RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP
8-K, 1999-03-25
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT

                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

                       SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):March 24, 1999

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

      DELAWARE                   333-30789                  51-0362653
   (State or other       (Commission file number)        (I.R.S. employer
   jurisdiction of                                     identification no.)
   incorporation)


8400  Normandale  Lake  Blvd.,  Suite 600,  Minneapolis,  MN 55437  (Address  of
principal executive offices) (Zip code) Registrant's telephone number, including
area code: (612) 832-7000
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        (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

                       Exhibit Index located on page 4.





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

Item 5.     Other Events.

            The consolidated financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation
and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and for each of the years
in the three year period ended December 31, 1997,  included in the Annual Report
on Form 10-K of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (which was filed with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  on March  31,  1998) and the  unaudited  consolidated
financial  statements of Ambac  Assurance  Corporation  and  subsidiaries  as of
September  30, 1998,  and for each of the periods  ended  September 30, 1998 and
September  30,  1997,  included  in the  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q of Ambac
Financial  Group,  Inc. for the period ended September 30, 1998 (which was filed
with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission on November 13, 1998),  are hereby
incorporated  by  reference  in (i) this  Current  Report on Form 8-K;  (ii) the
registration statement (No.333-30789) of the Registrant (the "Prospectus");  and
(iii)  the  Prospectus   Supplement  for  Home  Equity   Mortgage   Asset-Backed
Pass-Through  Certificates,  Series  1999-KS1,  and shall be deemed to be a part
hereof.

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

            (a)   Not applicable

            (b)   Not applicable

            (c)   Exhibits

            23.  Consent of KPMG LLP,  independent  auditors of Ambac  Assurance
Corporation and subsidiaries  ("Ambac") with respect to (a) the incorporation by
reference in the  Prospectus  and  Prospectus  Supplement  of their report dated
January 29, 1998 on the audit of the consolidated  financial statements of Ambac
Assurance  Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996 and for
each of the years in the three-year  period ended December 31, 1997 and (b) with
respect  to the  reference  to their  firm under the  caption  "Experts"  in the
Prospectus Supplement.


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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 on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                    RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES
                                    CORPORATION
                                    By:    /s/ Timothy A. Kruse
                                    Name: Timothy A. Kruse
                                    Title: Vice President

Dated:  March 24, 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 on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                    RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES
                                    CORPORATION
                                    By:
                                    Name: Timothy A. Kruse
                                    Title: Vice President

Dated:  March 24, 1999


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                                  Exhibit 23

                   Consent of Independent Auditors of Ambac

                        INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Ambac Assurance Corporation:


            We consent to the  incorporation  by reference  in the  registration
statement (No.  333-30789) of Residential  Assets  Securities  Corporation  (the
"Registrant")   and  in  the  Prospectus   Supplement  of  the  Registrant  (the
"Prospectus  Supplement"),  via the Form 8-K of the  Registrant  dated March 24,
1999,  of our  report  dated  January  29,  1998 on the  consolidated  financial
statements of Ambac Assurance  Corporation as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and
for each of the years in the three year  period  ended  December  31, 1997 which
report appears in the Form 10- K of Ambac Financial Group, Inc., which was filed
with  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on March  31,  1998 and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus Supplement.



                                    /s/ KPMG LLP


New York, New York
March 24, 1999


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