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): January 24, 1997
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 333-4846 75-2006294
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. employer
of incorporation) file number) identification no.)
8400 Normandale Lake Blvd., Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN 55437
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (612) 832-7000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Exhibit Index located on page 4.
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Items 1 through 6 and Item 8 are not included because they are not applicable.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and
Exhibits.
(a) Not applicable
(b) Not applicable
(c) Exhibits
23. Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent
auditors of Financial Security Assurance Inc. ("Financial
Security") with respect to the incorporation by reference
in the Registrant's Prospectus Supplement dated January
24, 1997, relating to the Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 1997-S2, of (a) their report dated
January 17, 1997 on the audit by Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
of the consolidated financial statements of Financial
Security and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and
1994 and for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 1995 and (b) with respect to the reference to
their firm under the caption "Experts."
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE
SECURITIES I, INC.
By:/s/ Randy Van Zee
Name: Randy Van Zee
Title: Vice President
Dated: January 24, 1997
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit Description Page
23 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent auditors
of Financial Security Assurance Inc. ("Financial
Security") with respect to the incorporation by reference
in the Registrant's Prospectus Supplement dated January
24, 1997, relating to the Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 1997- S2, of (a) their report dated
January 17, 1997 on the audit by Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
of the consolidated financial statements of Financial
Security and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and
1994 and for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 1995 and (b) with respect to the reference to
their firm under the caption "Experts."
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Exhibit 23
Consent of Independent Auditors of Financial Security Assurance Inc.
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus Supplement dated
January 24, 1997 (to the Prospectus dated June 21, 1996) of Residential Funding
Mortgage Securities I, Inc. relating to Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 1997-S2 of our report dated January 17, 1997 on our audits of the
consolidated financial statements of Financial Security Assurance Inc. and
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and for each of the three years
in the period ended December 31, 1995. We also consent to reference to our Firm
under the caption "Experts."
/s/Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
New York, New York
January 24, 1997
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