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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)
                                February 25, 1999


                        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 February 1999  distribution  to holders of the  following  series of Conduit
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates.

Master Serviced by Residential Funding Corporation

1995-KS1    RASC


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1995-KS2  RASC  1995-KS3 RASC 1995-KS4 RASC 1996-KS1 RASC 1996-KS2 RASC 1996-KS3
RASC  1996-KS4  RASC  1996-KS5  RASC  1997-KS1  RASC 1997-KS2 RASC 1997-KS3 RASC
1997-KS4  GR1RASC  1998-KS1 RASC 1998-KS2 RASC 1998-KS3 RASC 1998-KS4 GR2RASC ->
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)  See attached monthly reports








                                  SIGNATURES


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

RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP

   By: /s/Davee Olson
 Name: Davee Olson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Dated: February 25, 1999




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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: February 25, 1999







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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  13,937,855.98     5.650000  %    781,048.34
R                             0.00   2,678,647.18     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   94,350,062.00    16,616,503.16                    781,048.34
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A          67,096.59    848,144.93            0.00       0.00     13,156,807.64
R               0.00          0.00       30,827.27       0.00      2,709,474.45

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           67,096.59    848,144.93       30,827.27       0.00     15,866,282.09
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       147.724927    8.278196     0.711145     8.989341   0.000000  139.446730

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                        6,307.42
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       11,030.01
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,934.60


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     2     387,209.02

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    0           0.00

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     224,318.83


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        631,834.37

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      15,866,282.09

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          160

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                 199,378.46

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      667,717.01

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          83.87959760 %    16.12040240 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             82.92306640 %    17.07693360 %

      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                         10.73853926
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              310.82

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                16.81639816

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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  18,529,421.49     5.500000  %    617,014.49
R                             0.00   1,263,293.57     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  105,461,520.00    19,792,715.06                    617,014.49
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A          87,752.00    704,766.49            0.00       0.00     17,912,407.00
R               0.00          0.00       70,642.67       0.00      1,333,936.24

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           87,752.00    704,766.49       70,642.67       0.00     19,246,343.24
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       175.698411    5.850613     0.832076     6.682689   0.000000  169.847799

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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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                        7,507.60
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       28,206.72
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    3,038.25


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     6     396,229.87

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     987,512.81

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5     652,387.14


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,366,461.49

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      19,246,343.24

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          203

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       3

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 307,972.29

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      534,068.59

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.61738110 %     6.38261890 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             93.06914450 %     6.93085550 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.28425519
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              313.82

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                18.24963566

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1995-KS3(POOL #  4181)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4181 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A1-I    76110FZE6    36,305,000.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A2-I    76110FZF3    26,280,000.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A3-I    76110FZG1    19,819,000.00  10,734,086.05     8.000000  %  1,356,416.98
A4-I    76110WAG1    16,482,000.00  16,482,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A5-I    76110WAH9    11,122,743.00  11,122,743.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II    76110WAJ5    41,561,444.00  15,156,371.77     8.000000  %    210,496.62
R       76110WAK2           100.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
B1-I                  1,946,488.25     151,623.19     8.120000  %        338.28
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     752,663.59     8.120000  %        935.19
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     1.998853  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  156,997,402.05    54,399,487.60                  1,568,187.07
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       71,550.03  1,427,967.01            0.00       0.00      9,377,669.07
A4-I      109,863.81    109,863.81            0.00       0.00     16,482,000.00
A5-I       74,140.70     74,140.70            0.00       0.00     11,122,743.00
A-II      101,014.95    311,511.57            0.00       0.00     14,945,875.15
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B1-I        1,025.83      1,364.11            0.00       0.00        151,284.91
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       5,091.63      6,026.82            0.00       0.00        751,728.40
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      90,597.10     90,597.10            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          453,284.05  2,021,471.12            0.00       0.00     52,831,300.53
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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    541.605835   68.440233     3.610174    72.050407   0.000000  473.165602
A4-I   1000.000000    0.000000     6.665684     6.665684   0.000000 1000.000000
A5-I   1000.000000    0.000000     6.665685     6.665685   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    364.673849    5.064709     2.430497     7.495206   0.000000  359.609140
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
B1-I     77.895764    0.173790     0.527016     0.700806   0.000000   77.721976
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   668.664361    0.830820     4.523391     5.354211   0.000000  667.833544
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       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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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                       16,155.66
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       45,065.68
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,649.19


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     5   1,358,794.84

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1     229,688.19

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5   1,584,382.06


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             7
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,511,565.54

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      52,831,300.53

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          234

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                 169,116.21

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,462,546.35

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.33769250 %     1.66230750 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.29076080 %     1.70923920 %

      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                         10.11524900
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              201.31

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                33.65106673

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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  27,149,828.05     5.500000  %  1,343,313.68
R                     4,664,765.74   6,219,687.28     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  103,661,454.74    33,369,515.33                  1,343,313.68
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         128,578.31  1,471,891.99            0.00       0.00     25,806,514.37
R         115,676.43    115,676.43            0.00       0.00      6,219,687.28

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          244,254.74  1,587,568.42            0.00       0.00     32,026,201.65
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       274.249860   13.569279     1.298814    14.868093   0.000000  260.680581

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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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                       11,925.57
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       160.65

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       24,786.97
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,930.03


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     2     159,243.97

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     758,192.79

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     417,003.70


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            16
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,453,768.13

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      32,026,201.65

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          341

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       4

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 358,197.08

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,168,225.60

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          81.36116990 %    18.63883010 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             80.57937890 %    19.42062110 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                              333,457.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,063,595.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.22032392
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              299.02

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                30.89499538

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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  13,043,319.21     5.400000  %    363,664.39
R                             0.00   2,739,844.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   77,178,720.00    15,783,163.77                    363,664.39
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A          60,467.38    424,131.77            0.00       0.00     12,679,654.82
R          11,910.91     11,910.91            0.00       0.00      2,739,844.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           72,378.29    436,042.68            0.00       0.00     15,419,499.38
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       169.001497    4.711977     0.783472     5.495449   0.000000  164.289519

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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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                        6,335.79
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       28,495.98
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,601.93


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     4     334,279.81

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     509,018.30

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          9     956,056.35


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            12
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,434,585.63

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      15,419,499.38

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          143

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                 248,081.03

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      327,897.53

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          82.64071390 %    17.35928610 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             82.23130020 %    17.76869980 %

      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                         10.73830076
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              319.96

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                19.97895194

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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  18,753,063.10     7.040000  %  1,930,581.41
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     190,891.21     0.000000  %      2,389.74
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   3,093,055.69     7.980000  %      2,923.35
B-2                     904,165.00     869,922.69     7.980000  %        822.19
B-3                     904,163.45     412,182.11     7.980000  %        389.56
SPRED                         0.00           0.00     1.652486  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  100,462,675.80    49,405,847.80                  1,937,106.25
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       109,671.82  2,040,253.23            0.00       0.00     16,822,481.69
A-3        73,866.86     73,866.86            0.00       0.00     12,000,000.00
A-4        93,382.03     93,382.03            0.00       0.00     14,086,733.00
A-5             0.00      2,389.74            0.00       0.00        188,501.47
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        20,504.10     23,427.45            0.00       0.00      3,090,132.34
B-2         5,766.79      6,588.98            0.00       0.00        869,100.50
B-3         2,732.39      3,121.95            0.00       0.00        257,449.64
SPRED      67,821.35     67,821.35            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          373,745.34  2,310,851.59            0.00       0.00     47,314,398.64
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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     669.752254   68.949336     3.916851    72.866187   0.000000  600.802918
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.155572     6.155572   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.629076     6.629076   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5     541.368944    6.777321     0.000000     6.777321   0.000000  534.591623
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     962.128256    0.909339     6.378021     7.287360   0.000000  961.218917
B-2     962.128251    0.909336     6.378028     7.287364   0.000000  961.218915
B-3     455.871237    0.430851     3.022009     3.452860   0.000000  284.737942
SPRED     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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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                       18,783.67
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       50,413.92
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   10,381.59


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    12   1,039,116.38

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     625,750.27

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         14   1,647,003.52


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            24
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,560,495.52

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      47,314,398.64

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          495

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       7

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,086,596.78

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,803,940.72

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          91.11009990 %     8.88990010 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             91.05230300 %     8.94769700 %

      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                          9.76539587
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              300.61

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                47.09649456

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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  34,088,596.77     5.350000  %  1,174,693.19
R                             0.00   3,593,275.20     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  143,731,008.00    37,681,871.97                  1,174,693.19
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         156,770.55  1,331,463.74            0.00       0.00     32,913,903.58
R         113,827.51    113,827.51            0.00       0.00      3,593,275.20

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          270,598.06  1,445,291.25            0.00       0.00     36,507,178.78
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       237.169399    8.172858     1.090722     9.263580   0.000000  228.996540

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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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                       15,068.46
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       49,159.34
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    9,112.35


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    10   1,083,226.87

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     564,705.26

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6     785,420.76


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            25
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,942,556.99

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      36,507,178.78

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          313

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                 890,956.15

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,026,087.92

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          90.46418080 %     9.53581930 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             90.15734630 %     9.84265370 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.79764103
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              323.90

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                25.39965404

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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  13,498,123.22     7.300000  %    822,002.09
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  57,923,541.85     5.239690  %  3,055,976.47
R                         1,035.81   6,999,328.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  317,942,035.81   104,615,993.63                  3,877,978.56
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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      81,953.79    903,955.88            0.00       0.00     12,676,121.13
A-I-3      47,240.08     47,240.08            0.00       0.00      7,449,000.00
A-I-4      76,710.85     76,710.85            0.00       0.00     11,675,000.00
A-I-5      47,342.33     47,342.33            0.00       0.00      7,071,000.00
A-II      258,813.52  3,314,789.99            0.00       0.00     54,867,565.38
R         242,767.23    242,767.23            0.00       0.00      6,999,328.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          754,827.80  4,632,806.36            0.00       0.00    100,738,015.07
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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   383.436730   23.350342     2.328034    25.678376   0.000000  360.086388
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     6.341802     6.341802   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     6.570522     6.570522   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     6.695281     6.695281   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    259.724695   13.702763     1.160500    14.863263   0.000000  246.021933

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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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                       41,721.85
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      168,586.56
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   22,733.13


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    32   3,611,318.37

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   26   3,296,172.33

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         27   2,972,219.30


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            73
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      8,928,799.16

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     100,738,015.07

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          978

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      23

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               2,525,770.08

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,601,319.70

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.30950430 %     6.69049570 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             93.05194910 %     6.94805090 %

      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                         10.49342400
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              319.25

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                31.68439644

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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  51,797,364.08     5.214690  %  1,908,477.04
R                             0.40   5,000,293.96     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  200,011,758.40    56,797,658.04                  1,908,477.04
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         232,592.31  2,141,069.35            0.00       0.00     49,888,887.04
R         202,032.13    202,032.13            0.00       0.00      5,000,293.96

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          434,624.44  2,343,101.48            0.00       0.00     54,889,181.00
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       258.971595    9.541824     1.162893    10.704717   0.000000  249.429771

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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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                       22,453.08
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      107,052.42
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   16,729.66


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    20   2,461,812.10

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7   1,081,897.50

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         20   1,997,805.02


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            49
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      6,249,669.08

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      54,889,181.00

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          469

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      15

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,739,408.75

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,787,254.79

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          91.19630260 %     8.80369740 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             90.89020120 %     9.10979880 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                              553,424.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                     985,812.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.94773615
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              331.46

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                27.44297707

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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4241 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WBD7    52,000,000.00           0.00     0.140000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110WBE5    32,000,000.00  23,596,838.18     7.070000  %  2,058,363.51
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  56,384,348.05     5.179690  %  2,053,043.94
R                             1.60   5,622,630.12     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  273,602,645.60   123,347,417.35                  4,111,407.45
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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     139,024.70  2,197,388.21            0.00       0.00     21,538,474.67
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      251,490.47  2,304,534.41            0.00       0.00     54,331,304.11
R         324,560.40    324,560.40            0.00       0.00      5,622,630.12

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          952,224.36  5,063,631.81            0.00       0.00    119,236,009.90
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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   737.401193   64.323860     4.344522    68.668382   0.000000  673.077333
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    371.293977   13.519405     1.656078    15.175483   0.000000  357.774572

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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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                       49,503.94
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      165,344.90
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   20,226.59


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    37   3,860,976.12

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   20   1,935,280.76

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         43   4,668,290.42


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            72
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      7,945,012.72

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     119,236,009.90

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,276

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      24

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               2,171,005.55

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,025,687.25

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          95.44163130 %     4.55836870 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             95.28445300 %     4.71554700 %

      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                         10.57203200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              296.18

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                43.57999157

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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   250,104,875.00 119,350,802.45     5.184690  %  3,379,904.79
A-II    76110WBL9   115,163,718.00  38,323,623.51     5.179690  %  1,871,280.32
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   166,806,140.80                  5,251,185.11
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I       532,529.34  3,912,434.13            0.00       0.00    115,970,897.66
A-II      170,934.42  2,042,214.74            0.00       0.00     36,452,343.19
SB-I      364,143.28    364,143.28            0.00       0.00      6,252,621.88
SB-II     137,912.93    137,912.93            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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,205,519.97  6,456,705.08            0.00       0.00    161,554,955.69
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I     477.203023   13.513950     2.129224    15.643174   0.000000  463.689073
A-II    332.775150   16.248870     1.484273    17.733143   0.000000  316.526280

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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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                       67,147.93
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      192,471.27
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   26,013.61


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    33   3,630,488.44

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   25   3,423,295.42

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         44   5,669,951.95


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            82
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      9,480,913.59

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     161,554,955.69

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,371

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      28

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               2,863,758.24

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,438,394.12

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                       71,660.64

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          94.52555240 %     5.47444760 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             94.34761080 %     5.65238920 %

      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                         10.40666000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              337.45

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                44.22908471

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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           0.00     0.095000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110WBQ8    20,000,000.00  11,034,146.70     6.550000  %  3,417,291.37
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  78,308,918.98     5.169690  %  3,719,195.83
A-II-2  76110WBW5    60,012,000.00  28,831,045.08     5.149690  %  1,182,008.52
M-II-1  76110WBZ8    15,751,000.00  15,751,000.00     5.359690  %          0.00
M-II-2  76110WCA2     9,226,000.00   9,226,000.00     5.519690  %          0.00
B-II    76110WCC8     5,901,000.00   5,901,000.00     5.989690  %          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   261,594,550.76                  8,318,495.72
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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      60,228.05  3,477,519.42            0.00       0.00      7,616,855.33
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    348,606.05  4,067,801.88            0.00       0.00     74,589,723.15
A-II-2    127,849.98  1,309,858.50            0.00       0.00     27,649,036.56
M-II-1     72,695.41     72,695.41            0.00       0.00     15,751,000.00
M-II-2     43,851.79     43,851.79            0.00       0.00      9,226,000.00
B-II       30,436.11     30,436.11            0.00       0.00      5,901,000.00
SB-I      256,443.33    256,443.33            0.00       0.00      2,000,420.00
SB-II     487,893.66    487,893.66            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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,040,461.73 10,358,957.45            0.00       0.00    253,276,055.04
===============================================================================











































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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     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2   551.707335  170.864569     3.011403   173.875972   0.000000  380.842767
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  492.165337   23.374850     2.190961    25.565811   0.000000  468.790487
A-II-2  480.421334   19.696203     2.130407    21.826610   0.000000  460.725131
M-II-1 1000.000000    0.000000     4.615289     4.615289   0.000000 1000.000000
M-II-2 1000.000000    0.000000     4.753066     4.753066   0.000000 1000.000000
B-II   1000.000000    0.000000     5.157789     5.157789   0.000000 1000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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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                      105,751.41
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      236,674.17
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   34,750.58


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    91   7,825,048.33

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   42   3,738,016.65

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         64   4,775,310.24


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           122
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      9,744,479.02

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     253,276,055.04

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,691

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      35

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               3,752,410.99

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    7,793,947.33

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      189,215.42

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         79.40230790 %     0.00000000 %   20.59769210 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            78.72580570 %     0.00000000 %   21.27419430 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            3,244,995.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                  60,012,900.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.30918700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              315.12

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                56.27792026

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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  20,875,173.61     5.079690  %  3,052,426.00
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   200,060,000.00 126,105,150.87     5.159690  %  5,475,094.32
A-II-2  76110WCN4   200,020,000.00 119,230,148.85     5.134690  %  4,308,192.24
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   396,469,641.11                 12,835,712.56
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      91,311.71  3,143,737.71            0.00       0.00     17,822,747.61
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    560,293.56  6,035,387.88            0.00       0.00    120,630,056.55
A-II-2    527,180.71  4,835,372.95            0.00       0.00    114,921,956.61
SB-I      372,590.73    372,590.73            0.00       0.00      2,000,557.69
SB-II     785,853.79    785,853.79            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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        3,007,525.38 15,843,237.94            0.00       0.00    383,633,928.55
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   261.600211   38.251911     1.144286    39.396197   0.000000  223.348300
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  630.336653   27.367261     2.800628    30.167889   0.000000  602.969392
A-II-2  596.091135   21.538807     2.635640    24.174447   0.000000  574.552328

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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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                      161,351.48
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      365,856.54
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   27,090.72


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   158  14,796,804.95

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   57   4,977,508.03

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         87   7,460,169.89


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           132
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     14,891,644.52

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     383,633,928.55

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,946

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      28

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               3,030,214.47

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   11,701,635.57

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      160,828.64

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.47719200 %     2.52280800 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE                 0.00000000 %   100.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.39278330 %     2.60721670 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.27472700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              328.04

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                63.92446942

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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           0.00     6.940000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110WCS3    35,000,000.00  29,791,072.62     6.450000  %  6,165,642.52
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   150,000,000.00 109,438,830.47     5.159690  %  4,894,302.58
A-II-2  76110WDB9   325,000,000.00 248,889,005.41     5.134690  %  7,734,804.79
SB-I    76110WDC7            33.88   3,424,032.30     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WDD5        73,292.19  11,876,832.30     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                           0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                          0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-III                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  855,521,326.07   678,867,773.10                 18,794,749.89
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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     160,127.02  6,325,769.54            0.00       0.00     23,625,430.10
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    486,243.99  5,380,546.57            0.00       0.00    104,544,527.89
A-II-2  1,100,472.35  8,835,277.14            0.00       0.00    241,154,200.62
SB-I      687,538.43    687,538.43            0.00       0.00      3,424,032.30
SB-II   1,296,694.12  1,296,694.12            0.00       0.00     11,876,832.30
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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        5,218,822.14 24,013,572.03            0.00       0.00    660,073,023.21
===============================================================================















































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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     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2   851.173503  176.161215     4.575058   180.736273   0.000000  675.012289
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  729.592203   32.628684     3.241627    35.870311   0.000000  696.963519
A-II-2  765.812324   23.799399     3.386069    27.185468   0.000000  742.012925

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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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                      278,317.74
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      430,322.64
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   16,492.11


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   222  19,825,351.37

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   91   8,674,992.15

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                        120  10,295,928.12


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           119
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     11,143,510.11

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     660,073,023.21

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        6,772

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      18

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,954,151.76

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   17,993,298.68

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      199,059.35

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.74612010 %     2.25388000 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.68194370 %     2.31805630 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.03756000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              330.01

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                77.15447916

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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  24,001,820.37     6.775000  %  6,658,710.14
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   370,000,000.00 319,252,977.55     5.104690  %  7,051,861.64
A-II-2  76110WDM5    75,000,000.00  63,405,375.96     5.089690  %  1,449,370.73
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   5,425,063.90     9.649000  %          0.00
SB-I    76110WDX1             0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WDX9       202,335.73   8,832,779.81     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   755,273,017.59                 15,159,942.51
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     135,510.28  6,794,220.42            0.00       0.00     17,343,110.23
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  1,403,342.00  8,455,203.64            0.00       0.00    312,201,115.91
A-II-2    277,892.36  1,727,263.09            0.00       0.00     61,956,005.23
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      43,622.03     43,622.03            0.00       0.00      5,425,063.90
SB-I      848,118.79    848,118.79            0.00       0.00              0.00
SB-II   1,253,259.53  1,253,259.53       71,266.90       0.00      8,904,046.71
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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        5,804,035.66 20,963,978.17       71,266.90       0.00    740,184,341.98
===============================================================================





































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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   387.126135  107.398551     2.185650   109.584201   0.000000  279.727584
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  862.845885   19.059086     3.792816    22.851902   0.000000  843.786800
A-II-2  845.405013   19.324943     3.705231    23.030174   0.000000  826.080070
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   999.799092    0.000000     8.039217     8.039217   0.000000  999.799092

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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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                      311,206.10
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      628,529.96
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    4,904.57


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   302  24,633,362.99

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  131  12,268,360.78

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                        272  21,371,712.36


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           135
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     12,639,905.47

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     740,184,341.98

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        8,102

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                 522,469.47

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   14,220,980.40

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      333,966.40

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.58448510 %     5.45286300 %    3.96265230 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.38292130 %     5.56401935 %    4.05305930 %

      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                         10.04443400
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              327.32

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                87.39064585

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
          HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
                         SERIES 1998-KS3(POOL #  4330)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4330 
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                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
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A-I-1   76110WDZ6   169,000,000.00 144,536,485.51     5.069690  %  5,447,296.37
A-I-2   76110WEA0    53,000,000.00  53,000,000.00     5.830000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110WEB8    73,000,000.00  73,000,000.00     5.910000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WEC6    25,000,000.00  25,000,000.00     6.035000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110WED4    36,000,000.00  36,000,000.00     6.160000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110WEE2    49,121,000.00  49,121,000.00     5.439690  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110WEF9    45,000,000.00  45,000,000.00     5.980000  %          0.00
A-II    76110WEG7   425,000,000.00 398,088,430.43     5.139690  %  8,636,551.70
SB-I                         84.30   5,329,172.77     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II                   129,754.99   5,072,924.10     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                           0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                          0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-III                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

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                  875,250,839.29   834,148,012.81                 14,083,848.07
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                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
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A-I-1     630,983.62  6,078,279.99            0.00       0.00    139,089,189.14
A-I-2     257,491.67    257,491.67            0.00       0.00     53,000,000.00
A-I-3     359,525.00    359,525.00            0.00       0.00     73,000,000.00
A-I-4     125,729.17    125,729.17            0.00       0.00     25,000,000.00
A-I-5     184,800.00    184,800.00            0.00       0.00     36,000,000.00
A-I-6     230,091.48    230,091.48            0.00       0.00     49,121,000.00
A-I-7     224,250.00    224,250.00            0.00       0.00     45,000,000.00
A-II    1,761,877.36 10,398,429.06            0.00       0.00    389,451,878.73
SB-I      596,593.87    596,593.87      747,461.87       0.00      6,076,634.64
SB-II           0.00          0.00    1,322,048.80       0.00      6,394,972.90
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

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        4,371,342.17 18,455,190.24    2,069,510.67       0.00    822,133,675.41
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AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
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       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
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A-I-1   855.245476   32.232523     3.733631    35.966154   0.000000  823.012954
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     4.858333     4.858333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     4.925000     4.925000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     5.029167     5.029167   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     5.133333     5.133333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     4.684177     4.684177   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     4.983333     4.983333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    936.678660   20.321298     4.145594    24.466892   0.000000  916.357362

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DETERMINATION DATE       22-February-99 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-99 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
          HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
                            1998-KS3 (POOL #  4330)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4330 
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SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      345,259.05
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    18,887.97

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      537,779.90
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   279  23,561,361.61

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  168  13,526,206.18

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                        240  17,688,856.10


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            51
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      5,314,199.09

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     822,133,675.41

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        9,149

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                   10,555,213.05

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      683,919.13

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.75296750 %     1.24703250 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.48301950 %     1.51698050 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.97222000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              327.65

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                93.93120675

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