RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS INC
8-K, 1997-05-09
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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)
                     April 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 April 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
   
    

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: April 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    80,115,911.45     6.900000  %  3,681,231.29
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   203,901,047.08                  3,681,231.29
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       460,666.49  4,141,897.78             0.00         0.00  76,434,680.16
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         292,347.58    292,347.58             0.00         0.00   2,326,135.63

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,508,424.49  5,189,655.78             0.00         0.00 200,219,815.79
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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    971.101957  44.620985     5.583836    50.204821   0.000000    926.480972
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       21-April-97    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-April-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                       41,908.78
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,952.29

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       82,673.36
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    5,705.63


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    42   5,057,408.06

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   11   1,258,831.71

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     392,526.14


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            18
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,322,596.28

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     200,219,815.79

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

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       4

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 715,316.31

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,336,071.21

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.85918410 %     1.14081590 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.83820910 %     1.16179090 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.33314685
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              313.17

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                77.46660681

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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    11,042,944.74     6.000000  %  3,412,383.54
A-I-  76110FAH6    67,186,000.00    67,186,000.00     6.250000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAJ2    22,562,000.00    22,562,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAK9    31,852,000.00    31,852,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAL7    14,535,000.00    14,535,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAM5    18,417,136.00    18,417,136.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAN3    20,000,000.00    20,000,000.00     6.700000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FAQ6    29,374,968.00    18,909,341.52     6.027500  %  1,080,744.54
R                           0.53     2,026,594.48     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  255,942,104.53   206,531,016.74                  4,493,128.08
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      55,214.72  3,467,598.26             0.00         0.00   7,630,561.20
A-I-2     349,927.08    349,927.08             0.00         0.00  67,186,000.00
A-I-3     126,911.25    126,911.25             0.00         0.00  22,562,000.00
A-I-4     183,149.00    183,149.00             0.00         0.00  31,852,000.00
A-I-5      85,393.13     85,393.13             0.00         0.00  14,535,000.00
A-I-6     111,270.20    111,270.20             0.00         0.00  18,417,136.00
A-I-7     111,666.67    111,666.67             0.00         0.00  20,000,000.00
A-II       98,146.05  1,178,890.59             0.00         0.00  17,828,596.98
R         345,474.69    345,474.69             0.00         0.00   2,026,594.48

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,467,152.79  5,960,280.87             0.00         0.00 202,037,888.66
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   212.303081  65.603836     1.061515    66.665351   0.000000    146.699244
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.208333     5.208333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.625000     5.625000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.583334     5.583334   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   643.722966  36.791344     3.341146    40.132490   0.000000    606.931622

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-April-97    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-April-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                       44,275.67
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       71,224.86
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,681.71


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    24   3,278,715.33

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     792,299.11

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          7   1,206,320.35


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            16
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,749,958.23

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     202,037,888.66

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,646

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       1

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 305,415.75

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,315,512.10

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          99.01874570 %     0.98125430 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.99692360 %     1.00307640 %

      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                          8.98151900
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              322.81

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                78.93890262

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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    21,191,620.44     6.400000  %  1,836,387.47
A-2   76110FAT0    16,000,000.00    16,000,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FAU7    28,500,000.00    28,500,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FAV5    15,000,000.00    15,000,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FAW3    14,000,000.00    14,000,000.00     7.350000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FAX1    10,000,000.00    10,000,000.00     7.450000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FAY9    26,000,000.00    26,000,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FAZ6    14,043,411.00    14,043,411.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FBA0    18,190,000.00    18,190,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-10  76110FBB8       178,007.00       174,588.09     0.000000  %        218.07
R                           0.00     1,819,114.18     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  181,911,418.00   164,918,733.71                  1,836,605.54
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       113,021.98  1,949,409.45             0.00         0.00  19,355,232.97
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        218.07             0.00         0.00     174,370.02
R         183,038.98    183,038.98             0.00         0.00   1,819,114.18

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,151,332.27  2,987,937.81             0.00         0.00 163,082,128.17
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    529.790511  45.909687     2.825550    48.735237   0.000000    483.880824
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   980.793396   1.225064     0.000000     1.225064   0.000000    979.568332

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-April-97    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-April-97    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       34,388.98
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     6,467.81

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       43,990.48
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,205.44


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    23   2,636,108.34

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     526,352.89

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


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             9
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,943,590.25

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     163,082,128.17

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,521

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       2

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 153,963.42

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,695,822.78

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.89696330 %     1.10303670 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.88454110 %     1.11545890 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.79184113
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              328.07

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                89.64919847


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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    26,187,633.24     6.780000  %  2,144,069.00
A-I-  76110FBD4    26,000,000.00    26,000,000.00     7.150000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBE2    10,596,000.00    10,596,000.00     7.290000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBF9    25,000,000.00    22,666,451.97     7.250000  %    300,184.67
A-I-  76110FBG7    18,587,000.00    18,587,000.00     7.460000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBH5    21,696,000.00    21,696,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBJ1     8,047,000.00     8,047,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBK8    17,436,000.00    17,436,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBL6    25,145,000.00    25,145,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBM4    19,000,000.00    19,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBN2    15,875,562.00    15,875,562.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FBP7    20,551,438.00    18,916,550.71     7.750000  %    114,187.16
A-P   76110FBQ5     1,166,695.86     1,113,756.33     0.000000  %      2,236.80
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    12,438,354.76     7.750000  %     24,094.47
M-2   76110FBU6     5,568,000.00     5,527,937.05     7.750000  %     10,708.23
M-3   76110FBV4     4,176,000.00     4,145,952.79     7.750000  %      8,031.17
B-1                 1,809,600.00     1,796,579.54     7.750000  %      3,480.17
B-2                   696,000.00       690,992.13     7.750000  %      1,338.53
B-3                 1,670,738.96     1,658,717.59     7.750000  %      3,213.12
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.736412  %          0.00
STRI                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,404,734.82   257,525,488.11                  2,611,543.32
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     147,896.28  2,291,965.28             0.00         0.00  24,043,564.24
A-I-2     154,849.82    154,849.82             0.00         0.00  26,000,000.00
A-I-3      64,342.92     64,342.92             0.00         0.00  10,596,000.00
A-I-4     136,884.05    437,068.72             0.00         0.00  22,366,267.30
A-I-5     115,499.32    115,499.32             0.00         0.00  18,587,000.00
A-I-6     140,059.53    140,059.53             0.00         0.00  21,696,000.00
A-I-7      51,947.78     51,947.78             0.00         0.00   8,047,000.00
A-I-8     112,558.90    112,558.90             0.00         0.00  17,436,000.00
A-I-9     162,324.71    162,324.71             0.00         0.00  25,145,000.00
A-I-10    122,655.38    122,655.38             0.00         0.00  19,000,000.00
A-I-11    102,485.42    102,485.42             0.00         0.00  15,875,562.00
A-II      122,116.67    236,303.83             0.00         0.00  18,802,363.55
A-P             0.00      2,236.80             0.00         0.00   1,111,519.53
R-I             0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        80,296.37    104,390.84             0.00         0.00  12,414,260.29
M-2        35,685.85     46,394.08             0.00         0.00   5,517,228.82
M-3        26,764.39     34,795.56             0.00         0.00   4,137,921.62
B-1        11,597.90     15,078.07             0.00         0.00   1,793,099.37
B-2         4,460.73      5,799.26             0.00         0.00     689,653.60
B-3        10,707.93     13,921.05             0.00         0.00   1,655,504.47
SPRED     157,969.08    157,969.08             0.00         0.00           0.00
STRIP      52,143.84     52,143.84             0.00         0.00           0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,813,246.87  4,424,790.19             0.00         0.00 254,913,944.79
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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-   611.075329  50.030778     3.451086    53.481864   0.000000    561.044551
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.955762     5.955762   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.072378     6.072378   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-   906.658079  12.007387     5.475362    17.482749   0.000000    894.650692
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.213984     6.213984   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455546     6.455546   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455546     6.455546   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455546     6.455546   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455546     6.455546   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455546     6.455546   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455546     6.455546   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   920.449008   5.556164     5.942001    11.498165   0.000000    914.892844
A-P    954.624395   1.917209     0.000000     1.917209   0.000000    952.707186
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    992.804786   1.923173     6.409097     8.332270   0.000000    990.881613
M-2    992.804786   1.923173     6.409097     8.332270   0.000000    990.881613
M-3    992.804787   1.923173     6.409097     8.332270   0.000000    990.881614
B-1    992.804786   1.923171     6.409096     8.332267   0.000000    990.881615
B-2    992.804784   1.923175     6.409095     8.332270   0.000000    990.881609
B-3    992.804759   1.923173     6.409098     8.332271   0.000000    990.881586

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-April-97    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-April-97    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       53,847.87
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    11,725.44

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       36,362.96
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    22   2,801,682.75

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7   1,075,210.23

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


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        459,513.13

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     254,913,944.79

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,280

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                    2,112,791.97

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      279,258.45

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.37103650 %     8.58643000 %    1.61005010 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT           89.51977360 %     0.00000000 %   10.48022640 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.67398830 %     8.65759256 %    1.63050350 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.78127100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              329.36

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                91.56235973


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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    33,357,471.51     6.850000  %  2,565,700.15
A-I-  76110FBX0    26,945,000.00    22,340,976.02    11.000000  %    940,749.27
A-I-  76110FBY8    15,646,000.00    15,646,000.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBZ5    32,740,000.00    32,740,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCA9    10,023,000.00    10,023,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCB7    26,811,000.00    26,811,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCC5    18,046,000.00    18,046,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCD3     9,094,000.00     9,094,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCE1    10,284,000.00    10,284,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCF8    27,538,000.00    27,538,000.00     7.900000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FCG6    16,021,000.00    14,872,698.45     7.250000  %    110,673.00
A-II  76110FCH4     8,580,000.00     8,580,000.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FCJ0     3,039,637.99     2,940,002.45     0.000000  %     12,788.93
A-V   76110FGN7             0.00             0.00     0.776464  %          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    13,144,899.20     8.000000  %     12,274.80
M-2   76110FCN1     5,570,800.00     5,534,757.14     8.000000  %      5,168.40
M-3   76110FCP6     4,456,600.00     4,427,765.98     8.000000  %      4,134.68
B-1   76110FCR2     2,228,400.00     2,213,982.34     8.000000  %      2,067.43
B-2   76110FCS0       696,400.00       691,894.33     8.000000  %        646.10
B-3   76110FCT8     1,671,255.97     1,660,443.01     8.000000  %      1,550.53
STRI                        0.00             0.00     0.112531  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,535,793.96   259,946,890.43                  3,655,753.29
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     190,327.78  2,756,027.93             0.00         0.00  30,791,771.36
A-I-2     204,697.86  1,145,447.13             0.00         0.00  21,400,226.75
A-I-3      95,135.95     95,135.95             0.00         0.00  15,646,000.00
A-I-4     204,530.66    204,530.66             0.00         0.00  32,740,000.00
A-I-5      64,284.60     64,284.60             0.00         0.00  10,023,000.00
A-I-6     178,657.59    178,657.59             0.00         0.00  26,811,000.00
A-I-7     120,251.20    120,251.20             0.00         0.00  18,046,000.00
A-I-8      60,598.72     60,598.72             0.00         0.00   9,094,000.00
A-I-9      68,528.39     68,528.39             0.00         0.00  10,284,000.00
A-I-10    181,208.24    181,208.24             0.00         0.00  27,538,000.00
A-II-1     89,814.46    200,487.46             0.00         0.00  14,762,025.45
A-II-2     54,672.28     54,672.28             0.00         0.00   8,580,000.00
A-P             0.00     12,788.93             0.00         0.00   2,927,213.52
A-V       168,121.93    168,121.93             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        87,592.26     99,867.06             0.00         0.00  13,132,624.40
M-2        36,881.37     42,049.77             0.00         0.00   5,529,588.74
M-3        29,504.83     33,639.51             0.00         0.00   4,423,631.30
B-1        14,753.07     16,820.50             0.00         0.00   2,211,914.91
B-2         4,610.50      5,256.60             0.00         0.00     691,248.23
B-3        11,064.52     12,615.05             0.00         0.00   1,658,892.47
STRIP      15,475.02     15,475.02             0.00         0.00           0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,880,711.23  5,536,464.52             0.00         0.00 256,291,137.13
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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-   726.520702  55.880563     4.145310    60.025873   0.000000    670.640139
A-I-   829.132530  34.913686     7.596877    42.510563   0.000000    794.218844
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.080529     6.080529   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.247119     6.247119   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413708     6.413708   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663593     6.663593   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663593     6.663593   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663594     6.663594   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663593     6.663593   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.580298     6.580298   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   928.325226   6.907996     5.606046    12.514042   0.000000    921.417231
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.372061     6.372061   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    967.221248   4.207387     0.000000     4.207387   0.000000    963.013861
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    993.530040   0.927765     6.620480     7.548245   0.000000    992.602275
M-2    993.530039   0.927766     6.620480     7.548246   0.000000    992.602273
M-3    993.530041   0.927766     6.620480     7.548246   0.000000    992.602275
B-1    993.530039   0.927764     6.620477     7.548241   0.000000    992.602275
B-2    993.530055   0.927771     6.620477     7.548248   0.000000    992.602283
B-3    993.530040   0.927763     6.620482     7.548245   0.000000    992.602272

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-April-97    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-April-97    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       53,969.93
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     6,456.61

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       57,194.33
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    44   4,192,741.58

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9   1,022,777.74

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     318,367.53


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,463,034.99

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     256,291,137.13

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,484

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                    3,409,331.40

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.22307730 %     8.88928600 %    1.75663560 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.08767290 %     9.00766398 %    1.80059400 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.01119700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              321.32

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                92.01371698


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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4220 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A     76110FCQ4   138,145,180.00   120,191,011.64     5.985000  %  3,396,008.40
R                     973,833.13     2,171,632.20     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  139,119,013.13   122,362,643.84                  3,396,008.40
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         619,264.86  4,015,273.26             0.00         0.00 116,795,003.24
R               0.00          0.00       135,483.99         0.00   2,307,116.19

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          619,264.86  4,015,273.26       135,483.99         0.00 119,102,119.43
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      870.034059  24.582895     4.482711    29.065606   0.000000    845.451164
R     2229.983899   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 139.124441   2369.108337

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-April-97    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-April-97    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       37,120.27
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,404.78

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       25,886.08
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    15   2,023,266.21

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     229,790.17

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     453,001.54


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             1
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        937,680.57

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     119,102,119.43

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,134

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                    3,090,981.43

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.22524900 %     1.77475100 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.06290920 %     1.93709080 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          7.99620368
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              295.55

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                85.61167647


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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    19,821,630.34     9.500000  %    884,242.37
A-I-  76110FCV3    25,000,000.00    22,601,758.22     7.600000  %    526,684.63
A-I-  76110FCW1    12,373,000.00     8,609,722.19     6.650000  %    826,464.03
A-I-  76110FCX9     7,100,000.00     7,100,000.00     7.450000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCY7    10,137,000.00    10,137,000.00     7.600000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCZ4     5,558,000.00     5,558,000.00     7.800000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDA8    16,926,000.00    16,926,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDB6     6,884,000.00     6,884,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDC4    11,229,000.00    11,229,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDD2    22,501,000.00    22,501,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FDE0    11,162,000.00    10,501,269.82     8.000000  %    130,421.41
A-II  76110FDF7     4,525,000.00     4,525,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FDG5     1,105,878.69     1,094,508.62     0.000000  %      1,267.84
A-V   76110FGP2             0.00             0.00     0.883518  %          0.00
R     76110FDH3           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FDJ9     7,918,500.00     7,881,313.49     8.000000  %      6,537.41
M-2   76110FDK6     3,958,800.00     3,940,208.86     8.000000  %      3,268.33
M-3   76110FDL4     2,815,100.00     2,801,879.86     8.000000  %      2,324.11
B-1   76110FDM2     1,407,600.00     1,400,989.70     8.000000  %      1,162.10
B-2   76110FDN0       439,800.00       437,734.63     8.000000  %        363.09
B-3   76110FDP5     1,055,748.52     1,050,790.52     8.000000  %        871.61

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  175,944,527.21   165,001,806.25                  2,383,606.93
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     156,579.44  1,040,821.81             0.00         0.00  18,937,387.97
A-I-2     142,832.68    669,517.31             0.00         0.00  22,075,073.59
A-I-3      47,608.28    874,072.31             0.00         0.00   7,783,258.16
A-I-4      43,983.16     43,983.16             0.00         0.00   7,100,000.00
A-I-5      64,061.16     64,061.16             0.00         0.00  10,137,000.00
A-I-6      36,048.31     36,048.31             0.00         0.00   5,558,000.00
A-I-7     112,594.21    112,594.21             0.00         0.00  16,926,000.00
A-I-8      45,793.37     45,793.37             0.00         0.00   6,884,000.00
A-I-9      74,696.94     74,696.94             0.00         0.00  11,229,000.00
A-I-10    149,679.93    149,679.93             0.00         0.00  22,501,000.00
A-II-1     69,855.98    200,277.39             0.00         0.00  10,370,848.41
A-II-2     30,100.96     30,100.96             0.00         0.00   4,525,000.00
A-P             0.00      1,267.84             0.00         0.00   1,093,240.78
A-V       121,220.44    121,220.44             0.00         0.00           0.00
R               0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        52,427.64     58,965.05             0.00         0.00   7,874,776.08
M-2        26,210.84     29,479.17             0.00         0.00   3,936,940.53
M-3        18,638.51     20,962.62             0.00         0.00   2,799,555.75
B-1         9,319.59     10,481.69             0.00         0.00   1,399,827.60
B-2         2,911.87      3,274.96             0.00         0.00     437,371.54
B-3         6,990.01      7,861.62             0.00         0.00   1,049,918.90

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        1,211,553.32  3,595,160.25             0.00         0.00 162,618,199.31
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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-   831.165311  37.078261     6.565726    43.643987   0.000000    794.087050
A-I-   904.070329  21.067385     5.713307    26.780692   0.000000    883.002944
A-I-   695.847587  66.795767     3.847756    70.643523   0.000000    629.051819
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.194811     6.194811   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.319538     6.319538   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.485842     6.485842   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.652145     6.652145   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.652146     6.652146   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.652145     6.652145   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.652146     6.652146   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   940.805395  11.684412     6.258375    17.942787   0.000000    929.120983
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.652146     6.652146   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    989.718520   1.146458     0.000000     1.146458   0.000000    988.572062
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    995.303844   0.825587     6.620905     7.446492   0.000000    994.478257
M-2    995.303845   0.825586     6.620905     7.446491   0.000000    994.478259
M-3    995.303847   0.825587     6.620905     7.446492   0.000000    994.478260
B-1    995.303851   0.825590     6.620908     7.446498   0.000000    994.478261
B-2    995.303843   0.825580     6.620896     7.446476   0.000000    994.478263
B-3    995.303806   0.825585     6.620904     7.446489   0.000000    994.478215

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-April-97    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-April-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                       34,129.70
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     6,917.53

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       40,782.44
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    37   4,617,140.87

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     273,552.33

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             1
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                         39,564.81

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     162,618,199.31

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,554

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                    2,244,943.42

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.72289580 %     8.86257100 %    1.75120200 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.16675750 %     8.98501670 %    1.78741300 %

      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                          9.15869900
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              327.36

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                92.42583551


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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    16,561,791.47     7.050000  %  2,179,320.38
A-I-  76110FDR1    43,322,483.00    39,955,338.65     5.775000  %  2,070,354.33
A-I-  76110FDS9             0.00             0.00     3.225000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDT7    13,330,948.00    13,330,948.00     7.125000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDU4    24,973,716.00    24,973,716.00     7.600000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDV2             0.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDW0     1,000,000.00     1,000,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDX8     9,539,699.00     9,539,699.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDY6    22,526,000.00    22,526,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDZ3    11,650,000.00    11,650,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FEA7    30,421,000.00    30,421,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FEB5     8,619,000.00     8,619,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FEC3    20,104,000.00    19,683,646.14     8.000000  %    359,266.64
A-P   76110FED1       601,147.92       590,946.00     0.000000  %      2,106.49
A-V   76110FGQ0             0.00             0.00     0.821195  %          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     9,085,791.44     8.000000  %      7,458.34
M-2   76110FEH2     5,126,400.00     5,110,196.96     8.000000  %      4,194.85
M-3   76110FEJ8     3,645,500.00     3,633,977.64     8.000000  %      2,983.06
B-1                 1,822,700.00     1,816,938.98     8.000000  %      1,491.49
B-2                   569,600.00       567,799.67     8.000000  %        466.09
B-3                 1,366,716.75     1,362,396.94     8.000000  %      1,118.36

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  227,839,864.67   220,429,186.89                  4,628,760.03
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      97,257.88  2,276,578.26             0.00         0.00  14,382,471.09
A-I-2     192,200.81  2,262,555.14             0.00         0.00  37,884,984.32
A-I-3     107,332.92    107,332.92             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-I-4      79,117.82     79,117.82             0.00         0.00  13,330,948.00
A-I-5     158,097.56    158,097.56             0.00         0.00  24,973,716.00
A-I-6         495.06        495.06             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-I-7       6,413.86      6,413.86             0.00         0.00   1,000,000.00
A-I-8      61,186.25     61,186.25             0.00         0.00   9,539,699.00
A-I-9     150,107.53    150,107.53             0.00         0.00  22,526,000.00
A-I-10     77,632.64     77,632.64             0.00         0.00  11,650,000.00
A-I-11    202,717.80    202,717.80             0.00         0.00  30,421,000.00
A-I-12     57,434.82     57,434.82             0.00         0.00   8,619,000.00
A-II      131,166.81    490,433.45             0.00         0.00  19,324,379.50
A-P             0.00      2,106.49             0.00         0.00     588,839.51
A-V       150,780.06    150,780.06             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        60,545.40     68,003.74             0.00         0.00   9,078,333.10
M-2        34,053.05     38,247.90             0.00         0.00   5,106,002.11
M-3        24,215.90     27,198.96             0.00         0.00   3,630,994.58
B-1        12,107.62     13,599.11             0.00         0.00   1,815,447.49
B-2         3,783.67      4,249.76             0.00         0.00     567,333.58
B-3         9,078.67     10,197.03             0.00         0.00   1,361,278.57

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        1,615,726.13  6,244,486.16             0.00         0.00 215,800,426.85
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS7 (POOL # 4228)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4228 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   823.717528 108.390714     4.837219   113.227933   0.000000    715.326814
A-I-   922.277208  47.789374     4.436514    52.225888   0.000000    874.487834
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.934898     5.934898   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.330558     6.330558   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413860     6.413860   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413855     6.413855   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663745     6.663745   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663746     6.663746   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663745     6.663745   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663745     6.663745   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   979.091034  17.870406     6.524414    24.394820   0.000000    961.220628
A-P    983.029268   3.504117     0.000000     3.504117   0.000000    979.525151
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    996.839295   0.818285     6.642683     7.460968   0.000000    996.021010
M-2    996.839295   0.818284     6.642683     7.460967   0.000000    996.021011
M-3    996.839292   0.818286     6.642683     7.460969   0.000000    996.021007
B-1    996.839293   0.818286     6.642684     7.460970   0.000000    996.021007
B-2    996.839308   0.818276     6.642679     7.460955   0.000000    996.021032
B-3    996.839279   0.818282     6.642686     7.460968   0.000000    996.020992

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-April-97    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-April-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                       45,536.21
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       39,950.43
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    33   4,142,644.60

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     444,075.08

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        324,161.08

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     215,800,426.85

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,032

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,446,287.86

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.94323400 %     8.08875000 %    1.69992720 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.98223580 %     8.25546550 %    1.73971100 %

      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                          9.12926900
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              330.86

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                94.71583349


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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     3,860,854.15     7.400000  %     76,372.44
A-2   76110FEL3     4,074,824.00     3,741,697.06     7.300000  %    182,842.09
A-3   76110FEM1    13,128,206.00    13,128,206.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FEN9     3,765,148.00     3,765,148.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FEP4    10,500,000.00    10,500,000.00     7.400000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FEQ2     2,600,500.00     2,600,500.00     7.400000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FER0    31,579,563.00    30,610,374.98     6.156300  %    531,954.46
A-8   76110FES8             0.00             0.00     2.843700  %          0.00
A-9   76110FET6    32,965,000.00    30,561,557.20     0.000000  %  1,319,168.28
A-10  76110FEU3    20,953,719.00    20,907,026.42     7.400000  %     25,628.01
A-11  76110FEV1    13,975,000.00    13,975,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-12  76110FEW9     2,000,000.00     2,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-13  76110FEX7    20,646,958.00    20,646,958.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-14  76110FEY5       115,824.70       115,233.49     0.000000  %        228.21
A-V   76110FGR8             0.00             0.00     0.909919  %          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     6,649,286.26     7.750000  %      3,975.47
M-2   76110FFC2     4,440,700.00     4,432,890.78     7.750000  %      2,650.34
M-3   76110FFD0     3,108,500.00     3,103,033.53     7.750000  %      1,855.24
B-1                 1,509,500.00     1,506,845.46     7.750000  %        900.91
B-2                   444,000.00       443,219.21     7.750000  %        264.99
B-3                 1,154,562.90     1,152,532.45     7.750000  %        689.09

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  177,623,205.60   173,700,362.99                  2,146,529.53
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        23,801.43    100,173.87             0.00         0.00   3,784,481.71
A-2        22,755.13    205,597.22             0.00         0.00   3,558,854.97
A-3        77,104.98     77,104.98             0.00         0.00  13,128,206.00
A-4        22,897.75     22,897.75             0.00         0.00   3,765,148.00
A-5        64,730.50     64,730.50             0.00         0.00  10,500,000.00
A-6        16,031.59     16,031.59             0.00         0.00   2,600,500.00
A-7       156,991.58    688,946.04             0.00         0.00  30,078,420.52
A-8        72,517.09     72,517.09             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-9       186,952.71  1,506,120.99             0.00         0.00  29,242,388.92
A-10      128,887.83    154,515.84             0.00         0.00  20,881,398.41
A-11       90,228.03     90,228.03             0.00         0.00  13,975,000.00
A-12       12,912.78     12,912.78             0.00         0.00   2,000,000.00
A-13      133,304.78    133,304.78             0.00         0.00  20,646,958.00
A-14            0.00        228.21             0.00         0.00     115,005.28
A-V       131,671.38    131,671.38             0.00         0.00           0.00
R-I             0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        42,930.38     46,905.85             0.00         0.00   6,645,310.79
M-2        28,620.47     31,270.81             0.00         0.00   4,430,240.44
M-3        20,034.38     21,889.62             0.00         0.00   3,101,178.29
B-1         9,728.78     10,629.69             0.00         0.00   1,505,944.55
B-2         2,861.60      3,126.59             0.00         0.00     442,954.22
B-3         7,441.20      8,130.29             0.00         0.00   1,151,843.36

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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    965.213538  19.093110     5.950358    25.043468   0.000000    946.120428
A-2    918.247527  44.871162     5.584322    50.455484   0.000000    873.376365
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.873231     5.873231   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.081501     6.081501   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.164810     6.164810   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.164811     6.164811   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    969.309644  16.844896     4.971303    21.816199   0.000000    952.464748
A-9    927.091072  40.017239     5.671249    45.688488   0.000000    887.073834
A-10   997.771633   1.223077     6.151072     7.374149   0.000000    996.548556
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456389     6.456389   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456390     6.456390   0.000000   1000.000000
A-13  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456388     6.456388   0.000000   1000.000000
A-14   994.895648   1.970305     0.000000     1.970305   0.000000    992.925343
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    998.241444   0.596828     6.445035     7.041863   0.000000    997.644616
M-2    998.241444   0.596829     6.445036     7.041865   0.000000    997.644615
M-3    998.241444   0.596828     6.445031     7.041859   0.000000    997.644616
B-1    998.241444   0.596827     6.445035     7.041862   0.000000    997.644617
B-2    998.241464   0.596824     6.445045     7.041869   0.000000    997.644640
B-3    998.241369   0.596832     6.445036     7.041868   0.000000    997.644526

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-April-97    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-April-97    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       36,009.48
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     3,287.37

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       36,231.70
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    32   3,014,105.97

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7   1,132,862.96

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     238,270.46


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             3
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        235,903.61

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     171,553,833.46

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,593

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                    2,042,620.39

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.04073230 %     8.17190400 %    1.78736340 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.92207780 %     8.26372063 %    1.80865800 %

      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                          8.98204930
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              349.84

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                96.58300720


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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    32,493,836.33     6.750000  %  2,010,076.16
A-2   76110FFF5    10,146,000.00     9,966,196.78     6.750000  %    472,959.11
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    31,309,367.39    11.000000  %    532,078.97
A-7   76110FFL2    17,652,000.00    17,652,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FFM0     5,655,589.00     5,655,589.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FFN8    19,068,000.00    19,068,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-10  76110FFP3    10,267,765.00    10,267,765.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-11  76110FFQ1    47,506,000.00    47,506,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-12  76110FFR9       212,947.62       212,706.43     0.000000  %        234.44
A-13  76110FFS7             0.00             0.00     0.978684  %          0.00
R     76110FFT5           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FFV0     9,377,000.00     9,371,457.11     7.500000  %      5,511.67
M-2   76110FFW8     6,251,000.00     6,247,304.94     7.500000  %      3,674.25
M-3   76110FFW8     4,375,700.00     4,373,113.46     7.500000  %      2,571.98
B-1                 1,624,900.00     1,623,939.50     7.500000  %        955.09
B-2                   624,800.00       624,430.67     7.500000  %        367.25
B-3                 1,500,282.64     1,499,395.79     7.500000  %        881.85

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  250,038,730.26   248,878,102.40                  3,029,310.77
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       182,676.68  2,192,752.84             0.00         0.00  30,483,760.17
A-2        56,028.84    528,987.95             0.00         0.00   9,493,237.67
A-3       139,512.75    139,512.75             0.00         0.00  24,816,000.00
A-4        89,601.64     89,601.64             0.00         0.00  15,938,000.00
A-5        57,641.21     57,641.21             0.00         0.00  10,253,000.00
A-6       286,843.70    818,922.67             0.00         0.00  30,777,288.42
A-7        99,237.55     99,237.55             0.00         0.00  17,652,000.00
A-8        31,795.08     31,795.08             0.00         0.00   5,655,589.00
A-9       107,198.14    107,198.14             0.00         0.00  19,068,000.00
A-10       57,724.22     57,724.22             0.00         0.00  10,267,765.00
A-11      296,748.19    296,748.19             0.00         0.00  47,506,000.00
A-12            0.00        234.44             0.00         0.00     212,471.99
A-13      202,865.19    202,865.19             0.00         0.00           0.00
R               0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        58,539.20     64,050.87             0.00         0.00   9,365,945.44
M-2        39,024.05     42,698.30             0.00         0.00   6,243,630.69
M-3        27,316.83     29,888.81             0.00         0.00   4,370,541.48
B-1        10,144.00     11,099.09             0.00         0.00   1,622,984.41
B-2         3,900.53      4,267.78             0.00         0.00     624,063.42
B-3         9,366.03     10,247.88             0.00         0.00   1,498,513.94

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        1,756,163.83  4,785,474.60             0.00         0.00 245,848,791.63
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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    977.023162  60.438877     5.492714    65.931591   0.000000    916.584286
A-2    982.278413  46.615327     5.522259    52.137586   0.000000    935.663086
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.621887     5.621887   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.621887     5.621887   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.621887     5.621887   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6    993.580830  16.885153     9.102784    25.987937   0.000000    976.695677
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     5.621887     5.621887   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     5.621887     5.621887   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     5.621887     5.621887   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10  1000.000000   0.000000     5.621888     5.621888   0.000000   1000.000000
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.246541     6.246541   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12   998.867374   1.100928     0.000000     1.100928   0.000000    997.766446
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    999.408885   0.587786     6.242850     6.830636   0.000000    998.821098
M-2    999.408885   0.587786     6.242849     6.830635   0.000000    998.821099
M-3    999.408885   0.587787     6.242848     6.830635   0.000000    998.821098
B-1    999.408887   0.587784     6.242846     6.830630   0.000000    998.821103
B-2    999.408883   0.587788     6.242846     6.830634   0.000000    998.821095
B-3    999.408878   0.587789     6.242844     6.830633   0.000000    998.821089

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-April-97    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-April-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                       52,050.13
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    10,674.64

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       66,439.16
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    75   7,662,479.76

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9     903,250.00

 (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                                                     245,848,791.63

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,245

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                    2,882,858.87

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.45317850 %     8.03966900 %    1.50715220 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.34113550 %     8.12699443 %    1.52484040 %

      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                          8.80264291
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              354.42

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.32428415


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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    31,108,570.00     9.000000  %    268,850.22
A-2                37,000,000.00    37,000,000.00     7.250000  %    579,702.18
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    10,000,000.00     7.250000  %     92,423.41
A-6   76110FGD9     7,371,430.00     7,371,430.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FGE7    10,400,783.00    10,400,783.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FGF4    31,000,000.00    31,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FGG2       130,561.76       130,561.76     0.000000  %        135.63
A-10  76110FGH0             0.00             0.00     0.746873  %          0.00
R     76100FGJ6           100.00           100.00     7.750000  %        100.00
M-1   76110FGK3     4,931,600.00     4,931,600.00     7.750000  %      2,875.71
M-2   76110FGL1     4,109,600.00     4,109,600.00     7.750000  %      2,396.39
M-3   76110FGM9     2,630,200.00     2,630,200.00     7.750000  %      1,533.72
B-1                 1,068,500.00     1,068,500.00     7.750000  %        623.06
B-2                   410,900.00       410,900.00     7.750000  %        239.60
B-3                   821,738.81       821,738.81     7.750000  %        479.19

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,383,983.57   164,383,983.57                    949,359.11
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       233,165.51    502,015.73             0.00         0.00  30,839,719.78
A-2       223,399.13    803,101.31             0.00         0.00  36,420,297.82
A-3        31,396.64     31,396.64             0.00         0.00   5,200,000.00
A-4       109,888.21    109,888.21             0.00         0.00  18,200,000.00
A-5        60,378.14    152,801.55             0.00         0.00   9,907,576.59
A-6        44,507.32     44,507.32             0.00         0.00   7,371,430.00
A-7        67,128.89     67,128.89             0.00         0.00  10,400,783.00
A-8       200,080.67    200,080.67             0.00         0.00  31,000,000.00
A-9             0.00        135.63             0.00         0.00     130,426.13
A-10      102,246.43    102,246.43             0.00         0.00           0.00
R               0.65        100.65             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        31,829.61     34,705.32             0.00         0.00   4,928,724.29
M-2        26,524.25     28,920.64             0.00         0.00   4,107,203.61
M-3        16,975.88     18,509.60             0.00         0.00   2,628,666.28
B-1         6,896.33      7,519.39             0.00         0.00   1,067,876.94
B-2         2,652.04      2,891.64             0.00         0.00     410,660.40
B-3         5,303.68      5,782.87             0.00         0.00     821,259.62

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        1,162,373.38  2,111,732.49             0.00         0.00 163,434,624.46
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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 
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AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
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       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
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A-1   1000.000000   8.642320     7.495218    16.137538   0.000000    991.357680
A-2   1000.000000  15.667626     6.037814    21.705440   0.000000    984.332374
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.037815     6.037815   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.037814     6.037814   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   9.242341     6.037814    15.280155   0.000000    990.757659
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.037814     6.037814   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.454215     6.454215   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.454215     6.454215   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   1.038819     0.000000     1.038819   0.000000    998.961181
R     1000.000000 1000.00000     6.500000  1006.500000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1   1000.000000   0.583119     6.454216     7.037335   0.000000    999.416881
M-2   1000.000000   0.583120     6.454217     7.037337   0.000000    999.416880
M-3   1000.000000   0.583119     6.454216     7.037335   0.000000    999.416881
B-1   1000.000000   0.583117     6.454216     7.037333   0.000000    999.416884
B-2   1000.000000   0.583110     6.454222     7.037332   0.000000    999.416890
B-3   1000.000000   0.583117     6.454216     7.037333   0.000000    999.416859

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DETERMINATION DATE       21-April-97    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-April-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 
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SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       34,316.51
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     9,641.91

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       13,422.88
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    16   1,530,113.30

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1     202,383.49

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     163,434,624.46

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,507

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                      853,488.18

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.49330430 %     7.10572700 %    1.40096860 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.44884740 %     7.13716216 %    1.40829020 %

      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                          8.81924839
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              356.63

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                99.42247469

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