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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)
            January 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 January  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    RASC
1998-KS1    RASC
1998-KS2    RASC
1998-KS3    RASC
1998-KS4    RASC
- ->

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: January 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: January 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  14,258,847.54     6.400000  %    320,991.56
R                             0.00   2,607,987.34     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   94,350,062.00    16,866,834.88                    320,991.56
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A          70,966.25    391,957.81            0.00       0.00     13,937,855.98
R               0.00          0.00       70,659.84       0.00      2,678,647.18

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           70,966.25    391,957.81       70,659.84       0.00     16,616,503.16
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       151.127061    3.402134     0.752159     4.154293   0.000000  147.724927

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                        6,508.71
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       444.54

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       10,868.26
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,621.19


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     5     310,592.51

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1      84,071.78

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     265,882.82


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             7
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        506,406.34

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      16,616,503.16

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          166

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                 272,011.57

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      240,090.10

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          84.53777870 %    15.46222130 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             83.87959760 %    16.12040240 %

      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                         10.74975625
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              311.76

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                17.61154451

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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  20,419,880.08     6.250000  %  1,890,458.59
R                             0.00   1,361,043.56     0.000000  %     97,749.99

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  105,461,520.00    21,780,923.64                  1,988,208.58
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A          95,174.78  1,985,633.37            0.00       0.00     18,529,421.49
R          24,319.60    122,069.59            0.00       0.00      1,263,293.57

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          119,494.38  2,107,702.96            0.00       0.00     19,792,715.06
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       193.623988   17.925577     0.902460    18.828037   0.000000  175.698411

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                        8,047.79
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       33,994.76
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      320.23


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    10   1,258,132.17

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     804,670.24

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     330,728.65


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            14
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,529,431.04

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      19,792,715.06

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          209

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       1

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                  33,580.45

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,919,135.70

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.75121280 %     6.24878720 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             93.61738110 %     6.38261890 %

      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                         10.32072086
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              314.80

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                18.76771261

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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  12,586,033.02     8.000000  %  1,851,946.97
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  15,361,474.96     8.000000  %    205,103.19
R       76110WAK2           100.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
B1-I                  1,946,488.25     151,951.81     8.120000  %        328.62
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     753,590.63     8.120000  %        927.04
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     1.986041  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  156,997,402.05    56,457,793.42                  2,058,305.82
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       83,887.40  1,935,834.37            0.00       0.00     10,734,086.05
A4-I      109,854.47    109,854.47            0.00       0.00     16,482,000.00
A5-I       74,134.39     74,134.39            0.00       0.00     11,122,743.00
A-II      102,405.22    307,508.41            0.00       0.00     15,156,371.77
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B1-I        1,027.97      1,356.59            0.00       0.00        151,623.19
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       5,099.07      6,026.11            0.00       0.00        752,663.59
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      93,422.94     93,422.94            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          469,831.46  2,528,137.28            0.00       0.00     54,399,487.60
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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    635.048843   93.443008     4.232676    97.675684   0.000000  541.605835
A4-I   1000.000000    0.000000     6.665118     6.665118   0.000000 1000.000000
A5-I   1000.000000    0.000000     6.665118     6.665118   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    369.608788    4.934939     2.463948     7.398887   0.000000  364.673849
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
B1-I     78.064591    0.168827     0.528115     0.696942   0.000000   77.895765
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   669.487941    0.823580     4.530000     5.353580   0.000000  668.664363
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       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                       17,119.03
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       34,285.83
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,649.09


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     2     432,794.17

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3   1,259,286.61

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      99,571.45


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,738,429.11

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      54,399,487.60

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          240

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                 169,398.55

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,951,234.49

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.39607180 %     1.60392820 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.33769250 %     1.66230750 %

      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                         10.11848300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              202.59

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                34.64992853

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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  28,705,245.89     6.250000  %  1,555,417.84
R                     4,664,765.74   6,219,687.28     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  103,661,454.74    34,924,933.17                  1,555,417.84
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         137,577.70  1,692,995.54            0.00       0.00     27,149,828.05
R          54,165.23     54,165.23            0.00       0.00      6,219,687.28

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          191,742.93  1,747,160.77            0.00       0.00     33,369,515.33
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       289.961676   15.711817     1.389720    17.101537   0.000000  274.249860

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                       12,420.95
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       32,699.03
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      579.33


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    13   1,329,610.26

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     395,369.06

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     112,738.22


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            20
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,878,855.29

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      33,369,515.33

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          351

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       1

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                  69,694.86

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,355,895.20

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          82.19126930 %    17.80873070 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             81.36116990 %    18.63883010 %

      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                         10.25746671
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              300.57

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                32.19086151

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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  13,994,731.00     6.150000  %    951,411.79
R                             0.00   2,739,844.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   77,178,720.00    16,734,575.56                    951,411.79
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A          66,102.61  1,017,514.40            0.00       0.00     13,043,319.21
R          73,898.80     73,898.80            0.00       0.00      2,739,844.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          140,001.41  1,091,413.20            0.00       0.00     15,783,163.77
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       181.328882   12.327385     0.856488    13.183873   0.000000  169.001497

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                        6,692.91
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       33,742.49
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,871.23


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     9     773,443.37

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     588,696.26

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5     470,464.05


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            13
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,598,912.83

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      15,783,163.77

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          148

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                 273,763.70

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      939,331.94

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          83.62764240 %    16.37235760 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             82.64071390 %    17.35928610 %

      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                         10.84875696
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              320.99

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                20.45014969

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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  20,516,426.03     7.040000  %  1,763,362.93
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     191,424.91     0.000000  %        533.70
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   3,095,931.03     7.980000  %      2,875.34
B-2                     904,165.00     870,731.38     7.980000  %        808.69
B-3                     904,163.45     490,599.75     7.980000  %        455.64
SPRED                         0.00           0.00     1.687682  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  100,462,675.80    51,251,846.10                  1,768,036.30
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       119,093.23  1,882,456.16            0.00       0.00     18,753,063.10
A-3        73,318.27     73,318.27            0.00       0.00     12,000,000.00
A-4        92,688.51     92,688.51            0.00       0.00     14,086,733.00
A-5             0.00        533.70            0.00       0.00        190,891.21
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B-1        20,370.74     23,246.08            0.00       0.00      3,093,055.69
B-2         5,729.27      6,537.96            0.00       0.00        869,922.69
B-3         3,228.07      3,683.71            0.00       0.00        412,182.11
SPRED      71,320.25     71,320.25            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          385,748.34  2,153,784.64            0.00       0.00     49,405,847.80
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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     732.729501   62.977248     4.253330    67.230578   0.000000  669.752254
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.109856     6.109856   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.579844     6.579844   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5     542.882521    1.513577     0.000000     1.513577   0.000000  541.368944
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     963.022661    0.894405     6.336538     7.230943   0.000000  962.128256
B-2     963.022656    0.894405     6.336531     7.230936   0.000000  962.128251
B-3     542.600732    0.503935     3.570228     4.074163   0.000000  455.871237
SPRED     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                       19,322.97
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       48,796.66
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   11,580.23


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    13     889,663.38

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     703,208.33

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         13   1,401,345.35


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            23
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,559,219.18

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      49,405,847.80

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          513

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       8

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,238,425.99

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,735,756.75

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          91.27061220 %     8.72938780 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             91.11009990 %     8.88990010 %

      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                          9.77733612
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              302.39

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                49.17831165

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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  35,823,842.11     6.100000  %  1,735,245.34
R                             0.00   3,593,275.20     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  143,731,008.00    39,417,117.31                  1,735,245.34
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         169,130.50  1,904,375.84            0.00       0.00     34,088,596.77
R          96,842.14     96,842.14            0.00       0.00      3,593,275.20

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          265,972.64  2,001,217.98            0.00       0.00     37,681,871.97
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       249.242266   12.072867     1.176715    13.249582   0.000000  237.169399

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                       15,610.88
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       52,192.18
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    9,589.02


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    10   1,093,516.88

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     636,273.03

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6     516,002.68


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            29
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,473,683.91

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      37,681,871.97

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          325

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      10

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 939,604.70

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,322,075.33

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          90.88397260 %     9.11602740 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             90.46418080 %     9.53581920 %

      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                         10.86961034
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              324.87

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                26.21693989

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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  15,707,478.37     7.300000  %  2,209,355.15
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  61,435,854.89     5.924380  %  3,512,313.04
R                         1,035.81   6,999,328.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  317,942,035.81   110,337,661.82                  5,721,668.19
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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      93,753.65  2,303,108.80            0.00       0.00     13,498,123.22
A-I-3      46,440.48     46,440.48            0.00       0.00      7,449,000.00
A-I-4      75,412.41     75,412.41            0.00       0.00     11,675,000.00
A-I-5      46,540.99     46,540.99            0.00       0.00      7,071,000.00
A-II      273,837.56  3,786,150.60            0.00       0.00     57,923,541.85
R         263,875.48    263,875.48            0.00       0.00      6,999,328.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          799,860.57  6,521,528.76            0.00       0.00    104,615,993.63
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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   446.197153   62.760422     2.663229    65.423651   0.000000  383.436730
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     6.234458     6.234458   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     6.459307     6.459307   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     6.581953     6.581953   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    275.473636   15.748941     1.227867    16.976808   0.000000  259.724695

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                       43,652.01
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      175,782.31
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   18,050.22


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    45   4,823,030.41

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   16   2,048,986.85

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         28   3,366,293.81


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            75
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      9,281,809.59

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     104,615,993.63

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,013

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      19

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               2,039,910.75

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,230,971.17

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      104,858.88

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          93.65644650 %     6.34355350 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             93.30950430 %     6.69049570 %

      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                         10.52543900
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              320.39

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                32.90410888

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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  56,666,034.27     5.899380  %  4,868,670.19
R                             0.40   5,000,293.96     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  200,011,758.40    61,666,328.23                  4,868,670.19
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         260,006.81  5,128,677.00            0.00       0.00     51,797,364.08
R         136,056.69    136,056.69            0.00       0.00      5,000,293.96

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          396,063.50  5,264,733.69            0.00       0.00     56,797,658.04
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       283.313515   24.341920     1.299958    25.641878   0.000000  258.971596

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                       23,796.10
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      110,596.38
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   14,321.86


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    23   3,087,428.54

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     657,945.58

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         19   1,841,849.13


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            50
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      6,456,923.68

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      56,797,658.04

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          481

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      13

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,519,428.21

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,281,580.70

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          91.89137070 %     8.10862930 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             91.19630260 %     8.80369740 %

      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                         10.96490610
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              332.50

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                28.39715949

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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  26,062,600.90     7.070000  %  2,465,762.72
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  58,942,783.11     5.864380  %  2,558,435.06
R                             1.60   5,622,630.12     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  273,602,645.60   128,371,615.13                  5,024,197.78
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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     153,552.16  2,619,314.88            0.00       0.00     23,596,838.18
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      268,848.91  2,827,283.97            0.00       0.00     56,384,348.05
R         229,800.51    229,800.51            0.00       0.00      5,622,630.12

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          889,350.37  5,913,548.15            0.00       0.00    123,347,417.35
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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   814.456278   77.055085     4.798505    81.853590   0.000000  737.401193
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    388.141410   16.847433     1.770385    18.617818   0.000000  371.293977

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                       51,396.33
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      178,591.04
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   18,311.63


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    50   5,016,626.49

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   27   2,994,399.30

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         38   4,006,528.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            72
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      7,756,412.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     123,347,417.35

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,308

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      20

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,990,489.24

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,317,554.00

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      301,669.92

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          95.62003630 %     4.37996370 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             95.44163130 %     4.55836870 %

      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                         10.46804400
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              298.74

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                45.08268445

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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   250,104,875.00 126,433,380.70     5.869380  %  7,082,578.25
A-II    76110WBL9   115,163,718.00  41,151,199.56     5.864380  %  2,827,576.05
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   176,716,295.10                  9,910,154.30
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I       576,853.79  7,659,432.04            0.00       0.00    119,350,802.45
A-II      187,698.21  3,015,274.26            0.00       0.00     38,323,623.51
SB-I      348,152.02    348,152.02            0.00       0.00      6,252,621.88
SB-II     171,898.67    171,898.67            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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,284,602.69 11,194,756.99            0.00       0.00    166,806,140.80
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I     505.521457   28.318433     2.306448    30.624881   0.000000  477.203023
A-II    357.327814   24.552664     1.629838    26.182502   0.000000  332.775150

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                       70,196.13
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      216,544.08
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   23,062.55


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    49   6,599,352.48

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   22   2,500,212.60

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         35   4,602,458.35


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            92
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     11,151,514.90

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     166,806,140.80

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,410

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      25

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               2,524,772.90

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    9,134,994.79

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          94.83255640 %     5.16744360 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             94.52555240 %     5.47444760 %

      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                         10.37937700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              338.45

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                45.66670766

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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  18,175,936.78     6.550000  %  7,141,790.08
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  82,644,001.08     5.854380  %  4,335,082.10
A-II-2  76110WBW5    60,012,000.00  31,192,435.97     5.834380  %  2,361,390.89
M-II-1  76110WBZ8    15,751,000.00  15,751,000.00     6.044380  %          0.00
M-II-2  76110WCA2     9,226,000.00   9,226,000.00     6.204380  %          0.00
B-II    76110WCC8     5,901,000.00   5,901,000.00     6.674380  %          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   275,432,813.83                 13,838,263.07
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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      99,210.32  7,241,000.40            0.00       0.00     11,034,146.70
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    376,311.75  4,711,393.85            0.00       0.00     78,308,918.98
A-II-2    141,546.63  2,502,937.52            0.00       0.00     28,831,045.08
M-II-1     74,048.36     74,048.36            0.00       0.00     15,751,000.00
M-II-2     44,521.25     44,521.25            0.00       0.00      9,226,000.00
B-II       30,633.18     30,633.18            0.00       0.00      5,901,000.00
SB-I      269,613.57    269,613.57            0.00       0.00      2,000,420.00
SB-II     465,738.63    465,738.63            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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,114,081.04 15,952,344.11            0.00       0.00    261,594,550.76
===============================================================================











































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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   908.796839  357.089504     4.960516   362.050020   0.000000  551.707335
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  519.410984   27.245647     2.365089    29.610736   0.000000  492.165337
A-II-2  519.769979   39.348645     2.358639    41.707284   0.000000  480.421334
M-II-1 1000.000000    0.000000     4.701185     4.701185   0.000000 1000.000000
M-II-2 1000.000000    0.000000     4.825629     4.825629   0.000000 1000.000000
B-II   1000.000000    0.000000     5.191185     5.191185   0.000000 1000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                      110,240.62
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      235,773.63
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   29,451.49


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    85   7,025,811.33

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   44   4,222,832.88

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         61   4,546,354.96


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           127
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      9,923,002.81

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     261,594,550.76

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,772

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      27

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               3,178,579.27

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   12,649,568.89

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      614,314.28

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         80.43717480 %     0.00000000 %   19.56282520 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            79.40230790 %     0.00000000 %   20.59769210 %

      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                         10.31313800
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              316.35

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                58.12628938

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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  27,269,810.11     5.764380  %  6,394,636.50
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   200,060,000.00 132,637,249.42     5.844380  %  6,532,098.55
A-II-2  76110WCN4   200,020,000.00 127,325,916.80     5.819380  %  8,095,767.95
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   417,492,144.11                 21,022,503.00
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     122,261.65  6,516,898.15            0.00       0.00     20,875,173.61
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    602,919.71  7,135,018.26            0.00       0.00    126,105,150.87
A-II-2    576,300.58  8,672,068.53            0.00       0.00    119,230,148.85
SB-I      397,427.79    397,427.79            0.00       0.00      2,000,557.69
SB-II     862,280.42    862,280.42            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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        3,231,485.03 24,253,988.03            0.00       0.00    396,469,641.11
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   341.735509   80.135298     1.532139    81.667437   0.000000  261.600211
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  662.987351   32.650698     3.013694    35.664392   0.000000  630.336653
A-II-2  636.565927   40.474792     2.881215    43.356007   0.000000  596.091135

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                      168,655.77
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      362,892.33
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   21,265.54


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   145  14,413,993.50

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   46   4,148,476.92

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         76   6,166,649.47


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           149
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     16,885,433.82

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     396,469,641.11

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        4,058

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      19

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               2,369,221.76

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   20,147,539.48

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      431,067.70

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.60422610 %     2.39577390 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE                 0.00000000 %   100.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.47719200 %     2.52280800 %

      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                         10.28551100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              329.00

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                66.06326907

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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   5,420,288.26     6.940000  %  5,420,288.26
A-I-2   76110WCS3    35,000,000.00  35,000,000.00     6.450000  %  5,208,927.38
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   150,000,000.00 117,144,093.61     5.844380  %  7,705,263.14
A-II-2  76110WDB9   325,000,000.00 261,670,197.67     5.819380  % 12,781,192.26
SB-I    76110WDC7            33.88   3,424,032.30     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WDD5        73,292.19  11,395,092.81     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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  855,521,326.07   709,501,704.65                 31,115,671.04
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      31,347.33  5,451,635.59            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-2     188,125.00  5,397,052.38            0.00       0.00     29,791,072.62
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    532,493.58  8,237,756.72            0.00       0.00    109,438,830.47
A-II-2  1,184,367.58 13,965,559.84            0.00       0.00    248,889,005.41
SB-I      764,279.69    764,279.69            0.00       0.00      3,424,032.30
SB-II     816,523.91    816,523.91      481,739.49       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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        5,004,883.32 36,120,554.36      481,739.49       0.00    678,867,773.10
===============================================================================















































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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    77.432689   77.432689     0.447819    77.880508   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2  1000.000000  148.826497     5.375000   154.201497   0.000000  851.173503
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  780.960624   51.368421     3.549957    54.918378   0.000000  729.592203
A-II-2  805.139070   39.326745     3.644208    42.970953   0.000000  765.812324

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                      289,463.63
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      379,606.51
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   10,891.40


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   192  17,772,325.98

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   80   7,068,290.94

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         92   7,621,776.32


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           114
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     11,290,331.75

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     678,867,773.10

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        6,935

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      13

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,285,835.80

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   29,609,529.27

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      470,646.54

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.91133340 %     2.08866660 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.74612010 %     2.25387990 %

      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                         10.02212400
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              331.19

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                79.35135600

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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  31,528,944.04     6.775000  %  7,527,123.67
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   370,000,000.00 329,427,488.91     5.789380  % 10,174,511.36
A-II-2  76110WDM5    75,000,000.00  65,780,475.00     5.774380  %  2,375,099.04
M-I-1   76110WDN3    19,085,000.00  19,085,000.00     6.720000  %          0.00
M-I-2   76110WDP8    13,058,000.00  13,058,000.00     6.980000  %          0.00
M-I-3   76110WDQ6     9,041,000.00   9,041,000.00     7.620000  %          0.00
B-I-1   76110WDR4    10,246,000.00  10,246,000.00     9.179000  %          0.00
B-I-2   76110WDS2     5,425,000.00   5,425,000.00     9.649000  %          0.00
B-I-3   76110WDT0     5,426,154.06   5,426,154.06     9.649000  %          0.00
SB-I    76110WDX1             0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WDX9       202,335.73   7,527,696.70     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   774,045,758.71                 20,076,734.07
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     178,007.16  7,705,130.83            0.00       0.00     24,001,820.37
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  1,479,819.72 11,654,331.08            0.00       0.00    319,252,977.55
A-II-2    294,726.57  2,669,825.61            0.00       0.00     63,405,375.96
M-I-1     106,876.00    106,876.00            0.00       0.00     19,085,000.00
M-I-2      75,954.03     75,954.03            0.00       0.00     13,058,000.00
M-I-3      57,410.35     57,410.35            0.00       0.00      9,041,000.00
B-I-1      78,373.36     78,373.36            0.00       0.00     10,246,000.00
B-I-2      43,621.52     43,621.52            0.00       0.00      5,425,000.00
B-I-3      43,630.80     43,630.80            0.00       0.00      5,425,063.90
SB-I      867,080.61    867,080.61            0.00       0.00              0.00
SB-II           0.00          0.00    1,305,083.11       0.00      8,832,779.81
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        4,705,555.53 24,782,289.60    1,305,083.11       0.00    755,273,017.59
===============================================================================





































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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   508.531355  121.405220     2.871083   124.276303   0.000000  387.126135
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  890.344565   27.498679     3.999513    31.498192   0.000000  862.845885
A-II-2  877.073000   31.667987     3.929688    35.597675   0.000000  845.405013
M-I-1  1000.000000    0.000000     5.600000     5.600000   0.000000 1000.000000
M-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.816666     5.816666   0.000000 1000.000000
M-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     6.350000     6.350000   0.000000 1000.000000
B-I-1  1000.000000    0.000000     7.649167     7.649167   0.000000 1000.000000
B-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     8.040833     8.040833   0.000000 1000.000000
B-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     8.040833     8.040833   0.000000  999.799092

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                      318,346.66
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      591,067.35
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,207.10


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   313  26,918,711.30

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  136  12,368,925.37

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                        228  17,626,427.70


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           108
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      9,827,830.13

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     755,273,017.59

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        8,258

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                 223,494.24

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   17,993,387.75

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      188,244.65

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.98130180 %     5.32061600 %    3.69808250 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.58448510 %     5.45286261 %    3.96265230 %

      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                         10.03965200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              328.18

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                89.17210627

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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   169,000,000.00 151,923,553.80     5.754380  %  7,387,068.29
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     6.124380  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110WEF9    45,000,000.00  45,000,000.00     5.980000  %          0.00
A-II    76110WEG7   425,000,000.00 405,548,998.38     5.824380  %  7,460,567.95
SB-I                         84.30   3,988,932.24     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II                   129,754.99   3,782,964.83     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   846,365,449.25                 14,847,636.24
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                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
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A-I-1     679,953.45  8,067,021.74            0.00       0.00    144,536,485.51
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     233,983.30    233,983.30            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    1,837,166.70  9,297,734.65            0.00       0.00    398,088,430.43
SB-I            0.00          0.00    1,340,240.53       0.00      5,329,172.77
SB-II           0.00          0.00    1,289,959.27       0.00      5,072,924.10
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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        3,902,899.29 18,750,535.53    2,630,199.80       0.00    834,148,012.81
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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   898.955940   43.710463     4.023393    47.733856   0.000000  855.245476
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     4.763407     4.763407   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     4.983333     4.983333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    954.232937   17.554278     4.322745    21.877023   0.000000  936.678660

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-99  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-January-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                      350,357.33
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    17,079.14

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      503,653.22
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   355  28,702,112.47

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                  148  11,657,546.00

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                        186  14,277,846.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            14
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,658,579.74

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     834,148,012.81

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        9,264

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                   11,105,179.72

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      499,726.45

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          99.08173270 %     0.91826730 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.75296750 %     1.24703250 %

      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                          9.96981300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              328.84

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                95.30388037

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