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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C. 20549


                                   Form 8-K


                                CURRENT REPORT

                    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934


               Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
                                August 25, 1998


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

                             33-95932, 333-8733, 333-33493
                                333-48327               51-0368240

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

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

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



Item 5.  Other Events

See the respective monthly reports, each reflecting the required information for
the August  1998  distribution  to holders  of the  following  series of Conduit
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates.


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Master Serviced by Residential Funding Corporation

1995-QS1  RALI  1996-QS1 RALI 1996-QS2 RALI 1996-QS3 RALI 1996-QS4 RALI 1996-QS5
RALI  1996-QS7  RALI  1996-QS8  RALI  1997-QS1  RALI 1997-QS2 RALI 1997-QS3 RALI
1997-QS4  RALI  1997-QS5 RALI 1997-QS6 RALI 1997-QS7 RALI 1997-QS8 RALI 1997-QS9
RALI  1997-QS10  RALI 1997-QS11 RALI 1997-QS12 RALI 1997-QS13 RALI 1998-QS1 RALI
1998-QS2  RALI  1998-QS3GR1  RALI  1998-QS4  RALI  1998-QS5  RALI  1998-QS6 RALI
1998-QS8 RALI 1998-QS7 RALI 1998-QS10 RALI

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









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                                  SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of  the  Securities  ExchangeAct  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:


 Name:  Davee Olson
Title:  Chief Financial Officer
Dated: August 25, 1998

































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                                  SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of  the  Securities  ExchangeAct  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
Dated: August 25, 1998



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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   8,614,953.75     6.900000  %  4,411,949.45
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   132,400,089.38                  4,411,949.45
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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        49,535.98  4,461,485.43            0.00       0.00      4,203,004.30
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         164,933.20    164,933.20            0.00       0.00      2,326,135.63

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          969,879.60  5,381,829.05            0.00       0.00    127,988,139.93
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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     104.423682   53.478175     0.600436    54.078611   0.000000   50.945507
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.083333     6.083333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000 1000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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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                       26,917.14
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       144.28

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       69,183.57
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    8,996.68


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    47   3,661,874.84

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8     839,956.21

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     167,984.30


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            25
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,295,209.59

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     127,988,139.93

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,489

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       8

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,102,721.20

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,257,850.28

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.24310120 %     1.75689880 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.18253810 %     1.81746190 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.32737928
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              292.70

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                49.51960860


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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-1   76110FAG8    52,015,000.00           0.00     6.000000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110FAH6    67,186,000.00  13,685,208.91     6.250000  %  4,922,677.10
A-I-3   76110FAJ2    22,562,000.00  22,562,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110FAK9    31,852,000.00  31,852,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110FAL7    14,535,000.00  14,535,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110FAM5    18,417,136.00  18,417,136.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110FAN3    20,000,000.00  20,000,000.00     6.700000  %          0.00
A-II    76110FAQ6    29,374,968.00  12,129,445.05     5.797700  %    226,203.85
R                             0.53   2,026,594.48     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  255,942,104.53   135,207,384.44                  5,148,880.95
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-2      71,277.13  4,993,954.23            0.00       0.00      8,762,531.81
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       62,956.03    289,159.88            0.00       0.00     11,903,241.20
R         187,348.74    187,348.74            0.00       0.00      2,026,594.48

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          939,972.15  6,088,853.10            0.00       0.00    130,058,503.49
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2   203.691378   73.269388     1.060893    74.330281   0.000000  130.421990
A-I-3  1000.000000    0.000000     5.625000     5.625000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     5.583334     5.583334   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    412.917728    7.700565     2.143186     9.843751   0.000000  405.217163

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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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                       28,420.51
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       65,722.34
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   19,935.46


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    21   2,815,298.34

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9   1,296,959.16

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5     483,381.04


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            17
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,432,681.94

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     130,058,503.49

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,188

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       9

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               2,467,477.18

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,008,177.28

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.50112150 %     1.49887860 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.44178240 %     1.55821760 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,584,285.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,584,285.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          0.00000000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                                0.00

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                50.81559509


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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           0.00     6.400000  %          0.00
A-2     76110FAT0    16,000,000.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-3     76110FAU7    28,500,000.00  17,570,246.05     7.050000  %  2,380,269.00
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     132,456.36     0.000000  %        939.22
R                             0.00   1,819,114.18     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  181,911,418.00   116,755,227.59                  2,381,208.22
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-3       103,225.20  2,483,494.20            0.00       0.00     15,189,977.05
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        939.22            0.00       0.00        131,517.14
R         114,735.52    114,735.52            0.00       0.00      1,819,114.18

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          812,461.20  3,193,669.42            0.00       0.00    114,374,019.37
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-3     616.499861   83.518211     3.621937    87.140148   0.000000  532.981651
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    744.107591    5.276309     0.000000     5.276309   0.000000  738.831282

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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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                       24,047.41
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       698.26

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       64,251.59
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    6,347.37


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    33   4,269,242.36

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   11   1,702,559.83

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     485,933.57


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             9
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,607,665.53

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     114,374,019.37

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,163

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                 830,488.96

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,259,279.59

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.44194200 %     1.55805800 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.40950400 %     1.59049600 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.78492782
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              308.41

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                62.87346920


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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-1   76110FBC6    42,855,000.00           0.00     6.780000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110FBD4    26,000,000.00           0.00     7.150000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110FBE2    10,596,000.00   5,258,806.71     7.290000  %  1,354,366.96
A-I-4   76110FBF9    25,000,000.00   9,334,431.54     7.250000  %  2,404,014.14
A-I-5   76110FBG7    18,587,000.00  18,587,000.00     7.460000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110FBH5    21,696,000.00  21,696,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110FBJ1     8,047,000.00   8,047,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-8   76110FBK8    17,436,000.00  17,436,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-9   76110FBL6    25,145,000.00  25,145,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-10  76110FBM4    19,000,000.00  19,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-11  76110FBN2    15,875,562.00  15,875,562.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-II    76110FBP7    20,551,438.00  14,839,351.87     7.750000  %     71,523.27
A-P     76110FBQ5     1,166,695.86     939,555.51     0.000000  %      1,900.87
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  12,218,443.91     7.750000  %     12,344.16
M-2     76110FBU6     5,568,000.00   5,430,202.77     7.750000  %      5,486.07
M-3     76110FBV4     4,176,000.00   4,072,652.09     7.750000  %      4,114.56
B-1                   1,809,600.00   1,764,815.89     7.750000  %      1,782.97
B-2                     696,000.00     678,775.34     7.750000  %        685.76
B-3                   1,670,738.96   1,490,551.47     7.750000  %      1,505.89
SPRED                         0.00           0.00     0.697404  %          0.00
A-V     7611OFHY2             0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,404,734.82   181,814,149.10                  3,857,724.65
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-2           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-3      31,935.20  1,386,302.16            0.00       0.00      3,904,439.75
A-I-4      56,374.25  2,460,388.39            0.00       0.00      6,930,417.40
A-I-5     115,505.61    115,505.61            0.00       0.00     18,587,000.00
A-I-6     140,067.16    140,067.16            0.00       0.00     21,696,000.00
A-I-7      51,950.61     51,950.61            0.00       0.00      8,047,000.00
A-I-8     112,565.04    112,565.04            0.00       0.00     17,436,000.00
A-I-9     162,333.55    162,333.55            0.00       0.00     25,145,000.00
A-I-10    122,662.06    122,662.06            0.00       0.00     19,000,000.00
A-I-11    102,491.01    102,491.01            0.00       0.00     15,875,562.00
A-II       95,801.34    167,324.61            0.00       0.00     14,767,828.60
A-P             0.00      1,900.87            0.00       0.00        937,654.64
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        78,881.02     91,225.18            0.00       0.00     12,206,099.75
M-2        35,056.84     40,542.91            0.00       0.00      5,424,716.70
M-3        26,292.62     30,407.18            0.00       0.00      4,068,537.53
B-1        11,393.47     13,176.44            0.00       0.00      1,763,032.92
B-2         4,382.11      5,067.87            0.00       0.00        678,089.58
B-3         9,622.85     11,128.74            0.00       0.00      1,488,935.57
SPRED     105,625.08    105,625.08            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-V        10,393.16     10,393.16            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,273,332.98  5,131,057.63            0.00       0.00    177,956,314.44
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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-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-3   496.301124  127.818701     3.013892   130.832593   0.000000  368.482423
A-I-4   373.377262   96.160566     2.254970    98.415536   0.000000  277.216696
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     6.214322     6.214322   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     6.455898     6.455898   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     6.455898     6.455898   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-8  1000.000000    0.000000     6.455898     6.455898   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-9  1000.000000    0.000000     6.455898     6.455898   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-10 1000.000000    0.000000     6.455898     6.455898   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-11 1000.000000    0.000000     6.455898     6.455898   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    722.059053    3.480208     4.661539     8.141747   0.000000  718.578846
A-P     805.313143    1.629278     0.000000     1.629278   0.000000  803.683865
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     975.251938    0.985286     6.296126     7.281412   0.000000  974.266652
M-2     975.251934    0.985286     6.296128     7.281414   0.000000  974.266649
M-3     975.251937    0.985287     6.296125     7.281412   0.000000  974.266650
B-1     975.251929    0.985284     6.296126     7.281410   0.000000  974.266645
B-2     975.251925    0.985287     6.296135     7.281422   0.000000  974.266638
B-3     892.151022    0.901332     5.759637     6.660969   0.000000  891.183846
SPRED     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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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                       37,718.03
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       57,467.67
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      190.85


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    34   4,114,610.47

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8   1,269,374.37

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      22,076.09


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            19
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,719,745.75

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     177,956,314.44

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,754

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                  23,060.83

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,664,974.74

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         85.37242720 %    11.94697900 %    2.16382650 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT           89.51977360 %     0.00000000 %   10.48022640 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            85.52163250 %    12.19364092 %    2.22013770 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         164,142.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,819,704.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,939,378.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.73381700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              307.33

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                63.92000285


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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-1   76110FBW2    45,914,000.00           0.00     6.850000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110FBX0    26,945,000.00   5,622,095.81    11.000000  %    964,019.57
A-I-3   76110FBY8    15,646,000.00           0.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110FBZ5    32,740,000.00  27,718,881.59     7.500000  %  5,783,764.11
A-I-5   76110FCA9    10,023,000.00  10,023,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110FCB7    26,811,000.00  26,811,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110FCC5    18,046,000.00  18,046,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-8   76110FCD3     9,094,000.00   9,094,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-9   76110FCE1    10,284,000.00  10,284,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-10  76110FCF8    27,538,000.00  27,538,000.00     7.900000  %          0.00
A-II-1  76110FCG6    16,021,000.00   7,894,844.85     7.250000  %    614,573.58
A-II-2  76110FCH4     8,580,000.00   8,580,000.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-P     76110FCJ0     3,039,637.99   2,308,176.35     0.000000  %     45,534.86
A-V     76110FGN7             0.00           0.00     0.757067  %          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  12,925,951.53     8.000000  %     14,268.40
M-2     76110FCN1     5,570,800.00   5,442,567.60     8.000000  %      6,007.81
M-3     76110FCP6     4,456,600.00   4,354,015.02     8.000000  %      4,806.21
B-1     76110FCR2     2,228,400.00   2,177,105.21     8.000000  %      2,403.21
B-2     76110FCS0       696,400.00     680,369.79     8.000000  %        751.03
B-3     76110FCT8     1,671,255.97   1,112,684.27     8.000000  %        516.75
STRIP                         0.00           0.00     0.133651  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,535,793.96   180,612,692.02                  7,436,645.53
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-2      51,138.45  1,015,158.02            0.00       0.00      4,658,076.24
A-I-3           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-4     171,907.01  5,955,671.12            0.00       0.00     21,935,117.48
A-I-5      63,818.28     63,818.28            0.00       0.00     10,023,000.00
A-I-6     177,361.61    177,361.61            0.00       0.00     26,811,000.00
A-I-7     119,378.90    119,378.90            0.00       0.00     18,046,000.00
A-I-8      60,159.14     60,159.14            0.00       0.00      9,094,000.00
A-I-9      68,031.29     68,031.29            0.00       0.00     10,284,000.00
A-I-10    179,893.76    179,893.76            0.00       0.00     27,538,000.00
A-II-1     47,330.19    661,903.77            0.00       0.00      7,280,271.27
A-II-2     54,275.69     54,275.69            0.00       0.00      8,580,000.00
A-P             0.00     45,534.86            0.00       0.00      2,262,641.49
A-V       113,067.92    113,067.92            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        85,508.47     99,776.87            0.00       0.00     12,911,683.13
M-2        36,003.97     42,011.78            0.00       0.00      5,436,559.79
M-3        28,802.92     33,609.13            0.00       0.00      4,349,208.81
B-1        14,402.10     16,805.31            0.00       0.00      2,174,702.00
B-2         4,500.82      5,251.85            0.00       0.00        679,618.76
B-3         7,360.70      7,877.45            0.00       0.00      1,110,329.65
STRIP       9,656.61      9,656.61            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,292,597.83  8,729,243.36            0.00       0.00    173,174,208.62
===============================================================================



































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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-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2   208.650800   35.777308     1.897883    37.675191   0.000000  172.873492
A-I-3     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-4   846.636579  176.657425     5.250672   181.908097   0.000000  669.979153
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     6.367183     6.367183   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     6.615255     6.615255   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     6.615255     6.615255   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-8  1000.000000    0.000000     6.615256     6.615256   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-9  1000.000000    0.000000     6.615256     6.615256   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-10 1000.000000    0.000000     6.532564     6.532564   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II-1  492.781028   38.360501     2.954259    41.314760   0.000000  454.420527
A-II-2 1000.000000    0.000000     6.325838     6.325838   0.000000 1000.000000
A-P     759.358962   14.980355     0.000000    14.980355   0.000000  744.378608
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
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     976.981333    1.078448     6.462981     7.541429   0.000000  975.902886
M-2     976.981331    1.078447     6.462980     7.541427   0.000000  975.902885
M-3     976.981336    1.078448     6.462981     7.541429   0.000000  975.902888
B-1     976.981336    1.078446     6.462978     7.541424   0.000000  975.902890
B-2     976.981318    1.078446     6.462981     7.541427   0.000000  975.902872
B-3     665.777290    0.309199     4.404292     4.713491   0.000000  664.368394
STRIP     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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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                       36,755.61
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       40,596.44
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    7,264.43


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    33   2,930,063.61

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     894,901.71

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            11
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,021,516.28

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     173,174,208.62

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,855

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       3

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 872,775.96

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    7,232,421.40

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         83.94306100 %    12.58080700 %    2.19816180 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            84.40005990 %    13.10671601 %    2.31970870 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.97817600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              300.62

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                62.17305365


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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-1   76110FCU5    23,848,000.00   4,485,929.63     9.500000  %    859,180.75
A-I-2   76110FCV3    25,000,000.00   8,010,358.94     7.600000  %  1,061,880.06
A-I-3   76110FCW1    12,373,000.00           0.00     6.650000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110FCX9     7,100,000.00           0.00     7.450000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110FCY7    10,137,000.00   6,037,763.26     7.600000  %  2,160,633.91
A-I-6   76110FCZ4     5,558,000.00   5,558,000.00     7.800000  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110FDA8    16,926,000.00  16,926,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-8   76110FDB6     6,884,000.00   6,884,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-9   76110FDC4    11,229,000.00  11,229,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-10  76110FDD2    22,501,000.00  22,501,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II-1  76110FDE0    11,162,000.00   6,149,679.87     8.000000  %    420,893.01
A-II-2  76110FDF7     4,525,000.00   4,525,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-P     76110FDG5     1,105,878.69     867,194.72     0.000000  %      1,295.22
A-V     76110FGP2             0.00           0.00     0.864307  %          0.00
R       76110FDH3           100.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FDJ9     7,918,500.00   7,752,277.60     8.000000  %      8,170.48
M-2     76110FDK6     3,958,800.00   3,875,698.27     8.000000  %      4,084.78
M-3     76110FDL4     2,815,100.00   2,756,006.41     8.000000  %      2,904.68
B-1     76110FDM2     1,407,600.00   1,378,052.15     8.000000  %      1,452.39
B-2     76110FDN0       439,800.00     430,567.88     8.000000  %        453.80
B-3     76110FDP5     1,055,748.52     997,099.13     8.000000  %      1,050.89

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  175,944,527.21   110,363,627.86                  4,521,999.97
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      35,213.12    894,393.87            0.00       0.00      3,626,748.88
A-I-2      50,303.01  1,112,183.07            0.00       0.00      6,948,478.88
A-I-3           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-4           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-5      37,915.62  2,198,549.53            0.00       0.00      3,877,129.35
A-I-6      35,821.32     35,821.32            0.00       0.00      5,558,000.00
A-I-7     111,885.22    111,885.22            0.00       0.00     16,926,000.00
A-I-8      45,505.01     45,505.01            0.00       0.00      6,884,000.00
A-I-9      74,226.58     74,226.58            0.00       0.00     11,229,000.00
A-I-10    148,737.41    148,737.41            0.00       0.00     22,501,000.00
A-II-1     40,650.97    461,543.98            0.00       0.00      5,728,786.86
A-II-2     29,911.42     29,911.42            0.00       0.00      4,525,000.00
A-P             0.00      1,295.22            0.00       0.00        865,899.50
A-V        78,817.45     78,817.45            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        51,244.55     59,415.03            0.00       0.00      7,744,107.12
M-2        25,619.37     29,704.15            0.00       0.00      3,871,613.49
M-3        18,217.92     21,122.60            0.00       0.00      2,753,101.73
B-1         9,109.28     10,561.67            0.00       0.00      1,376,599.76
B-2         2,846.16      3,299.96            0.00       0.00        430,114.08
B-3         6,591.08      7,641.97            0.00       0.00        996,048.26

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          802,615.49  5,324,615.46            0.00       0.00    105,841,627.91
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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-1   188.105067   36.027371     1.476565    37.503936   0.000000  152.077695
A-I-2   320.414358   42.475202     2.012120    44.487322   0.000000  277.939155
A-I-3     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-4     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-5   595.616382  213.143327     3.740320   216.883647   0.000000  382.473054
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     6.445002     6.445002   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     6.610258     6.610258   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-8  1000.000000    0.000000     6.610257     6.610257   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-9  1000.000000    0.000000     6.610257     6.610257   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-10 1000.000000    0.000000     6.610258     6.610258   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II-1  550.947847   37.707670     3.641907    41.349577   0.000000  513.240177
A-II-2 1000.000000    0.000000     6.610259     6.610259   0.000000 1000.000000
A-P     784.168036    1.171211     0.000000     1.171211   0.000000  782.996825
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     979.008348    1.031822     6.471497     7.503319   0.000000  977.976526
M-2     979.008354    1.031823     6.471499     7.503322   0.000000  977.976531
M-3     979.008351    1.031821     6.471500     7.503321   0.000000  977.976530
B-1     979.008348    1.031820     6.471498     7.503318   0.000000  977.976527
B-2     979.008367    1.031833     6.471487     7.503320   0.000000  977.976535
B-3     944.447575    0.995398     6.243040     7.238438   0.000000  943.452193

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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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                       22,368.51
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       44,939.42
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    4,530.10


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    27   3,487,844.71

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     838,279.88

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      35,714.19


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,122,619.28

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     105,841,627.91

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

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       5

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 548,199.75

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,400,246.50

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         83.63872550 %    13.03326300 %    2.54224990 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            83.64232890 %    13.57577602 %    2.66991440 %

      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                          9.13244400
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              305.53

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                60.15624901


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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-1   76110FDQ3    20,106,154.00           0.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110FDR1    43,322,483.00   9,782,012.99     6.056250  %  1,071,680.97
A-I-3   76110FDS9             0.00           0.00     2.943750  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110FDT7    13,330,948.00           0.00     7.125000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110FDU4    24,973,716.00  18,036,103.78     7.600000  %  2,679,202.61
A-I-6   76110FDV2             0.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110FDW0     1,000,000.00   1,000,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-8   76110FDX8     9,539,699.00   9,539,699.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-9   76110FDY6    22,526,000.00  22,526,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-10  76110FDZ3    11,650,000.00  11,650,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-11  76110FEA7    30,421,000.00  30,421,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-12  76110FEB5     8,619,000.00   8,619,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II    76110FEC3    20,104,000.00  14,495,777.02     8.000000  %    147,341.04
A-P     76110FED1       601,147.92     460,740.29     0.000000  %     25,031.44
A-V     76110FGQ0             0.00           0.00     0.806965  %          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   8,955,200.35     8.000000  %     39,162.91
M-2     76110FEH2     5,126,400.00   5,036,747.54     8.000000  %     22,026.72
M-3     76110FEJ8     3,645,500.00   3,581,746.06     8.000000  %     15,663.70
B-1                   1,822,700.00   1,790,823.93     8.000000  %      7,831.64
B-2                     569,600.00     559,638.63     8.000000  %      2,447.41
B-3                   1,366,716.75   1,306,408.01     8.000000  %      5,713.19

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  227,839,864.67   147,760,897.60                  4,016,101.63
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-2      49,314.88  1,120,995.85            0.00       0.00      8,710,332.02
A-I-3      23,970.39     23,970.39            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-4           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-5     114,104.36  2,793,306.97            0.00       0.00     15,356,901.17
A-I-6         494.74        494.74            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-7       6,409.69      6,409.69            0.00       0.00      1,000,000.00
A-I-8      61,146.46     61,146.46            0.00       0.00      9,539,699.00
A-I-9     150,009.91    150,009.91            0.00       0.00     22,526,000.00
A-I-10     77,582.15     77,582.15            0.00       0.00     11,650,000.00
A-I-11    202,585.98    202,585.98            0.00       0.00     30,421,000.00
A-I-12     57,397.47     57,397.47            0.00       0.00      8,619,000.00
A-II       96,533.35    243,874.39            0.00       0.00     14,348,435.98
A-P             0.00     25,031.44            0.00       0.00        435,708.85
A-V        99,256.78     99,256.78            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        59,636.37     98,799.28            0.00       0.00      8,916,037.44
M-2        33,541.78     55,568.50            0.00       0.00      5,014,720.82
M-3        23,852.33     39,516.03            0.00       0.00      3,566,082.36
B-1        11,925.84     19,757.48            0.00       0.00      1,782,992.29
B-2         3,726.86      6,174.27            0.00       0.00        557,191.22
B-3         8,699.91     14,413.10            0.00       0.00      1,279,108.07

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,080,189.25  5,096,290.88            0.00       0.00    143,723,209.22
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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-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2   225.795299   24.737293     1.138321    25.875614   0.000000  201.058005
A-I-3     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-4     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-5   722.203447  107.280895     4.568978   111.849873   0.000000  614.922552
A-I-6     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     6.409690     6.409690   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-8  1000.000000    0.000000     6.409684     6.409684   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-9  1000.000000    0.000000     6.659412     6.659412   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-10 1000.000000    0.000000     6.659412     6.659412   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-11 1000.000000    0.000000     6.659412     6.659412   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-12 1000.000000    0.000000     6.659412     6.659412   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    721.039446    7.328942     4.801699    12.130641   0.000000  713.710504
A-P     766.434142   41.639401     0.000000    41.639401   0.000000  724.794741
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
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     982.511613    4.296723     6.542950    10.839673   0.000000  978.214890
M-2     982.511614    4.296723     6.542950    10.839673   0.000000  978.214892
M-3     982.511606    4.296722     6.542952    10.839674   0.000000  978.214884
B-1     982.511620    4.296725     6.542953    10.839678   0.000000  978.214896
B-2     982.511640    4.296717     6.542942    10.839659   0.000000  978.214923
B-3     955.873271    4.180230     6.365555    10.545785   0.000000  935.898436

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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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                       30,334.14
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       35,817.94
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,745.10


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    25   2,240,074.05

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     874,917.76

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            11
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,332,497.67

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     143,723,209.22

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,516

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                 216,527.69

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,367,417.89

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      483,495.15

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         85.31999660 %    11.89333200 %    2.47485680 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            85.26310240 %    12.17398409 %    2.52589480 %

      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                          9.10872000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              306.68

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                63.08079994


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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   1,976,791.09     7.400000  %    215,387.58
A-2     76110FEL3     4,074,824.00      66,769.03     7.300000  %     66,769.03
A-3     76110FEM1    13,128,206.00  13,128,206.00     7.050000  %  1,494,365.00
A-4     76110FEN9     3,765,148.00   3,765,148.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FEP4    10,500,000.00   5,471,973.48     7.400000  %    879,562.04
A-6     76110FEQ2     2,600,500.00   2,600,500.00     7.400000  %          0.00
A-7     76110FER0    31,579,563.00  17,783,137.73     6.156250  %  1,668,252.59
A-8     76110FES8             0.00           0.00     2.843750  %          0.00
A-9     76110FET6    32,965,000.00   1,915,034.88     0.000000  %  1,627,292.62
A-10    76110FEU3    20,953,719.00  20,274,798.61     7.400000  %     72,276.77
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      94,307.61     0.000000  %        188.56
A-15    76110FGR8             0.00           0.00     0.901952  %          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   6,555,233.59     7.750000  %    117,057.39
M-2     76110FFC2     4,440,700.00   4,370,188.54     7.750000  %     78,038.84
M-3     76110FFD0     3,108,500.00   3,059,141.82     7.750000  %     54,627.37
B-1                   1,509,500.00   1,485,531.47     7.750000  %     26,527.27
B-2                     444,000.00     436,949.97     7.750000  %      7,802.65
B-3                   1,154,562.90   1,078,351.36     7.750000  %     19,256.21

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  177,623,205.60   120,684,021.18                  6,327,403.92
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        12,138.31    227,525.89            0.00       0.00      1,761,403.51
A-2           404.45     67,173.48            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-3        76,799.86  1,571,164.86            0.00       0.00     11,633,841.00
A-4        22,807.14     22,807.14            0.00       0.00      3,765,148.00
A-5        33,600.18    913,162.22            0.00       0.00      4,592,411.44
A-6        15,968.15     15,968.15            0.00       0.00      2,600,500.00
A-7        90,842.81  1,759,095.40            0.00       0.00     16,114,885.14
A-8        41,962.92     41,962.92            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9        11,733.28  1,639,025.90            0.00       0.00        287,742.26
A-10      124,495.65    196,772.42            0.00       0.00     20,202,521.84
A-11       89,870.97     89,870.97            0.00       0.00     13,975,000.00
A-12       12,861.68     12,861.68            0.00       0.00      2,000,000.00
A-13      132,777.26    132,777.26            0.00       0.00     20,646,958.00
A-14            0.00        188.56            0.00       0.00         94,119.05
A-15       90,323.10     90,323.10            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        42,155.65    159,213.04            0.00       0.00      6,438,176.20
M-2        28,103.97    106,142.81            0.00       0.00      4,292,149.70
M-3        19,672.85     74,300.22            0.00       0.00      3,004,514.45
B-1         9,553.22     36,080.49            0.00       0.00      1,459,004.20
B-2         2,809.96     10,612.61            0.00       0.00        429,147.32
B-3         6,934.70     26,190.91            0.00       0.00      1,059,095.15

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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     494.197773   53.846894     3.034578    56.881472   0.000000  440.350878
A-2      16.385746   16.385746     0.099256    16.485002   0.000000    0.000000
A-3    1000.000000  113.828576     5.849989   119.678565   0.000000  886.171424
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.057435     6.057435   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5     521.140331   83.767814     3.200017    86.967831   0.000000  437.372518
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.140415     6.140415   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7     563.121717   52.826969     2.876633    55.703602   0.000000  510.294748
A-8       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-9      58.092974   49.364254     0.355931    49.720185   0.000000    8.728720
A-10    967.599051    3.449353     5.941458     9.390811   0.000000  964.149698
A-11   1000.000000    0.000000     6.430839     6.430839   0.000000 1000.000000
A-12   1000.000000    0.000000     6.430840     6.430840   0.000000 1000.000000
A-13   1000.000000    0.000000     6.430839     6.430839   0.000000 1000.000000
A-14    814.227104    1.627977     0.000000     1.627977   0.000000  812.599126
A-15      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
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     984.121542   17.573546     6.328727    23.902273   0.000000  966.547996
M-2     984.121544   17.573545     6.328725    23.902270   0.000000  966.547999
M-3     984.121544   17.573547     6.328728    23.902275   0.000000  966.547997
B-1     984.121544   17.573548     6.328731    23.902279   0.000000  966.547996
B-2     984.121554   17.573536     6.328739    23.902275   0.000000  966.548018
B-3     933.991002   16.678364     6.006342    22.684706   0.000000  917.312647

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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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                       24,225.44
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       36,671.98
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,166.08


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    30   3,055,353.34

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     683,033.36

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     206,802.07


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             7
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        677,176.48

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     114,356,617.26

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,178

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                 147,461.91

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,173,900.56

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,064,800.72

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         85.91472170 %    11.59681300 %    2.48846500 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            85.40020800 %    12.01053396 %    2.57936480 %

      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                          8.96359478
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              328.93

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                64.38157496


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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           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-2     76110FFF5    10,146,000.00     129,085.94     6.750000  %    129,085.94
A-3     76110FFG3    24,816,000.00  15,502,116.48     6.750000  %  4,631,901.28
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  %    960,773.22
A-6     76110FFK4    31,511,646.00  20,242,618.33    11.000000  %  1,226,091.48
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     165,175.55     0.000000  %      1,148.40
A-13    76110FFS7             0.00           0.00     0.948466  %          0.00
R       76110FFT5           100.00           0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FFV0     9,377,000.00   9,265,759.60     7.500000  %     15,989.30
M-2     76110FFW8     6,251,000.00   6,176,843.69     7.500000  %     10,658.96
M-3     76110FFW8     4,375,700.00   4,323,790.57     7.500000  %      7,461.27
B-1                   1,624,900.00   1,605,623.63     7.500000  %      2,770.72
B-2                     624,800.00     617,387.93     7.500000  %      1,065.38
B-3                   1,500,282.64   1,474,203.90     7.500000  %      2,543.93

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  250,038,730.26   185,842,959.62                  6,989,489.88
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-2           724.71    129,810.65            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-3        87,031.62  4,718,932.90            0.00       0.00     10,870,215.20
A-4        89,478.75     89,478.75            0.00       0.00     15,938,000.00
A-5        57,562.16  1,018,335.38            0.00       0.00      9,292,226.78
A-6       185,200.29  1,411,291.77            0.00       0.00     19,016,526.85
A-7        99,101.44     99,101.44            0.00       0.00     17,652,000.00
A-8        31,751.48     31,751.48            0.00       0.00      5,655,589.00
A-9       107,051.12    107,051.12            0.00       0.00     19,068,000.00
A-10       57,645.05     57,645.05            0.00       0.00     10,267,765.00
A-11      296,341.19    296,341.19            0.00       0.00     47,506,000.00
A-12            0.00      1,148.40            0.00       0.00        164,027.15
A-13      146,605.53    146,605.53            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        57,799.57     73,788.87            0.00       0.00      9,249,770.30
M-2        38,530.99     49,189.95            0.00       0.00      6,166,184.73
M-3        26,971.69     34,432.96            0.00       0.00      4,316,329.30
B-1        10,015.84     12,786.56            0.00       0.00      1,602,852.91
B-2         3,851.25      4,916.63            0.00       0.00        616,322.55
B-3         9,196.04     11,739.97            0.00       0.00      1,471,659.97

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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       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-2      12.722841   12.722841     0.071428    12.794269   0.000000    0.000000
A-3     624.682321  186.649794     3.507077   190.156871   0.000000  438.032527
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     5.614177     5.614177   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000   93.706546     5.614177    99.320723   0.000000  906.293454
A-6     642.385305   38.909154     5.877201    44.786355   0.000000  603.476151
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     5.614176     5.614176   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8    1000.000000    0.000000     5.614177     5.614177   0.000000 1000.000000
A-9    1000.000000    0.000000     5.614177     5.614177   0.000000 1000.000000
A-10   1000.000000    0.000000     5.614177     5.614177   0.000000 1000.000000
A-11   1000.000000    0.000000     6.237974     6.237974   0.000000 1000.000000
A-12    775.662813    5.392875     0.000000     5.392875   0.000000  770.269938
A-13      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     988.136888    1.705162     6.163972     7.869134   0.000000  986.431727
M-2     988.136888    1.705161     6.163972     7.869133   0.000000  986.431728
M-3     988.136886    1.705160     6.163971     7.869131   0.000000  986.431725
B-1     988.136888    1.705163     6.163973     7.869136   0.000000  986.431725
B-2     988.136892    1.705154     6.163972     7.869126   0.000000  986.431738
B-3     982.617449    1.695634     6.129538     7.825172   0.000000  980.921815

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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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                       38,304.14
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       35,667.79
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,191.15


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    31   3,345,917.96

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     475,240.93

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        836,160.70

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     178,853,469.74

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,760

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       3

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 276,152.12

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    6,668,901.07

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      191,639.64

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.36326510 %    10.64553500 %    1.99119970 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            86.89171590 %    11.03265391 %    2.06550280 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         182,005.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            2,143,653.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,143,653.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.77090316
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              333.72

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                71.53030635


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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  18,578,384.33     9.000000  %  1,227,284.08
A-2     76110FFZ1    37,000,000.00   9,982,071.57     7.250000  %  2,646,303.44
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   5,692,462.27     7.250000  %    421,906.96
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     114,352.03     0.000000  %        636.38
A-10    76110FGH0             0.00           0.00     0.729806  %          0.00
R       76100FGJ6           100.00           0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FGK3     4,931,600.00   4,882,429.47     7.750000  %     10,762.28
M-2     76110FGL1     4,109,600.00   4,068,625.22     7.750000  %      8,968.42
M-3     76110FGM9     2,630,200.00   2,603,975.58     7.750000  %      5,739.91
B-1                   1,068,500.00   1,057,846.51     7.750000  %      2,331.80
B-2                     410,900.00     406,803.12     7.750000  %        896.71
B-3                     821,738.81     813,545.71     7.750000  %      1,793.29

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,383,983.57   120,372,708.81                  4,326,623.27
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       138,706.37  1,365,990.45            0.00       0.00     17,351,100.25
A-2        60,035.02  2,706,338.46            0.00       0.00      7,335,768.13
A-3        31,274.28     31,274.28            0.00       0.00      5,200,000.00
A-4       109,459.98    109,459.98            0.00       0.00     18,200,000.00
A-5        34,236.09    456,143.05            0.00       0.00      5,270,555.31
A-6        44,333.88     44,333.88            0.00       0.00      7,371,430.00
A-7        66,867.28     66,867.28            0.00       0.00     10,400,783.00
A-8       199,300.95    199,300.95            0.00       0.00     31,000,000.00
A-9             0.00        636.38            0.00       0.00        113,715.65
A-10       72,875.45     72,875.45            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        31,389.45     42,151.73            0.00       0.00      4,871,667.19
M-2        26,157.45     35,125.87            0.00       0.00      4,059,656.80
M-3        16,741.12     22,481.03            0.00       0.00      2,598,235.67
B-1         6,800.97      9,132.77            0.00       0.00      1,055,514.71
B-2         2,615.36      3,512.07            0.00       0.00        405,906.41
B-3         5,230.34      7,023.63            0.00       0.00        809,684.87

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          846,023.99  5,172,647.26            0.00       0.00    116,044,017.99
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS2(POOL #  4240)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4240 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     597.211133   39.451639     4.458783    43.910422   0.000000  557.759494
A-2     269.785718   71.521715     1.622568    73.144283   0.000000  198.264004
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.014285     6.014285   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.014285     6.014285   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5     569.246227   42.190696     3.423609    45.614305   0.000000  527.055531
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.014285     6.014285   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     6.429062     6.429062   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8    1000.000000    0.000000     6.429063     6.429063   0.000000 1000.000000
A-9     875.846266    4.874168     0.000000     4.874168   0.000000  870.972098
A-10      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     990.029498    2.182310     6.364963     8.547273   0.000000  987.847188
M-2     990.029497    2.182310     6.364963     8.547273   0.000000  987.847187
M-3     990.029496    2.182309     6.364961     8.547270   0.000000  987.847187
B-1     990.029490    2.182312     6.364970     8.547282   0.000000  987.847178
B-2     990.029496    2.182307     6.364955     8.547262   0.000000  987.847189
B-3     990.029557    2.182311     6.364967     8.547278   0.000000  985.331178

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       24,651.98
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       28,242.07
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      261.87


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    25   2,685,812.02

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     211,535.75

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        733,202.01

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     116,044,017.99

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,182

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                  32,939.21

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,045,536.15

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.49707750 %     9.60850500 %    1.89441750 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.09572190 %     9.93550539 %    1.95902710 %

      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                          8.79766378
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              335.41

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                70.59326308


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS3(POOL #  4244)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4244 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FGS6    32,109,000.00   2,541,510.96     7.250000  %  2,448,414.99
A-2     76110FGT4    26,579,000.00  26,579,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-3     76110FGU1    16,821,000.00  16,821,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FGV9    23,490,000.00  23,490,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FGW7     7,138,000.00   7,138,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-6     76110FGX5     1,000,000.00   1,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-7     76110FGY3    15,374,000.00   6,926,145.99     9.500000  %    699,547.14
A-8     76110FGZ0    27,500,000.00  27,500,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-9     76110FHA4       107,351.50      94,529.07     0.000000  %         92.58
A-10    76110FHB2             0.00           0.00     0.731708  %          0.00
R       76110FHC0           100.00           0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FHD8     5,346,700.00   5,293,242.21     7.750000  %      3,576.25
M-2     76110FHE6     4,112,900.00   4,071,778.09     7.750000  %      2,751.00
M-3     76110FHF3     2,632,200.00   2,605,882.51     7.750000  %      1,760.60
B-1                   1,069,400.00   1,058,707.85     7.750000  %        715.29
B-2                     411,200.00     407,088.72     7.750000  %        275.04
B-3                     823,585.68     815,351.20     7.750000  %        550.86

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,514,437.18   126,342,236.60                  3,157,683.75
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        15,350.86  2,463,765.85            0.00       0.00         93,095.97
A-2       166,074.36    166,074.36            0.00       0.00     26,579,000.00
A-3       105,103.15    105,103.15            0.00       0.00     16,821,000.00
A-4       151,665.71    151,665.71            0.00       0.00     23,490,000.00
A-5        46,087.26     46,087.26            0.00       0.00      7,138,000.00
A-6         6,456.60      6,456.60            0.00       0.00      1,000,000.00
A-7        54,817.34    754,364.48            0.00       0.00      6,226,598.85
A-8       177,556.71    177,556.71            0.00       0.00     27,500,000.00
A-9             0.00         92.58            0.00       0.00         94,436.49
A-10       77,017.40     77,017.40            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        34,176.38     37,752.63            0.00       0.00      5,289,665.96
M-2        26,289.87     29,040.87            0.00       0.00      4,069,027.09
M-3        16,825.16     18,585.76            0.00       0.00      2,604,121.91
B-1         6,835.66      7,550.95            0.00       0.00      1,057,992.56
B-2         2,628.41      2,903.45            0.00       0.00        406,813.68
B-3         5,264.40      5,815.26            0.00       0.00        814,800.34

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          892,149.27  4,049,833.02            0.00       0.00    123,184,552.85
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS3(POOL #  4244)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4244 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1      79.152604   76.253231     0.478086    76.731317   0.000000    2.899373
A-2    1000.000000    0.000000     6.248330     6.248330   0.000000 1000.000000
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.248329     6.248329   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.456607     6.456607   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     6.456607     6.456607   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.456600     6.456600   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7     450.510341   45.501960     3.565587    49.067547   0.000000  405.008381
A-8    1000.000000    0.000000     6.456608     6.456608   0.000000 1000.000000
A-9     880.556583    0.862401     0.000000     0.862401   0.000000  879.694182
A-10      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     990.001723    0.668871     6.392051     7.060922   0.000000  989.332852
M-2     990.001724    0.668871     6.392052     7.060923   0.000000  989.332853
M-3     990.001713    0.668870     6.392052     7.060922   0.000000  989.332843
B-1     990.001730    0.668870     6.392052     7.060922   0.000000  989.332860
B-2     990.001751    0.668872     6.392048     7.060920   0.000000  989.332879
B-3     990.001672    0.668868     6.392049     7.060917   0.000000  989.332816

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       25,989.43
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       39,840.27
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    17   2,362,017.74

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     694,367.83

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     205,024.95


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,913,277.81

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     123,184,552.85

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,183

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                    3,072,310.67

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.71104210 %     9.48207500 %    1.80688250 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.42927280 %     9.71129471 %    1.85198180 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            2,785,164.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,623,566.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.80244345
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              338.15

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                74.87765509


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS4(POOL #  4247)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4247 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FHK2    43,231,010.00     884,265.34     7.250000  %    884,265.34
A-2     76110FHL0    35,775,000.00  35,775,000.00     7.250000  %  4,034,108.15
A-3     76110FHM8    22,398,546.00  22,398,546.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FHN6    24,498,244.00  15,087,857.37    10.000000  %  1,092,971.86
A-5     76110FHP1    17,675,100.00  17,675,100.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-6     76110FHQ9     7,150,100.00   7,150,100.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-7     76110FHR7    52,000,000.00  52,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-8     76110FHS5       155,284.33     148,443.80     0.000000  %        134.14
A-9     76110FHT3             0.00           0.00     0.743526  %          0.00
R       76110FHU0           100.00           0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FHV8     7,186,600.00   7,111,724.26     7.750000  %      4,774.10
M-2     76110FHW6     4,975,300.00   4,923,463.34     7.750000  %      3,305.12
M-3     76110FHX4     3,316,900.00   3,282,341.88     7.750000  %      2,203.43
B-1                   1,216,200.00   1,203,528.66     7.750000  %        807.93
B-2                     552,900.00     547,139.45     7.750000  %        367.29
B-3                     995,114.30     984,746.44     7.750000  %        661.07

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  221,126,398.63   169,172,256.54                  6,023,598.43
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1         5,311.42    889,576.76            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-2       214,885.59  4,248,993.74            0.00       0.00     31,740,891.85
A-3       134,538.78    134,538.78            0.00       0.00     22,398,546.00
A-4       125,002.07  1,217,973.93            0.00       0.00     13,994,885.51
A-5       109,827.93    109,827.93            0.00       0.00     17,675,100.00
A-6        45,909.59     45,909.59            0.00       0.00      7,150,100.00
A-7       333,883.28    333,883.28            0.00       0.00     52,000,000.00
A-8             0.00        134.14            0.00       0.00        148,309.66
A-9       104,211.26    104,211.26            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        45,663.19     50,437.29            0.00       0.00      7,106,950.16
M-2        31,612.74     34,917.86            0.00       0.00      4,920,158.22
M-3        21,075.37     23,278.80            0.00       0.00      3,280,138.45
B-1         7,727.66      8,535.59            0.00       0.00      1,202,720.73
B-2         3,513.09      3,880.38            0.00       0.00        546,772.16
B-3         6,322.89      6,983.96            0.00       0.00        984,085.37

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,189,484.86  7,213,083.29            0.00       0.00    163,148,658.11
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS4(POOL #  4247)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4247 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1      20.454422   20.454422     0.122861    20.577283   0.000000    0.000000
A-2    1000.000000  112.763331     6.006585   118.769916   0.000000  887.236670
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.006585     6.006585   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4     615.875055   44.614294     5.102491    49.716785   0.000000  571.260761
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     6.213709     6.213709   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.420832     6.420832   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     6.420832     6.420832   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8     955.948356    0.863835     0.000000     0.863835   0.000000  955.084521
A-9       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     989.581201    0.664306     6.353935     7.018241   0.000000  988.916895
M-2     989.581199    0.664306     6.353936     7.018242   0.000000  988.916894
M-3     989.581199    0.664304     6.353936     7.018240   0.000000  988.916895
B-1     989.581204    0.664307     6.353938     7.018245   0.000000  988.916897
B-2     989.581208    0.664297     6.353934     7.018231   0.000000  988.916911
B-3     989.581237    0.664306     6.353933     7.018239   0.000000  988.916925

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       34,624.84
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       18,899.27
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    22   1,859,867.50

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     208,440.77

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             3
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        356,124.76

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     163,148,658.11

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,581

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                    5,910,011.58

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.31928960 %     9.06235000 %    1.61836050 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.93203280 %     9.38239211 %    1.67703830 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         146,943.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,743,213.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,497,768.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.80863876
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              338.16

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                73.78072411


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS5(POOL #  4248)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4248 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FHZ9    33,300,000.00   1,906,592.71     7.250000  %  1,906,592.71
A-2     76110FJA2    10,800,000.00  10,800,000.00     7.250000  %  2,039,327.08
A-3     76110FJB0    29,956,909.00  18,184,381.33    10.000000  %  1,479,719.92
A-4     76110FJC8    24,000,000.00  24,000,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FJD6    11,785,091.00  11,785,091.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-6     76110FJE4    18,143,000.00  18,143,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-7     76110FJF1     4,767,000.00   4,767,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-8     76110FJG9             0.00           0.00     0.750000  %          0.00
A-9     76110FJH7    42,917,000.00  42,917,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-10    76110FJJ3       340,158.57     280,995.55     0.000000  %      1,209.66
A-11    76110FJK0             0.00           0.00     0.622582  %          0.00
R-I     76110FJL8           100.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
R-II    76110FJM6           100.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FJN4     6,730,000.00   6,660,161.45     8.000000  %      4,228.12
M-2     76110FJP9     4,330,000.00   4,285,066.74     8.000000  %      2,720.32
M-3     76110FJQ7     2,886,000.00   2,856,051.42     8.000000  %      1,813.13
B-1                   1,058,000.00   1,047,020.92     8.000000  %        664.69
B-2                     481,000.00     476,008.56     8.000000  %        302.19
B-3                     866,066.26     857,078.93     8.000000  %        544.09

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  192,360,424.83   148,965,448.61                  5,437,121.91
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        11,480.76  1,918,073.47            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-2        65,033.39  2,104,360.47            0.00       0.00      8,760,672.92
A-3       151,033.47  1,630,753.39            0.00       0.00     16,704,661.41
A-4       144,518.66    144,518.66            0.00       0.00     24,000,000.00
A-5        70,965.23     70,965.23            0.00       0.00     11,785,091.00
A-6       120,551.81    120,551.81            0.00       0.00     18,143,000.00
A-7        31,674.50     31,674.50            0.00       0.00      4,767,000.00
A-8        26,734.09     26,734.09            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9       258,429.47    258,429.47            0.00       0.00     42,917,000.00
A-10            0.00      1,209.66            0.00       0.00        279,785.89
A-11       77,029.44     77,029.44            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        44,253.69     48,481.81            0.00       0.00      6,655,933.33
M-2        28,472.28     31,192.60            0.00       0.00      4,282,346.42
M-3        18,977.13     20,790.26            0.00       0.00      2,854,238.29
B-1         6,956.97      7,621.66            0.00       0.00      1,046,356.23
B-2         3,162.86      3,465.05            0.00       0.00        475,706.37
B-3         5,694.89      6,238.98            0.00       0.00        856,534.84

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        1,064,968.64  6,502,090.55            0.00       0.00    143,528,326.70
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS5(POOL #  4248)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4248 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1      57.255036   57.255036     0.344768    57.599804   0.000000    0.000000
A-2    1000.000000  188.826581     6.021610   194.848191   0.000000  811.173419
A-3     607.017945   49.394946     5.041691    54.436637   0.000000  557.622998
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.021611     6.021611   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     6.021611     6.021611   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.644536     6.644536   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     6.644535     6.644535   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-9    1000.000000    0.000000     6.021611     6.021611   0.000000 1000.000000
A-10    826.072234    3.556165     0.000000     3.556165   0.000000  822.516070
A-11      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-I       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-II      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     989.622801    0.628250     6.575585     7.203835   0.000000  988.994551
M-2     989.622804    0.628249     6.575584     7.203833   0.000000  988.994554
M-3     989.622807    0.628250     6.575582     7.203832   0.000000  988.994557
B-1     989.622798    0.628251     6.575586     7.203837   0.000000  988.994546
B-2     989.622786    0.628254     6.575593     7.203847   0.000000  988.994532
B-3     989.622815    0.628220     6.575582     7.203802   0.000000  988.994578

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       30,484.21
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       34,463.95
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      382.62


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    27   2,800,383.56

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     340,853.45

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,369,485.83

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     143,528,326.70

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,407

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                  44,683.30

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,342,470.78

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.11696030 %     9.28226100 %    1.60077830 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.71114820 %     9.60961390 %    1.66046890 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         146,943.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,490,509.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,490,509.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.93594106
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              340.12

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                74.61426997


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS6(POOL #  4249)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4249 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FJR5    42,946,000.00  25,164,180.55     7.500000  %  1,696,000.83
A-2     76110FJS3    15,683,000.00  15,683,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-3     76110FJT1    18,746,000.00  18,746,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FJU8     2,046,000.00   2,046,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FJV6    21,277,000.00  20,430,376.51     7.500000  %     69,119.81
A-6     76110FJW4       164,986.80     134,706.63     0.000000  %        509.07
A-7     76110FJX2             0.00           0.00     0.736526  %          0.00
R       76110FJY0           100.00           0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1                   2,654,400.00   2,548,778.93     7.500000  %      8,623.00
M-2     76110FKA0     1,061,700.00   1,019,453.96     7.500000  %      3,449.00
M-3     76110FKB8       690,100.00     662,640.27     7.500000  %      2,241.84
B-1                     371,600.00     356,813.69     7.500000  %      1,207.17
B-2                     159,300.00     152,961.29     7.500000  %        517.50
B-3                     372,446.48     357,626.49     7.500000  %      1,209.91

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  106,172,633.28    87,302,538.32                  1,782,878.13
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       157,184.76  1,853,185.59            0.00       0.00     23,468,179.72
A-2        97,961.80     97,961.80            0.00       0.00     15,683,000.00
A-3       117,094.43    117,094.43            0.00       0.00     18,746,000.00
A-4        12,780.07     12,780.07            0.00       0.00      2,046,000.00
A-5       127,615.66    196,735.47            0.00       0.00     20,361,256.70
A-6             0.00        509.07            0.00       0.00        134,197.56
A-7        53,552.72     53,552.72            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        15,920.62     24,543.62            0.00       0.00      2,540,155.93
M-2         6,367.89      9,816.89            0.00       0.00      1,016,004.96
M-3         4,139.09      6,380.93            0.00       0.00        660,398.43
B-1         2,228.79      3,435.96            0.00       0.00        355,606.52
B-2           955.45      1,472.95            0.00       0.00        152,443.79
B-3         2,233.87      3,443.78            0.00       0.00        356,416.58

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          598,035.15  2,380,913.28            0.00       0.00     85,519,660.19
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     585.949345   39.491474     3.660056    43.151530   0.000000  546.457871
A-2    1000.000000    0.000000     6.246369     6.246369   0.000000 1000.000000
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.246369     6.246369   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.246369     6.246369   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5     960.209452    3.248569     5.997822     9.246391   0.000000  956.960883
A-6     816.469136    3.085520     0.000000     3.085520   0.000000  813.383616
A-7       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     960.209060    3.248568     5.997822     9.246390   0.000000  956.960492
M-2     960.209061    3.248564     5.997824     9.246388   0.000000  956.960497
M-3     960.209057    3.248573     5.997812     9.246385   0.000000  956.960484
B-1     960.209069    3.248574     5.997820     9.246394   0.000000  956.960495
B-2     960.208977    3.248588     5.997803     9.246391   0.000000  956.960389
B-3     960.209075    3.248574     5.997828     9.246402   0.000000  956.960528

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       18,026.40
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       10,550.63
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    14     851,959.72

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1      72,127.61

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        162,014.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      85,519,660.19

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,135

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                    1,487,472.04

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         94.15119710 %     4.85370900 %    0.99509350 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            94.04930760 %     4.93051459 %    1.01242870 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         154,147.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            8,574,020.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,813,254.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.55631459
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              158.77

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                80.54774338


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS7(POOL #  4255)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4255 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FKC6    82,491,000.00  49,662,135.11     7.500000  %  3,668,872.85
A-2     76110FKD4    20,984,000.00  20,984,000.00     7.500000  %  1,846,737.74
A-3     76110FKE2    11,000,000.00  11,000,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FKF9     4,000,000.00   4,000,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FKG7    17,500,000.00  17,500,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-6     76110FKH5    17,500,000.00  17,500,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-7     76110FKJ1    21,925,000.00  17,235,162.13     9.500000  %    787,944.37
A-8     76110FKP7       156,262.27     131,674.33     0.000000  %     12,371.22
A-9     76110FKQ5             0.00           0.00     0.771512  %          0.00
R       76110FKK8           100.00           0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FKL6     6,697,000.00   6,631,319.00     7.750000  %      6,816.73
M-2     76110FKM4     3,827,000.00   3,789,466.59     7.750000  %      3,895.42
M-3     76110FKN2     2,870,200.00   2,842,050.45     7.750000  %      2,921.51
B-1                   1,052,400.00   1,042,078.57     7.750000  %      1,071.21
B-2                     478,400.00     473,708.07     7.750000  %        486.95
B-3                     861,188.35     852,742.22     7.750000  %        876.59

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  191,342,550.62   153,644,336.47                  6,331,994.59
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       309,331.07  3,978,203.92            0.00       0.00     45,993,262.27
A-2       130,703.26  1,977,441.00            0.00       0.00     19,137,262.27
A-3        68,515.82     68,515.82            0.00       0.00     11,000,000.00
A-4        24,914.84     24,914.84            0.00       0.00      4,000,000.00
A-5       112,635.85    112,635.85            0.00       0.00     17,500,000.00
A-6       105,369.03    105,369.03            0.00       0.00     17,500,000.00
A-7       135,980.26    923,924.63            0.00       0.00     16,447,217.76
A-8             0.00     12,371.22            0.00       0.00        119,303.11
A-9        98,445.53     98,445.53            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        42,681.39     49,498.12            0.00       0.00      6,624,502.27
M-2        24,390.28     28,285.70            0.00       0.00      3,785,571.17
M-3        18,292.39     21,213.90            0.00       0.00      2,839,128.94
B-1         6,707.17      7,778.38            0.00       0.00      1,041,007.36
B-2         3,048.94      3,535.89            0.00       0.00        473,221.12
B-3         5,488.53      6,365.12            0.00       0.00        851,865.63

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,086,504.36  7,418,498.95            0.00       0.00    147,312,341.90
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS7(POOL #  4255)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4255 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     602.030950   44.476038     3.749877    48.225915   0.000000  557.554912
A-2    1000.000000   88.006945     6.228710    94.235655   0.000000  911.993055
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.228711     6.228711   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.228710     6.228710   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     6.436334     6.436334   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.021087     6.021087   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7     786.096334   35.938170     6.202064    42.140234   0.000000  750.158165
A-8     842.649540   79.169591     0.000000    79.169591   0.000000  763.479949
A-9       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     990.192474    1.017878     6.373210     7.391088   0.000000  989.174596
M-2     990.192472    1.017878     6.373211     7.391089   0.000000  989.174594
M-3     990.192478    1.017877     6.373211     7.391088   0.000000  989.174601
B-1     990.192484    1.017873     6.373214     7.391087   0.000000  989.174610
B-2     990.192454    1.017872     6.373202     7.391074   0.000000  989.174582
B-3     990.192471    1.017873     6.373205     7.391078   0.000000  989.174586

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       31,473.65
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       30,157.70
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    20   2,154,595.60

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     261,243.74

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      64,852.24


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,509,064.91

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     147,312,341.89

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,404

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                    6,174,094.52

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                       59,653.83

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.81754030 %     8.63957100 %    1.54288830 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.39128060 %     8.99395272 %    1.60747690 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.84559085
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              341.11

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                76.98880433


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS8(POOL #  4256)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4256 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FKU6    13,399,900.00   3,589,164.35     7.000000  %  1,918,542.33
A-2     76110FKV4    20,850,000.00   6,672,722.76     7.000000  %  2,772,414.86
A-3     76110FKW2    16,320,750.00  11,523,127.41    10.000000  %    938,191.44
A-4     76110FKX0    19,700,543.00  19,700,543.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FKY8    21,419,142.00  21,419,142.00     7.150000  %          0.00
A-6     76110FKZ5     6,323,320.00   6,323,320.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-7     76110FLA9    16,496,308.00  16,496,308.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-8     76110FLB7    25,998,036.00  19,768,888.52     7.500000  %  1,218,131.01
A-9     76110FLC5     5,000,001.00   5,000,001.00     7.375000  %          0.00
A-10    76110FLD3    54,507,000.00  54,507,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-11    76110FLE1        26,409.16      25,237.91     0.000000  %         40.18
A-12    76110FLF8             0.00           0.00     0.868450  %          0.00
R       76110FLG6           100.00           0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FLH4     7,631,000.00   7,561,650.57     7.500000  %      4,925.75
M-2     76110FLJ0     4,361,000.00   4,321,367.85     7.500000  %      2,814.99
M-3     76110FLK7     3,270,500.00   3,240,778.16     7.500000  %      2,111.08
B-1                   1,199,000.00   1,188,103.65     7.500000  %        773.94
B-2                     545,000.00     540,047.13     7.500000  %        351.79
B-3                     981,461.72     972,542.36     7.500000  %        633.51

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  218,029,470.88   182,849,944.67                  6,858,930.88
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        20,805.44  1,939,347.77            0.00       0.00      1,670,622.02
A-2        38,680.03  2,811,094.89            0.00       0.00      3,900,307.90
A-3        95,423.63  1,033,615.07            0.00       0.00     10,584,935.97
A-4       114,198.87    114,198.87            0.00       0.00     19,700,543.00
A-5       126,821.74    126,821.74            0.00       0.00     21,419,142.00
A-6        37,963.72     37,963.72            0.00       0.00      6,323,320.00
A-7        99,039.93     99,039.93            0.00       0.00     16,496,308.00
A-8       122,780.41  1,340,911.42            0.00       0.00     18,550,757.51
A-9        30,536.39     30,536.39            0.00       0.00      5,000,001.00
A-10      338,531.53    338,531.53            0.00       0.00     54,507,000.00
A-11            0.00         40.18            0.00       0.00         25,197.73
A-12      131,499.83    131,499.83            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        46,963.83     51,889.58            0.00       0.00      7,556,724.82
M-2        26,839.11     29,654.10            0.00       0.00      4,318,552.86
M-3        20,127.79     22,238.87            0.00       0.00      3,238,667.08
B-1         7,379.06      8,153.00            0.00       0.00      1,187,329.71
B-2         3,354.11      3,705.90            0.00       0.00        539,695.34
B-3         6,040.26      6,673.77            0.00       0.00        971,908.85

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        1,266,985.68  8,125,916.56            0.00       0.00    175,991,013.79
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS8(POOL #  4256)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4256 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     267.850085  143.175869     1.552656   144.728525   0.000000  124.674216
A-2     320.034665  132.969538     1.855157   134.824695   0.000000  187.065127
A-3     706.041537   57.484579     5.846767    63.331346   0.000000  648.556958
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     5.796737     5.796737   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     5.920953     5.920953   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.003764     6.003764   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     6.003763     6.003763   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8     760.399306   46.854732     4.722680    51.577412   0.000000  713.544574
A-9    1000.000000    0.000000     6.107277     6.107277   0.000000 1000.000000
A-10   1000.000000    0.000000     6.210790     6.210790   0.000000 1000.000000
A-11    955.649858    1.521442     0.000000     1.521442   0.000000  954.128416
A-12      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     990.912144    0.645492     6.154348     6.799840   0.000000  990.266652
M-2     990.912142    0.645492     6.154348     6.799840   0.000000  990.266650
M-3     990.912142    0.645492     6.154346     6.799838   0.000000  990.266650
B-1     990.912135    0.645488     6.154345     6.799833   0.000000  990.266647
B-2     990.912165    0.645486     6.154330     6.799816   0.000000  990.266679
B-3     990.912167    0.645496     6.154351     6.799847   0.000000  990.266688

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       37,252.66
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       39,739.86
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,187.06


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    26   4,313,226.85

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1      39,213.48

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        897,470.39

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     175,991,013.79

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,604

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                 285,749.08

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    6,739,809.93

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.25050280 %     8.27229400 %    1.47720360 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.87708010 %     8.58790710 %    1.53378310 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.70044081
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              342.69

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                80.71891065


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS9(POOL #  4263)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4263 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FLL5    53,750,000.00  21,657,928.63     6.750000  %  5,304,345.19
A-2     76110FLM3    17,420,000.00  17,420,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-3     76110FLN1    22,971,538.00  17,136,616.07    10.000000  %    964,426.38
A-4     76110FLP6    38,010,000.00  38,010,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FLQ4    17,163,462.00  17,163,462.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-6     76110FLR2    29,977,000.00  29,977,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-7     76110FLS0    16,065,000.00  16,065,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-8     76110FLT8    54,645,000.00  54,645,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-9     76110FLU5             0.00           0.00     0.990023  %          0.00
R       76110FLV3           100.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FLW1     8,130,000.00   8,076,261.12     7.250000  %      5,444.99
M-2     76110FLX9     5,420,000.00   5,384,174.07     7.250000  %      3,630.00
M-3     76110FLY2     4,065,000.00   4,038,130.55     7.250000  %      2,722.50
B-1                   1,490,500.00   1,480,647.85     7.250000  %        998.25
B-2                     677,500.00     673,021.76     7.250000  %        453.75
B-3                   1,219,925.82   1,211,862.18     7.250000  %        817.03

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  271,005,025.82   232,939,104.23                  6,282,838.09
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       121,779.20  5,426,124.39            0.00       0.00     16,353,583.44
A-2        97,949.98     97,949.98            0.00       0.00     17,420,000.00
A-3       142,750.45  1,107,176.83            0.00       0.00     16,172,189.69
A-4       213,724.38    213,724.38            0.00       0.00     38,010,000.00
A-5        96,507.50     96,507.50            0.00       0.00     17,163,462.00
A-6       181,041.69    181,041.69            0.00       0.00     29,977,000.00
A-7        97,022.21     97,022.21            0.00       0.00     16,065,000.00
A-8       330,020.46    330,020.46            0.00       0.00     54,645,000.00
A-9       192,105.59    192,105.59            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        48,775.40     54,220.39            0.00       0.00      8,070,816.13
M-2        32,516.93     36,146.93            0.00       0.00      5,380,544.07
M-3        24,387.70     27,110.20            0.00       0.00      4,035,408.05
B-1         8,942.15      9,940.40            0.00       0.00      1,479,649.60
B-2         4,064.61      4,518.36            0.00       0.00        672,568.01
B-3         7,318.87      8,135.90            0.00       0.00      1,211,045.15

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,598,907.12  7,881,745.21            0.00       0.00    226,656,266.14
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS9(POOL #  4263)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4263 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     402.938207   98.685492     2.265660   100.951152   0.000000  304.252715
A-2    1000.000000    0.000000     5.622846     5.622846   0.000000 1000.000000
A-3     745.993415   41.983535     6.214231    48.197766   0.000000  704.009879
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     5.622846     5.622846   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     5.622846     5.622846   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.039353     6.039353   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     6.039353     6.039353   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8    1000.000000    0.000000     6.039353     6.039353   0.000000 1000.000000
A-9       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     993.390052    0.669740     5.999434     6.669174   0.000000  992.720311
M-2     993.390050    0.669742     5.999434     6.669176   0.000000  992.720308
M-3     993.390049    0.669742     5.999434     6.669176   0.000000  992.720308
B-1     993.390037    0.669742     5.999430     6.669172   0.000000  992.720295
B-2     993.390052    0.669742     5.999424     6.669166   0.000000  992.720310
B-3     993.390057    0.669721     5.999439     6.669160   0.000000  992.720316

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       52,148.45
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       36,293.41
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    37   3,653,392.78

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     456,169.82

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     100,299.24


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             7
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        657,688.96

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     226,656,266.14

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,184

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                    6,125,791.13

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.04311080 %     7.51207700 %    1.44481190 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.80103480 %     7.71510470 %    1.48386050 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.59249118
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              343.39

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                83.63544752


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
       MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS10(POOL #  4264)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4264 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     7611OFMN0   199,969,492.00 161,303,039.62     7.250000  %  5,844,632.44
A-2     76110FMP5    10,000,000.00  10,000,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-3     7611OFMQ3    25,143,000.00  25,143,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-4     7611OFMR1    64,916,508.00  64,455,781.45     7.250000  %     43,460.43
A-5     7611OFMS9        76,250.57      75,665.80     0.000000  %         66.48
A-6     7611OFMT7             0.00           0.00     0.940842  %          0.00
R       7611OFMU4           100.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1     7611OFMV2    10,602,000.00  10,526,766.87     7.250000  %      7,097.86
M-2     7611OFMW0     6,524,000.00   6,477,704.88     7.250000  %      4,367.70
M-3     7611OFMX8     4,893,000.00   4,858,278.65     7.250000  %      3,275.78
B-1     7611OFMY6     1,794,000.00   1,781,269.54     7.250000  %      1,201.05
B-2     7611OFMZ3       816,000.00     810,209.56     7.250000  %        546.30
B-3     7611OFNA7     1,468,094.11   1,457,676.35     7.250000  %        982.86

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  326,202,444.68   286,889,392.72                  5,905,630.90
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       974,338.17  6,818,970.61            0.00       0.00    155,458,407.18
A-2        60,404.21     60,404.21            0.00       0.00     10,000,000.00
A-3       151,874.29    151,874.29            0.00       0.00     25,143,000.00
A-4       389,340.02    432,800.45            0.00       0.00     64,412,321.02
A-5             0.00         66.48            0.00       0.00         75,599.32
A-6       224,884.85    224,884.85            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        63,586.10     70,683.96            0.00       0.00     10,519,669.01
M-2        39,128.06     43,495.76            0.00       0.00      6,473,337.18
M-3        29,346.05     32,621.83            0.00       0.00      4,855,002.87
B-1        10,759.62     11,960.67            0.00       0.00      1,780,068.49
B-2         4,894.01      5,440.31            0.00       0.00        809,663.26
B-3         8,804.97      9,787.83            0.00       0.00      1,456,693.49

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,957,360.35  7,862,991.25            0.00       0.00    280,983,761.82
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     806.638243   29.227621     4.872434    34.100055   0.000000  777.410622
A-2    1000.000000    0.000000     6.040421     6.040421   0.000000 1000.000000
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.040420     6.040420   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4     992.902783    0.669482     5.997550     6.667032   0.000000  992.233301
A-5     992.330943    0.871862     0.000000     0.871862   0.000000  991.459080
A-6       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     992.903874    0.669483     5.997557     6.667040   0.000000  992.234391
M-2     992.903875    0.669482     5.997557     6.667039   0.000000  992.234393
M-3     992.903873    0.669483     5.997558     6.667041   0.000000  992.234390
B-1     992.903868    0.669482     5.997559     6.667041   0.000000  992.234387
B-2     992.903873    0.669485     5.997561     6.667046   0.000000  992.234387
B-3     992.903888    0.669480     5.997551     6.667031   0.000000  992.234408

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS10 (POOL # 4264)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4264 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       59,242.66
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       48,257.35
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    36   4,372,054.11

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     793,897.18

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2      98,007.44


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            11
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,128,715.46

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     280,983,761.82

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,543

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                    5,712,177.66

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.96559770 %     7.62263000 %    1.41177180 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.78188610 %     7.77554152 %    1.44047980 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         206,726.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            9,786,073.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   3,262,024.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.51984082
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              345.02

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                86.13784673


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
       MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS11(POOL #  4265)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4265 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     7611OFLZ4    99,650,000.00  85,388,478.11     7.000000  %  1,778,889.41
A-2     7611OFMD2        43,142.76      38,848.89     0.000000  %        235.58
A-3     7611OFME0             0.00           0.00     0.990082  %          0.00
R       7611OFMF7           100.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
M-1     7611OFMG5     3,043,000.00   2,958,535.48     7.000000  %     11,356.96
M-2     7611OFMH3       892,000.00     867,240.76     7.000000  %      3,329.09
M-3     7611OFMJ9       419,700.00     408,050.40     7.000000  %      1,566.39
B-1     7611OFMK6       367,000.00     356,813.19     7.000000  %      1,369.70
B-2     7611OFML4       262,400.00     255,116.55     7.000000  %        979.32
B-3     7611OFMM2       263,388.53     256,077.62     7.000000  %        983.01

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  104,940,731.29    90,529,161.00                  1,798,709.46
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       497,567.57  2,276,456.98            0.00       0.00     83,609,588.70
A-2             0.00        235.58            0.00       0.00         38,613.31
A-3        74,612.99     74,612.99            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        17,239.69     28,596.65            0.00       0.00      2,947,178.52
M-2         5,053.50      8,382.59            0.00       0.00        863,911.67
M-3         2,377.75      3,944.14            0.00       0.00        406,484.01
B-1         2,079.19      3,448.89            0.00       0.00        355,443.49
B-2         1,486.59      2,465.91            0.00       0.00        254,137.23
B-3         1,492.19      2,475.20            0.00       0.00        255,094.61

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          601,909.47  2,400,618.93            0.00       0.00     88,730,451.54
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     856.883875   17.851374     4.993152    22.844526   0.000000  839.032501
A-2     900.472988    5.460476     0.000000     5.460476   0.000000  895.012512
A-3       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     972.243010    3.732159     5.665360     9.397519   0.000000  968.510851
M-2     972.243004    3.732164     5.665359     9.397523   0.000000  968.510841
M-3     972.243031    3.732166     5.665356     9.397522   0.000000  968.510865
B-1     972.243025    3.732153     5.665368     9.397521   0.000000  968.510872
B-2     972.242950    3.732165     5.665358     9.397523   0.000000  968.510785
B-3     972.242869    3.732167     5.665357     9.397524   0.000000  968.510702

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS11 (POOL # 4265)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4265 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       18,755.76
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     2,666.74

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       17,257.66
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    14   1,095,624.79

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     630,615.93

 (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                                                      88,730,451.54

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,013

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    1,451,134.05

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                       48,747.77

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         94.36201080 %     4.67876200 %    0.95922680 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            94.26976640 %     4.75324325 %    0.97492100 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            2,098,815.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,961,157.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.31869493
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              163.72

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                84.55291901


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
       MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS12(POOL #  4270)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4270 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FNB5    57,575,000.00  33,564,449.91     7.000000  %  4,940,364.11
A-2     76110FNC3    22,405,757.00  18,975,678.41     9.000000  %    705,766.30
A-3     76110FND1    62,824,125.00  62,824,125.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FNE9    24,294,118.00  24,294,118.00     6.875000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FNF6    26,000,000.00  26,000,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-6     76110FNG4    22,583,041.00  22,583,041.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-7     76110FNR0    59,318,800.00  59,015,568.76     7.250000  %     39,395.18
A-8     76110FNH2             0.00           0.00     0.891831  %          0.00
R       76110FNJ8           100.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FNK5    10,433,600.00  10,380,264.57     7.250000  %      6,929.23
M-2     76110FNL3     4,471,600.00   4,448,741.67     7.250000  %      2,969.71
M-3     76110FNM1     4,471,500.00   4,448,642.17     7.250000  %      2,969.64
B-1     76110FNN9     1,639,600.00   1,631,218.54     7.250000  %      1,088.90
B-2     76110FNP4       745,200.00     741,390.61     7.250000  %        494.91
B-3     76110FNQ2     1,341,561.05   1,334,703.15     7.250000  %        890.96

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  298,104,002.05   270,241,941.79                  5,700,868.94
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       195,732.76  5,136,096.87            0.00       0.00     28,624,085.80
A-2       142,274.08    848,040.38            0.00       0.00     18,269,912.11
A-3       366,362.02    366,362.02            0.00       0.00     62,824,125.00
A-4       139,142.50    139,142.50            0.00       0.00     24,294,118.00
A-5       157,035.31    157,035.31            0.00       0.00     26,000,000.00
A-6       136,397.50    136,397.50            0.00       0.00     22,583,041.00
A-7       356,443.38    395,838.56            0.00       0.00     58,976,173.58
A-8       200,780.32    200,780.32            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        62,694.93     69,624.16            0.00       0.00     10,373,335.34
M-2        26,869.59     29,839.30            0.00       0.00      4,445,771.96
M-3        26,868.99     29,838.63            0.00       0.00      4,445,672.53
B-1         9,852.27     10,941.17            0.00       0.00      1,630,129.64
B-2         4,477.86      4,972.77            0.00       0.00        740,895.70
B-3         8,061.36      8,952.32            0.00       0.00      1,333,812.19

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,832,992.87  7,533,861.81            0.00       0.00    264,541,072.85
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     582.969169   85.807453     3.399614    89.207067   0.000000  497.161716
A-2     846.910837   31.499329     6.349889    37.849218   0.000000  815.411508
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     5.831550     5.831550   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     5.727415     5.727415   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     6.039820     6.039820   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.039820     6.039820   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7     994.888109    0.664126     6.008945     6.673071   0.000000  994.223983
A-8       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     994.888109    0.664126     6.008945     6.673071   0.000000  994.223982
M-2     994.888109    0.664127     6.008943     6.673070   0.000000  994.223983
M-3     994.888107    0.664126     6.008943     6.673069   0.000000  994.223981
B-1     994.888107    0.664125     6.008947     6.673072   0.000000  994.223982
B-2     994.888097    0.664130     6.008937     6.673067   0.000000  994.223967
B-3     994.888119    0.664129     6.008940     6.673069   0.000000  994.223999

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS12 (POOL # 4270)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4270 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       55,821.46
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       895.54

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       44,651.73
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    32   3,826,303.92

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     662,885.40

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            12
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,519,585.28

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     264,541,072.85

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,419

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                    5,520,471.97

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.49467310 %     7.13347800 %    1.37184930 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.31718300 %     7.28233980 %    1.40047720 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         175,592.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            5,962,080.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,981,040.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.47123221
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              346.34

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                88.74120140


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
       MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS13(POOL #  4277)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4277 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FNS8    31,499,000.00  27,774,400.49     7.250000  %    711,339.40
A-2     76110FNT6    30,750,000.00  20,991,308.65     7.250000  %  1,863,755.18
A-3     76110FNU3    40,799,000.00  40,799,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FNV1     6,745,000.00   6,745,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FNW9     4,235,415.00   4,235,415.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-6     76110FNX7    10,499,000.00  10,499,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-7     76110fNY5    62,999,000.00  62,719,027.25     7.250000  %     42,834.98
A-8     76110FNZ2    15,495,000.00   5,582,047.98     7.250000  %  1,893,216.52
A-9     76110FPA5    68,339,000.00  68,339,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-10    76110fPB3             0.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-11    76110FPC1   100,038,312.00  91,013,934.34     0.000000  %  1,719,953.66
A-12    76110FPD9             0.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-13    76110FPE7             0.00           0.00     5.125000  %          0.00
A-14    76110FPF4             0.00           0.00     9.375000  %          0.00
A-15    76110FPG2    26,249,000.00  23,145,186.78     7.000000  %    592,779.07
A-16    76110FPH0     2,386,273.00   2,104,108.13    10.000000  %     53,889.01
A-17    76110FPJ6       139,012.74     135,911.07     0.000000  %        130.11
A-18    76110FPK3             0.00           0.00     0.852313  %          0.00
R-I     76110FPL1           100.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
R-II    76110FPM9           100.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FPN7    16,267,000.00  16,194,708.12     7.250000  %     11,060.44
M-2     76110FPP2     5,422,000.00   5,397,904.17     7.250000  %      3,686.59
M-3     76110FPQ0     6,507,000.00   6,478,082.35     7.250000  %      4,424.31
B-1     76110FPR8     2,386,000.00   2,375,396.42     7.250000  %      1,622.32
B-2     76110FPS6     1,085,000.00   1,080,178.18     7.250000  %        737.73
B-3     76110FPT4     1,952,210.06   1,943,534.28     7.250000  %      1,327.37

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  433,792,422.80   397,553,143.21                  6,900,756.69
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       167,716.03    879,055.43            0.00       0.00     27,063,061.09
A-2       126,756.25  1,990,511.43            0.00       0.00     19,127,553.47
A-3       246,365.22    246,365.22            0.00       0.00     40,799,000.00
A-4        40,729.76     40,729.76            0.00       0.00      6,745,000.00
A-5        25,575.61     25,575.61            0.00       0.00      4,235,415.00
A-6        63,398.33     63,398.33            0.00       0.00     10,499,000.00
A-7       378,729.56    421,564.54            0.00       0.00     62,676,192.27
A-8        33,707.26  1,926,923.78            0.00       0.00      3,688,831.46
A-9       398,435.97    398,435.97            0.00       0.00     68,339,000.00
A-10       14,229.85     14,229.85            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-11            0.00  1,719,953.66            0.00       0.00     89,293,980.68
A-12      274,794.34    274,794.34            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-13       97,125.59     97,125.59            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-14      177,668.75    177,668.75            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-15      134,943.08    727,722.15            0.00       0.00     22,552,407.71
A-16       17,525.07     71,414.08            0.00       0.00      2,050,219.12
A-17            0.00        130.11            0.00       0.00        135,780.96
A-18      282,219.11    282,219.11            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        97,791.93    108,852.37            0.00       0.00     16,183,647.68
M-2        32,595.31     36,281.90            0.00       0.00      5,394,217.58
M-3        39,117.97     43,542.28            0.00       0.00      6,473,658.04
B-1        14,343.85     15,966.17            0.00       0.00      2,373,774.10
B-2         6,522.67      7,260.40            0.00       0.00      1,079,440.45
B-3        11,736.06     13,063.43            0.00       0.00      1,942,206.91

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,682,027.57  9,582,784.26            0.00       0.00    390,652,386.52
===============================================================================





























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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
       MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS13(POOL #  4277)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4277 
______________________________________________________________________
MOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     881.754992   22.582920     5.324487    27.907407   0.000000  859.172072
A-2     682.644184   60.609925     4.122154    64.732079   0.000000  622.034259
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.038511     6.038511   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.038511     6.038511   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     6.038513     6.038513   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.038511     6.038511   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7     995.555918    0.679931     6.011676     6.691607   0.000000  994.875986
A-8     360.248337  122.182415     2.175364   124.357779   0.000000  238.065922
A-9    1000.000000    0.000000     5.830287     5.830287   0.000000 1000.000000
A-10      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-11    909.790784   17.192950     0.000000    17.192950   0.000000  892.597835
A-12      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-13      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-14      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-15    881.754992   22.582920     5.140885    27.723805   0.000000  859.172072
A-16    881.754992   22.582920     7.344118    29.927038   0.000000  859.172072
A-17    977.687872    0.935957     0.000000     0.935957   0.000000  976.751915
A-18      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
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     995.555918    0.679931     6.011676     6.691607   0.000000  994.875987
M-2     995.555915    0.679932     6.011677     6.691609   0.000000  994.875983
M-3     995.555917    0.679931     6.011675     6.691606   0.000000  994.875986
B-1     995.555918    0.679933     6.011672     6.691605   0.000000  994.875985
B-2     995.555926    0.679935     6.011677     6.691612   0.000000  994.875991
B-3     995.555919    0.679932     6.011679     6.691611   0.000000  994.875988

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS13 (POOL # 4277)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4277 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       82,165.83
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       46,814.96
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    47   4,770,947.08

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     365,654.86

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             7
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,150,330.41

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     390,652,386.52

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,380

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                    6,629,219.89

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.57817000 %     7.06328100 %    1.35854930 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.43520550 %     7.18068653 %    1.38161130 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         262,848.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            8,675,848.46 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   4,337,924.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.37823104
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              347.02

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                90.05514296


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS1(POOL #  4281)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4281 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FPU1    64,326,000.00  53,008,568.96     7.000000  %  2,712,834.08
A-2     76110FPV9   117,395,000.00 105,013,840.76     7.000000  %  2,967,814.04
A-3     76110FPW7    51,380,000.00  51,380,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FPX5     1,862,000.00   1,862,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FPY3    65,040,000.00  65,040,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-6     76110FPZ0             0.00           0.00     1.077895  %          0.00
R       76110FQB2           100.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FQC0    11,351,500.00  11,307,164.87     7.000000  %      7,725.42
M-2     76110FQD8     4,054,000.00   4,038,166.45     7.000000  %      2,759.01
M-3     76110FQE6     4,865,000.00   4,845,998.95     7.000000  %      3,310.94
B-1     76110FQF3     1,783,800.00   1,776,833.08     7.000000  %      1,213.99
B-2     76110FQG1       810,800.00     807,633.29     7.000000  %        551.80
B-3     76110FQH9     1,459,579.11   1,453,878.47     7.000000  %        993.33

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  324,327,779.11   300,534,084.83                  5,697,202.61
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       308,792.50  3,021,626.58            0.00       0.00     50,295,734.88
A-2       611,740.47  3,579,554.51            0.00       0.00    102,046,026.72
A-3       299,305.55    299,305.55            0.00       0.00     51,380,000.00
A-4        10,846.77     10,846.77            0.00       0.00      1,862,000.00
A-5       378,879.58    378,879.58            0.00       0.00     65,040,000.00
A-6       269,583.13    269,583.13            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        65,867.99     73,593.41            0.00       0.00     11,299,439.45
M-2        23,523.66     26,282.67            0.00       0.00      4,035,407.44
M-3        28,229.55     31,540.49            0.00       0.00      4,842,688.01
B-1        10,350.64     11,564.63            0.00       0.00      1,775,619.09
B-2         4,704.73      5,256.53            0.00       0.00        807,081.49
B-3         8,469.33      9,462.66            0.00       0.00      1,452,885.14

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,020,293.90  7,717,496.51            0.00       0.00    294,836,882.22
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     824.061328   42.173213     4.800431    46.973644   0.000000  781.888115
A-2     894.534186   25.280583     5.210958    30.491541   0.000000  869.253603
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     5.825332     5.825332   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     5.825333     5.825333   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     5.825332     5.825332   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     996.094337    0.680564     5.802580     6.483144   0.000000  995.413774
M-2     996.094339    0.680565     5.802580     6.483145   0.000000  995.413774
M-3     996.094337    0.680563     5.802580     6.483143   0.000000  995.413774
B-1     996.094338    0.680564     5.802579     6.483143   0.000000  995.413774
B-2     996.094339    0.680562     5.802578     6.483140   0.000000  995.413777
B-3     996.094326    0.680559     5.802584     6.483143   0.000000  995.413767

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS1 (POOL # 4281)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4281 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       62,139.19
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       43,774.60
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      913.88


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    42   5,158,271.42

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     470,458.58

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      99,748.78


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        118,706.22

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     294,836,882.22

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,517

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                 119,134.69

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,491,867.98

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.93779460 %     6.71848300 %    1.34372270 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.78762150 %     6.84362646 %    1.36875200 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         218,111.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            6,486,556.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   3,243,278.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.35897568
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              347.86

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                90.90707032


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS2(POOL #  4284)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4284 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FQJ5    20,000,000.00  18,055,068.83     6.750000  %    461,654.02
A-2     76110FQK2   158,282,400.00 142,889,981.30     6.500000  %  3,653,585.31
A-3     76110FQLO    82,584,000.00  82,584,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FQM8    38,888,850.00  35,859,950.34     6.256250  %    718,947.65
A-5     76110FQN6             0.00           0.00     2.769525  %          0.00
A-6     76110FQP1    13,504,750.00  12,442,428.58     6.156250  %    252,155.43
A-7     76110FQQ9    86,753,900.00  86,753,900.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-8     76110FQR7       138,732.69     137,717.79     0.000000  %        273.57
A-9     76110FQS5             0.00           0.00     0.978788  %          0.00
R-I     76110FQT3           100.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
R-II    76110FQU0           100.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FQV8    17,350,800.00  17,293,792.41     7.000000  %     11,730.37
M-2     76110FQW6     5,422,000.00   5,404,185.55     7.000000  %      3,665.66
M-3     76110FQX4     5,422,000.00   5,404,185.55     7.000000  %      3,665.66
B-1     76110FQY2     2,385,700.00   2,377,861.57     7.000000  %      1,612.90
B-2     76110FQZ9     1,084,400.00   1,080,837.12     7.000000  %        733.13
B-3     76110FRA3     1,952,351.82   1,945,937.18     7.000000  %      1,319.92

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  433,770,084.51   412,229,846.22                  5,109,343.62
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       101,531.37    563,185.39            0.00       0.00     17,593,414.81
A-2       773,771.08  4,427,356.39            0.00       0.00    139,236,395.99
A-3       464,405.17    464,405.17            0.00       0.00     82,584,000.00
A-4       186,905.10    905,852.75            0.00       0.00     35,141,002.69
A-5       111,447.71    111,447.71            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-6        63,814.41    315,969.84            0.00       0.00     12,190,273.15
A-7       505,922.98    505,922.98            0.00       0.00     86,753,900.00
A-8             0.00        273.57            0.00       0.00        137,444.22
A-9       336,144.10    336,144.10            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       100,852.26    112,582.63            0.00       0.00     17,282,062.04
M-2        31,515.61     35,181.27            0.00       0.00      5,400,519.89
M-3        31,515.61     35,181.27            0.00       0.00      5,400,519.89
B-1        13,866.98     15,479.88            0.00       0.00      2,376,248.67
B-2         6,303.12      7,036.25            0.00       0.00      1,080,103.99
B-3        11,348.13     12,668.05            0.00       0.00      1,944,617.26

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        2,739,343.63  7,848,687.25            0.00       0.00    407,120,502.60
===============================================================================















































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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS2(POOL #  4284)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4284 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     902.753442   23.082701     5.076569    28.159270   0.000000  879.670741
A-2     902.753441   23.082701     4.888548    27.971249   0.000000  879.670740
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623428     5.623428   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4     922.113931   18.487244     4.806136    23.293380   0.000000  903.626687
A-5       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-6     921.337202   18.671610     4.725331    23.396941   0.000000  902.665592
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     5.831703     5.831703   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8     992.684493    1.971922     0.000000     1.971922   0.000000  990.712571
A-9       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
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     996.714411    0.676071     5.812542     6.488613   0.000000  996.038341
M-2     996.714414    0.676072     5.812543     6.488615   0.000000  996.038342
M-3     996.714414    0.676072     5.812543     6.488615   0.000000  996.038342
B-1     996.714411    0.676070     5.812541     6.488611   0.000000  996.038341
B-2     996.714423    0.676070     5.812541     6.488611   0.000000  996.038353
B-3     996.714404    0.676067     5.812544     6.488611   0.000000  996.038337

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS2 (POOL # 4284)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4284 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       85,266.69
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       62,472.35
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    54   5,726,361.09

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   12   1,692,683.04

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     208,817.65


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        746,407.49

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     407,120,502.60

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,400

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                    4,829,676.50

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.86909990 %     6.81938900 %    1.31151160 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.77261290 %     6.89798270 %    1.32707490 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         234,815.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            8,675,402.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   4,337,701.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.25492644
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              350.33

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                93.85628865


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS3(POOL #  4285)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4285 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FRB1   115,517,963.00 110,938,896.08     6.500000  %  1,534,225.82
A-2     76110FRC9    34,880,737.00  29,758,828.36     6.500000  %    671,567.41
A-3     76110FRD7             0.00           0.00     1.210600  %          0.00
R       76110FRE5           100.00           0.00     6.500000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FRF2     3,927,000.00   3,867,018.32     6.500000  %     12,350.34
M-2     76110FRG0       785,100.00     773,108.25     6.500000  %      2,469.12
M-3     76110FRH8       707,000.00     696,201.16     6.500000  %      2,223.50
B-1     76110FRJ4       471,200.00     464,002.80     6.500000  %      1,481.92
B-2     76110FRK1       314,000.00     309,203.91     6.500000  %        987.52
B-3     76110FRL9       471,435.62     464,234.84     6.500000  %      1,482.66

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  157,074,535.62   147,271,493.72                  2,226,788.29
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       600,493.19  2,134,719.01            0.00       0.00    109,404,670.26
A-2       161,079.42    832,646.83            0.00       0.00     29,087,260.95
A-3       148,473.03    148,473.03            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        20,931.51     33,281.85            0.00       0.00      3,854,667.98
M-2         4,184.70      6,653.82            0.00       0.00        770,639.13
M-3         3,768.42      5,991.92            0.00       0.00        693,977.66
B-1         2,511.57      3,993.49            0.00       0.00        462,520.88
B-2         1,673.66      2,661.18            0.00       0.00        308,216.39
B-3         2,512.83      3,995.49            0.00       0.00        462,752.18

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          945,628.33  3,172,416.62            0.00       0.00    145,044,705.43
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     960.360564   13.281275     5.198267    18.479542   0.000000  947.079289
A-2     853.159392   19.253246     4.618005    23.871251   0.000000  833.906146
A-3       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     984.725826    3.144981     5.330153     8.475134   0.000000  981.580845
M-2     984.725831    3.144975     5.330149     8.475124   0.000000  981.580856
M-3     984.725827    3.144979     5.330156     8.475135   0.000000  981.580849
B-1     984.725806    3.144992     5.330157     8.475149   0.000000  981.580815
B-2     984.725828    3.144968     5.330127     8.475095   0.000000  981.580860
B-3     984.725847    3.144989     5.330166     8.475155   0.000000  981.580857

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

Run:     08/31/98     15:35:38                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS3 (POOL # 4285)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4285 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       30,572.28
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       12,614.21
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    13   1,025,826.91

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    0           0.00

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        408,401.75

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     145,044,705.43

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,524

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                    1,756,438.02

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         95.53629210 %     3.62346300 %    0.84024510 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            95.48223830 %     3.66734156 %    0.85042020 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                       1,000,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,570,745.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,570,745.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          7.98704100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              168.64

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                92.34132373


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS4(POOL #  4290)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4290 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110FRM7   135,006,400.00 121,821,807.28     6.500000  %  2,685,888.17
A-I-2   76110FRN5    59,732,445.00  59,732,445.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110FRP0    41,218,155.00  37,922,006.81     6.156250  %    671,472.04
A-I-4   76110FRQ8             0.00           0.00     2.843750  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110FRR6    64,868,000.00  64,868,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-II    76110FRS4    75,203,000.00  73,041,815.15     7.000000  %  1,432,633.74
A-V     76110FRU9             0.00           0.00     0.858701  %          0.00
R-I     76110FRV7           100.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
R-II    76110FRW5           100.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FRX3    14,190,000.00  14,152,221.15     7.000000  %      9,728.17
M-2     76110FRY1     5,067,800.00   5,054,307.71     7.000000  %      3,474.31
M-3     76110FRZ8     5,067,800.00   5,054,307.71     7.000000  %      3,474.31
B-1     76110FSA2     2,230,000.00   2,224,062.94     7.000000  %      1,528.81
B-2     76110FSB0     1,216,400.00   1,213,161.51     7.000000  %        833.92
B-3     76110FSC8     1,621,792.30   1,617,474.52     7.000000  %      1,111.82

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  405,421,992.30   386,701,609.78                  4,810,145.29
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     659,593.13  3,345,481.30            0.00       0.00    119,135,919.11
A-I-2     335,854.98    335,854.98            0.00       0.00     59,732,445.00
A-I-3     194,466.72    865,938.76            0.00       0.00     37,250,534.77
A-I-4      89,829.81     89,829.81            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-5     378,238.98    378,238.98            0.00       0.00     64,868,000.00
A-II      425,899.70  1,858,533.44            0.00       0.00     71,609,181.41
A-V       276,602.24    276,602.24            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        82,520.22     92,248.39            0.00       0.00     14,142,492.98
M-2        29,471.17     32,945.48            0.00       0.00      5,050,833.40
M-3        29,471.17     32,945.48            0.00       0.00      5,050,833.40
B-1        12,968.29     14,497.10            0.00       0.00      2,222,534.13
B-2         7,073.83      7,907.75            0.00       0.00      1,212,327.59
B-3         9,431.34     10,543.16            0.00       0.00      1,616,362.68

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,531,421.58  7,341,566.87            0.00       0.00    381,891,464.47
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   902.340980   19.894525     4.885643    24.780168   0.000000  882.446455
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.622656     5.622656   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-3   920.031642   16.290686     4.717987    21.008673   0.000000  903.740955
A-I-4     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     5.830902     5.830902   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    971.261986   19.050221     5.663334    24.713555   0.000000  952.211766
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-I       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-II      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     997.337643    0.685565     5.815378     6.500943   0.000000  996.652078
M-2     997.337644    0.685566     5.815377     6.500943   0.000000  996.652078
M-3     997.337644    0.685566     5.815377     6.500943   0.000000  996.652078
B-1     997.337641    0.685565     5.815377     6.500942   0.000000  996.652076
B-2     997.337644    0.685564     5.815381     6.500945   0.000000  996.652080
B-3     997.337649    0.685550     5.815381     6.500931   0.000000  996.652087

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

Run:     08/31/98     15:35:43                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS4 (POOL # 4290)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4290 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       80,109.09
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    13,245.27

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       55,265.54
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    57   6,322,581.23

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     675,018.66

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        540,858.30

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     381,891,464.47

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,233

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                    4,544,352.47

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.41908110 %     6.27378700 %    1.30713160 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.32887170 %     6.34844243 %    1.32268590 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         230,361.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            8,108,440.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   4,054,220.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.18739700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              351.08

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                94.19604060


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS5(POOL #  4299)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4299 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FSD6   151,551,000.00 144,065,114.87     6.750000  %  3,588,950.51
A-2     76110FSE4    75,936,500.00  75,936,500.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-3     76110FSF1    17,485,800.00  17,485,800.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FSG9    13,164,700.00  13,164,700.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FSH7    67,790,000.00  67,790,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-6     76110FSJ3             0.00           0.00     1.029355  %          0.00
R       76110FSK0           100.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FSL8    12,650,700.00  12,625,206.93     6.750000  %      8,616.00
M-2     76110FSM6     4,216,900.00   4,208,402.30     6.750000  %      2,872.00
M-3     76110FSN4     4,392,600.00   4,383,748.25     6.750000  %      2,991.67
B-1     76110FSP9     1,757,100.00   1,753,559.18     6.750000  %      1,196.71
B-2     76110FSQ7     1,054,300.00   1,052,175.43     6.750000  %        718.05
B-3     76110FSR5     1,405,623.28   1,402,790.74     6.750000  %        957.33

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  351,405,323.28   343,867,997.70                  3,606,302.27
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       810,180.02  4,399,130.53            0.00       0.00    140,476,164.36
A-2       427,044.64    427,044.64            0.00       0.00     75,936,500.00
A-3        98,335.02     98,335.02            0.00       0.00     17,485,800.00
A-4        74,034.42     74,034.42            0.00       0.00     13,164,700.00
A-5       381,231.11    381,231.11            0.00       0.00     67,790,000.00
A-6       294,900.87    294,900.87            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        71,000.47     79,616.47            0.00       0.00     12,616,590.93
M-2        23,666.82     26,538.82            0.00       0.00      4,205,530.30
M-3        24,652.91     27,644.58            0.00       0.00      4,380,756.58
B-1         9,861.50     11,058.21            0.00       0.00      1,752,362.47
B-2         5,917.13      6,635.18            0.00       0.00      1,051,457.38
B-3         7,888.89      8,846.22            0.00       0.00      1,401,833.41

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,228,713.80  5,835,016.07            0.00       0.00    340,261,695.43
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     950.604845   23.681470     5.345923    29.027393   0.000000  926.923375
A-2    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623707     5.623707   0.000000 1000.000000
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623707     5.623707   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623707     5.623707   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623707     5.623707   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     997.984849    0.681069     5.612375     6.293444   0.000000  997.303780
M-2     997.984847    0.681069     5.612374     6.293443   0.000000  997.303778
M-3     997.984850    0.681070     5.612373     6.293443   0.000000  997.303779
B-1     997.984850    0.681071     5.612373     6.293444   0.000000  997.303779
B-2     997.984853    0.681068     5.612378     6.293446   0.000000  997.303785
B-3     997.984851    0.681072     5.612379     6.293451   0.000000  997.303780

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

Run:     08/31/98     15:32:50                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS5 (POOL # 4299)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4299 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       71,377.16
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    13,859.97

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       61,162.24
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    53   7,118,685.21

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     694,445.25

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     373,034.48


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        254,436.94

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     340,261,695.43

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,729

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                    3,371,631.41

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.60591770 %     6.17020400 %    1.22387820 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.53265020 %     6.23134431 %    1.23600550 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         249,990.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            7,028,106.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   3,514,053.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.10661224
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              353.18

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                96.82883920


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS6(POOL #  4301)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4301 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1    76110FSS3    20,174,375.00  19,894,594.95     6.750000  %    217,249.58
CB-2    76110FST1    39,313,092.00  39,313,092.00     6.750000  %          0.00
CB-3    76110FSU8    13,813,906.00  13,813,906.00     6.750000  %          0.00
CB-4    76110FSV6    16,300,000.00  15,762,822.31     6.750000  %    417,119.20
CB-5    76110FSW4    20,500,000.00  20,500,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
CB-6    76110FSX2   136,500,000.00 134,212,616.26     6.750000  %  1,776,156.56
CB-7    76110FSY0    28,438,625.00  28,438,625.00     6.750000  %          0.00
NB-1    76110FSZ7    75,900,500.00  75,383,712.14     6.750000  %    332,134.13
NB-2    76110FTA1     4,494,000.00   1,603,351.12     6.750000  %  1,351,724.64
NB-3    76110FTB9     9,662,500.00   9,662,500.00     6.750000  %          0.00
NB-4    76110FTC7    10,000,000.00   9,621,635.55     6.750000  %    185,975.91
A-P     76110FTE3        57,464.36      57,352.16     0.000000  %         60.45
A-V     76110FTD5             0.00           0.00     0.971398  %          0.00
R                           100.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FTG8    13,075,500.00  13,057,538.77     6.750000  %      9,004.36
M-2     76110FTH6     5,029,000.00   5,022,091.89     6.750000  %      3,463.19
M-3     76110FTJ2     4,224,500.00   4,218,697.00     6.750000  %      2,909.18
B-1     76110FTK9     2,011,600.00   2,008,836.76     6.750000  %      1,385.28
B-2     76110FTL7     1,207,000.00   1,205,342.00     6.750000  %        831.19
B-3     76110FTM5     1,609,449.28   1,607,238.42     6.750000  %      1,108.34

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  402,311,611.64   395,383,952.33                  4,299,122.01
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1      111,865.66    329,115.24            0.00       0.00     19,677,345.37
CB-2      221,054.26    221,054.26            0.00       0.00     39,313,092.00
CB-3       77,674.45     77,674.45            0.00       0.00     13,813,906.00
CB-4       88,633.05    505,752.25            0.00       0.00     15,345,703.11
CB-5      115,269.80    115,269.80            0.00       0.00     20,500,000.00
CB-6      754,666.42  2,530,822.98            0.00       0.00    132,436,459.70
CB-7      159,908.04    159,908.04            0.00       0.00     28,438,625.00
NB-1      423,876.36    756,010.49            0.00       0.00     75,051,578.01
NB-2            0.00  1,351,724.64        9,015.51       0.00        260,641.99
NB-3       54,331.43     54,331.43            0.00       0.00      9,662,500.00
NB-4       54,101.66    240,077.57            0.00       0.00      9,435,659.64
A-P             0.00         60.45            0.00       0.00         57,291.71
A-V       319,944.16    319,944.16            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        73,421.46     82,425.82            0.00       0.00     13,048,534.41
M-2        28,238.81     31,702.00            0.00       0.00      5,018,628.70
M-3        23,721.38     26,630.56            0.00       0.00      4,215,787.82
B-1        11,295.53     12,680.81            0.00       0.00      2,007,451.48
B-2         6,777.54      7,608.73            0.00       0.00      1,204,510.81
B-3         9,037.37     10,145.71            0.00       0.00      1,606,130.07

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,533,817.38  6,832,939.39        9,015.51       0.00    391,093,845.82
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS6(POOL #  4301)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4301 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1    986.131910   10.768591     5.544938    16.313529   0.000000  975.363319
CB-2   1000.000000    0.000000     5.622917     5.622917   0.000000 1000.000000
CB-3   1000.000000    0.000000     5.622917     5.622917   0.000000 1000.000000
CB-4    967.044313   25.590135     5.437610    31.027745   0.000000  941.454179
CB-5   1000.000000    0.000000     5.622917     5.622917   0.000000 1000.000000
CB-6    983.242610   13.012136     5.528692    18.540828   0.000000  970.230474
CB-7   1000.000000    0.000000     5.622917     5.622917   0.000000 1000.000000
NB-1    993.191246    4.375915     5.584632     9.960547   0.000000  988.815331
NB-2    356.775950  300.784299     0.000000   300.784299   2.006121   57.997773
NB-3   1000.000000    0.000000     5.622916     5.622916   0.000000 1000.000000
NB-4    962.163555   18.597591     5.410166    24.007757   0.000000  943.565964
A-P     998.047485    1.051921     0.000000     1.051921   0.000000  996.995564
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     998.626345    0.688644     5.615193     6.303837   0.000000  997.937701
M-2     998.626345    0.688644     5.615194     6.303838   0.000000  997.937701
M-3     998.626346    0.688645     5.615192     6.303837   0.000000  997.937702
B-1     998.626347    0.688646     5.615197     6.303843   0.000000  997.937701
B-2     998.626346    0.688641     5.615195     6.303836   0.000000  997.937705
B-3     998.626325    0.688645     5.615194     6.303839   0.000000  997.937671

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS6 (POOL # 4301)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4301 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       81,958.22
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    13,625.60

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       94,696.54
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    89  11,816,726.18

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     970,415.06

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     316,050.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     391,093,845.82

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,052

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                    4,017,465.97

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         93.12640360 %     5.63966400 %    1.21942660 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            93.06943480 %     5.69759692 %    1.23213350 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         182,918.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            8,046,232.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   4,023,116.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.04779100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              354.21

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                97.21167237


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS7(POOL #  4311)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4311 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1    76110FTZ6   172,668,000.00 171,412,830.66     6.750000  %  2,582,183.73
CB-2    76110FUA9    35,551,000.00  35,551,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
CB-3    76110FUB7    44,215,000.00  44,215,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
NB-1    76110FUC5    32,242,000.00  32,242,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
NB-2    76110FUD3    77,840,000.00  77,531,035.24     6.750000  %    376,271.61
NB-3    76110FUE1     3,780,000.00   2,917,445.39     6.750000  %  1,827,273.85
NB-4    76110FUF1    13,684,000.00  13,684,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-P     76110FUF8        73,404.89      73,338.88     0.000000  %         63.26
A-V     76110FUG6             0.00           0.00     0.970412  %          0.00
R       76110FUH4           100.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FUJ0    13,245,900.00  13,236,870.83     6.750000  %      9,007.20
M-2     76110FUK5     5,094,600.00   5,091,127.23     6.750000  %      3,464.32
M-3     76110FUM3     4,279,400.00   4,276,482.91     6.750000  %      2,909.99
B-1     76110FUN1     2,037,800.00   2,036,410.92     6.750000  %      1,385.70
B-2     76110FUP6     1,222,600.00   1,221,766.61     6.750000  %        831.37
B-3     76110FUQ4     1,631,527.35   1,630,415.20     6.750000  %      1,109.44

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  407,565,332.24   405,119,723.87                  4,804,500.47
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1      963,860.66  3,546,044.39            0.00       0.00    168,830,646.93
CB-2      199,904.59    199,904.59            0.00       0.00     35,551,000.00
CB-3      248,622.58    248,622.58            0.00       0.00     44,215,000.00
NB-1      181,297.95    181,297.95            0.00       0.00     32,242,000.00
NB-2      435,959.86    812,231.47            0.00       0.00     77,154,763.63
NB-3            0.00  1,827,273.85       16,404.90       0.00      1,106,576.44
NB-4       76,945.64     76,945.64            0.00       0.00     13,684,000.00
A-P             0.00         63.26            0.00       0.00         73,275.62
A-V       327,496.48    327,496.48            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        74,431.41     83,438.61            0.00       0.00     13,227,863.63
M-2        28,627.60     32,091.92            0.00       0.00      5,087,662.91
M-3        24,046.82     26,956.81            0.00       0.00      4,273,572.92
B-1        11,450.81     12,836.51            0.00       0.00      2,035,025.22
B-2         6,870.04      7,701.41            0.00       0.00      1,220,935.24
B-3         9,167.89     10,277.33            0.00       0.00      1,629,305.75

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,588,682.33  7,393,182.80       16,404.90       0.00    400,331,628.29
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS7(POOL #  4311)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4311 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1    992.730736   14.954617     5.582161    20.536778   0.000000  977.776119
CB-2   1000.000000    0.000000     5.623037     5.623037   0.000000 1000.000000
CB-3   1000.000000    0.000000     5.623037     5.623037   0.000000 1000.000000
NB-1   1000.000000    0.000000     5.623037     5.623037   0.000000 1000.000000
NB-2    996.030771    4.833911     5.600718    10.434629   0.000000  991.196861
NB-3    771.810950  483.405779     0.000000   483.405779   4.339921  292.745091
NB-4   1000.000000    0.000000     5.623037     5.623037   0.000000 1000.000000
A-P     999.100741    0.861775     0.000000     0.861775   0.000000  998.238966
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     999.318342    0.679999     5.619204     6.299203   0.000000  998.638343
M-2     999.318343    0.679998     5.619205     6.299203   0.000000  998.638345
M-3     999.318341    0.680000     5.619204     6.299204   0.000000  998.638342
B-1     999.318343    0.679998     5.619202     6.299200   0.000000  998.638345
B-2     999.318346    0.680002     5.619205     6.299207   0.000000  998.638345
B-3     999.318338    0.680001     5.619207     6.299208   0.000000  998.638331

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS7 (POOL # 4311)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4311 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       83,934.87
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    13,977.96

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       96,572.16
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    98  11,204,904.34

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   16   2,078,578.53

 (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                                                     400,331,628.30

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,898

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                    4,512,418.87

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         93.19548990 %     5.57970400 %    1.20670320 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            93.13584200 %     5.64259675 %    1.22052820 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         167,865.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            8,151,307.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   4,075,653.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.04692100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              355.12

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.22514248


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS8(POOL #  4306)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4306 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB      76110FTN3   124,454,000.00 123,566,826.14     6.500000  %  1,398,486.76
NB      76110FTP8    41,430,000.00  41,284,407.99     6.500000  %    175,186.40
A-P     76110FTQ6        63,383.01      63,146.23     0.000000  %        237.28
A-V     76110FTV5             0.00           0.00     0.944706  %          0.00
R       76110FTR4           100.00           0.00     6.500000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FTS2     4,507,000.00   4,493,093.48     6.500000  %     13,946.80
M-2     76110FTT0       780,000.00     777,593.28     6.500000  %      2,413.69
M-3     76110FTU7       693,500.00     691,360.18     6.500000  %      2,146.02
B-1     76110FTW3       520,000.00     518,395.52     6.500000  %      1,609.13
B-2     76110FTX1       433,500.00     432,162.42     6.500000  %      1,341.46
B-3     76110FTY9       433,464.63     432,127.16     6.500000  %      1,341.35

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  173,314,947.64   172,259,112.40                  1,596,708.89
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB        668,846.71  2,067,333.47            0.00       0.00    122,168,339.38
NB        223,465.65    398,652.05            0.00       0.00     41,109,221.59
A-P             0.00        237.28            0.00       0.00         62,908.95
A-V       135,515.88    135,515.88            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        24,320.37     38,267.17            0.00       0.00      4,479,146.68
M-2         4,208.98      6,622.67            0.00       0.00        775,179.59
M-3         3,742.22      5,888.24            0.00       0.00        689,214.16
B-1         2,805.99      4,415.12            0.00       0.00        516,786.39
B-2         2,339.22      3,680.68            0.00       0.00        430,820.96
B-3         2,339.03      3,680.38            0.00       0.00        430,785.81

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,067,584.05  2,664,292.94            0.00       0.00    170,662,403.51
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB      992.871472   11.236977     5.374248    16.611225   0.000000  981.634495
NB      996.485831    4.228491     5.393812     9.622303   0.000000  992.257340
A-P     996.264299    3.743553     0.000000     3.743553   0.000000  992.520746
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     996.914462    3.094475     5.396133     8.490608   0.000000  993.819987
M-2     996.914462    3.094474     5.396128     8.490602   0.000000  993.819987
M-3     996.914463    3.094477     5.396136     8.490613   0.000000  993.819986
B-1     996.914462    3.094481     5.396135     8.490616   0.000000  993.819981
B-2     996.914464    3.094487     5.396125     8.490612   0.000000  993.819977
B-3     996.914466    3.094485     5.396127     8.490612   0.000000  993.819975

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

Run:     08/31/98     15:35:57                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS8 (POOL # 4306)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4306 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       35,802.79
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    10,418.87

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       35,261.01
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    34   3,509,377.03

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     297,766.78

 (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                                                     170,662,403.51

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,707

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                    1,061,986.94

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         95.69957250 %     3.46109200 %    0.80267750 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            95.70811530 %     3.48263021 %    0.80797020 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,733,149.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,733,149.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          7.77111000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              173.56

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.46952374


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
       MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS10(POOL #  4313)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4313 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FUR2    25,000,000.00  24,773,554.72     6.750000  %    278,641.08
A-2     76110FUS0    29,011,000.00  28,209,727.91     6.750000  %    985,965.91
A-3     76110FUT8    12,434,000.00  12,434,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FUU5    17,404,000.00  17,404,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FUV3     7,831,000.00   7,831,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-6     76110FUW1    13,853,000.00  13,853,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-7     76110FUX9    14,886,000.00  14,886,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-8     76110FUY7     8,409,000.00   8,409,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-9     76110FUZ4     5,000,000.00   5,000,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-10    76110FVA8    16,186,000.00  16,175,240.39     6.750000  %     10,815.39
A-11    76110FVB6        10,998.00      10,869.50     0.000000  %         10.03
A-12    76110FVC4             0.00           0.00     1.030056  %          0.00
R       76110FVD2           100.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FVE0     4,827,000.00   4,823,791.26     6.750000  %      3,225.37
M-2     76110FVF7     2,011,300.00   2,009,962.99     6.750000  %      1,343.94
M-3     76110FVG5     2,011,300.00   2,009,962.99     6.750000  %      1,343.94
B-1     76110FVH3       884,900.00     884,311.76     6.750000  %        591.28
B-2     76110FVJ9       482,700.00     482,379.13     6.750000  %        322.54
B-3     76110FVK6       643,577.01     643,149.20     6.750000  %        430.05

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                  160,885,875.01   159,839,949.85                  1,282,689.53
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       139,322.87    417,963.95            0.00       0.00     24,494,913.64
A-2       158,647.40  1,144,613.31            0.00       0.00     27,223,762.00
A-3        69,927.00     69,927.00            0.00       0.00     12,434,000.00
A-4        97,877.56     97,877.56            0.00       0.00     17,404,000.00
A-5        44,040.41     44,040.41            0.00       0.00      7,831,000.00
A-6        77,907.26     77,907.26            0.00       0.00     13,853,000.00
A-7        83,716.70     83,716.70            0.00       0.00     14,886,000.00
A-8        47,291.00     47,291.00            0.00       0.00      8,409,000.00
A-9        28,119.27     28,119.27            0.00       0.00      5,000,000.00
A-10       90,967.20    101,782.59            0.00       0.00     16,164,425.00
A-11            0.00         10.03            0.00       0.00         10,859.47
A-12      137,175.51    137,175.51            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        27,128.30     30,353.67            0.00       0.00      4,820,565.89
M-2        11,303.74     12,647.68            0.00       0.00      2,008,619.05
M-3        11,303.74     12,647.68            0.00       0.00      2,008,619.05
B-1         4,973.24      5,564.52            0.00       0.00        883,720.48
B-2         2,712.83      3,035.37            0.00       0.00        482,056.59
B-3         3,616.97      4,047.02            0.00       0.00        642,719.15

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        1,036,031.00  2,318,720.53            0.00       0.00    158,557,260.32
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
       MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS10(POOL #  4313)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4313 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     990.942189   11.145643     5.572915    16.718558   0.000000  979.796546
A-2     972.380404   33.985933     5.468526    39.454459   0.000000  938.394471
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623854     5.623854   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623854     5.623854   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623855     5.623855   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623855     5.623855   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623855     5.623855   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623855     5.623855   0.000000 1000.000000
A-9    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623854     5.623854   0.000000 1000.000000
A-10    999.335252    0.668194     5.620116     6.288310   0.000000  998.667058
A-11    988.316057    0.911984     0.000000     0.911984   0.000000  987.404074
A-12      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     999.335252    0.668193     5.620116     6.288309   0.000000  998.667058
M-2     999.335251    0.668195     5.620116     6.288311   0.000000  998.667056
M-3     999.335251    0.668195     5.620116     6.288311   0.000000  998.667056
B-1     999.335247    0.668188     5.620115     6.288303   0.000000  998.667058
B-2     999.335260    0.668200     5.620116     6.288316   0.000000  998.667060
B-3     999.335262    0.668187     5.620104     6.288291   0.000000  998.667044

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-August-98   
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-August-98   

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS10 (POOL # 4313)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4313 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       33,152.07
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     6,376.55

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       69,259.55
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    62   9,205,986.11

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     514,600.00

 (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                                                     158,557,260.32

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,179

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                    1,175,811.61

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         93.20927250 %     5.53323400 %    1.25749340 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            93.15891110 %     5.57388793 %    1.26681920 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         132,896.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            3,217,718.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,608,859.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.10940633
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              356.22

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.55262950


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