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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)
                    February 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 February 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: Treasurer
       and Chief Financial Officer
Dated: February 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: Treasurer
       and Chief Financial Officer
Dated: February 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    24,473,605.65     6.337500  %    827,558.58
R                           0.00     1,948,408.87     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   94,350,062.00    26,422,014.52                    827,558.58
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         129,226.10    956,784.68            0.00       0.00     23,646,047.07
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00      1,943,777.39

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          129,226.10    956,784.68            0.00       0.00     25,589,824.46
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      259.391516   8.771150     1.369645    10.140795   0.000000    250.620366

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-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                        9,936.39
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       246.42

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       53,770.67
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      809.76


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    26   2,986,335.46

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     284,454.91

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6     663,848.28


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            17
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,900,884.57

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      25,589,824.46

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          250

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                  80,396.52

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      334,840.49

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      212,824.31

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          92.62581260 %     7.37418740 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             92.40410030 %     7.59589970 %

      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                         10.98175876
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              323.01

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                27.12221266


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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    32,915,146.52     6.187500  %  2,268,624.03
R                           0.00     3,102,145.65     0.000000  %     43,761.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  105,461,520.00    36,017,292.17                  2,312,385.59
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         169,682.56  2,438,306.59            0.00       0.00     30,646,522.49
R         127,139.16    170,900.72            0.00       0.00      3,058,384.09

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          296,821.72  2,609,207.31            0.00       0.00     33,704,906.58
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      312.105747  21.511391     1.608952    23.120343   0.000000    290.594356

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-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                       13,442.89
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       62,750.79
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,702.36


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    36   3,467,182.98

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8   1,332,408.42

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     172,466.75


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            20
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,882,755.56

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      33,704,906.58

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          324

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                 174,428.31

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      958,790.21

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,335,304.83

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          91.38706580 %     8.61293410 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             90.92599740 %     9.07400260 %

      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                         10.60907394
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              326.14

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                31.95943549


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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    11,269,413.88     8.000000  %  2,579,776.42
A3-I  76110WAF3    19,819,000.00    19,819,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A4-I  76110WAG1    16,482,000.00    16,482,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A5-I  76110WAH9    11,122,743.00    11,122,743.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II  76110WAJ5    41,561,444.00    19,070,093.31     8.000000  %    996,097.53
R     76110WAK2           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
B1-I                1,946,488.25     1,241,820.18     8.120000  %      2,350.17
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       941,995.19     8.120000  %        972.29
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     1.979409  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  156,997,402.05    79,947,065.56                  3,579,196.41
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       75,116.62  2,654,893.04            0.00       0.00      8,689,637.46
A3-I      132,104.15    132,104.15            0.00       0.00     19,819,000.00
A4-I      109,861.27    109,861.27            0.00       0.00     16,482,000.00
A5-I       74,138.98     74,138.98            0.00       0.00     11,122,743.00
A-II      127,121.08  1,123,218.61            0.00       0.00     18,073,995.78
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B1-I        8,401.55     10,751.72            0.00       0.00      1,217,760.13
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       6,373.52      7,345.81            0.00       0.00        941,022.90
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     131,853.14    131,853.14            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          664,970.31  4,244,166.72            0.00       0.00     76,346,159.27
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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   428.820924  98.165008     2.858319   101.023327   0.000000    330.655916
A3-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665531     6.665531   0.000000   1000.000000
A4-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665530     6.665530   0.000000   1000.000000
A5-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665530     6.665530   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   458.840971  23.966865     3.058630    27.025495   0.000000    434.874105
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
B1-I   637.979798   1.207390     4.316260     5.523650   0.000000    625.619050
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   836.866059   0.863780     5.662218     6.525998   0.000000    836.002280
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-February-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-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                       22,995.56
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      142,919.78
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   21,755.80


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    37   8,067,041.36

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9   2,120,282.87

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     217,686.03


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            18
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,588,869.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      76,346,159.27

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          324

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               2,336,394.46

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,282,002.58

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.26842340 %     2.73157660 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.17237510 %     2.82762490 %

      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                         10.26004600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              228.47

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                48.62893161


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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    44,955,288.06     6.187500  %    709,025.49
R                   4,664,765.74     6,219,687.28     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  103,661,454.74    51,174,975.34                    709,025.49
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         231,782.88    940,808.37            0.00       0.00     44,246,262.57
R         183,925.97    183,925.97            0.00       0.00      6,219,687.28

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          415,708.85  1,124,734.34            0.00       0.00     50,465,949.85
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      454.109006   7.162113     2.341319     9.503432   0.000000    446.946893
R     1333.333253   0.000000    39.428769    39.428769   0.000000   1333.333253

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-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                       18,903.18
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     2,665.91

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       84,541.45
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    3,087.48


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    54   5,310,174.72

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   13   1,356,153.60

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     894,644.90


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            17
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,028,483.39

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      50,465,949.85

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          515

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                 329,128.78

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      671,150.13

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          87.84623300 %    12.15376700 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             87.67547760 %    12.32452240 %

      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                         10.49006520
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              313.89

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                48.68342816


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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    27,239,622.89     6.087500  %  1,425,360.51
R                           0.00     2,739,844.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   77,178,720.00    29,979,467.45                  1,425,360.51
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         136,545.31  1,561,905.82            0.00       0.00     25,814,262.38
R         115,471.44    115,471.44            0.00       0.00      2,739,844.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          252,016.75  1,677,377.26            0.00       0.00     28,554,106.94
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      352.942144  18.468310     1.769209    20.237519   0.000000    334.473834

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-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                       11,979.18
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       73,388.77
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,109.08


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    34   4,843,165.45

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9   1,226,152.32

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     146,332.57


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            16
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,163,116.19

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      28,554,106.94

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          242

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                 118,340.76

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,057,950.65

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      353,317.35

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          90.86092990 %     9.13907020 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             90.40472680 %     9.59527320 %

      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                         10.94289856
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              332.60

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                36.99738340


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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    10,510,764.53     6.770000  %  1,118,758.24
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       318,522.33     0.000000  %      1,304.50
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     3,126,076.90     7.980000  %      2,675.98
B-2                   904,165.00       879,209.93     7.980000  %        752.62
B-3                   904,163.45       812,680.87     7.980000  %        695.68
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     1.855284  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  100,462,675.80    69,733,987.56                  1,124,187.02
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        59,294.69  1,178,052.93            0.00       0.00      9,392,006.29
A-2       164,256.88    164,256.88            0.00       0.00     28,000,000.00
A-3        74,095.58     74,095.58            0.00       0.00     12,000,000.00
A-4        93,671.18     93,671.18            0.00       0.00     14,086,733.00
A-5             0.00      1,304.50            0.00       0.00        317,217.83
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        20,787.17     23,463.15            0.00       0.00      3,123,400.92
B-2         5,846.40      6,599.02            0.00       0.00        878,457.31
B-3         5,404.01      6,099.69            0.00       0.00        811,985.19
SPRED     107,807.19    107,807.19            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          531,163.10  1,655,350.12            0.00       0.00     68,609,800.54
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    256.360110  27.286786     1.446212    28.732998   0.000000    229.073324
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.866317     5.866317   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.174632     6.174632   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.649603     6.649603   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    903.331784   3.699572     0.000000     3.699572   0.000000    899.632212
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    972.399859   0.832392     6.466073     7.298465   0.000000    971.567466
B-2    972.399872   0.832392     6.466076     7.298468   0.000000    971.567479
B-3    898.820750   0.769407     5.976807     6.746214   0.000000    898.051331

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-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                       27,393.38
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,714.82

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      110,855.61
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    9,701.67


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    73   7,812,652.07

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   15   2,204,273.77

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            32
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,375,211.13

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      68,609,800.54

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          683

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       8

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,021,517.03

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,064,149.42

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.05923010 %     6.94076990 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             92.95114750 %     7.04885250 %

      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                          9.82023769
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              314.89

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                68.29382155


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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    71,237,229.74     6.037500  %  2,728,760.57
R                           0.00     3,593,275.20     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  143,731,008.00    74,830,504.94                  2,728,760.57
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         355,637.50  3,084,398.07            0.00       0.00     68,508,469.17
R         236,959.83    236,959.83            0.00       0.00      3,593,275.20

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          592,597.33  3,321,357.90            0.00       0.00     72,101,744.37
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      495.628819  18.985191     2.474327    21.459518   0.000000    476.643628

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-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                       29,594.03
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      137,659.06
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   18,656.79


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    70   7,993,415.97

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   14   1,947,207.45

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     683,517.51


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            40
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      5,142,457.54

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      72,101,744.37

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          570

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               2,171,646.45

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,599,542.63

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          95.19811450 %     4.80188560 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             95.01638240 %     4.98361760 %

      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                         10.55756194
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              336.46

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                50.16436284


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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     4,284,897.62     5.726560  %  2,687,055.04
A-I-  76110WAX4    35,203,000.00    35,203,000.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WAY2     7,449,000.00     7,449,000.00     7.625000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WAZ9    11,675,000.00    11,675,000.00     7.900000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBA3     7,071,000.00     7,071,000.00     8.050000  %          0.00
A-II  76110WBB1   223,019,000.00   119,298,298.48     5.901560  %  6,502,731.57
R                       1,035.81     6,999,328.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  317,942,035.81   191,980,524.66                  9,189,786.61
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      20,201.90  2,707,256.94            0.00       0.00      1,597,842.58
A-I-2     211,573.11    211,573.11            0.00       0.00     35,203,000.00
A-I-3      46,762.29     46,762.29            0.00       0.00      7,449,000.00
A-I-4      75,934.99     75,934.99            0.00       0.00     11,675,000.00
A-I-5      46,863.50     46,863.50            0.00       0.00      7,071,000.00
A-II      574,112.68  7,076,844.25            0.00       0.00    112,795,566.91
R         445,107.55    445,107.55            0.00       0.00      6,999,328.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,420,556.02 10,610,342.63            0.00       0.00    182,790,738.05
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   127.815822  80.153175     0.602610    80.755785   0.000000     47.662647
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.010087     6.010087   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.277660     6.277660   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.504068     6.504068   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.627563     6.627563   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   534.924372  29.157747     2.574277    31.732024   0.000000    505.766625
R      000.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-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                       77,331.04
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      339,982.72
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   12,572.12


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   175  19,182,895.36

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   47   5,632,647.45

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          8     971,781.27


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           106
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     13,395,952.13

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     182,790,738.05

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,649

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      14

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,389,904.04

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    8,758,883.38

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          96.35414660 %     3.64585340 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             96.17085160 %     3.82914840 %

      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                         10.45737500
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              332.67

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                57.49184363

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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   119,234,681.40     5.876560  %  7,999,840.76
R                           0.40     5,000,293.96     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  200,011,758.40   124,234,975.36                  7,999,840.76
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         572,954.85  8,572,795.61            0.00       0.00    111,234,840.64
R         409,562.36    409,562.36            0.00       0.00      5,000,293.96

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          982,517.21  8,982,357.97            0.00       0.00    116,235,134.60
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      596.138360  39.996852     2.864606    42.861458   0.000000    556.141508
R      000.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-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                       49,893.36
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      235,498.79
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    4,945.10


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   116  15,337,279.32

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   21   2,615,932.15

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          7     867,306.93


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            59
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      7,776,804.96

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     116,235,134.60

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          929

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       6

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 558,773.16

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    7,714,178.04

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          95.97513190 %     4.02486820 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             95.69812180 %     4.30187820 %

      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                         10.61559392
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              343.93

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                58.11415065

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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    29,375,594.85     5.741560  %  3,013,946.24
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   116,277,735.82     5.841560  %  8,312,483.14
R                           1.60     5,622,630.12     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  273,602,645.60   221,019,561.79                 11,326,429.38
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     140,551.45  3,154,497.69            0.00       0.00     26,361,648.61
A-I-2     188,533.33    188,533.33            0.00       0.00     32,000,000.00
A-I-3      98,533.33     98,533.33            0.00       0.00     16,000,000.00
A-I-4     138,615.46    138,615.46            0.00       0.00     21,743,601.00
A-II      566,036.14  8,878,519.28            0.00       0.00    107,965,252.68
R         571,620.86    571,620.86            0.00       0.00      5,622,630.12

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,703,890.57 13,030,319.95            0.00       0.00    209,693,132.41
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   564.915286  57.960505     2.702913    60.663418   0.000000    506.954781
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.891667     5.891667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.158333     6.158333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.375000     6.375000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   765.695170  54.738150     3.727379    58.465529   0.000000    710.957020
R      000.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-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                       89,674.09
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      325,849.04
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    3,438.22


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   193  20,557,149.20

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   52   5,527,243.19

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         12     963,254.92


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            89
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     10,162,413.85

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     209,693,132.41

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,090

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                 387,710.82

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   10,954,749.52

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.45604870 %     2.54395140 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.31863890 %     2.68136110 %

      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                         10.60151500
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              320.61

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                76.64148567

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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   218,702,273.94     5.846560  %  7,923,872.31
A-II  76110WBL9   115,163,718.00    89,802,213.24     5.841560  %  4,907,134.47
SB-I                        0.22     4,152,377.15     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-I                        0.37     2,298,413.08     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   314,955,277.41                 12,831,006.78
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I     1,052,993.82  8,976,866.13            0.00       0.00    210,778,401.63
A-II      423,846.66  5,330,981.13            0.00       0.00     84,895,078.77
SB-I            0.00          0.00      629,010.69       0.00      4,781,387.84
SB-II           0.00          0.00      332,554.66       0.00      2,630,967.74
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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,476,840.48 14,307,847.26      961,565.35       0.00    303,085,835.98
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I    874.442267  31.682199     4.210209    35.892408   0.000000    842.760069
A-II   779.778691  42.610073     3.680384    46.290457   0.000000    737.168617
SB-I  ****.******   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 ***.******   ****.******
SB-I  ****.******   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 ***.******   ****.******

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-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                      128,620.46
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      329,014.88
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   154  19,025,714.52

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   44   6,044,404.49

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         13   1,480,909.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           108
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     13,214,969.92

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     303,085,835.98

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,424

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                   11,155,436.65

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      565,730.66

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.95183930 %     2.04816070 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.55437080 %     2.44562920 %

      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                         10.15087700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              349.35

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                82.97615544


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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    56,807,990.61     5.696560  %  3,853,705.01
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   142,469,478.15     5.831560  %  2,402,479.10
A-II  76110WBW5    60,012,000.00    54,497,488.41     5.811560  %    797,626.53
M-II  76110WBZ8    15,751,000.00    15,751,000.00     6.021560  %          0.00
M-II  76110WCA2     9,226,000.00     9,226,000.00     6.181560  %          0.00
B-II  76110WCC8     5,901,000.00     5,901,000.00     6.651560  %          0.00
SB-I                      996.58     2,000,429.97     0.000000  %          9.97
SB-I                    1,161.22     4,296,672.82     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   416,492,059.96                  7,053,820.61
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     269,675.11  4,123,380.12            0.00       0.00     52,954,285.60
A-I-2     109,166.67    109,166.67            0.00       0.00     20,000,000.00
A-I-3     182,586.67    182,586.67            0.00       0.00     32,800,000.00
A-I-4      93,725.00     93,725.00            0.00       0.00     16,300,000.00
A-I-5     133,146.25    133,146.25            0.00       0.00     22,038,000.00
A-I-6     105,800.00    105,800.00            0.00       0.00     18,400,000.00
M-I-1      53,636.92     53,636.92            0.00       0.00      9,002,000.00
M-I-2      26,343.63     26,343.63            0.00       0.00      4,301,000.00
B-I        17,218.88     17,218.88            0.00       0.00      2,701,000.00
A-II-1    692,349.43  3,094,828.53            0.00       0.00    140,066,999.05
A-II-2    263,929.52  1,061,556.05            0.00       0.00     53,699,861.88
M-II-1     79,037.99     79,037.99            0.00       0.00     15,751,000.00
M-II-2     47,525.89     47,525.89            0.00       0.00      9,226,000.00
B-II       32,709.05     32,709.05            0.00       0.00      5,901,000.00
SB-I      564,450.50    564,460.47            0.00       0.00      2,000,420.00
SB-II           0.00          0.00      703,347.18       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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,671,301.51  9,725,122.12      703,347.18       0.00    410,141,586.53
===============================================================================











































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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-   762.523364  51.727584     3.619800    55.347384   0.000000    710.795780
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.458334     5.458334   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.566667     5.566667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000   1000.000000
M-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.958334     5.958334   0.000000   1000.000000
M-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.125001     6.125001   0.000000   1000.000000
B-I   1000.000000   0.000000     6.375002     6.375002   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   895.409357  15.099390     4.351361    19.450751   0.000000    880.309966
A-II   908.109852  13.291117     4.397946    17.689063   0.000000    894.818734
M-II  1000.000000   0.000000     5.017966     5.017966   0.000000   1000.000000
M-II  1000.000000   0.000000     5.151300     5.151300   0.000000   1000.000000
B-II  1000.000000   0.000000     5.542967     5.542967   0.000000   1000.000000
SB-I  ****.******  10.004214 *****.****** *****.******   0.000000   ****.******
SB-I  ****.******   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 ***.******   ****.******

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-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                      172,248.82
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     2,880.63

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      414,644.78
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,299.79


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   290  24,883,376.31

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   90   8,219,659.78

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         46   3,375,733.69


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           101
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      9,723,245.77

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     410,141,586.53

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        4,127

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                 121,527.33

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,993,343.72

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      107,553.46

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.23166470 %     0.00000000 %   12.76833530 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            86.86247830 %     0.00000000 %   13.13752170 %

      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                         10.29819100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              329.37

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                91.13342948


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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    74,579,030.83     5.741560  %  2,480,767.56
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   195,669,607.20     5.821560  %  2,939,674.87
A-II  76110WCN4   200,020,000.00   195,189,162.58     5.796560  %  2,190,248.26
SB-I  76110WCP9           768.84     1,104,867.00     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-I  76110WCQ7           504.57     1,994,416.90     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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  600,136,273.41   588,794,084.51                  7,610,690.69
===============================================================================
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                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     356,833.32  2,837,600.88            0.00       0.00     72,098,263.27
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    949,251.97  3,888,926.84            0.00       0.00    192,729,932.33
A-II-2    942,854.74  3,133,103.00            0.00       0.00    192,998,914.32
SB-I            0.00          0.00      568,702.14       0.00      1,673,569.14
SB-II           0.00          0.00      ***,***.**       0.00      3,129,181.27
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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        2,919,234.91 10,529,925.60    1,703,466.54       0.00    582,886,860.33
===============================================================================
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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-   934.597745  31.088092     4.471708    35.559800   0.000000    903.509653
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   978.054620  14.693966     4.744836    19.438802   0.000000    963.360654
A-II   975.848228  10.950146     4.713802    15.663948   0.000000    964.898082
SB-I  ****.******   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 ***.******   ****.******
SB-I  ****.******   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 ***.******   ****.******

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-98 

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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                      244,200.73
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    22,623.69

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      507,033.47
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   401  36,838,851.39

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  119  11,264,662.63

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         65   6,521,101.60


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            39
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      4,798,281.84

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     582,886,860.33

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        5,706

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                    5,584,115.27

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          99.47362180 %     0.52637820 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE                 0.00000000 %   100.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             99.17604070 %     0.82395930 %

      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                         10.12909200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              341.90

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                97.12575063


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