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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)
            December 25, 1998


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



  Delaware                 333-30789                              51-0362653
(State or other          (Commission File Number)             (I.R.S Employee
jurisdiction of                                              Identification No.)
incorporation)

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

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


Item 5.  Other Events

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


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1996-KS2  RASC  1996-KS3 RASC 1996-KS4 RASC 1996-KS5 RASC 1997-KS1 RASC 1997-KS2
RASC 1997-KS3 RASC 1997-KS4 GR1RASC 1998-KS1 RASC 1998-KS2 RASC 1998-KS3 RASC ->


Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)  See attached monthly reports








                                  SIGNATURES


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

RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP

   By: /s/Davee Olson
 Name: Davee Olson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Dated: December 25, 1998





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                                   SIGNATURES

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

RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP

   By:
 Name: Davee Olson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Dated: December 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  14,611,058.06     5.712500  %    352,210.52
R                             0.00   2,539,196.66     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   94,350,062.00    17,150,254.72                    352,210.52
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A          76,499.86    428,710.38            0.00       0.00     14,258,847.54
R               0.00          0.00       68,790.68       0.00      2,607,987.34

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           76,499.86    428,710.38       68,790.68       0.00     16,866,834.88
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       154.860079    3.733018     0.810809     4.543827   0.000000  151.127061

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                        6,656.27
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       347.28

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        9,838.87
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,739.04


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     4     182,774.50

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     131,272.92

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     184,290.84


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             7
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        541,319.49

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      16,866,834.88

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          169

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       2

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 193,129.11

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      273,118.75

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          85.19440850 %    14.80559150 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             84.53777870 %    15.46222130 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                              212,441.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,238,927.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.76341948
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              312.72

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                17.87686677

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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  22,062,329.41     5.562500  %  1,642,449.33
R                             0.00   1,403,938.82     0.000000  %     42,895.26

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  105,461,520.00    23,466,268.23                  1,685,344.59
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         111,305.07  1,753,754.40            0.00       0.00     20,419,880.08
R          77,814.04    120,709.30            0.00       0.00      1,361,043.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          189,119.11  1,874,463.70            0.00       0.00     21,780,923.64
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       209.197908   15.573921     1.055409    16.629330   0.000000  193.623988

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                        8,706.36
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       29,438.82
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      669.99


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     8   1,240,125.17

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     249,856.84

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     176,129.25


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            15
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,639,757.20

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      21,780,923.64

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          225

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                  56,689.82

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,672,106.31

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          94.01720460 %     5.98279540 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             93.75121280 %     6.24878720 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                              403,772.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,490,390.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.41614536
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              315.87

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                20.65295812

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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    76110FZE6    36,305,000.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A2-I    76110FZF3    26,280,000.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A3-I    76110FZG1    19,819,000.00  13,570,843.67     8.000000  %    984,810.65
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  15,380,165.06     8.000000  %     18,690.10
R       76110WAK2           100.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
B1-I                  1,946,488.25     152,282.16     8.120000  %        330.35
B2-I                    760,800.00           0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
B3-I                    988,100.00           0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
B1-II                 1,125,622.41     754,489.31     8.120000  %        898.68
B2-II                   259,759.02           0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
B3-II                   346,345.37           0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
SPRED                         0.00           0.00     1.983989  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  156,997,402.05    57,462,523.20                  1,004,729.78
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A3-I       90,461.93  1,075,272.58            0.00       0.00     12,586,033.02
A4-I      109,867.42    109,867.42            0.00       0.00     16,482,000.00
A5-I       74,143.13     74,143.13            0.00       0.00     11,122,743.00
A-II      102,532.26    121,222.36            0.00       0.00     15,361,474.96
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B1-I        1,030.32      1,360.67            0.00       0.00        151,951.81
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       5,105.27      6,003.95            0.00       0.00        753,590.63
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      94,995.82     94,995.82            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          478,136.15  1,482,865.93            0.00       0.00     56,457,793.42
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A3-I    684.739072   49.690229     4.564404    54.254633   0.000000  635.048843
A4-I   1000.000000    0.000000     6.665903     6.665903   0.000000 1000.000000
A5-I   1000.000000    0.000000     6.665903     6.665903   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    370.058486    0.449698     2.467004     2.916702   0.000000  369.608788
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
B1-I     78.234307    0.169716     0.529322     0.699038   0.000000   78.064593
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-II   670.286326    0.798385     4.535508     5.333893   0.000000  669.487944
B2-II     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
B3-II     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
SPRED     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       17,672.73
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       44,743.38
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,648.98


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     6   1,834,996.26

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1     615,035.49

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      99,571.45


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,158,314.08

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      56,457,793.42

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          249

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                 169,678.54

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      895,858.94

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.42197760 %     1.57802240 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.39607180 %     1.60392820 %

      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                         10.13073500
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              204.18

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                35.96097304

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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  29,914,111.78     5.562500  %  1,208,865.89
R                     4,664,765.74   6,219,687.28     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  103,661,454.74    36,133,799.06                  1,208,865.89
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         151,771.20  1,360,637.09            0.00       0.00     28,705,245.89
R           2,288.18      2,288.18            0.00       0.00      6,219,687.28

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          154,059.38  1,362,925.27            0.00       0.00     34,924,933.17
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       302.172851   12.211175     1.533094    13.744269   0.000000  289.961676

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       12,928.52
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       36,007.80
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      579.30


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    10   1,250,414.88

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     340,865.97

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     261,020.43


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            22
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,244,200.83

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      34,924,933.17

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          368

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                  69,740.96

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      969,079.56

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          82.78706520 %    17.21293480 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             82.19126930 %    17.80873070 %

      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                         10.26933702
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              301.26

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                33.69134000

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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  14,573,709.16     5.462500  %    578,978.16
R                             0.00   2,739,844.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   77,178,720.00    17,313,553.72                    578,978.16
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A          72,971.15    651,949.31            0.00       0.00     13,994,731.00
R          59,852.80     59,852.80            0.00       0.00      2,739,844.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          132,823.95    711,802.11            0.00       0.00     16,734,575.56
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       188.830667    7.501785     0.945483     8.447268   0.000000  181.328882

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                        6,967.59
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       27,271.65
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,871.17


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     7     834,305.24

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     334,982.56

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5     477,376.95


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            12
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,364,821.98

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      16,734,575.56

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          155

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                 273,858.38

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      456,235.87

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          84.17514620 %    15.82485380 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             83.62764240 %    16.37235760 %

      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                         10.88342659
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              322.03

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                21.68288818

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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           0.00     6.770000  %          0.00
A-2     76110WAP1    28,000,000.00  21,009,795.19     7.040000  %    493,369.16
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     205,013.87     0.000000  %     13,588.96
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   3,098,859.54     7.980000  %      2,928.51
B-2                     904,165.00     871,555.03     7.980000  %        823.65
B-3                     904,163.45     516,315.83     7.980000  %        487.92
SPRED                         0.00           0.00     1.687146  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  100,462,675.80    51,788,272.46                    511,198.20
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-2       123,243.36    616,612.52            0.00       0.00     20,516,426.03
A-3        74,091.52     74,091.52            0.00       0.00     12,000,000.00
A-4        93,666.05     93,666.05            0.00       0.00     14,086,733.00
A-5             0.00     13,588.96            0.00       0.00        191,424.91
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        20,605.06     23,533.57            0.00       0.00      3,095,931.03
B-2         5,795.18      6,618.83            0.00       0.00        870,731.38
B-3         3,433.11      3,921.03            0.00       0.00        490,599.75
SPRED      72,803.65     72,803.65            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          393,637.93    904,836.13            0.00       0.00     51,251,846.10
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-2     750.349828   17.620327     4.401549    22.021876   0.000000  732.729501
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.174293     6.174293   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.649239     6.649239   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5     581.420916   38.538395     0.000000    38.538395   0.000000  542.882521
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     963.933606    0.910945     6.409426     7.320371   0.000000  963.022661
B-2     963.933607    0.910951     6.409427     7.320378   0.000000  963.022656
B-3     571.042581    0.539637     3.797002     4.336639   0.000000  542.600732
SPRED     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       19,938.75
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,842.13

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       52,285.90
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   12,327.04


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    17   1,412,434.60

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   13   1,264,789.83

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         10     921,324.27


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            21
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,439,604.76

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      51,251,846.10

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          526

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               1,302,751.13

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      453,257.68

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          91.30196400 %     8.69803600 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             91.27061220 %     8.72938780 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                              583,785.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                     869,764.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.79985305
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              303.59

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                51.01580830

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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  37,124,955.96     5.412500  %  1,301,113.85
R                             0.00   3,530,297.25     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  143,731,008.00    40,655,253.21                  1,301,113.85
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         184,166.67  1,485,280.52            0.00       0.00     35,823,842.11
R          30,409.85     30,409.85       62,977.95       0.00      3,593,275.20

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          214,576.52  1,515,690.37       62,977.95       0.00     39,417,117.31
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       258.294689    9.052423     1.281329    10.333752   0.000000  249.242266

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       16,222.45
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       53,528.51
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   11,013.28


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     9   1,111,698.82

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     597,738.83

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         10     514,320.97


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            29
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,579,334.85

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      39,417,117.31

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          342

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      11

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,082,726.85

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,084,003.44

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          91.31650410 %     8.68349590 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             90.88397260 %     9.11602740 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                              481,515.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                     961,592.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.91433589
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              325.94

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                27.42422659

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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-1   76110WAW6    33,524,000.00           0.00     0.125000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110WAX4    35,203,000.00  18,006,057.67     7.300000  %  2,298,579.30
A-I-3   76110WAY2     7,449,000.00   7,449,000.00     7.625000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WAZ9    11,675,000.00  11,675,000.00     7.900000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110WBA3     7,071,000.00   7,071,000.00     8.050000  %          0.00
A-II    76110WBB1   223,019,000.00  64,570,075.49     5.342340  %  3,134,220.60
R                         1,035.81   6,999,328.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  317,942,035.81   115,770,461.72                  5,432,799.90
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-2     107,126.80  2,405,706.10            0.00       0.00     15,707,478.37
A-I-3      46,290.78     46,290.78            0.00       0.00      7,449,000.00
A-I-4      75,169.32     75,169.32            0.00       0.00     11,675,000.00
A-I-5      46,390.96     46,390.96            0.00       0.00      7,071,000.00
A-II      306,340.47  3,440,561.07            0.00       0.00     61,435,854.89
R         287,560.98    287,560.98            0.00       0.00      6,999,328.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          868,879.31  6,301,679.21            0.00       0.00    110,337,661.82
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2   511.492136   65.294983     3.043116    68.338099   0.000000  446.197153
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     6.214362     6.214362   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     6.438486     6.438486   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     6.560735     6.560735   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    289.527240   14.053604     1.373607    15.427211   0.000000  275.473636

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       45,845.60
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      166,582.70
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   17,515.23


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    36   4,563,330.16

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   21   2,539,029.84

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         24   2,595,379.05


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            73
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      8,741,698.05

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     110,337,661.82

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,056

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      17

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,986,925.49

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,026,050.59

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.95413260 %     6.04586740 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             93.65644650 %     6.34355350 %

      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                         10.58941600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              321.78

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                34.70370363

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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  60,826,249.20     5.317340  %  4,160,214.93
R                             0.40   5,000,293.96     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  200,011,758.40    65,826,543.16                  4,160,214.93
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         279,098.42  4,439,313.35            0.00       0.00     56,666,034.27
R         271,459.85    271,459.85            0.00       0.00      5,000,293.96

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          550,558.27  4,710,773.20            0.00       0.00     61,666,328.23
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       304.113367   20.799852     1.395410    22.195262   0.000000  283.313515

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       25,659.98
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      108,200.90
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   15,834.04


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    18   2,451,940.16

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9   1,237,993.55

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         22   2,532,789.51


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            46
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      5,568,383.83

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      61,666,328.23

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          520

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               1,657,125.57

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,513,238.83

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      200,993.11

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          92.40383330 %     7.59616670 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             91.89137070 %     8.10862930 %

      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                         11.00382558
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              333.96

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                30.83135148

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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4241 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WBD7    52,000,000.00           0.00     0.140000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110WBE5    32,000,000.00  29,328,485.39     7.070000  %  3,265,884.49
A-I-3   76110WBF2    16,000,000.00  16,000,000.00     7.390000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WBG0    21,743,601.00  21,743,601.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-II    76100WBH8   151,859,043.00  61,674,340.58     5.282340  %  2,731,557.47
R                             1.60   5,622,630.12     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  273,602,645.60   134,369,057.09                  5,997,441.96
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-2     172,793.66  3,438,678.15            0.00       0.00     26,062,600.90
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      298,636.10  3,030,193.57            0.00       0.00     58,942,783.11
R         286,512.96    286,512.96            0.00       0.00      5,622,630.12

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          995,091.51  6,992,533.47            0.00       0.00    128,371,615.13
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2   916.515168  102.058890     5.399802   107.458692   0.000000  814.456278
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     6.158333     6.158333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     6.375000     6.375000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    406.128864   17.987453     1.966535    19.953988   0.000000  388.141410

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       53,687.66
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      169,614.71
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   14,158.83


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    46   4,290,516.29

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   21   2,350,418.80

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         45   4,543,262.37


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            70
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      7,206,846.12

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     128,371,615.13

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,364

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      17

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,552,738.80

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,617,169.20

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,076,751.45

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          95.81553210 %     4.18446790 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             95.62003630 %     4.37996370 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,827,255.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,259,392.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.43546900
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              300.92

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                46.91899629

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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4251 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I     76110WBK1   250,104,875.00 131,971,470.75     5.287340  %  5,538,090.05
A-II    76110WBL9   115,163,718.00  42,486,079.81     5.282340  %  1,334,880.25
SB-I                          0.22   6,252,621.88     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II                         0.37   2,879,092.96     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-III                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  365,268,593.59   183,589,265.40                  6,872,970.30
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I       638,726.71  6,176,816.76            0.00       0.00    126,433,380.70
A-II      205,723.76  1,540,604.01            0.00       0.00     41,151,199.56
SB-I      313,757.53    313,757.53            0.00       0.00      6,252,621.88
SB-II     164,693.19    164,693.19            0.00       0.00      2,879,092.96
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,322,901.19  8,195,871.49            0.00       0.00    176,716,295.10
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I     527.664528   22.143071     2.553836    24.696907   0.000000  505.521457
A-II    368.918966   11.591153     1.786359    13.377512   0.000000  357.327814

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       73,543.82
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      213,175.50
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   21,569.64


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    43   5,389,969.73

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   22   2,565,537.29

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         42   5,472,632.33


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            86
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     11,044,783.90

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     176,716,295.10

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,482

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      24

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               2,397,850.73

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,588,086.90

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      726,846.19

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          95.02600830 %     4.97399170 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             94.83255640 %     5.16744360 %

      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                         10.38728600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              339.46

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                48.37982192

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-KS3(POOL #  4259)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4259 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WBP0    74,500,000.00   3,194,085.80     5.137340  %  3,194,085.80
A-I-2   76110WBQ8    20,000,000.00  20,000,000.00     6.550000  %  1,824,063.22
A-I-3   76110WBR6    32,800,000.00  32,800,000.00     6.680000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WBS4    16,300,000.00  16,300,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110WBT2    22,038,000.00  22,038,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110WBU9    18,400,000.00  18,400,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
M-I-1   76110WBX3     9,002,000.00   9,002,000.00     7.150000  %          0.00
M-I-2   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-1  76110WBV7   159,111,000.00  86,362,283.80     5.272340  %  3,718,282.72
A-II-2  76110WBW5    60,012,000.00  32,757,142.01     5.252340  %  1,564,706.04
M-II-1  76110WBZ8    15,751,000.00  15,751,000.00     5.462340  %          0.00
M-II-2  76110WCA2     9,226,000.00   9,226,000.00     5.622340  %          0.00
B-II    76110WCC8     5,901,000.00   5,901,000.00     6.092340  %          0.00
SB-I                        996.58   2,000,420.00     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II                     1,161.22   5,000,020.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                           0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                          0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-III                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  450,045,157.80   285,733,951.61                 10,301,137.78
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      15,041.68  3,209,127.48            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-2     109,166.67  1,933,229.89            0.00       0.00     18,175,936.78
A-I-3     182,586.67    182,586.67            0.00       0.00     32,800,000.00
A-I-4      93,725.00     93,725.00            0.00       0.00     16,300,000.00
A-I-5     133,146.25    133,146.25            0.00       0.00     22,038,000.00
A-I-6     105,800.00    105,800.00            0.00       0.00     18,400,000.00
M-I-1      53,636.92     53,636.92            0.00       0.00      9,002,000.00
M-I-2      26,343.63     26,343.63            0.00       0.00      4,301,000.00
B-I        17,218.88     17,218.88            0.00       0.00      2,701,000.00
A-II-1    417,387.05  4,135,669.77            0.00       0.00     82,644,001.08
A-II-2    157,714.01  1,722,420.05            0.00       0.00     31,192,435.97
M-II-1     78,867.54     78,867.54            0.00       0.00     15,751,000.00
M-II-2     47,549.07     47,549.07            0.00       0.00      9,226,000.00
B-II       32,954.99     32,954.99            0.00       0.00      5,901,000.00
SB-I      305,070.65    305,070.65            0.00       0.00      2,000,420.00
SB-II     500,679.85    500,679.85            0.00       0.00      5,000,020.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,276,888.86 12,578,026.64            0.00       0.00    275,432,813.83
===============================================================================











































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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-1    42.873635   42.873635     0.201902    43.075537   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2  1000.000000   91.203161     5.458334    96.661495   0.000000  908.796839
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     5.566667     5.566667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000 1000.000000
M-I-1  1000.000000    0.000000     5.958334     5.958334   0.000000 1000.000000
M-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     6.125001     6.125001   0.000000 1000.000000
B-I    1000.000000    0.000000     6.375002     6.375002   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II-1  542.780096   23.369112     2.623244    25.992356   0.000000  519.410984
A-II-2  545.843198   26.073219     2.628041    28.701260   0.000000  519.769979
M-II-1 1000.000000    0.000000     5.007145     5.007145   0.000000 1000.000000
M-II-2 1000.000000    0.000000     5.153812     5.153812   0.000000 1000.000000
B-II   1000.000000    0.000000     5.584645     5.584645   0.000000 1000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                      115,369.36
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      236,849.62
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   24,858.35


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    91   7,978,201.90

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   37   3,060,041.06

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         70   5,609,192.30


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           118
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      9,234,272.58

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     275,432,813.83

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,901

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      24

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               2,668,768.59

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    9,707,867.67

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      373,814.12

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         81.14244400 %     0.00000000 %   18.85755600 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            80.43717480 %     0.00000000 %   19.56282520 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.32449000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              317.42

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                61.20115039

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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-1   76110WCF1    79,798,000.00  32,687,715.66     5.182340  %  5,417,905.55
A-I-2   76110WCG9    15,000,000.00  15,000,000.00     6.460000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110WCH7    32,000,000.00  32,000,000.00     6.560000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WCJ3    30,000,000.00  30,000,000.00     6.720000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110WCK0    23,257,000.00  23,257,000.00     6.980000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110WCL8    20,000,000.00  20,000,000.00     6.680000  %          0.00
A-II-1  76110WCM6   200,060,000.00 138,367,790.37     5.262340  %  5,730,540.95
A-II-2  76110WCN4   200,020,000.00 136,812,639.06     5.237340  %  9,486,722.26
SB-I    76110WCQ7           768.84   2,000,557.69     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WCP9           504.57   8,001,610.09     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-III                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  600,136,273.41   438,127,312.87                 20,635,168.76
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     155,282.29  5,573,187.84            0.00       0.00     27,269,810.11
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    667,460.16  6,398,001.11            0.00       0.00    132,637,249.42
A-II-2    656,823.11 10,143,545.37            0.00       0.00    127,325,916.80
SB-I      411,144.02    411,144.02            0.00       0.00      2,000,557.69
SB-II     879,618.45    879,618.45            0.00       0.00      8,001,610.09
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        3,440,622.91 24,075,791.67            0.00       0.00    417,492,144.11
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   409.630763   67.895255     1.945942    69.841197   0.000000  341.735509
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.383333     5.383333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     5.466667     5.466667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     5.600000     5.600000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     5.816667     5.816667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     5.566667     5.566667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II-1  691.631462   28.644112     3.336300    31.980412   0.000000  662.987351
A-II-2  683.994796   47.428868     3.283787    50.712655   0.000000  636.565927

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                      177,557.13
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      341,872.34
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   16,119.65


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   125  11,350,707.05

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   68   6,767,091.17

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         73   6,743,724.43


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           127
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     14,335,353.63

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     417,492,144.11

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        4,250

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      16

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,803,769.34

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   20,021,293.42

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      304,528.59

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.71706360 %     2.28293640 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE                 0.00000000 %   100.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.60422610 %     2.39577390 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,993,552.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,544,333.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.28977200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              330.23

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                69.56622397

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-KS1(POOL #  4291)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4291 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WCR5    70,000,000.00  14,411,269.33     6.940000  %  8,990,981.07
A-I-2   76110WCS3    35,000,000.00  35,000,000.00     6.450000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110WCT1   100,000,000.00 100,000,000.00     6.285000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WCU8    31,000,000.00  31,000,000.00     6.390000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110WCV6    31,000,000.00  31,000,000.00     6.505000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110WCW4    30,000,000.00  30,000,000.00     6.585000  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110WCX2    20,000,000.00  20,000,000.00     6.810000  %          0.00
A-I-8   76110WCY0    25,448,000.00  25,448,000.00     7.010000  %          0.00
A-I-9   76110WCZ7    38,000,000.00  38,000,000.00     6.445000  %          0.00
A-II-1  76110WDA1   150,000,000.00 120,720,467.65     5.262340  %  3,576,374.04
A-II-2  76110WDB9   325,000,000.00 272,055,761.13     5.237340  % 10,385,563.46
SB-I    76110WDC7            33.88   3,424,032.30     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WDD5        73,292.19  10,162,002.01     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-III                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  855,521,326.07   731,221,532.42                 22,952,918.57
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      83,345.17  9,074,326.24            0.00       0.00      5,420,288.26
A-I-2     188,125.00    188,125.00            0.00       0.00     35,000,000.00
A-I-3     523,750.00    523,750.00            0.00       0.00    100,000,000.00
A-I-4     165,075.00    165,075.00            0.00       0.00     31,000,000.00
A-I-5     168,045.83    168,045.83            0.00       0.00     31,000,000.00
A-I-6     164,625.00    164,625.00            0.00       0.00     30,000,000.00
A-I-7     113,500.00    113,500.00            0.00       0.00     20,000,000.00
A-I-8     148,658.73    148,658.73            0.00       0.00     25,448,000.00
A-I-9     204,091.67    204,091.67            0.00       0.00     38,000,000.00
A-II-1    582,332.80  4,158,706.84            0.00       0.00    117,144,093.61
A-II-2  1,306,111.14 11,691,674.60            0.00       0.00    261,670,197.67
SB-I      762,161.13    762,161.13            0.00       0.00      3,424,032.30
SB-II           0.00          0.00    1,233,090.80       0.00     11,395,092.81
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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        4,409,821.47 27,362,740.04    1,233,090.80       0.00    709,501,704.65
===============================================================================















































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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-KS1(POOL #  4291)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4291 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   205.875276  128.442587     1.190645   129.633232   0.000000   77.432689
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.375000     5.375000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     5.237500     5.237500   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     5.325000     5.325000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     5.420833     5.420833   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     5.487500     5.487500   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     5.675000     5.675000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-8  1000.000000    0.000000     5.841667     5.841667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-9  1000.000000    0.000000     5.370833     5.370833   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II-1  804.803118   23.842494     3.882219    27.724713   0.000000  780.960624
A-II-2  837.094650   31.955580     4.018804    35.974384   0.000000  805.139070

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

Run:     12/29/98     16:49:32                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
    MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-KS1 (POOL #  4291)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4291 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      299,314.50
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      364,843.01
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    7,618.70


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   202  18,046,095.32

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   62   6,033,729.19

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         98   8,246,022.54


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            99
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      9,978,077.89

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     709,501,704.65

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        7,199

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                 931,243.25

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   20,955,526.19

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      150,354.91

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.14200840 %     1.85799160 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.91133340 %     2.08866660 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         357,952.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                           25,665,640.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   8,555,213.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.01254000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              332.60

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                82.93208866

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-KS2(POOL #  4303)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4303 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WDE3    62,000,000.00  37,767,305.37     6.775000  %  6,238,361.33
A-I-2   76110WDF0    65,000,000.00  65,000,000.00     6.400000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110WDG8    72,000,000.00  72,000,000.00     6.240000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WDH6    33,000,000.00  33,000,000.00     6.355000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110WDJ2    19,000,000.00  19,000,000.00     6.400000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110WDK9    20,000,000.00  20,000,000.00     6.485000  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110WDU7    18,000,000.00  18,000,000.00     6.630000  %          0.00
A-I-8   76110WDV5    16,600,000.00  16,600,000.00     6.805000  %          0.00
A-I-9   76110WDW3    33,900,000.00  33,900,000.00     6.415000  %          0.00
A-II-1  76110WDL7   370,000,000.00 336,700,491.48     5.207340  %  7,273,002.57
A-II-2  76110WDM5    75,000,000.00  67,214,687.31     5.192340  %  1,434,212.31
M-I-1   76110WDN3    19,085,000.00  19,085,000.00     6.720000  %          0.00
M-I-2   76110WDP8    13,058,000.00  13,058,000.00     6.980000  %          0.00
M-I-3   76110WDQ6     9,041,000.00   9,041,000.00     7.620000  %          0.00
B-I-1   76110WDR4    10,246,000.00  10,246,000.00     9.179000  %          0.00
B-I-2   76110WDS2     5,425,000.00   5,425,000.00     9.649000  %          0.00
B-I-3   76110WDT0     5,426,154.06   5,426,154.06     9.649000  %          0.00
SB-I    76110WDX1             0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WDX9       202,335.73   6,315,302.33     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-III                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  846,983,489.79   787,778,940.55                 14,945,576.21
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     213,227.91  6,451,589.24            0.00       0.00     31,528,944.04
A-I-2     346,666.67    346,666.67            0.00       0.00     65,000,000.00
A-I-3     374,400.00    374,400.00            0.00       0.00     72,000,000.00
A-I-4     174,762.50    174,762.50            0.00       0.00     33,000,000.00
A-I-5     101,333.33    101,333.33            0.00       0.00     19,000,000.00
A-I-6     108,083.33    108,083.33            0.00       0.00     20,000,000.00
A-I-7      99,450.00     99,450.00            0.00       0.00     18,000,000.00
A-I-8      94,135.83     94,135.83            0.00       0.00     16,600,000.00
A-I-9     181,223.75    181,223.75            0.00       0.00     33,900,000.00
A-II-1  1,607,204.44  8,880,207.01            0.00       0.00    329,427,488.91
A-II-2    319,918.05  1,754,130.36            0.00       0.00     65,780,475.00
M-I-1     106,876.00    106,876.00            0.00       0.00     19,085,000.00
M-I-2      75,954.03     75,954.03            0.00       0.00     13,058,000.00
M-I-3      57,410.35     57,410.35            0.00       0.00      9,041,000.00
B-I-1      78,373.36     78,373.36            0.00       0.00     10,246,000.00
B-I-2      43,621.52     43,621.52            0.00       0.00      5,425,000.00
B-I-3      43,630.80     43,630.80            0.00       0.00      5,426,154.06
SB-I      883,612.98    883,612.98            0.00       0.00              0.00
SB-II           0.00          0.00    1,212,394.37       0.00      7,527,696.70
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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        4,909,884.85 19,855,461.06    1,212,394.37       0.00    774,045,758.71
===============================================================================





































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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-KS2(POOL #  4303)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4303 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   609.150087  100.618731     3.439160   104.057891   0.000000  508.531356
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.333333     5.333333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     5.200000     5.200000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     5.295833     5.295833   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     5.333333     5.333333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     5.404167     5.404167   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     5.525000     5.525000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-8  1000.000000    0.000000     5.670833     5.670833   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-9  1000.000000    0.000000     5.345833     5.345833   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II-1  910.001328   19.656764     4.343796    24.000560   0.000000  890.344565
A-II-2  896.195831   19.122831     4.265574    23.388405   0.000000  877.073000
M-I-1  1000.000000    0.000000     5.600000     5.600000   0.000000 1000.000000
M-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.816666     5.816666   0.000000 1000.000000
M-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     6.350000     6.350000   0.000000 1000.000000
B-I-1  1000.000000    0.000000     7.649167     7.649167   0.000000 1000.000000
B-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     8.040833     8.040833   0.000000 1000.000000
B-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     8.040833     8.040833   0.000000 1000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

Run:     12/29/98     16:49:33                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
    MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-KS2 (POOL #  4303)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4303 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      324,777.64
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      568,941.18
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,260.43


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   338  28,623,791.57

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  146  12,131,955.59

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                        225  17,812,878.24


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            67
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      5,500,971.01

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     774,045,758.71

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        8,431

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                 141,657.32

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   13,096,388.67

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.29242320 %     5.22786300 %    3.47971430 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.98130180 %     5.32061568 %    3.69808250 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         151,371.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                           12,053,435.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   4,017,812.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.02971100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              329.36

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                91.38852977

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
          HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
                         SERIES 1998-KS3(POOL #  4330)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4330 
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                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
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A-I-1   76110WDZ6   169,000,000.00 158,628,267.77     5.172340  %  6,704,713.97
A-I-2   76110WEA0    53,000,000.00  53,000,000.00     5.830000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110WEB8    73,000,000.00  73,000,000.00     5.910000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WEC6    25,000,000.00  25,000,000.00     6.035000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110WED4    36,000,000.00  36,000,000.00     6.160000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110WEE2    49,121,000.00  49,121,000.00     5.542340  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110WEF9    45,000,000.00  45,000,000.00     5.980000  %          0.00
A-II    76110WEG7   425,000,000.00 412,745,347.74     5.242340  %  7,196,349.36
SB-I                         84.30   2,692,602.78     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II                   129,754.99   2,598,936.90     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                           0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                          0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-III                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

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                  875,250,839.29   857,786,155.19                 13,901,063.33
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                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
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A-I-1     752,106.06  7,456,820.03            0.00       0.00    151,923,553.80
A-I-2     257,491.67    257,491.67            0.00       0.00     53,000,000.00
A-I-3     359,525.00    359,525.00            0.00       0.00     73,000,000.00
A-I-4     125,729.17    125,729.17            0.00       0.00     25,000,000.00
A-I-5     184,800.00    184,800.00            0.00       0.00     36,000,000.00
A-I-6     249,558.18    249,558.18            0.00       0.00     49,121,000.00
A-I-7     224,250.00    224,250.00            0.00       0.00     45,000,000.00
A-II    1,983,438.83  9,179,788.19            0.00       0.00    405,548,998.38
SB-I            0.00          0.00    1,296,329.46       0.00      3,988,932.24
SB-II           0.00          0.00    1,184,027.93       0.00      3,782,964.83
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

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        4,136,898.91 18,037,962.24    2,480,357.39       0.00    846,365,449.25
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AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
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       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
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A-I-1   938.628803   39.672864     4.450332    44.123196   0.000000  898.955940
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     4.858333     4.858333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     4.925000     4.925000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     5.029167     5.029167   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     5.133333     5.133333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     5.080478     5.080478   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     4.983333     4.983333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    971.165524   16.932587     4.666915    21.599502   0.000000  954.232937

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DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
          HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
                            1998-KS3 (POOL #  4330)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4330 
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SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      354,801.97
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     7,776.57

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      459,000.78
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   374  29,300,308.52

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  152  13,140,018.16

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                        119   9,417,489.19


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             4
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        316,930.75

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     846,365,449.25

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        9,382

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                   10,657,319.68

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          99.38311670 %     0.61688330 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             99.08173270 %     0.91826730 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         375,746.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                           26,257,525.18 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   8,752,509.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.96658100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              329.55

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                96.69975866

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