RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP
8-K, 2000-06-22
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 22, 2000

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

        DELAWARE                     333-84939             51-0362653
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(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission file number)   (I.R.S. employer
     of incorporation)                                     identification no.)

8400 Normandale Lake Blvd., Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN              55437
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(Address of principal executive offices)                           (Zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:           (612) 832-7000

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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

                        Exhibit Index located on page 4.


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

Item 5.           Other Events.

                  The  consolidated  financial  statements  of  Ambac  Assurance
Corporation and subsidiaries ("Ambac") as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and for
each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 1999,  prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, included in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of Ambac  Financial  Group,  Inc.  (which was filed with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  on March  30,  2000;
Commission  File  Number  1-10777)  and  the  unaudited  consolidated  financial
statements  of Ambac as of March 31, 2000 and for the periods  ending  March 31,
2000 and March 31, 1999,  included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ambac
Financial Group, Inc., for the period ended March 31, 2000 (which was filed with
the  Commission on May 12, 2000),  are hereby  incorporated  by reference in (i)
this Current Report on Form 8-K; (ii) the registration statement (No. 333-84939)
of the Registrant (the  "Prospectus");  and (iii) the Prospectus  Supplement for
Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed  Pass-Through  Certificates,  Series 2000-KS3,
and shall be deemed to be a part hereof.

Item 7.     Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
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                  (a)      Not applicable

                  (b)      Not applicable

                  (c)      Exhibits

                  23.  Consent of KPMG LLP,  independent  auditors of Ambac with
respect to (a) the  incorporation  by reference in the Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement  of  their  report  dated  January  21,  2000  on  the  audit  of the
consolidated  financial statements of Ambac as of December 31, 1999 and 1998 and
for each of the years in the  three-year  period ended December 31, 1999 and (b)
with respect to the  reference to their firm under the caption  "Experts" in the
Prospectus Supplement.



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                                   SIGNATURES


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


                                      RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION


                                       By:           /s/ Julie Steinhagen
                                             Name:       Julie Steinhagen
                                             Title:      Vice President

Dated:  June 22, 2000






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                                   Exhibit 23

                    Consent of Independent Auditors of Ambac

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Ambac Assurance Corporation:


                  We  consent  to  the   incorporation   by   reference  in  the
registration   statement  (No.   333-84939)  of  Residential   Asset  Securities
Corporation  (the  "Registrant")  and  in  the  Prospectus   Supplement  of  the
Registrant  (the  "Prospectus  Supplement"),  via the Form 8-K of the Registrant
dated June 22, 2000,  of our report dated  January 21, 2000 on the  consolidated
financial  statements of Ambac  Assurance  Corporation  and  subsidiaries  as of
December  31, 1999 and 1998,  and for each of the years in the three year period
ended  December 31, 1999 which report  appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K
of Ambac Financial Group, Inc., which was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission  on March 30, 2000 and to the reference to our firm under the heading
"Experts" in the Prospectus Supplement.



                                  /s/ KPMG LLP


New York, New York
June 22, 2000


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