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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)
                             August 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





Item 5.  Other Events

See the respective monthly reports, each reflecting the
required information for the August 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
1997-QS1    RALI
1997-QS2    RALI
1997-QS3    RALI
1997-QS3    RALI
1997-QS4    RALI
1997-QS5    RALI
1997-QS6    RALI
1997-QS7    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: August 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             0.00     6.600000  %          0.00
A-2   76110FAB9    82,500,000.00    64,323,014.55     6.900000  %  2,567,489.55
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   188,108,150.18                  2,567,489.55
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1             0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-2       369,857.33  2,937,346.88             0.00         0.00  61,755,525.00
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         273,340.26    273,340.26             0.00         0.00   2,326,135.63

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,398,608.01  3,966,097.56             0.00         0.00 185,540,660.63
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
A-2    779.672904  31.121085     4.483119    35.604204   0.000000    748.551818
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-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-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                       38,658.32
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     5,126.24

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       75,499.99
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    8,881.66


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    36   4,666,794.53

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9     683,263.25

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     384,329.60


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            23
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,287,847.24

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     185,540,660.63

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,006

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       5

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,094,894.15

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,379,559.61

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.76340520 %     1.23659480 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.74629330 %     1.25370670 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.32949628
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              309.30

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                71.78712730

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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             0.00     6.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAH6    67,186,000.00    63,714,551.59     6.250000  %  2,731,771.46
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    16,912,791.15     6.027500  %    454,860.48
R                           0.53     2,026,594.48     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  255,942,104.53   190,020,073.22                  3,186,631.94
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1           0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-I-2     331,846.62  3,063,618.08             0.00         0.00  60,982,780.13
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       87,783.26    542,643.74             0.00         0.00  16,457,930.67
R         284,340.13    284,340.13        28,815.07         0.00   2,026,594.48

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,322,360.26  4,508,992.20        28,815.07         0.00 186,833,441.28
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
A-I-   948.330777  40.659832     4.939223    45.599055   0.000000    907.670945
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   575.755220  15.484629     2.988370    18.472999   0.000000    560.270591

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-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                       40,587.50
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     4,358.12

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       68,054.70
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    9,212.04


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    26   3,197,104.86

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     418,209.55

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     764,320.26


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            21
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      4,319,255.60

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     186,833,441.28

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

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       4

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,146,476.16

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,576,321.57

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.93348400 %     1.06651600 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.91529350 %     1.08470650 %

      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                          8.99493000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              319.32

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                72.99832188

 ................................................................................


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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    12,874,766.06     6.400000  %  1,776,153.43
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       173,687.63     0.000000  %        230.58
R                           0.00     1,819,114.18     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  181,911,418.00   156,600,978.87                  1,776,384.01
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        68,665.42  1,844,818.85             0.00         0.00  11,098,612.63
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        230.58             0.00         0.00     173,457.05
R         167,548.91    167,548.91             0.00         0.00   1,819,114.18

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,091,485.64  2,867,869.65             0.00         0.00 154,824,594.86
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    321.869152  44.403836     1.716636    46.120472   0.000000    277.465316
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   975.734831   1.295342     0.000000     1.295342   0.000000    974.439488

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-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                       32,524.43
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     3,908.97

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       32,012.70
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    3,433.22


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    20   2,010,702.48

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     299,388.49

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     145,617.38


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,725,097.56

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     154,824,594.86

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,456

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       4

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 438,673.58

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,635,800.28

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.83837620 %     1.16162380 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.82504830 %     1.17495170 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.78368033
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              324.77

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                85.10988291


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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    18,394,315.83     6.780000  %  2,333,676.05
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    21,575,332.97     7.250000  %    326,730.98
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    18,268,499.98     7.750000  %    120,111.55
A-P   76110FBQ5     1,166,695.86     1,094,225.16     0.000000  %      3,930.71
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    12,382,028.53     7.750000  %     10,954.11
M-2   76110FBU6     5,568,000.00     5,502,904.16     7.750000  %      4,868.30
M-3   76110FBV4     4,176,000.00     4,127,178.13     7.750000  %      3,651.23
B-1                 1,809,600.00     1,788,443.86     7.750000  %      1,582.20
B-2                   696,000.00       687,863.02     7.750000  %        608.54
B-3                 1,670,738.96     1,651,206.21     7.750000  %      1,460.79
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.729312  %          0.00
A-V   7611OFHY2             0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,404,734.82   247,854,559.85                  2,807,574.46
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     103,909.39  2,437,585.44             0.00         0.00  16,060,639.78
A-I-2     154,889.11    154,889.11             0.00         0.00  26,000,000.00
A-I-3      64,359.25     64,359.25             0.00         0.00  10,596,000.00
A-I-4     130,327.78    457,058.76             0.00         0.00  21,248,601.99
A-I-5     115,528.63    115,528.63             0.00         0.00  18,587,000.00
A-I-6     140,095.08    140,095.08             0.00         0.00  21,696,000.00
A-I-7      51,960.97     51,960.97             0.00         0.00   8,047,000.00
A-I-8     112,587.47    112,587.47             0.00         0.00  17,436,000.00
A-I-9     162,365.90    162,365.90             0.00         0.00  25,145,000.00
A-I-10    122,686.50    122,686.50             0.00         0.00  19,000,000.00
A-I-11    102,511.43    102,511.43             0.00         0.00  15,875,562.00
A-II      117,963.07    238,074.62             0.00         0.00  18,148,388.43
A-P             0.00      3,930.71             0.00         0.00   1,090,294.45
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        79,953.05     90,907.16             0.00         0.00  12,371,074.42
M-2        35,533.27     40,401.57             0.00         0.00   5,498,035.86
M-3        26,649.95     30,301.18             0.00         0.00   4,123,526.90
B-1        11,548.32     13,130.52             0.00         0.00   1,786,861.66
B-2         4,441.66      5,050.20             0.00         0.00     687,254.48
B-3        10,662.14     12,122.93             0.00         0.00   1,649,745.42
SPRED     150,609.30    150,609.30             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-V        45,404.04     45,404.04             0.00         0.00           0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,743,986.31  4,551,560.77             0.00         0.00 245,046,985.39
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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-   429.222164  54.455164     2.424674    56.879838   0.000000    374.767000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.957273     5.957273   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.073919     6.073919   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-   863.013319  13.069239     5.213111    18.282350   0.000000    849.944080
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.215561     6.215561   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457185     6.457185   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457185     6.457185   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457185     6.457185   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457184     6.457184   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457184     6.457184   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457184     6.457184   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   888.915899   5.844435     5.739894    11.584329   0.000000    883.071463
A-P    937.883811   3.369093     0.000000     3.369093   0.000000    934.514718
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    988.308938   0.874335     6.381694     7.256029   0.000000    987.434603
M-2    988.308937   0.874335     6.381694     7.256029   0.000000    987.434601
M-3    988.308939   0.874337     6.381693     7.256030   0.000000    987.434603
B-1    988.308941   0.874337     6.381698     7.256035   0.000000    987.434604
B-2    988.308937   0.874339     6.381695     7.256034   0.000000    987.434598
B-3    988.308916   0.874338     6.381691     7.256029   0.000000    987.434576

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-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                       51,761.23
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     5,875.38

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       32,355.02
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    21   2,150,955.58

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     150,006.60

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            11
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,816,577.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     245,046,985.39

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,201

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                    2,586,153.82

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.01216540 %     8.88105900 %    1.66529640 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT           89.51977360 %     0.00000000 %   10.48022640 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.29461670 %     8.97486543 %    1.69040720 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         164,142.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            2,495,950.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,495,950.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.77370200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              325.58

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                88.01825355


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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    24,990,345.47     6.850000  %  3,101,461.53
A-I-  76110FBX0    26,945,000.00    19,273,054.11    11.000000  %  1,137,193.55
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    13,885,699.80     7.250000  %    310,278.06
A-II  76110FCH4     8,580,000.00     8,580,000.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FCJ0     3,039,637.99     2,805,639.69     0.000000  %     27,750.58
A-V   76110FGN7             0.00             0.00     0.770214  %          0.00
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    13,095,109.09     8.000000  %     23,790.03
M-2   76110FCN1     5,570,800.00     5,513,792.63     8.000000  %     10,016.97
M-3   76110FCP6     4,456,600.00     4,410,994.53     8.000000  %      8,013.50
B-1   76110FCR2     2,228,400.00     2,205,596.25     8.000000  %      4,006.93
B-2   76110FCS0       696,400.00       689,273.57     8.000000  %          0.00
B-3   76110FCT8     1,671,255.97     1,654,153.59     8.000000  %          0.00
STRI                        0.00             0.00     0.114097  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,535,793.96   247,285,658.73                  4,622,511.15
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     142,588.67  3,244,050.20             0.00         0.00  21,888,883.94
A-I-2     176,589.71  1,313,783.26             0.00         0.00  18,135,860.56
A-I-3      95,136.76     95,136.76             0.00         0.00  15,646,000.00
A-I-4     204,532.40    204,532.40             0.00         0.00  32,740,000.00
A-I-5      64,285.15     64,285.15             0.00         0.00  10,023,000.00
A-I-6     178,659.12    178,659.12             0.00         0.00  26,811,000.00
A-I-7     120,252.23    120,252.23             0.00         0.00  18,046,000.00
A-I-8      60,599.24     60,599.24             0.00         0.00   9,094,000.00
A-I-9      68,528.98     68,528.98             0.00         0.00  10,284,000.00
A-I-10    181,209.79    181,209.79             0.00         0.00  27,538,000.00
A-II-1     83,854.81    394,132.87             0.00         0.00  13,575,421.74
A-II-2     54,672.75     54,672.75             0.00         0.00   8,580,000.00
A-P             0.00     27,750.58             0.00         0.00   2,777,889.11
A-V       158,647.33    158,647.33             0.00         0.00           0.00
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        87,261.22    111,051.25             0.00         0.00  13,071,319.06
M-2        36,741.99     46,758.96             0.00         0.00   5,503,775.66
M-3        29,393.32     37,406.82             0.00         0.00   4,402,981.03
B-1        14,697.33     18,704.26             0.00         0.00   2,201,589.32
B-2         4,318.80      4,318.80             0.00         0.00     689,273.57
B-3             0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00   1,665,376.18
STRIP      14,510.02     14,510.02             0.00         0.00           0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,776,479.62  6,398,990.77             0.00         0.00 242,674,370.17
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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-   544.285958  67.549365     3.105560    70.654925   0.000000    476.736593
A-I-   715.273858  42.204251     6.553710    48.757961   0.000000    673.069607
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.080580     6.080580   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.247172     6.247172   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413763     6.413763   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663650     6.663650   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663650     6.663650   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663651     6.663651   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663650     6.663650   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.580354     6.580354   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   866.718669  19.366960     5.234056    24.601016   0.000000    847.351710
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.372115     6.372115   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    923.017708   9.129567     0.000000     9.129567   0.000000    913.888141
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    989.766758   1.798120     6.595459     8.393579   0.000000    987.968638
M-2    989.766753   1.798121     6.595460     8.393581   0.000000    987.968633
M-3    989.766757   1.798120     6.595458     8.393578   0.000000    987.968638
B-1    989.766761   1.798120     6.595463     8.393583   0.000000    987.968641
B-2    989.766758   0.000000     6.201608     6.201608   0.000000    989.766758
B-3    989.766750   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    996.481813

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-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                       50,916.89
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       47,312.58
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    7,727.01


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    32   3,718,218.80

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     838,303.33

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,304,016.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     242,674,370.17

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,386

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       5

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 975,411.38

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,302,764.14

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.71681320 %     9.30903000 %    1.83958240 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.52241820 %     9.46868667 %    1.89925210 %

      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                          9.00266600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              317.27

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                87.12502143


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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   105,914,681.83     6.008440  %  4,421,186.31
R                     973,833.13     2,744,191.39     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  139,119,013.13   108,658,873.22                  4,421,186.31
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         544,563.94  4,965,750.25             0.00         0.00 101,493,495.52
R               0.00          0.00       138,521.15         0.00   2,882,712.54

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          544,563.94  4,965,750.25       138,521.15         0.00 104,376,208.06
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      766.691113  32.003913     3.941968    35.945881   0.000000    734.687200
R     2817.927739   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 142.243210   2960.170953

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-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                       32,536.24
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       28,256.01
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    16   1,397,972.66

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4   1,191,832.15

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,125,635.53

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     104,376,208.06

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,062

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                    4,124,081.50

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          97.47448940 %     2.52551060 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.23815170 %     2.76184830 %

      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                          8.14512050
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              289.45

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                75.02655871


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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    16,912,352.17     9.500000  %  1,176,699.18
A-I-  76110FCV3    25,000,000.00    20,868,893.85     7.600000  %    700,881.78
A-I-  76110FCW1    12,373,000.00     5,890,542.64     6.650000  %  1,099,811.07
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     9,457,241.42     8.000000  %     49,276.03
A-II  76110FDF7     4,525,000.00     4,525,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FDG5     1,105,878.69     1,074,726.78     0.000000  %     24,411.79
A-V   76110FGP2             0.00             0.00     0.878552  %          0.00
R     76110FDH3           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FDJ9     7,918,500.00     7,854,727.37     8.000000  %      6,877.86
M-2   76110FDK6     3,958,800.00     3,926,917.33     8.000000  %      3,438.54
M-3   76110FDL4     2,815,100.00     2,792,428.25     8.000000  %      2,445.14
B-1   76110FDM2     1,407,600.00     1,396,263.72     8.000000  %      1,222.62
B-2   76110FDN0       439,800.00       436,258.02     8.000000  %        382.00
B-3   76110FDP5     1,055,748.52     1,047,245.87     8.000000  %        917.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  175,944,527.21   156,517,597.42                  3,066,363.01
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     133,841.92  1,310,541.10             0.00         0.00  15,735,652.99
A-I-2     132,122.74    833,004.52             0.00         0.00  20,168,012.07
A-I-3      32,631.83  1,132,442.90             0.00         0.00   4,790,731.57
A-I-4      44,063.52     44,063.52             0.00         0.00   7,100,000.00
A-I-5      64,178.21     64,178.21             0.00         0.00  10,137,000.00
A-I-6      36,114.18     36,114.18             0.00         0.00   5,558,000.00
A-I-7     112,799.94    112,799.94             0.00         0.00  16,926,000.00
A-I-8      45,877.04     45,877.04             0.00         0.00   6,884,000.00
A-I-9      74,833.43     74,833.43             0.00         0.00  11,229,000.00
A-I-10    149,953.42    149,953.42             0.00         0.00  22,501,000.00
A-II-1     63,025.90    112,301.93             0.00         0.00   9,407,965.39
A-II-2     30,155.96     30,155.96             0.00         0.00   4,525,000.00
A-P             0.00     24,411.79             0.00         0.00   1,050,314.99
A-V       114,550.07    114,550.07             0.00         0.00           0.00
R               0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        52,346.26     59,224.12             0.00         0.00   7,847,849.51
M-2        26,170.16     29,608.70             0.00         0.00   3,923,478.79
M-3        18,609.58     21,054.72             0.00         0.00   2,789,983.11
B-1         9,305.12     10,527.74             0.00         0.00   1,395,041.10
B-2         2,907.36      3,289.36             0.00         0.00     435,876.02
B-3         6,979.16      7,896.16             0.00         0.00   1,046,328.85

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        1,150,465.80  4,216,828.81             0.00         0.00 153,451,234.39
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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-   709.172768  49.341629     5.612291    54.953920   0.000000    659.831139
A-I-   834.755754  28.035271     5.284910    33.320181   0.000000    806.720483
A-I-   476.080388  88.887988     2.637342    91.525330   0.000000    387.192400
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.206130     6.206130   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.331085     6.331085   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.497693     6.497693   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664300     6.664300   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664300     6.664300   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664300     6.664300   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664300     6.664300   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   847.271226   4.414624     5.646470    10.061094   0.000000    842.856602
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664301     6.664301   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    971.830626  22.074562     0.000000    22.074562   0.000000    949.756064
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    991.946375   0.868581     6.610628     7.479209   0.000000    991.077794
M-2    991.946380   0.868581     6.610629     7.479210   0.000000    991.077799
M-3    991.946378   0.868580     6.610628     7.479208   0.000000    991.077798
B-1    991.946377   0.868585     6.610628     7.479213   0.000000    991.077792
B-2    991.946385   0.868577     6.610641     7.479218   0.000000    991.077808
B-3    991.946330   0.868578     6.610627     7.479205   0.000000    991.077731

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-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                       32,323.17
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       794.76

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       39,171.34
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      336.66


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    34   3,723,127.84

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     372,992.48

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      72,554.78


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             4
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        384,858.43

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     153,451,234.39

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,487

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                  39,492.67

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,927,678.38

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.16199100 %     9.31146000 %    1.83990020 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.55744610 %     9.48921100 %    1.88794530 %

      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                          9.15040100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              323.81

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                87.21569055


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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    10,705,690.97     7.050000  %  2,219,106.16
A-I-  76110FDR1    43,322,483.00    34,392,043.26     6.048440  %  2,108,150.82
A-I-  76110FDS9             0.00             0.00     2.951560  %          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    18,765,749.63     8.000000  %     76,213.84
A-P   76110FED1       601,147.92       527,180.07     0.000000  %      1,883.56
A-V   76110FGQ0             0.00             0.00     0.818266  %          0.00
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     9,055,394.53     8.000000  %      7,747.63
M-2   76110FEH2     5,126,400.00     5,093,100.58     8.000000  %      4,357.57
M-3   76110FEJ8     3,645,500.00     3,621,820.00     8.000000  %      3,098.76
B-1                 1,822,700.00     1,810,860.33     8.000000  %      1,549.34
B-2                   569,600.00       565,900.07     8.000000  %        484.17
B-3                 1,366,716.75     1,357,839.00     8.000000  %      1,161.74

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  227,839,864.67   207,955,941.44                  4,423,753.59
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      62,873.68  2,281,979.84             0.00         0.00   8,486,584.81
A-I-2     173,287.18  2,281,438.00             0.00         0.00  32,283,892.44
A-I-3      84,561.89     84,561.89             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-I-4      79,124.50     79,124.50             0.00         0.00  13,330,948.00
A-I-5     158,110.91    158,110.91             0.00         0.00  24,973,716.00
A-I-6         495.10        495.10             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-I-7       6,414.40      6,414.40             0.00         0.00   1,000,000.00
A-I-8      61,191.41     61,191.41             0.00         0.00   9,539,699.00
A-I-9     150,120.20    150,120.20             0.00         0.00  22,526,000.00
A-I-10     77,639.19     77,639.19             0.00         0.00  11,650,000.00
A-I-11    202,734.92    202,734.92             0.00         0.00  30,421,000.00
A-I-12     57,439.67     57,439.67             0.00         0.00   8,619,000.00
A-II      125,060.74    201,274.58             0.00         0.00  18,689,535.79
A-P             0.00      1,883.56             0.00         0.00     525,296.51
A-V       141,752.62    141,752.62             0.00         0.00           0.00
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        60,347.94     68,095.57             0.00         0.00   9,047,646.90
M-2        33,941.99     38,299.56             0.00         0.00   5,088,743.01
M-3        24,136.93     27,235.69             0.00         0.00   3,618,721.24
B-1        12,068.13     13,617.47             0.00         0.00   1,809,310.99
B-2         3,771.34      4,255.51             0.00         0.00     565,415.90
B-3         9,049.06     10,210.80             0.00         0.00   1,356,677.26

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        1,524,121.80  5,947,875.39             0.00         0.00 203,532,187.85
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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-   532.458419 110.369500     3.127086   113.496586   0.000000    422.088919
A-I-   793.861314  48.661819     3.999936    52.661755   0.000000    745.199495
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.935399     5.935399   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.331093     6.331093   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.414400     6.414400   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.414396     6.414396   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664308     6.664308   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664308     6.664308   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664308     6.664308   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664308     6.664308   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   933.433627   3.790979     6.220689    10.011668   0.000000    929.642648
A-P    876.955658   3.133265     0.000000     3.133265   0.000000    873.822393
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    993.504326   0.850024     6.621019     7.471043   0.000000    992.654302
M-2    993.504327   0.850025     6.621019     7.471044   0.000000    992.654301
M-3    993.504320   0.850023     6.621020     7.471043   0.000000    992.654297
B-1    993.504323   0.850025     6.621018     7.471043   0.000000    992.654299
B-2    993.504336   0.850018     6.621032     7.471050   0.000000    992.654319
B-3    993.504323   0.850023     6.621021     7.471044   0.000000    992.654298

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-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                       43,025.37
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       883.05

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       48,392.29
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    39   4,798,622.40

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     806,061.09

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             4
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        384,812.23

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     203,532,187.85

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,958

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                    4,243,301.28

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.40540270 %     8.54523100 %    1.79586090 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.41586900 %     8.72349054 %    1.83806770 %

      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                          9.12598700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              326.67

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                89.33124506


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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     3,593,854.16     7.400000  %     47,322.16
A-2   76110FEL3     4,074,824.00     3,102,476.45     7.300000  %    113,293.25
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    28,750,648.61     6.148440  %    329,611.47
A-8   76110FES8             0.00             0.00     2.851560  %          0.00
A-9   76110FET6    32,965,000.00    25,949,711.18     0.000000  %    817,387.66
A-10  76110FEU3    20,953,719.00    20,817,430.28     7.400000  %     15,879.70
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       114,497.60     0.000000  %        177.91
A-15  76110FGR8             0.00             0.00     0.901151  %          0.00
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     6,628,332.20     7.750000  %      4,196.19
M-2   76110FFC2     4,440,700.00     4,418,921.30     7.750000  %      2,797.48
M-3   76110FFD0     3,108,500.00     3,093,254.86     7.750000  %      1,958.24
B-1                 1,509,500.00     1,502,096.91     7.750000  %        950.93
B-2                   444,000.00       441,822.49     7.750000  %        279.70
B-3                 1,154,562.90     1,148,900.39     7.750000  %        727.37

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  177,623,205.60   166,177,758.43                  1,334,582.06
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        22,157.43     69,479.59             0.00         0.00   3,546,532.00
A-2        18,869.42    132,162.67             0.00         0.00   2,989,183.20
A-3        77,111.96     77,111.96             0.00         0.00  13,128,206.00
A-4        22,899.82     22,899.82             0.00         0.00   3,765,148.00
A-5        64,736.35     64,736.35             0.00         0.00  10,500,000.00
A-6        16,033.04     16,033.04             0.00         0.00   2,600,500.00
A-7       147,278.66    476,890.13             0.00         0.00  28,421,037.14
A-8        68,305.77     68,305.77             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-9       158,784.24    976,171.90             0.00         0.00  25,132,323.52
A-10      128,347.10    144,226.80             0.00         0.00  20,801,550.58
A-11       90,236.19     90,236.19             0.00         0.00  13,975,000.00
A-12       12,913.95     12,913.95             0.00         0.00   2,000,000.00
A-13      133,316.84    133,316.84             0.00         0.00  20,646,958.00
A-14            0.00        177.91             0.00         0.00     114,319.69
A-15      124,766.42    124,766.42             0.00         0.00           0.00
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        42,798.96     46,995.15             0.00         0.00   6,624,136.01
M-2        28,532.86     31,330.34             0.00         0.00   4,416,123.82
M-3        19,973.06     21,931.30             0.00         0.00   3,091,296.62
B-1         9,699.00     10,649.93             0.00         0.00   1,501,145.98
B-2         2,852.84      3,132.54             0.00         0.00     441,542.79
B-3         7,418.42      8,145.79             0.00         0.00   1,148,173.02

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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    898.463540  11.830539     5.539358    17.369897   0.000000    886.633001
A-2    761.376798  27.803226     4.630733    32.433959   0.000000    733.573572
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.873762     5.873762   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.082050     6.082050   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.165367     6.165367   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.165368     6.165368   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    910.419457  10.437493     4.663733    15.101226   0.000000    899.981964
A-9    787.189782  24.795621     4.816752    29.612373   0.000000    762.394161
A-10   993.495726   0.757846     6.125266     6.883112   0.000000    992.737880
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456972     6.456972   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456975     6.456975   0.000000   1000.000000
A-13  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456972     6.456972   0.000000   1000.000000
A-14   988.542168   1.536028     0.000000     1.536028   0.000000    987.006140
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    995.095661   0.629964     6.425306     7.055270   0.000000    994.465697
M-2    995.095661   0.629964     6.425307     7.055271   0.000000    994.465697
M-3    995.095660   0.629963     6.425305     7.055268   0.000000    994.465697
B-1    995.095667   0.629964     6.425306     7.055270   0.000000    994.465704
B-2    995.095698   0.629955     6.425315     7.055270   0.000000    994.465743
B-3    995.095538   0.629961     6.425306     7.055267   0.000000    994.465539

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-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                       34,564.97
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     7,028.18

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       55,922.06
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    57   5,667,549.44

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     272,527.19

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,091,185.82

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     164,843,176.37

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,544

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                    1,229,321.48

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.62243180 %     8.51513400 %    1.86243470 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.54499010 %     8.57272758 %    1.87633290 %

      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                          8.97532235
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              345.75

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                92.80497771


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
           RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES I, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS1 (POOL # 4237)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4237 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FFE8    33,258,000.00    24,795,508.84     6.750000  %  1,133,013.95
A-2   76110FFF5    10,146,000.00     8,154,825.56     6.750000  %    266,591.53
A-3   76110FFG3    24,816,000.00    24,816,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FFH1    15,938,000.00    15,938,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FFJ7    10,253,000.00    10,253,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FFK4    31,511,646.00    29,271,574.88    11.000000  %    299,915.45
A-7   76110FFL2    17,652,000.00    17,652,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FFM0     5,655,589.00     5,655,589.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FFN8    19,068,000.00    19,068,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-10  76110FFP3    10,267,765.00    10,267,765.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-11  76110FFQ1    47,506,000.00    47,506,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-12  76110FFR9       212,947.62       211,710.18     0.000000  %        244.61
A-13  76110FFS7             0.00             0.00     0.967291  %          0.00
R     76110FFT5           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FFV0     9,377,000.00     9,348,917.73     7.500000  %      5,824.92
M-2   76110FFW8     6,251,000.00     6,232,279.48     7.500000  %      3,883.07
M-3   76110FFW8     4,375,700.00     4,362,595.64     7.500000  %      2,718.15
B-1                 1,624,900.00     1,620,033.75     7.500000  %      1,009.38
B-2                   624,800.00       622,928.84     7.500000  %        388.12
B-3                 1,500,282.64     1,495,789.56     7.500000  %        931.95

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  250,038,730.26   237,272,518.46                  1,714,521.13
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       139,439.36  1,272,453.31             0.00         0.00  23,662,494.89
A-2        45,859.25    312,450.78             0.00         0.00   7,888,234.03
A-3       139,554.59    139,554.59             0.00         0.00  24,816,000.00
A-4        89,628.51     89,628.51             0.00         0.00  15,938,000.00
A-5        57,658.50     57,658.50             0.00         0.00  10,253,000.00
A-6       268,254.70    568,170.15             0.00         0.00  28,971,659.43
A-7        99,267.31     99,267.31             0.00         0.00  17,652,000.00
A-8        31,804.62     31,804.62             0.00         0.00   5,655,589.00
A-9       107,230.29    107,230.29             0.00         0.00  19,068,000.00
A-10       57,741.53     57,741.53             0.00         0.00  10,267,765.00
A-11      296,837.18    296,837.18             0.00         0.00  47,506,000.00
A-12            0.00        244.61             0.00         0.00     211,465.57
A-13      191,211.20    191,211.20             0.00         0.00           0.00
R               0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        58,415.92     64,240.84             0.00         0.00   9,343,092.81
M-2        38,941.87     42,824.94             0.00         0.00   6,228,396.41
M-3        27,259.30     29,977.45             0.00         0.00   4,359,877.49
B-1        10,122.64     11,132.02             0.00         0.00   1,619,024.37
B-2         3,892.32      4,280.44             0.00         0.00     622,540.72
B-3         9,346.31     10,278.26             0.00         0.00   1,494,857.61

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
           RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES I, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS1 (POOL # 4237)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4237 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    745.550209  34.067411     4.192656    38.260067   0.000000    711.482798
A-2    803.747838  26.275530     4.519934    30.795464   0.000000    777.472307
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623573     5.623573   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623573     5.623573   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623574     5.623574   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6    928.912913   9.517607     8.512875    18.030482   0.000000    919.395306
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623573     5.623573   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623573     5.623573   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623573     5.623573   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10  1000.000000   0.000000     5.623573     5.623573   0.000000   1000.000000
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.248415     6.248415   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12   994.188994   1.148686     0.000000     1.148686   0.000000    993.040307
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    997.005197   0.621192     6.229702     6.850894   0.000000    996.384005
M-2    997.005196   0.621192     6.229702     6.850894   0.000000    996.384004
M-3    997.005197   0.621192     6.229700     6.850892   0.000000    996.384005
B-1    997.005200   0.621195     6.229700     6.850895   0.000000    996.384005
B-2    997.005186   0.621191     6.229706     6.850897   0.000000    996.383995
B-3    997.005178   0.621190     6.229699     6.850889   0.000000    996.383995

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-97   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
           RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES I, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS1 (POOL # 4237)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4237 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       49,803.27
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    14,653.35

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       38,881.77
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    30   3,897,621.55

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     752,663.67

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             4
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        356,647.27

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     235,557,997.33

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,171

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                    1,566,609.09

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.00992820 %     8.41294400 %    1.57712790 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.94342970 %     8.46134155 %    1.58762600 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         182,005.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            5,000,775.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,500,387.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.79086096
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              350.55

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                94.20860404


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS2 (POOL # 4240)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4240 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FFY4    31,108,570.00    28,793,413.76     9.000000  %    471,570.86
A-2   76110FFZ1    37,000,000.00    32,007,996.91     7.250000  %  1,016,813.96
A-3   76110FGA5     5,200,000.00     5,200,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FGB3    18,200,000.00    18,200,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FGC1    10,000,000.00     9,204,112.13     7.250000  %    162,113.26
A-6   76110FGD9     7,371,430.00     7,371,430.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FGE7    10,400,783.00    10,400,783.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FGF4    31,000,000.00    31,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FGG2       130,561.76       129,225.05     0.000000  %        166.87
A-10  76110FGH0             0.00             0.00     0.740200  %          0.00
R     76100FGJ6           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FGK3     4,931,600.00     4,920,267.62     7.750000  %      2,853.27
M-2   76110FGL1     4,109,600.00     4,100,156.49     7.750000  %      2,377.68
M-3   76110FGM9     2,630,200.00     2,624,156.03     7.750000  %      1,521.75
B-1                 1,068,500.00     1,066,044.68     7.750000  %        618.20
B-2                   410,900.00       409,955.79     7.750000  %        237.73
B-3                   821,738.81       819,850.53     7.750000  %        475.43

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,383,983.57   156,247,391.99                  1,658,749.01
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       215,900.14    687,471.00             0.00         0.00  28,321,842.90
A-2       193,336.46  1,210,150.42             0.00         0.00  30,991,182.95
A-3        31,409.33     31,409.33             0.00         0.00   5,200,000.00
A-4       109,932.63    109,932.63             0.00         0.00  18,200,000.00
A-5        55,595.19    217,708.45             0.00         0.00   9,041,998.87
A-6        44,525.31     44,525.31             0.00         0.00   7,371,430.00
A-7        67,156.02     67,156.02             0.00         0.00  10,400,783.00
A-8       200,161.54    200,161.54             0.00         0.00  31,000,000.00
A-9             0.00        166.87             0.00         0.00     129,058.18
A-10       96,356.02     96,356.02             0.00         0.00           0.00
R               0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        31,769.30     34,622.57             0.00         0.00   4,917,414.35
M-2        26,473.99     28,851.67             0.00         0.00   4,097,778.81
M-3        16,943.71     18,465.46             0.00         0.00   2,622,634.28
B-1         6,883.26      7,501.46             0.00         0.00   1,065,426.48
B-2         2,647.01      2,884.74             0.00         0.00     409,718.06
B-3         5,293.63      5,769.06             0.00         0.00     819,375.10

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS2 (POOL # 4240)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4240 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    925.578185  15.158873     6.940214    22.099087   0.000000    910.419312
A-2    865.080998  27.481458     5.225310    32.706768   0.000000    837.599539
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040256     6.040256   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040254     6.040254   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    920.411213  16.211326     5.559519    21.770845   0.000000    904.199887
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040254     6.040254   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456823     6.456823   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456824     6.456824   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9    989.761857   1.278092     0.000000     1.278092   0.000000    988.483764
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    997.702089   0.578569     6.441986     7.020555   0.000000    997.123520
M-2    997.702085   0.578567     6.441987     7.020554   0.000000    997.123518
M-3    997.702087   0.578568     6.441985     7.020553   0.000000    997.123519
B-1    997.702087   0.578568     6.441984     7.020552   0.000000    997.123519
B-2    997.702093   0.578559     6.441981     7.020540   0.000000    997.123534
B-3    997.702092   0.578566     6.441986     7.020552   0.000000    997.123526

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-97   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS2 (POOL # 4240)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4240 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       32,556.12
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     5,778.97

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       36,763.89
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    30   3,343,817.77

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8   1,064,399.52

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             3
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        358,136.22

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     154,588,642.98

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,453

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                    1,568,120.82

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.07059000 %     7.45882500 %    1.47058540 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.97994010 %     7.52825513 %    1.48551460 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            4,931,520.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,900,600.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.81057939
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              352.52

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                94.04118310


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS3 (POOL # 4244)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4244 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FGS6    32,109,000.00    28,607,463.48     7.250000  %  1,550,955.40
A-2   76110FGT4    26,579,000.00    26,579,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FGU1    16,821,000.00    16,821,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FGV9    23,490,000.00    23,490,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FGW7     7,138,000.00     7,138,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FGX5     1,000,000.00     1,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FGY3    15,374,000.00    14,373,560.99     9.500000  %    443,130.11
A-8   76110FGZ0    27,500,000.00    27,500,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FHA4       107,351.50       107,059.08     0.000000  %      1,164.13
A-10  76110FHB2             0.00             0.00     0.746912  %          0.00
R     76110FHC0           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FHD8     5,346,700.00     5,337,407.71     7.750000  %      3,293.91
M-2   76110FHE6     4,112,900.00     4,105,751.99     7.750000  %      2,533.81
M-3   76110FHF3     2,632,200.00     2,627,625.37     7.750000  %      1,621.60
B-1                 1,069,400.00     1,067,541.44     7.750000  %        658.82
B-2                   411,200.00       410,485.36     7.750000  %        253.33
B-3                   823,585.68       822,154.30     7.750000  %        507.38

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,514,437.18   159,987,049.72                  2,004,118.49
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       172,782.67  1,723,738.07             0.00         0.00  27,056,508.08
A-2       166,066.76    166,066.76             0.00         0.00  26,579,000.00
A-3       105,098.35    105,098.35             0.00         0.00  16,821,000.00
A-4       151,658.77    151,658.77             0.00         0.00  23,490,000.00
A-5        46,085.15     46,085.15             0.00         0.00   7,138,000.00
A-6         6,456.31      6,456.31             0.00         0.00   1,000,000.00
A-7       113,755.08    556,885.19             0.00         0.00  13,930,430.88
A-8       177,548.58    177,548.58             0.00         0.00  27,500,000.00
A-9             0.00      1,164.13             0.00         0.00     105,894.95
A-10       99,549.00     99,549.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
R               0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        34,459.97     37,753.88             0.00         0.00   5,334,113.80
M-2        26,508.01     29,041.82             0.00         0.00   4,103,218.18
M-3        16,964.77     18,586.37             0.00         0.00   2,626,003.77
B-1         6,892.38      7,551.20             0.00         0.00   1,066,882.62
B-2         2,650.22      2,903.55             0.00         0.00     410,232.03
B-3         5,308.09      5,815.47             0.00         0.00     821,646.92

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,131,784.11  3,135,902.60             0.00         0.00 157,982,931.23
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS3 (POOL # 4244)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4244 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    890.948441  48.302825     5.381129    53.683954   0.000000    842.645616
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.248044     6.248044   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.248044     6.248044   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456312     6.456312   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456311     6.456311   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456310     6.456310   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    934.926564  28.823346     7.399186    36.222532   0.000000    906.103218
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456312     6.456312   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9    997.276051  10.844096     0.000000    10.844096   0.000000    986.431955
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    998.262051   0.616064     6.445091     7.061155   0.000000    997.645987
M-2    998.262051   0.616064     6.445090     7.061154   0.000000    997.645987
M-3    998.262051   0.616063     6.445092     7.061155   0.000000    997.645988
B-1    998.262053   0.616065     6.445091     7.061156   0.000000    997.645988
B-2    998.262062   0.616075     6.445088     7.061163   0.000000    997.645987
B-3    998.262014   0.616062     6.445097     7.061159   0.000000    997.645957

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-97   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS3 (POOL # 4244)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4244 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       33,198.07
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     6,540.96

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       20,398.44
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    30   2,473,463.88

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1      35,062.49

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     132,750.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     157,982,931.23

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,449

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                    1,905,374.08

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.01140420 %     7.54990400 %    1.43869230 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.90298520 %     7.63584753 %    1.45604560 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            4,935,433.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,650,000.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.81879859
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              354.40

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                96.02982810


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS4 (POOL # 4247)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4247 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FHK2    43,231,010.00    41,592,696.69     7.250000  %  1,276,822.80
A-2   76110FHL0    35,775,000.00    35,775,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FHM8    22,398,546.00    22,398,546.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FHN6    24,498,244.00    24,134,174.42    10.000000  %    283,738.37
A-5   76110FHP1    17,675,100.00    17,675,100.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FHQ9     7,150,100.00     7,150,100.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FHR7    52,000,000.00    52,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FHS5       155,284.33       155,041.06     0.000000  %        140.90
A-9   76110FHT3             0.00             0.00     0.759521  %          0.00
R     76110FHU0           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FHV8     7,186,600.00     7,178,253.80     7.750000  %      4,243.87
M-2   76110FHW6     4,975,300.00     4,969,521.90     7.750000  %      2,938.04
M-3   76110FHX4     3,316,900.00     3,313,047.90     7.750000  %      1,958.71
B-1                 1,216,200.00     1,214,787.56     7.750000  %        718.20
B-2                   552,900.00       552,257.89     7.750000  %        326.50
B-3                   995,114.30       993,958.60     7.750000  %        587.63

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  221,126,398.63   219,102,485.82                  1,571,475.02
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       251,216.72  1,528,039.52             0.00         0.00  40,315,873.89
A-2       216,078.28    216,078.28             0.00         0.00  35,775,000.00
A-3       135,285.51    135,285.51             0.00         0.00  22,398,546.00
A-4       201,060.11    484,798.48             0.00         0.00  23,850,436.05
A-5       110,437.51    110,437.51             0.00         0.00  17,675,100.00
A-6        46,164.41     46,164.41             0.00         0.00   7,150,100.00
A-7       335,736.46    335,736.46             0.00         0.00  52,000,000.00
A-8             0.00        140.90             0.00         0.00     154,900.16
A-9       138,637.39    138,637.39             0.00         0.00           0.00
R               0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        46,346.19     50,590.06             0.00         0.00   7,174,009.93
M-2        32,085.57     35,023.61             0.00         0.00   4,966,583.86
M-3        21,390.60     23,349.31             0.00         0.00   3,311,089.19
B-1         7,843.24      8,561.44             0.00         0.00   1,214,069.36
B-2         3,565.64      3,892.14             0.00         0.00     551,931.39
B-3         6,417.47      7,005.10             0.00         0.00     993,370.97

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,552,265.10  3,123,740.12             0.00         0.00 217,531,010.80
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS4 (POOL # 4247)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4247 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    962.103284  29.534882     5.811031    35.345913   0.000000    932.568402
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039924     6.039924   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039924     6.039924   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4    985.138952  11.581988     8.207123    19.789111   0.000000    973.556964
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.248197     6.248197   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456471     6.456471   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456470     6.456470   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8    998.433390   0.907368     0.000000     0.907368   0.000000    997.526022
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    998.838644   0.590525     6.448973     7.039498   0.000000    998.248119
M-2    998.838643   0.590525     6.448972     7.039497   0.000000    998.248118
M-3    998.838645   0.590524     6.448973     7.039497   0.000000    998.248120
B-1    998.838645   0.590528     6.448972     7.039500   0.000000    998.248117
B-2    998.838651   0.590523     6.448978     7.039501   0.000000    998.248128
B-3    998.838626   0.590525     6.448978     7.039503   0.000000    998.248108

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-97   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS4 (POOL # 4247)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4247 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       45,627.18
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    11,488.23

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       54,149.14
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    51   5,795,104.53

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7   1,170,797.38

 (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                                                     217,531,010.80

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,953

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                    1,441,915.50

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.67753350 %     7.06143100 %    1.26103510 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.62232930 %     7.10320930 %    1.26939970 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         146,943.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            6,633,792.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,211,264.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.83114158
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              355.47

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.37405762


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS5 (POOL # 4248)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4248 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FHZ9    33,300,000.00    32,774,544.92     7.250000  %  1,515,868.63
A-2   76110FJA2    10,800,000.00    10,800,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FJB0    29,956,909.00    29,759,863.35    10.000000  %    568,450.73
A-4   76110FJC8    24,000,000.00    24,000,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FJD6    11,785,091.00    11,785,091.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FJE4    18,143,000.00    18,143,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FJF1     4,767,000.00     4,767,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FJG9             0.00             0.00     0.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FJH7    42,917,000.00    42,917,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-10  76110FJJ3       340,158.57       339,823.62     0.000000  %        351.94
A-11  76110FJK0             0.00             0.00     0.643304  %          0.00
R-I   76110FJL8           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FJM6           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FJN4     6,730,000.00     6,726,217.51     8.000000  %      3,811.39
M-2   76110FJP9     4,330,000.00     4,327,566.39     8.000000  %      2,452.20
M-3   76110FJQ7     2,886,000.00     2,884,377.97     8.000000  %      1,634.42
B-1                 1,058,000.00     1,057,405.37     8.000000  %        599.18
B-2                   481,000.00       480,729.66     8.000000  %        272.40
B-3                   866,066.26       865,579.52     8.000000  %        490.48

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  192,360,424.83   191,628,199.31                  2,093,931.37
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       197,939.61  1,713,808.24             0.00         0.00  31,258,676.29
A-2        65,225.86     65,225.86             0.00         0.00  10,800,000.00
A-3       247,907.10    816,357.83             0.00         0.00  29,191,412.62
A-4       144,946.35    144,946.35             0.00         0.00  24,000,000.00
A-5        71,175.25     71,175.25             0.00         0.00  11,785,091.00
A-6       120,908.58    120,908.58             0.00         0.00  18,143,000.00
A-7        31,768.24     31,768.24             0.00         0.00   4,767,000.00
A-8        26,813.21     26,813.21             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-9       259,194.27    259,194.27             0.00         0.00  42,917,000.00
A-10            0.00        351.94             0.00         0.00     339,471.68
A-11      102,691.25    102,691.25             0.00         0.00           0.00
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        44,824.86     48,636.25             0.00         0.00   6,722,406.12
M-2        28,839.77     31,291.97             0.00         0.00   4,325,114.19
M-3        19,222.08     20,856.50             0.00         0.00   2,882,743.55
B-1         7,046.76      7,645.94             0.00         0.00   1,056,806.19
B-2         3,203.67      3,476.07             0.00         0.00     480,457.26
B-3         5,768.39      6,258.87             0.00         0.00     865,089.04

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        1,377,475.25  3,471,406.62             0.00         0.00 189,534,267.94
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS5 (POOL # 4248)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4248 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    984.220568  45.521580     5.944132    51.465712   0.000000    938.698988
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039431     6.039431   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3    993.422364  18.975614     8.275457    27.251071   0.000000    974.446750
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039431     6.039431   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039432     6.039432   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.664200     6.664200   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.664200     6.664200   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039431     6.039431   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10   999.015312   1.034635     0.000000     1.034635   0.000000    997.980677
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    999.437966   0.566328     6.660455     7.226783   0.000000    998.871637
M-2    999.437965   0.566328     6.660455     7.226783   0.000000    998.871637
M-3    999.437966   0.566327     6.660457     7.226784   0.000000    998.871639
B-1    999.437968   0.566333     6.660454     7.226787   0.000000    998.871635
B-2    999.437963   0.566320     6.660437     7.226757   0.000000    998.871642
B-3    999.437988   0.566285     6.660449     7.226734   0.000000    998.871661

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-97   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS5 (POOL # 4248)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4248 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       39,780.97
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     6,027.41

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       28,540.12
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    40   3,355,801.76

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     235,050.00

 (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                                                     189,534,267.94

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,747

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                    1,985,269.08

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.45694220 %     7.28646600 %    1.25659210 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.36730150 %     7.34973365 %    1.26977730 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         146,943.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            5,770,813.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,923,604.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.95642428
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              357.09

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.53080128


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS6 (POOL # 4249)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4249 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FJR5    42,946,000.00    42,300,376.80     7.500000  %    707,460.62
A-2   76110FJS3    15,683,000.00    15,683,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FJT1    18,746,000.00    18,746,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FJU8     2,046,000.00     2,046,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FJV6    21,277,000.00    21,214,861.06     7.500000  %     60,478.52
A-6   76110FJW4       164,986.80       164,443.00     0.000000  %        561.21
A-7   76110FJX2             0.00             0.00     0.740371  %          0.00
R     76110FJY0           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1                 2,654,400.00     2,646,646.82     7.500000  %      7,544.96
M-2   76110FKA0     1,061,700.00     1,058,598.90     7.500000  %      3,017.81
M-3   76110FKB8       690,100.00       688,084.30     7.500000  %      1,961.56
B-1                   371,600.00       370,514.60     7.500000  %      1,056.25
B-2                   159,300.00       158,834.70     7.500000  %        452.80
B-3                   372,446.48       371,358.62     7.500000  %      1,058.67

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  106,172,633.28   105,448,718.80                    783,592.40
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       264,028.91    971,489.53             0.00         0.00  41,592,916.18
A-2        97,889.56     97,889.56             0.00         0.00  15,683,000.00
A-3       117,008.08    117,008.08             0.00         0.00  18,746,000.00
A-4        12,770.65     12,770.65             0.00         0.00   2,046,000.00
A-5       132,418.12    192,896.64             0.00         0.00  21,154,382.54
A-6             0.00        561.21             0.00         0.00     163,881.79
A-7        64,973.57     64,973.57             0.00         0.00           0.00
R               0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        16,519.74     24,064.70             0.00         0.00   2,639,101.86
M-2         6,607.52      9,625.33             0.00         0.00   1,055,581.09
M-3         4,294.86      6,256.42             0.00         0.00     686,122.74
B-1         2,312.67      3,368.92             0.00         0.00     369,458.35
B-2           991.41      1,444.21             0.00         0.00     158,381.90
B-3         2,317.93      3,376.60             0.00         0.00     370,299.95

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          722,133.02  1,505,725.42             0.00         0.00 104,665,126.40
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    984.966628  16.473260     6.147928    22.621188   0.000000    968.493368
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.241762     6.241762   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.241763     6.241763   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.241764     6.241764   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    997.079525   2.842436     6.223533     9.065969   0.000000    994.237089
A-6    996.703979   3.401545     0.000000     3.401545   0.000000    993.302434
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    997.079121   2.842435     6.223531     9.065966   0.000000    994.236686
M-2    997.079118   2.842432     6.223528     9.065960   0.000000    994.236686
M-3    997.079119   2.842429     6.223533     9.065962   0.000000    994.236690
B-1    997.079117   2.842438     6.223547     9.065985   0.000000    994.236679
B-2    997.079096   2.842436     6.223540     9.065976   0.000000    994.236660
B-3    997.079151   2.842449     6.223525     9.065974   0.000000    994.236675

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-97   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS6 (POOL # 4249)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4249 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       21,969.06
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     6,253.25

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       10,591.31
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    14     846,797.41

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     229,748.68

 (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                                                     104,665,126.40

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,272

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                      482,911.17

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         94.97167270 %     4.17282600 %    0.85550090 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            94.94843730 %     4.18554474 %    0.85945410 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         154,147.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            2,123,453.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,894,825.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.55798709
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              173.55

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.58013611


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS7 (POOL # 4255)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4255 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FKC6    82,491,000.00    82,491,000.00     7.500000  %    894,807.48
A-2   76110FKD4    20,984,000.00    20,984,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FKE2    11,000,000.00    11,000,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FKF9     4,000,000.00     4,000,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FKG7    17,500,000.00    17,500,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FKH5    17,500,000.00    17,500,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FKJ1    21,925,000.00    21,925,000.00     9.500000  %    127,829.64
A-8   76110FKP7       156,262.27       156,262.27     0.000000  %        122.38
A-9   76110FKQ5             0.00             0.00     0.788952  %          0.00
R     76110FKK8           100.00           100.00     7.750000  %        100.00
M-1   76110FKL6     6,697,000.00     6,697,000.00     7.750000  %      3,825.47
M-2   76110FKM4     3,827,000.00     3,827,000.00     7.750000  %      2,186.07
M-3   76110FKN2     2,870,200.00     2,870,200.00     7.750000  %      1,639.52
B-1                 1,052,400.00     1,052,400.00     7.750000  %        601.15
B-2                   478,400.00       478,400.00     7.750000  %        273.27
B-3                   861,188.35       861,188.35     7.750000  %        491.93

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  191,342,550.62   191,342,550.62                  1,031,876.91
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       515,507.96  1,410,315.44             0.00         0.00  81,596,192.52
A-2       131,134.54    131,134.54             0.00         0.00  20,984,000.00
A-3        68,741.89     68,741.89             0.00         0.00  11,000,000.00
A-4        24,997.05     24,997.05             0.00         0.00   4,000,000.00
A-5       113,007.50    113,007.50             0.00         0.00  17,500,000.00
A-6       105,716.70    105,716.70             0.00         0.00  17,500,000.00
A-7       173,552.45    301,382.09             0.00         0.00  21,797,170.36
A-8             0.00        122.38             0.00         0.00     156,139.89
A-9       125,785.21    125,785.21             0.00         0.00           0.00
R               0.65        100.65             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        43,246.36     47,071.83             0.00         0.00   6,693,174.53
M-2        24,713.13     26,899.20             0.00         0.00   3,824,813.93
M-3        18,534.52     20,174.04             0.00         0.00   2,868,560.48
B-1         6,795.95      7,397.10             0.00         0.00   1,051,798.85
B-2         3,089.31      3,362.58             0.00         0.00     478,126.73
B-3         5,561.18      6,053.11             0.00         0.00     860,696.42

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,360,384.40  2,392,261.31             0.00         0.00 190,310,673.71
===============================================================================

















































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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS7 (POOL # 4255)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4255 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   1000.000000  10.847335     6.249263    17.096598   0.000000    989.152665
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.249263     6.249263   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.249263     6.249263   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.249263     6.249263   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.457571     6.457571   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040954     6.040954   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   5.830314     7.915733    13.746047   0.000000    994.169686
A-8   1000.000000   0.783170     0.000000     0.783170   0.000000    999.216830
R     1000.000000 1000.00000     6.500000  1006.500000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1   1000.000000   0.571221     6.457572     7.028793   0.000000    999.428779
M-2   1000.000000   0.571223     6.457573     7.028796   0.000000    999.428777
M-3   1000.000000   0.571222     6.457571     7.028793   0.000000    999.428779
B-1   1000.000000   0.571218     6.457573     7.028791   0.000000    999.428782
B-2   1000.000000   0.571217     6.457588     7.028805   0.000000    999.428783
B-3   1000.000000   0.571222     6.457565     7.028787   0.000000    999.428778

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-97   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-97   

Run:     08/24/97     20:24:20                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS7 (POOL # 4255)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4255 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       39,885.32
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    11,467.85

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        8,784.28
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     9   1,114,481.07

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    0           0.00

 (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                                                     190,310,673.71

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

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                      922,553.98

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.74303320 %     7.00583700 %    1.25112970 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.70297410 %     7.03405052 %    1.25719960 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         200,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            5,740,277.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,913,425.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.85835269
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                                0.00

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                99.46071749

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