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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)
                              May 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 May 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 1995-K1 RASC  1997-KS4  GR1RASC  1997-KS4GR2  RASC 1997-KS4
GR1RASC  1997-KS4GR2 RASC 1997-KS4  GR1RASC  1997-KS4  GR2RASC  1997-KS4GRP2RASC
1998-KS1 RASC ->

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




































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                           SIGNATURES

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

RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP

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








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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1995-KS1 (POOL # 4173)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4173 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A     76110WAB2    94,350,062.00    22,418,122.33     6.337500  %  1,090,564.78
R                           0.00     2,089,595.10     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   94,350,062.00    24,507,717.43                  1,090,564.78
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         118,475.11  1,209,039.89            0.00       0.00     21,327,557.55
R               0.00          0.00       15,424.08       0.00      2,105,019.18

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          118,475.11  1,209,039.89       15,424.08       0.00     23,432,576.73
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      237.605804  11.558708     1.255697    12.814405   0.000000    226.047096

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-98      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-May-98      

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1995-KS1 (POOL # 4173)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4173 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                        9,234.04
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       51,993.42
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      341.78


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    25   3,167,240.09

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     741,475.57

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     430,819.91


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            15
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,238,695.04

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      23,432,576.73

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          229

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       1

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                  33,876.33

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      815,396.09

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          91.47372620 %     8.52627380 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             91.01669780 %     8.98330220 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                              330,005.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,238,927.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.90242293
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              319.92

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                24.83578308


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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    29,258,836.20     6.187500  %    685,451.64
R                           0.00     1,878,911.05     0.000000  %     72,921.71

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  105,461,520.00    31,137,747.25                    758,373.35
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         156,014.91    841,466.55            0.00       0.00     28,573,384.56
R         101,671.05    174,592.76            0.00       0.00      1,805,989.34

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          257,685.96  1,016,059.31            0.00       0.00     30,379,373.90
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      277.436132   6.499543     1.479354     7.978897   0.000000    270.936590

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-98      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-May-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                       11,975.60
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       52,337.00
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,702.51


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    25   3,065,237.85

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   11   1,101,214.09

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     523,373.11


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            14
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,038,820.44

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      30,379,373.90

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          293

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       2

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 174,212.18

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      741,491.79

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.96580930 %     6.03419070 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             94.05521210 %     5.94478790 %

      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                         10.56114447
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              323.14

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                28.80612168


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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     7,288,268.33     8.000000  %  3,511,412.29
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    17,539,300.53     8.000000  %    482,226.49
R     76110WAK2           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
B1-I                1,946,488.25       968,733.11     8.120000  %      1,829.47
B2-I                  760,800.00             0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
B3-I                  988,100.00             0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
B1-I                1,125,622.41       938,965.51     8.120000  %      1,038.59
B2-I                  259,759.02             0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
B3-I                  346,345.37             0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     1.986393  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  156,997,402.05    74,159,010.48                  3,996,506.84
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       48,015.93  3,559,428.22            0.00       0.00      3,776,856.04
A3-I      130,569.79    130,569.79            0.00       0.00     19,819,000.00
A4-I      108,585.26    108,585.26            0.00       0.00     16,482,000.00
A5-I       73,277.87     73,277.87            0.00       0.00     11,122,743.00
A-II      116,124.64    598,351.13            0.00       0.00     17,057,074.04
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B1-I        6,477.85      8,307.32            0.00       0.00        573,082.31
B2-I            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B3-I            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B1-II       6,309.98      7,348.57            0.00       0.00        935,353.95
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     121,463.94    121,463.94            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          610,825.26  4,607,332.10            0.00       0.00     69,766,109.34
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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   277.331367 133.615384     1.827090   135.442474   0.000000    143.715983
A3-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.588112     6.588112   0.000000   1000.000000
A4-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.588112     6.588112   0.000000   1000.000000
A5-I  1000.000000   0.000000     6.588111     6.588111   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   422.008930  11.602737     2.794047    14.396784   0.000000    410.406194
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
B1-I   497.682485   0.939882     3.327968     4.267850   0.000000    294.418583
B2-I     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
B3-I     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
B1-I   834.174499   0.922681     5.605770     6.528451   0.000000    830.965996
B2-I     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
B3-I     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-98      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-May-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                       20,878.36
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       99,739.35
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   12,069.67


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    27   5,579,238.42

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6   1,106,485.69

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     770,812.94


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            11
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,515,949.42

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      69,766,109.34

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          299

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               1,259,089.13

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,373,678.16

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.42755650 %     2.57244350 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.83786670 %     2.16213330 %

      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                         10.25417700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              225.45

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                44.43774765


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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    39,167,672.62     6.187500  %  1,987,298.91
R                   4,664,765.74     6,219,687.28     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  103,661,454.74    45,387,359.90                  1,987,298.91
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         208,033.79  2,195,332.70            0.00       0.00     37,180,373.71
R         155,207.86    155,207.86            0.00       0.00      6,219,687.28

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          363,241.65  2,350,540.56            0.00       0.00     43,400,060.99
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      395.646289  20.074398     2.101422    22.175820   0.000000    375.571891
R     1333.333253   0.000000    33.272380    33.272380   0.000000   1333.333253

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-98      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-May-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                       16,229.91
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       72,537.06
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    5,779.98


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    51   5,152,327.79

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     613,243.46

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     491,169.29


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            20
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,970,608.99

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      43,400,060.99

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          456

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                 632,942.11

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,952,560.95

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          86.29643300 %    13.70356700 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             85.66894350 %    14.33105650 %

      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                         10.38328837
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              309.62

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                41.86711550


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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    22,786,923.22     6.087500  %  1,797,528.59
R                           0.00     2,739,844.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   77,178,720.00    25,526,767.78                  1,797,528.59
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         117,194.83  1,914,723.42            0.00       0.00     20,989,394.63
R          94,287.05     94,287.05            0.00       0.00      2,739,844.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          211,481.88  2,009,010.47            0.00       0.00     23,729,239.19
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      295.248784  23.290469     1.518486    24.808955   0.000000    271.958315

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-98      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-May-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                       10,092.13
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,867.17

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       66,165.29
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    3,250.29


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    32   3,619,024.69

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   10   1,227,114.39

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2      75,920.22


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            20
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,588,912.08

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      23,729,239.19

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          211

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                 347,063.20

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,782,088.69

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          89.26677840 %    10.73322160 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             88.45371930 %    11.54628070 %

      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                         10.92518574
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              329.28

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                30.74583148


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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     4,805,229.20     6.770000  %  2,856,862.56
A-2   76110WAP1    28,000,000.00    28,000,000.00     7.040000  %          0.00
A-3   76110WAQ9    12,000,000.00    12,000,000.00     7.410000  %          0.00
A-4   76110WAR7    14,086,733.00    14,086,733.00     7.980000  %          0.00
A-5   76110WAU0       352,608.35       294,630.38     0.000000  %      4,029.17
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     3,118,182.02     7.980000  %      2,599.03
B-2                   904,165.00       876,989.49     7.980000  %        730.98
B-3                   904,163.45       759,780.79     7.980000  %        633.28
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     1.786191  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  100,462,675.80    63,941,544.88                  2,864,855.02
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        26,661.17  2,883,523.73            0.00       0.00      1,948,366.64
A-2       161,550.07    161,550.07            0.00       0.00     28,000,000.00
A-3        72,874.56     72,874.56            0.00       0.00     12,000,000.00
A-4        92,127.57     92,127.57            0.00       0.00     14,086,733.00
A-5             0.00      4,029.17            0.00       0.00        290,601.21
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        20,392.99     22,992.02            0.00       0.00      3,115,582.99
B-2         5,735.53      6,466.51            0.00       0.00        876,258.51
B-3         4,968.98      5,602.26            0.00       0.00        716,792.69
SPRED      93,602.51     93,602.51            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          477,913.38  3,342,768.40            0.00       0.00     61,034,335.04
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    117.200712  69.679575     0.650272    70.329847   0.000000     47.521138
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.769645     5.769645   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.072880     6.072880   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.540024     6.540024   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    835.574030  11.426757     0.000000    11.426757   0.000000    824.147273
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    969.944071   0.808456     6.343459     7.151915   0.000000    969.135615
B-2    969.944081   0.808459     6.343455     7.151914   0.000000    969.135622
B-3    840.313541   0.700404     5.495666     6.196070   0.000000    792.768929

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-98      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-May-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                       24,406.93
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      109,410.17
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    8,289.19


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    59   6,473,970.25

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   18   2,017,978.25

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6     777,153.35


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            32
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,634,908.04

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      61,034,335.04

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          613

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                 871,608.04

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,755,476.19

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          92.52917080 %     7.47082920 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             92.24836230 %     7.75163770 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,663,458.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                     877,779.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.78092728
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              311.95

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                60.75324448


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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    59,557,229.57     6.037500  %  4,496,852.26
R                           0.00     3,593,275.20     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  143,731,008.00    63,150,504.77                  4,496,852.26
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         281,148.41  4,778,000.67            0.00       0.00     55,060,377.31
R         214,220.26    214,220.26            0.00       0.00      3,593,275.20

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          495,368.67  4,992,220.93            0.00       0.00     58,653,652.51
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      414.365908  31.286584     1.956073    33.242657   0.000000    383.079324

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-98      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-May-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                       24,081.97
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      126,203.76
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   24,299.38


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    68   7,662,600.64

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   16   1,875,527.63

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6     608,876.10


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            37
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      4,123,258.13

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      58,653,652.51

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          476

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               2,840,865.26

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,375,051.08

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          94.30998180 %     5.69001820 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             93.87374010 %     6.12625990 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,045,090.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,088,173.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         11.00926906
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              333.40

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                40.80793235


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-KS4 (POOL # 4223)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4223 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110WAW6    33,524,000.00             0.00     0.125000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WAX4    35,203,000.00    31,489,862.77     7.300000  %  2,668,164.89
A-I-  76110WAY2     7,449,000.00     7,449,000.00     7.625000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WAZ9    11,675,000.00    11,675,000.00     7.900000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBA3     7,071,000.00     7,071,000.00     8.050000  %          0.00
A-II  76110WBB1   223,019,000.00   101,396,048.96     5.956250  %  9,709,635.62
R                       1,035.81     6,999,328.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  317,942,035.81   166,080,240.29                 12,377,800.51
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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     187,565.63  2,855,730.52            0.00       0.00     28,821,697.88
A-I-3      46,344.42     46,344.42            0.00       0.00      7,449,000.00
A-I-4      75,256.43     75,256.43            0.00       0.00     11,675,000.00
A-I-5      46,444.72     46,444.72            0.00       0.00      7,071,000.00
A-II      461,545.01 10,171,180.63            0.00       0.00     91,686,413.34
R         438,035.77    438,035.77            0.00       0.00      6,999,328.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,255,191.98 13,632,992.49            0.00       0.00    153,702,439.78
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
A-I-   894.522136  75.793679     5.328115    81.121794   0.000000    818.728457
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.221563     6.221563   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.445947     6.445947   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.568338     6.568338   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   454.652065  43.537257     2.069532    45.606789   0.000000    411.114808


_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-98      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-May-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                       65,591.81
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      322,424.34
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   15,467.23


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   169  18,915,563.52

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   38   4,241,027.87

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         12   1,385,943.97


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           105
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     13,146,414.16

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     153,702,439.78

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,431

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      20

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,975,060.67

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   11,817,763.88

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          95.78557420 %     4.21442580 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             95.44618250 %     4.55381750 %

      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                         10.42888000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              329.81

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                48.34291238

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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    99,352,154.25     5.931250  %  8,645,675.74
R                           0.40     5,000,293.96     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  200,011,758.40   104,352,448.21                  8,645,675.74
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         459,549.00  9,105,224.74            0.00       0.00     90,706,478.51
R         316,748.35    316,748.35            0.00       0.00      5,000,293.96

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          776,297.35  9,421,973.09            0.00       0.00     95,706,772.47
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      496.731568  43.225837     2.297610    45.523447   0.000000    453.505731


_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-98      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-May-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                       41,396.80
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      218,806.52
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    4,255.62


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    94  11,927,108.81

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   21   3,264,221.21

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         11   1,059,918.68


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            66
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      8,405,709.53

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      95,706,772.47

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          774

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                 487,463.64

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    8,372,882.20

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          95.20826390 %     4.79173610 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             94.77540220 %     5.22459780 %

      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                         10.63121908
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              340.92

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                47.85057300

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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4241 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110WBD7    52,000,000.00    18,073,423.28     5.796250  %  3,405,764.43
A-I-  76110WBE5    32,000,000.00    32,000,000.00     7.070000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBF2    16,000,000.00    16,000,000.00     7.390000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBG0    21,743,601.00    21,743,601.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-II  76100WBH8   151,859,043.00    94,110,175.66     5.896250  %  9,293,024.19
R                           1.60     5,622,630.12     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  273,602,645.60   187,549,830.06                 12,698,788.62
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      84,388.45  3,490,152.88            0.00       0.00     14,667,658.85
A-I-2     188,533.33    188,533.33            0.00       0.00     32,000,000.00
A-I-3      98,533.33     98,533.33            0.00       0.00     16,000,000.00
A-I-4     138,615.46    138,615.46            0.00       0.00     21,743,601.00
A-II      447,000.46  9,740,024.65            0.00       0.00     84,817,151.47
R         520,417.58    520,417.58            0.00       0.00      5,622,630.12

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,477,488.61 14,176,277.23            0.00       0.00    174,851,041.44
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   347.565832  65.495470     1.622855    67.118325   0.000000    282.070363
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.891667     5.891667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.158333     6.158333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.375000     6.375000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   619.720590  61.195066     2.943522    64.138588   0.000000    558.525523


_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-98      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-May-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                       74,451.11
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      300,919.97
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    8,342.80


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   162  16,262,422.71

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   50   5,252,398.32

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         17   1,046,575.82


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           102
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     11,674,761.61

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     174,851,041.44

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,808

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       7

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 903,609.37

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   12,302,056.39

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.00206070 %     2.99793930 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             96.78433140 %     3.21566860 %

      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                         10.59995800
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              313.51

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                63.90692643

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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   192,762,794.44     5.901250  % 11,496,749.45
A-II  76110WBL9   115,163,718.00    71,623,815.37     5.896250  %  5,704,822.35
SB-I                        0.22     5,967,709.87     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-I                        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-II                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  365,268,593.59   273,233,412.64                 17,201,571.80
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I       984,194.18 12,480,943.63            0.00       0.00    181,266,044.99
A-II      462,718.96  6,167,541.31            0.00       0.00     65,918,993.02
SB-I      263,830.99    263,830.99      284,912.01       0.00      6,252,621.88
SB-II     143,339.30    143,339.30            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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,854,083.43 19,055,655.23      284,912.01       0.00    256,316,752.85
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I    770.727857  45.967714     3.935126    49.902840   0.000000    724.760143
A-II   621.930384  49.536629     4.017923    53.554552   0.000000    572.393755

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-98      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-May-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                      109,455.02
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      381,438.86
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   11,518.44


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   164  22,403,927.50

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   50   5,407,748.45

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         21   2,856,065.63


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           112
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     14,685,268.60

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     256,316,752.85

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,095

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      10

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,371,659.19

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   16,319,530.54

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      474,564.09

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          96.76218120 %     3.23781880 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             96.43733200 %     3.56266800 %

      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                         10.44318200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              346.47

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                70.17213014

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-KS3 (POOL # 4259)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4259 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110WBP0    74,500,000.00    41,011,482.03     5.751250  %  5,557,054.70
A-I-  76110WBQ8    20,000,000.00    20,000,000.00     6.550000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBR6    32,800,000.00    32,800,000.00     6.680000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBS4    16,300,000.00    16,300,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBT2    22,038,000.00    22,038,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WBU9    18,400,000.00    18,400,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
M-I-  76110WBX3     9,002,000.00     9,002,000.00     7.150000  %          0.00
M-I-  76110WBY1     4,301,000.00     4,301,000.00     7.350000  %          0.00
B-I   76110WCB0     2,701,000.00     2,701,000.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-II  76110WBV7   159,111,000.00   131,414,254.93     5.886250  %  6,995,870.95
A-II  76110WBW5    60,012,000.00    50,392,126.75     5.866250  %  1,936,787.43
M-II  76110WBZ8    15,751,000.00    15,751,000.00     6.076250  %          0.00
M-II  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-I                    1,161.22     5,000,020.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                         0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  450,045,157.80   386,238,303.71                 14,489,713.08
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     190,004.20  5,747,058.90            0.00       0.00     35,454,427.33
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    623,127.16  7,618,998.11            0.00       0.00    124,418,383.98
A-II-2    238,132.54  2,174,919.97            0.00       0.00     48,455,339.32
M-II-1     77,097.32     77,097.32            0.00       0.00     15,751,000.00
M-II-2     46,348.16     46,348.16            0.00       0.00      9,226,000.00
B-II       31,878.72     31,878.72            0.00       0.00      5,901,000.00
SB-I      495,503.51    495,503.51            0.00       0.00      2,000,420.00
SB-II     679,037.69    679,037.69            0.00       0.00      5,000,020.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        3,102,753.32 17,592,466.40            0.00       0.00    371,748,590.63
===============================================================================











































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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-   550.489692  74.591338     2.550392    77.141730   0.000000    475.898353
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.458334     5.458334   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.566667     5.566667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000   1000.000000
M-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.958334     5.958334   0.000000   1000.000000
M-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.125001     6.125001   0.000000   1000.000000
B-I   1000.000000   0.000000     6.375002     6.375002   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   825.928157  43.968493     3.916305    47.884798   0.000000    781.959663
A-II   839.700839  32.273336     3.968082    36.241418   0.000000    807.427503
M-II  1000.000000   0.000000     4.894757     4.894757   0.000000   1000.000000
M-II  1000.000000   0.000000     5.023646     5.023646   0.000000   1000.000000
B-II  1000.000000   0.000000     5.402257     5.402257   0.000000   1000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-98      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-May-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                      157,310.77
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      384,361.49
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    9,429.01


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   259  23,797,572.80

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   57   4,432,335.20

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         36   3,044,556.48


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           134
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     11,487,242.17

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     371,748,590.63

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,791

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       7

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,038,763.48

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   14,122,543.35

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      123,170.05

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         86.04943130 %     0.00000000 %   13.95056870 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            85.50567740 %     0.00000000 %   14.49432260 %

      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                         10.28913800
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              326.15

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                82.60250870

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-KS4 (POOL # 4272)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4272 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110WCF1    79,798,000.00    64,963,999.73     5.796250  %  4,779,557.91
A-I-  76110WCG9    15,000,000.00    15,000,000.00     6.460000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCH7    32,000,000.00    32,000,000.00     6.560000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCJ3    30,000,000.00    30,000,000.00     6.720000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCK0    23,257,000.00    23,257,000.00     6.980000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCL8    20,000,000.00    20,000,000.00     6.680000  %          0.00
A-II  76110WCM6   200,060,000.00   185,251,924.86     5.876250  %  4,664,717.31
A-II  76110WCN4   200,020,000.00   184,019,077.28     5.851250  %  5,738,759.31
SB-I  76110WCQ7           768.84     2,000,557.69     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-I  76110WCP9           504.57     5,309,099.47     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                         0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  600,136,273.41   561,801,659.03                 15,183,034.53
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     303,330.00  5,082,887.91            0.00       0.00     60,184,441.82
A-I-2      80,750.00     80,750.00            0.00       0.00     15,000,000.00
A-I-3     174,933.33    174,933.33            0.00       0.00     32,000,000.00
A-I-4     168,000.00    168,000.00            0.00       0.00     30,000,000.00
A-I-5     135,278.22    135,278.22            0.00       0.00     23,257,000.00
A-I-6     111,333.33    111,333.33            0.00       0.00     20,000,000.00
A-II-1    876,917.00  5,541,634.31            0.00       0.00    180,587,207.55
A-II-2    867,375.20  6,606,134.51            0.00       0.00    178,280,317.97
SB-I      464,708.40    464,708.40            0.00       0.00      2,000,557.69
SB-II           0.00          0.00    1,166,233.75       0.00      6,475,333.22
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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        3,182,625.48 18,365,660.01    1,166,233.75       0.00    547,784,858.25
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   814.105613  59.895711     3.801223    63.696934   0.000000    754.209903
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.383333     5.383333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.466667     5.466667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.600000     5.600000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.816667     5.816667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.566667     5.566667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   925.981830  23.316592     4.383270    27.699862   0.000000    902.665238
A-II   920.003386  28.690927     4.336442    33.027369   0.000000    891.312459

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-98      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-May-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                      231,457.38
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      509,788.70
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   353  34,401,412.16

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   89   8,373,762.31

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         40   3,750,558.15


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           105
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     12,439,828.21

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     547,784,858.25

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        5,383

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   12,983,069.63

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      143,735.63

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.69889010 %     1.30110990 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE                 0.00000000 %   100.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.45269710 %     1.54730290 %

      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                         10.15775100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              338.62

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                91.27674539

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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-  76110WCR5    70,000,000.00    64,331,169.97     6.940000  %  7,405,588.18
A-I-  76110WCS3    35,000,000.00    35,000,000.00     6.450000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCT1   100,000,000.00   100,000,000.00     6.285000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCU8    31,000,000.00    31,000,000.00     6.390000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCV6    31,000,000.00    31,000,000.00     6.505000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCW4    30,000,000.00    30,000,000.00     6.585000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCX2    20,000,000.00    20,000,000.00     6.810000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCY0    25,448,000.00    25,448,000.00     7.010000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110WCZ7    38,000,000.00    38,000,000.00     6.445000  %          0.00
A-II  76110WDA1   150,000,000.00   148,082,776.17     5.876250  %  3,662,447.77
A-II  76110WDB9   325,000,000.00   320,591,429.03     5.851250  %  4,873,879.86
SB-I  76110WDC7            33.88       905,463.79     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-I  76110WDD5        73,292.19     1,217,252.78     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                         0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  855,521,326.07   845,576,091.74                 15,941,915.81
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     372,048.60  7,777,636.78            0.00       0.00     56,925,581.79
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    700,971.42  4,363,419.19            0.00       0.00    144,420,328.40
A-II-2  1,511,109.93  6,384,989.79            0.00       0.00    315,717,549.17
SB-I            0.00          0.00      896,741.78       0.00      1,802,205.57
SB-II           0.00          0.00    1,383,064.33       0.00      2,600,317.11
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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        4,260,001.18 20,201,916.99    2,279,806.11       0.00    831,913,982.04
===============================================================================















































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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-   919.016714 105.794117     5.314980   111.109097   0.000000    813.222597
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.375000     5.375000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.237500     5.237500   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.325000     5.325000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.420833     5.420833   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.487500     5.487500   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.675000     5.675000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.841667     5.841667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.370833     5.370833   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   987.218508  24.416318     4.673143    29.089461   0.000000    962.802189
A-II   986.435166  14.996553     4.649569    19.646122   0.000000    971.438613

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-98      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-May-98      

Run:     05/20/98     14:16:48                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-KS1 (POOL # 4291)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4291 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      349,931.77
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    12,811.10

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      481,550.08
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   467  45,812,197.80

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   95   9,313,622.84

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         27   2,287,081.79


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        957,260.34

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     831,913,982.04

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        8,322

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                   13,084,713.52

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                       71,824.75

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          99.74896210 %     0.25103790 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             99.47079590 %     0.52920410 %

      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                          9.97184200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              339.42

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                97.24058965

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