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

Master Serviced by Residential Funding Corporation

1995-KS1    RASC


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1995-KS2  RASC  1995-KS3 RASC 1995-KS4 RASC 1996-KS1 RASC 1996-KS2 RASC 1996-KS3
RASC  1996-KS4  RASC  1996-KS5  RASC  1997-KS1  RASC 1997-KS2 RASC 1997-KS3 RASC
1997-KS4  GR1RASC  1998-KS1  RASC  1998-KS2  RASC  1998-KS3  RASC  1998-KS4 RASC
1998-RS1 RASC 1999-KS1 RASC 1999-RS1 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  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP

   By: /s/Davee Olson
 Name: Davee Olson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Dated: April 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  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP

   By:                        
 Name: Davee Olson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Dated: April 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  12,663,269.79     5.650000  %  1,190,455.02
R                             0.00   2,774,878.66     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   94,350,062.00    15,438,148.45                  1,190,455.02
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A          60,588.99  1,251,044.01            0.00       0.00     11,472,814.77
R               0.00          0.00       43,817.20       0.00      2,818,695.86

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           60,588.99  1,251,044.01       43,817.20       0.00     14,291,510.63
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       134.215808   12.617427     0.642172    13.259599   0.000000  121.598381

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                        5,787.85
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       17,582.41
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      532.53


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     4     832,995.28

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     435,906.43

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     140,162.25


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             7
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        611,570.99

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      14,291,510.63

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          146

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                  44,553.14

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,058,179.89

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          82.02583250 %    17.97416750 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             80.27713140 %    19.72286860 %

      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                         10.46507384
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              308.75

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                15.14732511

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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  16,907,455.21     5.500000  %  1,346,755.95
R                             0.00   1,411,298.33     0.000000  %    222,194.77

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  105,461,520.00    18,318,753.54                  1,568,950.72
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A          82,647.48  1,429,403.43            0.00       0.00     15,560,699.26
R          35,193.83    257,388.60            0.00       0.00      1,189,103.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          117,841.31  1,686,792.03            0.00       0.00     16,749,802.82
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       160.318713   12.770117     0.783674    13.553791   0.000000  147.548597

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                        6,586.90
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       544.36

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       17,279.84
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,541.24


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     6     516,420.31

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     147,885.82

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     199,190.78


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            12
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,077,095.74

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      16,749,802.82

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          191

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                 158,100.52

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      246,191.35

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,098,036.20

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          92.29588230 %     7.70411770 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             92.90079070 %     7.09920930 %

      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                         10.15505707
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              311.67

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                15.88238322

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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   8,050,114.63     8.000000  %  1,452,113.14
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  13,819,781.11     8.000000  %    220,691.47
R       76110WAK2           100.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
B1-I                  1,946,488.25     150,960.90     8.120000  %        843.01
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     750,840.66     8.120000  %        950.58
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     1.992810  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  156,997,402.05    50,376,440.30                  1,674,598.20
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       53,465.49  1,505,578.63            0.00       0.00      6,598,001.49
A4-I      109,466.54    109,466.54            0.00       0.00     16,482,000.00
A5-I       73,872.60     73,872.60            0.00       0.00     11,122,743.00
A-II       91,893.50    312,584.97            0.00       0.00     13,599,089.64
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
B1-I        1,017.66      1,860.67            0.00       0.00        127,125.48
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       5,067.55      6,018.13            0.00       0.00        749,890.08
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      83,372.85     83,372.85            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          418,156.19  2,092,754.39            0.00       0.00     48,678,849.69
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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    406.181676   73.268739     2.697689    75.966428   0.000000  332.912936
A4-I   1000.000000    0.000000     6.641581     6.641581   0.000000 1000.000000
A5-I   1000.000000    0.000000     6.641581     6.641581   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    332.514460    5.310005     2.211028     7.521033   0.000000  327.204455
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
B1-I     77.555516    0.433093     0.522818     0.955911   0.000000   65.310172
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   667.044875    0.844493     4.501998     5.346491   0.000000  666.200382
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-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                       15,131.45
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       52,202.11
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     5   1,164,508.59

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7   2,040,953.24

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     853,282.56


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             7
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,388,256.99

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      48,678,849.69

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          214

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,433,037.66

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      122,674.76

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.20987440 %     1.79012560 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.19836420 %     1.80163580 %

      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                         10.11672500
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              200.24

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                31.00614982

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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  24,666,741.65     5.500000  %  1,015,163.25
R                     4,664,765.74   6,219,687.28     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  103,661,454.74    30,886,428.93                  1,015,163.25
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         120,404.79  1,135,568.04            0.00       0.00     23,651,578.40
R         122,947.16    122,947.16            0.00       0.00      6,219,687.28

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          243,351.95  1,258,515.20            0.00       0.00     29,871,265.68
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       249.167340   10.254517     1.216251    11.470768   0.000000  238.912823

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                       10,846.37
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       18,573.69
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    5,552.52


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     4     311,722.06

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     257,455.84

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          7     757,555.75


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            11
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        757,060.31

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      29,871,265.68

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          319

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       7

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 689,852.45

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      595,833.66

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      391,154.63

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          79.86271800 %    20.13728200 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             79.17836040 %    20.82163960 %

      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                         10.13268268
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              297.76

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                28.81617449

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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  11,616,301.59     5.400000  %  1,088,506.79
R                             0.00   2,739,844.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   77,178,720.00    14,356,146.15                  1,088,506.79
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A          54,474.94  1,142,981.73            0.00       0.00     10,527,794.80
R          61,981.52     61,981.52            0.00       0.00      2,739,844.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          116,456.46  1,204,963.25            0.00       0.00     13,267,639.36
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       150.511716   14.103717     0.705828    14.809545   0.000000  136.408000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                        5,590.39
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       24,672.38
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     4     343,243.06

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     431,400.31

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          7     597,162.15


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            13
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,464,755.98

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      13,267,639.36

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          124

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                      630,802.65

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      449,947.09

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          80.91518060 %    19.08481940 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             79.34941940 %    20.65058060 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                              137,385.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,292,750.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.60511585
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              318.57

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                17.19079995

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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  14,273,335.65     7.040000  %  1,031,218.32
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     187,989.65     0.000000  %        557.60
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   3,087,258.06     7.980000  %     10,009.62
B-2                     904,165.00     811,575.19     7.980000  %      1,159.92
B-3                     904,163.45           0.00     7.980000  %          0.00
SPRED                         0.00           0.00     1.605028  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  100,462,675.80    44,446,891.55                  1,042,945.46
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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        83,728.01  1,114,946.33            0.00       0.00     13,242,117.33
A-3        74,092.13     74,092.13            0.00       0.00     12,000,000.00
A-4        93,666.82     93,666.82            0.00       0.00     14,086,733.00
A-5             0.00        557.60            0.00       0.00        187,432.05
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        20,528.09     30,537.71            0.00       0.00      3,077,248.44
B-2         6,867.28      8,027.20            0.00       0.00        808,304.92
B-3             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
SPRED      59,442.44     59,442.44            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          338,324.77  1,381,270.23            0.00       0.00     43,401,835.74
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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     509.761988   36.829226     2.990286    39.819512   0.000000  472.932762
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.174344     6.174344   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.649293     6.649293   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5     533.140097    1.581358     0.000000     1.581358   0.000000  531.558739
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     960.324841    3.113600     6.385483     9.499083   0.000000  957.211241
B-2     897.596335    1.282863     7.595162     8.878025   0.000000  893.979440
B-3       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-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                       17,326.13
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       35,386.83
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    3,048.91


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     7     582,911.38

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     291,760.26

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          7     534,911.04


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            23
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,599,119.34

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      43,401,835.74

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          461

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                 351,763.35

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      893,866.17

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          91.19084960 %     8.80915040 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             91.00866140 %     8.99133860 %

      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                          9.76068404
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              298.31

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                43.20195077

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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  31,160,659.28     5.350000  %  3,411,804.38
R                             0.00   3,593,275.20     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  143,731,008.00    34,753,934.48                  3,411,804.38
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         145,012.14  3,556,816.52            0.00       0.00     27,748,854.90
R         105,110.65    105,110.65            0.00       0.00      3,593,275.20

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          250,122.79  3,661,927.17            0.00       0.00     31,342,130.10
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       216.798447   23.737427     1.008913    24.746340   0.000000  193.061019

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                       12,991.76
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       27,482.33
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   10,817.36


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     7     571,157.68

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     385,491.14

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5     731,775.15


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            14
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,298,075.28

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      31,342,130.10

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          281

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               1,100,202.05

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,006,790.84

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,279,988.53

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          89.66081030 %    10.33918970 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             88.53531910 %    11.46468090 %

      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                         10.70037983
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              321.73

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                21.80610192

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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  11,741,413.44     7.300000  %  1,804,858.43
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  51,883,870.64     5.238750  %  3,391,420.95
R                         1,035.81   6,999,328.56     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  317,942,035.81    96,819,612.64                  5,196,279.38
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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      70,263.83  1,875,122.26            0.00       0.00      9,936,555.01
A-I-3      46,561.44     46,561.44            0.00       0.00      7,449,000.00
A-I-4      75,608.84     75,608.84            0.00       0.00     11,675,000.00
A-I-5      46,662.21     46,662.21            0.00       0.00      7,071,000.00
A-II      235,923.16  3,627,344.11            0.00       0.00     48,492,449.69
R         188,186.25    188,186.25            0.00       0.00      6,999,328.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          663,205.73  5,859,485.11            0.00       0.00     91,623,333.26
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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   333.534456   51.270018     1.995961    53.265979   0.000000  282.264438
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     6.250697     6.250697   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     6.476132     6.476132   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     6.599096     6.599096   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    232.643275   15.206870     1.057861    16.264731   0.000000  217.436405

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                       37,828.39
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      118,980.22
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   27,472.57


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    17   1,954,779.35

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8   1,063,407.99

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         17   2,289,793.68


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            66
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      8,006,885.80

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      91,623,333.26

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          898

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               2,977,277.37

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,598,355.02

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          92.77075340 %     7.22924660 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             92.36075760 %     7.63924240 %

      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                         10.48151400
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              317.22

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                28.81762175

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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  46,570,839.88     5.213750  %  2,858,864.95
R                             0.40   4,964,580.06     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  200,011,758.40    51,535,419.94                  2,858,864.95
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         218,862.87  3,077,727.82            0.00       0.00     43,711,974.93
R               0.00          0.00       35,713.90       0.00      5,000,293.96

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          218,862.87  3,077,727.82       35,713.90       0.00     48,712,268.89
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       232.840511   14.293484     1.094250    15.387734   0.000000  218.547026

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                       19,931.30
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       70,176.50
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   18,604.31


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    12   1,424,419.47

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     456,988.04

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         13   1,288,065.25


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            40
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      4,584,959.01

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      48,712,268.89

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          423

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      18

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,939,933.81

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,163,578.50

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          90.36666420 %     9.63333580 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             89.73504200 %    10.26495800 %

      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                         10.73183823
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              329.67

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                24.35470258

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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  19,395,955.18     7.070000  %  1,767,639.84
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  51,266,223.99     5.178750  %  6,166,871.33
R                             1.60   5,622,630.12     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  273,602,645.60   114,028,410.29                  7,934,511.17
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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     112,755.48  1,880,395.32            0.00       0.00     17,628,315.34
A-I-3      97,223.55     97,223.55            0.00       0.00     16,000,000.00
A-I-4     136,772.88    136,772.88            0.00       0.00     21,743,601.00
A-II      222,022.54  6,388,893.87            0.00       0.00     45,099,352.66
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00      5,387,823.01

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          568,774.45  8,503,285.62            0.00       0.00    105,859,092.01
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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   606.123599   55.238745     3.523609    58.762354   0.000000  550.884854
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     6.076472     6.076472   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     6.290259     6.290259   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    337.590854   40.609181     1.462030    42.071211   0.000000  296.981673

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                       44,711.47
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       920.29

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      139,322.96
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   17,525.04


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    29   2,843,601.65

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   10     943,165.28

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         31   2,844,191.06


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            76
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      8,719,761.44

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     105,859,092.01

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,154

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      21

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,887,442.34

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    6,870,963.05

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      301,048.44

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          95.06909720 %     4.93090280 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             94.91038240 %     5.08961760 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                              571,476.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                     793,565.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.53454900
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              290.65

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                38.69081448

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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   250,104,875.00 111,488,659.99     5.183750  %  7,270,521.79
A-II    76110WBL9   115,163,718.00  35,693,380.01     5.178750  %  2,875,326.74
SB-I    797KS2SBI             0.22   6,252,621.88     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   97KS2BSII             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   156,313,754.84                 10,145,848.53
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I       513,392.02  7,783,913.81            0.00       0.00    104,218,138.20
A-II      164,308.53  3,039,635.27            0.00       0.00     32,818,053.27
SB-I      389,557.93    389,557.93            0.00       0.00      6,252,621.88
SB-II      68,790.01     68,790.01            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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,136,048.49 11,281,897.02            0.00       0.00    146,167,906.31
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I     445.767640   29.069892     2.052707    31.122599   0.000000  416.697748
A-II    309.935982   24.967297     1.426739    26.394036   0.000000  284.968685

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                       61,600.14
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      163,657.92
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   25,047.28


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    29   3,562,634.92

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   16   2,150,434.31

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         32   4,297,430.97


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            76
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      8,648,477.91

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     146,167,906.31

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,243

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               2,776,431.52

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    9,622,418.17

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      252,836.61

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          94.15808620 %     5.84191380 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             93.75258560 %     6.24741440 %

      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                         10.80110800
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              335.41

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                40.01655463

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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   4,137,437.87     6.550000  %  4,137,437.87
A-I-3   76110WBR6    32,800,000.00  32,800,000.00     6.680000  %    214,147.97
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  71,539,715.07     5.168750  %  4,220,852.10
A-II-2  76110WBW5    60,012,000.00  26,865,687.82     5.148750  %  1,101,642.21
M-II-1  76110WBZ8    15,751,000.00  15,751,000.00     5.358750  %          0.00
M-II-2  76110WCA2     9,226,000.00   9,226,000.00     5.518750  %          0.00
B-II    76110WCC8     5,901,000.00   5,901,000.00     5.988750  %          0.00
SB-I    76110WCD6           996.58   2,000,420.00     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WCE4         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   245,963,280.76                  9,674,080.15
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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      22,583.52  4,160,021.39            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-3     182,586.67    396,734.64            0.00       0.00     32,585,852.03
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    328,685.25  4,549,537.35            0.00       0.00     67,318,862.97
A-II-2    122,955.30  1,224,597.51            0.00       0.00     25,764,045.61
M-II-1     75,027.26     75,027.26            0.00       0.00     15,751,000.00
M-II-2     45,258.66     45,258.66            0.00       0.00      9,226,000.00
B-II       31,412.99     31,412.99            0.00       0.00      5,901,000.00
SB-I      216,663.64    216,663.64            0.00       0.00      2,000,420.00
SB-II     404,767.65    404,767.65            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

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,859,811.62 11,533,891.77            0.00       0.00    236,289,200.61
===============================================================================











































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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   206.871894  206.871894     1.129176   208.001070   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-3  1000.000000    6.528902     5.566667    12.095569   0.000000  993.471099
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  449.621428   26.527720     2.065761    28.593481   0.000000  423.093708
A-II-2  447.671929   18.357032     2.048845    20.405877   0.000000  429.314897
M-II-1 1000.000000    0.000000     4.763333     4.763333   0.000000 1000.000000
M-II-2 1000.000000    0.000000     4.905556     4.905556   0.000000 1000.000000
B-II   1000.000000    0.000000     5.323333     5.323333   0.000000 1000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                       98,804.05
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      203,907.25
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   38,357.76


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    75   6,049,843.62

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   28   2,844,736.53

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         56   4,537,885.21


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           118
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      9,013,638.07

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     236,289,200.61

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,531

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      43

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               4,133,317.12

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    8,663,244.40

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      260,899.84

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         78.09329920 %     0.00000000 %   21.90670080 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            77.19640180 %     0.00000000 %   22.80359820 %

      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                         10.34773900
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              312.10

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                52.50344249

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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  12,845,075.89     5.078750  %  5,799,342.18
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   200,060,000.00 115,768,233.09     5.158750  %  5,270,508.99
A-II-2  76110WCN4   200,020,000.00 110,004,140.81     5.133750  %  4,792,012.37
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   368,876,617.57                 15,861,863.54
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      57,988.38  5,857,330.56            0.00       0.00      7,045,733.71
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    530,861.66  5,801,370.65            0.00       0.00    110,497,724.10
A-II-2    501,985.56  5,293,997.93            0.00       0.00    105,212,128.44
SB-I      222,694.60    222,694.60            0.00       0.00      2,000,557.69
SB-II     749,919.79    749,919.79            0.00       0.00      8,001,610.09
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,733,744.87 18,595,608.41            0.00       0.00    353,014,754.03
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   160.969898   72.675282     0.726690    73.401972   0.000000   88.294615
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  578.667565   26.344642     2.653512    28.998154   0.000000  552.322924
A-II-2  549.965707   23.957666     2.509677    26.467343   0.000000  526.008041

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                      148,482.69
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      330,158.74
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   32,989.09


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   108  10,180,032.08

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   47   4,453,314.95

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         82   7,338,454.97


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           145
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     16,377,256.11

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     353,014,754.03

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,673

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      35

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               3,656,610.20

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   14,649,085.42

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      319,095.15

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.28847880 %     2.71152120 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE                 0.00000000 %   100.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.16664310 %     2.83335690 %

      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                         10.25926900
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              325.81

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                58.82243245

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-KS1(POOL #  4291)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4291 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WCR5    70,000,000.00           0.00     6.940000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110WCS3    35,000,000.00  14,614,775.72     6.450000  % 10,425,265.36
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  95,926,604.60     5.158750  %  5,569,604.07
A-II-2  76110WDB9   325,000,000.00 230,790,429.93     5.133750  % 13,091,947.52
SB-I    76110WDC7            33.88   3,424,032.30     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WDD5        73,292.19  11,876,832.30     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I                           0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II                          0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-III                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  855,521,326.07   632,080,674.85                 29,086,816.95
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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      78,554.42 10,503,819.78            0.00       0.00      4,189,510.36
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    439,876.77  6,009,480.84            0.00       0.00     90,357,000.53
A-II-2  1,053,173.66 14,145,121.18            0.00       0.00    217,698,482.41
SB-I      689,517.24    689,517.24            0.00       0.00      3,424,032.30
SB-II   1,112,134.41  1,112,134.41            0.00       0.00     11,876,832.30
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        4,861,002.73 33,947,819.68            0.00       0.00    602,993,857.90
===============================================================================

















































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


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2   417.565021  297.864725     2.244412   300.109137   0.000000  119.700296
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  639.510697   37.130694     2.932512    40.063206   0.000000  602.380004
A-II-2  710.124400   40.282915     3.240534    43.523449   0.000000  669.841484

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                      255,801.56
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      373,787.80
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   23,853.65


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   162  15,076,513.38

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   68   6,272,412.68

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                        116   9,588,317.52


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           133
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     12,547,852.80

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     602,993,857.90

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        6,280

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      28

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               2,725,296.35

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   27,880,860.60

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      331,745.66

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.57928610 %     2.42071390 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.46251730 %     2.53748270 %

      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                         10.02492900
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              327.49

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                70.48262148

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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  12,428,716.65     6.775000  % 10,497,705.78
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   370,000,000.00 303,060,405.86     5.103750  % 14,213,469.54
A-II-2  76110WDM5    75,000,000.00  59,475,691.36     5.088750  %  4,195,983.93
M-I-1   76110WDN3    19,085,000.00  19,085,000.00     6.720000  %          0.00
M-I-2   76110WDP8    13,058,000.00  13,058,000.00     6.980000  %          0.00
M-I-3   76110WDQ6     9,041,000.00   9,041,000.00     7.620000  %          0.00
B-I-1   76110WDR4    10,246,000.00  10,246,000.00     9.179000  %          0.00
B-I-2   76110WDS2     5,425,000.00   5,425,000.00     9.649000  %          0.00
B-I-3   76110WDT0     5,426,154.06   5,425,063.90     9.649000  %          0.00
SB-I    76110WDX1             0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WDX9       202,335.73   8,904,046.71     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   723,648,924.48                 28,907,159.25
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      70,170.46 10,567,876.24            0.00       0.00      1,931,010.87
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  1,374,884.04 15,588,353.58            0.00       0.00    288,846,936.32
A-II-2    269,028.38  4,465,012.31            0.00       0.00     55,279,707.43
M-I-1     106,876.00    106,876.00            0.00       0.00     19,085,000.00
M-I-2      75,954.03     75,954.03            0.00       0.00     13,058,000.00
M-I-3      57,410.35     57,410.35            0.00       0.00      9,041,000.00
B-I-1      78,373.36     78,373.36            0.00       0.00     10,246,000.00
B-I-2      43,621.52     43,621.52            0.00       0.00      5,425,000.00
B-I-3      43,622.03     43,622.03            0.00       0.00      5,425,063.90
SB-I      814,172.53    814,172.53            0.00       0.00              0.00
SB-II   1,083,312.12  1,083,312.12            0.00       0.00      8,904,046.71
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        5,497,480.23 34,404,639.48            0.00       0.00    694,741,765.23
===============================================================================





































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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   200.463172  169.317835     1.131782   170.449617   0.000000   31.145337
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  819.082178   38.414783     3.715903    42.130686   0.000000  780.667396
A-II-2  793.009218   55.946452     3.587045    59.533497   0.000000  737.062766
M-I-1  1000.000000    0.000000     5.600000     5.600000   0.000000 1000.000000
M-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.816666     5.816666   0.000000 1000.000000
M-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     6.350000     6.350000   0.000000 1000.000000
B-I-1  1000.000000    0.000000     7.649167     7.649167   0.000000 1000.000000
B-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     8.040833     8.040833   0.000000 1000.000000
B-I-3   999.799092    0.000000     8.039217     8.039217   0.000000  999.799092

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-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                      293,814.13
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      531,185.13
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   29,895.15


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   177  15,888,271.65

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   83   7,938,930.97

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                        229  19,394,879.39


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           202
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     17,137,333.40

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     694,741,765.23

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        7,662

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      29

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               3,270,185.20

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   27,464,911.84

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      722,099.57

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.16317050 %     5.69115700 %    4.14567200 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.75387490 %     5.92795799 %    4.31816710 %

      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                         10.06937300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              324.69

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                82.02542005

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STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4330 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WDZ6   169,000,000.00 132,663,174.57     5.068750  %  8,893,272.38
A-I-2   76110WEA0    53,000,000.00  53,000,000.00     5.830000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110WEB8    73,000,000.00  73,000,000.00     5.910000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WEC6    25,000,000.00  25,000,000.00     6.035000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110WED4    36,000,000.00  36,000,000.00     6.160000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110WEE2    49,121,000.00  49,121,000.00     5.438750  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110WEF9    45,000,000.00  45,000,000.00     5.980000  %          0.00
A-II    76110WEG7   425,000,000.00 380,882,630.68     5.138750  %  9,369,725.75
SB-I    76110WEH5            84.30   6,076,634.64     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II                   129,754.99   7,828,203.64     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   808,571,643.53                 18,262,998.13
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                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     597,721.30  9,490,993.68            0.00       0.00    123,769,902.19
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     237,472.75    237,472.75            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    1,739,787.22 11,109,512.97            0.00       0.00    371,512,904.93
SB-I    1,229,636.57  1,229,636.57            0.00       0.00      6,076,634.64
SB-II           0.00          0.00    1,236,001.50       0.00      9,064,205.14
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

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        4,956,413.68 23,219,411.81    1,236,001.50       0.00    791,544,646.90
===============================================================================
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AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   784.989199   52.622913     3.536812    56.159725   0.000000  732.366285
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     4.834445     4.834445   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     4.983333     4.983333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    896.194425   22.046414     4.093617    26.140031   0.000000  874.148012

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-99    

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                            1998-KS3 (POOL #  4330)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4330 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      332,660.98
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      495,819.01
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   10,711.92


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   191  16,790,901.48

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   84   8,172,868.12

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                        227  18,389,400.96


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                           149
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     12,315,319.40

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     791,544,646.90

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        8,839

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               1,167,319.74

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   16,048,709.97

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      111,721.26

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.28032080 %     1.71967920 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.08717800 %     1.91282200 %

      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                          9.96993500
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              325.41

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                90.43631967

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DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4348 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I     76110WEZ5   350,000,000.00 339,423,507.48     6.602000  %  5,703,151.34
A-II-1  76110FA9    300,000,000.00 290,929,488.58     5.488750  %  5,098,550.61
A-II-2  76110WFB7   175,000,000.00 168,290,383.70     5.558750  %  4,631,261.98
SB-I    76110WFC5        88,694.02   2,541,371.28     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WFD3        90,412.42   4,339,555.95     0.000000  %          0.00
R-I     76110WFE1             0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-II    76110WFF8             0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
R-III   76110WFG6             0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

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                  825,179,106.44   805,524,306.99                 15,432,963.93
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                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I     1,867,395.00  7,570,546.34            0.00       0.00    333,720,356.14
A-II-1  1,419,412.65  6,517,963.26            0.00       0.00    285,830,937.97
A-II-2    831,541.48  5,462,803.46            0.00       0.00    163,659,121.72
SB-I            0.00          0.00      811,949.97       0.00      3,353,321.25
SB-II           0.00          0.00    1,259,900.93       0.00      5,599,456.88
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

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        4,118,349.13 19,551,313.06    2,071,850.90       0.00    792,163,193.96
===============================================================================
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AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I     969.781450   16.294718     5.335414    21.630132   0.000000  953.486732
A-II-1  969.764962   16.995169     4.731376    21.726545   0.000000  952.769793
A-II-2  961.659335   26.464354     4.751666    31.216020   0.000000  935.194981

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DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-99    

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              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4348 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      332,379.83
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     2,189.75

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      342,083.57
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   182  14,693,013.68

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   80   6,667,010.75

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                        163  13,948,991.70


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            38
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,656,810.98

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     792,163,193.96

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        8,669

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                   12,834,906.80

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          99.14578280 %     0.85421720 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.86983160 %     1.13016840 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         360,553.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                           24,755,373.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   8,071,791.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.93482100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              337.58

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                95.99893984

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 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-RS1(POOL #  4328)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4328 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       76110WFA9   241,665,155.00 211,439,740.29     5.538750  %  6,694,519.76
R                     4,931,942.62   6,477,255.68     0.000000  %          0.00

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                  246,597,097.62   217,916,995.97                  6,694,519.76
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       1,040,988.32  7,735,508.08            0.00       0.00    204,745,220.53
R               0.00          0.00      377,765.58       0.00      6,855,021.26

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        1,040,988.32  7,735,508.08      377,765.58       0.00    211,600,241.79
===============================================================================
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AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A       874.928536   27.701634     4.307565    32.009199   0.000000  847.226902

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-99    

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    MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-RS1 (POOL #  4328)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4328 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       65,837.35
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SPREAD                                                                     0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      156,700.77
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      847.75


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    54   6,979,596.19

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   24   2,972,397.20

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         53   6,715,884.88


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            18
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,822,599.62

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     211,600,241.79

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,460

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                  94,335.60

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,943,103.35

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      109,027.33

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.02765010 %     2.97234990 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             96.76039060 %     3.23960940 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            7,397,913.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,465,971.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          7.54765100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              236.29

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                85.80808283

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_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WFH4   225,000,000.00 225,000,000.00     5.079690  %  6,704,788.62
A-I-2   76110WFJ0    98,000,000.00  98,000,000.00     6.000000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110WFK7    94,000,000.00  94,000,000.00     6.110000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110WFL5    38,000,000.00  38,000,000.00     6.280000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110WFM3    58,000,000.00  58,000,000.00     6.390000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110WFN1    36,000,000.00  36,000,000.00     6.695000  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110WFP6    36,000,000.00  36,000,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-I-8   76110WFQ4    65,000,000.00  65,000,000.00     6.320000  %          0.00
A-II    76110WFR2   650,000,000.00 650,000,000.00     5.214690  %  8,111,262.61
SB-I    76110WFS0         1,156.10       1,156.10     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II   76110WFT8         1,689.06       1,689.06     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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                1,300,002,845.16 1,300,002,845.16                 14,816,051.23
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     857,197.69  7,561,986.31            0.00       0.00    218,295,211.38
A-I-2     490,000.00    490,000.00            0.00       0.00     98,000,000.00
A-I-3     478,616.67    478,616.67            0.00       0.00     94,000,000.00
A-I-4     198,866.67    198,866.67            0.00       0.00     38,000,000.00
A-I-5     308,850.00    308,850.00            0.00       0.00     58,000,000.00
A-I-6     200,850.00    200,850.00            0.00       0.00     36,000,000.00
A-I-7     207,000.00    207,000.00            0.00       0.00     36,000,000.00
A-I-8     342,333.33    342,333.33            0.00       0.00     65,000,000.00
A-II    2,542,161.38 10,653,423.99            0.00       0.00    641,888,737.39
SB-I            0.00          0.00    2,001,246.33       0.00      2,002,402.43
SB-II           0.00          0.00    2,489,031.45       0.00      2,490,720.51
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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        5,625,875.74 20,441,926.97    4,490,277.78       0.00  1,289,677,071.71
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1  1000.000000   29.799061     3.809768    33.608829   0.000000  970.200940
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.000000     5.000000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     5.091667     5.091667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     5.233333     5.233333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     5.325000     5.325000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     5.579167     5.579167   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-8  1000.000000    0.000000     5.266667     5.266667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II   1000.000000   12.478866     3.911018    16.389884   0.000000  987.521134

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-99    

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                         SERIES 1999-KS1 (POOL #  4356)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4356 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      518,490.90
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    65,497.43

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      273,106.55
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   271  23,169,616.25

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   86   7,631,211.05

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5     399,088.12


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                   1,289,677,071.71

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        *,***

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                    9,522,290.71

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          99.99978110 %     0.00021890 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             99.65160870 %     0.34839130 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         535,659.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                           39,000,086.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                  13,000,029.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         10.04106400
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              341.58

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                99.20571147

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1999-RS1(POOL #  4367)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4367 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110WFU5    60,645,000.00  60,645,000.00     6.210000  %  1,674,070.60
A-I-2   76110WFV3    16,956,000.00  16,956,000.00     6.570000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110WFW1    29,639,167.00  29,639,167.00     6.846000  %          0.00
A-II    76110WFX9    70,510,073.00  70,510,073.00     5.619690  %  1,854,098.21
SB-I                  2,188,575.75   2,188,575.75     0.000000  %          0.00
SB-II                 1,438,981.44   1,438,981.44     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
R-IV                          0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  181,377,797.19   181,377,797.19                  3,528,168.81
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     313,837.88  1,987,908.48            0.00       0.00     58,970,929.40
A-I-2      92,834.10     92,834.10            0.00       0.00     16,956,000.00
A-I-3     169,091.45    169,091.45            0.00       0.00     29,639,167.00
A-II      297,183.56  2,151,281.77            0.00       0.00     68,655,974.79
SB-I            0.00          0.00      151,538.70       0.00      2,340,114.45
SB-II           0.00          0.00      163,463.46       0.00      1,602,444.90
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-III           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-IV            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          872,946.99  4,401,115.80      315,002.16       0.00    178,164,630.54
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1  1000.000000   27.604429     5.175000    32.779429   0.000000  972.395571
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.475000     5.475000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     5.705000     5.705000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II   1000.000000   26.295508     4.214767    30.510275   0.000000  973.704492
SB-I   1000.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000  69.240784 1069.240784
SB-II  1000.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 113.596642 1113.596642
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
R-III     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-IV      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-99    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-April-99    

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
               RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (COMPANY)
    MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1999-RS1 (POOL #  4367)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4367 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       52,004.64
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     2,232.32

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       61,541.20
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    47   4,305,364.22

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   17   2,665,170.61

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         12     959,310.24


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     178,164,630.54

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,499

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                    2,973,406.25

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.99999930 %     2.00000070 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.78712570 %     2.21287430 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         200,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            5,441,334.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   4,161,442.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.38201000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              288.44

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.22846749

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