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             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                   Washington, D.C. 20549

                          Form 8-K

                       CURRENT REPORT

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

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


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

                              33-95932                       51-0368240
Delaware                (Commission File Number)          (I.R.S. Employee
(State or other                                          Identification No.)
jurisdiction of
incorporation)

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

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


Item 5.  Other Events

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

Master Serviced by Residential Funding Corporation

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


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

                         SIGNATURES

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

RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC.


   By: /s/Davee Olson
 Name:  Davee Olson
Title:  Chief Financial Officer
        and Treasurer
Dated: January 25, 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    46,277,910.63     6.900000  % 
3,710,438.15
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   170,063,046.26                 
3,710,438.15
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   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       266,097.99  3,976,536.14            0.00       0.00    
42,567,472.48
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         147,261.97    147,261.97            0.00       0.00     
2,326,135.63

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
        1,168,770.38  4,879,208.53            0.00       0.00   
166,352,608.11
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



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    560.944371  44.975008     3.225430    48.200438   0.000000 
  515.969363
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
R     0000.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
 0000.000000

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   34,714.53
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
      240.86

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
  107,346.30
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
    8,638.54


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    81  
7,556,745.11

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   17  
2,557,491.80

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1  
   42,131.91


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          25
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
2,849,056.11

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
166,352,608.11

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       1,839

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                           
           7

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS              
1,079,013.30

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
3,085,932.39

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.63219220 %    
1.36780780 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %    
0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.60168370 %    
1.39831630 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                       
  9.33126639
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      300.88

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 64.36312027

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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4194 
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH 
  PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-  76110FAG8    52,015,000.00             0.00     6.000000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FAH6    67,186,000.00    45,464,412.25     6.250000  % 
4,877,387.72
A-I-  76110FAJ2    22,562,000.00    22,562,000.00     6.750000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FAK9    31,852,000.00    31,852,000.00     6.900000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FAL7    14,535,000.00    14,535,000.00     7.050000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FAM5    18,417,136.00    18,417,136.00     7.250000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FAN3    20,000,000.00    20,000,000.00     6.700000  % 
        0.00
A-II  76110FAQ6    29,374,968.00    15,014,832.93     6.465000  % 
  861,389.95
R                           0.53     2,026,594.48     0.000000  % 
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  255,942,104.53   169,871,975.66                 
5,738,777.67
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   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     236,793.81  5,114,181.53            0.00       0.00    
40,587,024.53
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       83,588.83    944,978.78            0.00       0.00    
14,153,442.98
R         264,159.05    264,159.05            0.00       0.00     
2,026,594.48

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
        1,202,931.94  6,941,709.61            0.00       0.00   
164,133,197.99
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
A-I-   676.694732  72.595298     3.524452    76.119750   0.000000 
  604.099433
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.625000     5.625000   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.583334     5.583334   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-II   511.143806  29.323945     2.845580    32.169525   0.000000 
  481.819860
R     0000.000000   0.000000     0.000000    00.000000   0.000000 
 0000.000000

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   35,764.70
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   87,115.04
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
   17,260.11


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    45  
5,088,499.58

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   10  
1,514,126.12

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4  
  940,632.83


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          14
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
3,343,703.25

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
164,133,197.99

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       1,414

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              
2,119,492.98

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
5,335,111.14

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
  240,694.34

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.80698720 %    
1.19301280 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %    
0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.76527450 %    
1.23472550 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                        
100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                           
2,144,493.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                  
2,144,493.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                       
  8.98858400
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      311.45

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 64.12903351

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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     2,324,122.35     6.400000  % 
2,324,122.35
A-2   76110FAT0    16,000,000.00    16,000,000.00     7.000000  % 
1,892,253.30
A-3   76110FAU7    28,500,000.00    28,500,000.00     7.050000  % 
        0.00
A-4   76110FAV5    15,000,000.00    15,000,000.00     7.050000  % 
        0.00
A-5   76110FAW3    14,000,000.00    14,000,000.00     7.350000  % 
        0.00
A-6   76110FAX1    10,000,000.00    10,000,000.00     7.450000  % 
        0.00
A-7   76110FAY9    26,000,000.00    26,000,000.00     7.250000  % 
        0.00
A-8   76110FAZ6    14,043,411.00    14,043,411.00     7.500000  % 
        0.00
A-9   76110FBA0    18,190,000.00    18,190,000.00     7.500000  % 
        0.00
A-10  76110FBB8       178,007.00       160,609.06     0.000000  % 
      277.19
R                           0.00     1,819,114.18     0.000000  % 
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  181,911,418.00   146,037,256.59                 
4,216,652.84
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1        12,395.32  2,336,517.67            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
A-2        93,333.33  1,985,586.63            0.00       0.00    
14,107,746.70
A-3       167,437.50    167,437.50            0.00       0.00    
28,500,000.00
A-4        88,125.00     88,125.00            0.00       0.00    
15,000,000.00
A-5        85,750.00     85,750.00            0.00       0.00    
14,000,000.00
A-6        62,083.33     62,083.33            0.00       0.00    
10,000,000.00
A-7       157,083.33    157,083.33            0.00       0.00    
26,000,000.00
A-8        87,771.32     87,771.32            0.00       0.00    
14,043,411.00
A-9       113,687.50    113,687.50            0.00       0.00    
18,190,000.00
A-10            0.00        277.19            0.00       0.00     
  160,331.87
R         120,298.34    120,298.34            0.00       0.00     
1,819,114.18

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
          987,964.97  5,204,617.81            0.00       0.00   
141,820,603.75
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1     58.103059  58.103059     0.309883    58.412942   0.000000 
    0.000000
A-2   1000.000000 118.265831     5.833333   124.099164   0.000000 
  881.734169
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.125000     6.125000   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.208333     6.208333   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-10   902.262608   1.557186     0.000000     1.557186   0.000000 
  900.705422

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   29,994.19
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   71,686.40
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
    3,783.19


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    54  
6,436,317.20

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4  
  169,927.24

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1  
   31,150.25


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          13
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
2,559,077.63

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
141,820,603.75

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       1,372

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              
  484,764.38

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
4,019,708.87

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR         
SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.75434930 %    
1.24565080 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %    
0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.71731320 %    
1.28268680 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                       
  8.77811220
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      316.66

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 77.96135356


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS3
(POOL # 4211)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4211 
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH 
  PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-  76110FBC6    42,855,000.00     3,166,143.01     6.780000  % 
3,166,143.01
A-I-  76110FBD4    26,000,000.00    26,000,000.00     7.150000  % 
2,388,141.07
A-I-  76110FBE2    10,596,000.00    10,596,000.00     7.290000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FBF9    25,000,000.00    19,443,282.18     7.250000  % 
  460,917.69
A-I-  76110FBG7    18,587,000.00    18,587,000.00     7.460000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FBH5    21,696,000.00    21,696,000.00     7.750000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FBJ1     8,047,000.00     8,047,000.00     7.750000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FBK8    17,436,000.00    17,436,000.00     7.750000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FBL6    25,145,000.00    25,145,000.00     7.750000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FBM4    19,000,000.00    19,000,000.00     7.750000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FBN2    15,875,562.00    15,875,562.00     7.750000  % 
        0.00
A-II  76110FBP7    20,551,438.00    17,360,319.13     7.750000  % 
   76,597.24
A-P   76110FBQ5     1,166,695.86     1,066,638.65     0.000000  % 
    6,985.69
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    12,301,379.81     7.750000  % 
   11,372.49
M-2   76110FBU6     5,568,000.00     5,467,061.70     7.750000  % 
    5,054.24
M-3   76110FBV4     4,176,000.00     4,100,296.29     7.750000  % 
    3,790.68
B-1                 1,809,600.00     1,776,795.05     7.750000  % 
    1,642.63
B-2                   696,000.00       683,382.71     7.750000  % 
      631.78
B-3                 1,670,738.96     1,588,831.75     7.750000  % 
    1,468.86
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.718375  % 
        0.00
A-V   7611OFHY2             0.00             0.00     0.000000  % 
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  278,404,734.82   229,336,692.28                 
6,122,745.38
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-1      17,879.52  3,184,022.53            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
A-I-2     154,837.12  2,542,978.19            0.00       0.00    
23,611,858.93
A-I-3      64,337.64     64,337.64            0.00       0.00    
10,596,000.00
A-I-4     117,409.51    578,327.20            0.00       0.00    
18,982,364.49
A-I-5     115,489.84    115,489.84            0.00       0.00    
18,587,000.00
A-I-6     140,048.04    140,048.04            0.00       0.00    
21,696,000.00
A-I-7      51,943.52     51,943.52            0.00       0.00     
8,047,000.00
A-I-8     112,549.67    112,549.67            0.00       0.00    
17,436,000.00
A-I-9     162,311.40    162,311.40            0.00       0.00    
25,145,000.00
A-I-10    122,645.32    122,645.32            0.00       0.00    
19,000,000.00
A-I-11    102,477.02    102,477.02            0.00       0.00    
15,875,562.00
A-II      112,061.15    188,658.39            0.00       0.00    
17,283,721.89
A-P             0.00      6,985.69            0.00       0.00     
1,059,652.96
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
M-1        79,405.61     90,778.10            0.00       0.00    
12,290,007.32
M-2        35,289.98     40,344.22            0.00       0.00     
5,462,007.46
M-3        26,467.48     30,258.16            0.00       0.00     
4,096,505.61
B-1        11,469.24     13,111.87            0.00       0.00     
1,775,152.42
B-2         4,411.24      5,043.02            0.00       0.00     
  682,750.93
B-3        10,255.94     11,724.80            0.00       0.00     
1,587,362.90
SPRED     137,221.03    137,221.03            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
A-V        32,197.78     32,197.78            0.00       0.00     
        0.00

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        1,610,708.05  7,733,453.43            0.00       0.00   
223,213,946.91
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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-    73.880364  73.880364     0.417210    74.297574   0.000000 
    0.000000
A-I-  1000.000000  91.851580     5.955274    97.806854   0.000000 
  908.148420
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.071880     6.071880   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-   777.731287  18.436708     4.696380    23.133088   0.000000 
  759.294580
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.213474     6.213474   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455017     6.455017   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455017     6.455017   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455017     6.455017   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455017     6.455017   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455017     6.455017   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.455017     6.455017   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-II   844.725276   3.727099     5.452716     9.179815   0.000000 
  840.998177
A-P    914.238823   5.987585     0.000000     5.987585   0.000000 
  908.251238
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    981.871717   0.907730     6.337998     7.245728   0.000000 
  980.963988
M-2    981.871713   0.907730     6.337999     7.245729   0.000000 
  980.963984
M-3    981.871717   0.907730     6.337998     7.245728   0.000000 
  980.963987
B-1    981.871712   0.907731     6.337997     7.245728   0.000000 
  980.963981
B-2    981.871710   0.907730     6.337989     7.245719   0.000000 
  980.963980
B-3    950.975459   0.879168     6.138565     7.017733   0.000000 
  950.096298

_________________________________________________________________
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DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   47,631.23
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   88,791.31
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
    1,823.45


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    84  
9,459,258.09

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6  
  554,468.52

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1  
  121,386.13


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
1,083,224.45

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
223,213,946.91

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       2,062

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              
  230,561.57

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
5,906,437.16

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.23372500 %     9.53564700 %   
1.76553060 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT           89.51977360 %     0.00000000 %  
10.48022640 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.34423310 %     9.78815199 %   
1.82092640 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                       
  8.76203000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      317.49

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 80.17605988


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS4
(POOL # 4216)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4216 
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH 
  PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-  76110FBW2    45,914,000.00    10,280,379.30     6.850000  % 
3,040,405.61
A-I-  76110FBX0    26,945,000.00    13,879,442.56    11.000000  % 
1,114,806.56
A-I-  76110FBY8    15,646,000.00    15,646,000.00     7.300000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FBZ5    32,740,000.00    32,740,000.00     7.500000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FCA9    10,023,000.00    10,023,000.00     7.700000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FCB7    26,811,000.00    26,811,000.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FCC5    18,046,000.00    18,046,000.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FCD3     9,094,000.00     9,094,000.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FCE1    10,284,000.00    10,284,000.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FCF8    27,538,000.00    27,538,000.00     7.900000  % 
        0.00
A-II  76110FCG6    16,021,000.00    12,143,376.33     7.250000  % 
  470,085.24
A-II  76110FCH4     8,580,000.00     8,580,000.00     7.650000  % 
        0.00
A-P   76110FCJ0     3,039,637.99     2,674,910.74     0.000000  % 
   76,063.13
A-V   76110FGN7             0.00             0.00     0.758838  % 
        0.00
R-I   76110FCK7           100.00             0.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
R-II  76110FCL5           100.00             0.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
M-1   76110FCM3    13,230,500.00    13,022,357.63     8.000000  % 
   13,542.94
M-2   76110FCN1     5,570,800.00     5,483,160.09     8.000000  % 
    5,702.35
M-3   76110FCP6     4,456,600.00     4,386,488.72     8.000000  % 
    4,561.84
B-1   76110FCR2     2,228,400.00     2,193,342.79     8.000000  % 
    2,281.02
B-2   76110FCS0       696,400.00       685,444.23     8.000000  % 
      712.85
B-3   76110FCT8     1,671,255.97     1,571,368.93     8.000000  % 
    1,634.19
STRI                        0.00             0.00     0.117538  % 
        0.00

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  278,535,793.96   225,082,271.32                 
4,729,795.73
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-1      58,654.23  3,099,059.84            0.00       0.00     
7,239,973.69
A-I-2     127,164.04  1,241,970.60            0.00       0.00    
12,764,636.00
A-I-3      95,131.81     95,131.81            0.00       0.00    
15,646,000.00
A-I-4     204,521.77    204,521.77            0.00       0.00    
32,740,000.00
A-I-5      64,281.80     64,281.80            0.00       0.00    
10,023,000.00
A-I-6     178,649.83    178,649.83            0.00       0.00    
26,811,000.00
A-I-7     120,245.98    120,245.98            0.00       0.00    
18,046,000.00
A-I-8      60,596.08     60,596.08            0.00       0.00     
9,094,000.00
A-I-9      68,525.41     68,525.41            0.00       0.00    
10,284,000.00
A-I-10    181,200.37    181,200.37            0.00       0.00    
27,538,000.00
A-II-1     73,329.22    543,414.46            0.00       0.00    
11,673,291.09
A-II-2     54,669.91     54,669.91            0.00       0.00     
8,580,000.00
A-P             0.00     76,063.13            0.00       0.00     
2,598,847.61
A-V       142,262.25    142,262.25            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        86,771.92    100,314.86            0.00       0.00    
13,008,814.69
M-2        36,535.96     42,238.31            0.00       0.00     
5,477,457.74
M-3        29,228.51     33,790.35            0.00       0.00     
4,381,926.88
B-1        14,614.91     16,895.93            0.00       0.00     
2,191,061.77
B-2         4,567.32      5,280.17            0.00       0.00     
  684,731.38
B-3        10,470.51     12,104.70            0.00       0.00     
1,569,734.73
STRIP      12,808.16     12,808.16            0.00       0.00     
        0.00

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        1,624,229.99  6,354,025.72            0.00       0.00   
220,352,475.58
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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-   223.905112  66.219576     1.277480    67.497056   0.000000 
  157.685536
A-I-   515.102711  41.373411     4.719393    46.092804   0.000000 
  473.729300
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.080264     6.080264   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.246847     6.246847   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413429     6.413429   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663303     6.663303   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663304     6.663304   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663303     6.663303   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663303     6.663303   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.580012     6.580012   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-II   757.966190  29.341816     4.577069    33.918885   0.000000 
  728.624374
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.371784     6.371784   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-P    880.009642  25.023748     0.000000    25.023748   0.000000 
  854.985894
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    984.267989   1.023615     6.558476     7.582091   0.000000 
  983.244374
M-2    984.267985   1.023614     6.558476     7.582090   0.000000 
  983.244371
M-3    984.267989   1.023614     6.558477     7.582091   0.000000 
  983.244375
B-1    984.267990   1.023613     6.558477     7.582090   0.000000 
  983.244377
B-2    984.267993   1.023621     6.558472     7.582093   0.000000 
  983.244371
B-3    940.232351   0.977821     6.265055     7.242876   0.000000 
  939.254527

_________________________________________________________________
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DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   46,341.24
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   57,874.39
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
    5,959.82


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    39  
4,232,305.09

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5  
  877,388.10

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1  
  123,140.01


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          12
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
1,921,221.33

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
220,352,475.58

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       2,225

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              
  742,248.87

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
4,489,151.72

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         86.66395490 %    10.17050600 %   
1.97712420 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            87.45659140 %    10.37800880 %   
2.04154020 %

      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                       
  8.99118700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      309.16

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 79.11100848


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS5
(POOL # 4222)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4222 
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH 
  PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-  76110FCU5    23,848,000.00    11,070,707.51     9.500000  % 
  721,924.45
A-I-  76110FCV3    25,000,000.00    17,389,412.95     7.600000  % 
  686,524.34
A-I-  76110FCW1    12,373,000.00       430,603.88     6.650000  % 
  430,603.88
A-I-  76110FCX9     7,100,000.00     7,100,000.00     7.450000  % 
  412,692.53
A-I-  76110FCY7    10,137,000.00    10,137,000.00     7.600000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FCZ4     5,558,000.00     5,558,000.00     7.800000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FDA8    16,926,000.00    16,926,000.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FDB6     6,884,000.00     6,884,000.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FDC4    11,229,000.00    11,229,000.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FDD2    22,501,000.00    22,501,000.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
A-II  76110FDE0    11,162,000.00     8,600,260.78     8.000000  % 
  137,900.12
A-II  76110FDF7     4,525,000.00     4,525,000.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
A-P   76110FDG5     1,105,878.69       959,204.80     0.000000  % 
    1,409.23
A-V   76110FGP2             0.00             0.00     0.871805  % 
        0.00
R     76110FDH3           100.00             0.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
M-1   76110FDJ9     7,918,500.00     7,819,614.35     8.000000  % 
    7,368.87
M-2   76110FDK6     3,958,800.00     3,909,362.82     8.000000  % 
    3,684.02
M-3   76110FDL4     2,815,100.00     2,779,945.25     8.000000  % 
    2,619.70
B-1   76110FDM2     1,407,600.00     1,390,022.00     8.000000  % 
    1,309.90
B-2   76110FDN0       439,800.00       434,307.82     8.000000  % 
      409.27
B-3   76110FDP5     1,055,748.52     1,042,564.35     8.000000  % 
      982.47

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  175,944,527.21   140,686,006.51                 
2,407,428.78
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-1      87,617.37    809,541.82            0.00       0.00    
10,348,783.06
A-I-2     110,100.61    796,624.95            0.00       0.00    
16,702,888.61
A-I-3       2,385.56    432,989.44            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
A-I-4      44,066.23    456,758.76            0.00       0.00     
6,687,307.47
A-I-5      64,182.15     64,182.15            0.00       0.00    
10,137,000.00
A-I-6      36,116.39     36,116.39            0.00       0.00     
5,558,000.00
A-I-7     112,806.87    112,806.87            0.00       0.00    
16,926,000.00
A-I-8      45,879.85     45,879.85            0.00       0.00     
6,884,000.00
A-I-9      74,838.02     74,838.02            0.00       0.00    
11,229,000.00
A-I-10    149,962.63    149,962.63            0.00       0.00    
22,501,000.00
A-II-1     57,318.24    195,218.36            0.00       0.00     
8,462,360.66
A-II-2     30,157.81     30,157.81            0.00       0.00     
4,525,000.00
A-P             0.00      1,409.23            0.00       0.00     
  957,795.57
A-V       102,178.95    102,178.95            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
M-1        52,115.45     59,484.32            0.00       0.00     
7,812,245.48
M-2        26,054.77     29,738.79            0.00       0.00     
3,905,678.80
M-3        18,527.53     21,147.23            0.00       0.00     
2,777,325.55
B-1         9,264.09     10,573.99            0.00       0.00     
1,388,712.10
B-2         2,894.54      3,303.81            0.00       0.00     
  433,898.55
B-3         6,948.39      7,930.86            0.00       0.00     
1,041,581.98

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        1,033,415.45  3,440,844.23            0.00       0.00   
138,278,577.83
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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-   464.219537  30.271907     3.673992    33.945899   0.000000 
  433.947629
A-I-   695.576518  27.460974     4.404024    31.864998   0.000000 
  668.115544
A-I-    34.801898  34.801898     0.192804    34.994702   0.000000 
    0.000000
A-I-  1000.000000  58.125708     6.206511    64.332219   0.000000 
  941.874292
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.331474     6.331474   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.498091     6.498091   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664709     6.664709   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664708     6.664708   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664709     6.664709   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664710     6.664710   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-II   770.494605  12.354428     5.135123    17.489551   0.000000 
  758.140177
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.664709     6.664709   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-P    867.368915   1.274310     0.000000     1.274310   0.000000 
  866.094605
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
M-1    987.512073   0.930589     6.581480     7.512069   0.000000 
  986.581484
M-2    987.512079   0.930590     6.581482     7.512072   0.000000 
  986.581489
M-3    987.512078   0.930589     6.581482     7.512071   0.000000 
  986.581489
B-1    987.512077   0.930591     6.581479     7.512070   0.000000 
  986.581486
B-2    987.512096   0.930582     6.581492     7.512074   0.000000 
  986.581514
B-3    987.512017   0.930591     6.581482     7.512073   0.000000 
  986.581523

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   29,039.48
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
      410.16

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   46,556.49
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
      661.60


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    27  
3,659,263.57

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7  
  740,364.31

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0  
        0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          11
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
1,271,433.75

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
138,278,577.83

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       1,373

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              
   76,902.76

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
2,271,139.03

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         86.96741640 %    10.31298200 %   
2.03779630 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            87.35847390 %    10.48264312 %   
2.08576780 %

      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                       
  9.14565900
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      315.32

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 78.59214493


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS7
(POOL # 4228)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4228 
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH 
  PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-  76110FDQ3    20,106,154.00     1,203,798.97     7.050000  % 
1,203,798.97
A-I-  76110FDR1    43,322,483.00    25,365,246.01     6.400000  % 
2,119,221.26
A-I-  76110FDS9             0.00             0.00     2.600000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FDT7    13,330,948.00    13,330,948.00     7.125000  % 
  958,496.30
A-I-  76110FDU4    24,973,716.00    24,973,716.00     7.600000  % 
  342,320.05
A-I-  76110FDV2             0.00             0.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FDW0     1,000,000.00     1,000,000.00     7.700000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FDX8     9,539,699.00     9,539,699.00     7.700000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FDY6    22,526,000.00    22,526,000.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FDZ3    11,650,000.00    11,650,000.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FEA7    30,421,000.00    30,421,000.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
A-I-  76110FEB5     8,619,000.00     8,619,000.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
A-II  76110FEC3    20,104,000.00    17,888,304.26     8.000000  % 
  602,550.17
A-P   76110FED1       601,147.92       505,401.70     0.000000  % 
    5,621.23
A-V   76110FGQ0             0.00             0.00     0.816181  % 
        0.00
R-I   76110FEE9           100.00             0.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
R-II  76110FEF6           100.00             0.00     8.000000  % 
        0.00
M-1   76110FEG4     9,114,600.00     9,015,701.43     8.000000  % 
    8,244.45
M-2   76110FEH2     5,126,400.00     5,070,775.66     8.000000  % 
    4,636.99
M-3   76110FEJ8     3,645,500.00     3,605,944.24     8.000000  % 
    3,297.47
B-1                 1,822,700.00     1,802,922.67     8.000000  % 
    1,648.69
B-2                   569,600.00       563,419.52     8.000000  % 
      515.22
B-3                 1,366,716.75     1,351,887.09     8.000000  % 
    1,236.24

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  227,839,864.67   188,433,764.55                 
5,251,587.04
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-I-1       7,046.90  1,210,845.87            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
A-I-2     134,795.04  2,254,016.30            0.00       0.00    
23,246,024.75
A-I-3      54,760.48     54,760.48            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
A-I-4      78,867.99  1,037,364.29            0.00       0.00    
12,372,451.70
A-I-5     157,598.34    499,918.39            0.00       0.00    
24,631,395.95
A-I-6         493.50        493.50            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
A-I-7       6,393.61      6,393.61            0.00       0.00     
1,000,000.00
A-I-8      60,993.04     60,993.04            0.00       0.00     
9,539,699.00
A-I-9     149,633.53    149,633.53            0.00       0.00    
22,526,000.00
A-I-10     77,387.50     77,387.50            0.00       0.00    
11,650,000.00
A-I-11    202,077.68    202,077.68            0.00       0.00    
30,421,000.00
A-I-12     57,253.46     57,253.46            0.00       0.00     
8,619,000.00
A-II      118,826.70    721,376.87            0.00       0.00    
17,285,754.09
A-P             0.00      5,621.23            0.00       0.00     
  499,780.47
A-V       127,702.68    127,702.68            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        59,888.63     68,133.08            0.00       0.00     
9,007,456.98
M-2        33,683.66     38,320.65            0.00       0.00     
5,066,138.67
M-3        23,953.22     27,250.69            0.00       0.00     
3,602,646.77
B-1        11,976.28     13,624.97            0.00       0.00     
1,801,273.98
B-2         3,742.63      4,257.85            0.00       0.00     
  562,904.30
B-3         8,980.18     10,216.42            0.00       0.00     
1,350,650.85

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183,182,177.51
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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-    59.872165  59.872165     0.350485    60.222650   0.000000 
    0.000000
A-I-   585.498435  48.917355     3.111434    52.028789   0.000000 
  536.581081
A-I-  1000.000000  71.900085     5.916158    77.816243   0.000000 
  928.099915
A-I-  1000.000000  13.707213     6.310568    20.017781   0.000000 
  986.292787
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.393610     6.393610   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.393602     6.393602   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.642703     6.642703   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.642704     6.642704   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.642703     6.642703   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.642703     6.642703   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-II   889.788314  29.971656     5.910600    35.882256   0.000000 
  859.816658
A-P    840.727686   9.350823     0.000000     9.350823   0.000000 
  831.376863
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    989.149434   0.904532     6.570626     7.475158   0.000000 
  988.244902
M-2    989.149434   0.904531     6.570627     7.475158   0.000000 
  988.244903
M-3    989.149428   0.904532     6.570627     7.475159   0.000000 
  988.244896
B-1    989.149432   0.904532     6.570626     7.475158   0.000000 
  988.244900
B-2    989.149438   0.904529     6.570629     7.475158   0.000000 
  988.244909
B-3    989.149427   0.904533     6.570623     7.475156   0.000000 
  988.244893

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   38,633.54
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   55,080.21
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
    1,008.35


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    46  
5,029,192.09

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3  
  174,920.47

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0  
        0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          15
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
1,652,468.27

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
183,182,177.51

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       1,814

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              
  123,011.73

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
5,073,284.90

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.36936030 %     9.38919900 %   
1.97322880 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.29056770 %     9.64954269 %   
2.03349050 %

      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                       
  9.12095800
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      317.66

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 80.39952875


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS8
(POOL # 4231)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4231 
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH 
  PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1   76110FEK5     4,000,000.00     3,134,330.93     7.400000  % 
   77,374.87
A-2   76110FEL3     4,074,824.00     2,052,377.64     7.300000  % 
  185,242.00
A-3   76110FEM1    13,128,206.00    13,128,206.00     7.050000  % 
        0.00
A-4   76110FEN9     3,765,148.00     3,765,148.00     7.300000  % 
        0.00
A-5   76110FEP4    10,500,000.00    10,198,932.16     7.400000  % 
        0.00
A-6   76110FEQ2     2,600,500.00     2,600,500.00     7.400000  % 
        0.00
A-7   76110FER0    31,579,563.00    25,567,656.32     6.500000  % 
  538,936.67
A-8   76110FES8             0.00             0.00     2.500000  % 
        0.00
A-9   76110FET6    32,965,000.00    18,245,763.06     0.000000  % 
1,336,483.14
A-10  76110FEU3    20,953,719.00    20,663,229.85     7.400000  % 
   25,964.39
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       110,274.76     0.000000  % 
      147.82
A-15  76110FGR8             0.00             0.00     0.895693  % 
        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     6,606,990.21     7.750000  % 
    4,456.26
M-2   76110FFC2     4,440,700.00     4,404,693.20     7.750000  % 
    2,970.86
M-3   76110FFD0     3,108,500.00     3,083,295.16     7.750000  % 
    2,079.61
B-1                 1,509,500.00     1,497,260.44     7.750000  % 
    1,009.87
B-2                   444,000.00       440,399.90     7.750000  % 
      297.04
B-3                 1,154,562.90     1,132,066.14     7.750000  % 
      763.47

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  177,623,205.60   153,253,081.77                 
2,175,726.00
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1        19,318.07     96,692.94            0.00       0.00     
3,056,956.06
A-2        12,478.65    197,720.65            0.00       0.00     
1,867,135.64
A-3        77,087.12     77,087.12            0.00       0.00    
13,128,206.00
A-4        22,892.45     22,892.45            0.00       0.00     
3,765,148.00
A-5        62,859.91     62,859.91            0.00       0.00    
10,198,932.16
A-6        16,027.88     16,027.88            0.00       0.00     
2,600,500.00
A-7       138,417.70    677,354.37            0.00       0.00    
25,028,719.65
A-8        53,237.58     53,237.58            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
A-9       111,658.54  1,448,141.68            0.00       0.00    
16,909,279.92
A-10      127,355.37    153,319.76            0.00       0.00    
20,637,265.46
A-11       90,207.13     90,207.13            0.00       0.00    
13,975,000.00
A-12       12,909.79     12,909.79            0.00       0.00     
2,000,000.00
A-13      133,273.91    133,273.91            0.00       0.00    
20,646,958.00
A-14            0.00        147.82            0.00       0.00     
  110,126.94
A-15      114,328.81    114,328.81            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        42,647.42     47,103.68            0.00       0.00     
6,602,533.95
M-2        28,431.83     31,402.69            0.00       0.00     
4,401,722.34
M-3        19,902.34     21,981.95            0.00       0.00     
3,081,215.55
B-1         9,664.66     10,674.53            0.00       0.00     
1,496,250.57
B-2         2,842.73      3,139.77            0.00       0.00     
  440,102.86
B-3         7,307.37      8,070.84            0.00       0.00     
1,131,302.59

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151,077,355.69
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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    783.582733  19.343718     4.829518    24.173236   0.000000 
  764.239015
A-2    503.672708  45.460122     3.062378    48.522500   0.000000 
  458.212586
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.871870     5.871870   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.080093     6.080093   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-5    971.326872   0.000000     5.986658     5.986658   0.000000 
  971.326872
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.163384     6.163384   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-7    809.626666  17.065995     4.383142    21.449137   0.000000 
  792.560671
A-9    553.488945  40.542489     3.387185    43.929674   0.000000 
  512.946456
A-10   986.136630   1.239131     6.077936     7.317067   0.000000 
  984.897500
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.454893     6.454893   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-12  1000.000000   0.000000     6.454895     6.454895   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-13  1000.000000   0.000000     6.454893     6.454893   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-14   952.083278   1.276239     0.000000     1.276239   0.000000 
  950.807039
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
M-1    991.891639   0.669008     6.402555     7.071563   0.000000 
  991.222632
M-2    991.891639   0.669007     6.402556     7.071563   0.000000 
  991.222632
M-3    991.891639   0.669008     6.402554     7.071562   0.000000 
  991.222632
B-1    991.891646   0.669010     6.402557     7.071567   0.000000 
  991.222637
B-2    991.891667   0.669009     6.402545     7.071554   0.000000 
  991.222658
B-3    980.514912   0.661263     6.329122     6.990385   0.000000 
  979.853583

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   31,762.59
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
    4,025.79

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   58,458.39
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    33  
3,822,766.25

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4  
  527,684.17

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3  
  287,233.29


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
          24
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
2,746,122.83

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
151,077,355.69

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       1,443

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                           
           0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
2,072,302.11

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.79170010 %     9.20381400 %   
2.00448620 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.63784680 %     9.32335079 %   
2.03200130 %

      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                       
  8.97009549
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      337.95

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 85.05496519


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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    14,412,503.54     6.750000  % 
2,886,966.83
A-2   76110FFF5    10,146,000.00     5,711,765.41     6.750000  % 
  679,286.33
A-3   76110FFG3    24,816,000.00    24,816,000.00     6.750000  % 
        0.00
A-4   76110FFH1    15,938,000.00    15,938,000.00     6.750000  % 
        0.00
A-5   76110FFJ7    10,253,000.00    10,253,000.00     6.750000  % 
        0.00
A-6   76110FFK4    31,511,646.00    26,523,132.37    11.000000  % 
  764,197.08
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       210,315.75     0.000000  % 
      281.38
A-13  76110FFS7             0.00             0.00     0.956808  % 
        0.00
R     76110FFT5           100.00             0.00     7.500000  % 
        0.00
M-1   76110FFV0     9,377,000.00     9,319,275.08     7.500000  % 
    6,079.97
M-2   76110FFW8     6,251,000.00     6,212,518.78     7.500000  % 
    4,053.09
M-3   76110FFW8     4,375,700.00     4,348,763.14     7.500000  % 
    2,837.17
B-1                 1,624,900.00     1,614,897.10     7.500000  % 
    1,053.57
B-2                   624,800.00       620,953.72     7.500000  % 
      405.11
B-3                 1,500,282.64     1,491,046.88     7.500000  % 
      972.77

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  250,038,730.26   221,621,525.77                 
4,346,133.30
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1        81,049.99  2,968,016.82            0.00       0.00    
11,525,536.71
A-2        32,120.62    711,406.95            0.00       0.00     
5,032,479.08
A-3       139,554.98    139,554.98            0.00       0.00    
24,816,000.00
A-4        89,628.76     89,628.76            0.00       0.00    
15,938,000.00
A-5        57,658.66     57,658.66            0.00       0.00    
10,253,000.00
A-6       243,067.71  1,007,264.79            0.00       0.00    
25,758,935.29
A-7        99,267.59     99,267.59            0.00       0.00    
17,652,000.00
A-8        31,804.71     31,804.71            0.00       0.00     
5,655,589.00
A-9       107,230.59    107,230.59            0.00       0.00    
19,068,000.00
A-10       57,741.69     57,741.69            0.00       0.00    
10,267,765.00
A-11      296,838.01    296,838.01            0.00       0.00    
47,506,000.00
A-12            0.00        281.38            0.00       0.00     
  210,034.37
A-13      176,663.45    176,663.45            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
M-1        58,230.86     64,310.83            0.00       0.00     
9,313,195.11
M-2        38,818.50     42,871.59            0.00       0.00     
6,208,465.69
M-3        27,172.95     30,010.12            0.00       0.00     
4,345,925.97
B-1        10,090.58     11,144.15            0.00       0.00     
1,613,843.53
B-2         3,879.99      4,285.10            0.00       0.00     
  620,548.61
B-3         9,316.70     10,289.47            0.00       0.00     
1,490,074.11

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        1,560,136.34  5,906,269.64            0.00       0.00   
217,275,392.47
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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    433.354487  86.805185     2.437007    89.242192   0.000000 
  346.549303
A-2    562.957363  66.951146     3.165841    70.116987   0.000000 
  496.006217
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623589     5.623589   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623589     5.623589   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623589     5.623589   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-6    841.693016  24.251259     7.713583    31.964842   0.000000 
  817.441758
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623589     5.623589   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623589     5.623589   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623589     5.623589   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-10  1000.000000   0.000000     5.623589     5.623589   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.248432     6.248432   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-12   987.640763   1.321358     0.000000     1.321358   0.000000 
  986.319406
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
M-1    993.843988   0.648392     6.209967     6.858359   0.000000 
  993.195597
M-2    993.843990   0.648391     6.209966     6.858357   0.000000 
  993.195599
M-3    993.843988   0.648392     6.209966     6.858358   0.000000 
  993.195596
B-1    993.843990   0.648391     6.209970     6.858361   0.000000 
  993.195600
B-2    993.843982   0.648383     6.209971     6.858354   0.000000 
  993.195599
B-3    993.843987   0.648391     6.209963     6.858354   0.000000 
  993.195595

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   45,995.82
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
        0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   39,028.58
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
      285.43


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    44  
3,817,742.25

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4  
  394,852.04

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0  
        0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
           6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
  799,556.56

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
217,275,392.47

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       2,048

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              
   31,350.43

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
4,201,464.88

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.33773290 %     8.97902000 %   
1.68324710 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.13135970 %     9.14396543 %   
1.71582710 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                        
182,005.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                           
5,000,775.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                  
2,500,387.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                       
  8.77806825
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      342.70

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 86.89669486


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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    25,782,606.56     9.000000  % 
  304,177.00
A-2   76110FFZ1    37,000,000.00    25,516,012.23     7.250000  % 
  655,874.75
A-3   76110FGA5     5,200,000.00     5,200,000.00     7.250000  % 
        0.00
A-4   76110FGB3    18,200,000.00    18,200,000.00     7.250000  % 
        0.00
A-5   76110FGC1    10,000,000.00     8,169,078.34     7.250000  % 
  104,567.80
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       127,748.09     0.000000  % 
      120.13
A-10  76110FGH0             0.00             0.00     0.730376  % 
        0.00
R     76100FGJ6           100.00             0.00     7.750000  % 
        0.00
M-1   76110FGK3     4,931,600.00     4,905,166.75     7.750000  % 
    3,175.48
M-2   76110FGL1     4,109,600.00     4,087,572.64     7.750000  % 
    2,646.19
M-3   76110FGM9     2,630,200.00     2,616,102.19     7.750000  % 
    1,693.60
B-1                 1,068,500.00     1,062,772.86     7.750000  % 
      688.01
B-2                   410,900.00       408,697.59     7.750000  % 
      264.58
B-3                   821,738.81       817,334.34     7.750000  % 
      529.11

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  164,383,983.57   145,665,304.59                 
1,073,736.65
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1       193,297.97    497,474.97            0.00       0.00    
25,478,429.56
A-2       154,102.18    809,976.93            0.00       0.00    
24,860,137.48
A-3        31,405.04     31,405.04            0.00       0.00     
5,200,000.00
A-4       109,917.63    109,917.63            0.00       0.00    
18,200,000.00
A-5        49,336.58    153,904.38            0.00       0.00     
8,064,510.54
A-6        44,519.24     44,519.24            0.00       0.00     
7,371,430.00
A-7        67,146.86     67,146.86            0.00       0.00    
10,400,783.00
A-8       200,134.22    200,134.22            0.00       0.00    
31,000,000.00
A-9             0.00        120.13            0.00       0.00     
  127,627.96
A-10       88,625.92     88,625.92            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
M-1        31,667.47     34,842.95            0.00       0.00     
4,901,991.27
M-2        26,389.14     29,035.33            0.00       0.00     
4,084,926.45
M-3        16,889.41     18,583.01            0.00       0.00     
2,614,408.59
B-1         6,861.20      7,549.21            0.00       0.00     
1,062,084.85
B-2         2,638.53      2,903.11            0.00       0.00     
  408,433.01
B-3         5,276.67      5,805.78            0.00       0.00     
  816,805.23

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144,591,567.94
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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    828.794334   9.777917     6.213657    15.991574   0.000000 
  819.016418
A-2    689.621952  17.726345     4.164924    21.891269   0.000000 
  671.895608
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039431     6.039431   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039430     6.039430   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-5    816.907834  10.456780     4.933658    15.390438   0.000000 
  806.451054
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039431     6.039431   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.455943     6.455943   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.455943     6.455943   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-9    978.449509   0.920101     0.000000     0.920101   0.000000 
  977.529408
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
M-1    994.640026   0.643905     6.421338     7.065243   0.000000 
  993.996121
M-2    994.640023   0.643905     6.421340     7.065245   0.000000 
  993.996119
M-3    994.640024   0.643905     6.421341     7.065246   0.000000 
  993.996118
B-1    994.640019   0.643903     6.421338     7.065241   0.000000 
  993.996116
B-2    994.640034   0.643904     6.421343     7.065247   0.000000 
  993.996130
B-3    994.640061   0.643903     6.421347     7.065250   0.000000 
  993.996170

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   30,411.22
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
    7,562.27

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   36,978.29
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    26  
3,439,485.90

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3  
  590,177.51

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2  
  326,886.99


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
           4
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
  357,405.22

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
144,591,567.94

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       1,378

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                   
  979,418.13

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.45081780 %     7.97652600 %   
1.57265580 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.38607880 %     8.02351512 %   
1.58331770 %

      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                       
  8.80211090
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      344.37

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 87.95964473


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS3
(POOL # 4244)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4244 
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH 
  PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1   76110FGS6    32,109,000.00    21,787,943.86     7.250000  % 
  751,221.38
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    12,425,126.82     9.500000  % 
  214,634.68
A-8   76110FGZ0    27,500,000.00    27,500,000.00     7.750000  % 
        0.00
A-9   76110FHA4       107,351.50       105,471.16     0.000000  % 
       94.12
A-10  76110FHB2             0.00             0.00     0.734266  % 
        0.00
R     76110FHC0           100.00             0.00     7.750000  % 
        0.00
M-1   76110FHD8     5,346,700.00     5,317,272.43     7.750000  % 
    3,402.02
M-2   76110FHE6     4,112,900.00     4,090,263.11     7.750000  % 
    2,616.97
M-3   76110FHF3     2,632,200.00     2,617,712.69     7.750000  % 
    1,674.83
B-1                 1,069,400.00     1,063,514.16     7.750000  % 
      680.44
B-2                   411,200.00       408,936.81     7.750000  % 
      261.64
B-3                   823,585.68       819,052.73     7.750000  % 
      524.03

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                  164,514,437.18   151,163,293.77                 
  975,110.11
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1       131,606.45    882,827.83            0.00       0.00    
21,036,722.48
A-2       166,082.10    166,082.10            0.00       0.00    
26,579,000.00
A-3       105,108.05    105,108.05            0.00       0.00    
16,821,000.00
A-4       151,672.78    151,672.78            0.00       0.00    
23,490,000.00
A-5        46,089.41     46,089.41            0.00       0.00     
7,138,000.00
A-6         6,456.91      6,456.91            0.00       0.00     
1,000,000.00
A-7        98,343.89    312,978.57            0.00       0.00    
12,210,492.14
A-8       177,564.98    177,564.98            0.00       0.00    
27,500,000.00
A-9             0.00         94.12            0.00       0.00     
  105,377.04
A-10       92,474.70     92,474.70            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
M-1        34,333.14     37,735.16            0.00       0.00     
5,313,870.41
M-2        26,410.45     29,027.42            0.00       0.00     
4,087,646.14
M-3        16,902.33     18,577.16            0.00       0.00     
2,616,037.86
B-1         6,867.01      7,547.45            0.00       0.00     
1,062,833.72
B-2         2,640.47      2,902.11            0.00       0.00     
  408,675.17
B-3         5,288.55      5,812.58            0.00       0.00     
  818,528.70

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150,188,183.66
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS3
(POOL # 4244)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4244 
_________________________________________________________________
______________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1    678.561894  23.395976     4.098740    27.494716   0.000000 
  655.165919
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.248621     6.248621   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.248621     6.248621   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456908     6.456908   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456908     6.456908   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456910     6.456910   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-7    808.190895  13.960887     6.396767    20.357654   0.000000 
  794.230008
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456908     6.456908   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-9    982.484269   0.876746     0.000000     0.876746   0.000000 
  981.607523
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
M-1    994.496125   0.636284     6.421370     7.057654   0.000000 
  993.859841
M-2    994.496124   0.636283     6.421369     7.057652   0.000000 
  993.859841
M-3    994.496121   0.636285     6.421370     7.057655   0.000000 
  993.859836
B-1    994.496129   0.636282     6.421367     7.057649   0.000000 
  993.859847
B-2    994.496133   0.636284     6.421376     7.057660   0.000000 
  993.859849
B-3    994.496080   0.636279     6.421372     7.057651   0.000000 
  993.859801

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-98  

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                   
   31,387.43
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
    6,719.83

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   33,942.88
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    30  
3,265,181.29

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3  
  385,979.49

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0  
        0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
           4
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
  818,645.61

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
150,188,183.66

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       1,396

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                   
  878,382.46

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.52233660 %     7.96069200 %   
1.51697120 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.46686800 %     8.00166439 %   
1.52584940 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                        
100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                           
4,935,433.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                  
1,650,000.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                       
  8.80707142
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      346.74

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 91.29179556


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS4
(POOL # 4247)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4247 
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH 
  PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1   76110FHK2    43,231,010.00    31,058,360.76     7.250000  % 
2,656,385.16
A-2   76110FHL0    35,775,000.00    35,775,000.00     7.250000  % 
        0.00
A-3   76110FHM8    22,398,546.00    22,398,546.00     7.250000  % 
        0.00
A-4   76110FHN6    24,498,244.00    21,793,211.14    10.000000  % 
  590,307.75
A-5   76110FHP1    17,675,100.00    17,675,100.00     7.500000  % 
        0.00
A-6   76110FHQ9     7,150,100.00     7,150,100.00     7.750000  % 
        0.00
A-7   76110FHR7    52,000,000.00    52,000,000.00     7.750000  % 
        0.00
A-8   76110FHS5       155,284.33       154,385.00     0.000000  % 
      133.24
A-9   76110FHT3             0.00             0.00     0.742889  % 
        0.00
R     76110FHU0           100.00             0.00     7.750000  % 
        0.00
M-1   76110FHV8     7,186,600.00     7,156,547.69     7.750000  % 
    4,484.17
M-2   76110FHW6     4,975,300.00     4,954,494.71     7.750000  % 
    3,104.40
M-3   76110FHX4     3,316,900.00     3,303,029.66     7.750000  % 
    2,069.62
B-1                 1,216,200.00     1,211,114.20     7.750000  % 
      758.86
B-2                   552,900.00       550,587.93     7.750000  % 
      344.99
B-3                   995,114.30       990,953.03     7.750000  % 
      620.91

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- --------------
                  221,126,398.63   206,171,430.12                 
3,258,209.10
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1       187,557.80  2,843,942.96            0.00       0.00    
28,401,975.60
A-2       216,041.04    216,041.04            0.00       0.00    
35,775,000.00
A-3       135,262.20    135,262.20            0.00       0.00    
22,398,546.00
A-4       181,526.41    771,834.16            0.00       0.00    
21,202,903.39
A-5       110,418.48    110,418.48            0.00       0.00    
17,675,100.00
A-6        46,156.45     46,156.45            0.00       0.00     
7,150,100.00
A-7       335,678.60    335,678.60            0.00       0.00    
52,000,000.00
A-8             0.00        133.24            0.00       0.00     
  154,251.76
A-9       127,576.66    127,576.66            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
M-1        46,198.07     50,682.24            0.00       0.00     
7,152,063.52
M-2        31,983.04     35,087.44            0.00       0.00     
4,951,390.31
M-3        21,322.24     23,391.86            0.00       0.00     
3,300,960.04
B-1         7,818.18      8,577.04            0.00       0.00     
1,210,355.34
B-2         3,554.24      3,899.23            0.00       0.00     
  550,242.94
B-3         6,396.95      7,017.86            0.00       0.00     
  990,332.12

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202,913,221.02
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS4
(POOL # 4247)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4247 
_________________________________________________________________
______________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1    718.427831  61.446290     4.338501    65.784791   0.000000 
  656.981542
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.038883     6.038883   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.038883     6.038883   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-4    889.582582  24.095921     7.409772    31.505693   0.000000 
  865.486661
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.247121     6.247121   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.455357     6.455357   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.455358     6.455358   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-8    994.208495   0.858039     0.000000     0.858039   0.000000 
  993.350456
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
M-1    995.818285   0.623963     6.428363     7.052326   0.000000 
  995.194323
M-2    995.818284   0.623962     6.428364     7.052326   0.000000 
  995.194322
M-3    995.818282   0.623962     6.428364     7.052326   0.000000 
  995.194320
B-1    995.818286   0.623960     6.428367     7.052327   0.000000 
  995.194327
B-2    995.818285   0.623965     6.428360     7.052325   0.000000 
  995.194321
B-3    995.818299   0.623958     6.428357     7.052315   0.000000 
  995.194336

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______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-98  

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                   
   42,797.13
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
    6,648.45

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   31,822.18
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    25  
2,402,538.78

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6  
  442,741.20

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0  
        0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
           6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
1,219,046.71

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
202,913,221.02

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       1,853

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                   
3,129,002.92

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.18193000 %     7.48194000 %   
1.33612980 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.04584900 %     7.59162651 %   
1.35674910 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                       
  8.81678179
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      347.34

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 91.76345397


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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    24,212,646.57     7.250000  % 
2,362,272.55
A-2   76110FJA2    10,800,000.00    10,800,000.00     7.250000  % 
        0.00
A-3   76110FJB0    29,956,909.00    26,549,151.49    10.000000  % 
  885,852.20
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       337,480.85     0.000000  % 
      498.60
A-11  76110FJK0             0.00             0.00     0.634034  % 
        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     6,702,225.69     8.000000  % 
    4,072.48
M-2   76110FJP9     4,330,000.00     4,312,130.35     8.000000  % 
    2,620.18
M-3   76110FJQ7     2,886,000.00     2,874,089.67     8.000000  % 
    1,746.39
B-1                 1,058,000.00     1,053,633.70     8.000000  % 
      640.22
B-2                   481,000.00       479,014.94     8.000000  % 
      291.06
B-3                   866,066.26       862,492.05     8.000000  % 
      524.08

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  192,360,424.83   179,794,956.31                 
3,258,517.76
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1       146,188.69  2,508,461.24            0.00       0.00    
21,850,374.02
A-2        65,207.16     65,207.16            0.00       0.00    
10,800,000.00
A-3       221,097.67  1,106,949.87            0.00       0.00    
25,663,299.29
A-4       144,904.80    144,904.80            0.00       0.00    
24,000,000.00
A-5        71,154.84     71,154.84            0.00       0.00    
11,785,091.00
A-6       120,873.91    120,873.91            0.00       0.00    
18,143,000.00
A-7        31,759.13     31,759.13            0.00       0.00     
4,767,000.00
A-8        26,805.52     26,805.52            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
A-9       259,119.96    259,119.96            0.00       0.00    
42,917,000.00
A-10            0.00        498.60            0.00       0.00     
  336,982.25
A-11       94,934.34     94,934.34            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        44,652.16     48,724.64            0.00       0.00     
6,698,153.21
M-2        28,728.66     31,348.84            0.00       0.00     
4,309,510.17
M-3        19,148.02     20,894.41            0.00       0.00     
2,872,343.28
B-1         7,019.61      7,659.83            0.00       0.00     
1,052,993.48
B-2         3,191.33      3,482.39            0.00       0.00     
  478,723.88
B-3         5,746.17      6,270.25            0.00       0.00     
  861,967.97

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- --------------
        1,290,531.97  4,549,049.73            0.00       0.00   
176,536,438.55
=================================================================
==============











































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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    727.106504  70.939116     4.390051    75.329167   0.000000 
  656.167388
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.037700     6.037700   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-3    886.244689  29.570881     7.380523    36.951404   0.000000 
  856.673807
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.037700     6.037700   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.037700     6.037700   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.662289     6.662289   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.662289     6.662289   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.037700     6.037700   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-10   992.128024   1.465787     0.000000     1.465787   0.000000 
  990.662237
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    995.873059   0.605123     6.634793     7.239916   0.000000 
  995.267936
M-2    995.873060   0.605122     6.634794     7.239916   0.000000 
  995.267938
M-3    995.873067   0.605125     6.634796     7.239921   0.000000 
  995.267942
B-1    995.873062   0.605123     6.634792     7.239915   0.000000 
  995.267940
B-2    995.873056   0.605114     6.634782     7.239896   0.000000 
  995.267942
B-3    995.873052   0.605127     6.634793     7.239920   0.000000 
  995.267929

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______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   37,257.82
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
    3,745.90

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   32,761.13
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    29  
2,652,305.83

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5  
  707,994.94

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2  
  245,449.82


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
           5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
  617,458.11

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
176,536,438.55

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       1,656

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                   
3,149,192.88

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.92621450 %     7.73912900 %   
1.33465640 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.76405100 %     7.86240324 %   
1.35850890 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                       
  8.94296700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      348.95

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 91.77378284


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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    38,515,901.19     7.500000  % 
1,112,228.10
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    20,897,368.72     7.500000  % 
   65,724.43
A-6   76110FJW4       164,986.80       160,066.19     0.000000  % 
      573.45
A-7   76110FJX2             0.00             0.00     0.743062  % 
        0.00
R     76110FJY0           100.00             0.00     7.500000  % 
        0.00
M-1                 2,654,400.00     2,607,038.26     7.500000  % 
    8,199.41
M-2   76110FKA0     1,061,700.00     1,042,756.38     7.500000  % 
    3,279.58
M-3   76110FKB8       690,100.00       677,786.73     7.500000  % 
    2,131.71
B-1                   371,600.00       364,969.64     7.500000  % 
    1,147.87
B-2                   159,300.00       156,457.64     7.500000  % 
      492.08
B-3                   372,446.48       365,801.01     7.500000  % 
    1,150.48

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  106,172,633.28   101,263,145.76                 
1,194,927.11
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1       240,422.86  1,352,650.96            0.00       0.00    
37,403,673.09
A-2        97,895.98     97,895.98            0.00       0.00    
15,683,000.00
A-3       117,015.75    117,015.75            0.00       0.00    
18,746,000.00
A-4        12,771.48     12,771.48            0.00       0.00     
2,046,000.00
A-5       130,444.96    196,169.39            0.00       0.00    
20,831,644.29
A-6             0.00        573.45            0.00       0.00     
  159,492.74
A-7        62,625.43     62,625.43            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
M-1        16,273.58     24,472.99            0.00       0.00     
2,598,838.85
M-2         6,509.07      9,788.65            0.00       0.00     
1,039,476.80
M-3         4,230.86      6,362.57            0.00       0.00     
  675,655.02
B-1         2,278.20      3,426.07            0.00       0.00     
  363,821.77
B-2           976.64      1,468.72            0.00       0.00     
  155,965.56
B-3         2,283.40      3,433.88            0.00       0.00     
  364,650.53

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
          693,728.21  1,888,655.32            0.00       0.00   
100,068,218.65
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1    896.844903  25.898293     5.598260    31.496553   0.000000 
  870.946610
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.242172     6.242172   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.242172     6.242172   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.242170     6.242170   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-5    982.157669   3.088990     6.130797     9.219787   0.000000 
  979.068679
A-6    970.175735   3.475733     0.000000     3.475733   0.000000 
  966.700003
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
M-1    982.157271   3.088988     6.130794     9.219782   0.000000 
  979.068283
M-2    982.157276   3.088989     6.130800     9.219789   0.000000 
  979.068287
M-3    982.157267   3.088987     6.130793     9.219780   0.000000 
  979.068280
B-1    982.157266   3.088994     6.130786     9.219780   0.000000 
  979.068272
B-2    982.157188   3.089014     6.130822     9.219836   0.000000 
  979.068173
B-3    982.157248   3.088981     6.130814     9.219795   0.000000 
  979.068268

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   21,065.07
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
    4,754.72

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
    8,727.94
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    12  
  802,255.57

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1  
   48,478.94

 (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                                                    
100,068,218.65

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       1,246

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                   
  876,393.68

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         94.84208620 %     4.28036600 %   
0.87754820 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            94.79684230 %     4.31102974 %   
0.88524590 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                       
  8.56025621
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      166.43

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 94.25048203


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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    75,758,579.70     7.500000  % 
3,117,302.66
A-2   76110FKD4    20,984,000.00    20,984,000.00     7.500000  % 
        0.00
A-3   76110FKE2    11,000,000.00    11,000,000.00     7.500000  % 
        0.00
A-4   76110FKF9     4,000,000.00     4,000,000.00     7.500000  % 
        0.00
A-5   76110FKG7    17,500,000.00    17,500,000.00     7.750000  % 
        0.00
A-6   76110FKH5    17,500,000.00    17,500,000.00     7.250000  % 
        0.00
A-7   76110FKJ1    21,925,000.00    20,963,225.66     9.500000  % 
  445,328.95
A-8   76110FKP7       156,262.27       149,187.36     0.000000  % 
      126.67
A-9   76110FKQ5             0.00             0.00     0.780122  % 
        0.00
R     76110FKK8           100.00             0.00     7.750000  % 
        0.00
M-1   76110FKL6     6,697,000.00     6,677,518.35     7.750000  % 
    3,979.50
M-2   76110FKM4     3,827,000.00     3,815,867.20     7.750000  % 
    2,274.08
M-3   76110FKN2     2,870,200.00     2,861,850.55     7.750000  % 
    1,705.53
B-1                 1,052,400.00     1,049,338.56     7.750000  % 
      625.36
B-2                   478,400.00       477,008.33     7.750000  % 
      284.28
B-3                   861,188.35       858,683.14     7.750000  % 
      511.74

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  191,342,550.62   183,595,258.85                 
3,572,138.77
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1       473,274.80  3,590,577.46            0.00       0.00    
72,641,277.04
A-2       131,090.08    131,090.08            0.00       0.00    
20,984,000.00
A-3        68,718.59     68,718.59            0.00       0.00    
11,000,000.00
A-4        24,988.58     24,988.58            0.00       0.00     
4,000,000.00
A-5       112,969.19    112,969.19            0.00       0.00    
17,500,000.00
A-6       105,680.87    105,680.87            0.00       0.00    
17,500,000.00
A-7       165,883.05    611,212.00            0.00       0.00    
20,517,896.71
A-8             0.00        126.67            0.00       0.00     
  149,060.69
A-9       119,300.98    119,300.98            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
M-1        43,105.94     47,085.44            0.00       0.00     
6,673,538.85
M-2        24,632.88     26,906.96            0.00       0.00     
3,813,593.12
M-3        18,474.34     20,179.87            0.00       0.00     
2,860,145.02
B-1         6,773.88      7,399.24            0.00       0.00     
1,048,713.20
B-2         3,079.27      3,363.55            0.00       0.00     
  476,724.05
B-3         5,543.13      6,054.87            0.00       0.00     
  858,171.40

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180,023,120.08
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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    918.386002  37.789609     5.737290    43.526899   0.000000 
  880.596393
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.247144     6.247144   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.247145     6.247145   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.247145     6.247145   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.455382     6.455382   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.038907     6.038907   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-7    956.133439  20.311469     7.565932    27.877401   0.000000 
  935.821971
A-8    954.724131   0.810624     0.000000     0.810624   0.000000 
  953.913507
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
M-1    997.090989   0.594221     6.436604     7.030825   0.000000 
  996.496767
M-2    997.090985   0.594220     6.436603     7.030823   0.000000 
  996.496765
M-3    997.090987   0.594220     6.436604     7.030824   0.000000 
  996.496767
B-1    997.090992   0.594223     6.436602     7.030825   0.000000 
  996.496769
B-2    997.090991   0.594231     6.436601     7.030832   0.000000 
  996.496760
B-3    997.090985   0.594225     6.436606     7.030831   0.000000 
  996.496759

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   38,031.35
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
    4,003.37

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   22,401.04
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    21  
2,327,898.24

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4  
  342,269.80

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0  
        0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
           3
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
  223,617.19

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
180,023,120.08

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

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                           
           0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
3,462,700.68

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.41967660 %     7.28019700 %   
1.30012600 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.25450010 %     7.41420157 %   
1.32515420 %

      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                       
  8.85369678
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      350.57

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 94.08420631


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS8
(POOL # 4256)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4256 
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH 
  PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1   76110FKU6    13,399,900.00    11,314,593.66     7.000000  % 
  829,960.62
A-2   76110FKV4    20,850,000.00    17,836,456.11     7.000000  % 
1,199,345.53
A-3   76110FKW2    16,320,750.00    15,300,959.95    10.000000  % 
  405,861.23
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    24,673,958.81     7.500000  % 
  526,962.97
A-9   76110FLC5     5,000,001.00     5,000,001.00     7.375000  % 
        0.00
A-10  76110FLD3    54,507,000.00    54,507,000.00     7.500000  % 
        0.00
A-11  76110FLE1        26,409.16        26,328.05     0.000000  % 
       21.07
A-12  76110FLF8             0.00             0.00     0.884409  % 
        0.00
R     76110FLG6           100.00             0.00     7.500000  % 
        0.00
M-1   76110FLH4     7,631,000.00     7,610,156.79     7.500000  % 
    4,651.33
M-2   76110FLJ0     4,361,000.00     4,349,088.42     7.500000  % 
    2,658.16
M-3   76110FLK7     3,270,500.00     3,261,567.00     7.500000  % 
    1,993.47
B-1                 1,199,000.00     1,195,725.06     7.500000  % 
      730.83
B-2                   545,000.00       543,511.40     7.500000  % 
      332.19
B-3                   981,461.72       978,781.00     7.500000  % 
      598.22

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- --------------
                  218,029,470.88   210,537,440.25                 
2,973,115.62
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1        65,978.61    895,939.23            0.00       0.00    
10,484,633.04
A-2       104,009.44  1,303,354.97            0.00       0.00    
16,637,110.58
A-3       127,463.20    533,324.43            0.00       0.00    
14,895,098.72
A-4       114,879.46    114,879.46            0.00       0.00    
19,700,543.00
A-5       127,577.55    127,577.55            0.00       0.00    
21,419,142.00
A-6        38,189.97     38,189.97            0.00       0.00     
6,323,320.00
A-7        99,630.17     99,630.17            0.00       0.00    
16,496,308.00
A-8       154,158.06    681,121.03            0.00       0.00    
24,146,995.84
A-9        30,718.37     30,718.37            0.00       0.00     
5,000,001.00
A-10      340,549.06    340,549.06            0.00       0.00    
54,507,000.00
A-11            0.00         21.07            0.00       0.00     
   26,306.98
A-12      155,113.20    155,113.20            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
M-1        47,546.77     52,198.10            0.00       0.00     
7,605,505.46
M-2        27,172.25     29,830.41            0.00       0.00     
4,346,430.26
M-3        20,377.63     22,371.10            0.00       0.00     
3,259,573.53
B-1         7,470.65      8,201.48            0.00       0.00     
1,194,994.23
B-2         3,395.76      3,727.95            0.00       0.00     
  543,179.21
B-3         6,115.23      6,713.45            0.00       0.00     
  978,182.78

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS8
(POOL # 4256)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4256 
_________________________________________________________________
______________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1    844.378963  61.937822     4.923814    66.861636   0.000000 
  782.441141
A-2    855.465521  57.522567     4.988462    62.511029   0.000000 
  797.942954
A-3    937.515736  24.867805     7.809886    32.677691   0.000000 
  912.647931
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.831284     5.831284   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.956240     5.956240   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039544     6.039544   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039544     6.039544   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-8    949.070107  20.269338     5.929604    26.198942   0.000000 
  928.800769
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.143673     6.143673   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-10  1000.000000   0.000000     6.247804     6.247804   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-11   996.928717   0.797829     0.000000     0.797829   0.000000 
  996.130888
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
M-1    997.268614   0.609531     6.230739     6.840270   0.000000 
  996.659083
M-2    997.268613   0.609530     6.230738     6.840268   0.000000 
  996.659083
M-3    997.268613   0.609531     6.230738     6.840269   0.000000 
  996.659083
B-1    997.268607   0.609533     6.230734     6.840267   0.000000 
  996.659074
B-2    997.268624   0.609523     6.230752     6.840275   0.000000 
  996.659101
B-3    997.268645   0.609530     6.230737     6.840267   0.000000 
  996.659121

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-98  

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                   
   43,701.71
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
    8,159.25

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   48,856.78
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    31  
4,699,494.09

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7  
  576,557.82

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0  
        0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
           5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
1,097,515.77

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
207,564,324.62

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       1,813

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                           
           0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
2,844,431.36

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.47844050 %     7.23040800 %   
1.29115150 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.36164750 %     7.32857599 %   
1.30884750 %

      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                       
  8.71075983
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      351.69

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 95.20012308


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS9
(POOL # 4263)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4263 
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH 
  PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1   76110FLL5    53,750,000.00    46,557,240.71     6.750000  % 
1,800,950.14
A-2   76110FLM3    17,420,000.00    17,420,000.00     6.750000  % 
        0.00
A-3   76110FLN1    22,971,538.00    21,663,763.61    10.000000  % 
  327,445.47
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     0.996692  % 
        0.00
R     76110FLV3           100.00             0.00     7.250000  % 
        0.00
M-1   76110FLW1     8,130,000.00     8,115,117.33     7.250000  % 
    7,336.35
M-2   76110FLX9     5,420,000.00     5,410,078.22     7.250000  % 
    4,890.90
M-3   76110FLY2     4,065,000.00     4,057,558.66     7.250000  % 
    3,668.17
B-1                 1,490,500.00     1,487,771.51     7.250000  % 
    1,345.00
B-2                   677,500.00       676,259.78     7.250000  % 
      611.36
B-3                 1,219,925.82     1,217,692.64     7.250000  % 
    1,100.84

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  271,005,025.82   262,465,944.46                 
2,147,348.23
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1       261,804.51  2,062,754.65            0.00       0.00    
44,756,290.57
A-2        97,957.58     97,957.58            0.00       0.00    
17,420,000.00
A-3       180,476.23    507,921.70            0.00       0.00    
21,336,318.14
A-4       213,740.96    213,740.96            0.00       0.00    
38,010,000.00
A-5        96,514.99     96,514.99            0.00       0.00    
17,163,462.00
A-6       181,055.74    181,055.74            0.00       0.00    
29,977,000.00
A-7        97,029.74     97,029.74            0.00       0.00    
16,065,000.00
A-8       330,046.07    330,046.07            0.00       0.00    
54,645,000.00
A-9       217,931.46    217,931.46            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
M-1        49,013.86     56,350.21            0.00       0.00     
8,107,780.98
M-2        32,675.91     37,566.81            0.00       0.00     
5,405,187.32
M-3        24,506.93     28,175.10            0.00       0.00     
4,053,890.49
B-1         8,985.88     10,330.88            0.00       0.00     
1,486,426.51
B-2         4,084.49      4,695.85            0.00       0.00     
  675,648.42
B-3         7,354.64      8,455.48            0.00       0.00     
1,216,591.80

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS9
(POOL # 4263)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4263 
_________________________________________________________________
______________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1    866.181223  33.506049     4.870782    38.376831   0.000000 
  832.675173
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623282     5.623282   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-3    943.069794  14.254399     7.856515    22.110914   0.000000 
  928.815395
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623282     5.623282   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623282     5.623282   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039822     6.039822   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039822     6.039822   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039822     6.039822   0.000000 
 1000.000000
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
M-1    998.169413   0.902380     6.028765     6.931145   0.000000 
  997.267033
M-2    998.169413   0.902380     6.028766     6.931146   0.000000 
  997.267033
M-3    998.169412   0.902379     6.028765     6.931144   0.000000 
  997.267033
B-1    998.169413   0.902382     6.028769     6.931151   0.000000 
  997.267031
B-2    998.169417   0.902376     6.028768     6.931144   0.000000 
  997.267041
B-3    998.169413   0.902383     6.028760     6.931143   0.000000 
  997.267032

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-98  

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                   
   59,123.05
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
    9,751.64

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   37,471.30
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    35  
4,020,154.45

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7  
  576,719.43

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1  
  112,000.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
           3
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
  206,369.90

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
260,318,596.23

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       2,416

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                   
1,910,069.89

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
   73,002.25

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.01249590 %     6.69906100 %   
1.28844290 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.95388810 %     6.74821509 %   
1.29789680 %

      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                       
  8.59725090
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      352.63

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 96.05674118


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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   195,847,802.72     7.250000  % 
2,990,238.37
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    64,836,334.94     7.250000  % 
   40,782.20
A-5   7611OFMS9        76,250.57        76,125.17     0.000000  % 
       63.49
A-6   7611OFMT7             0.00             0.00     0.951581  % 
        0.00
R     7611OFMU4           100.00             0.00     7.250000  % 
        0.00
M-1   7611OFMV2    10,602,000.00    10,588,909.67     7.250000  % 
    6,658.73
M-2   7611OFMW0     6,524,000.00     6,515,944.79     7.250000  % 
    4,097.49
M-3   7611OFMX8     4,893,000.00     4,886,958.59     7.250000  % 
    3,073.12
B-1   7611OFMY6     1,794,000.00     1,791,784.94     7.250000  % 
    1,126.75
B-2   7611OFMZ3       816,000.00       814,992.48     7.250000  % 
      512.50
B-3   7611OFNA7     1,468,094.11     1,466,281.46     7.250000  % 
      922.05

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  326,202,444.68   321,968,134.76                 
3,047,474.70
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1     1,182,901.76  4,173,140.13            0.00       0.00   
192,857,564.35
A-2        60,399.04     60,399.04            0.00       0.00    
10,000,000.00
A-3       151,861.29    151,861.29            0.00       0.00    
25,143,000.00
A-4       391,605.18    432,387.38            0.00       0.00    
64,795,552.74
A-5             0.00         63.49            0.00       0.00     
   76,061.68
A-6       255,241.08    255,241.08            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
M-1        63,955.99     70,614.72            0.00       0.00    
10,582,250.94
M-2        39,355.68     43,453.17            0.00       0.00     
6,511,847.30
M-3        29,516.75     32,589.87            0.00       0.00     
4,883,885.47
B-1        10,822.21     11,948.96            0.00       0.00     
1,790,658.19
B-2         4,922.47      5,434.97            0.00       0.00     
  814,479.98
B-3         8,856.19      9,778.24            0.00       0.00     
1,465,359.41

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
        2,199,437.64  5,246,912.34            0.00       0.00   
318,920,660.06
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1    979.388410  14.953473     5.915411    20.868884   0.000000 
  964.434937
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039904     6.039904   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039903     6.039903   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-4    998.764982   0.628225     6.032444     6.660669   0.000000 
  998.136757
A-5    998.355422   0.832650     0.000000     0.832650   0.000000 
  997.522773
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
M-1    998.765296   0.628064     6.032446     6.660510   0.000000 
  998.137233
M-2    998.765296   0.628064     6.032446     6.660510   0.000000 
  998.137232
M-3    998.765295   0.628065     6.032444     6.660509   0.000000 
  998.137231
B-1    998.765295   0.628066     6.032447     6.660513   0.000000 
  998.137230
B-2    998.765294   0.628064     6.032439     6.660503   0.000000 
  998.137230
B-3    998.765304   0.628066     6.032440     6.660506   0.000000 
  998.137245

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   66,989.21
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
   12,470.21

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   76,787.53
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    68  
7,650,432.04

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   12  
1,790,069.01

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2  
  166,470.94


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
           4
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
  596,202.74

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
318,920,660.06

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       2,783

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                           
           0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
2,844,994.70

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.90260360 %     6.83204700 %   
1.26534950 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.83035200 %     6.89136405 %   
1.27664000 %

      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                       
  8.52820882
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      353.76

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 97.76770998


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED 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    98,051,985.62     7.000000  % 
1,288,688.07
A-2   7611OFMD2        43,142.76        42,679.60     0.000000  % 
      233.57
A-3   7611OFME0             0.00             0.00     1.004410  % 
        0.00
R     7611OFMF7           100.00             0.00     7.000000  % 
        0.00
M-1   7611OFMG5     3,043,000.00     3,024,975.07     7.000000  % 
    9,096.61
M-2   7611OFMH3       892,000.00       886,716.32     7.000000  % 
    2,666.51
M-3   7611OFMJ9       419,700.00       417,213.95     7.000000  % 
    1,254.63
B-1   7611OFMK6       367,000.00       364,826.11     7.000000  % 
    1,097.09
B-2   7611OFML4       262,400.00       260,845.70     7.000000  % 
      784.41
B-3   7611OFMM2       263,388.53       261,828.35     7.000000  % 
      787.36

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  104,940,731.29   103,311,070.72                 
1,304,608.25
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1       571,584.64  1,860,272.71            0.00       0.00    
96,763,297.55
A-2             0.00        233.57            0.00       0.00     
   42,446.03
A-3        86,414.01     86,414.01            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
M-1        17,633.80     26,730.41            0.00       0.00     
3,015,878.46
M-2         5,169.03      7,835.54            0.00       0.00     
  884,049.81
M-3         2,432.11      3,686.74            0.00       0.00     
  415,959.32
B-1         2,126.72      3,223.81            0.00       0.00     
  363,729.02
B-2         1,520.58      2,304.99            0.00       0.00     
  260,061.29
B-3         1,526.30      2,313.66            0.00       0.00     
  261,040.99

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
          688,407.19  1,993,015.44            0.00       0.00   
102,006,462.47
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1    983.963729  12.932143     5.735922    18.668065   0.000000 
  971.031586
A-2    989.264479   5.413886     0.000000     5.413886   0.000000 
  983.850593
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
M-1    994.076592   2.989356     5.794873     8.784229   0.000000 
  991.087236
M-2    994.076592   2.989361     5.794877     8.784238   0.000000 
  991.087231
M-3    994.076602   2.989350     5.794877     8.784227   0.000000 
  991.087253
B-1    994.076594   2.989346     5.794877     8.784223   0.000000 
  991.087248
B-2    994.076601   2.989367     5.794893     8.784260   0.000000 
  991.087233
B-3    994.076507   2.989348     5.794861     8.784209   0.000000 
  991.087159

_________________________________________________________________
______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-98  

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                   
   21,455.44
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
    3,700.76

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   17,507.33
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    16  
1,715,604.20

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1  
   97,410.75

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0  
        0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
           0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
        0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
102,006,462.47

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       1,095

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                   
  993,855.56

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         94.94869100 %     4.19189800 %   
0.85941120 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            94.89945660 %     4.23099428 %   
0.86778780 %

      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                       
  8.32574549
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
      171.88

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 97.20387996


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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    56,353,522.90     7.000000  % 
2,120,045.95
A-2   76110FNC3    22,405,757.00    22,231,260.27     9.000000  % 
  302,863.71
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    59,281,931.18     7.250000  % 
   36,834.37
A-8   76110FNH2             0.00             0.00     0.905009  % 
        0.00
R     76110FNJ8           100.00             0.00     7.250000  % 
        0.00
M-1   76110FNK5    10,433,600.00    10,427,115.13     7.250000  % 
    6,478.81
M-2   76110FNL3     4,471,600.00     4,468,820.74     7.250000  % 
    2,776.67
M-3   76110FNM1     4,471,500.00     4,468,720.80     7.250000  % 
    2,776.61
B-1   76110FNN9     1,639,600.00     1,638,580.93     7.250000  % 
    1,018.12
B-2   76110FNP4       745,200.00       744,736.83     7.250000  % 
      462.74
B-3   76110FNQ2     1,341,561.05     1,340,727.21     7.250000  % 
      833.04

- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                  298,104,002.05   296,656,699.99                 
2,474,090.02
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1       328,471.19  2,448,517.14            0.00       0.00    
54,233,476.95
A-2       166,603.75    469,467.46            0.00       0.00    
21,928,396.56
A-3       366,186.79    366,186.79            0.00       0.00    
62,824,125.00
A-4       139,075.94    139,075.94            0.00       0.00    
24,294,118.00
A-5       156,960.19    156,960.19            0.00       0.00    
26,000,000.00
A-6       136,332.26    136,332.26            0.00       0.00    
22,583,041.00
A-7       357,880.91    394,715.28            0.00       0.00    
59,245,096.81
A-8       223,555.35    223,555.35            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
M-1        62,947.77     69,426.58            0.00       0.00    
10,420,636.32
M-2        26,977.97     29,754.64            0.00       0.00     
4,466,044.07
M-3        26,977.36     29,753.97            0.00       0.00     
4,465,944.19
B-1         9,892.00     10,910.12            0.00       0.00     
1,637,562.81
B-2         4,495.92      4,958.66            0.00       0.00     
  744,274.09
B-3         8,093.88      8,926.92            0.00       0.00     
1,339,894.17

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        2,014,451.28  4,488,541.30            0.00       0.00   
294,182,609.97
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1    978.784592  36.822335     5.705101    42.527436   0.000000 
  941.962257
A-2    992.211969  13.517227     7.435756    20.952983   0.000000 
  978.694742
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.828761     5.828761   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.724675     5.724675   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.036930     6.036930   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.036931     6.036931   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-7    999.378463   0.620956     6.033179     6.654135   0.000000 
  998.757507
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
M-1    999.378463   0.620956     6.033178     6.654134   0.000000 
  998.757507
M-2    999.378464   0.620957     6.033181     6.654138   0.000000 
  998.757507
M-3    999.378464   0.620957     6.033179     6.654136   0.000000 
  998.757506
B-1    999.378464   0.620956     6.033179     6.654135   0.000000 
  998.757508
B-2    999.378462   0.620961     6.033172     6.654133   0.000000 
  998.757501
B-3    999.378455   0.620956     6.033181     6.654137   0.000000 
  998.757505

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   61,603.34
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
   14,005.62

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
  119,301.49
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   117 
14,841,305.35

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9  
1,225,630.52

 (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                                                    
294,182,609.97

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       2,614

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                           
           0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                             
        0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
2,289,764.67

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.21703010 %     6.52763200 %   
1.25533820 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.15645150 %     6.57843935 %   
1.26510910 %

      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                       
  8.48386414
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
        0.00

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 98.68455571


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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    31,499,000.00     7.250000  % 
  129,066.06
A-2   76110FNT6    30,750,000.00    30,750,000.00     7.250000  % 
  338,161.42
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    62,999,000.00     7.250000  % 
   40,028.60
A-8   76110FNZ2    15,495,000.00    15,495,000.00     7.250000  % 
  343,506.91
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   100,038,312.00     0.000000  % 
  322,893.10
A-12  76110FPD9             0.00             0.00     7.250000  % 
        0.00
A-13  76110FPE7             0.00             0.00     5.250000  % 
        0.00
A-14  76110FPF4             0.00             0.00     9.250000  % 
        0.00
A-15  76110FPG2    26,249,000.00    26,249,000.00     7.000000  % 
  107,554.37
A-16  76110FPH0     2,386,273.00     2,386,273.00    10.000000  % 
    9,777.67
A-17  76110FPJ6       139,012.74       139,012.74     0.000000  % 
      127.59
A-18  76110FPK3             0.00             0.00     0.861125  % 
        0.00
R-I   76110FPL1           100.00           100.00     7.250000  % 
      100.00
R-II  76110FPM9           100.00           100.00     7.250000  % 
      100.00
M-1   76110FPN7    16,267,000.00    16,267,000.00     7.250000  % 
   10,335.80
M-2   76110FPP2     5,422,000.00     5,422,000.00     7.250000  % 
    3,445.06
M-3   76110FPQ0     6,507,000.00     6,507,000.00     7.250000  % 
    4,134.45
B-1   76110FPR8     2,386,000.00     2,386,000.00     7.250000  % 
    1,516.03
B-2   76110FPS6     1,085,000.00     1,085,000.00     7.250000  % 
      689.39
B-3   76110FPT4     1,952,210.06     1,952,210.06     7.250000  % 
    1,240.41

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- --------------
                  433,792,422.80   433,792,422.80                 
1,312,676.86
=================================================================
==============
_________________________________________________________________
______________
                                                                  
   REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED   
   PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES    
    BALANCE
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1       190,254.04    319,320.10            0.00       0.00    
31,369,933.94
A-2       185,730.07    523,891.49            0.00       0.00    
30,411,838.58
A-3       246,426.06    246,426.06            0.00       0.00    
40,799,000.00
A-4        40,739.81     40,739.81            0.00       0.00     
6,745,000.00
A-5        25,581.92     25,581.92            0.00       0.00     
4,235,415.00
A-6        63,413.99     63,413.99            0.00       0.00    
10,499,000.00
A-7       380,514.11    420,542.71            0.00       0.00    
62,958,971.40
A-8        93,589.84    437,096.75            0.00       0.00    
15,151,493.09
A-9       398,534.36    398,534.36            0.00       0.00    
68,339,000.00
A-10       14,233.37     14,233.37            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
A-11            0.00    322,893.10            0.00       0.00    
99,715,418.90
A-12      302,115.83    302,115.83            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
A-13      109,386.76    109,386.76            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
A-14      192,729.06    192,729.06            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
A-15      153,076.99    260,631.36            0.00       0.00    
26,141,445.63
A-16       19,880.13     29,657.80            0.00       0.00     
2,376,495.33
A-17            0.00        127.59            0.00       0.00     
  138,885.15
A-18      311,205.58    311,205.58            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R-I             0.60        100.60            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
R-II            0.60        100.60            0.00       0.00     
        0.00
M-1        98,252.72    108,588.52            0.00       0.00    
16,256,664.20
M-2        32,748.90     36,193.96            0.00       0.00     
5,418,554.94
M-3        39,302.30     43,436.75            0.00       0.00     
6,502,865.55
B-1        14,411.45     15,927.48            0.00       0.00     
2,384,483.97
B-2         6,553.40      7,242.79            0.00       0.00     
1,084,310.61
B-3        11,791.35     13,031.76            0.00       0.00     
1,950,969.65

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        2,930,473.24  4,243,150.10            0.00       0.00   
432,479,745.94
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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 
_________________________________________________________________
______________
_________________________________________________________________
______________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_________________________________________________________________
______________
       BEGINNING                                                  
     ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED 
     BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST 
     FACTOR
_________________________________________________________________
______________
A-1   1000.000000   4.097465     6.040003    10.137468   0.000000 
  995.902535
A-2   1000.000000  10.997119     6.040002    17.037121   0.000000 
  989.002881
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040002     6.040002   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040001     6.040001   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040003     6.040003   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040003     6.040003   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.635385     6.040002     6.675387   0.000000 
  999.364615
A-8   1000.000000  22.168887     6.040003    28.208890   0.000000 
  977.831113
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     5.831727     5.831727   0.000000 
 1000.000000
A-11  1000.000000   3.227694     0.000000     3.227694   0.000000 
  996.772306
A-15  1000.000000   4.097465     5.831727     9.929192   0.000000 
  995.902535
A-16  1000.000000   4.097465     8.331038    12.428503   0.000000 
  995.902535
A-17  1000.000000   0.917830     0.000000     0.917830   0.000000 
  999.082171
R-I   1000.000000 000.000000     6.000000  1006.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
R-II  1000.000000 000.000000     6.000000  1006.000000   0.000000 
    0.000000
M-1   1000.000000   0.635385     6.040002     6.675387   0.000000 
  999.364616
M-2   1000.000000   0.635385     6.040004     6.675389   0.000000 
  999.364615
M-3   1000.000000   0.635385     6.040003     6.675388   0.000000 
  999.364615
B-1   1000.000000   0.635386     6.040004     6.675390   0.000000 
  999.364614
B-2   1000.000000   0.635382     6.040000     6.675382   0.000000 
  999.364618
B-3   1000.000000   0.635382     6.040001     6.675383   0.000000 
  999.364611

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______________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-January-98  
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-January-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                   
   90,402.01
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                
   10,208.01

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   
   68,778.65
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                               
        0.00


                                                          NUMBER
OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS 
    BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    87  
9,154,245.76

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    0  
        0.00

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0  
        0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                 
           0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                     
        0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                    
432,479,745.94

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                
       3,643

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                   
1,037,029.65

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
        0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M       
CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.24744710 %     6.50196700 %   
1.25058630 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %   
0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.22885180 %     6.51546921 %   
1.25358590 %

      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                       
  8.38924894
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                       
        0.00

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                              
 99.69739516


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