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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)
                                 January 25, 1998


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

                              33-56893
                      (Commission File Number)

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

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

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




Item 5.  Other Events





See the respective monthly reports, each reflecting the required information for
the January 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
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


                                   SIGNATURES

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

RESIDENTIAL ASSET
SECURITIES CORP

   By: /s/Davee Olson
 Name: Davee Olson
Title: Executive Vice President
       and Chief Financial Officer
Dated: January 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    25,187,019.58     6.775000  % 
  713,413.93
R                           0.00     1,887,001.24     0.000000  % 
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                   94,350,062.00    27,074,020.82                 
  713,413.93
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A         146,928.00    860,341.93            0.00       0.00    
24,473,605.65
R               0.00          0.00       61,407.63       0.00     
1,948,408.87

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
          146,928.00    860,341.93       61,407.63       0.00    
26,422,014.52
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A      266.952867   7.561351     1.557265     9.118616   0.000000 
  259.391516

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   10,213.87
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
       34.37

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   62,640.57
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
    3,119.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    25  
3,227,387.38

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   13  
1,443,295.70

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6  
  616,680.97


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          14
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
1,514,469.11

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     
26,422,014.52

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
         258

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                           
           4

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS              
  351,107.84

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
  479,663.29

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.03021430 %    
6.96978570 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %    
0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             92.62581260 %    
7.37418740 %

      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                       
 10.98230967
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      324.07

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 28.00423652


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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    34,719,779.15     6.625000  % 
1,804,632.63
R                           0.00     3,058,384.08     0.000000  % 
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  105,461,520.00    37,778,163.23                 
1,804,632.63
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A         196,912.31  2,001,544.94            0.00       0.00    
32,915,146.52
R          21,054.08     21,054.08       43,761.57       0.00     
3,102,145.65

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
          217,966.39  2,022,599.02       43,761.57       0.00    
36,017,292.17
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A      329.217511  17.111764     1.867148    18.978912   0.000000 
  312.105747

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   14,432.08
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   68,283.75
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
    1,702.33


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    33  
3,368,285.42

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8  
  657,743.34

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6  
  504,063.67


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          17
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
3,100,389.49

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     
36,017,292.18

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
         336

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              
  174,498.93

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
1,620,862.53

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          91.90436000 %    
8.09564000 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %    
0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             91.38706580 %    
8.61293410 %

      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                       
 10.60533721
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      327.18

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 34.15206991


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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    13,147,466.15     8.000000  % 
1,877,515.25
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    19,480,602.51     8.000000  % 
  410,509.20
R     76110WAK2           100.00             0.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
B1-I                1,946,488.25     1,360,241.16     8.120000  % 
    2,577.47
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       942,995.36     8.120000  % 
    1,000.17
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     1.972109  % 
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  156,997,402.05    82,355,048.18                 
2,291,602.09
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   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       87,636.26  1,965,151.51            0.00       0.00    
11,269,950.90
A3-I      132,106.30    132,106.30            0.00       0.00    
19,819,000.00
A4-I      109,863.06    109,863.06            0.00       0.00    
16,482,000.00
A5-I       74,140.19     74,140.19            0.00       0.00    
11,122,743.00
A-II      129,823.78    540,332.98            0.00       0.00    
19,070,093.31
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
B1-I        9,202.88     11,780.35            0.00       0.00     
1,241,283.16
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       6,378.64      7,378.81            0.00       0.00     
  941,995.19
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     135,316.33    135,316.33            0.00       0.00     
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
          684,467.44  2,976,069.53            0.00       0.00    
79,947,065.56
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



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   500.284100  71.442742     3.334713    74.777455   0.000000 
  428.841359
A3-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665639     6.665639   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A4-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665639     6.665639   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A5-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665639     6.665639   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-II   468.718135   9.877164     3.123659    13.000823   0.000000 
  458.840971
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
B1-I   698.818069   1.324164     4.727940     6.052104   0.000000 
  637.703904
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   837.754607   0.888548     5.666767     6.555315   0.000000 
  836.866057
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

_________________________________________________________________
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DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   23,937.05
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
  119,218.46
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
   23,501.27


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    30  
7,211,860.64

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4  
  779,317.03

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2  
  587,166.58


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          17
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
3,342,207.57

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     
79,947,065.56

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
         336

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                           
           9

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS              
2,523,471.22

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
2,010,297.10

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.20328440 %    
2.79671570 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %    
0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.26909510 %    
2.73090490 %

      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                       
 10.25314100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      227.39

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 50.92254045


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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    46,147,709.40     6.625000  % 
1,192,421.34
R                   4,664,765.74     6,219,687.28     0.000000  % 
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  103,661,454.74    52,367,396.68                 
1,192,421.34
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A         263,158.89  1,455,580.23            0.00       0.00    
44,955,288.06
R          87,421.06     87,421.06            0.00       0.00     
6,219,687.28

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
          350,579.95  1,543,001.29            0.00       0.00    
51,174,975.34
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A      466.154069  12.045063     2.658259    14.703322   0.000000 
  454.109006
R     1333.333253   0.000000    18.740718    18.740718   0.000000 
 1333.333253

_________________________________________________________________
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DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   19,156.33
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
      665.70

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   82,295.47
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
    3,087.37


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    56  
5,501,876.03

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   14  
2,046,038.00

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2  
  342,040.18


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          14
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
1,593,781.61

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     
51,174,975.34

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
         523

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              
  329,276.15

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
  966,561.90

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          88.12297790 %   
11.87702210 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %    
0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             87.84623300 %   
12.15376700 %

      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                       
 10.48845046
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      314.92

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 49.36740997


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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    28,736,750.85     6.525000  % 
1,497,127.96
R                           0.00     2,739,844.56     0.000000  % 
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                   77,178,720.00    31,476,595.41                 
1,497,127.96
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A         159,915.83  1,657,043.79            0.00       0.00    
27,239,622.89
R         105,001.64    105,001.64            0.00       0.00     
2,739,844.56

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
          264,917.47  1,762,045.43            0.00       0.00    
29,979,467.45
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A      372.340340  19.398196     2.072020    21.470216   0.000000 
  352.942144

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   12,763.56
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   82,011.25
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
    1,109.04


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    41  
5,404,618.72

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8  
  706,368.86

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2  
  228,314.17


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          18
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
2,811,454.10

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     
29,979,467.45

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
         252

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              
  118,392.20

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
1,482,409.92

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          91.29561340 %    
8.70438660 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %    
0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             90.86092990 %    
9.13907010 %

      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                       
 10.95763081
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      333.66

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 38.84421438


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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    12,137,903.64     6.770000  % 
1,627,139.11
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       319,411.84     0.000000  % 
      889.51
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     3,130,240.99     7.980000  % 
    4,164.09
B-2                   904,165.00       880,381.08     7.980000  % 
    1,171.15
B-3                   904,163.45       813,763.41     7.980000  % 
    1,082.54
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     1.868169  % 
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  100,462,675.80    71,368,433.96                 
1,634,446.40
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1        68,470.57  1,695,609.68            0.00       0.00    
10,510,764.53
A-2       164,248.83    164,248.83            0.00       0.00    
28,000,000.00
A-3        74,091.95     74,091.95            0.00       0.00    
12,000,000.00
A-4        93,666.60     93,666.60            0.00       0.00    
14,086,733.00
A-5             0.00        889.51            0.00       0.00     
  318,522.33
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        20,813.84     24,977.93            0.00       0.00     
3,126,076.90
B-2         5,853.89      7,025.04            0.00       0.00     
  879,209.93
B-3         5,410.94      6,493.48            0.00       0.00     
  812,680.87
SPRED     111,094.84    111,094.84            0.00       0.00     
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
          543,651.46  2,178,097.86            0.00       0.00    
69,733,987.56
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1    296.046430  39.686320     1.670014    41.356334   0.000000 
  256.360111
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.866030     5.866030   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.174329     6.174329   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.649278     6.649278   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-5    905.854442   2.522657     0.000000     2.522657   0.000000 
  903.331784
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    973.695144   1.295285     6.474369     7.769654   0.000000 
  972.399859
B-2    973.695155   1.295283     6.474360     7.769643   0.000000 
  972.399872
B-3    900.018033   1.197272     5.984471     7.181743   0.000000 
  898.820750

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   28,087.85
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
  105,619.04
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
    3,842.52


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    72  
7,296,839.10

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   12  
1,663,997.45

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1  
  102,995.07


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          30
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
3,519,131.41

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     
69,733,987.56

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
         692

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                           
           5

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS              
  428,043.08

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
1,539,306.36

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.20977920 %    
6.79022080 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %    
0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             93.05923010 %    
6.94076990 %

      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                       
  9.81730314
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      315.33

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 69.41283119


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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    74,466,292.18     6.475000  % 
3,229,062.44
R                           0.00     3,593,275.20     0.000000  % 
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  143,731,008.00    78,059,567.38                 
3,229,062.44
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A         413,407.07  3,642,469.51            0.00       0.00    
71,237,229.74
R          91,249.57     91,249.57            0.00       0.00     
3,593,275.20

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
          504,656.64  3,733,719.08            0.00       0.00    
74,830,504.94
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A      518.094830  22.466011     2.876255    25.342266   0.000000 
  495.628819

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   30,990.75
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
  139,963.75
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
   14,317.34


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    65  
8,615,391.01

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   10  
1,192,070.44

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4  
  263,892.45


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          44
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
6,010,764.77

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     
74,830,504.94

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
         590

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                           
          10

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS              
1,759,543.66

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
2,625,554.43

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
  166,253.47

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          95.39675240 %    
4.60324770 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %    
0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             95.19811450 %    
4.80188550 %

      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                       
 10.46424639
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      337.47

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 52.06288189


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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     6,355,552.46     6.093750  % 
2,070,654.84
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   128,626,006.17     6.268750  % 
9,327,707.69
R                       1,035.81     6,999,328.56     0.000000  % 
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  317,942,035.81   203,378,887.19                
11,398,362.53
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-1      33,091.87  2,103,746.71            0.00       0.00     
4,284,897.62
A-I-2     212,493.42    212,493.42            0.00       0.00    
35,203,000.00
A-I-3      46,965.70     46,965.70            0.00       0.00     
7,449,000.00
A-I-4      76,265.29     76,265.29            0.00       0.00    
11,675,000.00
A-I-5      47,067.35     47,067.35            0.00       0.00     
7,071,000.00
A-II      676,244.63 10,003,952.32            0.00       0.00   
119,298,298.48
R         516,886.10    516,886.10            0.00       0.00     
6,999,328.56

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
        1,609,014.36 13,007,376.89            0.00       0.00   
191,980,524.66
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-   189.582164  61.766342     0.987110    62.753452   0.000000 
  127.815822
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.036230     6.036230   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.304967     6.304967   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.532359     6.532359   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.656392     6.656392   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-II   576.749094  41.824722     3.032229    44.856951   0.000000 
  534.924372
R     0000.000000   0.000000     0.000000    00.000000   0.000000 
 0000.000000

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   81,717.09
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
  320,662.00
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
   13,307.43


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   180 
19,624,351.70

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   34  
4,873,111.77

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          8  
  960,923.42


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          95
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                    
11,296,774.86

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
191,980,524.66

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       1,722

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              
1,493,831.95

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                  
11,026,177.12

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          96.55847830 %    
3.44152170 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %    
0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             96.35414660 %    
3.64585340 %

      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                       
 10.46293500
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      334.02

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 60.38224048

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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   129,192,044.78     6.400000  % 
9,957,363.38
R                           0.40     5,000,293.96     0.000000  % 
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  200,011,758.40   134,192,338.74                 
9,957,363.38
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A         692,412.75 10,649,776.13            0.00       0.00   
119,234,681.40
R         380,246.66    380,246.66            0.00       0.00     
5,000,293.96

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
        1,072,659.41 11,030,022.79            0.00       0.00   
124,234,975.36
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A      645.922250  49.783890     3.461860    53.245750   0.000000 
  596.138360
R      000.000000   0.000000     0.000000    00.000000   0.000000 
  000.000000

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   53,664.00
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
  239,465.03
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
    1,881.54


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   125 
16,316,966.90

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   16  
2,940,898.79

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5  
  404,990.68


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          59
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
7,411,697.43

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
124,234,975.36

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
         985

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                           
           4

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS              
  228,050.64

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
9,805,808.71

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
   73,686.95

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          96.27378580 %    
3.72621420 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %    
0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             95.97513180 %    
4.02486820 %

      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                       
 10.61266968
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      344.94

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 62.11383588

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               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    33,472,681.47     6.108750  % 
4,097,086.62
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   121,616,691.91     6.208750  % 
5,338,956.09
R                           1.60     5,622,630.12     0.000000  % 
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  273,602,645.60   230,455,604.50                 
9,436,042.71
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-1     176,076.76  4,273,163.38            0.00       0.00    
29,375,594.85
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      650,214.35  5,989,170.44            0.00       0.00   
116,277,735.82
R         596,656.45    596,656.45            0.00       0.00     
5,622,630.12

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
        1,848,629.68 11,284,672.39            0.00       0.00   
221,019,561.79
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-   643.705413  78.790127     3.386092    82.176219   0.000000 
  564.915286
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   800.852485  35.157314     4.281697    39.439011   0.000000 
  765.695171
R     0000.000000   0.000000     0.000000    00.000000   0.000000 
 0000.000000

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   93,730.23
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
  319,238.14
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
    3,438.12


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   223 
23,220,736.53

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   35  
4,351,755.54

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         13  
1,348,300.62


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          74
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
7,842,034.18

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
221,019,561.79

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       2,165

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              
  387,869.92

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
9,304,309.51

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.56021120 %    
2.43978880 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %    
0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.45604870 %    
2.54395130 %

      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                       
 10.52817300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      322.66

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 80.78122246

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               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   224,941,234.48     6.213750  % 
6,238,960.54
A-II  76110WBL9   115,163,718.00    96,867,013.22     6.208750  % 
7,064,799.98
SB-I                        0.22     3,624,237.18     0.000000  % 
        0.00
SB-I                        0.37     1,993,764.12     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   327,426,249.00                
13,303,760.52
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I     1,195,185.12  7,434,145.66            0.00       0.00   
218,702,273.94
A-II      495,725.58  7,560,525.56            0.00       0.00    
89,802,213.24
SB-I            0.00          0.00      528,139.97       0.00     
4,152,377.15
SB-II           0.00          0.00      304,648.96       0.00     
2,298,413.08
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

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
        1,690,910.70 14,994,671.22      832,788.93       0.00   
314,955,277.41
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I    899.387645  24.945378     4.778736    29.724114   0.000000 
  874.442267
A-II   841.124400  61.345709     4.304529    65.650238   0.000000 
  779.778691
SB-I  0000.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 000.000000 
 0000.000000
SB-I  0000.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 000.000000 
 0000.000000

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
  133,741.99
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
       93.17

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
  328,809.66
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   179 
22,232,147.91

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   40  
4,785,686.45

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         18  
2,176,300.83


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          91
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                    
10,793,049.92

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
314,955,277.41

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       2,506

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                  
12,289,685.96

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
   29,801.94

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.28419340 %    
1.71580660 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %    
0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.95183930 %    
2.04816070 %

      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                       
 10.12576200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      350.31

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 86.22566597


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               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    61,687,979.28     6.063750  % 
4,879,988.67
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   146,853,414.61     6.198750  % 
3,621,156.28
A-II  76110WBW5    60,012,000.00    56,062,897.82     6.178750  % 
1,299,729.38
M-II  76110WBZ8    15,751,000.00    15,751,000.00     6.388750  % 
        0.00
M-II  76110WCA2     9,226,000.00     9,226,000.00     6.548750  % 
        0.00
B-II  76110WCC8     5,901,000.00     5,901,000.00     7.018750  % 
        0.00
SB-I                      996.58     2,000,429.97     0.000000  % 
        0.00
SB-I                    1,161.22     2,685,521.06     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   425,710,242.74                 
9,800,874.33
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-1     322,016.62  5,202,005.29            0.00       0.00    
56,807,990.61
A-I-2     109,135.82    109,135.82            0.00       0.00    
20,000,000.00
A-I-3     182,535.07    182,535.07            0.00       0.00    
32,800,000.00
A-I-4      93,698.51     93,698.51            0.00       0.00    
16,300,000.00
A-I-5     133,108.62    133,108.62            0.00       0.00    
22,038,000.00
A-I-6     105,770.10    105,770.10            0.00       0.00    
18,400,000.00
M-I-1      53,621.76     53,621.76            0.00       0.00     
9,002,000.00
M-I-2      26,336.19     26,336.19            0.00       0.00     
4,301,000.00
B-I        17,214.01     17,214.01            0.00       0.00     
2,701,000.00
A-II-1    783,875.99  4,405,032.27            0.00       0.00   
143,232,258.33
A-II-2    298,287.71  1,598,017.09            0.00       0.00    
54,763,168.44
M-II-1     86,652.92     86,652.92            0.00       0.00    
15,751,000.00
M-II-2     52,027.27     52,027.27            0.00       0.00     
9,226,000.00
B-II       35,665.19     35,665.19            0.00       0.00     
5,901,000.00
SB-I      562,641.25    562,641.25            0.00       0.00     
2,000,429.97
SB-II           0.00          0.00      582,691.55       0.00     
3,268,212.61
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

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
        2,862,587.03 12,663,461.36      582,691.55       0.00   
416,492,059.96
=================================================================
==============











































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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-   828.026568  65.503204     4.322371    69.825575   0.000000 
  762.523364
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.456791     5.456791   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.565094     5.565094   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.748375     5.748375   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.039959     6.039959   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.748375     5.748375   0.000000 
 1000.000000
M-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.956650     5.956650   0.000000 
 1000.000000
M-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.123271     6.123271   0.000000 
 1000.000000
B-I   1000.000000   0.000000     6.373199     6.373199   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-II   922.962049  22.758680     4.926598    27.685278   0.000000 
  900.203370
A-II   934.194791  21.657825     4.970468    26.628293   0.000000 
  912.536967
M-II  1000.000000   0.000000     5.501423     5.501423   0.000000 
 1000.000000
M-II  1000.000000   0.000000     5.639201     5.639201   0.000000 
 1000.000000
B-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.043923     6.043923   0.000000 
 1000.000000
SB-I  0000.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
 0000.000000
SB-I  0000.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 000.000000 
 00000.000000

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
  175,708.04
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
  398,296.72
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   300 
28,089,837.54

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   85  
6,749,001.47

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         37  
3,131,281.35


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          71
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
6,951,221.86

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
416,492,059.96

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       4,194

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                           
           0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
8,976,325.63

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.88660790 %     0.00000000 %  
12.11339210 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            87.47859860 %     0.00000000 %  
12.52140140 %

      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                       
 10.30386300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      330.21

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 92.54450420


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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    77,870,243.87     6.108750  % 
3,291,213.04
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   197,197,684.86     0.220000  % 
2,822,939.02
A-II  76110WCN4   200,020,000.00   198,345,032.40     0.195000  % 
3,894,027.44
SB-I  76110WCP9           768.84       563,679.57     0.000000  % 
        0.00
SB-I  76110WCQ7           504.57     1,045,906.88     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   595,279,547.58                
10,008,179.50
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-1     409,621.82  3,700,834.86            0.00       0.00    
74,579,030.83
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     37,358.01  2,860,297.03            0.00       0.00   
194,374,745.84
A-II-2     33,305.44  3,927,332.88            0.00       0.00   
194,451,004.96
SB-I            0.00          0.00      541,187.43       0.00     
1,104,867.00
SB-II           0.00          0.00      000,000.00       0.00     
4,027,435.88
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

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
        1,150,580.15 11,158,759.65    3,522,716.43       0.00   
588,794,084.51
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-   975.842050  41.244305     5.133234    46.377539   0.000000 
  934.597745
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   985.692716  14.110462     0.186734    14.297196   0.000000 
  971.582255
A-II   991.625999  19.468190     0.166511    19.634701   0.000000 
  972.157809
SB-I  0000.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 000.000000 
 0000.000000
SB-I  0000.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 000.000000 
 .000000

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
  246,856.44
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
   16,780.73

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
  505,125.94
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   437 
43,087,015.74

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  125 
11,147,351.15

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         31  
4,040,385.92


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
           9
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
1,231,117.01

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
588,794,084.51

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       5,754

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                           
           0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
6,084,224.46

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
   75,021.73

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          99.72960830 %    
0.27039170 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE                 0.00000000 %  
100.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             99.12833650 %    
0.87166350 %

      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                       
 10.11551600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      343.04

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 98.11006443


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