RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP
8-K, 1997-11-10
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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)
                                 October 25, 1997


                        RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP
           (Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

                              33-56893
                      (Commission File Number)

  Delaware                                                     51-0362653
(State or other                                             (I.R.S Employee
jurisdiction of                                             Identification No.)
incorporation)

8400 Normandale Lake Boulevard                 55437
Minneapolis, Minnesota                       (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal
 Executive Offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(612) 832-7000




Item 5.  Other Events





See the respective monthly reports, each reflecting the required information for
the October 1997  distribution  to  holders  of the  following  series of
Conduit Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates.

Master Serviced by Residential Funding Corporation

1995-KS1    RASC
1995-KS2    RASC
1995-KS3    RASC
1995-KS4    RASC
1996-KS1    RASC
1996-KS2    RASC
1996-KS3    RASC
1996-KS4    RASC
1996-KS5    RASC
1997-KS1    RASC
1997-KS2    RASC
1997-KS3    RASC
1995-K1     RASC



Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a)  See attached monthly reports




                                   SIGNATURES

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

RESIDENTIAL ASSET
SECURITIES CORP

   By: /s/Davee Olson
 Name: Davee Olson
Title: Executive Vice President
       and Chief Financial Officer
Dated: October 25, 1997





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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1995-KS1 (POOL # 4173)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4173 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A     76110WAB2    94,350,062.00    28,004,446.54     6.337500  %  1,065,921.50
R                           0.00     1,887,001.24     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   94,350,062.00    29,891,447.78                  1,065,921.50
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         157,710.13  1,223,631.63            0.00       0.00     26,938,525.04
R          97,857.85     97,857.85            0.00       0.00      1,887,001.24

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          255,567.98  1,321,489.48            0.00       0.00     28,825,526.28
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      296.814289  11.297518     1.671542    12.969060   0.000000    285.516771

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1995-KS1 (POOL # 4173)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4173 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       11,370.40
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       48,963.49
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,776.95


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    26   2,725,290.21

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9     780,744.60

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          7     824,296.54


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             9
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        995,792.68

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      28,825,526.28

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          282

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       3

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 317,691.90

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

CLASS A SHORTFALL (PRINCIPAL)                                              0.00
CLASS A SHORTFALL (INTEREST)                                               0.00

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,050,518.27

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.68715340 %     6.31284660 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             93.45371450 %     6.54628550 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                              330,005.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,238,927.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.98726272
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              327.11

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                30.55167709


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1995-KS2 (POOL # 4179)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4179 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A     76110WAC0   105,461,520.00    38,222,782.66     6.187500  %    927,117.69
R                           0.00     3,058,384.08     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  105,461,520.00    41,281,166.74                    927,117.69
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         209,656.09  1,136,773.78            0.00       0.00     37,295,664.97
R         127,610.53    127,610.53            0.00       0.00      3,058,384.08

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          337,266.62  1,264,384.31            0.00       0.00     40,354,049.05
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      362.433451   8.791052     1.987987    10.779039   0.000000    353.642399

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1995-KS2 (POOL # 4179)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4179 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       15,848.41
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       80,724.99
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,759.73


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    42   5,127,027.45

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   13   1,316,079.59

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          9     832,562.12


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            12
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,661,344.32

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      40,354,049.06

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          378

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       2

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 193,335.51

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

CLASS A SHORTFALL (PRINCIPAL)                                              0.00
CLASS A SHORTFALL (INTEREST)                                               0.00

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      904,766.80

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          92.59133320 %     7.40866680 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             92.42112210 %     7.57887780 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                              403,772.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,478,333.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.56290478
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              330.18

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                38.26423979


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1995-KS3 (POOL # 4181)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4181 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A1-I  76110WAD8    36,305,000.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A2-I  76110WAE6    26,280,000.00    22,449,863.03     8.000000  %  1,772,756.42
A3-I  76110WAF3    19,819,000.00    19,819,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A4-I  76110WAG1    16,482,000.00    16,482,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A5-I  76110WAH9    11,122,743.00    11,122,743.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II  76110WAJ5    41,561,444.00    22,569,260.02     8.000000  %  1,338,525.05
R     76110WAK2           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
B1-I                1,946,488.25     1,559,212.21     8.120000  %      5,491.94
B2-I                  760,800.00             0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
B3-I                  988,100.00             0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
B1-I                1,125,622.41       982,062.03     8.120000  %        902.55
B2-I                  259,759.02             0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
B3-I                  346,345.37             0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     1.975182  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  156,997,402.05    94,984,140.29                  3,117,675.96
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A1-I            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A2-I      149,530.77  1,922,287.19            0.00       0.00     20,677,106.61
A3-I      132,007.51    132,007.51            0.00       0.00     19,819,000.00
A4-I      109,780.90    109,780.90            0.00       0.00     16,482,000.00
A5-I       74,084.74     74,084.74            0.00       0.00     11,122,743.00
A-II      149,927.92  1,488,452.97            0.00       0.00     21,230,734.97
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B1-I       10,541.15     16,033.09            0.00       0.00      1,483,220.03
B2-I            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B3-I            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B1-II       6,621.71      7,524.26            0.00       0.00        981,159.48
B2-II           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B3-II           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
SPRED     156,098.41    156,098.41            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          788,593.11  3,906,269.07            0.00       0.00     91,795,964.09
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A1-I     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
A2-I   854.256584  67.456485     5.689908    73.146393   0.000000    786.800100
A3-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.660654     6.660654   0.000000   1000.000000
A4-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.660654     6.660654   0.000000   1000.000000
A5-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.660654     6.660654   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   543.033587  32.205932     3.607380    35.813312   0.000000    510.827655
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
B1-I   801.038593   2.821461     5.415471     8.236932   0.000000    761.997934
B2-I     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
B3-I     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
B1-I   872.461335   0.801823     5.882710     6.684533   0.000000    871.659513
B2-I     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
B3-I     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1995-KS3 (POOL # 4181)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4181 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       28,690.64
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      149,032.49
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   14,863.05


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    34   7,411,385.88

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   10   2,724,003.44

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     789,913.93


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            17
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      4,307,957.17

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      91,795,964.09

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          381

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       8

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,658,151.02

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

CLASS A SHORTFALL (PRINCIPAL)                                              0.00
CLASS A SHORTFALL (INTEREST)                                               0.00

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,550,073.35

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.32452780 %     2.67547220 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.31537270 %     2.68462730 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                              459,101.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,298,881.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.38821500
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              254.42

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                58.46973446


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1995-KS4 (POOL # 4190)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4190 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A     76110WAL0    98,996,689.00    51,363,142.77     6.187500  %  2,264,042.65
R                   4,664,765.74     6,219,687.28     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  103,661,454.74    57,582,830.05                  2,264,042.65
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         278,726.10  2,542,768.75            0.00       0.00     49,099,100.12
R         184,890.63    184,890.63            0.00       0.00      6,219,687.28

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          463,616.73  2,727,659.38            0.00       0.00     55,318,787.40
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      518.836976  22.869883     2.815509    25.685392   0.000000    495.967094
R     1333.333253   0.000000    39.635566    39.635566   0.000000   1333.333253

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1995-KS4 (POOL # 4190)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4190 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       20,887.60
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       87,934.81
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    4,805.33


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    69   6,650,733.33

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   20   2,025,645.05

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     213,916.82


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             9
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,280,070.46

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      55,318,787.40

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          563

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       6

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 501,216.70

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

CLASS A SHORTFALL (PRINCIPAL)                                              0.00
CLASS A SHORTFALL (INTEREST)                                               0.00

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,224,917.49

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          89.19871210 %    10.80128790 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             88.75664570 %    11.24335430 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,548,157.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,077,292.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.52505160
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              318.44

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                53.36485730


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-KS1 (POOL # 4202)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4202 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A     76110WAM8    77,178,720.00    33,515,152.35     6.087500  %  1,690,141.09
R                           0.00     2,739,844.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   77,178,720.00    36,254,996.91                  1,690,141.09
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         178,227.28  1,868,368.37            0.00       0.00     31,825,011.26
R         126,060.99    126,060.99            0.00       0.00      2,739,844.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          304,288.27  1,994,429.36            0.00       0.00     34,564,855.82
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      434.253799  21.899056     2.309280    24.208336   0.000000    412.354743

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-KS1 (POOL # 4202)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4202 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       14,577.26
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       90,379.60
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      803.12


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    46   5,626,195.77

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   12   1,459,923.72

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     487,323.90


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            15
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,578,284.28

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      34,564,855.82

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          287

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       1

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                  98,926.10

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

CLASS A SHORTFALL (PRINCIPAL)                                              0.00
CLASS A SHORTFALL (INTEREST)                                               0.00

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,674,051.29

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          92.44284980 %     7.55715020 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             92.07332280 %     7.92667720 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,071,853.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,292,750.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         11.00472661
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              336.84

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                44.78547431


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-KS2 (POOL # 4209)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4209 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110WAN6    41,000,000.00    16,531,962.27     6.770000  %  1,309,715.84
A-2   76110WAP1    28,000,000.00    28,000,000.00     7.040000  %          0.00
A-3   76110WAQ9    12,000,000.00    12,000,000.00     7.410000  %          0.00
A-4   76110WAR7    14,086,733.00    14,086,733.00     7.980000  %          0.00
A-5   76110WAU0       352,608.35       321,399.54     0.000000  %        658.35
R-I   76110WAS5           100.00             0.00     7.980000  %          0.00
R-II  76110WAT3           100.00             0.00     7.980000  %          0.00
B-1                 3,214,806.00     3,145,321.26     7.980000  %      9,906.81
B-2                   904,165.00       884,622.41     7.980000  %      2,786.29
B-3                   904,163.45       838,913.54     7.980000  %      2,642.32
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     1.915115  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  100,462,675.80    75,808,952.02                  1,325,709.61
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        93,257.21  1,402,973.05            0.00       0.00     15,222,246.43
A-2       164,247.98    164,247.98            0.00       0.00     28,000,000.00
A-3        74,091.57     74,091.57            0.00       0.00     12,000,000.00
A-4        93,666.11     93,666.11            0.00       0.00     14,086,733.00
A-5             0.00        658.35            0.00       0.00        320,741.19
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B-1        20,914.01     30,820.82            0.00       0.00      3,135,414.45
B-2         5,882.07      8,668.36            0.00       0.00        881,836.12
B-3         5,578.15      8,220.47            0.00       0.00        818,148.99
SPRED     120,971.92    120,971.92            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          578,609.02  1,904,318.63            0.00       0.00     74,465,120.18
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    403.218592  31.944289     2.274566    34.218855   0.000000    371.274303
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.865999     5.865999   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.174298     6.174298   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.649243     6.649243   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    911.491574   1.867086     0.000000     1.867086   0.000000    909.624489
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
B-1    978.386024   3.081620     6.505528     9.587148   0.000000    975.304404
B-2    978.386036   3.081617     6.505527     9.587144   0.000000    975.304419
B-3    927.833944   2.922392     6.169404     9.091796   0.000000    904.868462

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-KS2 (POOL # 4209)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4209 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       30,002.94
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       663.71

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      102,136.22
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,181.20


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    69   7,871,849.78

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   13   1,300,191.19

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     430,388.99


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            24
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,761,412.46

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      74,465,120.18

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          738

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       4

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 129,379.00

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

CLASS A SHORTFALL (PRINCIPAL)                                              0.00
CLASS A SHORTFALL (INTEREST)                                               0.00

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      999,678.81

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      176,665.16

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.55011910 %     6.44988090 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             93.47840040 %     6.52159960 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,663,458.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                     877,779.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.83332347
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              319.20

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                74.12217481


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-KS3 (POOL # 4210)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4210 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A     76110WAV8   143,731,008.00    88,566,370.69     6.037500  %  4,932,960.49
R                           0.00     3,593,275.20     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  143,731,008.00    92,159,645.89                  4,932,960.49
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         469,423.30  5,402,383.79            0.00       0.00     83,633,410.20
R         250,598.32    250,598.32            0.00       0.00      3,593,275.20

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          720,021.62  5,652,982.11            0.00       0.00     87,226,685.40
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      616.195294  34.320781     3.265985    37.586766   0.000000    581.874512

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-KS3 (POOL # 4210)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4210 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       37,031.11
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      157,319.43
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    6,842.60


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    76   9,229,942.54

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   19   2,112,350.00

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          8     834,887.04


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            41
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      6,313,777.65

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      87,226,685.40

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          678

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       5

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 882,410.06

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

CLASS A SHORTFALL (PRINCIPAL)                                              0.00
CLASS A SHORTFALL (INTEREST)                                               0.00

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,788,367.72

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          96.10103190 %     3.89896810 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             95.88053220 %     4.11946780 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,045,090.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,088,173.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.29901877
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              340.48

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                60.68745124


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-KS4 (POOL # 4223)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4223 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110WAW6    33,524,000.00    13,837,080.94     5.781250  %  3,237,092.47
A-I-  76110WAX4    35,203,000.00    35,203,000.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WAY2     7,449,000.00     7,449,000.00     7.625000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WAZ9    11,675,000.00    11,675,000.00     7.900000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBA3     7,071,000.00     7,071,000.00     8.050000  %          0.00
A-II  76110WBB1   223,019,000.00   154,815,225.64     5.956250  % 10,349,723.36
R                       1,035.81     6,999,328.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  317,942,035.81   237,049,635.14                 13,586,815.83
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      69,669.14  3,306,761.61            0.00       0.00     10,599,988.47
A-I-2     209,820.55    209,820.55            0.00       0.00     35,203,000.00
A-I-3      46,374.94     46,374.94            0.00       0.00      7,449,000.00
A-I-4      75,305.99     75,305.99            0.00       0.00     11,675,000.00
A-I-5      46,475.31     46,475.31            0.00       0.00      7,071,000.00
A-II      794,756.13 11,144,479.49            0.00       0.00    144,465,502.28
R         600,256.83    600,256.83            0.00       0.00      6,999,328.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,842,658.89 15,429,474.72            0.00       0.00    223,462,819.31
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   412.751490  96.560448     2.078187    98.638635   0.000000    316.191041
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.960303     5.960303   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.225660     6.225660   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.450192     6.450192   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.572664     6.572664   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   694.179535  46.407362     3.563625    49.970987   0.000000    647.772173

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-KS4 (POOL # 4223)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4223 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       95,137.41
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      316,121.38
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    8,856.47


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   197  22,449,305.13

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   36   4,116,708.56

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         15   1,654,736.64


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            74
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      8,612,606.96

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     223,462,819.31

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,954

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       7

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 996,417.01

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

CLASS A SHORTFALL (PRINCIPAL)                                              0.00
CLASS A SHORTFALL (INTEREST)                                               0.00

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   12,797,927.94

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      416,503.86

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.04731520 %     2.95268480 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             96.86778830 %     3.13221170 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         125,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            3,518,891.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,900,000.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.44101700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              337.28

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                70.28413803

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-KS5 (POOL # 4232)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4232 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A     76110WBC9   200,011,758.00   159,503,225.74     5.931250  %  9,965,355.90
R                           0.40     4,442,465.80     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  200,011,758.40   163,945,691.54                  9,965,355.90
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         826,415.83 10,791,771.73            0.00       0.00    149,537,869.84
R               0.00          0.00      422,230.99       0.00      4,864,696.79

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          826,415.83 10,791,771.73      422,230.99       0.00    154,402,566.63
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      797.469245  49.823850     4.131836    53.955686   0.000000    747.645395

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-KS5 (POOL # 4232)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4232 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       66,255.30
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      203,459.52
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   107  14,724,674.17

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   21   2,680,291.66

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          7   1,056,410.01


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            43
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      5,213,778.04

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     154,402,566.63

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,207

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                       0.00

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

CLASS A SHORTFALL (PRINCIPAL)                                              0.00
CLASS A SHORTFALL (INTEREST)                                               0.00

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    9,359,387.74

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.36255920 %     2.63744080 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             96.84934200 %     3.15065800 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            6,000,353.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,000,118.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.41637598
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              347.94

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                77.19674476


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-KS1 (POOL # 4241)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4241 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110WBD7    52,000,000.00    40,800,737.18     5.796250  %  3,363,806.95
A-I-  76110WBE5    32,000,000.00    32,000,000.00     7.070000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBF2    16,000,000.00    16,000,000.00     7.390000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBG0    21,743,601.00    21,743,601.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-II  76100WBH8   151,859,043.00   134,744,955.78     5.896250  %  4,525,623.01
R                           1.60     4,263,368.97     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  273,602,645.60   249,552,662.93                  7,889,429.96
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     210,214.46  3,574,021.41            0.00       0.00     37,436,930.23
A-I-2     188,533.33    188,533.33            0.00       0.00     32,000,000.00
A-I-3      98,533.33     98,533.33            0.00       0.00     16,000,000.00
A-I-4     138,615.46    138,615.46            0.00       0.00     21,743,601.00
A-II      706,213.28  5,231,836.29            0.00       0.00    130,219,332.77
R               0.00          0.00      640,921.66       0.00      4,904,290.63

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,342,109.86  9,231,539.82      640,921.66       0.00    242,304,154.63
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   784.629561  64.688595     4.042586    68.731181   0.000000    719.940966
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.891667     5.891667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.158333     6.158333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.375000     6.375000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   887.302811  29.801472     4.650453    34.451925   0.000000    857.501339

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-KS1 (POOL # 4241)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4241 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      102,102.81
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      285,014.47
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   211  23,182,958.85

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   37   3,502,085.75

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         14   1,269,048.47


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            48
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      5,125,451.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     242,304,154.63

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,352

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                       0.00

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

CLASS A SHORTFALL (PRINCIPAL)                                              0.00
CLASS A SHORTFALL (INTEREST)                                               0.00

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    6,989,210.33

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      115,064.74

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.29159550 %     1.70840450 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.97597750 %     2.02402250 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            3,909,309.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,270,558.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.29454200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              325.89

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                88.56060368

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-KS2 (POOL # 4251)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4251 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I   76110WBK1   250,104,875.00   241,519,581.06     5.901250  %  4,806,484.71
A-II  76110WBL9   115,163,718.00   108,434,691.47     5.896250  %  3,120,030.98
SB-I                        0.22     1,799,546.07     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-I                        0.37       991,291.79     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                         0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  365,268,593.59   352,745,110.39                  7,926,515.69
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I     1,266,484.95  6,072,969.66            0.00       0.00    236,713,096.35
A-II      562,932.15  3,682,963.13            0.00       0.00    105,314,660.49
SB-I            0.00          0.00      555,248.73       0.00      2,354,794.80
SB-II           0.00          0.00      306,786.28       0.00      1,298,078.07
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,829,417.10  9,755,932.79      862,035.01       0.00    345,680,629.71
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I    965.673224  19.217877     5.063816    24.281693   0.000000    946.455347
A-II   941.569909  27.092135     4.888103    31.980238   0.000000    914.477774

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-KS2 (POOL # 4251)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4251 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      145,297.66
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      261,310.78
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   157  18,676,867.17

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   39   5,794,673.73

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         26   3,254,252.81


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            39
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      4,438,125.70

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     345,680,629.71

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,734

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                       0.00

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

CLASS A SHORTFALL (PRINCIPAL)                                              0.00
CLASS A SHORTFALL (INTEREST)                                               0.00

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    6,739,701.55

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      156,513.93

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          99.20882310 %     0.79117690 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.94328100 %     1.05671900 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            7,503,146.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,501,049.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.01205200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              353.18

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                94.63738076


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-KS3 (POOL # 4259)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4259 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110WBP0    74,500,000.00    71,794,548.20     5.751250  %  3,259,101.99
A-I-  76110WBQ8    20,000,000.00    20,000,000.00     6.550000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBR6    32,800,000.00    32,800,000.00     6.680000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBS4    16,300,000.00    16,300,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBT2    22,038,000.00    22,038,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBU9    18,400,000.00    18,400,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
M-I-  76110WBX3     9,002,000.00     9,002,000.00     7.150000  %          0.00
M-I-  76110WBY1     4,301,000.00     4,301,000.00     7.350000  %          0.00
B-I   76110WCB0     2,701,000.00     2,701,000.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-II  76110WBV7   159,111,000.00   155,631,512.75     5.886250  %  2,585,107.59
A-II  76110WBW5    60,012,000.00    59,450,629.20     5.866250  %    670,161.25
M-II  76110WBZ8    15,751,000.00    15,751,000.00     6.076250  %          0.00
M-II  76110WCA2     9,226,000.00     9,226,000.00     6.236250  %          0.00
B-II  76110WCC8     5,901,000.00     5,901,000.00     6.706250  %          0.00
SB-I                      996.58       647,080.29     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-I                    1,161.22       732,531.14     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                         0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  450,045,157.80   444,676,301.58                  6,514,370.83
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     367,029.68  3,626,131.67            0.00       0.00     68,535,446.21
A-I-2     109,166.67    109,166.67            0.00       0.00     20,000,000.00
A-I-3     182,586.67    182,586.67            0.00       0.00     32,800,000.00
A-I-4      93,725.00     93,725.00            0.00       0.00     16,300,000.00
A-I-5     133,146.25    133,146.25            0.00       0.00     22,038,000.00
A-I-6     105,800.00    105,800.00            0.00       0.00     18,400,000.00
M-I-1      53,636.92     53,636.92            0.00       0.00      9,002,000.00
M-I-2      26,343.63     26,343.63            0.00       0.00      4,301,000.00
B-I        17,218.88     17,218.88            0.00       0.00      2,701,000.00
A-II-1    814,298.66  3,399,406.25            0.00       0.00    153,046,405.16
A-II-2    310,002.00    980,163.25            0.00       0.00     58,780,467.95
M-II-1     85,072.90     85,072.90            0.00       0.00     15,751,000.00
M-II-2     51,142.79     51,142.79            0.00       0.00      9,226,000.00
B-II       35,176.52     35,176.52            0.00       0.00      5,901,000.00
SB-I            0.00          0.00      601,819.71       0.00      1,248,900.00
SB-II           0.00          0.00      599,138.44       0.00      1,331,669.58
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,384,346.57  8,898,717.40    1,200,958.15       0.00    439,362,888.90
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-KS3 (POOL # 4259)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4259 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   963.685211  43.746335     4.926573    48.672908   0.000000    919.938875
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.458334     5.458334   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.566667     5.566667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000   1000.000000
M-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.958334     5.958334   0.000000   1000.000000
M-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.125001     6.125001   0.000000   1000.000000
B-I   1000.000000   0.000000     6.375002     6.375002   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   978.131699  16.247196     5.117802    21.364998   0.000000    961.884503
A-II   990.645691  11.167121     5.165667    16.332788   0.000000    979.478570
M-II  1000.000000   0.000000     5.401111     5.401111   0.000000   1000.000000
M-II  1000.000000   0.000000     5.543333     5.543333   0.000000   1000.000000
B-II  1000.000000   0.000000     5.961112     5.961112   0.000000   1000.000000
_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-KS3 (POOL # 4259)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4259 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      184,156.65
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     8,973.84

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      341,630.02
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   310  28,751,571.37

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   73   6,313,512.84

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         34   2,965,726.70


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            11
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        838,244.84

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     439,362,888.90

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        4,407

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                       0.00

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

CLASS A SHORTFALL (PRINCIPAL)                                              0.00
CLASS A SHORTFALL (INTEREST)                                               0.00

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,876,520.34

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      179,442.40

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         37.24911800 %     0.00000000 %   10.85320070 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.74220590 %     0.00000000 %   11.25779410 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                           60,012,900.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                  60,012,900.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.25804100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              334.03

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                97.62640066


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