RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP
8-K, 1998-03-23
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
Previous: RED HOT CONCEPTS INC, NT 10-K, 1998-03-23
Next: RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP, 424B5, 1998-03-23



                      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): March 20, 1998



             Residential Asset Securities Corporation
      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        DELAWARE              333-28791                51-0362653
 (State or other jurisdiction (Commission   (I.R.S. employer
of incorporation)             file number)  identification no.)



8400  Normandale  Lake  Blvd.,  Suite 600,  Minneapolis,  MN 55437  (Address  of
principal executive offices) (Zip code)


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



(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


                       Exhibit Index located on page 4.


NY1-257475.1

                                                           6863-309-JFB-03/20/98

<PAGE>



Items 1 through 6 and Item 8 are not included because they are not applicable.

Item 5.    Other Events.

           The consolidated  financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation
and its  subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and December 31, 1995, and for the
three year period ended  December 31,  1996,  included in the Current  Report on
Form 8-K of AMBAC  Inc.  (which  was  filed  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission on March 12, 1997) and the consolidated financial statements of Ambac
Assurance Corporation and its subsidiaries as of September 30, 1997, and for the
periods  ended  September  30,  1997 and  September  30,  1996,  included in the
Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q of Ambac  Financial  Group,  Inc.  for the period
ended  September  30, 1997  (which was filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission on November 14, 1997),  are hereby  incorporated  by reference in (i)
this Current Report on Form 8-K; (ii) the registration statement  (No.333-28791)
of the Registrant (the  "Prospectus");  and (iii) the Prospectus  Supplement for
Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through  Certificates,  Series 1998-KS1, and shall be
deemed to be a part hereof.

Item 7.    Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information
           and Exhibits.

           (a)   Not applicable

           (b)   Not applicable

           (c)   Exhibits

           23. Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP,  independent  auditors of Ambac
           Assurance Corporation ("Ambac") with respect to (a) the incorporation
           by reference in the  Prospectus  and  Prospectus  Supplement of their
           report  dated  January  30,  1997 on the  audit  of the  consolidated
           financial   statements  of  Ambac   Assurance   Corporation  and  its
           subsidiaries  as of  December  31,  1996 and 1995 and for each of the
           years in the  three-year  period ended December 31, 1996 and (b) with
           respect to the reference to their firm under the caption "Experts" in
           the Prospectus Supplement.




NY1-257475.1

                                                           6863-309-JFB-03/20/98

<PAGE>






                                  SIGNATURES



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

                       RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION




                       By:    /s/ Timothy A. Kruse
                       Name:  Timothy A. Kruse
                              Title: Vice President


Dated:  March 20, 1998




NY1-257475.1

                                                           6863-309-JFB-03/20/98

<PAGE>



                                                                      Exhibit 23


                   Consent of Independent Auditors of Ambac

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



The Board of Directors
Ambac Assurance Corporation:

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration  statement
(No. 333-28791) of Residential Assets Securities  Corporation (the "Registrant")
and in the  Prospectus  Supplement of the  Registrant  dated March 20, 1998 (the
"Prospectus Supplement"), included in the Form 8-K of the Registrant dated March
20, 1998,  of our report dated  January 30, 1997 on the  consolidated  financial
statements of Ambac Assurance  Corporation as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and
for each of the years in the three year period ended  December  31, 1996,  which
report appears in the Form 8-K of Ambac Financial  Group,  Inc.  (formerly AMBAC
Inc.),  dated March 12, 1997 and to the  reference to our firm under the heading
"Experts" in the Prospectus Supplement.


/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


New York, New York
March 20, 1998



NY1-257475.1

                                                           6863-309-JFB-03/20/98
                                                                               4

<PAGE>





© 2022 IncJournal is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission