Trustee  may  treat  the
Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the  owner
hereof  for  all purposes, and neither the Trustee  or  any  such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary, except as  may
otherwise  be specifically provided in the Pooling and  Servicing
Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate
to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.



BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
                                   CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trustee


                                   By:

                                   Name:

                                   Title:




            SOLELY   FOR   FEDERAL  INCOME  TAX  PURPOSES,   THIS
CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A CLASS OF "REGULAR INTERESTS" IN A  "REAL
ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" ("REMIC") AS THOSE TERMS  ARE
DEFINED,  RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE  INTERNAL
REVENUE   CODE  OF  1986,  AS  AMENDED  (THE  "CODE"),   ASSUMING
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.
          AMRESCO RESIDENTIAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
                   MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 1996-2
             MORTGAGE LOAN PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
                           CLASS A-2
                 (Adjustable Pass-Through Rate)

     Representing Certain Interests in the Group II Mortgage
          Loans Originated or Purchased and Serviced by
                OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION
          (This certificate does not represent an interest in, or
an  obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans  insured
or  guaranteed  by,  AMRESCO Residential Securities  Corporation,
AMRESCO  Residential Mortgage Corporation or Option One  Mortgage
Corporation.  This Certificate represents a fractional  ownership
interest in the Mortgage Loans and certain other property held by
the Trust.)

           Unless  this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative  of  The  Depository Trust  Company,  a  New  York
corporation   ("DTC"),   to  the  Issuer  ("AMRESCO   Residential
Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-2") or its  agent
for  registration  of  transfer, exchange, or  payment,  and  any
certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or  in
such  other  name as is requested by an authorized representative
of  DTC  (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such  other
entity  as is requested by an authorized representative of  DTC),
ANY  TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY  OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner
hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

No:  A-2-1                                      CUSIP:  03215PAH2
                                                 ISIN: 03215PAH29
                                             Common Code: 6591752

$200,000,000                                     July 25, 2027
Denomination             April 25, 1996          Final Scheduled
                              Date                Payment Date
  $225,000,000
Original Class A-2
Certificate Principal Balance            Cede & Co.
                                        Registered Owner

Trustee Authentication
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
           The  registered  Owner named above is  the  registered
beneficial  Owner  of a fractional interest in (a)  the  Mortgage
Loans in Group II (other than any principal and interest payments
due  thereon on or prior to the Cut-Off Date on any Mortgage Loan
that  is current as of Cut-Off Date) listed in Schedule I to  the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement which the Seller has caused to be
delivered  to  the  Trustee  (and all substitutions  therefor  as
provided by Section 3.03, 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 of the Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement),  together with the related  Mortgage  Loan
documents  and  the  Depositor's interest in any  Property  which
secured   a  Mortgage  Loan  but  which  has  been  acquired   by
foreclosure  or  deed in lieu of foreclosure,  and  all  payments
thereon and proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary,
of  the foregoing; (b) such amounts as may be held by the Trustee
in  the  Certificate  Account, the Pre-Funding  Account  and  the
Capitalized Interest Account together with investment earnings on
such  amounts and such amounts as may be held in the name of  the
Trustee  in the Principal and Interest Account, if any, exclusive
of  investment earnings thereon (except as otherwise provided  in
the  Pooling  and Servicing Agreement), whether in  the  form  of
cash, instruments, securities or other properties (including  any
Eligible  Investments held by the Servicer); (c) the  Certificate
Insurance   Policy   issued   under  the   Insurance   Agreement;
(d)  proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not by way  of
limitation,  all  proceeds  of  any  mortgage  insurance,  hazard
insurance  and  title insurance policy relating to  the  Mortgage
Loans,  cash  proceeds,  accounts,  accounts  receivable,  notes,
drafts,  acceptances,  chattel paper, checks,  deposit  accounts,
rights  to  payment  of any and every kind, and  other  forms  of
obligations and receivables which at any time constitute  all  or
part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing);
and  (e)  certain  of  the  Seller's rights  under  the  Transfer
Agreements  that are being assigned to the Trust in  the  Pooling
and  Servicing Agreement to pay the Certificates as specified  in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

           The Owner hereof is entitled to principal payments  on
each  Payment  Date, as hereinafter described, which  will  fully
amortize  such  original Certificate Principal Balance  over  the
period  from the date of initial issuance of the Certificates  to
the   final   Payment  Date  for  the  Class  A-2   Certificates.
Therefore,  the  actual  Outstanding  principal  amount  of  this
Certificate  may,  on any date subsequent to May  28,  1996  (the
first  Payment  Date)  be  less  than  the  original  Certificate
Principal Balance set forth above.

           The  Owner hereof is required to send this Certificate
to  the Trustee prior to receiving the final distribution hereon.
The  Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below)  provides
that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due
on  this  Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled
for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

           NEITHER  THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING  MORTGAGE
LOANS  ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR  ANY
OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.

           THE  PRINCIPAL  OF  THIS  CERTIFICATE  IS  PAYABLE  IN
INSTALLMENTS.  THEREFORE, THE ACTUAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF  THIS  CERTIFICATE MAY ON ANY DATE SUBSEQUENT TO MAY 28,  1996
(THE  FIRST  PAYMENT DATE) BE LESS THAN ITS ORIGINAL  CERTIFICATE
PRINCIPAL BALANCE.

           THIS  CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH  CERTIFICATE  ONLY
AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST,
NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.

           This  Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized
Certificates   designated  as  AMRESCO   Residential   Securities
Corporation  Mortgage  Loan  Trust 1996-2,  Mortgage  Loan  Pass-
Through  Certificates, Class A-2 (the "Class  A-2  Certificates")
and  issued  under  and  subject to  the  terms,  provisions  and
conditions of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement  dated
as  of  April 1, 1996 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")  by
and  among  AMRESCO  Residential  Mortgage  Corporation,  in  its
capacity  as  the  Seller  (the  "Seller"),  AMRESCO  Residential
Securities  Corporation,  in  its  capacity  as  Depositor,  (the
"Depositor"), Long Beach Mortgage Company, as a Servicer,  Option
One   Mortgage  Corporation  as  a  Servicer  (collectively,  the
"Servicers")  and  Bankers Trust Company of California,  N.A.,  a
national banking association, in its capacity as the Trustee (the
"Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Owner of
this  Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents  and  by
which  such  Owner is bound.  Also issued under the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement  are  Certificates  designated  as   AMRESCO
Residential  Securities Corporation Mortgage  Loan  Trust  1996-2
Mortgage   Loan   Pass-Through  Certificates,  Class   A-1   (the
"Class   A-1   Certificates"),  Class  B-IO  (the   "Class   B-IO
Certificates")  and  Class R (Residual Interest)  (the  "Class  R
Certificates").   The Class A-1 Certificates and  the  Class  A-2
Certificates  shall  be together referred  to  as  the  "Class  A
Certificates"  and  the  Class  A Certificates,  the  Class  B-IO
Certificates  and the Class R Certificates are together  referred
to herein as the "Certificates."   The Class A-1 Certificates are
known as the "Fixed Rate Certificates."  Terms capitalized herein
and  not  otherwise  defined  herein shall  have  the  respective
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

          On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a
Business  Day, then the next succeeding Business Day  (each  such
day  being a "Payment Date") commencing May 28, 1996, the  Owners
of  the Class A-2 Certificates as of the close of business on the
day  immediately preceding such Payment Date (the "Record  Date")
will  be  entitled  to receive the Class A-2 Distribution  Amount
relating to such Certificate on such Payment Date.  Distributions
will  be  made  in  immediately  available  funds  to  Owners  of
Certificates  having an aggregate original Class A-2  Certificate
Principal  Balance of at least $1,000,000 (by  wire  transfer  or
otherwise) to the account of an Owner at a domestic bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Owner  has
so notified the Trustee, or by check mailed to the address of the
person entitled thereto as it appears on the Register.

          Each Owner of record of a Class A-2 Certificate will be
entitled  to  receive  such Owner's Percentage  Interest  in  the
amounts  due on such Payment Date to the Owners of the Class  A-2
Certificates.   The  Percentage  Interest  of  each   Class   A-2
Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to  the
percentage   obtained   by  dividing  the  original   Certificate
Principal  Balance of such Class A-2 Certificate on  the  Startup
Day  by the aggregate Class A-2 Certificate Principal Balance  on
the Startup Day.

                The  Certificate Insurer is required, subject  to
the  terms  of  the Certificate Insurance Policy to make  Insured
Payments  available  to the Trustee on or prior  to  the  related
Payment  Date for distribution to the Owners.   "Insured Payment"
means  with respect to either Mortgage Loan Group and as  to  any
Payment  Date  (i)  the excess, if any, of (a)  the  sum  of  the
related   Current   Interest  and  the  then   existing   related
Subordination Deficit, if any, over (b) the Total Available Funds
to be actually distributed on such Payment Date on the Fixed Rate
Certificates or the Class A-2 Certificates, as the  case  may  be
pursuant  to  Section  7.03(c)(iv) of the Pooling  and  Servicing
Agreement  without regard to any related Insured  Payment  to  be
made  with  respect to such Payment Date), plus  (ii)  an  amount
equal  to the Preference Amount with respect to the related Class
of Class A Certificates.

          Upon receipt of amounts under the Certificate Insurance
Policy on behalf of the Owners of the Class A-2 Certificates, the
Trustee  shall  distribute in accordance  with  the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement such amounts (directly or through  a  Paying
Agent) to the Owners of the Class A-2 Certificates.

           The  Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying  Agent  will
duly  and  punctually  pay distributions  with  respect  to  this
Certificate  in accordance with the terms hereof and the  Pooling
and  Servicing  Agreement.  Amounts properly withheld  under  the
Code  by  any  Person from a distribution to any Owner  shall  be
considered as having been paid by the Trustee to such  Owner  for
all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

           The  Mortgage Loans will be serviced by  the  Servicer
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.  The Pooling and
Servicing   Agreement  permits  the  Servicer   to   enter   into
Subservicing  Agreements with certain institutions  eligible  for
appointment  as Subservicers for the servicing and administration
of  certain  Mortgage Loans.  No appointment of  any  Subservicer
shall release the Servicer from any of its obligations under  the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

           This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other
obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage
Loans  insured  or guaranteed by, AMRESCO Residential  Securities
Corporation, AMRESCO Residential Mortgage Corporation  or  Option
One  Mortgage  Corporation  or any  of  their  affiliates.   This
Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain collections
and  recoveries  relating to the Mortgage Loans  and  amounts  on
deposit in the Certificate Account and the Principal and Interest
Account  (except  as  otherwise  provided  in  the  Pooling   and
Servicing  Agreement)  and  payments  received  by  the   Trustee
pursuant  to  the  Certificate  Insurance  Policy,  all  as  more
specifically  set  forth  hereinabove  and  in  the  Pooling  and
Servicing Agreement.

           No  Owner  shall  have  any  right  to  institute  any
proceeding,  judicial or otherwise, with respect to  the  Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, or for the appointment of a receiver  or
trustee,  or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof.

          Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have  the
right   which   is   absolute   and  unconditional   to   receive
distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement  with respect to such Certificate or to institute  suit
for  the  enforcement of any such distribution,  and  such  right
shall  not  be impaired without the consent of such  Owner.   The
Owner  of  this  Certificate, by its acceptance  hereof,  agrees,
however, that to the extent the Certificate Insurer makes Insured
Payments, either directly or indirectly (as by paying through the
Trustee  or  Paying  Agent), to the  owners  of  such  Class  A-2
Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be subrogated  to  the
rights  of such Owners of Class A-2 Certificates with respect  to
such  Insured  Payment, shall be deemed  to  the  extent  of  the
payments  so  made  to be a registered Owner of  such  Class  A-2
Certificates  and shall receive all future distributions  of  the
Class A-2 Distribution Amount until all such Insured Payments  by
the Certificate Insurer have been fully reimbursed.

           The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that  the
obligations  created thereby will terminate upon the  earlier  of
the  payment to the Owners of all Certificates from amounts other
than  those available under the Certificate Insurance  Policy  of
all  amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to  such
Owners  pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement upon  the
later to occur of (a) the final payment or other liquidation  (or
any  advance made with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition of all property acquired
in respect of any Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Estate and
(c)  at  any  time when a Qualified Liquidation of both  Mortgage
Loan  Groups  included  within the REMIC Estate  is  effected  as
described  below.   To effect a termination of  the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners  of
all  Certificates  then Outstanding shall (i) unanimously  direct
the  Trustee  on behalf of the REMIC to adopt a plan of  complete
liquidation for each of the Mortgage Loan Groups, as contemplated
by Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code and (ii) provide to the Trustee
an  opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax  matters
acceptable  to  the Certificate Insurer and the  Trustee  to  the
effect   that  each  such  liquidation  constitutes  a  Qualified
Liquidation, and the Trustee shall either sell the Mortgage Loans
and  distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of the Trust,  or
shall distribute equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust
Estate  to  the  remaining Owners of the  Certificates,  each  in
accordance   with   such  plan,  so  that  the   liquidation   or
distribution  of  the  Trust  Estate,  the  distribution  of  any
proceeds  of  the liquidation and the termination of the  Pooling
and Servicing Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th
day  after  the  date of adoption of the plan of liquidation  and
such liquidation qualifies as a Qualified Liquidation.

            The  Pooling  and  Servicing  Agreement  additionally
provides that (i) the Owners of the Class R Certificates may,  at
their  option,  purchase  from the Trust all  remaining  Mortgage
Loans and other property then constituting the Trust Estate,  and
thereby  effect  early  retirement of the  Certificates,  on  any
Monthly Remittance Date, (ii) the Servicers may, at their option,
purchase from the Trust all remaining Mortgage Loans serviced  by
the related Servicer and any other related property remaining  in
the  Trust  Estate  and thereby effect early  retirement  of  the
Certificates  on  any Monthly Remittance Date  on  or  after  the
Servicer Clean-Up Call Date and (iii) under certain circumstances
relating  to the qualification of the REMIC as a REMIC under  the
Code  the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early
retirement of the Certificates.

          The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of
the  Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the  manner
set forth therein.

           The  Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority
of   the   Percentage  Interests  represented  by  the  Class   A
Certificates  with the prior written consent of  the  Certificate
Insurer  have the right to exercise any trust or power set  forth
in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

           As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred  to
on   the  face  hereof,  the  transfer  of  this  Certificate  is
registrable  in  the Register upon surrender of this  Certificate
for  registration  of transfer at the office  designated  as  the
location  of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied  by  a
written  instrument  of  transfer in  form  satisfactory  to  the
Registrar duly executed by, the Owner hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of  the like Class, tenor and a like Percentage Interest will  be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

           The  Pooling  and  Servicing Agreement  permits,  with
certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the  modifications  of  rights and  obligations  of  the  parties
provided  therein by the Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer  at
any  time  and from time to time, with the prior written approval
of  the  Certificate Insurer and not less than a majority of  the
Percentage  Interest  represented  by  each  affected  Class   of
Certificates then Outstanding, and in certain other circumstances
provided  for  in  the  Pooling and Servicing  Agreement  may  be
amended  without the consent of the Owners.  Any such consent  by
the  Owner at the time of the giving thereof, of this Certificate
shall  be  conclusive and binding upon such Owner  and  upon  all
future  Owners  of the Certificate and of any Certificate  issued
upon the registration of Transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or
in  lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver
is made upon this Certificate.

           The Trustee is required to furnish certain information
on  each  Payment Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as  more
fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

           The  Class  A-2  Certificates  are  issuable  only  as
registered  Certificates  in  minimum  denominations   of   $1000
original  Certificate  Principal Balance.   As  provided  in  the
Pooling   and   Servicing  Agreement  and  subject   to   certain
limitations  therein  set  forth,  Class  A-2  Certificates   are
exchangeable  for  new  Class  A-2  Certificates  of   authorized
denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount.

            No   service  charge  will  be  made  for  any   such
registration  of  transfer  or exchange,  but  the  Registrar  or
Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any  tax
or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

           The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the  owner
hereof  for  all purposes, and neither the Trustee  or  any  such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary, except as  may
otherwise  be specifically provided in the Pooling and  Servicing
Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.

           IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Trustee  has  caused  this
Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.


                                         BANKERS TRUST
                                   COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
                                     as Trustee


                                   By:

                                   Name:

                                   Title:



            SOLELY   FOR   FEDERAL  INCOME  TAX  PURPOSES,   THIS
CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A CLASS OF "REGULAR INTERESTS" IN A  "REAL
ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" ("REMIC") AS THOSE TERMS  ARE
DEFINED,  RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE  INTERNAL
REVENUE   CODE  OF  1986,  AS  AMENDED  (THE  "CODE"),   ASSUMING
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.
          AMRESCO RESIDENTIAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
                   MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 1996-2
             MORTGAGE LOAN PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
                           CLASS A-2
                 (Adjustable Pass-Through Rate)

     Representing Certain Interests in the Group II Mortgage
          Loans Originated or Purchased and Serviced by
                OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION
          (This certificate does not represent an interest in, or
an  obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans  insured
or  guaranteed  by,  AMRESCO Residential Securities  Corporation,
AMRESCO  Residential Mortgage Corporation or Option One  Mortgage
Corporation.  This Certificate represents a fractional  ownership
interest in the Mortgage Loans and certain other property held by
the Trust.)

           Unless  this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative  of  The  Depository Trust  Company,  a  New  York
corporation   ("DTC"),   to  the  Issuer  ("AMRESCO   Residential
Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-2") or its  agent
for  registration  of  transfer, exchange, or  payment,  and  any
certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or  in
such  other  name as is requested by an authorized representative
of  DTC  (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such  other
entity  as is requested by an authorized representative of  DTC),
ANY  TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY  OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner
hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

No:  A-2-2                                      CUSIP:  03215PAH2
                                                 ISIN: 03215PAH29
                                             Common Code: 6591752

  $25,000,000                                    July 25, 2027
Denomination             April 25, 1996          Final Scheduled
                              Date                Payment Date
  $225,000,000
Original Class A-2
Certificate Principal Balance            Cede & Co.
                                       Registered Owner

Trustee Authentication
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
           The  registered  Owner named above is  the  registered
beneficial  Owner  of a fractional interest in (a)  the  Mortgage
Loans in Group II (other than any principal and interest payments
due  thereon on or prior to the Cut-Off Date on any Mortgage Loan
that  is current as of Cut-Off Date) listed in Schedule I to  the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement which the Seller has caused to be
delivered  to  the  Trustee  (and all substitutions  therefor  as
provided by Section 3.03, 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 of the Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement),  together with the related  Mortgage  Loan
documents  and  the  Depositor's interest in any  Property  which
secured   a  Mortgage  Loan  but  which  has  been  acquired   by
foreclosure  or  deed in lieu of foreclosure,  and  all  payments
thereon and proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary,
of  the foregoing; (b) such amounts as may be held by the Trustee
in  the  Certificate  Account, the Pre-Funding  Account  and  the
Capitalized Interest Account together with investment earnings on
such  amounts and such amounts as may be held in the name of  the
Trustee  in the Principal and Interest Account, if any, exclusive
of  investment earnings thereon (except as otherwise provided  in
the  Pooling  and Servicing Agreement), whether in  the  form  of
cash, instruments, securities or other properties (including  any
Eligible  Investments held by the Servicer); (c) the  Certificate
Insurance   Policy   issued   under  the   Insurance   Agreement;
(d)  proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not by way  of
limitation,  all  proceeds  of  any  mortgage  insurance,  hazard
insurance  and  title insurance policy relating to  the  Mortgage
Loans,  cash  proceeds,  accounts,  accounts  receivable,  notes,
drafts,  acceptances,  chattel paper, checks,  deposit  accounts,
rights  to  payment  of any and every kind, and  other  forms  of
obligations and receivables which at any time constitute  all  or
part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing);
and  (e)  certain  of  the  Seller's rights  under  the  Transfer
Agreements  that are being assigned to the Trust in  the  Pooling
and  Servicing Agreement to pay the Certificates as specified  in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

           The Owner hereof is entitled to principal payments  on
each  Payment  Date, as hereinafter described, which  will  fully
amortize  such  original Certificate Principal Balance  over  the
period  from the date of initial issuance of the Certificates  to
the   final   Payment  Date  for  the  Class  A-2   Certificates.
Therefore,  the  actual  Outstanding  principal  amount  of  this
Certificate  may,  on any date subsequent to May  28,  1996  (the
first  Payment  Date)  be  less  than  the  original  Certificate
Principal Balance set forth above.

           The  Owner hereof is required to send this Certificate
to  the Trustee prior to receiving the final distribution hereon.
The  Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below)  provides
that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due
on  this  Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled
for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

           NEITHER  THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING  MORTGAGE
LOANS  ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR  ANY
OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.

           THE  PRINCIPAL  OF  THIS  CERTIFICATE  IS  PAYABLE  IN
INSTALLMENTS.  THEREFORE, THE ACTUAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF  THIS  CERTIFICATE MAY ON ANY DATE SUBSEQUENT TO MAY 28,  1996
(THE  FIRST  PAYMENT DATE) BE LESS THAN ITS ORIGINAL  CERTIFICATE
PRINCIPAL BALANCE.

           THIS  CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH  CERTIFICATE  ONLY
AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST,
NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.

           This  Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized
Certificates   designated  as  AMRESCO   Residential   Securities
Corporation  Mortgage  Loan  Trust 1996-2,  Mortgage  Loan  Pass-
Through  Certificates, Class A-2 (the "Class  A-2  Certificates")
and  issued  under  and  subject to  the  terms,  provisions  and
conditions of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement  dated
as  of  April 1, 1996 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")  by
and  among  AMRESCO  Residential  Mortgage  Corporation,  in  its
capacity  as  the  Seller  (the  "Seller"),  AMRESCO  Residential
Securities  Corporation,  in  its  capacity  as  Depositor,  (the
"Depositor"), Long Beach Mortgage Company, as a Servicer,  Option
One   Mortgage  Corporation  as  a  Servicer  (collectively,  the
"Servicers")  and  Bankers Trust Company of California,  N.A.,  a
national banking association, in its capacity as the Trustee (the
"Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Owner of
this  Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents  and  by
which  such  Owner is bound.  Also issued under the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement  are  Certificates  designated  as   AMRESCO
Residential  Securities Corporation Mortgage  Loan  Trust  1996-2
Mortgage   Loan   Pass-Through  Certificates,  Class   A-1   (the
"Class   A-1   Certificates"),  Class  B-IO  (the   "Class   B-IO
Certificates")  and  Class R (Residual Interest)  (the  "Class  R
Certificates").   The Class A-1 Certificates and  the  Class  A-2
Certificates  shall  be together referred  to  as  the  "Class  A
Certificates"  and  the  Class  A Certificates,  the  Class  B-IO
Certificates  and the Class R Certificates are together  referred
to herein as the "Certificates."   The Class A-1 Certificates are
known as the "Fixed Rate Certificates."  Terms capitalized herein
and  not  otherwise  defined  herein shall  have  the  respective
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

          On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a
Business  Day, then the next succeeding Business Day  (each  such
day  being a "Payment Date") commencing May 28, 1996, the  Owners
of  the Class A-2 Certificates as of the close of business on the
day  immediately preceding such Payment Date (the "Record  Date")
will  be  entitled  to receive the Class A-2 Distribution  Amount
relating to such Certificate on such Payment Date.  Distributions
will  be  made  in  immediately  available  funds  to  Owners  of
Certificates  having an aggregate original Class A-2  Certificate
Principal  Balance of at least $1,000,000 (by  wire  transfer  or
otherwise) to the account of an Owner at a domestic bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Owner  has
so notified the Trustee, or by check mailed to the address of the
person entitled thereto as it appears on the Register.

          Each Owner of record of a Class A-2 Certificate will be
entitled  to  receive  such Owner's Percentage  Interest  in  the
amounts  due on such Payment Date to the Owners of the Class  A-2
Certificates.   The  Percentage  Interest  of  each   Class   A-2
Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to  the
percentage   obtained   by  dividing  the  original   Certificate
Principal  Balance of such Class A-2 Certificate on  the  Startup
Day  by the aggregate Class A-2 Certificate Principal Balance  on
the Startup Day.

                The  Certificate Insurer is required, subject  to
the  terms  of  the Certificate Insurance Policy to make  Insured
Payments  available  to the Trustee on or prior  to  the  related
Payment  Date for distribution to the Owners.   "Insured Payment"
means  with respect to either Mortgage Loan Group and as  to  any
Payment  Date  (i)  the excess, if any, of (a)  the  sum  of  the
related   Current   Interest  and  the  then   existing   related
Subordination Deficit, if any, over (b) the Total Available Funds
to be actually distributed on such Payment Date on the Fixed Rate
Certificates or the Class A-2 Certificates, as the  case  may  be
pursuant  to  Section  7.03(c)(iv) of the Pooling  and  Servicing
Agreement  without regard to any related Insured  Payment  to  be
made  with  respect to such Payment Date), plus  (ii)  an  amount
equal  to the Preference Amount with respect to the related Class
of Class A Certificates.

          Upon receipt of amounts under the Certificate Insurance
Policy on behalf of the Owners of the Class A-2 Certificates, the
Trustee  shall  distribute in accordance  with  the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement such amounts (directly or through  a  Paying
Agent) to the Owners of the Class A-2 Certificates.

           The  Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying  Agent  will
duly  and  punctually  pay distributions  with  respect  to  this
Certificate  in accordance with the terms hereof and the  Pooling
and  Servicing  Agreement.  Amounts properly withheld  under  the
Code  by  any  Person from a distribution to any Owner  shall  be
considered as having been paid by the Trustee to such  Owner  for
all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

           The  Mortgage Loans will be serviced by  the  Servicer
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.  The Pooling and
Servicing   Agreement  permits  the  Servicer   to   enter   into
Subservicing  Agreements with certain institutions  eligible  for
appointment  as Subservicers for the servicing and administration
of  certain  Mortgage Loans.  No appointment of  any  Subservicer
shall release the Servicer from any of its obligations under  the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

           This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other
obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage
Loans  insured  or guaranteed by, AMRESCO Residential  Securities
Corporation, AMRESCO Residential Mortgage Corporation  or  Option
One  Mortgage  Corporation  or any  of  their  affiliates.   This
Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain collections
and  recoveries  relating to the Mortgage Loans  and  amounts  on
deposit in the Certificate Account and the Principal and Interest
Account  (except  as  otherwise  provided  in  the  Pooling   and
Servicing  Agreement)  and  payments  received  by  the   Trustee
pursuant  to  the  Certificate  Insurance  Policy,  all  as  more
specifically  set  forth  hereinabove  and  in  the  Pooling  and
Servicing Agreement.

           No  Owner  shall  have  any  right  to  institute  any
proceeding,  judicial or otherwise, with respect to  the  Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, or for the appointment of a receiver  or
trustee,  or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof.

          Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have  the
right   which   is   absolute   and  unconditional   to   receive
distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement  with respect to such Certificate or to institute  suit
for  the  enforcement of any such distribution,  and  such  right
shall  not  be impaired without the consent of such  Owner.   The
Owner  of  this  Certificate, by its acceptance  hereof,  agrees,
however, that to the extent the Certificate Insurer makes Insured
Payments, either directly or indirectly (as by paying through the
Trustee  or  Paying  Agent), to the  owners  of  such  Class  A-2
Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be subrogated  to  the
rights  of such Owners of Class A-2 Certificates with respect  to
such  Insured  Payment, shall be deemed  to  the  extent  of  the
payments  so  made  to be a registered Owner of  such  Class  A-2
Certificates  and shall receive all future distributions  of  the
Class A-2 Distribution Amount until all such Insured Payments  by
the Certificate Insurer have been fully reimbursed.

           The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that  the
obligations  created thereby will terminate upon the  earlier  of
the  payment to the Owners of all Certificates from amounts other
than  those available under the Certificate Insurance  Policy  of
all  amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to  such
Owners  pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement upon  the
later to occur of (a) the final payment or other liquidation  (or
any  advance made with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition of all property acquired
in respect of any Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Estate and
(c)  at  any  time when a Qualified Liquidation of both  Mortgage
Loan  Groups  included  within the REMIC Estate  is  effected  as
described  below.   To effect a termination of  the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners  of
all  Certificates  then Outstanding shall (i) unanimously  direct
the  Trustee  on behalf of the REMIC to adopt a plan of  complete
liquidation for each of the Mortgage Loan Groups, as contemplated
by Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code and (ii) provide to the Trustee
an  opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax  matters
acceptable  to  the Certificate Insurer and the  Trustee  to  the
effect   that  each  such  liquidation  constitutes  a  Qualified
Liquidation, and the Trustee shall either sell the Mortgage Loans
and  distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of the Trust,  or
shall distribute equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust
Estate  to  the  remaining Owners of the  Certificates,  each  in
accordance   with   such  plan,  so  that  the   liquidation   or
distribution  of  the  Trust  Estate,  the  distribution  of  any
proceeds  of  the liquidation and the termination of the  Pooling
and Servicing Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th
day  after  the  date of adoption of the plan of liquidation  and
such liquidation qualifies as a Qualified Liquidation.

            The  Pooling  and  Servicing  Agreement  additionally
provides that (i) the Owners of the Class R Certificates may,  at
their  option,  purchase  from the Trust all  remaining  Mortgage
Loans and other property then constituting the Trust Estate,  and
thereby  effect  early  retirement of the  Certificates,  on  any
Monthly Remittance Date, (ii) the Servicers may, at their option,
purchase from the Trust all remaining Mortgage Loans serviced  by
the related Servicer and any other related property remaining  in
the  Trust  Estate  and thereby effect early  retirement  of  the
Certificates  on  any Monthly Remittance Date  on  or  after  the
Servicer Clean-Up Call Date and (iii) under certain circumstances
relating  to the qualification of the REMIC as a REMIC under  the
Code  the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early
retirement of the Certificates.

          The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of
the  Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the  manner
set forth therein.

           The  Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority
of   the   Percentage  Interests  represented  by  the  Class   A
Certificates  with the prior written consent of  the  Certificate
Insurer  have the right to exercise any trust or power set  forth
in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

           As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred  to
on   the  face  hereof,  the  transfer  of  this  Certificate  is
registrable  in  the Register upon surrender of this  Certificate
for  registration  of transfer at the office  designated  as  the
location  of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied  by  a
written  instrument  of  transfer in  form  satisfactory  to  the
Registrar duly executed by, the Owner hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of  the like Class, tenor and a like Percentage Interest will  be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

           The  Pooling  and  Servicing Agreement  permits,  with
certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the  modifications  of  rights and  obligations  of  the  parties
provided  therein by the Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer  at
any  time  and from time to time, with the prior written approval
of  the  Certificate Insurer and not less than a majority of  the
Percentage  Interest  represented  by  each  affected  Class   of
Certificates then Outstanding, and in certain other circumstances
provided  for  in  the  Pooling and Servicing  Agreement  may  be
amended  without the consent of the Owners.  Any such consent  by
the  Owner at the time of the giving thereof, of this Certificate
shall  be  conclusive and binding upon such Owner  and  upon  all
future  Owners  of the Certificate and of any Certificate  issued
upon the registration of Transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or
in  lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver
is made upon this Certificate.

           The Trustee is required to furnish certain information
on  each  Payment Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as  more
fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

           The  Class  A-2  Certificates  are  issuable  only  as
registered  Certificates  in  minimum  denominations   of   $1000
original  Certificate  Principal Balance.   As  provided  in  the
Pooling   and   Servicing  Agreement  and  subject   to   certain
limitations  therein  set  forth,  Class  A-2  Certificates   are
exchangeable  for  new  Class  A-2  Certificates  of   authorized
denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount.

            No   service  charge  will  be  made  for  any   such
registration  of  transfer  or exchange,  but  the  Registrar  or
Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any  tax
or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

           The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the  owner
hereof  for  all purposes, and neither the Trustee  or  any  such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary, except as  may
otherwise  be specifically provided in the Pooling and  Servicing
Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.

           IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Trustee  has  caused  this
Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.


                                   BANKERS TRUST
                                   COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
                                     as Trustee


                                   By:

                                   Name:

                                   Title:



AMRESCO Residential Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust  1996-2
            Mortgage Loan PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
              INTEREST-ONLY CLASS B-IO CERTIFICATE

      Representing Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of
Mortgage  Loans formed by AMRESCO Residential Securities Corporat
ion
                        and Serviced by

                  LONG BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY
                OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION
                          as Servicers


      This  certificate does not represent an interest in, or  an
obligation  of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured  or
guaranteed   by,  AMRESCO  Residential  Securities   Corporation,
AMRESCO  Residential Mortgage Corporation or Long Beach  Mortgage
Company  or  Option One Mortgage Corporation.   This  certificate
represents a fractional ownership interest in the Mortgage  Loans
as  described herein, moneys in certain Accounts created pursuant
to  the  Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights
relating thereto and is payable only from amounts received by the
Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans held by the Trust.

No.:  B-IO-1


                         April 25, 1996
                              Date


     100%
Percentage Interest                               Final Scheduled
                                                Distribution Date


                        Registered Owner

Trustee Authentication

Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A.,
  as Trustee


By:  _____________________

Name:  ___________________

Title:  ____________________

Date of Authentication:  _________________________
       The   registered  Owner  named  above  is  the  registered
beneficial  Owner  of a fractional interest in (a)  the  Mortgage
Loans (other than any principal and interest payments due thereon
on  or  prior  to the Cut-Off Date on any Mortgage Loan  that  is
current  as of Cut-Off Date) listed in Schedule I to the  Pooling
and  Servicing  Agreement  which the  Seller  has  caused  to  be
delivered  to  the  Trustee  (and all substitutions  therefor  as
provided by Section 3.03, 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 of the Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement),  together with the related  Mortgage  Loan
documents  and  the  Depositor's interest in any  Property  which
secured   a  Mortgage  Loan  but  which  has  been  acquired   by
foreclosure  or  deed in lieu of foreclosure,  and  all  payments
thereon and proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary,
of  the foregoing; (b) such amounts as may be held by the Trustee
in  the  Certificate  Account, the Pre-Funding  Account  and  the
Capitalized Interest Account together with investment earnings on
such  amounts and such amounts as may be held in the name of  the
Trustee  in the Principal and Interest Account, if any, exclusive
of  investment earnings thereon (except as otherwise provided  in
the  Pooling  and Servicing Agreement), whether in  the  form  of
cash, instruments, securities or other properties (including  any
Eligible  Investments held by the Servicer); (c) the  Certificate
Insurance   Policy   issued   under  the   Insurance   Agreement;
(d)  proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not by way  of
limitation,  all  proceeds  of  any  mortgage  insurance,  hazard
insurance  and  title insurance policy relating to  the  Mortgage
Loans,  cash  proceeds,  accounts,  accounts  receivable,  notes,
drafts,  acceptances,  chattel paper, checks,  deposit  accounts,
rights  to  payment  of any and every kind, and  other  forms  of
obligations and receivables which at any time constitute  all  or
part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing);
and  (e)  certain  of  the  Seller's rights  under  the  Transfer
Agreements  that are being assigned to the Trust in  the  Pooling
and  Servicing Agreement to pay the Certificates as specified  in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     The Owner hereof is required to send this Certificate to the
Trustee  prior to receiving the final distribution  hereon.   The
Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that, in any event, upon
the  making  of  the final distribution due on this  Certificate,
this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A-1 AND CLASS A-
2  CERTIFICATES  OF THIS SERIES TO THE EXTENT  DESCRIBED  IN  THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

      THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER
THE  SECURITIES  ACT  OF  1933  (THE  "SECURITIES  ACT")  OR  THE
SECURITIES  LAWS  OF ANY STATE.  ANY RESALE,  TRANSFER  OR  OTHER
DISPOSITION  OF  THIS  CERTIFICATE WITHOUT SUCH  REGISTRATION  OR
QUALIFICATION  MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A TRANSACTION WHICH  DOES  NOT
REQUIRE SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION 5.02 OF THE  POOLING  AND  SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

      SOLELY  FOR  FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS  CERTIFICATE
REPRESENTS  A  "REGULAR  INTEREST" IN  A  "REAL  ESTATE  MORTGAGE
INVESTMENT  CONDUIT"   ("REMIC")  AS  THOSE  TERMS  ARE  DEFINED,
RESPECTIVELY,  IN  SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL  REVENUE
CODE  OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE  WITH
THE REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.

      THIS  CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE  ONLY  AND,
NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND  INTEREST,  NO
DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.

      NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE  LOANS
ARE  INSURED  OR  GUARANTEED  BY THE  FEDERAL  DEPOSIT  INSURANCE
CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR  ANY
OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.

     THIS CERTIFICATE IS AN INTEREST ONLY CERTIFICATE  THE HOLDER
OF  THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY DISTRIBUTION OF
PRINCIPAL WITH RESPECT TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS.

      This  Certificate  is  one  of a Class  of  duly-authorized
Certificates   designated  as  AMRESCO   Residential   Securities
Corporation  Mortgage  Loan  Trust 1996-2,  Mortgage  Loan  Pass-
Through  Certificates, Class B-IO (the "Class B-IO Certificates")
and  issued  under  and  subject to  the  terms,  provisions  and
conditions of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement  dated
as  of  April 1, 1996 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")  by
and  among  AMRESCO  Residential  Mortgage  Corporation,  in  its
capacity  as  the  Seller  (the  "Seller"),  AMRESCO  Residential
Securities  Corporation,  in  its  capacity  as  Depositor,  (the
"Depositor"), Long Beach Mortgage Company, as a Servicer,  Option
One   Mortgage  Corporation  as  a  Servicer  (collectively,  the
"Servicers")  and  Bankers Trust Company of California,  N.A.,  a
national banking association, in its capacity as the Trustee (the
"Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Owner of
this  Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents  and  by
which  such  Owner is bound.  Also issued under the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement  are  Certificates  designated  as   AMRESCO
Residential  Securities Corporation Mortgage  Loan  Trust  1996-2
Mortgage   Loan   Pass-Through  Certificates,  Class   A-1   (the
"Class   A-1   Certificates"),  Class   A-2   (the   "Class   A-2
Certificates")  and  Class R (Residual Interest)  (the  "Class  R
Certificates").   The Class A-1 Certificates and  the  Class  A-2
Certificates  shall  be together referred  to  as  the  "Class  A
Certificates"  and  the  Class  A Certificates,  the  Class  B-IO
Certificates  and the Class R Certificates are together  referred
to herein as the "Certificates."   The Class A-1 Certificates are
known as the "Fixed Rate Certificates."  Terms capitalized herein
and  not  otherwise  defined  herein shall  have  the  respective
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      Terms  capitalized herein and not otherwise defined  herein
shall  have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling  and
Servicing Agreement.

      On  the  25th day of each month, or, if such day is  not  a
Business  Day, then the next succeeding Business Day  (each  such
day  being a "Payment Date") commencing May 28, 1996, the Holders
of the Class B-IO Certificates as of the close of business on the
last business day of the calendar month immediately preceding the
calendar  month  in which such Payment Date occurs  (the  "Record
Date")  will  be entitled to receive the Class B-IO  Distribution
Amount  (as  defined  in  the Pooling  and  Servicing  Agreement)
relating  to such Payment Date.  Distributions will  be  made  in
immediately  available funds to such Owners, by wire transfer  or
otherwise, to the account of an Owner at a domestic bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Owner  has
so  notified  the Trustee at least 5 business days prior  to  the
related  record  date, or by check mailed to the address  of  the
person entitled thereto as it appears on the Register.

      Each  Owner of record of a Class B-IO Certificate  will  be
entitled  to  receive  such Owner's Percentage  Interest  in  the
amounts due on such Payment Date to the Holders of the Class   B-
IO  Certificates.   The Percentage Interest of  each  Class  B-IO
Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to  the
percentage interest set forth on such Class B-IO Certificate.

     The Trustee or any duly appointed Paying Agent will duly and
punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate  in
accordance  with the terms hereof and the Pooling  and  Servicing
Agreement.    Amounts  properly  withheld  under  the   Code   or
applicable to any Holder shall be considered as having been  paid
by  the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.

     The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant
to   the  Pooling  and  Servicing  Agreement.   The  Pooling  and
Servicing   Agreement  permits  the  Servicer   to   enter   into
Subservicing  Agreements with certain institutions  eligible  for
appointment  as Subservicers for the servicing and administration
of  certain  Mortgage Loans.  No appointment of  any  Subservicer
shall release the Servicer from any of its obligations under  the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      This  Certificate  does not represent a  deposit  or  other
obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage
Loans   insured   or  guaranteed  by,  the  AMRESCO   Residential
Securities   Corporation   or   AMRESCO   Residential    Mortgage
Corporation or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates  and  are
not  insured  or  guaranteed  by the  Federal  Deposit  Insurance
Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any
other  governmental agency.  This Certificate is limited in right
of  payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the
Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except  as
otherwise  provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement),  all
as more specifically set forth hereinabove and in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.

      No  Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial  or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement,  or for the appointment of a receiver or  trustee,  or
for  any  other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement
except in compliance with the terms hereof.

      Notwithstanding  any other provisions in  the  Pooling  and
Servicing Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have  the
right   which   is   absolute   and  unconditional   to   receive
distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement  with respect to such Certificate or to institute  suit
for  the  enforcement of any such distribution,  and  such  right
shall not be impaired without the consent of such Owner.

      The  Pooling  and  Servicing Agreement  provides  that  the
obligations  created thereby will terminate upon the  earlier  of
the  payment to the Owners of all Certificates from amounts other
than  those available under the Certificate Insurance  Policy  of
all  amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to  such
Owners  pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement upon  the
later to occur of (a) the final payment or other liquidation  (or
any  advance made with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition of all property acquired
in respect of any Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Estate and
(c)  at  any  time when a Qualified Liquidation of both  Mortgage
Loan  Groups  included  within the REMIC Estate  is  effected  as
described  below.   To effect a termination of  the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners  of
all  Certificates  then Outstanding shall (i) unanimously  direct
the  Trustee  on behalf of the REMIC to adopt a plan of  complete
liquidation for each of the Mortgage Loan Groups, as contemplated
by Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code and (ii) provide to the Trustee
an  opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax  matters
acceptable  to  the Certificate Insurer and the  Trustee  to  the
effect   that  each  such  liquidation  constitutes  a  Qualified
Liquidation, and the Trustee shall either sell the Mortgage Loans
and  distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of the Trust,  or
shall distribute equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust
Estate  to  the  remaining Owners of the  Certificates,  each  in
accordance   with   such  plan,  so  that  the   liquidation   or
distribution  of  the  Trust  Estate,  the  distribution  of  any
proceeds  of  the liquidation and the termination of the  Pooling
and Servicing Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th
day  after  the  date of adoption of the plan of liquidation  and
such liquidation qualifies as a Qualified Liquidation.

      The  Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally  provides
that  (i)  the Owners of the Class R Certificates may,  at  their
option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Mortgage Loans  and
other  property then constituting the Trust Estate,  and  thereby
effect  early  retirement  of the Certificates,  on  any  Monthly
Remittance  Date,  (ii)  the  Servicers  may,  at  their  option,
purchase from the Trust all remaining Mortgage Loans serviced  by
the related Servicer and any other related property remaining  in
the  Trust  Estate  and thereby effect early  retirement  of  the
Certificates  on  any Monthly Remittance Date  on  or  after  the
Servicer Clean-Up Call Date and (iii) under certain circumstances
relating  to the qualification of the REMIC as a REMIC under  the
Code  the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early
retirement of the Certificates.

      The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the
Pooling  and Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner  set
forth therein.

      The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of a majority of  the
Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates then
outstanding  with  the prior written consent of  the  Certificate
Insurer  have the right to exercise any trust or power set  forth
in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      As  provided  in  the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement  and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred  to
on   the  face  hereof,  the  transfer  of  this  Certificate  is
registrable  in  the Register upon surrender of this  Certificate
for  registration  of transfer at the office  designated  as  the
location  of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied  by  a
written  instrument  of  transfer in  form  satisfactory  to  the
Registrar duly executed by, the Owner hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of  the like Class, tenor and a like Percentage Interest will  be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

      The  Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with  certain
exceptions  as  therein provided, the amendment thereof  and  the
modifications  of rights and obligations of the parties  provided
therein  by the Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer at any  time
and  from  time to time, with the prior written approval  of  the
Certificate Insurer and of each Account Party and not less than a
majority  of the Percentage Interest represented by each affected
Class  of  Certificates then Outstanding, and  in  certain  other
circumstances provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
may  be  amended  without the consent of the  Owners.   Any  such
consent  by the Owner at the time of the giving thereof, of  this
Certificate shall be conclusive and binding upon such  Owner  and
upon  all future Owners of the Certificate and of any Certificate
issued  upon  the registration of Transfer hereof or in  exchange
hereof  or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Certificate.

      The  Trustee is required to furnish certain information  on
each Payment Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully
described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      The Class B-IO Certificates are issuable only as registered
Certificates in minimum percentage interests of all interests  in
the  Class  B-IO  Certificates.  As provided in the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement  and subject to certain limitations  therein
set forth, Class B-IO Certificates are exchangeable for new Class
B-IO Certificates of the same percentage interest as the Class B-
IO Certificates exchanged.

      No service charge will be made for any such registration of
transfer  or  exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may  require
payment   of  a  sum  sufficient  to  cover  any  tax  or   other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

      The  Trustee  and any agent of the Trustee  may  treat  the
Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the  owner
hereof  for  all purposes, and neither the Trustee  or  any  such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary, except as  may
otherwise  be specifically provided in the Pooling and  Servicing
Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate
to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

                                   BANKERS TRUST
                                   COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
                                   as Trustee


                                   By:

                                   Name:

                                   Title:




      SOLELY  FOR  FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS  CERTIFICATE
REPRESENTS  A  CLASS OF "RESIDUAL INTERESTS" IN  A  "REAL  ESTATE
MORTGAGE  INVESTMENT  CONDUIT"  ("REMIC")  AS  THOSE  TERMS   ARE
DEFINED,  RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE  INTERNAL
REVENUE   CODE  OF  1986,  AS  AMENDED  (THE  "CODE"),   ASSUMING
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.

       THIS  CERTIFICATE  HAS  NOT  BEEN  REGISTERED  UNDER   THE
SECURITIES  ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT").  ANY  RESALE  OR
TRANSFER  OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION THEREOF  UNDER
THE  ACT  MAY  BE  MADE  ONLY IN A TRANSACTION  EXEMPT  FROM  THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.08 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
REFERRED TO HEREIN.

      TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED  AS  SET
FORTH  IN  THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  NO  TRANSFER  OF
THIS   CLASS  R  CERTIFICATE  MAY  BE  MADE  TO  A  "DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION"  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 860E(e)(5) OF  THE  INTERNAL
REVENUE  CODE  OF  1986,  AS AMENDED  (THE  "CODE").   SUCH  TERM
INCLUDES  THE  UNITED STATES, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION
THEREOF,  ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION,
ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING (OTHER THAN
CERTAIN  TAXABLE INSTRUMENTALITIES), ANY COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION
FURNISHING  ELECTRIC  ENERGY OR PROVIDING  TELEPHONE  SERVICE  TO
PERSONS  IN  RURAL  AREAS,  OR  ANY ORGANIZATION  (OTHER  THAN  A
FARMER'S  COOPERATIVE)  THAT IS EXEMPT FROM  FEDERAL  INCOME  TAX
UNLESS  SUCH  ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO  THE  TAX  ON  UNRELATED
BUSINESS INCOME.  NO TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE WILL BE
REGISTERED  BY  THE  CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR  UNLESS  THE  PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE  HAS  DELIVERED AN AFFIDAVIT  AFFIRMING,  AMONG  OTHER
THINGS,  THAT  THE  PROPOSED TRANSFEREE  IS  NOT  A  DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION AND IS NOT ACQUIRING THE CLASS R CERTIFICATE FOR THE
ACCOUNT  OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION.  A COPY OF THE  FORM  OF
AFFIDAVIT  REQUIRED OF EACH PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS  ON  FILE  AND
AVAILABLE FROM THE TRUSTEE.

      A  TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF THE APPLICABLE RESTRICTIONS MAY
GIVE RISE TO A SUBSTANTIAL TAX UPON THE TRANSFEROR OR, IN CERTAIN
CASES,  UPON  AN AGENT ACTING FOR THE TRANSFEREE.  A PASS-THROUGH
ENTITY  THAT  HOLDS  THIS  CLASS R CERTIFICATE  AND  THAT  HAS  A
DISQUALIFIED  ORGANIZATION AS A RECORD OWNER IN ANY TAXABLE  YEAR
GENERALLY  WILL BE SUBJECT TO A TAX FOR EACH SUCH YEAR  EQUAL  TO
THE  PRODUCT OF (A) THE AMOUNT OF EXCESS INCLUSIONS WITH  RESPECT
TO   THE   PORTION  OF  THIS  CERTIFICATE  OWNED   THROUGH   SUCH
PASS-THROUGH  ENTITY BY SUCH DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION,  AND  (B)
THE  HIGHEST  MARGINAL  FEDERAL TAX RATE  ON  CORPORATIONS.   FOR
PURPOSES  OF  THE  PRECEDING SENTENCE,  THE  TERM  "PASS-THROUGH"
ENTITY  INCLUDES  REGULATED  INVESTMENT  COMPANIES,  REAL  ESTATE
INVESTMENT  TRUSTS,  COMMON  TRUST FUNDS,  PARTNERSHIPS,  TRUSTS,
ESTATES,  COOPERATIVES TO WHICH PART I OF SUBCHAPTER  1T  OF  THE
CODE APPLIES AND, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN REGULATIONS, NOMINEES.

      NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE  LOANS
ARE  INSURED  OR  GUARANTEED  BY THE  FEDERAL  DEPOSIT  INSURANCE
CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR  ANY
OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.


          AMRESCO RESIDENTIAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
                   MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 1996-2
             MORTGAGE LOAN PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
                            CLASS R
                      (Residual Interest)

      Representing Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of
      Conventional Mortgage Loans Originated or Purchased
                        and Serviced by

                  LONG BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY
                OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION

      (This certificate does not represent an interest in, or  an
obligation  of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured  or
guaranteed   by,  AMRESCO  Residential  Securities   Corporation,
AMRESCO  Residential  Mortgage Corporation, Long  Beach  Mortgage
Company  or  Option One Mortgage Corporation.   This  Certificate
represents a fractional residual ownership interest in the  Trust
Estate.)

No:  R - 1                             April 25, 1996
                                             Date
Percentage Interest     99.999 %
                                     Final Scheduled Payment Date


                        Registered Owner

    The registered Owner named above is the registered beneficial
Owner  of a fractional interest in (a) the Mortgage Loans  (other
than  any principal and interest payments due thereon on or prior
to  the Cut-Off Date on any Mortgage Loan that is current  as  of
Cut-Off  Date) listed in Schedule I to the Pooling and  Servicing
Agreement  which  the Seller has caused to be  delivered  to  the
Trustee  (and all substitutions therefor as provided  by  Section
3.03,   3.04,  3.05  and  3.06  of  the  Pooling  and   Servicing
Agreement), together with the related Mortgage Loan documents and
the Depositor's interest in any Property which secured a Mortgage
Loan  but which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in  lieu
of  foreclosure,  and all payments thereon and  proceeds  of  the
conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing; (b)  such
amounts as may be held by the Trustee in the Certificate Account,
the  Pre-Funding  Account  and the Capitalized  Interest  Account
together  with  investment  earnings on  such  amounts  and  such
amounts  as  may  be  held in the name  of  the  Trustee  in  the
Principal  and Interest Account, if any, exclusive of  investment
earnings thereon (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and
Servicing  Agreement), whether in the form of cash,  instruments,
securities   or   other   properties  (including   any   Eligible
Investments held by the Servicer); (c) the Certificate  Insurance
Policy issued under the Insurance Agreement; (d) proceeds of  all
the  foregoing  (including, but not by  way  of  limitation,  all
proceeds  of any mortgage insurance, hazard insurance  and  title
insurance  policy relating to the Mortgage Loans, cash  proceeds,
accounts,   accounts  receivable,  notes,  drafts,   acceptances,
chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment of any
and  every  kind, and other forms of obligations and  receivables
which  at  any time constitute all or part of or are included  in
the  proceeds  of any of the foregoing); and (e) certain  of  the
Seller's  rights  under the Transfer Agreements  that  are  being
assigned  to the Trust in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement  to
pay  the  Certificates as specified in the Pooling and  Servicing
Agreement.

     THIS  CERTIFICATE  IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE  ONLY  AND,
NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND  INTEREST,  NO
DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.

Trustee Authentication

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trustee


By:

Name:

Title:

Date of Authentication:
      This  Certificate  is  one  of a Class  of  duly-authorized
Certificates   designated  as  AMRESCO   Residential   Securities
Corporation  Mortgage  Loan  Trust 1996-2,  Mortgage  Loan  Pass-
Through  Certificates, Class R (the "Class R  Certificates")  and
issued  under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions
of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April
1,  1996  (the  "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") by  and  among
AMRESCO Residential Mortgage Corporation, in its capacity as  the
Seller    (the   "Seller"),   AMRESCO   Residential    Securities
Corporation,  in  its capacity as Depositor,  (the  "Depositor"),
Long  Beach Mortgage Company, as a Servicer, Option One  Mortgage
Corporation  as  a  Servicer (collectively, the "Servicers")  and
Bankers  Trust  Company of California, N.A., a  national  banking
association,  in its capacity as the Trustee (the "Trustee"),  to
which   Pooling  and  Servicing  Agreement  the  Owner  of   this
Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents and  by  which
such Owner is bound.  Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement  are  Certificates designated  as  AMRESCO  Residential
Securities  Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-2 Mortgage  Loan
Pass-Through   Certificates,   Class   A-1   (the   "Class    A-1
Certificates"),  Class  A-2 (the "Class  A-2  Certificates")  and
Class  B-IO  (the  "Class B-IO Certificates").    The  Class  A-1
Certificates  and  the Class A-2 Certificates shall  be  together
referred  to  as  the  "Class A Certificates"  and  the  Class  A
Certificates,  the  Class  B-IO  Certificates  and  the  Class  R
Certificates   are   together   referred   to   herein   as   the
"Certificates."    The Class A-1 Certificates are  known  as  the
"Fixed  Rate  Certificates."  Terms capitalized  herein  and  not
otherwise  defined herein shall have the respective meanings  set
forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      On  the  25th day of each month, or, if such day is  not  a
Business  Day, then the next succeeding Business Day  (each  such
day  being a "Payment Date") commencing May 28, 1996, each  Owner
of  a Class R Certificate as of the close of business on the last
day  of  the  calendar month immediately preceding  the  calendar
month in which a Payment Date occurs (the "Record Date") will  be
entitled  to  receive  the Residual Net Monthly  Excess  Cashflow
relating to such Certificate on such Payment Date.  Distributions
will be made in immediately available funds to Owners of Class  R
Certificates having an aggregate Percentage Interest of at  least
10% (by wire transfer or otherwise) to the account of an Owner at
a  domestic  bank  or other entity having appropriate  facilities
therefor, if such Owner has so notified the Trustee, or by  check
mailed  to  the  address  of the person entitled  thereto  as  it
appears on the Register.

     The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and
punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate  in
accordance  with the terms hereof and the Pooling  and  Servicing
Agreement.   Amounts  properly withheld under  the  Code  by  any
Person  from  a distribution to any Owner shall be considered  as
having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant
to   the  Pooling  and  Servicing  Agreement.   The  Pooling  and
Servicing   Agreement  permits  the  Servicer   to   enter   into
Subservicing  Agreements with certain institutions  eligible  for
appointment  as Subservicers for the servicing and administration
of  certain  Mortgage Loans.  No appointment of  any  Subservicer
shall release the Servicer from any of its obligations under  the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      This  Certificate  does not represent a  deposit  or  other
obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage
Loans  insured  or guaranteed by, AMRESCO Residential  Securities
Corporation,  AMRESCO Residential Mortgage  Corporation  or  Long
Beach  Mortgage  Company  or  any  of  their  affiliates.    This
Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain collections
and  recoveries  relating to the Mortgage Loans  and  amounts  on
deposit in the Certificate Account and the Principal and Interest
Account  (except  as  otherwise  provided  in  the  Pooling   and
Servicing  Agreement)  and  payments  received  by  the   Trustee
pursuant  to  the  Certificate  Insurance  Policy,  all  as  more
specifically  set  forth  hereinabove  and  in  the  Pooling  and
Servicing Agreement.

      No  Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial  or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement,  or for the appointment of a receiver or  trustee,  or
for  any  other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement
except in compliance with the terms thereof.

      Notwithstanding  any other provisions in  the  Pooling  and
Servicing Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have  the
right   which   is   absolute   and  unconditional   to   receive
distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement  with respect to such Certificate or to institute  suit
for  the  enforcement of any such distribution,  and  such  right
shall not be impaired without the consent of such Owner.

      The  Pooling  and  Servicing Agreement  provides  that  the
obligations  created thereby will terminate upon the  earlier  of
the  payment to the Owners of all Certificates from amounts other
than  those available under the Certificate Insurance  Policy  of
all  amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to  such
Owners  pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement upon  the
later to occur of (a) the final payment or other liquidation  (or
any  advance made with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition of all property acquired
in respect of any Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Estate and
(c)  at  any  time when a Qualified Liquidation of both  Mortgage
Loan  Groups  included  within the REMIC Estate  is  effected  as
described  below.   To effect a termination of  the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners  of
all  Certificates  then Outstanding shall (i) unanimously  direct
the  Trustee  on behalf of the REMIC to adopt a plan of  complete
liquidation for each of the Mortgage Loan Groups, as contemplated
by Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code and (ii) provide to the Trustee
an  opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax  matters
acceptable  to  the Certificate Insurer and the  Trustee  to  the
effect   that  each  such  liquidation  constitutes  a  Qualified
Liquidation, and the Trustee shall either sell the Mortgage Loans
and  distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of the Trust,  or
shall distribute equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust
Estate  to  the  remaining Owners of the  Certificates,  each  in
accordance   with   such  plan,  so  that  the   liquidation   or
distribution  of  the  Trust  Estate,  the  distribution  of  any
proceeds  of  the liquidation and the termination of the  Pooling
and Servicing Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th
day  after  the  date of adoption of the plan of liquidation  and
such liquidation qualifies as a Qualified Liquidation.

      The  Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally  provides
that  (i)  the Owners of the Class R Certificates may,  at  their
option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Mortgage Loans  and
other  property then constituting the Trust Estate,  and  thereby
effect  early  retirement  of the Certificates,  on  any  Monthly
Remittance  Date,  (ii)  the  Servicers  may,  at  their  option,
purchase from the Trust all remaining Mortgage Loans serviced  by
the related Servicer and any other related property remaining  in
the  Trust  Estate  and thereby effect early  retirement  of  the
Certificates  on  any Monthly Remittance Date  on  or  after  the
Servicer Clean-Up Call Date and (iii) under certain circumstances
relating  to the qualification of the REMIC as a REMIC under  the
Code  the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early
retirement of the Certificates.

      The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the
Pooling  and Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner  set
forth therein.

      The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of a majority of  the
Percentage  Interests  represented by the Class  A  Certificates,
Class  B-IO  Certificates  and the  Class  R  Certificates,  then
outstanding  with  the prior written consent of  the  Certificate
Insurer  have the right to exercise any trust or power set  forth
in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      As  provided  in  the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement  and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred  to
on   the  face  hereof,  the  transfer  of  this  Certificate  is
registrable  in  the Register upon surrender of this  Certificate
for  registration  of transfer at the office  designated  as  the
location  of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied  by  a
written  instrument  of  transfer in  form  satisfactory  to  the
Registrar duly executed by, the Owner hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of  the  like  Class,  tenor  and  a  like  aggregate  fractional
undivided  interest in the REMIC will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.

      The  Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with  certain
exceptions  as  therein provided, the amendment thereof  and  the
modifications  of rights and obligations of the parties  provided
therein  by the Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer at any  time
and  from  time to time, with the prior written approval  of  the
Certificate  Insurer  and  not  less  than  a  majority  of   the
Percentage  Interest  represented  by  each  affected  Class   of
Certificates then Outstanding, and in certain other circumstances
provided  for  in  the  Pooling and Servicing  Agreement  may  be
amended  without the consent of the Owners.  Any such consent  by
the  Owner at the time of the giving thereof, of this Certificate
shall  be  conclusive and binding upon such Owner  and  upon  all
future  Owners  of the Certificate and of any Certificate  issued
upon the registration of Transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or
in  lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver
is made upon this Certificate.

      The  Trustee is required to furnish certain information  on
each Payment Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully
described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      The  Class  R Certificates are issuable only as  registered
Certificates.  As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and  subject  to certain limitations therein set forth,  Class  R
Certificates  are  exchangeable  for  new  Class  R  Certificates
evidencing   the  same  Percentage  Interest  as  the   Class   R
Certificates exchanged.

      No service charge will be made for any such registration of
transfer  or  exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may  require
payment   of  a  sum  sufficient  to  cover  any  tax  or   other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

      The  Trustee  and any agent of the Trustee  may  treat  the
Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the  owner
hereof  for  all purposes, and neither the Trustee  or  any  such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary, except as  may
otherwise  be specifically provided in the Pooling and  Servicing
Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate
to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

                                   BANKERS TRUST
                                   COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
                                   as Trustee


                                   By:

                                   Name:

                                   Title:


      SOLELY  FOR  FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS  CERTIFICATE
REPRESENTS  A  CLASS OF "RESIDUAL INTERESTS" IN  A  "REAL  ESTATE
MORTGAGE  INVESTMENT  CONDUIT"  ("REMIC")  AS  THOSE  TERMS   ARE
DEFINED,  RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE  INTERNAL
REVENUE   CODE  OF  1986,  AS  AMENDED  (THE  "CODE"),   ASSUMING
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.

       THIS  CERTIFICATE  HAS  NOT  BEEN  REGISTERED  UNDER   THE
SECURITIES  ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT").  ANY  RESALE  OR
TRANSFER  OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION THEREOF  UNDER
THE  ACT  MAY  BE  MADE  ONLY IN A TRANSACTION  EXEMPT  FROM  THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.08 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
REFERRED TO HEREIN.

      TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED  AS  SET
FORTH  IN  THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  NO  TRANSFER  OF
THIS   CLASS  R  CERTIFICATE  MAY  BE  MADE  TO  A  "DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION"  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 860E(e)(5) OF  THE  INTERNAL
REVENUE  CODE  OF  1986,  AS AMENDED  (THE  "CODE").   SUCH  TERM
INCLUDES  THE  UNITED STATES, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION
THEREOF,  ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION,
ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING (OTHER THAN
CERTAIN  TAXABLE INSTRUMENTALITIES), ANY COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION
FURNISHING  ELECTRIC  ENERGY OR PROVIDING  TELEPHONE  SERVICE  TO
PERSONS  IN  RURAL  AREAS,  OR  ANY ORGANIZATION  (OTHER  THAN  A
FARMER'S  COOPERATIVE)  THAT IS EXEMPT FROM  FEDERAL  INCOME  TAX
UNLESS  SUCH  ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO  THE  TAX  ON  UNRELATED
BUSINESS INCOME.  NO TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE WILL BE
REGISTERED  BY  THE  CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR  UNLESS  THE  PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE  HAS  DELIVERED AN AFFIDAVIT  AFFIRMING,  AMONG  OTHER
THINGS,  THAT  THE  PROPOSED TRANSFEREE  IS  NOT  A  DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION AND IS NOT ACQUIRING THE CLASS R CERTIFICATE FOR THE
ACCOUNT  OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION.  A COPY OF THE  FORM  OF
AFFIDAVIT  REQUIRED OF EACH PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS  ON  FILE  AND
AVAILABLE FROM THE TRUSTEE.

      A  TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF THE APPLICABLE RESTRICTIONS MAY
GIVE RISE TO A SUBSTANTIAL TAX UPON THE TRANSFEROR OR, IN CERTAIN
CASES,  UPON  AN AGENT ACTING FOR THE TRANSFEREE.  A PASS-THROUGH
ENTITY  THAT  HOLDS  THIS  CLASS R CERTIFICATE  AND  THAT  HAS  A
DISQUALIFIED  ORGANIZATION AS A RECORD OWNER IN ANY TAXABLE  YEAR
GENERALLY  WILL BE SUBJECT TO A TAX FOR EACH SUCH YEAR  EQUAL  TO
THE  PRODUCT OF (A) THE AMOUNT OF EXCESS INCLUSIONS WITH  RESPECT
TO   THE   PORTION  OF  THIS  CERTIFICATE  OWNED   THROUGH   SUCH
PASS-THROUGH  ENTITY BY SUCH DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION,  AND  (B)
THE  HIGHEST  MARGINAL  FEDERAL TAX RATE  ON  CORPORATIONS.   FOR
PURPOSES  OF  THE  PRECEDING SENTENCE,  THE  TERM  "PASS-THROUGH"
ENTITY  INCLUDES  REGULATED  INVESTMENT  COMPANIES,  REAL  ESTATE
INVESTMENT  TRUSTS,  COMMON  TRUST FUNDS,  PARTNERSHIPS,  TRUSTS,
ESTATES,  COOPERATIVES TO WHICH PART I OF SUBCHAPTER  1T  OF  THE
CODE APPLIES AND, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN REGULATIONS, NOMINEES.

      NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE  LOANS
ARE  INSURED  OR  GUARANTEED  BY THE  FEDERAL  DEPOSIT  INSURANCE
CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR  ANY
OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.


          AMRESCO RESIDENTIAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
                   MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 1996-2
             Mortgage Loan PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
                            CLASS R
                      (Residual Interest)

      Representing Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of
      Conventional Mortgage Loans Originated or Purchased
                        and Serviced by

                  LONG BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY
                OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION

      (This certificate does not represent an interest in, or  an
obligation  of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured  or
guaranteed   by,  AMRESCO  Residential  Securities   Corporation,
AMRESCO  Residential  Mortgage Corporation, Long  Beach  Mortgage
Company  or  Option One Mortgage Corporation.   This  Certificate
represents a fractional residual ownership interest in the  Trust
Estate.)

No:  R - 2                             April 25, 1996
                                             Date
Percentage Interest     0.001 %
                                     Final Scheduled Payment Date


                        Registered Owner

    The registered Owner named above is the registered beneficial
Owner  of a fractional interest in (a) the Mortgage Loans  (other
than  any principal and interest payments due thereon on or prior
to  the Cut-Off Date on any Mortgage Loan that is current  as  of
Cut-Off  Date) listed in Schedule I to the Pooling and  Servicing
Agreement  which  the Seller has caused to be  delivered  to  the
Trustee  (and all substitutions therefor as provided  by  Section
3.03,   3.04,  3.05  and  3.06  of  the  Pooling  and   Servicing
Agreement), together with the related Mortgage Loan documents and
the Depositor's interest in any Property which secured a Mortgage
Loan  but which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in  lieu
of  foreclosure,  and all payments thereon and  proceeds  of  the
conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing; (b)  such
amounts as may be held by the Trustee in the Certificate Account,
the  Pre-Funding  Account  and the Capitalized  Interest  Account
together  with  investment  earnings on  such  amounts  and  such
amounts  as  may  be  held in the name  of  the  Trustee  in  the
Principal  and Interest Account, if any, exclusive of  investment
earnings thereon (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and
Servicing  Agreement), whether in the form of cash,  instruments,
securities   or   other   properties  (including   any   Eligible
Investments held by the Servicer); (c) the Certificate  Insurance
Policy issued under the Insurance Agreement; (d) proceeds of  all
the  foregoing  (including, but not by  way  of  limitation,  all
proceeds  of any mortgage insurance, hazard insurance  and  title
insurance  policy relating to the Mortgage Loans, cash  proceeds,
accounts,   accounts  receivable,  notes,  drafts,   acceptances,
chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment of any
and  every  kind, and other forms of obligations and  receivables
which  at  any time constitute all or part of or are included  in
the  proceeds  of any of the foregoing); and (e) certain  of  the
Seller's  rights  under the Transfer Agreements  that  are  being
assigned  to the Trust in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement  to
pay  the  Certificates as specified in the Pooling and  Servicing
Agreement.

     THIS  CERTIFICATE  IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE  ONLY  AND,
NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND  INTEREST,  NO
DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.

Trustee Authentication

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trustee


By:

Name:

Title:

Date of Authentication:
      This  Certificate  is  one  of a Class  of  duly-authorized
Certificates   designated  as  AMRESCO   Residential   Securities
Corporation  Mortgage  Loan  Trust 1996-2,  Mortgage  Loan  Pass-
Through  Certificates, Class A-R (the "Class  A-R  Certificates")
and  issued  under  and  subject to  the  terms,  provisions  and
conditions of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement  dated
as  of  April 1, 1996 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")  by
and  among  AMRESCO  Residential  Mortgage  Corporation,  in  its
capacity  as  the  Seller  (the  "Seller"),  AMRESCO  Residential
Securities  Corporation,  in  its  capacity  as  Depositor,  (the
"Depositor"), Long Beach Mortgage Company, as a Servicer,  Option
One   Mortgage  Corporation  as  a  Servicer  (collectively,  the
"Servicers")  and  Bankers Trust Company of California,  N.A.,  a
national banking association, in its capacity as the Trustee (the
"Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Owner of
this  Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents  and  by
which  such  Owner is bound.  Also issued under the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement  are  Certificates  designated  as   AMRESCO
Residential  Securities Corporation Mortgage  Loan  Trust  1996-2
Mortgage   Loan   Pass-Through  Certificates,  Class   A-1   (the
"Class   A-1   Certificates"),  Class  A-2,   (the   "Class   A-2
Certificates"), Class B-IO (the "Class B-IO Certificates").   The
Class  A-1 Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates  shall  be
together referred to as the "Class A Certificates" and the  Class
A  Certificates,  the Class B-IO Certificates  and  the  Class  R
Certificates   are   together   referred   to   herein   as   the
"Certificates."    The Class A-1 Certificates are  known  as  the
"Fixed  Rate  Certificates."  Terms capitalized  herein  and  not
otherwise  defined herein shall have the respective meanings  set
forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      On  the  25th day of each month, or, if such day is  not  a
Business  Day, then the next succeeding Business Day  (each  such
day  being a "Payment Date") commencing May 28, 1996, each  Owner
of  a Class R Certificate as of the close of business on the last
day  of  the  calendar month immediately preceding  the  calendar
month in which a Payment Date occurs (the "Record Date") will  be
entitled  to  receive  the Residual Net Monthly  Excess  Cashflow
relating to such Certificate on such Payment Date.  Distributions
will be made in immediately available funds to Owners of Class  R
Certificates having an aggregate Percentage Interest of at  least
10% (by wire transfer or otherwise) to the account of an Owner at
a  domestic  bank  or other entity having appropriate  facilities
therefor, if such Owner has so notified the Trustee, or by  check
mailed  to  the  address  of the person entitled  thereto  as  it
appears on the Register.

     The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and
punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate  in
accordance  with the terms hereof and the Pooling  and  Servicing
Agreement.   Amounts  properly withheld under  the  Code  by  any
Person  from  a distribution to any Owner shall be considered  as
having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant
to   the  Pooling  and  Servicing  Agreement.   The  Pooling  and
Servicing   Agreement  permits  the  Servicer   to   enter   into
Subservicing  Agreements with certain institutions  eligible  for
appointment  as Subservicers for the servicing and administration
of  certain  Mortgage Loans.  No appointment of  any  Subservicer
shall release the Servicer from any of its obligations under  the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      This  Certificate  does not represent a  deposit  or  other
obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage
Loans  insured  or guaranteed by, AMRESCO Residential  Securities
Corporation,  AMRESCO Residential Mortgage  Corporation  or  Long
Beach  Mortgage  Company  or  any  of  their  affiliates.    This
Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain collections
and  recoveries  relating to the Mortgage Loans  and  amounts  on
deposit in the Certificate Account and the Principal and Interest
Account  (except  as  otherwise  provided  in  the  Pooling   and
Servicing  Agreement)  and  payments  received  by  the   Trustee
pursuant  to  the  Certificate  Insurance  Policy,  all  as  more
specifically  set  forth  hereinabove  and  in  the  Pooling  and
Servicing Agreement.

      No  Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial  or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement,  or for the appointment of a receiver or  trustee,  or
for  any  other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement
except in compliance with the terms thereof.

      Notwithstanding  any other provisions in  the  Pooling  and
Servicing Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have  the
right   which   is   absolute   and  unconditional   to   receive
distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement  with respect to such Certificate or to institute  suit
for  the  enforcement of any such distribution,  and  such  right
shall not be impaired without the consent of such Owner.

      The  Pooling  and  Servicing Agreement  provides  that  the
obligations  created thereby will terminate upon the  earlier  of
the  payment to the Owners of all Certificates from amounts other
than  those available under the Certificate Insurance  Policy  of
all  amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to  such
Owners  pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement upon  the
later to occur of (a) the final payment or other liquidation  (or
any  advance made with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition of all property acquired
in respect of any Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Estate and
(c)  at  any  time when a Qualified Liquidation of both  Mortgage
Loan  Groups  included  within the REMIC Estate  is  effected  as
described  below.   To effect a termination of  the  Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners  of
all  Certificates  then Outstanding shall (i) unanimously  direct
the  Trustee  on behalf of the REMIC to adopt a plan of  complete
liquidation for each of the Mortgage Loan Groups, as contemplated
by Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code and (ii) provide to the Trustee
an  opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax  matters
acceptable  to  the Certificate Insurer and the  Trustee  to  the
effect   that  each  such  liquidation  constitutes  a  Qualified
Liquidation, and the Trustee shall either sell the Mortgage Loans
and  distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of the Trust,  or
shall distribute equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust
Estate  to  the  remaining Owners of the  Certificates,  each  in
accordance   with   such  plan,  so  that  the   liquidation   or
distribution  of  the  Trust  Estate,  the  distribution  of  any
proceeds  of  the liquidation and the termination of the  Pooling
and Servicing Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th
day  after  the  date of adoption of the plan of liquidation  and
such liquidation qualifies as a Qualified Liquidation.

      The  Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally  provides
that  (i)  the Owners of the Class R Certificates may,  at  their
option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Mortgage Loans  and
other  property then constituting the Trust Estate,  and  thereby
effect  early  retirement  of the Certificates,  on  any  Monthly
Remittance  Date,  (ii)  the  Servicers  may,  at  their  option,
purchase from the Trust all remaining Mortgage Loans serviced  by
the related Servicer and any other related property remaining  in
the  Trust  Estate  and thereby effect early  retirement  of  the
Certificates  on  any Monthly Remittance Date  on  or  after  the
Servicer Clean-Up Call Date and (iii) under certain circumstances
relating  to the qualification of the REMIC as a REMIC under  the
Code  the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early
retirement of the Certificates.

      The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the
Pooling  and Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner  set
forth therein.

      The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of a majority of  the
Percentage  Interests  represented by the Class  A  Certificates,
Class  B-IO  Certificates  and the  Class  R  Certificates,  then
outstanding  with  the prior written consent of  the  Certificate
Insurer  have the right to exercise any trust or power set  forth
in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      As  provided  in  the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement  and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred  to
on   the  face  hereof,  the  transfer  of  this  Certificate  is
registrable  in  the Register upon surrender of this  Certificate
for  registration  of transfer at the office  designated  as  the
location  of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied  by  a
written  instrument  of  transfer in  form  satisfactory  to  the
Registrar duly executed by, the Owner hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of  the  like  Class,  tenor  and  a  like  aggregate  fractional
undivided  interest in the REMIC will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.

      The  Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with  certain
exceptions  as  therein provided, the amendment thereof  and  the
modifications  of rights and obligations of the parties  provided
therein  by the Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer at any  time
and  from  time to time, with the prior written approval  of  the
Certificate  Insurer  and  not  less  than  a  majority  of   the
Percentage  Interest  represented  by  each  affected  Class   of
Certificates then Outstanding, and in certain other circumstances
provided  for  in  the  Pooling and Servicing  Agreement  may  be
amended  without the consent of the Owners.  Any such consent  by
the  Owner at the time of the giving thereof, of this Certificate
shall  be  conclusive and binding upon such Owner  and  upon  all
future  Owners  of the Certificate and of any Certificate  issued
upon the registration of Transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or
in  lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver
is made upon this Certificate.

      The  Trustee is required to furnish certain information  on
each Payment Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully
described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      The  Class  R Certificates are issuable only as  registered
Certificates.  As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and  subject  to certain limitations therein set forth,  Class  R
Certificates  are  exchangeable  for  new  Class  R  Certificates
evidencing   the  same  Percentage  Interest  as  the   Class   R
Certificates exchanged.

      No service charge will be made for any such registration of
transfer  or  exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may  require
payment   of  a  sum  sufficient  to  cover  any  tax  or   other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

      The  Trustee  and any agent of the Trustee  may  treat  the
Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the  owner
hereof  for  all purposes, and neither the Trustee  or  any  such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary, except as  may
otherwise  be specifically provided in the Pooling and  Servicing
Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate
to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

                                   BANKERS TRUST
                                   COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
                                   as


                                   By:

                                   Name:

                                   Title:




                                                        EXHIBIT C
             FORM OF SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT

        AMRESCO    Residential   Securities   Corporation    (the
"Depositor"),   as   Depositor,  AMRESCO   Residential   Mortgage
Corporation,  as  Seller (the "Seller"), as Seller,  and  AMRESCO
Residential Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-2, as
Purchaser, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement  dated
as  of  April 1, 1996 among the Seller, the Depositor, Long Beach
Mortgage  Company as servicer of the Mortgage Loans in  Group  I,
Option One Mortgage Corporation as servicer of the Mortgage Loans
in  Group  II and Bankers Trust Company of California,  N.A.,  as
Trustee  (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), hereby  confirm
their understanding with respect to the sale by the Depositor and
the  purchase  by  the  Purchaser of those  Mortgage  Loans  (the
"Subsequent  Mortgage Loans") listed on the attached Schedule  of
Mortgage Loans.

       Conveyance   of   Subsequent  Mortgage   Loans.    As   of
_____________, 1996 (the "Subsequent Cut-Off Date"),  the  Seller
does  hereby irrevocably transfer, assign, setover and  otherwise
convey to the Depositor and the Depositor does hereby irrevocably
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser,
without  recourse  (except as otherwise explicitly  provided  for
herein)  all  right, title and interest in and  to  any  and  all
benefits accruing from the Subsequent Mortgage Loans (other  than
any  principal and interest payments received thereon on or prior
to  the  Subsequent  Cut-Off Date) which  are  delivered  to  the
Trustee  herewith (and all substitutions therefor as provided  by
Sections  3.03, 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 of the Pooling and  Servicing
Agreement),  together with the related Subsequent  Mortgage  Loan
documents  and  the  interest in any  Property  which  secured  a
Subsequent   Mortgage  Loan  but  which  has  been  acquired   by
foreclosure  or  deed in lieu of foreclosure,  and  all  payments
thereon and proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary,
of  the foregoing;  and proceeds of all the foregoing (including,
but  not  by  way  of limitation, all proceeds  of  any  mortgage
insurance,  hazard insurance and title insurance policy  relating
to  the  Subsequent  Mortgage  Loans,  cash  proceeds,  accounts,
accounts  receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel  paper,
checks,  deposit  accounts, rights to payment of  any  and  every
kind, and other forms of obligations and receivables which at any
time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of
any  of  the foregoing). The Depositor shall deliver the original
Mortgage  or  mortgage  assignment  with  evidence  of  recording
thereon  (except  as  otherwise  provided  by  the  Pooling   and
Servicing   Agreement)  and  other  required   documentation   in
accordance with the terms set forth in Sections 3.05 and 3.07  of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      The  costs  relating  to  the  delivery  of  the  documents
specified  in this Subsequent Transfer Agreement and the  Pooling
and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the Depositor.

      Additional  terms  of  the  sale  are  attached  hereto  as
Attachment A.

       The  Depositor  hereby  affirms  the  representations  and
warranties set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement  that
relate to the Depositor and the Subsequent Mortgage Loans  as  of
the  date  hereof.   The  Depositor hereby  delivers  notice  and
confirms that each of the conditions set forth in Section 3.08(b)
to  the  Pooling and Servicing Agreement are satisfied as of  the
date hereof.

      All  terms  and  conditions of the  Pooling  and  Servicing
Agreement are hereby ratified, confirmed and incorporated herein,
provided that in the event of any conflict the provisions of this
Subsequent  Transfer Agreement shall control over the conflicting
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

      Terms capitalized herein and not defined herein shall  have
their  respective  meanings  as set  forth  in  the  Pooling  and
Servicing Agreement.


                             AMRESCO    RESIDENTIAL    SECURITIES
CORPORATION
                         as Depositor



                         By:
                              Name:
                              Title:


                         AMRESCO RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
                         as Seller


                         By:
                              Name:
                              Title:


                                                 BANKERS    TRUST
                         COMPANY  OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trustee
                         for   AMRESCO   Residential   Securities
                         Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-2



                         By:
                              Name:
                              Title:


Dated:

                                                        EXHIBIT D

             FORM OF CERTIFICATE RE:  MORTGAGE LOANS
               PREPAID IN FULL AFTER CUT-OFF DATE


                 CERTIFICATE RE:  PREPAID LOANS


      I,  __________________________, _______________ of  AMRESCO
Residential Mortgage Corporation, hereby certify that between the
"Cut-Off Date" (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated  as  of April 1, 1996 among AMRESCO Residential  Securities
Corporation,   as   Depositor,   AMRESCO   Residential   Mortgage
Corporation, as Seller, Option One Mortgage Corporation and  Long
Beach Mortgage Company as the Servicers and Bankers Trust Company
of  California,  N.A., as Trustee) and the  "Startup  Day,"   the
following  schedule of "Mortgage Loans" (each as defined  in  the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement) have been prepaid in full.


 Account                  Original       Current          Date Paid
   Number      Name         Amount       Balance            Off





Dated: April __, 1996


                                   AMRESCO RESIDENTIAL
                                   MORTGAGE CORPORATION

                                   By:

                                        Title:

                                                        EXHIBIT E

                                        FORM OF TRUSTEE'S RECEIPT



              TRUSTEE'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT

      Bankers  Trust  Company  of California,  N.A.,  a  national
banking  association, in its capacity as trustee (the  "Trustee")
under  that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated  as  of
April  1,  1996  (the  "Pooling and Servicing  Agreement")  among
AMRESCO Residential Securities Corporation, as Depositor, AMRESCO
Residential Mortgage Corporation, as Seller (the "Seller"),  Long
Beach  Mortgage  Company and Option One Mortgage Corporation,  as
Servicers  and  Bankers  Trust Company of  California,  N.A.,  as
Trustee,  hereby  acknowledges  receipt  (subject  to  review  as
required   by  Section  3.06(a)  of  the  Pooling  and  Servicing
Agreement)  of  the items delivered to it by the Seller  and  the
Depositor with respect to the Mortgage Loans pursuant to  Section
3.05(b)(i) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     The Schedule of Mortgage Loans is attached to this Receipt.

      The  Trustee hereby additionally acknowledges that it shall
review  such items as required by Section 3.06(a) of the  Pooling
and  Servicing Agreement and shall otherwise comply with  Section
3.06(b)  of  the  Pooling  and Servicing  Agreement  as  required
thereby.

                                                          BANKERS
                              TRUST  COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
                              as Trustee



                              By:

                              Title:

Dated:  April __, 1996

                                                        EXHIBIT F

                                       FORM OF POOL CERTIFICATION

                       POOL CERTIFICATION

     WHEREAS, the undersigned is an Authorized Officer of Bankers
Trust   Company   of   California,  N.A.,  a   national   banking
association, acting in its capacity as trustee (the "Trustee") of
a certain pool of mortgage loans (the "Pool") heretofore conveyed
in  trust  to  the Trustee, pursuant to that certain Pooling  and
Servicing  Agreement dated as of April 1, 1996 (the "Pooling  and
Servicing   Agreement")  among  AMRESCO  Residential   Securities
Corporation,   as   Depositor,   AMRESCO   Residential   Mortgage
Corporation,  as  Seller  (the  "Seller"),  Long  Beach  Mortgage
Company  and  Option One Mortgage Corporation as  Servicers,  and
Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee; and

      WHEREAS,  the  Trustee  is required,  pursuant  to  Section
3.06(a)  of  the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to  review  the
Mortgage  Files  relating to the Pool within a  specified  period
following  the Startup Day and to notify the Seller  promptly  of
any  defects with respect to the Pool, and the Seller is required
to  remedy such defects or take certain other action, all as  set
forth  in Section 3.06(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
and

      WHEREAS,  Section  3.06(a)  of the  Pooling  and  Servicing
Agreement requires the Trustee to deliver this Pool Certification
upon the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth therein.

      NOW,  THEREFORE, the Trustee hereby certifies that  it  has
determined  that all required documents (or certified  copies  of
documents  listed  in Section 3.05 of the Pooling  and  Servicing
Agreement)  have  been  executed  or  received,  and  that   such
documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Schedule
of  Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or, in the event that such documents have not
been  executed and received or do not so relate to such  Mortgage
Loans,  any  remedial  action by the Seller pursuant  to  Section
3.06(b)   of  the  Pooling  and  Servicing  Agreement  has   been
completed.   The Trustee makes no certification hereby,  however,
with  respect  to any intervening assignments or  assumption  and
modification agreements.

                                                          BANKERS
                              TRUST  COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
                              as Trustee



                              By:

                              Title:

Dated: April __, 1996


                                                        EXHIBIT G

                                           FORM OF DELIVERY ORDER

                         DELIVERY ORDER



Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee
One M&T Plaza
Buffalo, New York  14240

Attention:  Corporate Trustee Department

Dear Sirs:

      Pursuant  to  Section  4.01 of the  Pooling  and  Servicing
Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1996 (the "Pooling and  Servicing
Agreement") among AMRESCO Residential Securities Corporation,  as
Depositor,  AMRESCO Residential Mortgage Corporation, as  Seller,
Long  Beach  Mortgage Company and Option One Mortgage Corporation
as  Servicers, and Bankers Trust Company of California,  N.A.,  a
New  York  banking corporation, as Trustee (the  "Trustee"),  the
Depositor HEREBY CERTIFIES that all conditions precedent  to  the
issuance   of  the  AMRESCO  Residential  Securities  Corporation
Mortgage   Loan   Trust   1996-2,  Mortgage   Loan   Pass-Through
Certificate,   Class   A,   Class   B-IO   and   Class   R   (the
"Certificates"), HAVE BEEN SATISFIED, and HEREBY REQUESTS YOU  TO
AUTHENTICATE  AND DELIVER said Certificates, and to RELEASE  said
Certificates  to  the  owners thereof, or  otherwise  upon  their
order.

                         Very truly yours,

                             AMRESCO    RESIDENTIAL    SECURITIES
CORPORATION,



                         By:

                         Title:

Dated: April __, 1996

                                                        EXHIBIT H


                           [RESERVED]

                                                        EXHIBIT I

                 FORM OF CLASS R TAX MATTERS TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

                    AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO SECTION
                    860E(e) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE
                    CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED

STATE OF       )
               ) ss:
COUNTY OF      )

     [NAME OF OFFICER], being first duly sworn, deposes and says:

      1.    That  he is [Title of Officer] of [Name of  Investor]
(the  "Investor"),  a  [savings institution]  [corporation]  duly
organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of  [the   State   of
]  [the  United  States],  on  behalf  of  which  he  makes  this
affidavit.

       2.     That  (i)  the  Investor  is  not  a  "disqualified
organization" and will not be a "disqualified organization" as of
[date   of   transfer]   (For  this  purpose,   a   "disqualified
organization"  means the United States, any  state  or  political
subdivision  thereof, any foreign government,  any  international
organization,  any  agency  or  instrumentality  of  any  of  the
foregoing  (other  than  certain taxable instrumentalities),  any
cooperative organization furnishing electric energy or  providing
telephone  service to persons in rural areas, or any organization
(other  than a farmers' cooperative) that is exempt from  federal
income  tax  unless such organization is subject to  the  tax  on
unrelated business income.); (ii) it is not acquiring the Class R
Certificate for the account of a disqualified organization; (iii)
it  consents  to  any  amendment of  the  Pooling  and  Servicing
Agreement  that  shall be deemed necessary by the  Trustee  (upon
advice  of  counsel)  to constitute a reasonable  arrangement  to
ensure  that the Class R Certificates will not be owned  directly
or  indirectly by a disqualified organization; and (iv)  it  will
not  transfer such Class R Certificate unless (a) it has received
from  the transferee an affidavit in substantially the same  form
as  this affidavit containing these same four representations and
(b)  as  of  the  time of the transfer, it does not  have  actual
knowledge that such affidavit is false.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has caused this instrument
to  be executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board
of Directors, by its [Title of Officer] and its corporate seal to
be hereunto attached, attested by its [Assistant] Secretary, this
day of           ,      .

                         [NAME OF INVESTOR]

                         By:
                         [Name of Officer]
                         [Title of Officer]

[Corporate Seal]

Attest:


[Assistant] Secretary

      Personally  appeared  before me the  above-named  [Name  of
Officer], known or proved to be the same person who executed  the
foregoing  instrument and to be the [Title  of  Officer]  of  the
Investor, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his
free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Investor.

       Subscribed   and  sworn  before  me  this         day   of
,      .




NOTARY PUBLIC

COUNTY OF

STATE OF

      My  commission expires the      day  of                   ,
 .
                                                        EXHIBIT J

                                                   FORM OF NOTICE


TO:  [_________________________________]


RE:   AMRESCO  Residential Securities Corporation  Mortgage  Loan
Trust 1996-2
     Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificate, Class A
     Policy No.

Determination Date:

Payment Date:


We  refer to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement by  and
between  AMRESCO  Residential Mortgage  Corporation,  as  Seller,
AMRESCO  Residential Securities Corporation,  as  Depositor,  and
Long  Beach  Mortgage Company and Option One Mortgage Corporation
as  Servicers,  Bankers  Trust Company of  California,  N.A.,  as
Trustee   (the   "Trustee"),  relating  to  AMRESCO   Residential
Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-2 and dated as of
April 1, 1996; all capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
shall  have  the same respective meanings as set  forth  in  such
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

An  Insured  Payment,  as defined in the  Pooling  and  Servicing
Agreement,  is  required  to be paid  and,  pursuant  to  Section
7.08(b)  of  the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this  statement
constitutes a claim for such Insured Payment in the amount  of  $
under the Certificate Insurance Policy.

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trustee



By:
Name:
Title:
Telephone Number:




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