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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)
                     January 25, 1997


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


                              33-95932                       51-0368240

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

8400 Normandale Lake Boulevard                 55437
Minneapolis, Minnesota                       (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal
 Executive Offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(612) 832-7000


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Item 5.  Other Events


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


Master Serviced by Residential Funding Corporation

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



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



                         SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.

RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC.


   By: /s/Davee Olson
 Name:  Davee Olson
Title:  Chief Financial Officer
        and Treasurer
Dated: January 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     7,907,698.37     6.600000  %  3,822,173.03
A-2   76110FAB9    82,500,000.00    82,500,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FAC7    22,250,000.00    22,250,000.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FAD5    46,000,000.00    46,000,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FAE3    22,100,000.00    22,100,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FAF0    31,109,000.00    31,109,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
R                         514.42     2,326,135.63     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  258,459,514.42   214,192,834.00                  3,822,173.03
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        43,492.34  3,865,665.37             0.00         0.00   4,085,525.34
A-2       474,375.00    474,375.00             0.00         0.00  82,500,000.00
A-3       135,354.17    135,354.17             0.00         0.00  22,250,000.00
A-4       287,500.00    287,500.00             0.00         0.00  46,000,000.00
A-5       138,125.00    138,125.00             0.00         0.00  22,100,000.00
A-6       194,431.25    194,431.25             0.00         0.00  31,109,000.00
R         319,367.54    319,367.54             0.00         0.00   2,326,135.63

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,592,645.30  5,414,818.33             0.00         0.00 210,370,660.97
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    145.095383  70.131615     0.798025    70.929640   0.000000     74.963768
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.083333     6.083333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000


_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-January-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-January-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                       44,050.87
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       634.03

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       94,702.11
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    4,690.66


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    56   5,906,953.39

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   11     801,772.94

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6   1,853,938.71


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            17
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,801,606.35

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     210,370,660.97

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,211

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       2

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 589,831.31

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,624,812.02

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.91399930 %     1.08600070 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.89426800 %     1.10573200 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.33197364
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              315.82

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                81.39404790

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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    20,293,383.36     6.000000  %  3,166,103.85
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    21,510,609.89     6.090000  %    935,161.06
R                           0.53     2,026,594.48     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  255,942,104.53   218,382,723.73                  4,101,264.91
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     101,466.92  3,267,570.77             0.00         0.00  17,127,279.51
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      112,805.22  1,047,966.28             0.00         0.00  20,575,448.83
R         372,805.99    372,805.99             0.00         0.00   2,026,594.48

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,555,395.46  5,656,660.37             0.00         0.00 214,281,458.82
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-   390.144831  60.869054     1.950724    62.819778   0.000000    329.275776
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   732.276879  31.835305     3.840182    35.675487   0.000000    700.441574


_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-January-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-January-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                       47,275.38
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     2,743.32

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       84,581.04
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    29   5,375,565.59

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   14   2,667,548.01

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          7   1,526,626.86


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,135,783.68

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     214,281,458.82

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,719

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                    3,920,223.82

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          99.07199870 %     0.92800130 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             99.05423710 %     0.94576290 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            7,678,263.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,559,421.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.97768000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              326.51

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                83.72262907

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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    25,325,453.94     6.400000  %  1,183,139.51
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       176,081.06     0.000000  %        216.18
R                           0.00     1,772,509.58     0.000000  %          0.00

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                  181,911,418.00   169,007,455.58                  1,183,355.69
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       135,069.09  1,318,208.60             0.00         0.00  24,142,314.43
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        216.18             0.00         0.00     175,864.88
R         143,352.18    143,352.18        46,604.60         0.00   1,819,114.18

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,133,692.58  2,317,048.27        46,604.60         0.00 167,870,704.49
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    633.136349  29.578488     3.376727    32.955215   0.000000    603.557861
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   989.180538   1.214447     0.000000     1.214447   0.000000    987.966091

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-January-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-January-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                       35,314.22
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     8,232.13

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       55,272.90
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    36   3,125,825.07

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     765,574.36

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     696,091.93


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            12
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,053,550.25

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     167,870,704.49

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,559

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                      992,447.72

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.95122400 %     1.04877600 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.91636000 %     1.08364000 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.79821778
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              331.10

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                92.28156557

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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    33,261,944.89     6.780000  %  2,646,540.14
A-I-  76110FBD4    26,000,000.00    26,000,000.00     7.150000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBE2    10,596,000.00    10,596,000.00     7.290000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBF9    25,000,000.00    23,656,905.13     7.250000  %    370,534.15
A-I-  76110FBG7    18,587,000.00    18,587,000.00     7.460000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBH5    21,696,000.00    21,696,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBJ1     8,047,000.00     8,047,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBK8    17,436,000.00    17,436,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBL6    25,145,000.00    25,145,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBM4    19,000,000.00    19,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBN2    15,875,562.00    15,875,562.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FBP7    20,551,438.00    19,387,693.63     7.750000  %     67,874.83
A-P   76110FBQ5     1,166,695.86     1,136,921.18     0.000000  %     10,583.11
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    12,469,247.75     7.750000  %     10,195.34
M-2   76110FBU6     5,568,000.00     5,541,666.72     7.750000  %      4,531.08
M-3   76110FBV4     4,176,000.00     4,156,250.04     7.750000  %      3,398.31
B-1                 1,809,600.00     1,801,041.68     7.750000  %      1,472.60
B-2                   696,000.00       692,708.34     7.750000  %        566.39
B-3                 1,670,738.96     1,662,837.34     7.750000  %      1,359.60
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.743802  %          0.00
STRI                        0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,404,734.82   266,149,778.70                  3,117,055.55
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     187,896.22  2,834,436.36             0.00         0.00  30,615,404.75
A-I-2     154,888.83    154,888.83             0.00         0.00  26,000,000.00
A-I-3      64,359.13     64,359.13             0.00         0.00  10,596,000.00
A-I-4     142,901.46    513,435.61             0.00         0.00  23,286,370.98
A-I-5     115,528.42    115,528.42             0.00         0.00  18,587,000.00
A-I-6     140,094.82    140,094.82             0.00         0.00  21,696,000.00
A-I-7      51,960.87     51,960.87             0.00         0.00   8,047,000.00
A-I-8     112,587.27    112,587.27             0.00         0.00  17,436,000.00
A-I-9     162,365.61    162,365.61             0.00         0.00  25,145,000.00
A-I-10    122,686.28    122,686.28             0.00         0.00  19,000,000.00
A-I-11    102,511.25    102,511.25             0.00         0.00  15,875,562.00
A-II      125,189.69    193,064.52             0.00         0.00  19,319,818.80
A-P             0.00     10,583.11             0.00         0.00   1,126,338.07
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        80,516.09     90,711.43             0.00         0.00  12,459,052.41
M-2        35,783.50     40,314.58             0.00         0.00   5,537,135.64
M-3        26,837.63     30,235.94             0.00         0.00   4,152,851.73
B-1        11,629.64     13,102.24             0.00         0.00   1,799,569.08
B-2         4,472.94      5,039.33             0.00         0.00     692,141.95
B-3        10,737.23     12,096.83             0.00         0.00   1,661,477.73
SPRED     164,939.33    164,939.33             0.00         0.00           0.00
STRIP      58,286.96     58,286.96             0.00         0.00           0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,876,173.17  4,993,228.72             0.00         0.00 263,032,723.14
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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-   776.150855  61.755691     4.384464    66.140155   0.000000    714.395164
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.957263     5.957263   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.073908     6.073908   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-   946.276205  14.821366     5.716058    20.537424   0.000000    931.454839
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.215550     6.215550   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457173     6.457173   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457173     6.457173   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457173     6.457173   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457173     6.457173   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457173     6.457173   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.457173     6.457173   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   943.374066   3.302680     6.091529     9.394209   0.000000    940.071386
A-P    974.479484   9.071014     0.000000     9.071014   0.000000    965.408471
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    995.270603   0.813772     6.426634     7.240406   0.000000    994.456831
M-2    995.270603   0.813772     6.426634     7.240406   0.000000    994.456832
M-3    995.270603   0.813772     6.426636     7.240408   0.000000    994.456832
B-1    995.270601   0.813771     6.426636     7.240407   0.000000    994.456830
B-2    995.270603   0.813779     6.426638     7.240417   0.000000    994.456825
B-3    995.270584   0.813772     6.426635     7.240407   0.000000    994.456809

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-January-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-January-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                       55,741.39
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    12,743.15

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       40,723.38
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    37   4,401,716.62

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     621,770.18

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        126,628.53

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     263,032,723.14

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,334

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                    2,898,994.10

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.68224840 %     8.32883100 %    1.56174740 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT           89.51977360 %     0.00000000 %   10.48022640 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.95739320 %     8.42064041 %    1.58575320 %

      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                          8.78951600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              333.35

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                94.47853799


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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    39,731,002.84     6.850000  %  1,340,242.90
A-I-  76110FBX0    26,945,000.00    24,677,919.00    11.000000  %    491,418.50
A-I-  76110FBY8    15,646,000.00    15,646,000.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBZ5    32,740,000.00    32,740,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCA9    10,023,000.00    10,023,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCB7    26,811,000.00    26,811,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCC5    18,046,000.00    18,046,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCD3     9,094,000.00     9,094,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCE1    10,284,000.00    10,284,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCF8    27,538,000.00    27,538,000.00     7.900000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FCG6    16,021,000.00    15,435,247.10     7.250000  %    254,357.24
A-II  76110FCH4     8,580,000.00     8,580,000.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FCJ0     3,039,637.99     3,008,131.22     0.000000  %     38,376.79
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    13,180,928.89     8.000000  %     11,932.38
M-2   76110FCN1     5,570,800.00     5,549,927.71     8.000000  %      5,024.22
M-3   76110FCP6     4,456,600.00     4,439,902.32     8.000000  %      4,019.34
B-1   76110FCR2     2,228,400.00     2,220,050.78     8.000000  %      2,009.76
B-2   76110FCS0       696,400.00       693,790.78     8.000000  %        628.07
B-3   76110FCT8     1,671,255.97     1,664,994.25     8.000000  %      1,507.28
STRI                        0.00             0.00     0.110794  %          0.00
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.779298  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,535,793.96   269,363,894.89                  2,149,516.48
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     226,685.13  1,566,928.03             0.00         0.00  38,390,759.94
A-I-2     226,101.87    717,520.37             0.00         0.00  24,186,500.50
A-I-3      95,132.54     95,132.54             0.00         0.00  15,646,000.00
A-I-4     204,523.34    204,523.34             0.00         0.00  32,740,000.00
A-I-5      64,282.30     64,282.30             0.00         0.00  10,023,000.00
A-I-6     178,651.20    178,651.20             0.00         0.00  26,811,000.00
A-I-7     120,246.90    120,246.90             0.00         0.00  18,046,000.00
A-I-8      60,596.55     60,596.55             0.00         0.00   9,094,000.00
A-I-9      68,525.94     68,525.94             0.00         0.00  10,284,000.00
A-I-10    181,201.76    181,201.76             0.00         0.00  27,538,000.00
A-II-1     93,208.29    347,565.53             0.00         0.00  15,180,889.86
A-II-2     54,670.33     54,670.33             0.00         0.00   8,580,000.00
A-P             0.00     38,376.79             0.00         0.00   2,969,754.43
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        87,829.20     99,761.58             0.00         0.00  13,168,996.51
M-2        36,981.14     42,005.36             0.00         0.00   5,544,903.49
M-3        29,584.64     33,603.98             0.00         0.00   4,435,882.98
B-1        14,792.99     16,802.75             0.00         0.00   2,218,041.02
B-2         4,622.97      5,251.04             0.00         0.00     693,162.71
B-3        11,094.45     12,601.73             0.00         0.00   1,663,486.96
STRIP      16,091.36     16,091.36             0.00         0.00           0.00
SPRED     174,842.10    174,842.10             0.00         0.00           0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,949,665.00  4,099,181.48             0.00         0.00 267,214,378.40
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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-   865.335254  29.190288     4.937168    34.127456   0.000000    836.144965
A-I-   915.862646  18.237836     8.391237    26.629073   0.000000    897.624810
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.080311     6.080311   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.246895     6.246895   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413479     6.413479   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663355     6.663355   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663355     6.663355   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663355     6.663355   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663355     6.663355   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.580062     6.580062   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   963.438431  15.876490     5.817882    21.694372   0.000000    947.561941
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.371833     6.371833   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    989.634697  12.625449     0.000000    12.625449   0.000000    977.009248
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    996.253270   0.901884     6.638389     7.540273   0.000000    995.351386
M-2    996.253269   0.901885     6.638389     7.540274   0.000000    995.351384
M-3    996.253269   0.901885     6.638388     7.540273   0.000000    995.351385
B-1    996.253267   0.901885     6.638391     7.540276   0.000000    995.351382
B-2    996.253274   0.901881     6.638383     7.540264   0.000000    995.351393
B-3    996.253285   0.901885     6.638391     7.540276   0.000000    995.351397

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-January-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-January-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                       56,081.69
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    12,741.76

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       44,855.45
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    38   3,742,066.80

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   10   1,492,951.73

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     225,423.39


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             1
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                         35,949.19

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     267,214,378.40

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,546

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,903,333.28

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.58134790 %     8.60202800 %    1.69986990 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.50802740 %     8.66337475 %    1.73123320 %

      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                          9.01925000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              325.65

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                95.93538216


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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   127,067,842.95     6.027970  %  2,579,504.40
R                     973,833.13     1,649,805.30     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  139,119,013.13   128,717,648.25                  2,579,504.40
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A         680,624.63  3,260,129.03             0.00         0.00 124,488,338.55
R               0.00          0.00       104,663.93         0.00   1,754,469.23

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          680,624.63  3,260,129.03       104,663.93         0.00 126,242,807.78
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A      919.813800  18.672417     4.926879    23.599296   0.000000    901.141383
R     1694.135524   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000 107.476247   1801.611769

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-January-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-January-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                       39,391.11
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     2,365.12

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       27,209.30
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    22   2,736,816.36

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3   1,062,290.58

 (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                                                     126,242,807.78

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,168

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                    2,243,817.91

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                       58,083.37

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.71827580 %     1.28172420 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.61024220 %     1.38975780 %

      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                          7.94528893
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              300.59

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                90.74446759


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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    22,282,195.93     9.500000  %    918,581.73
A-I-  76110FCV3    25,000,000.00    24,067,354.20     7.600000  %    547,138.31
A-I-  76110FCW1    12,373,000.00    10,909,509.01     6.650000  %    858,559.58
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    10,642,768.83     8.000000  %     46,089.84
A-II  76110FDF7     4,525,000.00     4,525,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FDG5     1,105,878.69     1,098,293.51     0.000000  %      1,254.34
R     76110FDH3           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FDJ9     7,918,500.00     7,900,207.48     8.000000  %      6,209.41
M-2   76110FDK6     3,958,800.00     3,949,654.78     8.000000  %      3,104.35
M-3   76110FDL4     2,815,100.00     2,808,596.84     8.000000  %      2,207.50
B-1   76110FDM2     1,407,600.00     1,404,348.31     8.000000  %      1,103.79
B-2   76110FDN0       439,800.00       438,784.02     8.000000  %        344.88
B-3   76110FDP5     1,055,748.52     1,053,309.61     8.000000  %        827.88
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.897835  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  175,944,527.21   171,415,022.52                  2,385,421.61
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     176,327.78  1,094,909.51             0.00         0.00  21,363,614.20
A-I-2     152,363.55    699,501.86             0.00         0.00  23,520,215.89
A-I-3      60,431.86    918,991.44             0.00         0.00  10,050,949.43
A-I-4      44,060.94     44,060.94             0.00         0.00   7,100,000.00
A-I-5      64,174.45     64,174.45             0.00         0.00  10,137,000.00
A-I-6      36,112.06     36,112.06             0.00         0.00   5,558,000.00
A-I-7     112,793.34    112,793.34             0.00         0.00  16,926,000.00
A-I-8      45,874.35     45,874.35             0.00         0.00   6,884,000.00
A-I-9      74,829.05     74,829.05             0.00         0.00  11,229,000.00
A-I-10    149,944.64    149,944.64             0.00         0.00  22,501,000.00
A-II-1     70,922.45    117,012.29             0.00         0.00  10,596,678.99
A-II-2     30,154.20     30,154.20             0.00         0.00   4,525,000.00
A-P             0.00      1,254.34             0.00         0.00   1,097,039.17
R               0.00          0.00             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        52,646.27     58,855.68             0.00         0.00   7,893,998.07
M-2        26,320.14     29,424.49             0.00         0.00   3,946,550.43
M-3        18,716.24     20,923.74             0.00         0.00   2,806,389.34
B-1         9,358.45     10,462.24             0.00         0.00   1,403,244.52
B-2         2,924.02      3,268.90             0.00         0.00     438,439.14
B-3         7,019.16      7,847.04             0.00         0.00   1,052,481.74
SPRED     128,198.99    128,198.99             0.00         0.00           0.00

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        1,263,171.94  3,648,593.55             0.00         0.00 169,029,600.92
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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-   934.342332  38.518187     7.393818    45.912005   0.000000    895.824145
A-I-   962.694168  21.885532     6.094542    27.980074   0.000000    940.808636
A-I-   881.718986  69.389766     4.884172    74.273938   0.000000    812.329219
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.205766     6.205766   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.330714     6.330714   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.497312     6.497312   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663910     6.663910   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663909     6.663909   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663910     6.663910   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663910     6.663910   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   953.482246   4.129174     6.353920    10.483094   0.000000    949.353072
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663912     6.663912   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    993.141038   1.134248     0.000000     1.134248   0.000000    992.006789
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    997.689901   0.784165     6.648516     7.432681   0.000000    996.905736
M-2    997.689901   0.784164     6.648515     7.432679   0.000000    996.905737
M-3    997.689901   0.784164     6.648517     7.432681   0.000000    996.905737
B-1    997.689905   0.784165     6.648515     7.432680   0.000000    996.905740
B-2    997.689905   0.784175     6.648522     7.432697   0.000000    996.905730
B-3    997.689876   0.784164     6.648515     7.432679   0.000000    996.905723

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-January-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-January-97  

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       35,521.47
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     3,660.13

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       27,767.57
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    33   2,858,213.75

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     366,866.89

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     118,143.29


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     169,029,600.92

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,599

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                    2,250,196.44

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.11810980 %     8.55144400 %    1.68972470 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.55467420 %     8.66530937 %    1.72340930 %

      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                          9.17107300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              332.57

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                96.06982587


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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    19,709,201.64     7.050000  %    985,362.75
A-I-  76110FDR1    43,322,483.00    42,945,378.26     6.064060  %    936,094.60
A-I-  76110FDS9             0.00             0.00     2.935940  %          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-  76110OFDV             0.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110OFDW     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    20,027,901.94     8.000000  %    178,677.85
A-P   76110FED1       601,147.92       600,032.79     0.000000  %      1,051.93
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     9,107,490.35     8.000000  %      7,168.63
M-2   76110FEH2     5,126,400.00     5,122,401.26     8.000000  %      4,031.91
M-3   76110FEJ8     3,645,500.00     3,642,656.40     8.000000  %      2,867.19
B-1                 1,822,700.00     1,821,278.24     8.000000  %      1,433.55
B-2                   569,600.00       569,155.70     8.000000  %        447.99
B-3                 1,366,716.75     1,365,650.67     8.000000  %      1,074.90
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.828102  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  227,839,864.67   226,971,510.25                  2,118,211.30
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     115,730.16  1,101,092.91             0.00         0.00  18,723,838.89
A-I-2     216,904.39  1,152,998.99             0.00         0.00  42,009,283.66
A-I-3     105,015.17    105,015.17             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-I-4      79,110.53     79,110.53             0.00         0.00  13,330,948.00
A-I-5     158,083.00    158,083.00             0.00         0.00  24,973,716.00
A-I-6         495.02        495.02             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-I-7       6,413.27      6,413.27             0.00         0.00   1,000,000.00
A-I-8      61,180.61     61,180.61             0.00         0.00   9,539,699.00
A-I-9     150,093.70    150,093.70             0.00         0.00  22,526,000.00
A-I-10     77,625.49     77,625.49             0.00         0.00  11,650,000.00
A-I-11    202,699.13    202,699.13             0.00         0.00  30,421,000.00
A-I-12     57,429.53     57,429.53             0.00         0.00   8,619,000.00
A-II      133,448.55    312,126.40             0.00         0.00  19,849,224.09
A-P             0.00      1,051.93             0.00         0.00     598,980.86
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        60,684.41     67,853.04             0.00         0.00   9,100,321.72
M-2        34,131.23     38,163.14             0.00         0.00   5,118,369.35
M-3        24,271.50     27,138.69             0.00         0.00   3,639,789.21
B-1        12,135.41     13,568.96             0.00         0.00   1,819,844.69
B-2         3,792.36      4,240.35             0.00         0.00     568,707.71
B-3         9,099.51     10,174.41             0.00         0.00   1,364,575.73
SPRED     156,546.56    156,546.56             0.00         0.00           0.00

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        1,664,889.53  3,783,100.83             0.00         0.00 224,853,298.91
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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-   980.257171  49.008018     5.755957    54.763975   0.000000    931.249153
A-I-   991.295403  21.607593     5.006740    26.614333   0.000000    969.687810
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.934351     5.934351   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.329975     6.329975   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413270     6.413270   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413264     6.413264   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663131     6.663131   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663132     6.663132   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663132     6.663132   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663131     6.663131   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   996.214780   8.887677     6.637910    15.525587   0.000000    987.327104
A-P    998.144999   1.749869     0.000000     1.749869   0.000000    996.395130
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    999.219971   0.786500     6.657935     7.444435   0.000000    998.433472
M-2    999.219971   0.786499     6.657933     7.444432   0.000000    998.433472
M-3    999.219970   0.786501     6.657934     7.444435   0.000000    998.433469
B-1    999.219970   0.786498     6.657931     7.444429   0.000000    998.433472
B-2    999.219979   0.786499     6.657935     7.444434   0.000000    998.433480
B-3    999.219970   0.786483     6.657934     7.444417   0.000000    998.433458

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-January-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-January-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                       47,173.31
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     9,090.38

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       68,276.90
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    79   7,583,033.97

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     845,508.14

 (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                                                     224,853,298.91

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,088

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,939,215.32

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.20640720 %     7.87435700 %    1.65487050 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.36290200 %     7.94228075 %    1.67360350 %

      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                          9.13358300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              335.27

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.68918209


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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     4,000,000.00     7.400000  %     45,891.45
A-2   7611OFEL3     4,074,824.00     4,074,824.00     7.300000  %    109,868.01
A-3   76110FEM1    13,128,206.00    13,128,206.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-4   7611OFEN9     3,765,148.00     3,765,148.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-5   7611OFEP4    10,500,000.00    10,500,000.00     7.400000  %          0.00
A-6   7611OFEQ2     2,600,500.00     2,600,500.00     7.400000  %          0.00
A-7   7611OFER0    31,579,563.00    31,579,563.00     5.875000  %    319,646.19
A-8   7611OFES8             0.00             0.00     3.125000  %          0.00
A-9   7611OFET6    32,965,000.00    32,965,000.00     0.000000  %    792,675.23
A-10  7611OFEU3    20,953,719.00    20,953,719.00     7.400000  %     15,399.60
A-11  7611OFEV1    13,975,000.00    13,975,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-12  7611OFEW9     2,000,000.00     2,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-13  7611OFEX7    20,646,958.00    20,646,958.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-14  7611OFEY5       115,824.70       115,824.70     0.000000  %        256.87
R-I   76110FEZ2           100.00           100.00     7.750000  %        100.00
R-II  7611OFFA6           100.00           100.00     7.750000  %        100.00
M-1   7611OFFB4     6,661,000.00     6,661,000.00     7.750000  %      3,851.71
M-2   7611OFFC2     4,440,700.00     4,440,700.00     7.750000  %      2,567.82
M-3   7611OFFD0     3,108,500.00     3,108,500.00     7.750000  %      1,797.48
B-1                 1,509,500.00     1,509,500.00     7.750000  %        872.86
B-2                   444,000.00       444,000.00     7.750000  %        256.74
B-3                 1,154,562.90     1,154,562.90     7.750000  %        667.66
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.914237  %          0.00

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                  177,623,205.60   177,623,205.60                  1,293,951.62
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        24,659.35     70,550.80             0.00         0.00   3,954,108.55
A-2        24,781.16    134,649.17             0.00         0.00   3,964,955.99
A-3        77,105.33     77,105.33             0.00         0.00  13,128,206.00
A-4        22,897.85     22,897.85             0.00         0.00   3,765,148.00
A-5        64,730.79     64,730.79             0.00         0.00  10,500,000.00
A-6        16,031.66     16,031.66             0.00         0.00   2,600,500.00
A-7       154,562.41    474,208.60             0.00         0.00  31,259,916.81
A-8        82,214.05     82,214.05             0.00         0.00           0.00
A-9       201,640.99    994,316.22             0.00         0.00  32,172,324.77
A-10      129,176.27    144,575.87             0.00         0.00  20,938,319.40
A-11       90,228.43     90,228.43             0.00         0.00  13,975,000.00
A-12       12,912.84     12,912.84             0.00         0.00   2,000,000.00
A-13      133,305.38    133,305.38             0.00         0.00  20,646,958.00
A-14            0.00        256.87             0.00         0.00     115,567.83
R-I             0.65        100.65             0.00         0.00           0.00
R-II            0.65        100.65             0.00         0.00           0.00
M-1        43,006.20     46,857.91             0.00         0.00   6,657,148.29
M-2        28,671.01     31,238.83             0.00         0.00   4,438,132.18
M-3        20,069.77     21,867.25             0.00         0.00   3,106,702.52
B-1         9,745.96     10,618.82             0.00         0.00   1,508,627.14
B-2         2,866.65      3,123.39             0.00         0.00     443,743.26
B-3         7,454.34      8,122.00             0.00         0.00   1,153,895.24
SPRED     135,284.57    135,284.57             0.00         0.00           0.00

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        1,281,346.31  2,575,297.93             0.00         0.00 176,329,253.98
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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   1000.000000  11.472862     6.164838    17.637700   0.000000    988.527138
A-2   1000.000000  26.962639     6.081529    33.044168   0.000000    973.037361
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.873257     5.873257   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.081527     6.081527   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.164837     6.164837   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.164838     6.164838   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000  10.121932     4.894381    15.016313   0.000000    989.878068
A-9   1000.000000  24.045965     6.116821    30.162786   0.000000    975.954035
A-10  1000.000000   0.734934     6.164837     6.899771   0.000000    999.265066
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456417     6.456417   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456420     6.456420   0.000000   1000.000000
A-13  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456417     6.456417   0.000000   1000.000000
A-14  1000.000000   2.217748     0.000000     2.217748   0.000000    997.782252
R-I   1000.000000 1000.00000     6.500000  1006.500000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II  1000.000000 1000.00000     6.500000  1006.500000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1   1000.000000   0.578248     6.456418     7.034666   0.000000    999.421752
M-2   1000.000000   0.578247     6.456417     7.034664   0.000000    999.421753
M-3   1000.000000   0.578247     6.456416     7.034663   0.000000    999.421753
B-1   1000.000000   0.578244     6.456416     7.034660   0.000000    999.421756
B-2   1000.000000   0.578243     6.456419     7.034662   0.000000    999.421757
B-3   1000.000000   0.578245     6.456417     7.034662   0.000000    999.421723

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DETERMINATION DATE       21-January-97  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-January-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                       37,023.52
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    10,740.55

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       52,660.89
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    59   6,664,429.33

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    0           0.00

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     176,329,253.99

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,627

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,191,185.34

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.24363790 %     8.00541400 %    1.75094850 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.17769330 %     8.05424095 %    1.76278340 %

      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                          8.98949865
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              353.89

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                99.27151883

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