STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION
8-K, 1996-12-26
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                           Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT

                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


               Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
                              December 23, 1996


                   Structured Asset Securities Corporation        
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            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


      Delaware                        33-99598                74-2440850
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(State or Other Jurisdiction        (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
        of Incorporation)           File Number)       Identification No.)


     200 Vesey Street                                          10285  
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  New York, New York                                          (Zip Code)
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  (Address of Principal
   Executive Offices)


 Registrant's telephone number, including area code (212) 526-5594


                           No Change                                 
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      (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)









     Item 5.  Other Events./F1/
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     Attached as Exhibit  23 to this Current Report is the consent of Coopers
& Lybrand LLP to the use of such firm's name under the caption "Experts", and
the incorporation by reference of  such firm's report dated January 17,  1996
on its audits of the  consolidated financial statements of Financial Security
Assurance  Inc.  and  Subsidiaries,  in the  Prospectus  (as  defined herein)
relating to  Structured Asset  Securities  Corporation Mortgage  Pass-Through
Certificates,  Series 1996-5,  Class  A1, Class  A2, Class  R1  and Class  R2
Certificates  (the "Offered  Certificates").   The  Offered Certificates  are
offered pursuant  to a  prospectus supplement, dated  December 23,  1996 (the
"Prospectus Supplement"), and a prospectus, dated May 21, 1996 (together with
the Prospectus Supplement, the "Prospectus"),  which are being filed with the
Commission on the date  hereof pursuant to Rule  424(b) under the  Securities
Act  of 1933,  as  amended  (the "Act").    The  Certificates are  registered
pursuant to the Act under a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-99598)
(the "Registration Statement").













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     1  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have 
the same meaning ascribed to them in the Prospectus.









          Item 7.  Financial Statements; Pro Forma Financial Information and 
                   Exhibits.
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     (a)  Not applicable.

     (b)  Not applicable.

     (c)  Exhibits:

               23.       Consent of Experts and Counsel



                                  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.

                              STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES
                              CORPORATION



                              By: /s/ Prue Larocca                      
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                                 Name:  Prue Larocca
                                 Title: Senior Vice President


                     

Dated: December 23, 1996











                                EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit No.                   Description              Page No.
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23                  Consent of Experts and Counsel








                EXHIBIT 23     CONSENT OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
 









                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



We consent  to the  incorporation by reference  in the  Prospectus Supplement
dated  December 23,  1996 (to Prospectus  dated May  21, 1996)  of Structured
Asset Securities Corporation relating to Mortgage Pass-Through  Certificates,
Series  1996-5 of  our report  dated January  17, 1996  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 the reference to
our Firm under the caption "Experts".



                                   /s/  COOPERS & LYBRAND LLP

                                   COOPERS & LYBRAND LLP



New York, New York
December 23, 1996



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