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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)
                      September 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 September 1998  distribution  to holders of the following  series of Conduit
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates.

Master Serviced by Residential Funding Corporation

1995-KS1    RASC
1995-KS2    RASC
1995-KS3    RASC
1995-KS4    RASC
1996-KS1    RASC


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

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










































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                                   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: September 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: September 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  17,511,663.76     6.337500  %  1,301,030.62
R                             0.00   2,329,729.31     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   94,350,062.00    19,841,393.07                  1,301,030.62
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A          93,211.92  1,394,242.54            0.00       0.00     16,210,633.14
R               0.00          0.00       67,559.89       0.00      2,397,289.20

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           93,211.92  1,394,242.54       67,559.89       0.00     18,607,922.34
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       185.603098   13.789399     0.987937    14.777336   0.000000  171.813699

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-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                        7,318.86
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       39,758.96
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      686.58


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    15   1,912,905.85

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     425,438.28

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5     580,246.16


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            15
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,402,033.18

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      18,607,922.34

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

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                  72,676.47

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,222,383.76

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          88.25823720 %    11.74176280 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             87.11683570 %    12.88316430 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.92868440
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              315.92

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                19.72221528

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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  24,315,384.44     6.187500  %    650,422.20
R                             0.00   1,596,196.23     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  105,461,520.00    25,911,580.67                    650,422.20
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         129,542.55    779,964.75            0.00       0.00     23,664,962.24
R               0.00          0.00       82,652.66       0.00      1,678,848.89

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          129,542.55    779,964.75       82,652.66       0.00     25,343,811.13
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       230.561673    6.167389     1.228339     7.395728   0.000000  224.394284

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-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                        9,868.49
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       329.42

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       50,370.96
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    20   1,498,173.12

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   11   1,619,711.39

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6     759,512.88


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            18
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,768,516.68

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      25,343,811.13

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

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                      552,975.52

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.83983460 %     6.16016540 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             93.37570470 %     6.62429530 %

      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                         10.57187589
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              318.87

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                24.03133487

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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           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A3-I    76110WAF3    19,819,000.00  18,569,181.35     8.000000  %  1,641,377.26
A4-I    76110WAG1    16,482,000.00  16,482,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A5-I    76110WAH9    11,122,743.00  11,122,743.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II    76110WAJ5    41,561,444.00  16,060,002.44     8.000000  %    452,110.71
R       76110WAK2           100.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
B1-I                  1,946,488.25     171,843.83     8.120000  %        355.52
B2-I                    760,800.00           0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
B3-I                    988,100.00           0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
B1-II                 1,125,622.41     863,869.20     8.120000  %      5,605.25
B2-II                   259,759.02           0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
B3-II                   346,345.37           0.00     8.120000  %          0.00
SPRED                         0.00           0.00     1.978128  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  156,997,402.05    63,269,639.82                  2,099,448.74
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A1-I            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A2-I            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A3-I      123,766.16  1,765,143.42            0.00       0.00     16,927,804.09
A4-I      109,854.81    109,854.81            0.00       0.00     16,482,000.00
A5-I       74,134.62     74,134.62            0.00       0.00     11,122,743.00
A-II      107,057.83    559,168.54            0.00       0.00     15,607,891.73
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B1-I        1,162.54      1,518.06            0.00       0.00        153,443.55
B2-I            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B3-I            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B1-II       5,845.03     11,450.28            0.00       0.00        757,287.27
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     104,276.37    104,276.37            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          526,097.36  2,625,546.10            0.00       0.00     61,051,169.64
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A1-I      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A2-I      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A3-I    936.938360   82.818369     6.244824    89.063193   0.000000  854.119991
A4-I   1000.000000    0.000000     6.665138     6.665138   0.000000 1000.000000
A5-I   1000.000000    0.000000     6.665138     6.665138   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    386.415892   10.878128     2.575893    13.454021   0.000000  375.537764
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
B1-I     88.284032    0.182647     0.597250     0.779897   0.000000   78.830966
B2-I      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
B3-I      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
B1-II   767.459134    4.979689     5.192709    10.172398   0.000000  672.772030
B2-II     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
B3-II     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
SPRED     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-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                       18,763.24
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       79,944.36
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,648.71


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    21   4,772,626.62

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     733,538.65

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4   1,201,479.57


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             7
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,576,348.41

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      61,051,169.64

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          266

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                 170,504.53

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,565,296.55

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.36301730 %     1.63698260 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.50825000 %     1.49175000 %

      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                         10.15109400
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              209.17

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                38.88673879

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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  32,819,166.85     6.187500  %  1,096,164.65
R                     4,664,765.74   6,219,687.28     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  103,661,454.74    39,038,854.13                  1,096,164.65
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         174,037.96  1,270,202.61            0.00       0.00     31,723,002.20
R         130,189.27    130,189.27            0.00       0.00      6,219,687.28

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          304,227.23  1,400,391.88            0.00       0.00     37,942,689.48
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       331.517823   11.072741     1.758018    12.830759   0.000000  320.445083

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-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                       14,056.30
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       79,577.33
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,746.05


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    38   4,142,629.80

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   16   1,302,533.58

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          7   1,052,646.81


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            26
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,590,896.60

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      37,942,689.48

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          398

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       2

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 169,888.25

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,064,304.56

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          84.06795640 %    15.93204370 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             83.60767950 %    16.39232050 %

      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                         10.32356937
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              304.99

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                36.60250531

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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  16,963,632.32     6.087500  %  1,236,403.04
R                             0.00   2,739,844.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   77,178,720.00    19,703,476.88                  1,236,403.04
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A          88,122.86  1,324,525.90            0.00       0.00     15,727,229.28
R          15,695.32     15,695.32            0.00       0.00      2,739,844.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          103,818.18  1,340,221.22            0.00       0.00     18,467,073.84
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       219.796756   16.019999     1.141803    17.161802   0.000000  203.776757

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-98

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-KS1 (POOL # 4202)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4202 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                        6,269.92
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       69,805.98
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    28   3,131,473.30

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8     917,239.19

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         10   1,334,526.97


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            20
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,285,011.28

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      18,467,073.84

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          172

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,103,210.52

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          86.09461380 %    13.90538620 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             85.16362370 %    14.83637630 %

      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                         10.88928575
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              325.36

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                23.92767571

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-KS2(POOL #  4209)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4209 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110WAN6    41,000,000.00           0.00     6.770000  %          0.00
A-2     76110WAP1    28,000,000.00  24,878,467.45     7.040000  %  1,320,023.76
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     227,875.04     0.000000  %     19,733.37
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   3,107,422.31     7.980000  %      2,808.07
B-2                     904,165.00     873,963.31     7.980000  %        789.77
B-3                     904,163.45     572,274.64     7.980000  %        517.14
SPRED                         0.00           0.00     1.710127  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  100,462,675.80    55,746,735.75                  1,343,872.11
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-2       145,930.08  1,465,953.84            0.00       0.00     23,558,443.69
A-3        74,088.02     74,088.02            0.00       0.00     12,000,000.00
A-4        93,661.63     93,661.63            0.00       0.00     14,086,733.00
A-5             0.00     19,733.37            0.00       0.00        208,141.67
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        20,661.02     23,469.09            0.00       0.00      3,104,614.24
B-2         5,810.92      6,600.69            0.00       0.00        873,173.54
B-3         3,805.01      4,322.15            0.00       0.00        533,303.25
SPRED      79,432.16     79,432.16            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          423,388.84  1,767,260.95            0.00       0.00     54,364,409.39
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-2     888.516695   47.143706     5.211789    52.355495   0.000000  841.372989
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.174002     6.174002   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.648925     6.648925   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5     646.255371   55.963990     0.000000    55.963990   0.000000  590.291381
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     966.597148    0.873480     6.426833     7.300313   0.000000  965.723667
B-2     966.597148    0.873480     6.426836     7.300316   0.000000  965.723668
B-3     632.932729    0.571954     4.208321     4.780275   0.000000  589.830578
SPRED     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-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                       21,438.11
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      109,671.79
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   10,271.77


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    61   6,534,228.18

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   25   2,126,532.46

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         13   1,252,633.94


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            27
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,850,203.89

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      54,364,409.39

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          554

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       6

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,073,148.49

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,183,869.50

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          91.79799400 %     8.20200600 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             91.67023280 %     8.32976720 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.79419002
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              306.47

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                54.11403684

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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  45,052,962.69     6.037500  %  3,643,655.85
R                             0.00   3,593,275.20     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  143,731,008.00    48,646,237.89                  3,643,655.85
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         228,447.75  3,872,103.60            0.00       0.00     41,409,306.84
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00      3,583,403.39

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          228,447.75  3,872,103.60            0.00       0.00     44,992,710.23
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       313.453327   25.350520     1.589412    26.939932   0.000000  288.102807

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-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                       18,653.51
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      130,605.60
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   13,085.42


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    47   5,776,201.50

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   17   2,239,850.51

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         19   1,793,472.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            41
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      4,354,254.09

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      44,992,710.23

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          379

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       9

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,562,999.22

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,941,413.21

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          92.61345720 %     7.38654280 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             92.03559120 %     7.96440880 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         11.01050936
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              329.13

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                31.30341243

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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4223 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WAW6    33,524,000.00           0.00     0.125000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110WAX4    35,203,000.00  22,235,419.42     7.300000  %  1,389,599.44
A-I-3   76110WAY2     7,449,000.00   7,449,000.00     7.625000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WAZ9    11,675,000.00  11,675,000.00     7.900000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110WBA3     7,071,000.00   7,071,000.00     8.050000  %          0.00
A-II    76110WBB1   223,019,000.00  78,203,706.45     5.948440  %  5,157,053.91
R                         1,035.81   6,999,328.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  317,942,035.81   133,633,454.43                  6,546,653.35
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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     133,922.51  1,523,521.95            0.00       0.00     20,845,819.98
A-I-3      46,862.26     46,862.26            0.00       0.00      7,449,000.00
A-I-4      76,097.33     76,097.33            0.00       0.00     11,675,000.00
A-I-5      46,963.69     46,963.69            0.00       0.00      7,071,000.00
A-II      387,192.45  5,544,246.36            0.00       0.00     73,046,652.54
R         137,269.18    137,269.18            0.00       0.00      6,999,328.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          828,307.42  7,374,960.77            0.00       0.00    127,086,801.08
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2   631.634219   39.473893     3.804293    43.278186   0.000000  592.160327
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     6.291081     6.291081   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     6.517973     6.517973   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     6.641732     6.641732   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    350.659390   23.123832     1.736141    24.859973   0.000000  327.535558

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-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                       53,498.21
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      341,428.26
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   17,491.73


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   157  15,540,521.60

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   51   6,490,436.23

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         31   3,889,772.15


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           102
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     12,256,378.14

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     127,086,801.08

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,204

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      21

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               2,090,269.82

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,861,863.30

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          94.76229320 %     5.23770680 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             94.49248190 %     5.50751810 %

      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                         10.62430100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              325.00

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                39.97168879

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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  75,971,184.31     5.923440  %  4,420,566.95
R                             0.40   5,000,293.96     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  200,011,758.40    80,971,478.27                  4,420,566.95
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         387,509.26  4,808,076.21            0.00       0.00     71,550,617.36
R         189,349.49    189,349.49            0.00       0.00      5,000,293.96

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          576,858.75  4,997,425.70            0.00       0.00     76,550,911.32
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       379.833591   22.101535     1.937432    24.038967   0.000000  357.732056

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-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                       32,368.20
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      219,782.71
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    8,083.01


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    66   8,693,933.65

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   28   4,285,131.52

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         29   3,297,405.79


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            66
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      8,313,736.88

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      76,550,911.32

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          630

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                 869,081.03

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,145,655.20

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.82462310 %     6.17537690 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             93.46801510 %     6.53198490 %

      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                         10.92277569
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              336.94

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                38.27320550

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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4241 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WBD7    52,000,000.00   5,576,410.23     5.788440  %  2,455,489.31
A-I-2   76110WBE5    32,000,000.00  32,000,000.00     7.070000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110WBF2    16,000,000.00  16,000,000.00     7.390000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WBG0    21,743,601.00  21,743,601.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-II    76100WBH8   151,859,043.00  70,152,934.40     5.888440  %  3,427,676.36
R                             1.60   5,622,630.12     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  273,602,645.60   151,095,575.75                  5,883,165.67
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      27,795.56  2,483,284.87            0.00       0.00      3,120,920.92
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      355,717.55  3,783,393.91            0.00       0.00     66,725,258.04
R         273,707.53    273,707.53            0.00       0.00      5,622,630.12

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,082,902.76  6,966,068.43            0.00       0.00    145,212,410.08
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   107.238658   47.220948     0.534530    47.755478   0.000000   60.017710
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.891667     5.891667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     6.158333     6.158333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     6.375000     6.375000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    461.960862   22.571434     2.342419    24.913853   0.000000  439.389428

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-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                       59,933.24
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      371,864.39
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   13,939.60


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   188  17,591,161.75

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   69   7,191,791.23

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         47   4,790,031.85


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           108
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     11,033,261.66

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     145,212,410.08

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,536

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      14

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,441,462.14

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,265,742.37

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          96.27875930 %     3.72124070 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             96.12799610 %     3.87200390 %

      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                         10.55733300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              305.74

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                53.07419808

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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   250,104,875.00 150,577,082.84     5.893440  %  6,783,134.37
A-II    76110WBL9   115,163,718.00  52,961,139.77     5.888440  %  3,399,935.46
SB-I                          0.22   6,252,621.88     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II                         0.37   2,879,092.96     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                           0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                          0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-III                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  365,268,593.59   212,669,937.45                 10,183,069.83
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I       763,571.74  7,546,706.11            0.00       0.00    143,793,948.47
A-II      268,544.81  3,668,480.27            0.00       0.00     49,561,204.31
SB-I      406,797.48    406,797.48            0.00       0.00      6,252,621.88
SB-II     186,539.16    186,539.16            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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,625,453.19 11,808,523.02            0.00       0.00    202,486,867.62
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I     602.055769   27.121160     3.053006    30.174166   0.000000  574.934609
A-II    459.876953   29.522627     2.331853    31.854480   0.000000  430.354327

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-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                       85,511.87
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      411,930.96
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   19,040.63


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   156  17,655,983.05

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   65   6,850,590.29

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         40   5,585,891.36


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           135
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     17,637,340.09

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     202,486,867.62

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,685

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               2,179,164.09

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    9,432,694.08

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          95.70615620 %     4.29384380 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             95.49021870 %     4.50978130 %

      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                         10.41850300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              342.48

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                55.43506099

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-KS3(POOL #  4259)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4259 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WBP0    74,500,000.00  17,311,606.10     5.743440  %  4,326,693.72
A-I-2   76110WBQ8    20,000,000.00  20,000,000.00     6.550000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110WBR6    32,800,000.00  32,800,000.00     6.680000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WBS4    16,300,000.00  16,300,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110WBT2    22,038,000.00  22,038,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110WBU9    18,400,000.00  18,400,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
M-I-1   76110WBX3     9,002,000.00   9,002,000.00     7.150000  %          0.00
M-I-2   76110WBY1     4,301,000.00   4,301,000.00     7.350000  %          0.00
B-I     76110WCB0     2,701,000.00   2,701,000.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-II-1  76110WBV7   159,111,000.00 104,257,267.95     5.878440  %  6,914,138.97
A-II-2  76110WBW5    60,012,000.00  40,741,440.42     5.858440  %  3,613,638.99
M-II-1  76110WBZ8    15,751,000.00  15,751,000.00     6.068440  %          0.00
M-II-2  76110WCA2     9,226,000.00   9,226,000.00     6.228440  %          0.00
B-II    76110WCC8     5,901,000.00   5,901,000.00     6.698440  %          0.00
SB-I                        996.58   2,000,420.00     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II                     1,161.22   5,000,020.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                           0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                          0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-III                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  450,045,157.80   325,730,754.47                 14,854,471.68
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      85,618.70  4,412,312.42            0.00       0.00     12,984,912.38
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    527,749.25  7,441,888.22            0.00       0.00     97,343,128.98
A-II-2    205,531.11  3,819,170.10            0.00       0.00     37,127,801.43
M-II-1     82,308.44     82,308.44            0.00       0.00     15,751,000.00
M-II-2     49,482.53     49,482.53            0.00       0.00      9,226,000.00
B-II       34,037.56     34,037.56            0.00       0.00      5,901,000.00
SB-I      372,196.08    372,196.08            0.00       0.00      2,000,420.00
SB-II     534,284.98    534,284.98            0.00       0.00      5,000,020.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,612,832.67 17,467,304.35            0.00       0.00    310,876,282.79
===============================================================================











































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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-KS3(POOL #  4259)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4259 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   232.370552   58.076426     1.149244    59.225670   0.000000  174.294126
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.458334     5.458334   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     5.566667     5.566667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000 1000.000000
M-I-1  1000.000000    0.000000     5.958334     5.958334   0.000000 1000.000000
M-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     6.125001     6.125001   0.000000 1000.000000
B-I    1000.000000    0.000000     6.375002     6.375002   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II-1  655.248650   43.454814     3.316862    46.771676   0.000000  611.793836
A-II-2  678.888229   60.215273     3.424834    63.640107   0.000000  618.672956
M-II-1 1000.000000    0.000000     5.225601     5.225601   0.000000 1000.000000
M-II-2 1000.000000    0.000000     5.363378     5.363378   0.000000 1000.000000
B-II   1000.000000    0.000000     5.768100     5.768100   0.000000 1000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-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                      132,062.86
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      515,599.37
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   12,303.31


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   357  28,037,163.77

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  120  11,213,974.27

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         68   5,542,056.50


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           140
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     11,321,945.88

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     310,876,282.79

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,236

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      14

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,327,307.70

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   13,947,675.80

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      520,141.46

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         83.45798200 %     0.00000000 %   16.54201800 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            82.66756170 %     0.00000000 %   17.33243830 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.38736200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              321.43

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                69.07668651

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-KS4(POOL #  4272)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4272 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WCF1    79,798,000.00  46,526,267.47     5.788440  %  3,766,584.96
A-I-2   76110WCG9    15,000,000.00  15,000,000.00     6.460000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110WCH7    32,000,000.00  32,000,000.00     6.560000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WCJ3    30,000,000.00  30,000,000.00     6.720000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110WCK0    23,257,000.00  23,257,000.00     6.980000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110WCL8    20,000,000.00  20,000,000.00     6.680000  %          0.00
A-II-1  76110WCM6   200,060,000.00 159,944,513.87     5.868440  %  8,551,061.34
A-II-2  76110WCN4   200,020,000.00 162,235,032.57     5.843440  %  6,611,873.02
SB-I    76110WCQ7           768.84   2,000,557.69     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WCP9           504.57   8,001,610.09     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                           0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                          0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-III                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  600,136,273.41   498,964,981.69                 18,929,519.32
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     231,909.71  3,998,494.67            0.00       0.00     42,759,682.51
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    808,260.23  9,359,321.57            0.00       0.00    151,393,452.53
A-II-2    816,342.53  7,428,215.55            0.00       0.00    155,623,159.55
SB-I      458,988.25    458,988.25            0.00       0.00      2,000,557.69
SB-II     922,532.56    922,532.56            0.00       0.00      8,001,610.09
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        3,908,328.16 22,837,847.48            0.00       0.00    480,035,462.37
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   583.050546   47.201496     2.906210    50.107706   0.000000  535.849050
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.383333     5.383333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     5.466667     5.466667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     5.600000     5.600000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     5.816667     5.816667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     5.566667     5.566667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II-1  799.482725   42.742484     4.040089    46.782573   0.000000  756.740241
A-II-2  811.094053   33.056059     4.081305    37.137364   0.000000  778.037994

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-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                      204,005.72
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      659,548.05
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    4,925.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   440  40,415,383.02

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  136  12,866,950.24

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         58   6,450,033.21


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           151
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     16,320,741.50

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     480,035,462.37

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        4,808

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                 546,331.32

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   18,103,991.14

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      353,811.08

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.99541690 %     2.00458310 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE                 0.00000000 %   100.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.91636900 %     2.08363100 %

      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                         10.27330200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              333.82

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                79.98774339

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-KS1(POOL #  4291)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4291 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WCR5    70,000,000.00  38,243,274.60     6.940000  %  6,743,440.85
A-I-2   76110WCS3    35,000,000.00  35,000,000.00     6.450000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110WCT1   100,000,000.00 100,000,000.00     6.285000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WCU8    31,000,000.00  31,000,000.00     6.390000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110WCV6    31,000,000.00  31,000,000.00     6.505000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110WCW4    30,000,000.00  30,000,000.00     6.585000  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110WCX2    20,000,000.00  20,000,000.00     6.810000  %          0.00
A-I-8   76110WCY0    25,448,000.00  25,448,000.00     7.010000  %          0.00
A-I-9   76110WCZ7    38,000,000.00  38,000,000.00     6.445000  %          0.00
A-II-1  76110WDA1   150,000,000.00 132,767,069.15     5.868440  %  3,848,816.86
A-II-2  76110WDB9   325,000,000.00 295,930,697.29     5.843440  %  6,641,665.31
SB-I    76110WDC7            33.88   3,424,032.30     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WDD5        73,292.19   6,406,129.40     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                           0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                          0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-III                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  855,521,326.07   787,219,202.74                 17,233,923.02
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     221,173.60  6,964,614.45            0.00       0.00     31,499,833.75
A-I-2     188,125.00    188,125.00            0.00       0.00     35,000,000.00
A-I-3     523,750.00    523,750.00            0.00       0.00    100,000,000.00
A-I-4     165,075.00    165,075.00            0.00       0.00     31,000,000.00
A-I-5     168,045.83    168,045.83            0.00       0.00     31,000,000.00
A-I-6     164,625.00    164,625.00            0.00       0.00     30,000,000.00
A-I-7     113,500.00    113,500.00            0.00       0.00     20,000,000.00
A-I-8     148,658.73    148,658.73            0.00       0.00     25,448,000.00
A-I-9     204,091.67    204,091.67            0.00       0.00     38,000,000.00
A-II-1    670,922.30  4,519,739.16            0.00       0.00    128,918,252.29
A-II-2  1,489,079.21  8,130,744.52            0.00       0.00    289,289,031.98
SB-I      846,074.06    846,074.06            0.00       0.00      3,424,032.30
SB-II           0.00          0.00    1,187,892.59       0.00      7,594,021.99
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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        4,903,120.40 22,137,043.42    1,187,892.59       0.00    771,173,172.31
===============================================================================















































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


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   546.332494   96.334869     3.159623    99.494492   0.000000  449.997625
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.375000     5.375000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     5.237500     5.237500   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     5.325000     5.325000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     5.420833     5.420833   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     5.487500     5.487500   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     5.675000     5.675000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-8  1000.000000    0.000000     5.841667     5.841667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-9  1000.000000    0.000000     5.370833     5.370833   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II-1  885.113794   25.658779     4.472815    30.131594   0.000000  859.455015
A-II-2  910.555992   20.435893     4.581782    25.017675   0.000000  890.120098

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-98

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      324,629.05
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      774,719.51
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      462.27


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   689  59,432,123.49

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  161  13,841,855.09

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         71   6,050,725.47


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           116
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     11,712,727.39

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     771,173,172.31

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        7,777

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                  54,391.92

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   15,451,525.84

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                       95,445.72

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.75128020 %     1.24871980 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.57126070 %     1.42873930 %

      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                          9.97406500
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              335.30

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                90.14073043

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-KS2(POOL #  4303)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4303 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WDE3    62,000,000.00  54,033,206.38     6.775000  %  4,889,025.90
A-I-2   76110WDF0    65,000,000.00  65,000,000.00     6.400000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110WDG8    72,000,000.00  72,000,000.00     6.240000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WDH6    33,000,000.00  33,000,000.00     6.355000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110WDJ2    19,000,000.00  19,000,000.00     6.400000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110WDK9    20,000,000.00  20,000,000.00     6.485000  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110WDU7    18,000,000.00  18,000,000.00     6.630000  %          0.00
A-I-8   76110WDV5    16,600,000.00  16,600,000.00     6.805000  %          0.00
A-I-9   76110WDW3    33,900,000.00  33,900,000.00     6.415000  %          0.00
A-II-1  76110WDL7   370,000,000.00 360,004,223.12     5.813440  %  6,874,136.74
A-II-2  76110WDM5    75,000,000.00  72,240,043.16     5.798440  %    810,494.44
M-I-1   76110WDN3    19,085,000.00  19,085,000.00     6.720000  %          0.00
M-I-2   76110WDP8    13,058,000.00  13,058,000.00     6.980000  %          0.00
M-I-3   76110WDQ6     9,041,000.00   9,041,000.00     7.620000  %          0.00
B-I-1   76110WDR4    10,246,000.00  10,246,000.00     9.179000  %          0.00
B-I-2   76110WDS2     5,425,000.00   5,425,000.00     9.649000  %          0.00
B-I-3   76110WDT0     5,426,154.06   5,426,154.06     9.649000  %          0.00
SB-I    76110WDX1             0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WDX9       202,335.73   2,658,715.94     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                           0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                          0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-III                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  846,983,489.79   828,717,342.66                 12,573,657.08
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     305,062.48  5,194,088.38            0.00       0.00     49,144,180.48
A-I-2     346,666.67    346,666.67            0.00       0.00     65,000,000.00
A-I-3     374,400.00    374,400.00            0.00       0.00     72,000,000.00
A-I-4     174,762.50    174,762.50            0.00       0.00     33,000,000.00
A-I-5     101,333.33    101,333.33            0.00       0.00     19,000,000.00
A-I-6     108,083.33    108,083.33            0.00       0.00     20,000,000.00
A-I-7      99,450.00     99,450.00            0.00       0.00     18,000,000.00
A-I-8      94,135.83     94,135.83            0.00       0.00     16,600,000.00
A-I-9     181,223.75    181,223.75            0.00       0.00     33,900,000.00
A-II-1  1,802,187.54  8,676,324.28            0.00       0.00    353,130,086.38
A-II-2    360,701.84  1,171,196.28            0.00       0.00     71,429,548.72
M-I-1     106,876.00    106,876.00            0.00       0.00     19,085,000.00
M-I-2      75,954.03     75,954.03            0.00       0.00     13,058,000.00
M-I-3      57,410.35     57,410.35            0.00       0.00      9,041,000.00
B-I-1      78,373.36     78,373.36            0.00       0.00     10,246,000.00
B-I-2      43,621.52     43,621.52            0.00       0.00      5,425,000.00
B-I-3      43,630.80     43,630.80            0.00       0.00      5,426,154.06
SB-I      968,921.65    968,921.65            0.00       0.00              0.00
SB-II           0.00          0.00    1,147,884.14       0.00      3,806,600.08
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        5,322,794.98 17,896,452.06    1,147,884.14       0.00    817,291,569.72
===============================================================================





































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


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   871.503329   78.855256     4.920363    83.775619   0.000000  792.648072
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.333333     5.333333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     5.200000     5.200000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     5.295833     5.295833   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     5.333333     5.333333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     5.404167     5.404167   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     5.525000     5.525000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-8  1000.000000    0.000000     5.670833     5.670833   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-9  1000.000000    0.000000     5.345833     5.345833   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II-1  972.984387   18.578748     4.870777    23.449525   0.000000  954.405639
A-II-2  963.200575   10.806593     4.809358    15.615951   0.000000  952.393983
M-I-1  1000.000000    0.000000     5.600000     5.600000   0.000000 1000.000000
M-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.816666     5.816666   0.000000 1000.000000
M-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     6.350000     6.350000   0.000000 1000.000000
B-I-1  1000.000000    0.000000     7.649167     7.649167   0.000000 1000.000000
B-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     8.040833     8.040833   0.000000 1000.000000
B-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     8.040833     8.040833   0.000000 1000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-September-98
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-September-98

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      343,002.43
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    12,368.39

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      ***,***.**
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   ***  **,***,***.**

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  361  31,286,472.68

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                        196  15,446,672.28


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            35
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,448,670.54

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     817,291,569.72

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        8,855

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   10,801,568.83

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                       71,230.36

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.16380950 %     4.96960800 %    2.86658290 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.91380940 %     5.03908293 %    3.04710770 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.02031100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              332.26

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                96.49439211

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