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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)
                    March 25, 1998


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


                  33-56893;
  Delaware        333-28791                    51-0362653
(State or other   (Commission File Number)      (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 March  1998  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


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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
1997-KS4 GR1RASC  1997-KS4GR2  RASC 1997-KS4  GR1RASC  1997-KS4GR2 RASC 1997-KS4
GR1RASC 1997-KS4 GR2RASC 1997-KS4GRP2RASC ->



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
































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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  onits  behalf  by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

RESIDENTIAL ASSET
SECURITIES CORP

   By: /s/Davee Olson
 Name: Davee Olson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Dated: March 25, 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  onits  behalf  by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

RESIDENTIAL ASSET
SECURITIES CORP

   By:
 Name: Davee Olson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Dated: March 25, 1998




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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    23,646,047.07     6.337500  %    257,557.68
R                           0.00     1,943,777.39     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   94,350,062.00    25,589,824.46                    257,557.68
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         116,543.80    374,101.48            0.00       0.00     23,388,489.39
R               0.00          0.00       62,354.31       0.00      2,006,131.70

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          116,543.80    374,101.48       62,354.31       0.00     25,394,621.09
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      250.620366   2.729809     1.235228     3.965037   0.000000    247.890557

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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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                        9,834.73
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,170.57

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       52,832.81
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      341.77


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    21   2,157,787.18

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   11   1,160,137.12

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     281,869.63


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            21
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,247,440.55

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      25,394,621.09

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          247

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                  33,902.58

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      134,820.40

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          92.40410030 %     7.59589970 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             92.10017080 %     7.89982920 %

      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                         10.94586557
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              321.99

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                26.91531998


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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    30,646,522.49     6.187500  %  1,309,888.48
R                           0.00     3,058,384.09     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  105,461,520.00    33,704,906.58                  1,309,888.48
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         146,598.45  1,456,486.93            0.00       0.00     29,336,634.01
R         130,513.61    130,513.61            0.00       0.00      3,058,384.09

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          277,112.06  1,587,000.54            0.00       0.00     32,395,018.10
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      290.594356  12.420535     1.390066    13.810601   0.000000    278.173821

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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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                       12,991.13
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       61,812.28
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,702.41


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    36   3,388,687.46

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8   1,436,685.47

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2      80,885.98


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            20
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,680,654.40

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      32,395,018.10

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          313

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                 174,356.98

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,292,194.24

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          90.92599740 %     9.07400260 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             90.55909130 %     9.44090870 %

      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                         10.63224073
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              325.15

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                30.71738201


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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     8,689,637.46     8.000000  %    480,613.85
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    18,073,995.78     8.000000  %    276,325.32
R     76110WAK2           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
B1-I                1,946,488.25     1,217,760.13     8.120000  %      2,414.23
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       941,022.90     8.120000  %      1,022.25
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     1.988585  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  156,997,402.05    76,346,159.27                    760,375.65
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       57,924.53    538,538.38            0.00       0.00      8,209,023.61
A3-I      132,112.09    132,112.09            0.00       0.00     19,819,000.00
A4-I      109,867.88    109,867.88            0.00       0.00     16,482,000.00
A5-I       74,143.44     74,143.44            0.00       0.00     11,122,743.00
A-II      120,384.82    396,710.14            0.00       0.00     17,797,670.46
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B1-I        8,239.27     10,653.50            0.00       0.00      1,107,771.31
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       6,361.86      7,384.11            0.00       0.00        940,000.65
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     126,478.01    126,478.01            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          635,511.90  1,395,887.55            0.00       0.00     75,478,209.03
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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   330.655916  18.288198     2.204130    20.492328   0.000000    312.367717
A3-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665931     6.665931   0.000000   1000.000000
A4-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665931     6.665931   0.000000   1000.000000
A5-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665931     6.665931   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   434.874105   6.648598     2.896550     9.545148   0.000000    428.225508
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
B1-I   625.619050   1.240300     4.232890     5.473190   0.000000    569.112765
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   836.002279   0.908164     5.651860     6.560024   0.000000    835.094118
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-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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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                       21,983.05
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     2,439.07

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      121,485.16
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   19,337.48


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    26   5,939,554.94

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   13   3,025,729.92

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      45,109.26


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            14
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,125,579.21

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      75,478,209.03

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          321

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               2,075,616.72

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      289,748.36

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.17237510 %     2.82762490 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.28693620 %     2.71306380 %

      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                         10.26320200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              227.24

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                48.07608791


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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    44,246,262.57     6.187500  %  2,045,442.68
R                   4,664,765.74     6,219,687.28     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  103,661,454.74    50,465,949.85                  2,045,442.68
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         211,086.97  2,256,529.65            0.00       0.00     42,200,819.89
R         182,956.18    182,956.18            0.00       0.00      6,219,687.28

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          394,043.15  2,439,485.83            0.00       0.00     48,420,507.17
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      446.946893  20.661728     2.132263    22.793991   0.000000    426.285165
R     1333.333253   0.000000    39.220872    39.220872   0.000000   1333.333253

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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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                       18,144.84
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       87,588.01
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    3,087.57


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    58   6,332,262.95

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8     914,566.41

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     365,446.61


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            23
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,519,491.11

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      48,420,507.17

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          501

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                 328,980.02

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,480,054.67

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          87.67547760 %    12.32452240 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             87.15484900 %    12.84515100 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                              520,293.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,071,002.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.46441463
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              312.20

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                46.71023313


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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    25,814,262.38     6.087500  %  1,760,909.22
R                           0.00     2,739,844.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   77,178,720.00    28,554,106.94                  1,760,909.22
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         117,165.01  1,878,074.23            0.00       0.00     24,053,353.16
R         116,974.11    116,974.11            0.00       0.00      2,739,844.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          234,139.12  1,995,048.34            0.00       0.00     26,793,197.72
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      334.473834  22.815994     1.518100    24.334094   0.000000    311.657840

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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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                       11,266.36
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       74,133.27
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,109.11


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    37   4,809,281.29

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     957,708.40

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     185,534.29


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            19
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,561,700.39

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      26,793,197.72

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          230

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                 118,288.83

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,747,469.16

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          90.40472680 %     9.59527320 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             89.77410390 %    10.22589610 %

      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                         10.92704088
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              331.51

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                34.71578399


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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     9,392,006.29     6.770000  %  1,861,293.09
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       317,217.83     0.000000  %      1,161.20
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     3,123,400.92     7.980000  %      2,619.68
B-2                   904,165.00       878,457.31     7.980000  %        736.79
B-3                   904,163.45       811,985.19     7.980000  %        681.02
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     1.849979  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  100,462,675.80    68,609,800.54                  1,866,491.78
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        52,976.96  1,914,270.05            0.00       0.00      7,530,713.20
A-2       164,236.88    164,236.88            0.00       0.00     28,000,000.00
A-3        74,086.56     74,086.56            0.00       0.00     12,000,000.00
A-4        93,659.78     93,659.78            0.00       0.00     14,086,733.00
A-5             0.00      1,161.20            0.00       0.00        316,056.63
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        20,766.85     23,386.53            0.00       0.00      3,120,781.24
B-2         5,840.68      6,577.47            0.00       0.00        877,720.52
B-3         5,398.72      6,079.74            0.00       0.00        800,444.21
SPRED     105,753.06    105,753.06            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          522,719.49  2,389,211.27            0.00       0.00     66,732,448.80
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    229.073324  45.397392     1.292121    46.689513   0.000000    183.675932
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.865603     5.865603   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.173880     6.173880   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.648794     6.648794   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    899.632212   3.293172     0.000000     3.293172   0.000000    896.339040
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    971.567466   0.814880     6.459752     7.274632   0.000000    970.752587
B-2    971.567479   0.814884     6.459750     7.274634   0.000000    970.752595
B-3    898.051331   0.753205     5.970956     6.724161   0.000000    885.287068

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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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                       26,757.54
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      117,303.08
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    8,706.35


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    77   8,189,741.20

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   13   1,278,578.89

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5     982,428.16


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            35
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,678,829.10

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      66,732,448.80

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          665

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                 908,424.84

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,707,951.73

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          92.95114750 %     7.04885250 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             92.77445550 %     7.22554450 %

      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                          9.80718578
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              313.42

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                66.42511586


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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    68,508,469.17     6.037500  %  5,576,970.40
R                           0.00     3,593,275.20     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  143,731,008.00    72,101,744.37                  5,576,970.40
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         312,863.94  5,889,834.34            0.00       0.00     62,931,498.77
R         226,256.61    226,256.61            0.00       0.00      3,593,275.20

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          539,120.55  6,116,090.95            0.00       0.00     66,524,773.97
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      476.643628  38.801442     2.176732    40.978174   0.000000    437.842186

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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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                       27,888.89
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      143,727.14
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   18,895.43


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    80   9,086,480.93

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   15   2,083,955.33

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     591,419.17


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            39
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      4,711,440.66

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      66,524,773.97

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          536

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      13

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               2,198,793.70

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,208,228.60

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      224,652.18

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          95.01638240 %     4.98361760 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             94.59859090 %     5.40140910 %

      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                         10.59323489
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              335.51

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                46.28421862


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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     1,597,842.58     5.750000  %  1,597,842.58
A-I-  76110WAX4    35,203,000.00    35,203,000.00     7.300000  %     51,007.36
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   112,795,566.91     5.925000  %  6,300,225.45
R                       1,035.81     6,999,328.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  317,942,035.81   182,790,738.05                  7,949,075.39
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1       7,099.39  1,604,941.97            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-2     212,757.53    263,764.89            0.00       0.00     35,151,992.64
A-I-3      47,024.07     47,024.07            0.00       0.00      7,449,000.00
A-I-4      76,360.09     76,360.09            0.00       0.00     11,675,000.00
A-I-5      47,125.85     47,125.85            0.00       0.00      7,071,000.00
A-II      507,558.26  6,807,783.71            0.00       0.00    106,495,341.46
R         544,374.58    544,374.58            0.00       0.00      6,999,328.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,442,299.77  9,391,375.16            0.00       0.00    174,841,662.66
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-    47.662647  47.662647     0.211770    47.874417   0.000000      0.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   1.448949     6.043733     7.492682   0.000000    998.551051
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.312803     6.312803   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.540479     6.540479   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664666     6.664666   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   505.766625  28.249725     2.275852    30.525577   0.000000    477.516900
R     0000.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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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                       73,525.46
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      335,247.12
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   14,973.24


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   168  19,245,835.96

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   40   4,566,070.99

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         11   1,013,653.87


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           109
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     13,921,103.65

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     174,841,662.66

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,595

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      18

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,626,529.71

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    7,464,047.46

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          96.17085160 %     3.82914840 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             95.99676160 %     4.00323840 %

      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                         10.44300200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              331.61

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                54.99167866

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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   111,234,840.64     5.900000  %  6,211,643.91
R                           0.40     5,000,293.96     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  200,011,758.40   116,235,134.60                  6,211,643.91
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         500,145.55  6,711,789.46            0.00       0.00    105,023,196.73
R         320,218.79    320,218.79            0.00       0.00      5,000,293.96

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          820,364.34  7,032,008.25            0.00       0.00    110,023,490.69
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      556.141508  31.056394     2.500581    33.556975   0.000000    525.085114
R      000.000000   0.000000     0.000000    00.000000   0.000000    000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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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                       46,760.01
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      242,766.72
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,492.35


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   111  15,500,048.32

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   29   3,606,637.93

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          8     763,904.17


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            60
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      7,760,474.38

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     110,023,490.69

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          885

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                 295,329.49

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,896,960.79

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          95.69812180 %     4.30187820 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             95.45524880 %     4.54475120 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            2,681,033.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,340,517.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.62914524
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              342.93

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                55.00851128

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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    26,361,648.61     5.765000  %  3,248,386.07
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   107,965,252.68     5.865000  %  6,209,302.84
R                           1.60     5,622,630.12     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  273,602,645.60   209,693,132.41                  9,457,688.91
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     118,112.71  3,366,498.78            0.00       0.00     23,113,262.54
A-I-2     188,389.79    188,389.79            0.00       0.00     32,000,000.00
A-I-3      98,458.31     98,458.31            0.00       0.00     16,000,000.00
A-I-4     138,509.93    138,509.93            0.00       0.00     21,743,601.00
A-II      491,856.78  6,701,159.62            0.00       0.00    101,755,949.84
R         668,735.16    668,735.16            0.00       0.00      5,622,630.12

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,704,062.68 11,161,751.59            0.00       0.00    200,235,443.50
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   506.954781  62.468963     2.271398    64.740361   0.000000    444.485818
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.887181     5.887181   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.153644     6.153644   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.370147     6.370147   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   710.957020  40.888595     3.238903    44.127498   0.000000    670.068426
R      000.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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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                       84,843.95
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      353,661.41
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    4,290.82


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   223  23,845,733.44

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   41   4,634,493.59

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         14   1,030,487.06


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            98
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     11,022,272.97

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     200,235,443.50

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,011

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                 487,741.73

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    9,233,656.82

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      102,741.24

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.31863890 %     2.68136110 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.19199060 %     2.80800940 %

      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                         10.61723400
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              317.88

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                73.18476145

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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   210,778,401.63     5.870000  %  7,312,783.69
A-II  76110WBL9   115,163,718.00    84,895,078.77     5.865000  %  5,672,444.12
SB-I                        0.22     4,781,387.84     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-I                        0.37     2,630,967.74     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   303,085,835.98                 12,985,227.81
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I       951,011.39  8,263,795.08            0.00       0.00    203,465,617.94
A-II      365,162.82  6,037,606.94            0.00       0.00     79,222,634.65
SB-I            0.00          0.00      681,985.16       0.00      5,463,373.00
SB-II      98,274.68     98,274.68      248,125.22       0.00      2,879,092.96
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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,414,448.89 14,399,676.70      930,110.38       0.00    291,030,718.55
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I    842.760069  29.238869     3.802450    33.041319   0.000000    813.521200
A-II   737.168617  49.255479     3.170815    52.426294   0.000000    687.913138
SB-I  ****.******   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 ***.******   ****.******
SB-I  ****.******   0.000000 *****.****** *****.****** ***.******   ****.******

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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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                      123,428.06
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                        44.46

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      393,818.16
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,635.48


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   199  27,426,533.59

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   38   5,450,461.96

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         12   1,571,845.71


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           107
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     13,628,339.99

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     291,030,718.55

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,338

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                 280,561.90

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   11,913,214.26

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.55437080 %     2.44562920 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.13347580 %     2.86652420 %

      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                         10.23130600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              348.38

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                79.67581217


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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    52,954,285.60     5.720000  %  5,756,733.80
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   140,066,999.05     5.855000  %  3,731,074.31
A-II  76110WBW5    60,012,000.00    53,699,861.88     5.835000  %  1,910,895.92
M-II  76110WBZ8    15,751,000.00    15,751,000.00     6.045000  %          0.00
M-II  76110WCA2     9,226,000.00     9,226,000.00     6.205000  %          0.00
B-II  76110WCC8     5,901,000.00     5,901,000.00     6.675000  %          0.00
SB-I                      996.58     2,000,420.00     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-I                    1,161.22     5,000,020.00     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   410,141,586.53                 11,398,704.03
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     233,244.73  5,989,978.53            0.00       0.00     47,197,551.80
A-I-2     108,080.97    108,080.97            0.00       0.00     20,000,000.00
A-I-3     180,770.79    180,770.79            0.00       0.00     32,800,000.00
A-I-4      92,792.87     92,792.87            0.00       0.00     16,300,000.00
A-I-5     131,822.07    131,822.07            0.00       0.00     22,038,000.00
A-I-6     104,747.78    104,747.78            0.00       0.00     18,400,000.00
M-I-1      53,103.48     53,103.48            0.00       0.00      9,002,000.00
M-I-2      26,081.63     26,081.63            0.00       0.00      4,301,000.00
B-I        17,047.63     17,047.63            0.00       0.00      2,701,000.00
A-II-1    637,849.55  4,368,923.86            0.00       0.00    136,335,924.74
A-II-2    243,707.87  2,154,603.79            0.00       0.00     51,788,965.96
M-II-1     74,055.95     74,055.95            0.00       0.00     15,751,000.00
M-II-2     44,525.70     44,525.70            0.00       0.00      9,226,000.00
B-II       30,636.03     30,636.03            0.00       0.00      5,901,000.00
SB-I      569,228.89    569,228.89            0.00       0.00      2,000,420.00
SB-II     765,458.70    765,458.70            0.00       0.00      5,000,020.00
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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        3,313,154.64 14,711,858.67            0.00       0.00    398,742,882.50
===============================================================================











































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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-   710.795780  77.271595     3.130802    80.402397   0.000000    633.524185
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.404049     5.404049   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.511305     5.511305   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.692814     5.692814   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.981580     5.981580   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.692814     5.692814   0.000000   1000.000000
M-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.899076     5.899076   0.000000   1000.000000
M-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.064085     6.064085   0.000000   1000.000000
B-I   1000.000000   0.000000     6.311599     6.311599   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   880.309966  23.449506     4.008834    27.458340   0.000000    856.860461
A-II   894.818734  31.841897     4.060986    35.902883   0.000000    862.976837
M-II  1000.000000   0.000000     4.701667     4.701667   0.000000   1000.000000
M-II  1000.000000   0.000000     4.826111     4.826111   0.000000   1000.000000
B-II  1000.000000   0.000000     5.191668     5.191668   0.000000   1000.000000
SB-I  ****.******   0.000000 *****.****** *****.******   0.000000   ****.******
SB-I  ****.******   0.000000 *****.****** *****.******   0.000000   ****.******

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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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                      168,415.27
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      442,989.96
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,541.58


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   277  25,897,763.81

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   88   7,871,547.65

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         44   3,916,205.48


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           129
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     12,129,753.04

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     398,742,882.50

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        4,037

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                 129,817.38

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   10,820,182.73

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      341,413.86

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         86.86247830 %     0.00000000 %   13.13752170 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            86.48692120 %     0.00000000 %   13.51307880 %

      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                         10.29143400
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              328.79

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                88.60063831


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-KS4 (POOL # 4272)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4272 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110WCF1    79,798,000.00    72,098,263.27     5.765000  %  2,404,264.97
A-I-  76110WCG9    15,000,000.00    15,000,000.00     6.460000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCH7    32,000,000.00    32,000,000.00     6.560000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCJ3    30,000,000.00    30,000,000.00     6.720000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCK0    23,257,000.00    23,257,000.00     6.980000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCL8    20,000,000.00    20,000,000.00     6.680000  %          0.00
A-II  76110WCM6   200,060,000.00   192,729,932.33     5.845000  %  3,843,635.48
A-II  76110WCN4   200,020,000.00   192,998,914.32     5.820000  %  4,377,463.60
SB-I  76110WCQ7           768.84     1,673,569.14     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-I  76110WCP9           504.57     3,129,181.27     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

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                  600,136,273.41   582,886,860.33                 10,625,364.05
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                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     323,280.60  2,727,545.57            0.00       0.00     69,693,998.30
A-I-2      80,750.00     80,750.00            0.00       0.00     15,000,000.00
A-I-3     174,933.33    174,933.33            0.00       0.00     32,000,000.00
A-I-4     168,000.00    168,000.00            0.00       0.00     30,000,000.00
A-I-5     135,278.22    135,278.22            0.00       0.00     23,257,000.00
A-I-6     111,333.33    111,333.33            0.00       0.00     20,000,000.00
A-II-1    876,171.69  4,719,807.17            0.00       0.00    188,886,296.85
A-II-2    873,641.75  5,251,105.35            0.00       0.00    188,621,450.72
SB-I      257,184.11    257,184.11      326,988.55       0.00      2,000,557.69
SB-II           0.00          0.00      ***,***.**       0.00      4,385,645.59
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

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        3,000,573.03 13,625,937.08    1,583,452.85       0.00    573,844,949.15
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AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   903.509653  30.129389     4.051237    34.180626   0.000000    873.380264
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.383333     5.383333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.466667     5.466667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.600000     5.600000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.816667     5.816667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.566667     5.566667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   963.360653  19.212414     4.379545    23.591959   0.000000    944.148240
A-II   964.898082  21.885129     4.367772    26.252901   0.000000    943.012952
SB-I  ****.******   0.000000 *****.****** *****.****** ***.******   ****.******
SB-I  ****.******   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 ***.******   ****.******

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

Run:     03/31/98     10:28:43                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-KS4 (POOL # 4272)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4272 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      240,757.81
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      578,969.63
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   417  42,710,777.00

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  109  10,482,549.57

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         66   6,229,045.10


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            72
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      8,651,849.69

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     573,844,949.15

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        5,623

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                    8,585,812.79

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      135,544.90

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          99.17604070 %     0.82395930 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE                 0.00000000 %   100.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.88712040 %     1.11287960 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         268,119.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                           18,004,088.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   6,001,363.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.14794000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              340.54

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                95.61910762


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