RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES II INC
8-K, 1999-03-18
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
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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) March 18, 1999

RESIDENTIAL  FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES II, INC. (as depositor under an Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement,  dated as of March 23, 1999, and pursuant to which
an Indenture was entered into,  providing  for, inter alia, the issuance of Home
Loan-Backed Notes, Series 1999-HI1)


                Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE                            333-28025             41-1808858
(State or Other Jurisdiction       (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)                   File Number)          Identification No.)


 8400 Normandale Lake Blvd.
 Suite 600
 Minneapolis, Minnesota                            55437
 (Address of Principal                             (Zip Code)
 Executive Offices)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code, is (612) 832-7000


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Item 5. Other Events.

               The   consolidated   financial   statements  of  Ambac  Assurance
Corporation and its  subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and December 31, 1996,
and for each of the years in the three year  period  ended  December  31,  1997,
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 on March 31, 1998;  Commission
File Number  1-10777) and the  unaudited  consolidated  financial  statements of
Ambac Assurance  Corporation and its  subsidiaries as of September 30, 1998, and
for the periods  ending  September 30, 1998 and September 30, 1997,  included in
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ambac Financial Group,  Inc. for the period
ended  September  30, 1998  (which was filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission on November 13, 1998),  are hereby  incorporated by reference in this
Current Report on Form 8-K and in the registration statement and shall be deemed
to be a part hereof.

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

               (a)    Not applicable

               (b)    Not applicable

               (c)    Exhibits:

                             Item 601(a) of
                             Regulation S-K
Exhibit No.                  Exhibit No.         Description

1                            23                  Consent of KPMG LLP,
                                                 independent auditors of
                                                 Ambac Assurance Corporation
                                                 with respect to the Residential
                                                 Funding Mortgage Securities
                                                 II, Inc. Home Loan-Backed
                                                 Notes, Series 1999-HI1




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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 FUNDING MORTGAGE
                                            SECURITIES II, INC.


                                            By:    /s/ Diane S. Wold
                                            Name:   Diane S. Wold
                                            Title:  Vice President


Dated: March 18, 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 FUNDING MORTGAGE
                                            SECURITIES II, INC.


                                            By:
                                            Name:   Diane S. Wold
                                            Title:  Vice President


Dated: March 18, 1999


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


                      Item 601(a) of                             Sequentially
Exhibit        Regulation S-K                                    Numbered
Number         Exhibit No.                  Description           Page

1                     23                  Accountant's Consent
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                                    EXHIBIT 1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Ambac Assurance Corporation:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration  statement (No.
333-28025) on Form S-3 of Residential  Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc. (the
"Registrant"),   and  in  the  Prospectus  Supplement  of  the  Registrant  (the
"Prospectus  Supplement")  via the Form 8-K of the  Registrant  dated  March 18,
1999,  of our  report  dated  January  29,  1998 on the  consolidated  financial
statements of Ambac Assurance  Corporation  and  subsidiaries as of December 31,
1997 and 1996, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December
31, 1997, which report appears in the Form 10- K of Ambac Financial Group,  Inc.
which was filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission on March 31, 1998
and to the reference to our firm under the heading  "Experts" in the  Prospectus
Supplement.


                                                    /s/ KPMG LLP

New York, New York
March 18, 1999



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