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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)
                             May 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 May 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

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: May 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    76,434,680.16     6.900000  %  5,278,326.44
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   200,219,815.79                  5,278,326.44
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       435,605.96  5,713,932.40             0.00         0.00  71,156,353.72
A-3       134,155.09    134,155.09             0.00         0.00  22,250,000.00
A-4       284,953.09    284,953.09             0.00         0.00  46,000,000.00
A-5       136,901.37    136,901.37             0.00         0.00  22,100,000.00
A-6       192,708.82    192,708.82             0.00         0.00  31,109,000.00
R         168,363.89    168,363.89             0.00         0.00   2,286,313.66

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,352,688.22  6,631,014.66             0.00         0.00 194,901,667.38
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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    926.480972  63.979714     5.280072    69.259786   0.000000    862.501257
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.029442     6.029442   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.194632     6.194632   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.194632     6.194632   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.194632     6.194632   0.000000   1000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-97      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-May-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                       40,771.56
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       981.87

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       91,732.41
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    5,623.28


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    45   5,908,090.34

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   19   2,472,903.48

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      67,645.85


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            17
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,754,261.65

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     194,901,667.38

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,081

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                 690,057.12

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,659,438.39

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.83820910 %     1.16179090 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.82693990 %     1.17306010 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.32932459
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              312.07

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                75.40897375

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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     7,630,561.20     6.000000  %  3,342,637.41
A-I-  76110FAH6    67,186,000.00    67,186,000.00     6.250000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAJ2    22,562,000.00    22,562,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAK9    31,852,000.00    31,852,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAL7    14,535,000.00    14,535,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAM5    18,417,136.00    18,417,136.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAN3    20,000,000.00    20,000,000.00     6.700000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FAQ6    29,374,968.00    17,828,596.98     6.090000  %    460,785.21
R                           0.53     2,026,594.48     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  255,942,104.53   202,037,888.66                  3,803,422.62
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      38,152.81  3,380,790.22             0.00         0.00   4,287,923.79
A-I-2     349,927.08    349,927.08             0.00         0.00  67,186,000.00
A-I-3     126,911.25    126,911.25             0.00         0.00  22,562,000.00
A-I-4     183,149.00    183,149.00             0.00         0.00  31,852,000.00
A-I-5      85,393.13     85,393.13             0.00         0.00  14,535,000.00
A-I-6     111,270.20    111,270.20             0.00         0.00  18,417,136.00
A-I-7     111,666.67    111,666.67             0.00         0.00  20,000,000.00
A-II       90,480.13    551,265.34             0.00         0.00  17,367,811.77
R         355,028.63    355,028.63             0.00         0.00   2,026,594.48

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,451,978.90  5,255,401.52             0.00         0.00 198,234,466.04
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   146.699244  64.262951     0.733496    64.996447   0.000000     82.436293
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.208333     5.208333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.625000     5.625000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.583334     5.583334   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   606.931622  15.686322     3.080178    18.766500   0.000000    591.245300

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-97      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-May-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                       43,267.77
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       72,038.01
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,980.65


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    24   3,775,518.84

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     472,298.84

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5     867,010.92


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            18
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      4,095,796.33

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     198,234,466.04

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,614

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       2

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 342,424.73

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,458,449.36

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      169,420.53

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.99692360 %     1.00307650 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.97767800 %     1.02232200 %

      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                          8.98211600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              321.87

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                77.45285458

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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    19,355,232.97     6.400000  %  2,957,246.28
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       174,370.02     0.000000  %        224.38
R                           0.00     1,819,114.18     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  181,911,418.00   163,082,128.17                  2,957,470.66
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       103,041.51  3,060,287.79             0.00         0.00  16,397,986.69
A-2        93,164.80     93,164.80             0.00         0.00  16,000,000.00
A-3       167,135.16    167,135.16             0.00         0.00  28,500,000.00
A-4        87,965.87     87,965.87             0.00         0.00  15,000,000.00
A-5        85,595.16     85,595.16             0.00         0.00  14,000,000.00
A-6        61,971.23     61,971.23             0.00         0.00  10,000,000.00
A-7       156,799.69    156,799.69             0.00         0.00  26,000,000.00
A-8        87,612.83     87,612.83             0.00         0.00  14,043,411.00
A-9       113,482.22    113,482.22             0.00         0.00  18,190,000.00
A-10            0.00        224.38             0.00         0.00     174,145.64
R          61,695.00     61,695.00       117,828.17         0.00   1,936,942.35

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,018,463.47  3,975,934.13       117,828.17         0.00 160,242,485.68
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    483.880824  73.931157     2.576038    76.507195   0.000000    409.949667
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.822800     5.822800   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.864392     5.864392   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.864391     5.864391   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.113940     6.113940   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.197123     6.197123   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.030757     6.030757   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.238714     6.238714   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.238715     6.238715   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10   979.568332   1.260512     0.000000     1.260512   0.000000    978.307819

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-97      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-May-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                       33,768.87
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       39,213.57
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,205.47


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    21   2,216,184.28

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    0           0.00

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     585,878.16


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            11
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,274,334.22

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     160,242,485.68

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,502

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       2

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 153,869.01

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,699,201.50

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.88454110 %     1.11545890 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.79124290 %     1.20875710 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.78535449
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              326.91

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                88.08819559


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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    24,043,564.24     6.780000  %  2,533,384.01
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    22,366,267.30     7.250000  %    354,691.50
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    18,802,363.55     7.750000  %     77,253.47
A-P   76110FBQ5     1,166,695.86     1,111,519.53     0.000000  %      2,003.73
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    12,414,260.29     7.750000  %     10,615.71
M-2   76110FBU6     5,568,000.00     5,517,228.82     7.750000  %      4,717.91
M-3   76110FBV4     4,176,000.00     4,137,921.62     7.750000  %      3,538.43
B-1                 1,809,600.00     1,793,099.37     7.750000  %      1,533.32
B-2                   696,000.00       689,653.60     7.750000  %        589.74
B-3                 1,670,738.96     1,655,504.47     7.750000  %      1,415.66
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.733801  %          0.00
STRI                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,404,734.82   254,913,944.79                  2,989,743.48
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     135,802.22  2,669,186.23             0.00         0.00  21,510,180.23
A-I-2     154,866.59    154,866.59             0.00         0.00  26,000,000.00
A-I-3      64,349.89     64,349.89             0.00         0.00  10,596,000.00
A-I-4     135,085.84    489,777.34             0.00         0.00  22,011,575.80
A-I-5     115,511.82    115,511.82             0.00         0.00  18,587,000.00
A-I-6     140,074.70    140,074.70             0.00         0.00  21,696,000.00
A-I-7      51,953.41     51,953.41             0.00         0.00   8,047,000.00
A-I-8     112,571.10    112,571.10             0.00         0.00  17,436,000.00
A-I-9     162,342.29    162,342.29             0.00         0.00  25,145,000.00
A-I-10    122,668.66    122,668.66             0.00         0.00  19,000,000.00
A-I-11    102,496.52    102,496.52             0.00         0.00  15,875,562.00
A-II      121,392.67    198,646.14             0.00         0.00  18,725,110.08
A-P             0.00      2,003.73             0.00         0.00   1,109,515.80
R-I             0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        80,149.51     90,765.22             0.00         0.00  12,403,644.58
M-2        35,620.58     40,338.49             0.00         0.00   5,512,510.91
M-3        26,715.44     30,253.87             0.00         0.00   4,134,383.19
B-1        11,576.69     13,110.01             0.00         0.00   1,791,566.05
B-2         4,452.57      5,042.31             0.00         0.00     689,063.86
B-3        10,688.34     12,104.00             0.00         0.00   1,654,088.81
SPRED     155,829.73    155,829.73             0.00         0.00           0.00
STRIP      50,291.89     50,291.89             0.00         0.00           0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,794,440.46  4,784,183.94             0.00         0.00 251,924,201.31
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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-   561.044551  59.115249     3.168877    62.284126   0.000000    501.929302
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.956407     5.956407   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.073036     6.073036   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-   894.650692  14.187660     5.403434    19.591094   0.000000    880.463032
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.214656     6.214656   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456245     6.456245   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456246     6.456246   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456246     6.456246   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456245     6.456245   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456245     6.456245   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456245     6.456245   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   914.892844   3.759030     5.906773     9.665803   0.000000    911.133814
A-P    952.707186   1.717441     0.000000     1.717441   0.000000    950.989745
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    990.881613   0.847325     6.397375     7.244700   0.000000    990.034288
M-2    990.881613   0.847326     6.397374     7.244700   0.000000    990.034287
M-3    990.881614   0.847325     6.397375     7.244700   0.000000    990.034289
B-1    990.881615   0.847325     6.397375     7.244700   0.000000    990.034289
B-2    990.881609   0.847328     6.397371     7.244699   0.000000    990.034282
B-3    990.881586   0.847326     6.397373     7.244699   0.000000    990.034261

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-97      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-May-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                       53,210.39
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     5,880.65

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       51,285.96
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    32   4,668,630.47

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     309,123.50

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     209,057.86


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             9
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,284,593.08

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     251,924,201.31

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,254

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                    2,770,091.07

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.28297640 %     8.65759300 %    1.62339390 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT           89.51977360 %     0.00000000 %   10.48022640 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.55991860 %     8.75284652 %    1.64851540 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.77798000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              327.98

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                90.48847588


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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    30,791,771.36     6.850000  %  2,088,670.56
A-I-  76110FBX0    26,945,000.00    21,400,226.75    11.000000  %    765,839.81
A-I-  76110FBY8    15,646,000.00    15,646,000.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBZ5    32,740,000.00    32,740,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCA9    10,023,000.00    10,023,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCB7    26,811,000.00    26,811,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCC5    18,046,000.00    18,046,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCD3     9,094,000.00     9,094,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCE1    10,284,000.00    10,284,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCF8    27,538,000.00    27,538,000.00     7.900000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FCG6    16,021,000.00    14,762,025.45     7.250000  %    295,661.52
A-II  76110FCH4     8,580,000.00     8,580,000.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FCJ0     3,039,637.99     2,927,213.52     0.000000  %     38,782.93
A-V   76110FGN7             0.00             0.00     0.774336  %          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    13,132,624.40     8.000000  %     12,340.35
M-2   76110FCN1     5,570,800.00     5,529,588.74     8.000000  %      5,196.00
M-3   76110FCP6     4,456,600.00     4,423,631.30     8.000000  %      4,156.76
B-1   76110FCR2     2,228,400.00     2,211,914.91     8.000000  %      2,078.47
B-2   76110FCS0       696,400.00       691,248.23     8.000000  %        649.55
B-3   76110FCT8     1,671,255.97     1,658,892.47     8.000000  %      1,558.77
STRI                        0.00             0.00     0.113743  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,535,793.96   256,291,137.13                  3,214,934.72
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     175,695.54  2,264,366.10             0.00         0.00  28,703,100.80
A-I-2     196,085.99    961,925.80             0.00         0.00  20,634,386.94
A-I-3      95,139.68     95,139.68             0.00         0.00  15,646,000.00
A-I-4     204,538.67    204,538.67             0.00         0.00  32,740,000.00
A-I-5      64,287.12     64,287.12             0.00         0.00  10,023,000.00
A-I-6     178,664.59    178,664.59             0.00         0.00  26,811,000.00
A-I-7     120,255.92    120,255.92             0.00         0.00  18,046,000.00
A-I-8      60,601.09     60,601.09             0.00         0.00   9,094,000.00
A-I-9      68,531.08     68,531.08             0.00         0.00  10,284,000.00
A-I-10    181,215.35    181,215.35             0.00         0.00  27,538,000.00
A-II-1     89,149.61    384,811.13             0.00         0.00  14,466,363.93
A-II-2     54,674.42     54,674.42             0.00         0.00   8,580,000.00
A-P             0.00     38,782.93             0.00         0.00   2,888,430.59
A-V       165,309.76    165,309.76             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        87,513.89     99,854.24             0.00         0.00  13,120,284.05
M-2        36,848.37     42,044.37             0.00         0.00   5,524,392.74
M-3        29,478.44     33,635.20             0.00         0.00   4,419,474.54
B-1        14,739.88     16,818.35             0.00         0.00   2,209,836.44
B-2         4,606.38      5,255.93             0.00         0.00     690,598.68
B-3        11,054.61     12,613.38             0.00         0.00   1,657,333.67
STRIP      15,299.61     15,299.61             0.00         0.00           0.00

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        1,853,690.00  5,068,624.72             0.00         0.00 253,076,202.38
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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-   670.640139  45.490930     3.826622    49.317552   0.000000    625.149209
A-I-   794.218844  28.422335     7.277268    35.699603   0.000000    765.796509
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.080767     6.080767   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.247363     6.247363   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413960     6.413960   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663854     6.663854   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663855     6.663855   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663854     6.663854   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663855     6.663855   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.580556     6.580556   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   921.417231  18.454623     5.564547    24.019170   0.000000    902.962607
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.372310     6.372310   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    963.013862  12.759061     0.000000    12.759061   0.000000    950.254801
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    992.602275   0.932720     6.614557     7.547277   0.000000    991.669555
M-2    992.602273   0.932721     6.614556     7.547277   0.000000    991.669552
M-3    992.602275   0.932720     6.614558     7.547278   0.000000    991.669555
B-1    992.602275   0.932719     6.614558     7.547277   0.000000    991.669557
B-2    992.602283   0.932725     6.614561     7.547286   0.000000    991.669558
B-3    992.602270   0.932694     6.614552     7.547246   0.000000    991.669557

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-97      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-May-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                       53,113.44
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     3,699.58

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       58,081.08
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,148.38


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    48   4,413,319.07

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   11   1,068,970.38

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     312,848.07


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,367,857.33

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     253,076,202.38

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,463

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                 138,834.06

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,969,799.37

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.07016350 %     9.00766400 %    1.78002860 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.95952430 %     9.11352040 %    1.82173920 %

      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                          9.00984300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              320.02

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                90.85949019


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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   116,795,003.24     6.047500  %  3,095,738.38
R                     973,833.13     2,307,116.19     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  139,119,013.13   119,102,119.43                  3,095,738.38
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         627,606.45  3,723,344.83             0.00         0.00 113,699,264.86
R               0.00          0.00       110,639.37         0.00   2,417,755.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          627,606.45  3,723,344.83       110,639.37         0.00 116,117,020.42
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      845.451164  22.409312     4.543093    26.952405   0.000000    823.041853
R     2369.108340   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 113.612247   2482.720587

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-97      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-May-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                       36,114.87
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,141.15

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       30,029.70
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    14   2,547,121.44

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    0           0.00

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     118,696.91


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,500,051.77

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     116,117,020.42

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,116

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                    2,817,131.35

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.06290920 %     1.93709080 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             97.91782850 %     2.08217150 %

      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                          8.05017558
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              293.62

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                83.46596041


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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    18,937,387.97     9.500000  %  1,118,883.32
A-I-  76110FCV3    25,000,000.00    22,075,073.59     7.600000  %    666,444.71
A-I-  76110FCW1    12,373,000.00     7,783,258.16     6.650000  %  1,045,773.03
A-I-  76110FCX9     7,100,000.00     7,100,000.00     7.450000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCY7    10,137,000.00    10,137,000.00     7.600000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCZ4     5,558,000.00     5,558,000.00     7.800000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDA8    16,926,000.00    16,926,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDB6     6,884,000.00     6,884,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDC4    11,229,000.00    11,229,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDD2    22,501,000.00    22,501,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FDE0    11,162,000.00    10,370,848.41     8.000000  %    136,201.43
A-II  76110FDF7     4,525,000.00     4,525,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FDG5     1,105,878.69     1,093,240.78     0.000000  %     15,911.66
A-V   76110FGP2             0.00             0.00     0.882449  %          0.00
R     76110FDH3           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FDJ9     7,918,500.00     7,874,776.08     8.000000  %      6,582.00
M-2   76110FDK6     3,958,800.00     3,936,940.53     8.000000  %      3,290.62
M-3   76110FDL4     2,815,100.00     2,799,555.75     8.000000  %      2,339.96
B-1   76110FDM2     1,407,600.00     1,399,827.60     8.000000  %      1,170.02
B-2   76110FDN0       439,800.00       437,371.54     8.000000  %        365.57
B-3   76110FDP5     1,055,748.52     1,049,918.90     8.000000  %        877.56

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  175,944,527.21   162,618,199.31                  2,997,839.88
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     149,896.28  1,268,779.60             0.00         0.00  17,818,504.65
A-I-2     139,785.76    806,230.47             0.00         0.00  21,408,628.88
A-I-3      43,125.11  1,088,898.14             0.00         0.00   6,737,485.13
A-I-4      44,071.90     44,071.90             0.00         0.00   7,100,000.00
A-I-5      64,190.42     64,190.42             0.00         0.00  10,137,000.00
A-I-6      36,121.05     36,121.05             0.00         0.00   5,558,000.00
A-I-7     112,821.40    112,821.40             0.00         0.00  16,926,000.00
A-I-8      45,885.77     45,885.77             0.00         0.00   6,884,000.00
A-I-9      74,847.66     74,847.66             0.00         0.00  11,229,000.00
A-I-10    149,981.95    149,981.95             0.00         0.00  22,501,000.00
A-II-1     69,127.59    205,329.02             0.00         0.00  10,234,646.98
A-II-2     30,161.70     30,161.70             0.00         0.00   4,525,000.00
A-P             0.00     15,911.66             0.00         0.00   1,077,329.12
A-V       119,565.45    119,565.45             0.00         0.00           0.00
R               0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        52,489.86     59,071.86             0.00         0.00   7,868,194.08
M-2        26,241.94     29,532.56             0.00         0.00   3,933,649.91
M-3        18,660.63     21,000.59             0.00         0.00   2,797,215.79
B-1         9,330.64     10,500.66             0.00         0.00   1,398,657.58
B-2         2,915.33      3,280.90             0.00         0.00     437,005.97
B-3         6,998.31      7,875.87             0.00         0.00   1,049,041.35

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        1,196,218.75  4,194,058.63             0.00         0.00 159,620,359.44
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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-   794.087050  46.917281     6.285486    53.202767   0.000000    747.169769
A-I-   883.002944  26.657788     5.591430    32.249218   0.000000    856.345155
A-I-   629.051819  84.520571     3.485421    88.005992   0.000000    544.531248
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.207310     6.207310   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.332290     6.332290   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.498929     6.498929   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665568     6.665568   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665568     6.665568   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665568     6.665568   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665568     6.665568   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   929.120983  12.202242     6.193119    18.395361   0.000000    916.918740
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665569     6.665569   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    988.572065  14.388247     0.000000    14.388247   0.000000    974.183818
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    994.478257   0.831218     6.628763     7.459981   0.000000    993.647039
M-2    994.478259   0.831217     6.628761     7.459978   0.000000    993.647042
M-3    994.478260   0.831217     6.628763     7.459980   0.000000    993.647043
B-1    994.478261   0.831216     6.628758     7.459974   0.000000    993.647045
B-2    994.478263   0.831219     6.628763     7.459982   0.000000    993.647044
B-3    994.478212   0.831221     6.628766     7.459987   0.000000    993.646996

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-97      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-May-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                       33,625.84
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,850.59

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       38,336.48
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    32   3,340,999.26

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6   1,247,857.48

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      41,966.81


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             1
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                         39,564.81

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     159,620,359.44

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,535

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                    2,859,810.66

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.56731210 %     8.98501700 %    1.77539660 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.97222750 %     9.14611384 %    1.81950910 %

      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                          9.15816500
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              325.98

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                90.72198037


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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    14,382,471.09     7.050000  %  1,393,337.67
A-I-  76110FDR1    43,322,483.00    37,884,984.32     6.087500  %  1,323,670.77
A-I-  76110FDS9             0.00             0.00     2.912500  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDT7    13,330,948.00    13,330,948.00     7.125000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDU4    24,973,716.00    24,973,716.00     7.600000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDV2             0.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDW0     1,000,000.00     1,000,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDX8     9,539,699.00     9,539,699.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDY6    22,526,000.00    22,526,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDZ3    11,650,000.00    11,650,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FEA7    30,421,000.00    30,421,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FEB5     8,619,000.00     8,619,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FEC3    20,104,000.00    19,324,379.50     8.000000  %     76,662.28
A-P   76110FED1       601,147.92       588,839.51     0.000000  %      7,096.21
A-V   76110FGQ0             0.00             0.00     0.821313  %          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     9,078,333.10     8.000000  %      7,522.04
M-2   76110FEH2     5,126,400.00     5,106,002.11     8.000000  %      4,230.68
M-3   76110FEJ8     3,645,500.00     3,630,994.58     8.000000  %      3,008.54
B-1                 1,822,700.00     1,815,447.49     8.000000  %      1,504.23
B-2                   569,600.00       567,333.58     8.000000  %        470.08
B-3                 1,366,716.75     1,361,278.57     8.000000  %      1,127.92

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  227,839,864.67   215,800,426.85                  2,818,630.42
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      84,477.65  1,477,815.32             0.00         0.00  12,989,133.42
A-I-2     192,143.31  1,515,814.08             0.00         0.00  36,561,313.55
A-I-3      91,928.93     91,928.93             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-I-4      79,134.36     79,134.36             0.00         0.00  13,330,948.00
A-I-5     158,130.61    158,130.61             0.00         0.00  24,973,716.00
A-I-6         495.17        495.17             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-I-7       6,415.20      6,415.20             0.00         0.00   1,000,000.00
A-I-8      61,199.04     61,199.04             0.00         0.00   9,539,699.00
A-I-9     150,138.91    150,138.91             0.00         0.00  22,526,000.00
A-I-10     77,648.87     77,648.87             0.00         0.00  11,650,000.00
A-I-11    202,760.18    202,760.18             0.00         0.00  30,421,000.00
A-I-12     57,446.83     57,446.83             0.00         0.00   8,619,000.00
A-II      128,799.67    205,461.95             0.00         0.00  19,247,717.22
A-P             0.00      7,096.21             0.00         0.00     581,743.30
A-V       147,665.96    147,665.96             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        60,508.35     68,030.39             0.00         0.00   9,070,811.06
M-2        34,032.21     38,262.89             0.00         0.00   5,101,771.43
M-3        24,201.08     27,209.62             0.00         0.00   3,627,986.04
B-1        12,100.21     13,604.44             0.00         0.00   1,813,943.26
B-2         3,781.35      4,251.43             0.00         0.00     566,863.50
B-3         9,073.11     10,201.03             0.00         0.00   1,360,150.68

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        1,582,081.00  4,400,711.42             0.00         0.00 212,981,796.46
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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-   715.326814  69.299065     4.201582    73.500647   0.000000    646.027750
A-I-   874.487834  30.553899     4.435187    34.989086   0.000000    843.933935
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.936139     5.936139   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.331881     6.331881   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.415200     6.415200   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.415196     6.415196   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665139     6.665139   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665139     6.665139   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665139     6.665139   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.665139     6.665139   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   961.220628   3.813285     6.406669    10.219954   0.000000    957.407343
A-P    979.525156  11.804424     0.000000    11.804424   0.000000    967.720731
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    996.021010   0.825274     6.638618     7.463892   0.000000    995.195737
M-2    996.021011   0.825273     6.638618     7.463891   0.000000    995.195738
M-3    996.021007   0.825275     6.638617     7.463892   0.000000    995.195732
B-1    996.021007   0.825276     6.638619     7.463895   0.000000    995.195732
B-2    996.021032   0.825281     6.638606     7.463887   0.000000    995.195751
B-3    996.020990   0.825277     6.638618     7.463895   0.000000    995.195731

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-97      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-May-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                       44,806.12
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     6,094.56

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       31,009.56
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    37   3,308,928.68

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     114,534.04

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        294,716.77

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     212,981,796.46

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,013

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                    2,638,080.93

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.73670750 %     8.25546600 %    1.73496400 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.85804120 %     8.35778871 %    1.76127900 %

      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                          9.12675200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              329.50

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                93.47872321


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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     3,784,481.71     7.400000  %     47,877.67
A-2   76110FEL3     4,074,824.00     3,558,854.97     7.300000  %    114,623.20
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    30,078,420.52     6.187500  %    333,480.78
A-8   76110FES8             0.00             0.00     2.812500  %          0.00
A-9   76110FET6    32,965,000.00    29,242,388.92     0.000000  %    826,982.96
A-10  76110FEU3    20,953,719.00    20,881,398.41     7.400000  %     16,066.11
A-11  76110FEV1    13,975,000.00    13,975,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-12  76110FEW9     2,000,000.00     2,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-13  76110FEX7    20,646,958.00    20,646,958.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-14  76110FEY5       115,824.70       115,005.28     0.000000  %        143.22
A-15  76110FGR8             0.00             0.00     0.907070  %          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     6,645,310.79     7.750000  %      8,844.15
M-2   76110FFC2     4,440,700.00     4,430,240.44     7.750000  %      5,896.15
M-3   76110FFD0     3,108,500.00     3,101,178.29     7.750000  %      4,127.32
B-1                 1,509,500.00     1,505,944.55     7.750000  %      2,004.24
B-2                   444,000.00       442,954.22     7.750000  %        589.52
B-3                 1,154,562.90     1,151,843.36     7.750000  %      1,532.99

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  177,623,205.60   171,553,833.46                  1,362,168.31
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        23,332.89     71,210.56             0.00         0.00   3,736,604.04
A-2        21,645.29    136,268.49             0.00         0.00   3,444,231.77
A-3        77,112.52     77,112.52             0.00         0.00  13,128,206.00
A-4        22,899.99     22,899.99             0.00         0.00   3,765,148.00
A-5        64,736.83     64,736.83             0.00         0.00  10,500,000.00
A-6        16,033.16     16,033.16             0.00         0.00   2,600,500.00
A-7       155,060.30    488,541.08             0.00         0.00  29,744,939.74
A-8        70,481.96     70,481.96             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-9       178,908.81  1,005,891.77             0.00         0.00  28,415,405.96
A-10      128,742.42    144,808.53             0.00         0.00  20,865,332.30
A-11       90,236.85     90,236.85             0.00         0.00  13,975,000.00
A-12       12,914.04     12,914.04             0.00         0.00   2,000,000.00
A-13      133,317.81    133,317.81             0.00         0.00  20,646,958.00
A-14            0.00        143.22             0.00         0.00     114,862.06
A-15      129,649.73    129,649.73             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        42,908.90     51,753.05             0.00         0.00   6,636,466.64
M-2        28,606.15     34,502.30             0.00         0.00   4,424,344.29
M-3        20,024.36     24,151.68             0.00         0.00   3,097,050.97
B-1         9,723.91     11,728.15             0.00         0.00   1,503,940.31
B-2         2,860.17      3,449.69             0.00         0.00     442,364.70
B-3         7,437.48      8,970.47             0.00         0.00   1,150,310.37

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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    946.120428  11.969418     5.833223    17.802641   0.000000    934.151010
A-2    873.376364  28.129608     5.311957    33.441565   0.000000    845.246757
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.873805     5.873805   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.082096     6.082096   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.165412     6.165412   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.165414     6.165414   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    952.464748  10.560019     4.910147    15.470166   0.000000    941.904730
A-9    887.073833  25.086697     5.427235    30.513932   0.000000    861.987137
A-10   996.548556   0.766743     6.144132     6.910875   0.000000    995.781813
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457020     6.457020   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457020     6.457020   0.000000   1000.000000
A-13  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457019     6.457019   0.000000   1000.000000
A-14   992.925343   1.236524     0.000000     1.236524   0.000000    991.688819
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    997.644616   1.327751     6.441811     7.769562   0.000000    996.316865
M-2    997.644615   1.327752     6.441811     7.769563   0.000000    996.316862
M-3    997.644616   1.327753     6.441808     7.769561   0.000000    996.316863
B-1    997.644617   1.327751     6.441809     7.769560   0.000000    996.316867
B-2    997.644640   1.327748     6.441824     7.769572   0.000000    996.316892
B-3    997.644529   1.327741     6.441814     7.769555   0.000000    996.316766

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-97      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-May-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                       35,720.43
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     9,585.87

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       23,178.90
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    20   1,871,207.62

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     241,770.04

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      74,552.61


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             3
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        792,035.49

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     170,191,665.16

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,584

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                    1,133,875.10

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      123,913.90

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.92207780 %     8.26926400 %    1.80865800 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.85489090 %     8.31877512 %    1.82071590 %

      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                          8.97971201
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              348.53

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                95.81612075


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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    30,483,760.17     6.750000  %  1,822,293.67
A-2   76110FFF5    10,146,000.00     9,493,237.67     6.750000  %    428,774.99
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    30,777,288.42    11.000000  %    482,371.84
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       212,471.99     0.000000  %        259.44
A-13  76110FFS7             0.00             0.00     0.977249  %          0.00
R     76110FFT5           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FFV0     9,377,000.00     9,365,945.44     7.500000  %      5,619.39
M-2   76110FFW8     6,251,000.00     6,243,630.69     7.500000  %      3,746.06
M-3   76110FFW8     4,375,700.00     4,370,541.48     7.500000  %      2,622.24
B-1                 1,624,900.00     1,622,984.41     7.500000  %        973.76
B-2                   624,800.00       624,063.42     7.500000  %        374.43
B-3                 1,500,282.64     1,498,513.94     7.500000  %        899.07

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  250,038,730.26   245,848,791.63                  2,747,934.89
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       171,435.52  1,993,729.19             0.00         0.00  28,661,466.50
A-2        53,388.37    482,163.36             0.00         0.00   9,064,462.68
A-3       139,561.00    139,561.00             0.00         0.00  24,816,000.00
A-4        89,632.62     89,632.62             0.00         0.00  15,938,000.00
A-5        57,661.15     57,661.15             0.00         0.00  10,253,000.00
A-6       282,066.52    764,438.36             0.00         0.00  30,294,916.58
A-7        99,271.87     99,271.87             0.00         0.00  17,652,000.00
A-8        31,806.08     31,806.08             0.00         0.00   5,655,589.00
A-9       107,235.22    107,235.22             0.00         0.00  19,068,000.00
A-10       57,744.18     57,744.18             0.00         0.00  10,267,765.00
A-11      296,850.81    296,850.81             0.00         0.00  47,506,000.00
A-12            0.00        259.44             0.00         0.00     212,212.55
A-13      200,171.22    200,171.22             0.00         0.00           0.00
R               0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        58,525.00     64,144.39             0.00         0.00   9,360,326.05
M-2        39,014.58     42,760.64             0.00         0.00   6,239,884.63
M-3        27,310.20     29,932.44             0.00         0.00   4,367,919.24
B-1        10,141.54     11,115.30             0.00         0.00   1,622,010.65
B-2         3,899.59      4,274.02             0.00         0.00     623,688.99
B-3         9,363.76     10,262.83             0.00         0.00   1,497,614.87

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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    916.584286  54.792641     5.154715    59.947356   0.000000    861.791644
A-2    935.663086  42.260496     5.262012    47.522508   0.000000    893.402590
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623831     5.623831   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623831     5.623831   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623832     5.623832   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6    976.695677  15.307732     8.951183    24.258915   0.000000    961.387945
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623831     5.623831   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623832     5.623832   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623832     5.623832   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10  1000.000000   0.000000     5.623831     5.623831   0.000000   1000.000000
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.248701     6.248701   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12   997.766446   1.218328     0.000000     1.218328   0.000000    996.548118
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    998.821098   0.599274     6.241335     6.840609   0.000000    998.221825
M-2    998.821099   0.599274     6.241334     6.840608   0.000000    998.221825
M-3    998.821098   0.599273     6.241333     6.840606   0.000000    998.221825
B-1    998.821103   0.599274     6.241332     6.840606   0.000000    998.221829
B-2    998.821095   0.599280     6.241341     6.840621   0.000000    998.221815
B-3    998.821089   0.599274     6.241331     6.840605   0.000000    998.221822

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-97      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-May-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                       51,341.23
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     6,254.74

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       51,645.61
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    46   5,634,880.37

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9     946,067.01

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             1
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        102,150.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     243,100,856.74

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,226

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                    2,600,352.94

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.34113550 %     8.13402400 %    1.52484040 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.23773030 %     8.21392824 %    1.54116490 %

      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                          8.79920459
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              353.15

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                97.22528045


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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    30,839,719.78     9.000000  %    485,865.33
A-2                37,000,000.00    36,420,297.82     7.250000  %  1,047,636.09
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     9,907,576.59     7.250000  %    167,027.31
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       130,426.13     0.000000  %        164.70
A-10  76110FGH0             0.00             0.00     0.745846  %          0.00
R     76100FGJ6           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FGK3     4,931,600.00     4,928,724.29     7.750000  %      2,633.57
M-2   76110FGL1     4,109,600.00     4,107,203.61     7.750000  %      2,194.61
M-3   76110FGM9     2,630,200.00     2,628,666.28     7.750000  %      1,404.58
B-1                 1,068,500.00     1,067,876.94     7.750000  %        570.60
B-2                   410,900.00       410,660.40     7.750000  %        219.43
B-3                   821,738.81       821,259.62     7.750000  %        438.81

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,383,983.57   163,434,624.46                  1,708,155.03
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       231,234.04    717,099.37             0.00         0.00  30,353,854.45
A-2       219,978.55  1,267,614.64             0.00         0.00  35,372,661.73
A-3        31,408.00     31,408.00             0.00         0.00   5,200,000.00
A-4       109,927.97    109,927.97             0.00         0.00  18,200,000.00
A-5        59,841.75    226,869.06             0.00         0.00   9,740,549.28
A-6        44,523.42     44,523.42             0.00         0.00   7,371,430.00
A-7        67,153.17     67,153.17             0.00         0.00  10,400,783.00
A-8       200,153.05    200,153.05             0.00         0.00  31,000,000.00
A-9             0.00        164.70             0.00         0.00     130,261.43
A-10      101,552.83    101,552.83             0.00         0.00           0.00
R               0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        31,822.55     34,456.12             0.00         0.00   4,926,090.72
M-2        26,518.37     28,712.98             0.00         0.00   4,105,009.00
M-3        16,972.11     18,376.69             0.00         0.00   2,627,261.70
B-1         6,894.81      7,465.41             0.00         0.00   1,067,306.34
B-2         2,651.45      2,870.88             0.00         0.00     410,440.97
B-3         5,302.51      5,741.32             0.00         0.00     820,820.81

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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
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       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    991.357680  15.618376     7.433130    23.051506   0.000000    975.739304
A-2    984.332374  28.314489     5.945366    34.259855   0.000000    956.017885
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040000     6.040000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039998     6.039998   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    990.757659  16.702731     5.984175    22.686906   0.000000    974.054928
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039998     6.039998   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456549     6.456549   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456550     6.456550   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9    998.961181   1.261472     0.000000     1.261472   0.000000    997.699709
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    999.416881   0.534019     6.452784     6.986803   0.000000    998.882862
M-2    999.416880   0.534020     6.452786     6.986806   0.000000    998.882860
M-3    999.416881   0.534020     6.452783     6.986803   0.000000    998.882861
B-1    999.416883   0.534020     6.452794     6.986814   0.000000    998.882864
B-2    999.416890   0.534023     6.452787     6.986810   0.000000    998.882867
B-3    999.416859   0.534014     6.452792     6.986806   0.000000    998.882857

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-97      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-May-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                       34,024.26
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     5,426.81

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       42,827.93
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    47   5,037,307.48

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     330,300.00

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             1
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        202,383.49

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     161,726,469.43

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,495

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                    1,620,804.07

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.44884740 %     7.14286200 %    1.40829020 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.36308350 %     7.20869098 %    1.42241460 %

      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                          8.81819728
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              355.33

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.38334971


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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    32,109,000.00     7.250000  %    497,589.73
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    15,374,000.00     9.500000  %    142,168.49
A-8   76110FGZ0    27,500,000.00    27,500,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FHA4       107,351.50       107,351.50     0.000000  %         77.41
A-10  76110FHB2             0.00             0.00     0.750800  %          0.00
R     76110FHC0           100.00           100.00     7.750000  %        100.00
M-1   76110FHD8     5,346,700.00     5,346,700.00     7.750000  %      3,069.98
M-2   76110FHE6     4,112,900.00     4,112,900.00     7.750000  %      2,361.56
M-3   76110FHF3     2,632,200.00     2,632,200.00     7.750000  %      1,511.36
B-1                 1,069,400.00     1,069,400.00     7.750000  %        614.03
B-2                   411,200.00       411,200.00     7.750000  %        236.10
B-3                   823,585.68       823,585.68     7.750000  %        472.91

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                  164,514,437.18   164,514,437.18                    648,201.57
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       193,956.13    691,545.86             0.00         0.00  31,611,410.27
A-2       166,088.14    166,088.14             0.00         0.00  26,579,000.00
A-3       105,111.88    105,111.88             0.00         0.00  16,821,000.00
A-4       151,678.29    151,678.29             0.00         0.00  23,490,000.00
A-5        46,091.09     46,091.09             0.00         0.00   7,138,000.00
A-6         6,457.14      6,457.14             0.00         0.00   1,000,000.00
A-7       121,688.40    263,856.89             0.00         0.00  15,231,831.51
A-8       177,571.44    177,571.44             0.00         0.00  27,500,000.00
A-9             0.00         77.41             0.00         0.00     107,274.09
A-10      102,912.26    102,912.26             0.00         0.00           0.00
R               0.65        100.65             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        34,524.41     37,594.39             0.00         0.00   5,343,630.02
M-2        26,557.59     28,919.15             0.00         0.00   4,110,538.44
M-3        16,996.50     18,507.86             0.00         0.00   2,630,688.64
B-1         6,905.27      7,519.30             0.00         0.00   1,068,785.97
B-2         2,655.18      2,891.28             0.00         0.00     410,963.90
B-3         5,318.01      5,790.92             0.00         0.00     823,112.77

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        1,164,512.38  1,812,713.95             0.00         0.00 163,866,235.61
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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   1000.000000  15.496893     6.040553    21.537446   0.000000    984.503107
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.248848     6.248848   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.248848     6.248848   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.457143     6.457143   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.457143     6.457143   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.457140     6.457140   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   9.247333     7.915207    17.162540   0.000000    990.752667
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.457143     6.457143   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.721089     0.000000     0.721089   0.000000    999.278911
R     1000.000000   1000.000     6.500000  1006.500000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1   1000.000000   0.574182     6.457144     7.031326   0.000000    999.425818
M-2   1000.000000   0.574184     6.457145     7.031329   0.000000    999.425816
M-3   1000.000000   0.574181     6.457146     7.031327   0.000000    999.425819
B-1   1000.000000   0.574182     6.457144     7.031326   0.000000    999.425818
B-2   1000.000000   0.574173     6.457150     7.031323   0.000000    999.425827
B-3   1000.000000   0.574160     6.457142     7.031302   0.000000    999.425797

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-May-97      
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-May-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                       34,236.35
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     9,605.61

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        5,382.06
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     8     686,984.50

 (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                                                     163,866,235.61

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,476

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                      553,726.56

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.24369510 %     7.35479200 %    1.40151240 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.21408710 %     7.37483049 %    1.40625140 %

      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                          8.82388343
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              357.44

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                99.60599107

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