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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)
                     Februray 25, 1997


              RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC.
       (Exact name of the registrant as specified in
       its charter)


                             33-95932                             51-0368240

Delaware                (Commission File Number)          (I.R.S. Employee
(State or other                                        Identification No.)
jurisdiction of
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


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Item 5.  Other Events


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See the respective monthly reports, each reflecting the required information for
the January  1997  distribution  to holders of the  following  series of Conduit
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates.


Master Serviced by Residential Funding Corporation

1995-QS1    RALI
1996-QS1    RALI
1996-QS2    RALI
1996-QS3    RALI
1996-QS4    RALI
1996-QS6    RALI
1996-QS5    RALI
1996-QS7    RALI
1996-QS8    RALI



Item 7. Financial  Statements and Exhibits (a) Not applicable (b) Not applicable
(c) See Item 5.



                         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 ACCREDIT LOANS, INC.


   By: /s/Davee Olson
 Name:  Davee Olson
Title:  Chief Financial Officer
        and Treasurer
Dated:  February 25, 1997




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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1995-QS1 (POOL # 4180)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4180 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FAA1    54,500,000.00     4,085,525.34     6.600000  %  3,915,615.47
A-2   76110FAB9    82,500,000.00    82,500,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FAC7    22,250,000.00    22,250,000.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FAD5    46,000,000.00    46,000,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FAE3    22,100,000.00    22,100,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FAF0    31,109,000.00    31,109,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
R                         514.42     2,326,135.63     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  258,459,514.42   210,370,660.97                  3,915,615.47
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        22,470.39  3,938,085.86             0.00         0.00     169,909.87
A-2       474,375.00    474,375.00             0.00         0.00  82,500,000.00
A-3       135,354.17    135,354.17             0.00         0.00  22,250,000.00
A-4       287,500.00    287,500.00             0.00         0.00  46,000,000.00
A-5       138,125.00    138,125.00             0.00         0.00  22,100,000.00
A-6       194,431.25    194,431.25             0.00         0.00  31,109,000.00
R         304,072.65    304,072.65             0.00         0.00   2,326,135.63

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,556,328.46  5,471,943.93             0.00         0.00 206,455,045.50
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     74.963768  71.846155     0.412301    72.258456   0.000000      3.117612
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.083333     6.083333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000


_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-97 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1995-QS1 (POOL # 4180)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4180 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       43,244.42
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,362.65

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       85,797.36
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    4,690.78


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    52   4,903,103.43

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   10   1,339,546.71

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     694,391.11


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            19
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,371,278.63

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     206,455,045.50

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,181

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       2

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 589,473.25

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,572,469.22

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.89426800 %     1.10573200 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.87329680 %     1.12670320 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                               0.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                                    0.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                           0.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.33248108
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              315.23

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                79.87906577

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS1 (POOL # 4194)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4194 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110FAG8    52,015,000.00    17,127,279.51     6.000000  %  3,252,714.96
A-I-  76110FAH6    67,186,000.00    67,186,000.00     6.250000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAJ2    22,562,000.00    22,562,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAK9    31,852,000.00    31,852,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAL7    14,535,000.00    14,535,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAM5    18,417,136.00    18,417,136.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAN3    20,000,000.00    20,000,000.00     6.700000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FAQ6    29,374,968.00    20,575,448.83     5.840000  %    819,474.16
R                           0.53     2,026,594.48     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  255,942,104.53   214,281,458.82                  4,072,189.12
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      85,636.40  3,338,351.36             0.00         0.00  13,874,564.55
A-I-2     349,927.08    349,927.08             0.00         0.00  67,186,000.00
A-I-3     126,911.25    126,911.25             0.00         0.00  22,562,000.00
A-I-4     183,149.00    183,149.00             0.00         0.00  31,852,000.00
A-I-5      85,393.13     85,393.13             0.00         0.00  14,535,000.00
A-I-6     111,270.20    111,270.20             0.00         0.00  18,417,136.00
A-I-7     111,666.67    111,666.67             0.00         0.00  20,000,000.00
A-II      103,471.65    922,945.81             0.00         0.00  19,755,974.67
R         368,296.92    368,296.92             0.00         0.00   2,026,594.48

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,525,722.30  5,597,911.42             0.00         0.00 210,209,269.70
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   329.275776  62.534172     1.646379    64.180551   0.000000    266.741604
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.208333     5.208333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.625000     5.625000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.583334     5.583334   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   700.441574  27.897023     3.522443    31.419466   0.000000    672.544551

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-97 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-QS1 (POOL # 4194)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4194 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       46,117.43
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       80,508.08
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,681.60


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    35   4,344,544.53

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8   1,480,097.30

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          8   1,568,332.39


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            14
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,848,274.37

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     210,209,269.70

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,697

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                 305,708.11

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,893,115.20

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          99.05423710 %     0.94576290 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             99.03591570 %     0.96408430 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            2,144,493.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,144,493.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.97905000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              325.47

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                82.13157037

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS2 (POOL # 4201)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4201 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FAS2    40,000,000.00    24,142,314.43     6.400000  %  1,811,080.93
A-2   76110FAT0    16,000,000.00    16,000,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FAU7    28,500,000.00    28,500,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FAV5    15,000,000.00    15,000,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FAW3    14,000,000.00    14,000,000.00     7.350000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FAX1    10,000,000.00    10,000,000.00     7.450000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FAY9    26,000,000.00    26,000,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FAZ6    14,043,411.00    14,043,411.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FBA0    18,190,000.00    18,190,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-10  76110FBB8       178,007.00       175,864.88     0.000000  %      1,060.33
R                           0.00     1,819,114.18     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  181,911,418.00   167,870,704.49                  1,812,141.26
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       128,759.01  1,939,839.94             0.00         0.00  22,331,233.50
A-2        93,333.33     93,333.33             0.00         0.00  16,000,000.00
A-3       167,437.50    167,437.50             0.00         0.00  28,500,000.00
A-4        88,125.00     88,125.00             0.00         0.00  15,000,000.00
A-5        85,750.00     85,750.00             0.00         0.00  14,000,000.00
A-6        62,083.33     62,083.33             0.00         0.00  10,000,000.00
A-7       157,083.33    157,083.33             0.00         0.00  26,000,000.00
A-8        87,771.32     87,771.32             0.00         0.00  14,043,411.00
A-9       113,687.50    113,687.50             0.00         0.00  18,190,000.00
A-10            0.00      1,060.33             0.00         0.00     174,804.55
R         188,300.79    188,300.79             0.00         0.00   1,819,114.18

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,172,331.11  2,984,472.37             0.00         0.00 166,058,563.23
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    603.557861  45.277023     3.218975    48.495998   0.000000    558.280838
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.833333     5.833333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.125000     6.125000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.208333     6.208333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10   987.966091   5.956676     0.000000     5.956676   0.000000    982.009415

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-97 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-QS2 (POOL # 4201)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4201 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       34,986.08
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     5,486.87

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       62,733.33
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    32   4,824,318.30

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     451,771.66

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     995,618.56


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            11
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,743,268.02

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     166,058,563.23

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,548

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                    1,671,698.89

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.91636000 %     1.08364010 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.90453460 %     1.09546540 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                               0.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                                    0.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                           0.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.79811476
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              330.28

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                91.28539872


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS3 (POOL # 4211)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4211 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110FBC6    42,855,000.00    30,615,404.75     6.780000  %  3,121,269.47
A-I-  76110FBD4    26,000,000.00    26,000,000.00     7.150000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBE2    10,596,000.00    10,596,000.00     7.290000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBF9    25,000,000.00    23,286,370.98     7.250000  %    436,999.58
A-I-  76110FBG7    18,587,000.00    18,587,000.00     7.460000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBH5    21,696,000.00    21,696,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBJ1     8,047,000.00     8,047,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBK8    17,436,000.00    17,436,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBL6    25,145,000.00    25,145,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBM4    19,000,000.00    19,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBN2    15,875,562.00    15,875,562.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FBP7    20,551,438.00    19,319,818.80     7.750000  %    337,183.72
A-P   76110FBQ5     1,166,695.86     1,126,338.07     0.000000  %     10,686.29
R-I   76110FBR3           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FBS1           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FBT9    12,528,500.00    12,459,052.41     7.750000  %     10,248.36
M-2   76110FBU6     5,568,000.00     5,537,135.64     7.750000  %      4,554.64
M-3   76110FBV4     4,176,000.00     4,152,851.73     7.750000  %      3,415.98
B-1                 1,809,600.00     1,799,569.08     7.750000  %      1,480.26
B-2                   696,000.00       692,141.95     7.750000  %        569.33
B-3                 1,670,738.96     1,661,477.73     7.750000  %      1,366.67
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.741474  %          0.00
STRI                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,404,734.82   263,032,723.14                  3,927,774.30
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     172,928.39  3,294,197.86             0.00         0.00  27,494,135.28
A-I-2     154,873.10    154,873.10             0.00         0.00  26,000,000.00
A-I-3      64,352.60     64,352.60             0.00         0.00  10,596,000.00
A-I-4     140,648.92    577,648.50             0.00         0.00  22,849,371.40
A-I-5     115,516.68    115,516.68             0.00         0.00  18,587,000.00
A-I-6     140,080.59    140,080.59             0.00         0.00  21,696,000.00
A-I-7      51,955.59     51,955.59             0.00         0.00   8,047,000.00
A-I-8     112,575.83    112,575.83             0.00         0.00  17,436,000.00
A-I-9     162,349.12    162,349.12             0.00         0.00  25,145,000.00
A-I-10    122,673.82    122,673.82             0.00         0.00  19,000,000.00
A-I-11    102,500.84    102,500.84             0.00         0.00  15,875,562.00
A-II      124,738.74    461,922.46             0.00         0.00  18,982,635.08
A-P             0.00     10,686.29             0.00         0.00   1,115,651.78
R-I             0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        80,442.08     90,690.44             0.00         0.00  12,448,804.05
M-2        35,750.61     40,305.25             0.00         0.00   5,532,581.00
M-3        26,812.96     30,228.94             0.00         0.00   4,149,435.75
B-1        11,618.95     13,099.21             0.00         0.00   1,798,088.82
B-2         4,468.82      5,038.15             0.00         0.00     691,572.62
B-3        10,727.36     12,094.03             0.00         0.00   1,660,111.06
SPRED     162,480.99    162,480.99             0.00         0.00           0.00
STRIP      55,988.02     55,988.02             0.00         0.00           0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,853,484.01  5,781,258.31             0.00         0.00 259,104,948.84
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS3 (POOL # 4211)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4211 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   714.395164  72.833263     4.035198    76.868461   0.000000    641.561901
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.956658     5.956658   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.073292     6.073292   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-   931.454839  17.479983     5.625957    23.105940   0.000000    913.974856
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.214918     6.214918   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456517     6.456517   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456517     6.456517   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456517     6.456517   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456517     6.456517   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456517     6.456517   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456517     6.456517   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   940.071386  16.406819     6.069587    22.476406   0.000000    923.664567
A-P    965.408474   9.159449     0.000000     9.159449   0.000000    956.249025
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
M-1    994.456831   0.818004     6.420727     7.238731   0.000000    993.638828
M-2    994.456832   0.818003     6.420727     7.238730   0.000000    993.638829
M-3    994.456832   0.818003     6.420728     7.238731   0.000000    993.638829
B-1    994.456830   0.818004     6.420728     7.238732   0.000000    993.638826
B-2    994.456825   0.818003     6.420718     7.238721   0.000000    993.638822
B-3    994.456806   0.818003     6.420728     7.238731   0.000000    993.638803

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-97 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-QS3 (POOL # 4211)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4211 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       54,973.42
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     8,872.69

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       45,919.00
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    32   3,692,530.62

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   11   1,751,821.71

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     183,741.09


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        126,628.53

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     259,104,948.84

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,313

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                    3,710,408.84

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.57218470 %     8.42064000 %    1.57896280 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT           89.51977360 %     0.00000000 %   10.48022640 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.81330090 %     8.54125747 %    1.60850570 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         170,419.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            5,568,095.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,784,047.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.78534800
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              332.06

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                93.06772351


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS4 (POOL # 4216)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4216 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110FBW2    45,914,000.00    38,390,759.94     6.850000  %  1,905,170.02
A-I-  76110FBX0    26,945,000.00    24,186,500.50    11.000000  %    698,556.81
A-I-  76110FBY8    15,646,000.00    15,646,000.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBZ5    32,740,000.00    32,740,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCA9    10,023,000.00    10,023,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCB7    26,811,000.00    26,811,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCC5    18,046,000.00    18,046,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCD3     9,094,000.00     9,094,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCE1    10,284,000.00    10,284,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCF8    27,538,000.00    27,538,000.00     7.900000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FCG6    16,021,000.00    15,180,889.86     7.250000  %     95,626.09
A-II  76110FCH4     8,580,000.00     8,580,000.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FCJ0     3,039,637.99     2,969,754.43     0.000000  %     25,347.44
R-I   76110FCK7           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FCL5           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FCM3    13,230,500.00    13,168,996.51     8.000000  %     12,008.16
M-2   76110FCN1     5,570,800.00     5,544,903.49     8.000000  %      5,056.13
M-3   76110FCP6     4,456,600.00     4,435,882.98     8.000000  %      4,044.86
B-1   76110FCR2     2,228,400.00     2,218,041.02     8.000000  %      2,022.52
B-2   76110FCS0       696,400.00       693,162.71     8.000000  %        632.06
B-3   76110FCT8     1,671,255.97     1,663,486.96     8.000000  %      1,516.85
STRI                        0.00             0.00     0.110639  %          0.00
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.779257  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,535,793.96   267,214,378.40                  2,749,980.94
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     219,043.51  2,124,213.53             0.00         0.00  36,485,589.92
A-I-2     221,604.64    920,161.45             0.00         0.00  23,487,943.69
A-I-3      95,134.77     95,134.77             0.00         0.00  15,646,000.00
A-I-4     204,528.13    204,528.13             0.00         0.00  32,740,000.00
A-I-5      64,283.80     64,283.80             0.00         0.00  10,023,000.00
A-I-6     178,655.39    178,655.39             0.00         0.00  26,811,000.00
A-I-7     120,249.72    120,249.72             0.00         0.00  18,046,000.00
A-I-8      60,597.97     60,597.97             0.00         0.00   9,094,000.00
A-I-9      68,527.54     68,527.54             0.00         0.00  10,284,000.00
A-I-10    181,206.01    181,206.01             0.00         0.00  27,538,000.00
A-II-1     91,674.46    187,300.55             0.00         0.00  15,085,263.77
A-II-2     54,671.61     54,671.61             0.00         0.00   8,580,000.00
A-P             0.00     25,347.44             0.00         0.00   2,944,406.99
R-I             0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        87,751.75     99,759.91             0.00         0.00  13,156,988.35
M-2        36,948.52     42,004.65             0.00         0.00   5,539,847.36
M-3        29,558.55     33,603.41             0.00         0.00   4,431,838.12
B-1        14,779.94     16,802.46             0.00         0.00   2,216,018.50
B-2         4,618.89      5,250.95             0.00         0.00     692,530.65
B-3        11,084.66     12,601.51             0.00         0.00   1,661,970.10
STRIP      15,877.02     15,877.02             0.00         0.00           0.00
SPRED     173,441.71    173,441.71             0.00         0.00           0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,934,238.59  4,684,219.53             0.00         0.00 264,464,397.45
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS4 (POOL # 4216)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4216 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   836.144965  41.494316     4.770735    46.265051   0.000000    794.650650
A-I-   897.624810  25.925285     8.224333    34.149618   0.000000    871.699525
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.080453     6.080453   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.247041     6.247041   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413629     6.413629   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663511     6.663511   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663511     6.663511   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663511     6.663511   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663510     6.663510   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.580217     6.580217   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   947.561941   5.968797     5.722143    11.690940   0.000000    941.593145
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.371983     6.371983   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    977.009249   8.338966     0.000000     8.338966   0.000000    968.670283
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
M-1    995.351386   0.907612     6.632535     7.540147   0.000000    994.443774
M-2    995.351384   0.907613     6.632534     7.540147   0.000000    994.443771
M-3    995.351384   0.907611     6.632534     7.540145   0.000000    994.443773
B-1    995.351382   0.907611     6.632535     7.540146   0.000000    994.443771
B-2    995.351393   0.907611     6.632524     7.540135   0.000000    994.443782
B-3    995.351394   0.907611     6.632533     7.540144   0.000000    994.443776

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-97 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-QS4 (POOL # 4216)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4216 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       55,559.45
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     9,793.83

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       49,563.08
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    34   4,273,096.43

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     760,644.72

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      61,940.71


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,018,274.14

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     264,464,397.45

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,530

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                    2,503,956.71

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.51325730 %     8.66337500 %    1.71199270 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.40838400 %     8.74547729 %    1.74767490 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         272,106.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            5,570,716.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,785,358.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.01956100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              324.27

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                94.94808322


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS6 (POOL # 4220)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4220 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A     76110FCQ4   138,145,180.00   124,488,338.55     5.797500  %  2,150,212.70
R                     973,833.13     1,754,469.23     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  139,119,013.13   126,242,807.78                  2,150,212.70
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         580,812.38  2,731,025.08             0.00         0.00 122,338,125.85
R               0.00          0.00       195,496.88         0.00   1,949,966.11

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          580,812.38  2,731,025.08       195,496.88         0.00 124,288,091.96
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      901.141383  15.564877     4.204362    19.769239   0.000000    885.576506
R     1801.611771   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 200.749876   2002.361642

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-97 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-QS6 (POOL # 4220)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4220 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       38,692.13
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     3,279.19

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       24,460.08
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    18   3,149,085.51

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     195,606.56

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     124,288,091.96

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,161

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                    1,783,727.20

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.61024220 %     1.38975780 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.43109180 %     1.56890820 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            4,173,570.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,881,824.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          7.96860619
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              299.28

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                89.33940025


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS5 (POOL # 4222)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4222 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110FCU5    23,848,000.00    21,363,614.20     9.500000  %    868,410.61
A-I-  76110FCV3    25,000,000.00    23,520,215.89     7.600000  %    517,254.69
A-I-  76110FCW1    12,373,000.00    10,050,949.43     6.650000  %    811,666.75
A-I-  76110FCX9     7,100,000.00     7,100,000.00     7.450000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCY7    10,137,000.00    10,137,000.00     7.600000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCZ4     5,558,000.00     5,558,000.00     7.800000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDA8    16,926,000.00    16,926,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDB6     6,884,000.00     6,884,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDC4    11,229,000.00    11,229,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDD2    22,501,000.00    22,501,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FDE0    11,162,000.00    10,596,678.99     8.000000  %     47,137.94
A-II  76110FDF7     4,525,000.00     4,525,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FDG5     1,105,878.69     1,097,039.17     0.000000  %      1,270.43
R     76110FDH3           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FDJ9     7,918,500.00     7,893,998.07     8.000000  %      6,315.91
M-2   76110FDK6     3,958,800.00     3,946,550.43     8.000000  %      3,157.60
M-3   76110FDL4     2,815,100.00     2,806,389.34     8.000000  %      2,245.36
B-1   76110FDM2     1,407,600.00     1,403,244.52     8.000000  %      1,122.72
B-2   76110FDN0       439,800.00       438,439.14     8.000000  %        350.79
B-3   76110FDP5     1,055,748.52     1,052,481.74     8.000000  %        842.08
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.892749  %          0.00

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                  175,944,527.21   169,029,600.92                  2,259,774.88
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     169,045.88  1,037,456.49             0.00         0.00  20,495,203.59
A-I-2     148,888.51    666,143.20             0.00         0.00  23,002,961.20
A-I-3      55,671.77    867,338.52             0.00         0.00   9,239,282.68
A-I-4      44,057.61     44,057.61             0.00         0.00   7,100,000.00
A-I-5      64,169.60     64,169.60             0.00         0.00  10,137,000.00
A-I-6      36,109.33     36,109.33             0.00         0.00   5,558,000.00
A-I-7     112,784.81    112,784.81             0.00         0.00  16,926,000.00
A-I-8      45,870.88     45,870.88             0.00         0.00   6,884,000.00
A-I-9      74,823.38     74,823.38             0.00         0.00  11,229,000.00
A-I-10    149,933.30    149,933.30             0.00         0.00  22,501,000.00
A-II-1     70,609.98    117,747.92             0.00         0.00  10,549,541.05
A-II-2     30,151.91     30,151.91             0.00         0.00   4,525,000.00
A-P             0.00      1,270.43             0.00         0.00   1,095,768.74
R               0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        52,600.91     58,916.82             0.00         0.00   7,887,682.16
M-2        26,297.47     29,455.07             0.00         0.00   3,943,392.83
M-3        18,700.11     20,945.47             0.00         0.00   2,804,143.98
B-1         9,350.38     10,473.10             0.00         0.00   1,402,121.80
B-2         2,921.50      3,272.29             0.00         0.00     438,088.35
B-3         7,013.11      7,855.19             0.00         0.00   1,051,639.64
SPRED     125,689.32    125,689.32             0.00         0.00           0.00

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        1,244,689.76  3,504,464.64             0.00         0.00 166,769,826.02
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS5 (POOL # 4222)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4222 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   895.824145  36.414400     7.088472    43.502872   0.000000    859.409745
A-I-   940.808636  20.690188     5.955540    26.645728   0.000000    920.118448
A-I-   812.329219  65.599834     4.499456    70.099290   0.000000    746.729385
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.205297     6.205297   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.330236     6.330236   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.496821     6.496821   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663406     6.663406   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663405     6.663405   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663405     6.663405   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663406     6.663406   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   949.353072   4.223073     6.325925    10.548998   0.000000    945.129999
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663406     6.663406   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    992.006791   1.148794     0.000000     1.148794   0.000000    990.857996
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    996.905736   0.797614     6.642787     7.440401   0.000000    996.108122
M-2    996.905737   0.797615     6.642788     7.440403   0.000000    996.108121
M-3    996.905737   0.797613     6.642787     7.440400   0.000000    996.108124
B-1    996.905740   0.797613     6.642782     7.440395   0.000000    996.108127
B-2    996.905730   0.797613     6.642792     7.440405   0.000000    996.108117
B-3    996.905721   0.797614     6.642785     7.440399   0.000000    996.108086

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-97 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-QS5 (POOL # 4222)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4222 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       35,015.28
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     3,532.87

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       31,524.29
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    37   3,462,984.67

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1      56,646.88

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     312,803.39


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             1
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                         39,564.81

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     166,769,826.02

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,582

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                    2,123,550.07

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.97344470 %     8.66530900 %    1.71222400 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.42075240 %     8.77569961 %    1.74550550 %

      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                          9.16650700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              331.11

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                94.78545804


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS7 (POOL # 4228)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4228 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110FDQ3    20,106,154.00    18,723,838.89     7.050000  %    926,839.23
A-I-  76110FDR1    43,322,483.00    42,009,283.66     5.837500  %    880,497.25
A-I-  76110FDS9             0.00             0.00     3.162500  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDT7    13,330,948.00    13,330,948.00     7.125000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDU4    24,973,716.00    24,973,716.00     7.600000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDV2             0.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDW0     1,000,000.00     1,000,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDX8     9,539,699.00     9,539,699.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDY6    22,526,000.00    22,526,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDZ3    11,650,000.00    11,650,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FEA7    30,421,000.00    30,421,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FEB5     8,619,000.00     8,619,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FEC3    20,104,000.00    19,849,224.09     8.000000  %     71,955.89
A-P   76110FED1       601,147.92       598,980.86     0.000000  %      3,108.86
R-I   76110FEE9           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FEF6           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FEG4     9,114,600.00     9,100,321.72     8.000000  %      7,265.63
M-2   76110FEH2     5,126,400.00     5,118,369.35     8.000000  %      4,086.47
M-3   76110FEJ8     3,645,500.00     3,639,789.21     8.000000  %      2,905.98
B-1                 1,822,700.00     1,819,844.69     8.000000  %      1,452.95
B-2                   569,600.00       568,707.71     8.000000  %        454.05
B-3                 1,366,716.75     1,364,575.73     8.000000  %      1,089.39
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.825106  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  227,839,864.67   224,853,298.91                  1,899,655.70
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     109,949.27  1,036,788.50             0.00         0.00  17,796,999.66
A-I-2     204,258.68  1,084,755.93             0.00         0.00  41,128,786.41
A-I-3     110,658.35    110,658.35             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-I-4      79,114.16     79,114.16             0.00         0.00  13,330,948.00
A-I-5     158,090.26    158,090.26             0.00         0.00  24,973,716.00
A-I-6         495.04        495.04             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-I-7       6,413.56      6,413.56             0.00         0.00   1,000,000.00
A-I-8      61,183.42     61,183.42             0.00         0.00   9,539,699.00
A-I-9     150,100.60    150,100.60             0.00         0.00  22,526,000.00
A-I-10     77,629.05     77,629.05             0.00         0.00  11,650,000.00
A-I-11    202,708.44    202,708.44             0.00         0.00  30,421,000.00
A-I-12     57,432.17     57,432.17             0.00         0.00   8,619,000.00
A-II      132,264.07    204,219.96             0.00         0.00  19,777,268.20
A-P             0.00      3,108.86             0.00         0.00     595,872.00
R-I             0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        60,639.43     67,905.06             0.00         0.00   9,093,056.09
M-2        34,105.93     38,192.40             0.00         0.00   5,114,282.88
M-3        24,253.51     27,159.49             0.00         0.00   3,636,883.23
B-1        12,126.42     13,579.37             0.00         0.00   1,818,391.74
B-2         3,789.54      4,243.59             0.00         0.00     568,253.66
B-3         9,092.76     10,182.15             0.00         0.00   1,363,486.26
SPRED     154,531.59    154,531.59             0.00         0.00           0.00

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        1,648,836.25  3,548,491.95             0.00         0.00 222,953,643.13
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS7 (POOL # 4228)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4228 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   931.249153  46.097291     5.468439    51.565730   0.000000    885.151863
A-I-   969.687810  20.324256     4.714842    25.039098   0.000000    949.363554
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.934624     5.934624   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.330266     6.330266   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413560     6.413560   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413559     6.413559   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663438     6.663438   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663438     6.663438   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663438     6.663438   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663438     6.663438   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   987.327104   3.579183     6.578993    10.158176   0.000000    983.747921
A-P    996.395130   5.171546     0.000000     5.171546   0.000000    991.223585
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
M-1    998.433472   0.797142     6.653000     7.450142   0.000000    997.636330
M-2    998.433472   0.797142     6.652998     7.450140   0.000000    997.636330
M-3    998.433469   0.797142     6.653000     7.450142   0.000000    997.636327
B-1    998.433472   0.797142     6.652998     7.450140   0.000000    997.636331
B-2    998.433480   0.797138     6.652985     7.450123   0.000000    997.636341
B-3    998.433457   0.797085     6.652995     7.450080   0.000000    997.636316

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-97 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-QS7 (POOL # 4228)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4228 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       46,774.40
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    10,485.59

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       28,475.14
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    12   2,044,458.21

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   15   1,197,023.26

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     261,168.08


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     222,953,643.13

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,074

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                    1,719,613.35

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.12218660 %     7.94228100 %    1.66914520 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.28846450 %     8.00355713 %    1.68653050 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            4,556,797.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,278,399.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.13197100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              333.84

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                97.85541413


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS8 (POOL # 4231)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4231 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FEK5     4,000,000.00     3,954,108.55     7.400000  %     24,600.44
A-2   76110FEL3     4,074,824.00     3,964,955.99     7.300000  %     58,895.53
A-3   76110FEM1    13,128,206.00    13,128,206.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FEN9     3,765,148.00     3,765,148.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FEP4    10,500,000.00    10,500,000.00     7.400000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FEQ2     2,600,500.00     2,600,500.00     7.400000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FER0    31,579,563.00    31,259,916.81     5.937500  %    171,348.62
A-8   76110FES8             0.00             0.00     3.062500  %          0.00
A-9   76110FET6    32,965,000.00    32,172,324.77     0.000000  %    424,919.20
A-10  76110FEU3    20,953,719.00    20,938,319.40     7.400000  %      8,255.06
A-11  76110FEV1    13,975,000.00    13,975,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-12  76110FEW9     2,000,000.00     2,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-13  76110FEX7    20,646,958.00    20,646,958.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-14  76110FEY5       115,824.70       115,567.83     0.000000  %        183.55
R-I   76110FEZ2           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FFA6           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FFB4     6,661,000.00     6,657,148.29     7.750000  %      3,919.10
M-2   76110FFC2     4,440,700.00     4,438,132.18     7.750000  %      2,612.76
M-3   76110FFD0     3,108,500.00     3,106,702.52     7.750000  %      1,828.93
B-1                 1,509,500.00     1,508,627.14     7.750000  %        888.14
B-2                   444,000.00       443,743.26     7.750000  %        261.23
B-3                 1,154,562.90     1,153,895.24     7.750000  %        679.32
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.914408  %          0.00

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                  177,623,205.60   176,329,253.98                    698,391.88
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        24,373.46     48,973.90             0.00         0.00   3,929,508.11
A-2        24,110.05     83,005.58             0.00         0.00   3,906,060.46
A-3        77,095.93     77,095.93             0.00         0.00  13,128,206.00
A-4        22,895.06     22,895.06             0.00         0.00   3,765,148.00
A-5        64,722.90     64,722.90             0.00         0.00  10,500,000.00
A-6        16,029.71     16,029.71             0.00         0.00   2,600,500.00
A-7       154,606.72    325,955.34             0.00         0.00  31,088,568.19
A-8        79,744.52     79,744.52             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-9       196,772.96    621,692.16             0.00         0.00  31,747,405.57
A-10      129,065.59    137,320.65             0.00         0.00  20,930,064.34
A-11       90,217.43     90,217.43             0.00         0.00  13,975,000.00
A-12       12,911.26     12,911.26             0.00         0.00   2,000,000.00
A-13      133,289.13    133,289.13             0.00         0.00  20,646,958.00
A-14            0.00        183.55             0.00         0.00     115,384.28
R-I             0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        42,976.08     46,895.18             0.00         0.00   6,653,229.19
M-2        28,650.94     31,263.70             0.00         0.00   4,435,519.42
M-3        20,055.72     21,884.65             0.00         0.00   3,104,873.59
B-1         9,739.14     10,627.28             0.00         0.00   1,507,739.00
B-2         2,864.64      3,125.87             0.00         0.00     443,482.03
B-3         7,449.12      8,128.44             0.00         0.00   1,153,215.92
SPRED     134,307.86    134,307.86             0.00         0.00           0.00

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        1,271,878.22  1,970,270.10             0.00         0.00 175,630,862.10
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS8 (POOL # 4231)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4231 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    988.527138   6.150109     6.093365    12.243474   0.000000    982.377028
A-2    973.037361  14.453515     5.916832    20.370347   0.000000    958.583846
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.872541     5.872541   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.080786     6.080786   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.164086     6.164086   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.164088     6.164088   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    989.878068   5.425934     4.895784    10.321718   0.000000    984.452134
A-9    975.954035  12.890011     5.969148    18.859159   0.000000    963.064025
A-10   999.265066   0.393967     6.159555     6.553522   0.000000    998.871100
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455630     6.455630   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455630     6.455630   0.000000   1000.000000
A-13  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455630     6.455630   0.000000   1000.000000
A-14   997.782252   1.584722     0.000000     1.584722   0.000000    996.197530
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
M-1    999.421752   0.588365     6.451896     7.040261   0.000000    998.833387
M-2    999.421753   0.588367     6.451897     7.040264   0.000000    998.833387
M-3    999.421753   0.588364     6.451896     7.040260   0.000000    998.833389
B-1    999.421756   0.588367     6.451898     7.040265   0.000000    998.833389
B-2    999.421757   0.588356     6.451892     7.040248   0.000000    998.833401
B-3    999.421721   0.588370     6.451896     7.040266   0.000000    998.833346

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-February-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-February-97 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-QS8 (POOL # 4231)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4231 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       36,743.00
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    10,486.98

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       37,432.95
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    37   3,842,867.77

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     916,750.00

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     175,630,862.11

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,624

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                      594,529.53

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.17769330 %     8.05952300 %    1.76278340 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.14442520 %     8.08150802 %    1.76875400 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         158,130.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            3,552,464.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,776,232.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.98897295
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              352.51

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.87833153


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