RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES I INC
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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): November 23, 1998

               Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I, Inc.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         DELAWARE                333-57481                 75-2006294

   (State or other       (Commission file number)        (I.R.S. employer
   jurisdiction of                                     identification no.)
   incorporation)



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

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          (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 5.     Other Events.

            The Registrant  will establish a trust (the "Trust") with respect to
      Mortgage Pass-Through  Certificates,  Series 1998-NS2 (the "Certificates")
      on or  about  November  24,  1998  pursuant  to a  pooling  and  servicing
      agreement  among  the  Registrant,  Residential  Funding  Corporation  and
      Bankers Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"), dated as of November 1,
      1998.  The Registrant on behalf of the Trust hereby  undertakes  that, for
      purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1993, as
      amended,  each filing of the Trustee's  annual report  pursuant to section
      13(a) or  section  15(d) of the  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended  (the
      "Exchange  Act") and each filing of the financial  statements of Financial
      Security  Assurance Inc. included in or as an exhibit to the annual report
      of Financial  Security  Assurance  Holdings Ltd. filed pursuant to section
      13(a)  or  section  15(d) of the  Exchange  Act  that is  incorporated  by
      reference  in  the  prospectus   supplement   for  Series   1998-NS2  (the
      "Prospectus  Supplement")  be deemed to be  incorporated by reference into
      the  registration   statement   (No.333-57481)   of  the  Registrant  (the
      "Registration Statement"), which Registration Statement shall be deemed to
      be a new  registration  statement  relating  to the  Certificates  offered
      pursuant  to  the  Prospectus   Supplement,   and  the  offering  of  such
      Certificates  at that time  shall be deemed  to be the  initial  bona fide
      offering thereof.



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

            (a)   Not applicable

            (b)   Not applicable

            (c)   Exhibits

            23. Consent of  PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP, independent auditors of
FSA  with  respect  to (a) the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  Prospectus
Supplement  of  their  report  dated  January  26,  1998  on  the  audit  of the
consolidated financial statements of FSA and its subsidiaries as of December 31,
1997 and 1996 and for each of the years in the three-year  period ended December
31, 1997 and (b) with  respect to the  reference to their firm under the caption
"Experts" in the Prospectus Supplement.

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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/Randal L. VanZee
                             Name: Randal L. VanZee
                             Title:Vice President





Dated:  November 23, 1998



























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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:
                             Name: Randal L. VanZee
                             Title:Vice President





Dated:  November 23, 1998

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                                  Exhibit 23

                    Consent of Independent Auditors of FSA

                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the in the Prospectus Supplement
of  Residential  Funding  Mortgage  Securities  I,  Inc.  relating  to  Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1998- NS2 of our report dated January 26, 1998
on our audits of the  consolidated  financial  statements of Financial  Security
Assurance Inc. and  Subsidiaries  as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and for each
of the years in the period ended  December  31, 1997.  We also consent to the to
the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts".





                         /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP






November 23, 1998



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