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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)
                             October 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 October 1997 distribution
to holders of the following series of Conduit Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates.


Master Serviced by Residential Funding Corporation

1995-QS1    RALI
1996-QS1    RALI
1996-QS2    RALI
1996-QS3    RALI
1996-QS4    RALI
1996-QS6    RALI
1996-QS5    RALI
1996-QS7    RALI
1996-QS8    RALI
1997-QS1    RALI
1997-QS2    RALI
1997-QS3    RALI
1997-QS3    RALI
1997-QS4    RALI
1997-QS5    RALI
1997-QS6    RALI
1997-QS7    RALI
1997-QS8    RALI
1997-QS9    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: October 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    57,749,201.75     6.900000  %  3,465,170.88
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   181,534,337.38                  3,465,170.88
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       332,057.91  3,797,228.79            0.00       0.00     54,284,030.87
A-3       135,354.17    135,354.17            0.00       0.00     22,250,000.00
A-4       287,500.00    287,500.00            0.00       0.00     46,000,000.00
A-5       138,125.00    138,125.00            0.00       0.00     22,100,000.00
A-6       194,431.25    194,431.25            0.00       0.00     31,109,000.00
R         262,390.07    262,390.07            0.00       0.00      2,326,135.63

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,349,858.40  4,815,029.28            0.00       0.00    178,069,166.50
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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    699.990324  42.002071     4.024944    46.027015   0.000000    657.988253
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.083333     6.083333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-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                       37,161.61
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       886.44

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       69,738.40
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   10,083.68


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    40   4,008,377.60

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   12   1,156,110.77

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     102,107.71


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            19
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,143,481.31

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     178,069,166.50

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,940

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       7

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,241,110.90

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,173,611.17

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      104,705.05

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.71862500 %     1.28137500 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.69368980 %     1.30631020 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.33078968
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              304.85

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                68.89634800

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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4194 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110FAG8    52,015,000.00             0.00     6.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAH6    67,186,000.00    57,949,191.60     6.250000  %  4,015,456.44
A-I-  76110FAJ2    22,562,000.00    22,562,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAK9    31,852,000.00    31,852,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAL7    14,535,000.00    14,535,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAM5    18,417,136.00    18,417,136.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAN3    20,000,000.00    20,000,000.00     6.700000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FAQ6    29,374,968.00    16,048,794.83     6.027500  %    676,000.05
R                           0.53     2,026,594.48     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  255,942,104.53   183,390,716.91                  4,691,456.49
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-2     301,818.71  4,317,275.15            0.00       0.00     53,933,735.16
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       80,611.76    756,611.81            0.00       0.00     15,372,794.78
R         268,425.48    268,425.48       32,432.98       0.00      2,026,594.48

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,269,246.20  5,960,702.69       32,432.98       0.00    178,699,260.42
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
A-I-   862.518852  59.766267     4.492286    64.258553   0.000000    802.752585
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   546.342547  23.012793     2.744233    25.757026   0.000000    523.329754

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-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                       38,909.29
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       95,031.60
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   11,605.76


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    37   5,999,956.94

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9   1,228,373.74

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     664,498.06


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            19
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      4,147,649.09

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     178,699,260.42

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,493

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       7

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,443,591.94

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,486,939.86

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.89493070 %     1.10506930 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.86591890 %     1.13408110 %

      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                          8.98586200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              315.86

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                69.82018873

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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    10,049,457.52     6.400000  %  3,462,160.62
A-2   76110FAT0    16,000,000.00    16,000,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FAU7    28,500,000.00    28,500,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FAV5    15,000,000.00    15,000,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FAW3    14,000,000.00    14,000,000.00     7.350000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FAX1    10,000,000.00    10,000,000.00     7.450000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FAY9    26,000,000.00    26,000,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FAZ6    14,043,411.00    14,043,411.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FBA0    18,190,000.00    18,190,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-10  76110FBB8       178,007.00       173,227.69     0.000000  %      6,912.66
R                           0.00     1,819,114.18     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  181,911,418.00   153,775,210.39                  3,469,073.28
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        53,597.11  3,515,757.73            0.00       0.00      6,587,296.90
A-2        93,333.33     93,333.33            0.00       0.00     16,000,000.00
A-3       167,437.50    167,437.50            0.00       0.00     28,500,000.00
A-4        88,125.00     88,125.00            0.00       0.00     15,000,000.00
A-5        85,750.00     85,750.00            0.00       0.00     14,000,000.00
A-6        62,083.33     62,083.33            0.00       0.00     10,000,000.00
A-7       157,083.33    157,083.33            0.00       0.00     26,000,000.00
A-8        87,771.32     87,771.32            0.00       0.00     14,043,411.00
A-9       113,687.50    113,687.50            0.00       0.00     18,190,000.00
A-10            0.00      6,912.66            0.00       0.00        160,939.03
R         161,049.23    161,049.23            0.00       0.00      1,819,114.18

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,069,917.65  4,538,990.93            0.00       0.00    150,300,761.11
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    251.236438  86.554016     1.339928    87.893944   0.000000    164.682423
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.833333     5.833333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.125000     6.125000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.208333     6.208333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10   942.949940  38.833641     0.000000    38.833641   0.000000    904.116299

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-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                       31,745.66
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       54,330.94
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    4,369.79


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    32   3,289,722.32

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6   1,467,094.97

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      31,242.29


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            11
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,252,177.66

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     150,300,761.11

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,423

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       5

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 562,390.21

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,329,286.84

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.81698890 %     1.18301110 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.78968400 %     1.21031600 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.78265828
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              321.03

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                82.62304959


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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    13,447,191.89     6.780000  %  4,048,944.99
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    20,882,700.99     7.250000  %    566,880.64
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    17,743,630.00     7.750000  %     93,741.77
A-P   76110FBQ5     1,166,695.86     1,082,692.30     0.000000  %      2,023.17
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    12,360,103.01     7.750000  %     21,836.46
M-2   76110FBU6     5,568,000.00     5,493,159.87     7.750000  %      9,704.71
M-3   76110FBV4     4,176,000.00     4,119,869.91     7.750000  %      7,278.53
B-1                 1,809,600.00     1,785,276.96     7.750000  %      3,154.03
B-2                   696,000.00       686,644.98     7.750000  %      1,213.09
B-3                 1,670,738.96     1,648,282.32     7.750000  %      2,912.00
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.724694  %          0.00
A-V   7611OFHY2             0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,404,734.82   241,632,114.23                  4,757,689.39
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      75,940.12  4,124,885.11            0.00       0.00      9,398,246.90
A-I-2     154,842.22    154,842.22            0.00       0.00     26,000,000.00
A-I-3      64,339.77     64,339.77            0.00       0.00     10,596,000.00
A-I-4     126,105.69    692,986.33            0.00       0.00     20,315,820.35
A-I-5     115,493.65    115,493.65            0.00       0.00     18,587,000.00
A-I-6     140,052.66    140,052.66            0.00       0.00     21,696,000.00
A-I-7      51,945.24     51,945.24            0.00       0.00      8,047,000.00
A-I-8     112,553.39    112,553.39            0.00       0.00     17,436,000.00
A-I-9     162,316.75    162,316.75            0.00       0.00     25,145,000.00
A-I-10    122,649.36    122,649.36            0.00       0.00     19,000,000.00
A-I-11    102,480.40    102,480.40            0.00       0.00     15,875,562.00
A-II      114,539.21    208,280.98            0.00       0.00     17,649,888.23
A-P             0.00      2,023.17            0.00       0.00      1,080,669.13
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        79,787.31    101,623.77            0.00       0.00     12,338,266.55
M-2        35,459.61     45,164.32            0.00       0.00      5,483,455.16
M-3        26,594.70     33,873.23            0.00       0.00      4,112,591.38
B-1        11,524.37     14,678.40            0.00       0.00      1,782,122.93
B-2         4,432.45      5,645.54            0.00       0.00        685,431.89
B-3        10,640.04     13,552.04            0.00       0.00      1,593,596.00
SPRED     145,854.22    145,854.22            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-V        41,104.84     41,104.84            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,698,656.00  6,456,345.39            0.00       0.00    236,822,650.52
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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-   313.783500  94.480107     1.772025    96.252132   0.000000    219.303393
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.955470     5.955470   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.072081     6.072081   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-   835.308040  22.675226     5.044228    27.719454   0.000000    812.632814
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.213679     6.213679   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455230     6.455230   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455231     6.455231   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455230     6.455230   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455230     6.455230   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455229     6.455229   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455230     6.455230   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   863.376568   4.561324     5.573294    10.134618   0.000000    858.815244
A-P    927.998750   1.734101     0.000000     1.734101   0.000000    926.264649
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    986.558887   1.742943     6.368465     8.111408   0.000000    984.815944
M-2    986.558885   1.742944     6.368464     8.111408   0.000000    984.815941
M-3    986.558886   1.742943     6.368463     8.111406   0.000000    984.815944
B-1    986.558886   1.742943     6.368463     8.111406   0.000000    984.815943
B-2    986.558879   1.742945     6.368463     8.111408   0.000000    984.815934
B-3    986.558858   1.742941     6.368463     8.111404   0.000000    953.827041

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-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                       50,214.95
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     2,485.67

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       38,278.05
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    26   2,904,529.61

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     632,944.06

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     272,560.62


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             9
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,019,244.88

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     236,822,650.52

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,152

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                       0.00

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,922,239.60

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                       80,200.88

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.75313850 %     9.09363100 %    1.70515590 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT           89.51977360 %     0.00000000 %   10.48022640 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.97291700 %     9.26191521 %    1.72271010 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.76602000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              321.83

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                85.06416052


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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    18,864,734.67     6.850000  %  3,037,425.19
A-I-  76110FBX0    26,945,000.00    17,027,014.61    11.000000  %  1,113,713.75
A-I-  76110FBY8    15,646,000.00    15,646,000.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBZ5    32,740,000.00    32,740,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCA9    10,023,000.00    10,023,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCB7    26,811,000.00    26,811,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCC5    18,046,000.00    18,046,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCD3     9,094,000.00     9,094,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCE1    10,284,000.00    10,284,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCF8    27,538,000.00    27,538,000.00     7.900000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FCG6    16,021,000.00    13,227,104.20     7.250000  %    311,394.77
A-II  76110FCH4     8,580,000.00     8,580,000.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FCJ0     3,039,637.99     2,767,737.56     0.000000  %     74,866.79
A-V   76110FGN7             0.00             0.00     0.764701  %          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    13,058,370.19     8.000000  %     13,050.73
M-2   76110FCN1     5,570,800.00     5,498,323.44     8.000000  %      5,495.11
M-3   76110FCP6     4,456,600.00     4,398,619.30     8.000000  %      4,396.05
B-1   76110FCR2     2,228,400.00     2,199,408.35     8.000000  %      2,198.12
B-2   76110FCS0       696,400.00       688,590.75     8.000000  %        688.19
B-3   76110FCT8     1,671,255.97     1,619,834.31     8.000000  %      1,618.89
STRI                        0.00             0.00     0.115699  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,535,793.96   238,111,737.38                  4,564,847.59
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     107,634.33  3,145,059.52            0.00       0.00     15,827,309.48
A-I-2     156,005.80  1,269,719.55            0.00       0.00     15,913,300.86
A-I-3      95,133.99     95,133.99            0.00       0.00     15,646,000.00
A-I-4     204,526.45    204,526.45            0.00       0.00     32,740,000.00
A-I-5      64,283.28     64,283.28            0.00       0.00     10,023,000.00
A-I-6     178,653.92    178,653.92            0.00       0.00     26,811,000.00
A-I-7     120,248.73    120,248.73            0.00       0.00     18,046,000.00
A-I-8      60,597.47     60,597.47            0.00       0.00      9,094,000.00
A-I-9      68,526.98     68,526.98            0.00       0.00     10,284,000.00
A-I-10    181,204.52    181,204.52            0.00       0.00     27,538,000.00
A-II-1     79,875.26    391,270.03            0.00       0.00     12,915,709.43
A-II-2     54,671.16     54,671.16            0.00       0.00      8,580,000.00
A-P             0.00     74,866.79            0.00       0.00      2,692,870.77
A-V       151,663.79    151,663.79            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        87,013.87    100,064.60            0.00       0.00     13,045,319.46
M-2        36,637.84     42,132.95            0.00       0.00      5,492,828.33
M-3        29,310.01     33,706.06            0.00       0.00      4,394,223.25
B-1        14,655.66     16,853.78            0.00       0.00      2,197,210.23
B-2         4,588.40      5,276.59            0.00       0.00        687,902.56
B-3        10,793.70     12,412.59            0.00       0.00      1,618,215.43
STRIP      13,843.02     13,843.02            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,719,868.18  6,284,715.77            0.00       0.00    233,546,889.80
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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-   410.871078  66.154663     2.344259    68.498922   0.000000    344.716415
A-I-   631.917410  41.332854     5.789787    47.122641   0.000000    590.584556
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.080403     6.080403   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.246990     6.246990   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413577     6.413577   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663456     6.663456   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663456     6.663456   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663456     6.663456   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663456     6.663456   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.580163     6.580163   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   825.610399  19.436663     4.985660    24.422323   0.000000    806.173736
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.371930     6.371930   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    910.548417  24.630165     0.000000    24.630165   0.000000    885.918252
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    986.989924   0.986412     6.576764     7.563176   0.000000    986.003512
M-2    986.989919   0.986413     6.576765     7.563178   0.000000    986.003506
M-3    986.989925   0.986413     6.576765     7.563178   0.000000    986.003512
B-1    986.989926   0.986412     6.576764     7.563176   0.000000    986.003514
B-2    988.786258   0.988211     6.588742     7.576953   0.000000    987.798047
B-3    969.231727   0.968667     6.458436     7.427103   0.000000    968.263064

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-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                       48,917.97
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       60,164.29
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    8,343.76


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    40   4,750,060.48

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     697,635.84

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     497,580.13


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,394,558.39

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     233,546,889.80

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,327

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       5

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,058,230.87

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,321,321.91

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.30390860 %     9.64056300 %    1.89315880 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.11556350 %     9.81917210 %    1.95072550 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         205,069.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            3,159,391.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,785,358.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.00113700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              312.77

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                83.84807083


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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    14,436,450.92     9.500000  %  1,227,904.82
A-I-  76110FCV3    25,000,000.00    19,394,163.43     7.600000  %    731,381.59
A-I-  76110FCW1    12,373,000.00     3,576,422.22     6.650000  %  1,147,670.82
A-I-  76110FCX9     7,100,000.00     7,100,000.00     7.450000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCY7    10,137,000.00    10,137,000.00     7.600000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCZ4     5,558,000.00     5,558,000.00     7.800000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDA8    16,926,000.00    16,926,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDB6     6,884,000.00     6,884,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDC4    11,229,000.00    11,229,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDD2    22,501,000.00    22,501,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FDE0    11,162,000.00     9,353,123.68     8.000000  %    137,501.47
A-II  76110FDF7     4,525,000.00     4,525,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FDG5     1,105,878.69     1,049,017.97     0.000000  %     25,044.50
A-V   76110FGP2             0.00             0.00     0.871983  %          0.00
R     76110FDH3           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FDJ9     7,918,500.00     7,840,974.89     8.000000  %      6,942.66
M-2   76110FDK6     3,958,800.00     3,920,041.87     8.000000  %      3,470.93
M-3   76110FDL4     2,815,100.00     2,787,539.12     8.000000  %      2,468.18
B-1   76110FDM2     1,407,600.00     1,393,819.06     8.000000  %      1,234.13
B-2   76110FDN0       439,800.00       435,494.20     8.000000  %        385.60
B-3   76110FDP5     1,055,748.52     1,045,412.29     8.000000  %        925.64

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  175,944,527.21   150,092,459.65                  3,284,930.34
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     114,154.45  1,342,059.27            0.00       0.00     13,208,546.10
A-I-2     122,685.55    854,067.14            0.00       0.00     18,662,781.84
A-I-3      19,796.08  1,167,466.90            0.00       0.00      2,428,751.40
A-I-4      44,027.44     44,027.44            0.00       0.00      7,100,000.00
A-I-5      64,125.66     64,125.66            0.00       0.00     10,137,000.00
A-I-6      36,084.60     36,084.60            0.00       0.00      5,558,000.00
A-I-7     112,707.58    112,707.58            0.00       0.00     16,926,000.00
A-I-8      45,839.47     45,839.47            0.00       0.00      6,884,000.00
A-I-9      74,772.15     74,772.15            0.00       0.00     11,229,000.00
A-I-10    149,830.63    149,830.63            0.00       0.00     22,501,000.00
A-II-1     62,280.98    199,782.45            0.00       0.00      9,215,622.21
A-II-2     30,131.27     30,131.27            0.00       0.00      4,525,000.00
A-P             0.00     25,044.50            0.00       0.00      1,023,973.47
A-V       108,937.11    108,937.11            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        52,211.83     59,154.49            0.00       0.00      7,834,032.23
M-2        26,102.94     29,573.87            0.00       0.00      3,916,570.94
M-3        18,561.78     21,029.96            0.00       0.00      2,785,070.94
B-1         9,281.23     10,515.36            0.00       0.00      1,392,584.93
B-2         2,899.88      3,285.48            0.00       0.00        435,108.60
B-3         6,961.24      7,886.88            0.00       0.00      1,044,486.65

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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-   605.352689  51.488797     4.786752    56.275549   0.000000    553.863892
A-I-   775.766537  29.255264     4.907422    34.162686   0.000000    746.511274
A-I-   289.050531  92.756067     1.599942    94.356009   0.000000    196.294464
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.201048     6.201048   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.325901     6.325901   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.492371     6.492371   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.658843     6.658843   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.658842     6.658842   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.658843     6.658843   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.658843     6.658843   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   837.943351  12.318713     5.579733    17.898446   0.000000    825.624638
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.658844     6.658844   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    948.583221  22.646694     0.000000    22.646694   0.000000    925.936527
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    990.209622   0.876765     6.593652     7.470417   0.000000    989.332857
M-2    990.209627   0.876763     6.593650     7.470413   0.000000    989.332864
M-3    990.209627   0.876765     6.593649     7.470414   0.000000    989.332862
B-1    990.209619   0.876762     6.593656     7.470418   0.000000    989.332857
B-2    990.209641   0.876762     6.593633     7.470395   0.000000    989.332879
B-3    990.209572   0.876762     6.593654     7.470416   0.000000    989.332807

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-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                       30,903.68
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       50,834.74
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      336.67


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    34   4,875,486.35

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     823,549.77

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             7
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        571,524.62

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     146,807,529.31

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,447

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       1

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                  39,455.69

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,148,999.62

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.69271990 %     9.69306200 %    1.91530310 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.05910980 %     9.90117753 %    1.97016750 %

      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                          9.15159200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              319.31

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                83.43966797


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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     6,891,880.78     7.050000  %  2,005,265.40
A-I-  76110FDR1    43,322,483.00    30,768,923.64     6.056250  %  1,905,002.10
A-I-  76110FDS9             0.00             0.00     2.943750  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDT7    13,330,948.00    13,330,948.00     7.125000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDU4    24,973,716.00    24,973,716.00     7.600000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDV2             0.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDW0     1,000,000.00     1,000,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDX8     9,539,699.00     9,539,699.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDY6    22,526,000.00    22,526,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDZ3    11,650,000.00    11,650,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FEA7    30,421,000.00    30,421,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FEB5     8,619,000.00     8,619,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FEC3    20,104,000.00    18,320,535.00     8.000000  %     76,809.93
A-P   76110FED1       601,147.92       516,529.58     0.000000  %      9,176.62
A-V   76110FGQ0             0.00             0.00     0.816381  %          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     9,039,814.25     8.000000  %      7,920.48
M-2   76110FEH2     5,126,400.00     5,084,337.63     8.000000  %      4,454.78
M-3   76110FEJ8     3,645,500.00     3,615,588.47     8.000000  %      3,167.90
B-1                 1,822,700.00     1,807,744.65     8.000000  %      1,583.90
B-2                   569,600.00       564,926.41     8.000000  %        494.98
B-3                 1,366,716.75     1,355,502.77     8.000000  %      1,187.66

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  227,839,864.67   200,026,146.18                  4,015,063.75
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      40,471.64  2,045,737.04            0.00       0.00      4,886,615.38
A-I-2     155,217.25  2,060,219.35            0.00       0.00     28,863,921.54
A-I-3      75,446.16     75,446.16            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-4      79,116.99     79,116.99            0.00       0.00     13,330,948.00
A-I-5     158,095.92    158,095.92            0.00       0.00     24,973,716.00
A-I-6         495.06        495.06            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-7       6,413.79      6,413.79            0.00       0.00      1,000,000.00
A-I-8      61,185.61     61,185.61            0.00       0.00      9,539,699.00
A-I-9     150,105.96    150,105.96            0.00       0.00     22,526,000.00
A-I-10     77,631.83     77,631.83            0.00       0.00     11,650,000.00
A-I-11    202,715.69    202,715.69            0.00       0.00     30,421,000.00
A-I-12     57,434.22     57,434.22            0.00       0.00      8,619,000.00
A-II      122,082.11    198,892.04            0.00       0.00     18,243,725.07
A-P             0.00      9,176.62            0.00       0.00        507,352.96
A-V       136,020.21    136,020.21            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        60,238.40     68,158.88            0.00       0.00      9,031,893.77
M-2        33,880.37     38,335.15            0.00       0.00      5,079,882.85
M-3        24,093.11     27,261.01            0.00       0.00      3,612,420.57
B-1        12,046.22     13,630.12            0.00       0.00      1,806,160.75
B-2         3,764.49      4,259.47            0.00       0.00        564,431.43
B-3         9,032.64     10,220.30            0.00       0.00      1,354,315.11

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        1,465,487.67  5,480,551.42            0.00       0.00    196,011,082.43
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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-   342.774694  99.733912     2.012898   101.746810   0.000000    243.040781
A-I-   710.229920  43.972597     3.582834    47.555431   0.000000    666.257323
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.934836     5.934836   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.330492     6.330492   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413790     6.413790   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413788     6.413788   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663676     6.663676   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663676     6.663676   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663676     6.663676   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663676     6.663676   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   911.288052   3.820629     6.072528     9.893157   0.000000    907.467423
A-P    859.238738  15.265164     0.000000    15.265164   0.000000    843.973574
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    991.794950   0.868988     6.609001     7.477989   0.000000    990.925962
M-2    991.794950   0.868988     6.608999     7.477987   0.000000    990.925962
M-3    991.794944   0.868989     6.609000     7.477989   0.000000    990.925955
B-1    991.794947   0.868986     6.608998     7.477984   0.000000    990.925962
B-2    991.794961   0.868996     6.609006     7.478002   0.000000    990.925966
B-3    991.794949   0.868988     6.609007     7.477995   0.000000    990.925963

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-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                       41,289.93
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       53,799.17
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    34   4,859,805.90

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8     994,219.10

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        842,067.06

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     196,011,082.43

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,905

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                       0.00

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,836,159.96

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.00921500 %     8.86871100 %    1.86384330 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.02880040 %     9.04244646 %    1.90528710 %

      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                          9.12680000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              322.48

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                86.03019613


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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     3,439,792.45     7.400000  %     61,118.52
A-2   76110FEL3     4,074,824.00     2,733,639.68     7.300000  %    146,322.91
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    27,677,567.64     6.156250  %    425,706.83
A-8   76110FES8             0.00             0.00     2.843750  %          0.00
A-9   76110FET6    32,965,000.00    23,288,629.24     0.000000  %  1,055,689.91
A-10  76110FEU3    20,953,719.00    20,765,732.39     7.400000  %     20,509.28
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       113,861.22     0.000000  %          0.00
A-15  76110FGR8             0.00             0.00     0.900128  %          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     6,619,927.20     7.750000  %          0.00
M-2   76110FFC2     4,440,700.00     4,413,317.93     7.750000  %          0.00
M-3   76110FFD0     3,108,500.00     3,089,332.49     7.750000  %          0.00
B-1                 1,509,500.00     1,500,192.19     7.750000  %          0.00
B-2                   444,000.00       441,262.24     7.750000  %          0.00
B-3                 1,154,562.90     1,147,443.51     7.750000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  177,623,205.60   161,846,510.18                  1,709,347.45
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        21,212.05     82,330.57            0.00       0.00      3,378,673.93
A-2        16,629.64    162,952.55            0.00       0.00      2,587,316.77
A-3        77,128.21     77,128.21            0.00       0.00     13,128,206.00
A-4        22,904.65     22,904.65            0.00       0.00      3,765,148.00
A-5        64,750.00     64,750.00            0.00       0.00     10,500,000.00
A-6        16,036.42     16,036.42            0.00       0.00      2,600,500.00
A-7       141,991.69    567,698.52            0.00       0.00     27,251,860.81
A-8        65,590.07     65,590.07            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9       142,551.02  1,198,240.93            0.00       0.00     22,232,939.33
A-10      128,055.35    148,564.63            0.00       0.00     20,745,223.11
A-11       90,255.21     90,255.21            0.00       0.00     13,975,000.00
A-12       12,916.67     12,916.67            0.00       0.00      2,000,000.00
A-13      133,344.94    133,344.94            0.00       0.00     20,646,958.00
A-14            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00        113,861.22
A-15      121,402.12    121,402.12            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         2,260.80      2,260.80            0.00       0.00      6,619,927.20
M-2             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00      4,413,317.93
M-3             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00      3,089,332.49
B-1             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00      1,500,192.19
B-2             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00        441,262.24
B-3             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00      1,136,265.96

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,057,028.84  2,766,376.29            0.00       0.00    160,125,985.18
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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    859.948113  15.279630     5.303013    20.582643   0.000000    844.668483
A-2    670.860798  35.909014     4.081070    39.990084   0.000000    634.951784
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.083333     6.083333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.166667     6.166667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.166668     6.166668   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    876.439222  13.480453     4.496316    17.976769   0.000000    862.958769
A-9    706.465319  32.024569     4.324314    36.348883   0.000000    674.440750
A-10   991.028485   0.978790     6.111342     7.090132   0.000000    990.049695
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.458333     6.458333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12  1000.000000   0.000000     6.458335     6.458335   0.000000   1000.000000
A-13  1000.000000   0.000000     6.458333     6.458333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-14   983.047830   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    983.047830
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    993.833839   0.000000     0.339408     0.339408   0.000000    993.833839
M-2    993.833839   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    993.833839
M-3    993.833839   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    993.833840
B-1    993.833846   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    993.833846
B-2    993.833874   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    993.833874
B-3    993.833692   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    984.152498

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-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                       33,579.46
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       43,981.24
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    22   2,139,665.15

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   23   2,180,212.06

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     122,867.99


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,109,903.46

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     160,125,985.18

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,511

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                    1,615,492.31

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.35806980 %     8.73205100 %    1.90987900 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.25062830 %     8.81966634 %    1.92342950 %

      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                          8.97372037
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              341.80

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                90.14924860


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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    21,704,553.66     6.750000  %  2,219,335.81
A-2   76110FFF5    10,146,000.00     7,427,541.96     6.750000  %    522,196.68
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    28,453,380.88    11.000000  %    587,471.23
A-7   76110FFL2    17,652,000.00    17,652,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FFM0     5,655,589.00     5,655,589.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FFN8    19,068,000.00    19,068,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-10  76110FFP3    10,267,765.00    10,267,765.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-11  76110FFQ1    47,506,000.00    47,506,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-12  76110FFR9       212,947.62       211,206.72     0.000000  %        264.11
A-13  76110FFS7             0.00             0.00     0.963554  %          0.00
R     76110FFT5           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FFV0     9,377,000.00     9,337,236.24     7.500000  %      5,910.35
M-2   76110FFW8     6,251,000.00     6,224,492.24     7.500000  %      3,940.02
M-3   76110FFW8     4,375,700.00     4,357,144.57     7.500000  %      2,758.02
B-1                 1,624,900.00     1,618,009.51     7.500000  %      1,024.18
B-2                   624,800.00       622,150.49     7.500000  %        393.81
B-3                 1,500,282.64     1,493,920.60     7.500000  %        945.63

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  250,038,730.26   232,605,990.87                  3,344,239.84
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       122,026.04  2,341,361.85            0.00       0.00     19,485,217.85
A-2        41,758.68    563,955.36            0.00       0.00      6,905,345.28
A-3       139,519.04    139,519.04            0.00       0.00     24,816,000.00
A-4        89,605.67     89,605.67            0.00       0.00     15,938,000.00
A-5        57,643.81     57,643.81            0.00       0.00     10,253,000.00
A-6       260,690.06    848,161.29            0.00       0.00     27,865,909.65
A-7        99,242.02     99,242.02            0.00       0.00     17,652,000.00
A-8        31,796.52     31,796.52            0.00       0.00      5,655,589.00
A-9       107,202.97    107,202.97            0.00       0.00     19,068,000.00
A-10       57,726.82     57,726.82            0.00       0.00     10,267,765.00
A-11      296,761.56    296,761.56            0.00       0.00     47,506,000.00
A-12            0.00        264.11            0.00       0.00        210,942.61
A-13      186,678.66    186,678.66            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        58,328.06     64,238.41            0.00       0.00      9,331,325.89
M-2        38,883.30     42,823.32            0.00       0.00      6,220,552.22
M-3        27,218.31     29,976.33            0.00       0.00      4,354,386.55
B-1        10,107.42     11,131.60            0.00       0.00      1,616,985.33
B-2         3,886.46      4,280.27            0.00       0.00        621,756.68
B-3         9,332.25     10,277.88            0.00       0.00      1,492,974.97

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        1,638,407.65  4,982,647.49            0.00       0.00    229,261,751.03
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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    652.611512  66.730886     3.669073    70.399959   0.000000    585.880626
A-2    732.066032  51.468232     4.115778    55.584010   0.000000    680.597800
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.622141     5.622141   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.622140     5.622140   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.622141     5.622141   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6    902.948100  18.642988     8.272816    26.915804   0.000000    884.305112
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     5.622140     5.622140   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     5.622141     5.622141   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     5.622140     5.622140   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10  1000.000000   0.000000     5.622141     5.622141   0.000000   1000.000000
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.246823     6.246823   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12   991.824750   1.240258     0.000000     1.240258   0.000000    990.584492
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    995.759437   0.630303     6.220333     6.850636   0.000000    995.129134
M-2    995.759437   0.630302     6.220333     6.850635   0.000000    995.129135
M-3    995.759437   0.630304     6.220333     6.850637   0.000000    995.129134
B-1    995.759438   0.630303     6.220334     6.850637   0.000000    995.129134
B-2    995.759427   0.630298     6.220327     6.850625   0.000000    995.129129
B-3    995.759439   0.630301     6.220328     6.850629   0.000000    995.129138

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-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                       48,510.08
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     4,255.45

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       35,197.70
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    31   3,446,386.82

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     616,229.58

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        458,612.66

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     229,261,751.03

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,128

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                       0.00

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,196,924.36

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.82208070 %     8.57113600 %    1.60678330 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.68002700 %     8.68276744 %    1.62920930 %

      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                          8.78805339
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              346.50

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                91.69049563


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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    27,427,025.10     9.000000  %    961,359.71
A-2   76110FFZ1    37,000,000.00    29,061,752.38     7.250000  %  2,072,910.05
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     8,734,384.80     7.250000  %    330,489.37
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       128,882.62     0.000000  %        586.41
A-10  76110FGH0             0.00             0.00     0.733605  %          0.00
R     76100FGJ6           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FGK3     4,931,600.00     4,914,422.30     7.750000  %      3,016.13
M-2   76110FGL1     4,109,600.00     4,095,285.48     7.750000  %      2,513.40
M-3   76110FGM9     2,630,200.00     2,621,038.51     7.750000  %      1,608.61
B-1                 1,068,500.00     1,064,778.21     7.750000  %        653.49
B-2                   410,900.00       409,468.76     7.750000  %        251.30
B-3                   821,738.81       818,876.55     7.750000  %        502.57

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,383,983.57   151,448,127.71                  3,373,891.04
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       205,638.96  1,166,998.67            0.00       0.00     26,465,665.39
A-2       175,527.02  2,248,437.07            0.00       0.00     26,988,842.33
A-3        31,406.94     31,406.94            0.00       0.00      5,200,000.00
A-4       109,924.26    109,924.26            0.00       0.00     18,200,000.00
A-5        52,753.89    383,243.26            0.00       0.00      8,403,895.43
A-6        44,521.92     44,521.92            0.00       0.00      7,371,430.00
A-7        67,150.91     67,150.91            0.00       0.00     10,400,783.00
A-8       200,146.30    200,146.30            0.00       0.00     31,000,000.00
A-9             0.00        586.41            0.00       0.00        128,296.21
A-10       92,557.20     92,557.20            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        31,729.15     34,745.28            0.00       0.00      4,911,406.17
M-2        26,440.53     28,953.93            0.00       0.00      4,092,772.08
M-3        16,922.30     18,530.91            0.00       0.00      2,619,429.90
B-1         6,874.56      7,528.05            0.00       0.00      1,064,124.72
B-2         2,643.67      2,894.97            0.00       0.00        409,217.46
B-3         5,286.94      5,789.51            0.00       0.00        818,373.98

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,069,524.55  4,443,415.59            0.00       0.00    148,074,236.67
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS2 (POOL # 4240)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4240 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    881.654962  30.903372     6.610364    37.513736   0.000000    850.751590
A-2    785.452767  56.024596     4.743974    60.768570   0.000000    729.428171
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039796     6.039796   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039795     6.039795   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    873.438480  33.048937     5.275389    38.324326   0.000000    840.389543
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039794     6.039794   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456332     6.456332   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456332     6.456332   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9    987.139113   4.491438     0.000000     4.491438   0.000000    982.647676
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    996.516810   0.611593     6.433845     7.045438   0.000000    995.905217
M-2    996.516809   0.611592     6.433845     7.045437   0.000000    995.905217
M-3    996.516809   0.611592     6.433845     7.045437   0.000000    995.905216
B-1    996.516809   0.611596     6.433842     7.045438   0.000000    995.905213
B-2    996.516817   0.611584     6.433853     7.045437   0.000000    995.905232
B-3    996.516825   0.611581     6.433845     7.045426   0.000000    995.905232

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-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                       31,277.34
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       30,783.04
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    24   2,525,853.27

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6   1,193,069.85

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        235,611.79

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     148,074,236.67

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,411

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                       0.00

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,280,925.13

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.79834840 %     7.68623100 %    1.51542090 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.59431830 %     7.84985181 %    1.54902270 %

      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                          8.80539052
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              348.36

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                90.07826277


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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    26,064,422.78     7.250000  %  1,709,670.39
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    13,646,977.94     9.500000  %    488,477.25
A-8   76110FGZ0    27,500,000.00    27,500,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FHA4       107,351.50       105,796.32     0.000000  %        108.72
A-10  76110FHB2             0.00             0.00     0.745516  %          0.00
R     76110FHC0           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FHD8     5,346,700.00     5,330,880.62     7.750000  %      3,269.82
M-2   76110FHE6     4,112,900.00     4,100,731.09     7.750000  %      2,515.28
M-3   76110FHF3     2,632,200.00     2,624,412.06     7.750000  %      1,609.75
B-1                 1,069,400.00     1,066,235.95     7.750000  %        654.00
B-2                   411,200.00       409,983.38     7.750000  %        251.47
B-3                   823,585.68       821,148.89     7.750000  %        503.68

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,514,437.18   156,698,589.03                  2,207,060.36
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       157,364.52  1,867,034.91            0.00       0.00     24,354,752.39
A-2       166,004.79    166,004.79            0.00       0.00     26,579,000.00
A-3       105,059.13    105,059.13            0.00       0.00     16,821,000.00
A-4       151,602.18    151,602.18            0.00       0.00     23,490,000.00
A-5        46,067.95     46,067.95            0.00       0.00      7,138,000.00
A-6         6,453.90      6,453.90            0.00       0.00      1,000,000.00
A-7       107,964.46    596,441.71            0.00       0.00     13,158,500.69
A-8       177,482.33    177,482.33            0.00       0.00     27,500,000.00
A-9             0.00        108.72            0.00       0.00        105,687.60
A-10       97,284.28     97,284.28            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        34,404.98     37,674.80            0.00       0.00      5,327,610.80
M-2        26,465.72     28,981.00            0.00       0.00      4,098,215.81
M-3        16,937.70     18,547.45            0.00       0.00      2,622,802.31
B-1         6,881.39      7,535.39            0.00       0.00      1,065,581.95
B-2         2,645.99      2,897.46            0.00       0.00        409,731.91
B-3         5,299.61      5,803.29            0.00       0.00        820,645.21

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        1,107,918.93  3,314,979.29            0.00       0.00    154,491,528.67
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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    811.748195  53.245831     4.900947    58.146778   0.000000    758.502364
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.245712     6.245712   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.245713     6.245713   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.453903     6.453903   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.453902     6.453902   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.453900     6.453900   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    887.666056  31.772945     7.022535    38.795480   0.000000    855.893111
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.453903     6.453903   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9    985.513197   1.012748     0.000000     1.012748   0.000000    984.500450
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    997.041282   0.611559     6.434807     7.046366   0.000000    996.429723
M-2    997.041282   0.611559     6.434808     7.046367   0.000000    996.429724
M-3    997.041281   0.611561     6.434807     7.046368   0.000000    996.429720
B-1    997.041285   0.611558     6.434814     7.046372   0.000000    996.429727
B-2    997.041294   0.611552     6.434801     7.046353   0.000000    996.429742
B-3    997.041243   0.611558     6.434801     7.046359   0.000000    996.429678

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-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                       32,491.82
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     6,333.38

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       30,973.21
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    28   3,576,177.42

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1     161,266.03

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             3
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        261,157.76

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     154,491,528.67

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,425

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                    2,110,932.31

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.83393830 %     7.69896500 %    1.46709700 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.70861170 %     7.79889294 %    1.48715650 %

      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                          8.81321785
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              350.50

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                93.90758119


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS4 (POOL # 4247)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4247 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FHK2    43,231,010.00    37,704,408.35     7.250000  %  2,925,710.67
A-2   76110FHL0    35,775,000.00    35,775,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FHM8    22,398,546.00    22,398,546.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FHN6    24,498,244.00    23,270,110.44    10.000000  %    650,157.85
A-5   76110FHP1    17,675,100.00    17,675,100.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FHQ9     7,150,100.00     7,150,100.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FHR7    52,000,000.00    52,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FHS5       155,284.33       154,763.24     0.000000  %        126.16
A-9   76110FHT3             0.00             0.00     0.753198  %          0.00
R     76110FHU0           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FHV8     7,186,600.00     7,169,716.35     7.750000  %      4,315.33
M-2   76110FHW6     4,975,300.00     4,963,611.40     7.750000  %      2,987.51
M-3   76110FHX4     3,316,900.00     3,309,107.53     7.750000  %      1,991.70
B-1                 1,216,200.00     1,213,342.75     7.750000  %        730.29
B-2                   552,900.00       551,601.06     7.750000  %        332.00
B-3                   995,114.30       992,776.45     7.750000  %        597.53

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  221,126,398.63   214,328,183.57                  3,586,949.04
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       227,742.11  3,153,452.78            0.00       0.00     34,778,697.68
A-2       216,088.11    216,088.11            0.00       0.00     35,775,000.00
A-3       135,291.67    135,291.67            0.00       0.00     22,398,546.00
A-4       193,870.47    844,028.32            0.00       0.00     22,619,952.59
A-5       110,442.54    110,442.54            0.00       0.00     17,675,100.00
A-6        46,166.51     46,166.51            0.00       0.00      7,150,100.00
A-7       335,751.72    335,751.72            0.00       0.00     52,000,000.00
A-8             0.00        126.16            0.00       0.00        154,637.08
A-9       134,493.53    134,493.53            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        46,293.17     50,608.50            0.00       0.00      7,165,401.02
M-2        32,048.87     35,036.38            0.00       0.00      4,960,623.89
M-3        21,366.13     23,357.83            0.00       0.00      3,307,115.83
B-1         7,834.27      8,564.56            0.00       0.00      1,212,612.46
B-2         3,561.55      3,893.55            0.00       0.00        551,269.06
B-3         6,410.12      7,007.65            0.00       0.00        992,178.92

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,517,360.77  5,104,309.81            0.00       0.00    210,741,234.53
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS4 (POOL # 4247)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4247 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    872.161172  67.676204     5.268027    72.944231   0.000000    804.484968
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040199     6.040199   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040199     6.040199   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4    949.868506  26.538957     7.913648    34.452605   0.000000    923.329549
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.248482     6.248482   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456764     6.456764   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456764     6.456764   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8    996.644285   0.812445     0.000000     0.812445   0.000000    995.831840
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    997.650676   0.600469     6.441595     7.042064   0.000000    997.050207
M-2    997.650674   0.600468     6.441595     7.042063   0.000000    997.050206
M-3    997.650677   0.600470     6.441596     7.042066   0.000000    997.050207
B-1    997.650674   0.600469     6.441597     7.042066   0.000000    997.050206
B-2    997.650678   0.600470     6.441581     7.042051   0.000000    997.050208
B-3    997.650672   0.600474     6.441592     7.042066   0.000000    997.050210

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       44,352.81
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,054.86

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       47,523.49
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    39   4,656,533.17

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1      34,761.84

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     173,985.64


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            11
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,331,378.67

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     210,741,234.53

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,908

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                       0.00

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,457,924.72

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.50214090 %     7.21024800 %    1.28761090 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.36260270 %     7.32326579 %    1.30875400 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.82133825
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              351.45

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                95.30351683


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS5 (POOL # 4248)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4248 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FHZ9    33,300,000.00    28,989,829.86     7.250000  %  1,472,071.08
A-2   76110FJA2    10,800,000.00    10,800,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FJB0    29,956,909.00    28,340,595.21    10.000000  %    552,026.65
A-4   76110FJC8    24,000,000.00    24,000,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FJD6    11,785,091.00    11,785,091.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FJE4    18,143,000.00    18,143,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FJF1     4,767,000.00     4,767,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FJG9             0.00             0.00     0.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FJH7    42,917,000.00    42,917,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-10  76110FJJ3       340,158.57       338,540.86     0.000000  %        330.04
A-11  76110FJK0             0.00             0.00     0.637700  %          0.00
R-I   76110FJL8           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FJM6           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FJN4     6,730,000.00     6,714,167.34     8.000000  %      3,941.89
M-2   76110FJP9     4,330,000.00     4,319,813.46     8.000000  %      2,536.16
M-3   76110FJQ7     2,886,000.00     2,879,210.55     8.000000  %      1,690.38
B-1                 1,058,000.00     1,055,511.00     8.000000  %        619.69
B-2                   481,000.00       479,868.43     8.000000  %        281.73
B-3                   866,066.26       864,028.80     8.000000  %        507.28

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  192,360,424.83   186,393,656.51                  2,034,004.90
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       175,080.99  1,647,152.07            0.00       0.00     27,517,758.78
A-2        65,225.45     65,225.45            0.00       0.00     10,800,000.00
A-3       236,082.78    788,109.43            0.00       0.00     27,788,568.56
A-4       144,945.45    144,945.45            0.00       0.00     24,000,000.00
A-5        71,174.80     71,174.80            0.00       0.00     11,785,091.00
A-6       120,907.82    120,907.82            0.00       0.00     18,143,000.00
A-7        31,768.04     31,768.04            0.00       0.00      4,767,000.00
A-8        26,813.04     26,813.04            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9       259,192.66    259,192.66            0.00       0.00     42,917,000.00
A-10            0.00        330.04            0.00       0.00        338,210.82
A-11       99,015.46     99,015.46            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        44,744.28     48,686.17            0.00       0.00      6,710,225.45
M-2        28,787.93     31,324.09            0.00       0.00      4,317,277.30
M-3        19,187.52     20,877.90            0.00       0.00      2,877,520.17
B-1         7,034.09      7,653.78            0.00       0.00      1,054,891.31
B-2         3,197.92      3,479.65            0.00       0.00        479,586.70
B-3         5,758.02      6,265.30            0.00       0.00        863,521.52

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        1,338,916.25  3,372,921.15            0.00       0.00    184,359,651.61
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS5 (POOL # 4248)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4248 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    870.565461  44.206339     5.257687    49.464026   0.000000    826.359123
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039394     6.039394   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3    946.045375  18.427357     7.880746    26.308103   0.000000    927.618018
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039394     6.039394   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039393     6.039393   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.664158     6.664158   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.664158     6.664158   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039394     6.039394   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10   995.244247   0.970253     0.000000     0.970253   0.000000    994.273994
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    997.647450   0.585719     6.648481     7.234200   0.000000    997.061731
M-2    997.647450   0.585718     6.648483     7.234201   0.000000    997.061732
M-3    997.647453   0.585717     6.648482     7.234199   0.000000    997.061736
B-1    997.647448   0.585718     6.648478     7.234196   0.000000    997.061730
B-2    997.647464   0.585717     6.648482     7.234199   0.000000    997.061746
B-3    997.647455   0.585694     6.648475     7.234169   0.000000    997.061729

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       38,631.21
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     3,578.21

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       36,819.07
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    40   3,773,134.86

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     612,350.58

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     197,900.01


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     184,359,651.61

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,711

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                    1,924,498.12

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.23238320 %     7.47799500 %    1.28962230 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.14069410 %     7.54233521 %    1.30310880 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.94980029
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              352.65

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                95.84073843


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS6 (POOL # 4249)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4249 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FJR5    42,946,000.00    41,040,686.94     7.500000  %    978,579.56
A-2   76110FJS3    15,683,000.00    15,683,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FJT1    18,746,000.00    18,746,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FJU8     2,046,000.00     2,046,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FJV6    21,277,000.00    21,091,012.85     7.500000  %     63,718.68
A-6   76110FJW4       164,986.80       163,316.37     0.000000  %        566.15
A-7   76110FJX2             0.00             0.00     0.740881  %          0.00
R     76110FJY0           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1                 2,654,400.00     2,631,196.21     7.500000  %      7,949.18
M-2   76110FKA0     1,061,700.00     1,052,419.01     7.500000  %      3,179.49
M-3   76110FKB8       690,100.00       684,067.40     7.500000  %      2,066.66
B-1                   371,600.00       368,351.61     7.500000  %      1,112.84
B-2                   159,300.00       157,907.45     7.500000  %        477.06
B-3                   372,446.48       369,190.69     7.500000  %      1,115.38

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  106,172,633.28   104,033,148.53                  1,058,765.00
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       256,327.56  1,234,907.12            0.00       0.00     40,062,107.38
A-2        97,951.21     97,951.21            0.00       0.00     15,683,000.00
A-3       117,081.77    117,081.77            0.00       0.00     18,746,000.00
A-4        12,778.69     12,778.69            0.00       0.00      2,046,000.00
A-5       131,728.01    195,446.69            0.00       0.00     21,027,294.17
A-6             0.00        566.15            0.00       0.00        162,750.22
A-7        64,185.93     64,185.93            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        16,433.65     24,382.83            0.00       0.00      2,623,247.03
M-2         6,573.09      9,752.58            0.00       0.00      1,049,239.52
M-3         4,272.47      6,339.13            0.00       0.00        682,000.74
B-1         2,300.61      3,413.45            0.00       0.00        367,238.77
B-2           986.24      1,463.30            0.00       0.00        157,430.39
B-3         2,305.85      3,421.23            0.00       0.00        368,075.31

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          712,925.08  1,771,690.08            0.00       0.00    102,974,383.53
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    955.634679  22.786280     5.968601    28.754881   0.000000    932.848400
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.245693     6.245693   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.245693     6.245693   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.245694     6.245694   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    991.258770   2.994721     6.191099     9.185820   0.000000    988.264049
A-6    989.875372   3.431487     0.000000     3.431487   0.000000    986.443885
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    991.258367   2.994718     6.191098     9.185816   0.000000    988.263649
M-2    991.258369   2.994716     6.191099     9.185815   0.000000    988.263653
M-3    991.258368   2.994725     6.191088     9.185813   0.000000    988.263643
B-1    991.258369   2.994726     6.191093     9.185819   0.000000    988.263644
B-2    991.258318   2.994727     6.191086     9.185813   0.000000    988.263591
B-3    991.258368   2.994712     6.191091     9.185803   0.000000    988.263629

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       21,691.87
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     5,840.64

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        9,620.12
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    14     904,354.07

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1      62,619.62

 (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                                                     102,974,383.53

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,263

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                      744,412.81

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         94.93295380 %     4.20495800 %    0.86208840 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            94.89626650 %     4.22870926 %    0.86833020 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.55960406
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              170.00

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                96.98768915


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS7 (POOL # 4255)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4255 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FKC6    82,491,000.00    80,079,241.55     7.500000  %    876,211.67
A-2   76110FKD4    20,984,000.00    20,984,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FKE2    11,000,000.00    11,000,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FKF9     4,000,000.00     4,000,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FKG7    17,500,000.00    17,500,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FKH5    17,500,000.00    17,500,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FKJ1    21,925,000.00    21,580,463.08     9.500000  %    125,173.10
A-8   76110FKP7       156,262.27       149,575.49     0.000000  %        138.67
A-9   76110FKQ5             0.00             0.00     0.785867  %          0.00
R     76110FKK8           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FKL6     6,697,000.00     6,689,326.48     7.750000  %      3,911.43
M-2   76110FKM4     3,827,000.00     3,822,614.96     7.750000  %      2,235.19
M-3   76110FKN2     2,870,200.00     2,866,911.28     7.750000  %      1,676.36
B-1                 1,052,400.00     1,051,194.15     7.750000  %        614.66
B-2                   478,400.00       477,851.84     7.750000  %        279.41
B-3                   861,188.35       860,201.59     7.750000  %        502.99

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  191,342,550.62   188,561,380.42                  1,010,743.48
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       500,318.40  1,376,530.07            0.00       0.00     79,203,029.88
A-2       131,103.66    131,103.66            0.00       0.00     20,984,000.00
A-3        68,725.71     68,725.71            0.00       0.00     11,000,000.00
A-4        24,991.17     24,991.17            0.00       0.00      4,000,000.00
A-5       112,980.89    112,980.89            0.00       0.00     17,500,000.00
A-6       105,691.81    105,691.81            0.00       0.00     17,500,000.00
A-7       170,784.96    295,958.06            0.00       0.00     21,455,289.98
A-8             0.00        138.67            0.00       0.00        149,436.82
A-9       123,443.18    123,443.18            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        43,186.63     47,098.06            0.00       0.00      6,685,415.05
M-2        24,679.00     26,914.19            0.00       0.00      3,820,379.77
M-3        18,508.93     20,185.29            0.00       0.00      2,865,234.92
B-1         6,786.56      7,401.22            0.00       0.00      1,050,579.49
B-2         3,085.04      3,364.45            0.00       0.00        477,572.43
B-3         5,553.51      6,056.50            0.00       0.00        859,698.60

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,339,839.45  2,350,582.93            0.00       0.00    187,550,636.94
===============================================================================

















































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


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    970.763375  10.621906     6.065127    16.687033   0.000000    960.141469
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.247792     6.247792   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.247792     6.247792   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.247793     6.247793   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456051     6.456051   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039532     6.039532   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    984.285659   5.709149     7.789508    13.498657   0.000000    978.576510
A-8    957.207968   0.887418     0.000000     0.887418   0.000000    956.320550
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    998.854185   0.584057     6.448653     7.032710   0.000000    998.270128
M-2    998.854183   0.584058     6.448654     7.032712   0.000000    998.270125
M-3    998.854184   0.584057     6.448655     7.032712   0.000000    998.270128
B-1    998.854190   0.584055     6.448651     7.032706   0.000000    998.270135
B-2    998.854181   0.584051     6.448662     7.032713   0.000000    998.270130
B-3    998.854188   0.584053     6.448659     7.032712   0.000000    998.270123

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

Run:     11/03/97     09:20:06                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS7 (POOL # 4255)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4255 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       39,245.64
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     9,720.32

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       50,922.15
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    54   5,988,859.92

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     100,974.37

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     333,750.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             1
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        126,700.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     187,550,636.94

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,677

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                      900,463.62

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.63104440 %     7.10085700 %    1.26809870 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.59083280 %     7.12929050 %    1.27419170 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.85717856
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              354.44

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.01825905


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS8 (POOL # 4256)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4256 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FKU6    13,399,900.00    13,152,649.42     7.000000  %    284,847.96
A-2   76110FKV4    20,850,000.00    20,492,562.79     7.000000  %    411,623.29
A-3   76110FKW2    16,320,750.00    16,199,792.44    10.000000  %    139,294.25
A-4   76110FKX0    19,700,543.00    19,700,543.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FKY8    21,419,142.00    21,419,142.00     7.150000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FKZ5     6,323,320.00     6,323,320.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FLA9    16,496,308.00    16,496,308.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FLB7    25,998,036.00    25,840,986.87     7.500000  %    180,857.17
A-9   76110FLC5     5,000,001.00     5,000,001.00     7.375000  %          0.00
A-10  76110FLD3    54,507,000.00    54,507,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-11  76110FLE1        26,409.16        26,389.75     0.000000  %         19.60
A-12  76110FLF8             0.00             0.00     0.892295  %          0.00
R     76110FLG6           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FLH4     7,631,000.00     7,623,957.91     7.500000  %      4,552.56
M-2   76110FLJ0     4,361,000.00     4,356,975.56     7.500000  %      2,601.72
M-3   76110FLK7     3,270,500.00     3,267,481.90     7.500000  %      1,951.14
B-1                 1,199,000.00     1,197,893.53     7.500000  %        715.31
B-2                   545,000.00       544,497.06     7.500000  %        325.14
B-3                   981,461.72       980,556.01     7.500000  %        585.53

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  218,029,470.88   217,130,057.24                  1,027,373.67
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        76,699.56    361,547.52            0.00       0.00     12,867,801.46
A-2       119,502.20    531,125.49            0.00       0.00     20,080,939.50
A-3       134,955.64    274,249.89            0.00       0.00     16,060,498.19
A-4       114,883.54    114,883.54            0.00       0.00     19,700,543.00
A-5       127,582.09    127,582.09            0.00       0.00     21,419,142.00
A-6        38,191.33     38,191.33            0.00       0.00      6,323,320.00
A-7        99,633.72     99,633.72            0.00       0.00     16,496,308.00
A-8       161,455.17    342,312.34            0.00       0.00     25,660,129.70
A-9        30,719.47     30,719.47            0.00       0.00      5,000,001.00
A-10      340,561.18    340,561.18            0.00       0.00     54,507,000.00
A-11            0.00         19.60            0.00       0.00         26,370.15
A-12      161,402.40    161,402.40            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        47,634.69     52,187.25            0.00       0.00      7,619,405.35
M-2        27,222.50     29,824.22            0.00       0.00      4,354,373.84
M-3        20,415.31     22,366.45            0.00       0.00      3,265,530.76
B-1         7,484.47      8,199.78            0.00       0.00      1,197,178.22
B-2         3,402.04      3,727.18            0.00       0.00        544,171.92
B-3         6,126.54      6,712.07            0.00       0.00        979,970.48

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        1,517,871.85  2,545,245.52            0.00       0.00    216,102,683.57
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS8 (POOL # 4256)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4256 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    981.548326  21.257469     5.723890    26.981359   0.000000    960.290857
A-2    982.856729  19.742124     5.731520    25.473644   0.000000    963.114604
A-3    992.588725   8.534795     8.268961    16.803756   0.000000    984.053931
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.831491     5.831491   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.956452     5.956452   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039759     6.039759   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039759     6.039759   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8    993.959193   6.956570     6.210283    13.166853   0.000000    987.002622
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.143893     6.143893   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10  1000.000000   0.000000     6.248026     6.248026   0.000000   1000.000000
A-11   999.265028   0.742167     0.000000     0.742167   0.000000    998.522861
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    999.077173   0.596588     6.242261     6.838849   0.000000    998.480586
M-2    999.077175   0.596588     6.242261     6.838849   0.000000    998.480587
M-3    999.077175   0.596588     6.242260     6.838848   0.000000    998.480587
B-1    999.077173   0.596589     6.242260     6.838849   0.000000    998.480584
B-2    999.077174   0.596587     6.242275     6.838862   0.000000    998.480587
B-3    999.077183   0.596590     6.242261     6.838851   0.000000    998.480598

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-October-97  

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS8 (POOL # 4256)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4256 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       45,203.96
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    12,944.23

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       55,806.06
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    62   6,116,793.06

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6   1,127,522.80

 (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                                                     216,102,683.58

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,868

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                      897,713.17

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.72222090 %     7.02356400 %    1.25421490 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.68783000 %     7.05188371 %    1.25942570 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         220,247.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            6,459,120.27 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,180,295.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.71997114
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              355.54

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                99.11627208


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS9 (POOL # 4263)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4263 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FLL5    53,750,000.00    53,750,000.00     6.750000  %  1,169,886.59
A-2   76110FLM3    17,420,000.00    17,420,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FLN1    22,971,538.00    22,971,538.00    10.000000  %    212,706.65
A-4   76110FLP6    38,010,000.00    38,010,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FLQ4    17,163,462.00    17,163,462.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FLR2    29,977,000.00    29,977,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FLS0    16,065,000.00    16,065,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FLT8    54,645,000.00    54,645,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FLU5             0.00             0.00     1.005260  %          0.00
R     76110FLV3           100.00           100.00     7.250000  %        100.00
M-1   76110FLW1     8,130,000.00     8,130,000.00     7.250000  %      4,968.49
M-2   76110FLX9     5,420,000.00     5,420,000.00     7.250000  %      3,312.33
M-3   76110FLY2     4,065,000.00     4,065,000.00     7.250000  %      2,484.25
B-1                 1,490,500.00     1,490,500.00     7.250000  %        910.89
B-2                   677,500.00       677,500.00     7.250000  %        414.04
B-3                 1,219,925.82     1,219,925.82     7.250000  %        745.54

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                  271,005,025.82   271,005,025.82                  1,395,528.78
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       302,003.76  1,471,890.35            0.00       0.00     52,580,113.41
A-2        97,877.31     97,877.31            0.00       0.00     17,420,000.00
A-3       191,214.21    403,920.86            0.00       0.00     22,758,831.35
A-4       213,565.82    213,565.82            0.00       0.00     38,010,000.00
A-5        96,435.90     96,435.90            0.00       0.00     17,163,462.00
A-6       180,907.38    180,907.38            0.00       0.00     29,977,000.00
A-7        96,950.23     96,950.23            0.00       0.00     16,065,000.00
A-8       329,775.62    329,775.62            0.00       0.00     54,645,000.00
A-9       226,770.15    226,770.15            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.60        100.60            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        49,063.51     54,032.00            0.00       0.00      8,125,031.51
M-2        32,709.01     36,021.34            0.00       0.00      5,416,687.67
M-3        24,531.76     27,016.01            0.00       0.00      4,062,515.75
B-1         8,994.97      9,905.86            0.00       0.00      1,489,589.11
B-2         4,088.63      4,502.67            0.00       0.00        677,085.96
B-3         7,362.10      8,107.64            0.00       0.00      1,219,180.28

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        1,862,250.96  3,257,779.74            0.00       0.00    269,609,497.04
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS9 (POOL # 4263)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4263 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   1000.000000  21.765332     5.618675    27.384007   0.000000    978.234668
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.618675     5.618675   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   9.259574     8.323962    17.583536   0.000000    990.740426
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.618675     5.618675   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.618674     5.618674   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.034873     6.034873   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.034873     6.034873   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.034873     6.034873   0.000000   1000.000000
R     1000.000000 1000.00000     6.000000  1006.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1   1000.000000   0.611130     6.034872     6.646002   0.000000    999.388870
M-2   1000.000000   0.611131     6.034873     6.646004   0.000000    999.388869
M-3   1000.000000   0.611132     6.034873     6.646005   0.000000    999.388868
B-1   1000.000000   0.611130     6.034867     6.645997   0.000000    999.388870
B-2   1000.000000   0.611129     6.034878     6.646007   0.000000    999.388871
B-3   1000.000000   0.611127     6.034875     6.646002   0.000000    999.388863

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-October-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-October-97  

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS9 (POOL # 4263)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4263 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       61,144.44
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    17,595.26

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       59,033.19
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    81   7,828,598.30

 (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                                                     269,609,497.04

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,476

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                    1,229,909.23

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.24998660 %     6.49987900 %    1.25013390 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.21463250 %     6.52953072 %    1.25583680 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         153,458.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            8,130,151.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,710,050.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.60467208
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              356.49

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                99.48505428

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