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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)
                         July 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 July 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 ->

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



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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  20,124,827.54     6.400000  %  1,147,754.63
R                             0.00   2,175,444.84     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   94,350,062.00    22,300,272.38                  1,147,754.63
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         111,904.72  1,259,659.35            0.00       0.00     18,977,072.91
R               0.00          0.00       73,774.67       0.00      2,249,219.51

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          111,904.72  1,259,659.35       73,774.67       0.00     21,226,292.42
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       213.299569   12.164853     1.186059    13.350912   0.000000  201.134716

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-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                        8,303.42
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       41,452.84
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    17   2,216,926.11

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     405,399.10

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     292,919.27


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            19
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,633,271.90

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      21,226,292.42

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          205

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                    1,061,595.50

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          90.24476110 %     9.75523890 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             89.40361570 %    10.59638430 %

      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                         10.82873476
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              317.72

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                22.49738047

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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  26,832,897.60     6.250000  %    926,315.05
R                             0.00   1,754,635.69     0.000000  %    140,593.50

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  105,461,520.00    28,587,533.29                  1,066,908.55
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         148,290.82  1,074,605.87            0.00       0.00     25,906,582.55
R          41,415.00    182,008.50            0.00       0.00      1,614,042.19

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          189,705.82  1,256,614.37            0.00       0.00     27,520,624.74
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       254.433063    8.783441     1.406113    10.189554   0.000000  245.649622

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-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                       10,898.70
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       47,225.48
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      899.66


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    23   2,740,537.85

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     443,591.07

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     353,998.88


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            17
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,674,529.33

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      27,520,624.74

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          265

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                  93,558.83

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      970,608.07

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.86223470 %     6.13776530 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             94.13515430 %     5.86484570 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.52756192
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              321.15

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                26.09541815

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1995-KS3(POOL #  4181)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4181 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A1-I    76110WAD8    36,305,000.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A2-I    76110WAE6    26,280,000.00   2,252,142.00     8.000000  %  1,940,079.15
A3-I    76110WAF3    19,819,000.00  19,819,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A4-I    76110WAG1    16,482,000.00  16,482,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A5-I    76110WAH9    11,122,743.00  11,122,743.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II    76110WAJ5    41,561,444.00  16,291,872.13     8.000000  %     19,616.96
R       76110WAK2           100.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
B1-I                  1,946,488.25     569,092.17     8.120000  %      3,212.39
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     865,862.13     8.120000  %        985.10
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     1.982332  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  156,997,402.05    67,402,711.43                  1,963,893.60
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       14,984.58  1,955,063.73            0.00       0.00        312,062.85
A3-I      131,865.34    131,865.34            0.00       0.00     19,819,000.00
A4-I      109,662.67    109,662.67            0.00       0.00     16,482,000.00
A5-I       74,004.96     74,004.96            0.00       0.00     11,122,743.00
A-II      108,605.83    128,222.79            0.00       0.00     16,272,255.17
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B1-I        3,843.24      7,055.63            0.00       0.00        195,277.36
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       5,858.64      6,843.74            0.00       0.00        864,877.03
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     111,180.15    111,180.15            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          560,005.41  2,523,899.01            0.00       0.00     65,068,215.41
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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     85.697945   73.823408     0.570189    74.393597   0.000000   11.874538
A3-I   1000.000000    0.000000     6.653481     6.653481   0.000000 1000.000000
A4-I   1000.000000    0.000000     6.653481     6.653481   0.000000 1000.000000
A5-I   1000.000000    0.000000     6.653481     6.653481   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    391.994853    0.471999     2.613139     3.085138   0.000000  391.522854
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
B1-I    292.368664    1.650352     1.974448     3.624800   0.000000  100.322909
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   769.229648    0.875160     5.204800     6.079960   0.000000  768.354485
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       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-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                       19,496.50
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      100,477.15
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    6,372.43


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    28   6,302,974.48

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     916,420.43

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     741,291.44


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,297,547.03

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      65,068,215.41

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          281

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       4

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 664,952.89

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,325,516.26

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.87107330 %     2.12892670 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.37070310 %     1.62929690 %

      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                         10.23804800
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              212.91

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                41.44540901

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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  36,059,893.15     6.250000  %  1,891,812.52
R                     4,664,765.74   6,219,687.28     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  103,661,454.74    42,279,580.43                  1,891,812.52
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         197,228.68  2,089,041.20            0.00       0.00     34,168,080.63
R         137,523.99    137,523.99            0.00       0.00      6,219,687.28

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          334,752.67  2,226,565.19            0.00       0.00     40,387,767.91
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       364.253527   19.109857     1.992275    21.102132   0.000000  345.143671

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-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                       15,008.35
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       69,365.53
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    4,506.44


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    49   4,695,512.22

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8     846,116.94

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            25
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,469,315.07

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      40,387,767.91

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          430

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       5

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 466,199.60

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,858,932.80

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          85.28914620 %    14.71085380 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             84.60007170 %    15.39992830 %

      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                         10.36355414
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              307.06

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                38.96122046

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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  19,576,411.65     6.150000  %  1,689,732.85
R                             0.00   2,795,833.14     0.000000  %     55,988.58

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   77,178,720.00    22,372,244.79                  1,745,721.43
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         106,603.87  1,796,336.72            0.00       0.00     17,886,678.80
R          21,788.06     77,776.64            0.00       0.00      2,739,844.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          128,391.93  1,874,113.36            0.00       0.00     20,626,523.36
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       253.650380   21.893766     1.381260    23.275026   0.000000  231.756614

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-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                        8,746.92
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       55,499.11
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    27   2,990,255.72

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     936,338.01

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     231,705.69


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            20
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,252,872.10

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      20,626,523.36

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          185

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                      808,469.29

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      697,517.96

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          87.50311750 %    12.49688250 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             86.71688630 %    13.28311370 %

      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                         10.89534582
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              327.15

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                26.72566137

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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     101,726.32     6.770000  %    101,726.32
A-2     76110WAP1    28,000,000.00  28,000,000.00     7.040000  %  1,467,255.45
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     276,725.06     0.000000  %     11,218.32
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   3,112,898.73     7.980000  %      2,722.45
B-2                     904,165.00     875,503.56     7.980000  %        765.69
B-3                     904,163.45     664,020.43     7.980000  %        580.74
SPRED                         0.00           0.00     1.731030  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  100,462,675.80    59,117,607.10                  1,584,268.97
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1           573.87    102,300.19            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-2       164,255.60  1,631,511.05            0.00       0.00     26,532,744.55
A-3        74,095.01     74,095.01            0.00       0.00     12,000,000.00
A-4        93,670.46     93,670.46            0.00       0.00     14,086,733.00
A-5             0.00     11,218.32            0.00       0.00        265,506.74
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B-1        20,699.39     23,421.84            0.00       0.00      3,110,176.28
B-2         5,821.71      6,587.40            0.00       0.00        874,737.87
B-3         4,415.44      4,996.18            0.00       0.00        663,439.69
SPRED      85,272.89     85,272.89            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          448,804.37  2,033,073.34            0.00       0.00     57,533,338.13
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       2.481130    2.481130     0.013997     2.495127   0.000000    0.000000
A-2    1000.000000   52.401980     5.866271    58.268251   0.000000  947.598020
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.174584     6.174584   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.649552     6.649552   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5     784.794404   31.815242     0.000000    31.815242   0.000000  752.979162
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     968.300647    0.846847     6.438768     7.285615   0.000000  967.453800
B-2     968.300653    0.846848     6.438769     7.285617   0.000000  967.453805
B-3     734.403088    0.642284     4.883453     5.525737   0.000000  733.760793
SPRED     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-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                       22,881.66
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      103,434.52
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    9,609.91


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    67   7,524,551.06

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   10   1,208,418.89

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     429,929.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            31
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,373,585.48

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      57,533,338.13

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          581

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       6

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,014,088.77

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,532,299.37

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          92.09321380 %     7.90678620 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             91.88313280 %     8.11686720 %

      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                          9.78275388
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              309.33

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                57.26837124

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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  51,531,076.20     6.100000  %  4,681,207.51
R                             0.00   3,593,275.20     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  143,731,008.00    55,124,351.40                  4,681,207.51
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         271,858.72  4,953,066.23            0.00       0.00     46,849,868.69
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00      3,592,729.52

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          271,858.72  4,953,066.23            0.00       0.00     50,442,598.21
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       358.524419   32.569225     1.891441    34.460666   0.000000  325.955195

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-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                       20,872.43
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      133,623.58
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   19,857.76


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    57   8,136,815.88

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   21   2,023,466.27

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     193,694.38


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            43
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      4,355,587.04

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      50,442,598.21

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          415

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      12

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               2,331,374.42

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,122,732.55

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.48151020 %     6.51848980 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             92.87758830 %     7.12241170 %

      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                         11.05075295
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              331.28

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                35.09513981

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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  26,022,134.77     7.300000  %  1,855,133.64
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  86,595,252.92     5.956250  %  5,428,721.58
R                         1,035.81   6,999,328.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  317,942,035.81   145,811,716.25                  7,283,855.22
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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     156,324.65  2,011,458.29            0.00       0.00     24,167,001.13
A-I-3      46,741.17     46,741.17            0.00       0.00      7,449,000.00
A-I-4      75,900.68     75,900.68            0.00       0.00     11,675,000.00
A-I-5      46,842.33     46,842.33            0.00       0.00      7,071,000.00
A-II      447,919.78  5,876,641.36            0.00       0.00     81,166,531.34
R         347,619.63    347,619.63            0.00       0.00      6,999,328.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,121,348.24  8,405,203.46            0.00       0.00    138,527,861.03
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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   739.202192   52.698169     4.440663    57.138832   0.000000  686.504023
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     6.274825     6.274825   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     6.501129     6.501129   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     6.624569     6.624569   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    388.286437   24.341969     2.008438    26.350407   0.000000  363.944468

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-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                       58,111.12
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      318,758.78
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   19,466.89


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   157  18,043,595.81

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   30   3,634,478.78

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         22   2,298,396.33


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           106
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     13,074,359.80

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     138,527,861.03

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,304

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      22

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               2,387,363.28

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    7,134,222.78

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          95.19974890 %     4.80025110 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             94.94734960 %     5.05265040 %

      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                         10.59288600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              327.47

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                43.57016230

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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  83,618,219.60     5.931250  %  4,342,229.83
R                             0.40   5,000,293.96     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  200,011,758.40    88,618,513.56                  4,342,229.83
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         433,811.71  4,776,041.54            0.00       0.00     79,275,989.77
R         184,796.50    184,796.50            0.00       0.00      5,000,293.96

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          618,608.21  4,960,838.04            0.00       0.00     84,276,283.73
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       418.066520   21.709873     2.168931    23.878804   0.000000  396.356647

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-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                       35,623.33
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      202,196.79
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,225.10


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    76   9,346,590.53

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   18   2,641,194.59

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         13   1,709,289.83


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            73
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      9,058,696.50

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      84,276,283.73

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

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                 237,727.75

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,943,671.85

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      158,673.24

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          94.35750640 %     5.64249360 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             94.06678400 %     5.93321600 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.66338266
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              338.92

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                42.13566463

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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  10,988,511.38     5.796250  %  2,468,335.03
A-I-2   76110WBE5    32,000,000.00  32,000,000.00     7.070000  %          0.00
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  80,277,498.40     5.896250  %  6,476,537.99
R                             1.60   5,622,630.12     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  273,602,645.60   166,632,240.90                  8,944,873.02
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      56,615.25  2,524,950.28            0.00       0.00      8,520,176.35
A-I-2     188,533.33    188,533.33            0.00       0.00     32,000,000.00
A-I-3      98,533.33     98,533.33            0.00       0.00     16,000,000.00
A-I-4     138,615.46    138,615.46            0.00       0.00     21,743,601.00
A-II      420,743.29  6,897,281.28            0.00       0.00     73,800,960.41
R         442,471.98    442,471.98            0.00       0.00      5,622,630.12

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,345,512.64 10,290,385.66            0.00       0.00    157,687,367.88
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   211.317527   47.467981     1.088755    48.556736   0.000000  163.849545
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.891667     5.891667   0.000000 1000.000000
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    528.631663   42.648352     2.770617    45.418969   0.000000  485.983310

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-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                       66,617.45
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      352,199.35
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   15,034.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   220  22,058,552.16

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   43   4,051,035.53

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         33   2,672,068.18


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           102
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     10,863,980.56

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     157,687,367.88

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,652

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      12

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,575,575.60

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    8,769,707.17

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                       71,603.02

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          96.62572500 %     3.37427500 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             96.43431800 %     3.56568200 %

      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                         10.59153000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              308.59

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                57.63371459

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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   250,104,875.00 170,131,441.16     5.901250  % 10,383,914.43
A-II    76110WBL9   115,163,718.00  61,166,256.83     5.896250  %  5,474,885.52
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   240,429,412.83                 15,858,799.95
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I       891,839.74 11,275,754.17            0.00       0.00    159,747,526.73
A-II      320,579.15  5,795,464.67            0.00       0.00     55,691,371.31
SB-I      470,754.46    470,754.46            0.00       0.00      6,252,621.88
SB-II     201,595.99    201,595.99            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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,884,769.34 17,743,569.29            0.00       0.00    224,570,612.88
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I     680.240404   41.518241     3.565863    45.084104   0.000000  638.722163
A-II    531.124367   47.540021     2.783682    50.323703   0.000000  483.584347

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-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                       95,855.18
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      407,020.43
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   14,898.21


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   174  21,900,317.96

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   38   5,286,686.54

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         22   2,910,214.57


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           144
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     18,211,605.53

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     224,570,612.88

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,851

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               1,740,219.70

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   15,492,463.24

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      106,467.59

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          96.20191440 %     3.79808560 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             95.93370000 %     4.06630000 %

      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                         10.42039100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              344.46

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                61.48095315

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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  28,216,314.46     5.751250  %  5,384,774.17
A-I-2   76110WBQ8    20,000,000.00  20,000,000.00     6.550000  %          0.00
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   159,111,000.00 120,403,924.16     5.886250  %  7,607,365.07
A-II-2  76110WBW5    60,012,000.00  46,505,362.50     5.866250  %  2,570,405.10
M-II-1  76110WBZ8    15,751,000.00  15,751,000.00     6.076250  %          0.00
M-II-2  76110WCA2     9,226,000.00   9,226,000.00     6.236250  %          0.00
B-II    76110WCC8     5,901,000.00   5,901,000.00     6.706250  %          0.00
SB-I                        996.58   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   358,546,041.12                 15,562,544.34
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     144,248.07  5,529,022.24            0.00       0.00     22,831,540.29
A-I-2     109,166.67    109,166.67            0.00       0.00     20,000,000.00
A-I-3     182,586.67    182,586.67            0.00       0.00     32,800,000.00
A-I-4      93,725.00     93,725.00            0.00       0.00     16,300,000.00
A-I-5     133,146.25    133,146.25            0.00       0.00     22,038,000.00
A-I-6     105,800.00    105,800.00            0.00       0.00     18,400,000.00
M-I-1      53,636.92     53,636.92            0.00       0.00      9,002,000.00
M-I-2      26,343.63     26,343.63            0.00       0.00      4,301,000.00
B-I        17,218.88     17,218.88            0.00       0.00      2,701,000.00
A-II-1    629,980.09  8,237,345.16            0.00       0.00    112,796,559.09
A-II-2    242,499.63  2,812,904.73            0.00       0.00     43,934,957.40
M-II-1     85,072.90     85,072.90            0.00       0.00     15,751,000.00
M-II-2     51,142.79     51,142.79            0.00       0.00      9,226,000.00
B-II       35,176.52     35,176.52            0.00       0.00      5,901,000.00
SB-I      430,943.20    430,943.20            0.00       0.00      2,000,420.00
SB-II     542,921.97    542,921.97            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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,883,609.19 18,446,153.53            0.00       0.00    342,983,496.78
===============================================================================











































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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   378.742476   72.278848     1.936216    74.215064   0.000000  306.463628
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.458334     5.458334   0.000000 1000.000000
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  756.729102   47.811685     3.959375    51.771060   0.000000  708.917417
A-II-2  774.934388   42.831519     4.040852    46.872371   0.000000  732.102869
M-II-1 1000.000000    0.000000     5.401111     5.401111   0.000000 1000.000000
M-II-2 1000.000000    0.000000     5.543333     5.543333   0.000000 1000.000000
B-II   1000.000000    0.000000     5.961112     5.961112   0.000000 1000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-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                      145,433.28
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      447,370.93
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   13,649.87


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   316  27,576,315.69

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   84   6,448,039.97

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         50   3,886,262.79


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           137
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     11,068,823.13

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     342,983,496.78

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,528

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      12

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,375,498.46

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   14,568,952.93

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      441,626.42

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         84.97196070 %     0.00000000 %   15.02803930 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            84.29007790 %     0.00000000 %   15.70992210 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.41464100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              324.12

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                76.21090702

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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  57,562,852.76     5.796250  %  5,295,060.97
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   200,060,000.00 173,355,234.23     5.876250  %  5,826,249.70
A-II-2  76110WCN4   200,020,000.00 173,452,859.20     5.851250  %  4,067,266.25
SB-I    76110WCQ7           768.84   2,000,557.69     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WCP9           504.57   7,565,412.30     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   534,193,916.18                 15,188,576.92
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     296,576.61  5,591,637.58            0.00       0.00     52,267,791.79
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    905,492.17  6,731,741.87            0.00       0.00    167,528,984.53
A-II-2    902,147.59  4,969,413.84            0.00       0.00    169,385,592.95
SB-I      488,846.41    488,846.41            0.00       0.00      2,000,557.69
SB-II     522,297.32    522,297.32      436,197.79       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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        3,785,654.98 18,974,231.90      436,197.79       0.00    519,441,537.05
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   721.357086   66.355811     3.716592    70.072403   0.000000  655.001276
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  866.516216   29.122512     4.526103    33.648615   0.000000  837.393705
A-II-2  867.177578   20.334298     4.510287    24.844585   0.000000  846.843280

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-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                      219,795.36
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      611,436.46
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,022.17


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   410  39,049,470.84

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  119  11,290,065.70

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         52   5,592,976.11


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           133
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     14,839,326.72

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     519,441,537.05

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        5,133

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                 105,218.17

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   14,202,540.77

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      247,745.80

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.20927010 %     1.79072990 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE                 0.00000000 %   100.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.07443820 %     1.92556180 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.21610500
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              336.14

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                86.55393118

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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  50,579,744.86     6.940000  %  7,241,459.11
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   150,000,000.00 142,139,984.33     5.876250  %  3,890,839.16
A-II-2  76110WDB9   325,000,000.00 310,195,652.51     5.851250  %  6,000,621.53
SB-I    76110WDC7            33.88   2,684,724.36     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WDD5        73,292.19   3,905,177.95     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   819,953,284.01                 17,132,919.80
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     292,519.52  7,533,978.63            0.00       0.00     43,338,285.75
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    742,444.52  4,633,283.68            0.00       0.00    138,249,145.17
A-II-2  1,613,362.05  7,613,983.58            0.00       0.00    304,195,030.98
SB-I      130,921.57    130,921.57      739,307.94       0.00      3,424,032.30
SB-II           0.00          0.00    1,148,894.59       0.00      5,054,072.54
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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        4,455,118.89 21,588,038.69    1,888,202.53       0.00    804,708,566.74
===============================================================================















































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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   722.567784  103.449416     4.178850   107.628266   0.000000  619.118368
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  947.599896   25.938928     4.949630    30.888558   0.000000  921.660968
A-II-2  954.448162   18.463451     4.964191    23.427642   0.000000  935.984711

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-98     

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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                      338,593.98
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      634,903.66
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   567  48,365,833.17

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  138  12,669,789.95

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         63   6,933,835.93


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            58
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      6,158,141.31

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     804,708,566.74

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        8,087

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                   14,687,585.51

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                       53,001.81

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          99.19630760 %     0.80369240 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.94643790 %     1.05356210 %

      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                          9.97412600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              337.53

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                94.06060869

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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  62,000,000.00     6.775000  %  2,573,451.58
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   370,000,000.00 370,000,000.00     5.821250  %  3,702,659.82
A-II-2  76110WDM5    75,000,000.00  75,000,000.00     5.806250  %    624,131.65
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     202,335.73     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   846,983,489.79                  6,900,243.05
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     350,041.67  2,923,493.25            0.00       0.00     59,426,548.42
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  1,854,714.93  5,557,374.75            0.00       0.00    366,297,340.18
A-II-2    374,986.98    999,118.63            0.00       0.00     74,375,868.35
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      994,893.51    994,893.51            0.00       0.00              0.00
SB-II           0.00          0.00    1,150,498.82       0.00      1,352,834.55
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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        5,460,558.56 12,360,801.61    1,150,498.82       0.00    841,233,745.56
===============================================================================





































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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  1000.000000   41.507284     5.645833    47.153117   0.000000  958.492717
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 1000.000000   10.007189     5.012743    15.019932   0.000000  989.992811
A-II-2 1000.000000    8.321755     4.999826    13.321581   0.000000  991.678245
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       20-July-98     
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-July-98     

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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                      352,150.23
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    42,168.39

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      316,919.05
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   366  30,996,514.99

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   54   4,893,450.36

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         13     867,605.47


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             1
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                         60,980.74

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     841,233,745.56

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        9,077

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,258,211.82

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.62282080 %     4.86243200 %    2.51474680 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            84.29283310 %     0.00000000 %   15.70716690 %

      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                         10.02022600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                                0.00

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                99.32115038

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                                       SIGNATURES


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

RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP

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








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