RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES II INC
8-K, 1999-06-25
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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) June 25, 1999

RESIDENTIAL  FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES II, INC. (as depositor under an Amended
and Restated Trust  Agreement,  dated as of June 29, 1999, and pursuant to which
an Indenture was entered into,  providing  for, inter alia, the issuance of Home
Equity Loan-Backed Term Notes, Series 1999-HS5)


     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  subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and December 31, 1997, and
for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 1998, 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 30, 1999) and the
unaudited  consolidated  financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation and
subsidiaries  as of March 31, 1999, and for the periods ended March 31, 1999 and
March 31, 1998, included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ambac Financial
Group,  Inc.  for the  period  ended  March 31,  1999  (which was filed with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission on May 12, 1999), are hereby incorporated by
reference  in (i)  this  Current  Report  on Form  8-K;  (ii)  the  registration
statement  (No.333-28025)  of the Registrant (the  "Prospectus");  and (iii) the
Prospectus  Supplement for Home Equity Loan-Backed Term Notes,  Series 1999-HS5,
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:

    5.1      Opinion  of  Stroock  &  Stroock  &  Lavan  LLP as to
             legality of the securities registered.

    8.1      Opinion  of  Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP  regarding
             certain tax matters (included in Exhibit 5.1).

    23.1     Consent of KPMG LLP, independent auditors of
             Ambac Assurance Corporation with respect to the Residential
             Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc. Home Equity Loan-Backed Term
             Notes, Series 1999-HS5.

   23.2      Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan (included in Exhibit 5.1).




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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/ Stephen Hynes
                                      Name:  Stephen Hynes
                                      Title: Vice President


Dated:  June 25, 1999




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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


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

   1               23.1        Accountant's Consent




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                                    EXHIBIT 1


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                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Ambac Assurance Corporation:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration  statement (No.
333-28025)  of   Residential   Funding   Mortgage   Securities   II,  Inc.  (the
"Registrant"), and in the Prospectus Supplement of the Registrant dated June 24,
1999 (the  "Prospectus  Supplement"),  via the Form 8-K of the Registrant  dated
June 25, 1999 of our report dated January 27, 1999 on the consolidated financial
statements of Ambac Assurance  Corporation  and  subsidiaries as of December 31,
1998 and 1997, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December
31, 1998, which report appears in the Form 10-K of Ambac Financial  Group,  Inc.
which was filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission on March 30, 1999
and to the reference to our firm under the heading  "Experts" in the  Prospectus
Supplement.


                                                     KPMG LLP


New York, New York
June 25, 1999


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