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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)
                                 March 25, 1998


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

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

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


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

               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 March  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) See attached monthly reports.


                                   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
Dated: March 25, 1998







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







                                    Exhibits

                        March 1998 Distribution Reports

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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    39,371,002.44     6.900000  %  4,988,220.14
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   163,156,138.07                  4,988,220.14
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       226,383.26  5,214,603.40            0.00       0.00     34,382,782.30
A-3       135,354.17    135,354.17            0.00       0.00     22,250,000.00
A-4       287,500.00    287,500.00            0.00       0.00     46,000,000.00
A-5       138,125.00    138,125.00            0.00       0.00     22,100,000.00
A-6       194,431.25    194,431.25            0.00       0.00     31,109,000.00
R         221,212.44    221,212.44            0.00       0.00      2,326,135.63

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,203,006.12  6,191,226.26            0.00       0.00    158,167,917.93
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
A-2    477.224272  60.463274     2.744040    63.207314   0.000000    416.760998
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-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-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                       33,117.13
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       679.17

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      100,790.23
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    9,946.64


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    65   6,803,386.06

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   10   1,196,991.38

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6     954,884.61


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            23
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,109,039.64

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     158,167,917.93

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,763

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       8

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,237,074.01

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,808,959.59

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.57428860 %     1.42571140 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.52932530 %     1.47067470 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.32783472
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              298.03

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                61.19639986

 ................................................................................


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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    36,834,062.06     6.250000  %  4,827,647.24
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    14,136,680.53     6.027500  %    419,245.60
R                           0.53     2,026,594.48     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  255,942,104.53   160,363,473.07                  5,246,892.84
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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     191,844.07  5,019,491.31            0.00       0.00     32,006,414.82
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       66,273.54    485,519.14            0.00       0.00     13,717,434.93
R          56,072.55     56,072.55            0.00       0.00      2,026,594.48

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          932,580.41  6,179,473.25            0.00       0.00    155,116,580.23
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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-   548.240140  71.854958     2.855417    74.710375   0.000000    476.385182
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   481.249223  14.272206     2.256123    16.528329   0.000000    466.977017
R      000.000000   0.000000     0.000000    00.000000   0.000000    000.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-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                       33,782.19
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       88,512.31
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   14,433.55


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    45   5,600,477.25

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   13   1,583,369.64

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     277,144.23


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            15
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,667,491.21

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     155,116,580.23

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,357

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               1,789,462.05

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,274,714.00

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.73624930 %     1.26375070 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.69350230 %     1.30649770 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.98638800
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              309.49

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                60.60612048

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS2 (POOL # 4201)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4201 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FAS2    40,000,000.00             0.00     6.400000  %          0.00
A-2   76110FAT0    16,000,000.00    10,939,483.95     7.000000  %  3,858,932.26
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       158,728.11     0.000000  %     25,675.73
R                           0.00     1,819,114.18     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  181,911,418.00   138,650,737.24                  3,884,607.99
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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        63,813.66  3,922,745.92            0.00       0.00      7,080,551.69
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     25,675.73            0.00       0.00        133,052.38
R         136,093.68    136,093.68            0.00       0.00      1,819,114.18

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          961,845.32  4,846,453.31            0.00       0.00    134,766,129.25
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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    683.717747 241.183266     3.988354   245.171620   0.000000    442.534481
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   891.695888 144.240002     0.000000   144.240002   0.000000    747.455887

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-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                       28,586.65
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       79,408.43
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,491.30


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    48   6,056,645.26

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8   1,220,609.66

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     224,332.49


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            16
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,629,364.82

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     134,766,129.25

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,326

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                 328,718.17

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,749,369.80

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.68798810 %     1.31201190 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.65016960 %     1.34983040 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.78700433
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              314.21

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                74.08338120

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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             0.00     6.780000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBD4    26,000,000.00    19,943,877.50     7.150000  %  4,987,627.81
A-I-  76110FBE2    10,596,000.00    10,596,000.00     7.290000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBF9    25,000,000.00    18,955,277.86     7.250000  %     36,831.71
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    16,554,621.48     7.750000  %    212,711.99
A-P   76110FBQ5     1,166,695.86     1,053,044.40     0.000000  %      8,227.99
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    12,278,523.79     7.750000  %     11,609.78
M-2   76110FBU6     5,568,000.00     5,456,903.87     7.750000  %      5,159.70
M-3   76110FBV4     4,176,000.00     4,092,677.92     7.750000  %      3,869.77
B-1                 1,809,600.00     1,773,493.75     7.750000  %      1,676.90
B-2                   696,000.00       682,112.98     7.750000  %        644.96
B-3                 1,670,738.96     1,585,879.71     7.750000  %      1,499.51
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.716219  %          0.00
A-V   7611OFHY2             0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,404,734.82   218,758,975.26                  5,269,860.12
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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     118,801.15  5,106,428.96            0.00       0.00     14,956,249.69
A-I-3      64,353.84     64,353.84            0.00       0.00     10,596,000.00
A-I-4     114,491.47    151,323.18            0.00       0.00     18,918,446.15
A-I-5     115,518.92    115,518.92            0.00       0.00     18,587,000.00
A-I-6     140,083.30    140,083.30            0.00       0.00     21,696,000.00
A-I-7      51,956.60     51,956.60            0.00       0.00      8,047,000.00
A-I-8     112,578.01    112,578.01            0.00       0.00     17,436,000.00
A-I-9     162,352.26    162,352.26            0.00       0.00     25,145,000.00
A-I-10    122,676.19    122,676.19            0.00       0.00     19,000,000.00
A-I-11    102,502.82    102,502.82            0.00       0.00     15,875,562.00
A-II      106,887.26    319,599.25            0.00       0.00     16,341,909.49
A-P             0.00      8,227.99            0.00       0.00      1,044,816.41
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        79,278.03     90,887.81            0.00       0.00     12,266,914.01
M-2        35,233.27     40,392.97            0.00       0.00      5,451,744.17
M-3        26,424.96     30,294.73            0.00       0.00      4,088,808.15
B-1        11,450.81     13,127.71            0.00       0.00      1,771,816.85
B-2         4,404.16      5,049.12            0.00       0.00        681,468.02
B-3        10,239.46     11,738.97            0.00       0.00      1,584,380.20
SPRED     130,531.95    130,531.95            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-V        26,416.71     26,416.71            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,536,181.17  6,806,041.29            0.00       0.00    213,489,115.14
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS3 (POOL # 4211)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4211 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
A-I-   767.072212 191.831839     4.569275   196.401114   0.000000    575.240373
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.073409     6.073409   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-   758.211114   1.473268     4.579659     6.052927   0.000000    756.737846
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.215038     6.215038   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456642     6.456642   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456642     6.456642   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456642     6.456642   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456642     6.456642   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456642     6.456642   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456642     6.456642   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   805.521321  10.350224     5.200963    15.551187   0.000000    795.171097
A-P    902.586900   7.052388     0.000000     7.052388   0.000000    895.534513
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    980.047395   0.926670     6.327815     7.254485   0.000000    979.120726
M-2    980.047390   0.926670     6.327814     7.254484   0.000000    979.120720
M-3    980.047395   0.926669     6.327816     7.254485   0.000000    979.120726
B-1    980.047386   0.926669     6.327813     7.254482   0.000000    979.120717
B-2    980.047385   0.926667     6.327816     7.254483   0.000000    979.120718
B-3    949.208553   0.897513     6.128701     7.026214   0.000000    948.311040

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-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                       45,369.87
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       74,768.22
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    3,716.83


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    55   6,706,076.85

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9   1,620,795.42

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     697,141.58


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        337,124.88

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     213,489,115.14

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,988

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                 465,318.42

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,058,317.57

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.69301400 %     9.97815300 %    1.84746090 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT           89.51977360 %     0.00000000 %   10.48022640 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            87.83439630 %    10.21479072 %    1.90057590 %

      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                          8.75519200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              315.10

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                76.68300443

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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     3,273,726.96     6.850000  %  3,273,726.96
A-I-  76110FBX0    26,945,000.00    11,310,357.05    11.000000  %  1,332,312.41
A-I-  76110FBY8    15,646,000.00    15,646,000.00     7.300000  %    565,481.65
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    11,474,963.81     7.250000  %    918,520.12
A-II  76110FCH4     8,580,000.00     8,580,000.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FCJ0     3,039,637.99     2,582,611.01     0.000000  %     23,292.33
A-V   76110FGN7             0.00             0.00     0.757187  %          0.00
R-I   76110FCK7           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FCL5           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FCM3    13,230,500.00    12,995,069.13     8.000000  %     13,457.10
M-2   76110FCN1     5,570,800.00     5,471,670.07     8.000000  %      5,666.21
M-3   76110FCP6     4,456,600.00     4,377,296.79     8.000000  %      4,532.93
B-1   76110FCR2     2,228,400.00     2,188,746.62     8.000000  %      2,266.57
B-2   76110FCS0       696,400.00       684,007.87     8.000000  %        708.33
B-3   76110FCT8     1,671,255.97     1,568,076.10     8.000000  %      1,623.83
STRI                        0.00             0.00     0.120460  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,535,793.96   214,688,525.41                  6,141,588.44
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      18,664.85  3,292,391.81            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-2     103,552.51  1,435,864.92            0.00       0.00      9,978,044.64
A-I-3      95,064.38    660,546.03            0.00       0.00     15,080,518.35
A-I-4     204,376.79    204,376.79            0.00       0.00     32,740,000.00
A-I-5      64,236.24     64,236.24            0.00       0.00     10,023,000.00
A-I-6     178,523.19    178,523.19            0.00       0.00     26,811,000.00
A-I-7     120,160.74    120,160.74            0.00       0.00     18,046,000.00
A-I-8      60,553.13     60,553.13            0.00       0.00      9,094,000.00
A-I-9      68,476.84     68,476.84            0.00       0.00     10,284,000.00
A-I-10    181,071.93    181,071.93            0.00       0.00     27,538,000.00
A-II-1     69,243.82    987,763.94            0.00       0.00     10,556,443.69
A-II-2     54,631.15     54,631.15            0.00       0.00      8,580,000.00
A-P             0.00     23,292.33            0.00       0.00      2,559,318.68
A-V       135,301.79    135,301.79            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        86,528.70     99,985.80            0.00       0.00     12,981,612.03
M-2        36,433.55     42,099.76            0.00       0.00      5,466,003.86
M-3        29,146.58     33,679.51            0.00       0.00      4,372,763.86
B-1        14,573.94     16,840.51            0.00       0.00      2,186,480.05
B-2         4,554.52      5,262.85            0.00       0.00        683,299.54
B-3        10,441.16     12,064.99            0.00       0.00      1,253,947.38
STRIP      12,090.18     12,090.18            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,547,625.99  7,689,214.43            0.00       0.00    208,234,432.08
===============================================================================



































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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-    71.301280  71.301280     0.406518    71.707798   0.000000      0.000000
A-I-   419.757174  49.445627     3.843107    53.288734   0.000000    370.311547
A-I-  1000.000000  36.142250     6.075954    42.218204   0.000000    963.857750
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.242419     6.242419   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.408884     6.408884   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.658580     6.658580   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.658580     6.658580   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.658580     6.658580   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.658580     6.658580   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.575348     6.575348   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   716.245166  57.332259     4.322066    61.654325   0.000000    658.912907
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.367267     6.367267   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    849.644273   7.662862     0.000000     7.662862   0.000000    841.981411
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    982.205444   1.017127     6.540093     7.557220   0.000000    981.188317
M-2    982.205441   1.017127     6.540093     7.557220   0.000000    981.188314
M-3    982.205446   1.017127     6.540093     7.557220   0.000000    981.188318
B-1    982.205448   1.017129     6.540092     7.557221   0.000000    981.188319
B-2    982.205442   1.017131     6.540092     7.557223   0.000000    981.188311
B-3    938.262078   0.971623     6.247493     7.219116   0.000000    750.302407

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-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                       44,041.25
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       73,067.73
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,191.48


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    55   5,832,576.66

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   11   1,615,573.29

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,541,903.57

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     208,234,432.08

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,141

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                 267,633.99

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,750,113.88

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         86.08799540 %    10.64054800 %    2.06849930 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            86.89967580 %    10.95898480 %    2.00497130 %

      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                          8.98420300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              306.62

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                74.76038505

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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     9,383,015.06     9.500000  %    919,485.95
A-I-  76110FCV3    25,000,000.00    15,179,235.53     7.600000  %  1,450,635.76
A-I-  76110FCW1    12,373,000.00             0.00     6.650000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCX9     7,100,000.00     5,161,505.78     7.450000  %  1,452,681.41
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     8,282,402.84     8.000000  %     49,118.71
A-II  76110FDF7     4,525,000.00     4,525,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FDG5     1,105,878.69       956,454.58     0.000000  %      1,275.75
A-V   76110FGP2             0.00             0.00     0.865925  %          0.00
R     76110FDH3           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FDJ9     7,918,500.00     7,793,642.35     8.000000  %      7,633.36
M-2   76110FDK6     3,958,800.00     3,896,378.29     8.000000  %      3,816.24
M-3   76110FDL4     2,815,100.00     2,770,711.96     8.000000  %      2,713.73
B-1   76110FDM2     1,407,600.00     1,385,405.19     8.000000  %      1,356.91
B-2   76110FDN0       439,800.00       432,865.32     8.000000  %        423.96
B-3   76110FDP5     1,055,748.52     1,033,865.66     8.000000  %      1,012.60

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  175,944,527.21   134,035,482.56                  3,890,154.38
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      74,239.13    993,725.08            0.00       0.00      8,463,529.11
A-I-2      96,079.42  1,546,715.18            0.00       0.00     13,728,599.77
A-I-3           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-4      32,025.77  1,484,707.18            0.00       0.00      3,708,824.37
A-I-5      64,163.78     64,163.78            0.00       0.00     10,137,000.00
A-I-6      36,106.05     36,106.05            0.00       0.00      5,558,000.00
A-I-7     112,774.58    112,774.58            0.00       0.00     16,926,000.00
A-I-8      45,866.72     45,866.72            0.00       0.00      6,884,000.00
A-I-9      74,816.60     74,816.60            0.00       0.00     11,229,000.00
A-I-10    149,919.70    149,919.70            0.00       0.00     22,501,000.00
A-II-1     55,184.01    104,302.72            0.00       0.00      8,233,284.13
A-II-2     30,149.18     30,149.18            0.00       0.00      4,525,000.00
A-P             0.00      1,275.75            0.00       0.00        955,178.83
A-V        96,664.47     96,664.47            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        51,927.50     59,560.86            0.00       0.00      7,786,008.99
M-2        25,960.80     29,777.04            0.00       0.00      3,892,562.05
M-3        18,460.70     21,174.43            0.00       0.00      2,767,998.23
B-1         9,230.67     10,587.58            0.00       0.00      1,384,048.28
B-2         2,884.10      3,308.06            0.00       0.00        432,441.36
B-3         6,888.44      7,901.04            0.00       0.00      1,001,436.83

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          983,341.62  4,873,496.00            0.00       0.00    130,113,911.95
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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-   393.450816  38.556103     3.113013    41.669116   0.000000    354.894713
A-I-   607.169421  58.025430     3.843177    61.868607   0.000000    549.143991
A-I-     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
A-I-   726.972645 204.603015     4.510672   209.113687   0.000000    522.369630
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.329662     6.329662   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.496231     6.496231   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.662802     6.662802   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.662801     6.662801   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.662802     6.662802   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.662802     6.662802   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   742.017814   4.400529     4.943918     9.344447   0.000000    737.617285
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.662802     6.662802   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    864.882006   1.153604     0.000000     1.153604   0.000000    863.728403
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    984.232159   0.963991     6.557745     7.521736   0.000000    983.268168
M-2    984.232164   0.963989     6.557745     7.521734   0.000000    983.268175
M-3    984.232162   0.963991     6.557742     7.521733   0.000000    983.268172
B-1    984.232161   0.963988     6.557737     7.521725   0.000000    983.268173
B-2    984.232196   0.963984     6.557754     7.521738   0.000000    983.268213
B-3    979.272659   0.959130     6.524698     7.483828   0.000000    948.556220

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-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                       27,483.50
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       56,811.85
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      872.90


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    39   5,241,407.92

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     424,838.27

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,343,746.27

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     130,113,911.95

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,319

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                 109,442.63

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,709,705.42

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         86.36978580 %    10.78873500 %    2.12789640 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            86.63311780 %    11.10301662 %    2.18175450 %

      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                          9.13877200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              312.03

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                73.95166762

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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             0.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDR1    43,322,483.00    21,204,582.79     6.025000  %  2,367,880.03
A-I-  76110FDS9             0.00             0.00     2.975000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDT7    13,330,948.00    10,366,824.42     7.125000  %  2,326,338.39
A-I-  76110FDU4    24,973,716.00    23,915,100.62     7.600000  %    830,834.99
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    16,534,691.87     8.000000  %    250,144.52
A-P   76110FED1       601,147.92       495,916.03     0.000000  %      2,786.08
A-V   76110FGQ0             0.00             0.00     0.811429  %          0.00
R-I   76110FEE9           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FEF6           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FEG4     9,114,600.00     8,998,934.71     8.000000  %      8,784.07
M-2   76110FEH2     5,126,400.00     5,061,345.42     8.000000  %      4,940.50
M-3   76110FEJ8     3,645,500.00     3,599,238.18     8.000000  %      3,513.30
B-1                 1,822,700.00     1,799,569.73     8.000000  %      1,756.60
B-2                   569,600.00       562,371.72     8.000000  %        548.94
B-3                 1,366,716.75     1,349,372.96     8.000000  %      1,317.15

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  227,839,864.67   177,643,647.45                  5,798,844.57
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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     106,131.45  2,474,011.48            0.00       0.00     18,836,702.76
A-I-3      52,405.15     52,405.15            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-4      61,360.36  2,387,698.75            0.00       0.00      8,040,486.03
A-I-5     150,988.23    981,823.22            0.00       0.00     23,084,265.63
A-I-6         493.73        493.73            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-7       6,396.59      6,396.59            0.00       0.00      1,000,000.00
A-I-8      61,021.48     61,021.48            0.00       0.00      9,539,699.00
A-I-9     149,703.30    149,703.30            0.00       0.00     22,526,000.00
A-I-10     77,423.58     77,423.58            0.00       0.00     11,650,000.00
A-I-11    202,171.90    202,171.90            0.00       0.00     30,421,000.00
A-I-12     57,280.15     57,280.15            0.00       0.00      8,619,000.00
A-II      109,886.26    360,030.78            0.00       0.00     16,284,547.35
A-P             0.00      2,786.08            0.00       0.00        493,129.95
A-V       119,745.03    119,745.03            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        59,805.13     68,589.20            0.00       0.00      8,990,150.64
M-2        33,636.69     38,577.19            0.00       0.00      5,056,404.92
M-3        23,919.82     27,433.12            0.00       0.00      3,595,724.88
B-1        11,959.58     13,716.18            0.00       0.00      1,797,813.13
B-2         3,737.41      4,286.35            0.00       0.00        561,822.78
B-3         8,967.66     10,284.81            0.00       0.00      1,331,105.04

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,297,033.50  7,095,878.07            0.00       0.00    171,827,852.11
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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-     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
A-I-   489.459083  54.657071     2.449801    57.106872   0.000000    434.802012
A-I-   777.650953 174.506598     4.602850   179.109448   0.000000    603.144355
A-I-   957.610819  33.268377     6.045886    39.314263   0.000000    924.342442
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.396590     6.396590   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.396583     6.396583   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.645800     6.645800   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.645801     6.645801   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.645801     6.645801   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.645800     6.645800   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   822.457813  12.442525     5.465890    17.908415   0.000000    810.015288
A-P    824.948425   4.634597     0.000000     4.634597   0.000000    820.313828
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    987.309889   0.963736     6.561465     7.525201   0.000000    986.346152
M-2    987.309890   0.963737     6.561464     7.525201   0.000000    986.346153
M-3    987.309883   0.963736     6.561465     7.525201   0.000000    986.346147
B-1    987.309886   0.963735     6.561464     7.525199   0.000000    986.346151
B-2    987.309902   0.963729     6.561464     7.525193   0.000000    986.346173
B-3    987.309887   0.963733     6.561462     7.525195   0.000000    973.943605

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-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                       36,436.87
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       66,154.74
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      600.36


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    41   5,853,149.30

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     720,934.51

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      76,051.97


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            15
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,500,701.52

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     171,827,852.11

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,739

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                  70,309.91

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,583,854.03

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.69066660 %     9.94097900 %    2.08919060 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            87.54892110 %    10.26741603 %    2.15411150 %

      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                          9.11461800
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              314.50

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                75.41606135

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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     2,896,861.32     7.400000  %    192,829.93
A-2   76110FEL3     4,074,824.00     1,645,029.50     7.300000  %    330,774.60
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     9,229,195.32     7.400000  %    787,445.14
A-6   76110FEQ2     2,600,500.00     2,600,500.00     7.400000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FER0    31,579,563.00    23,970,660.25     6.125000  %  1,296,791.82
A-8   76110FES8             0.00             0.00     2.875000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FET6    32,965,000.00    14,895,509.81     0.000000  %  2,720,470.71
A-10  76110FEU3    20,953,719.00    20,583,543.06     7.400000  %     64,707.20
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       109,955.34     0.000000  %        146.30
A-15  76110FGR8             0.00             0.00     0.895899  %          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     6,584,022.55     7.750000  %      4,370.77
M-2   76110FFC2     4,440,700.00     4,389,381.32     7.750000  %      2,913.87
M-3   76110FFD0     3,108,500.00     3,072,576.81     7.750000  %      2,039.72
B-1                 1,509,500.00     1,492,055.56     7.750000  %        990.49
B-2                   444,000.00       438,868.95     7.750000  %        291.34
B-3                 1,154,562.90     1,083,265.65     7.750000  %        719.12

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  177,623,205.60   146,506,737.44                  5,404,491.01
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        17,725.17    210,555.10            0.00       0.00      2,704,031.39
A-2         9,929.50    340,704.10            0.00       0.00      1,314,254.90
A-3        76,528.89     76,528.89            0.00       0.00     13,128,206.00
A-4        22,726.67     22,726.67            0.00       0.00      3,765,148.00
A-5        56,471.13    843,916.27            0.00       0.00      8,441,750.18
A-6        15,911.81     15,911.81            0.00       0.00      2,600,500.00
A-7       121,399.54  1,418,191.36            0.00       0.00     22,673,868.43
A-8        56,983.46     56,983.46            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9        90,507.66  2,810,978.37            0.00       0.00     12,175,039.10
A-10      125,945.54    190,652.74            0.00       0.00     20,518,835.86
A-11       89,553.89     89,553.89            0.00       0.00     13,975,000.00
A-12       12,816.30     12,816.30            0.00       0.00      2,000,000.00
A-13      132,308.80    132,308.80            0.00       0.00     20,646,958.00
A-14            0.00        146.30            0.00       0.00        109,809.04
A-15      108,529.47    108,529.47            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        42,191.40     46,562.17            0.00       0.00      6,579,651.78
M-2        28,127.81     31,041.68            0.00       0.00      4,386,467.45
M-3        19,689.54     21,729.26            0.00       0.00      3,070,537.09
B-1         9,561.31     10,551.80            0.00       0.00      1,491,065.07
B-2         2,812.34      3,103.68            0.00       0.00        438,577.61
B-3         6,941.73      7,660.85            0.00       0.00      1,082,546.53

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,046,661.96  6,451,152.97            0.00       0.00    141,102,246.43
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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    724.215330  48.207484     4.431293    52.638777   0.000000    676.007846
A-2    403.705657  81.175187     2.436792    83.611979   0.000000    322.530470
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.829349     5.829349   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.036063     6.036063   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    878.970983  74.994775     5.378203    80.372978   0.000000    803.976207
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.118750     6.118750   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    759.056110  41.064274     3.844244    44.908518   0.000000    717.991836
A-9    451.858329  82.526034     2.745568    85.271602   0.000000    369.332295
A-10   982.333640   3.088101     6.010653     9.098754   0.000000    979.245539
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.408150     6.408150   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12  1000.000000   0.000000     6.408150     6.408150   0.000000   1000.000000
A-13  1000.000000   0.000000     6.408150     6.408150   0.000000   1000.000000
A-14   949.325489   1.263116     0.000000     1.263116   0.000000    948.062374
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    988.443560   0.656173     6.334094     6.990267   0.000000    987.787386
M-2    988.443561   0.656174     6.334094     6.990268   0.000000    987.787387
M-3    988.443561   0.656175     6.334097     6.990272   0.000000    987.787386
B-1    988.443564   0.656171     6.334091     6.990262   0.000000    987.787393
B-2    988.443581   0.656171     6.334099     6.990270   0.000000    987.787410
B-3    938.247409   0.622850     6.012431     6.635281   0.000000    937.624562

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-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                       29,851.15
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       57,775.86
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      501.30


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    38   4,364,936.45

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     239,541.66

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     285,224.53


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            24
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,292,272.08

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     141,102,246.42

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,376

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                  63,213.01

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,307,171.39

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.34662170 %     9.59446000 %    2.05891830 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            87.90797160 %     9.94786169 %    2.13641900 %

      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                          8.97372561
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              335.37

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                79.43908339

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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     9,689,588.76     6.750000  %  2,538,677.39
A-2   76110FFF5    10,146,000.00     4,600,491.31     6.750000  %    597,335.87
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    25,272,949.08    11.000000  %    672,002.82
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       209,621.06     0.000000  %      4,024.83
A-13  76110FFS7             0.00             0.00     0.953180  %          0.00
R     76110FFT5           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FFV0     9,377,000.00     9,306,967.66     7.500000  %      6,257.28
M-2   76110FFW8     6,251,000.00     6,204,314.28     7.500000  %      4,171.30
M-3   76110FFW8     4,375,700.00     4,343,019.98     7.500000  %      2,919.91
B-1                 1,624,900.00     1,612,764.40     7.500000  %      1,084.30
B-2                   624,800.00       620,133.67     7.500000  %        416.93
B-3                 1,500,282.64     1,489,077.74     7.500000  %      1,001.12

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  250,038,730.26   214,505,281.94                  3,827,891.75
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        54,492.19  2,593,169.58            0.00       0.00      7,150,911.37
A-2        25,872.18    623,208.05            0.00       0.00      4,003,155.44
A-3       139,559.91    139,559.91            0.00       0.00     24,816,000.00
A-4        89,631.92     89,631.92            0.00       0.00     15,938,000.00
A-5        57,660.70     57,660.70            0.00       0.00     10,253,000.00
A-6       231,618.75    903,621.57            0.00       0.00     24,600,946.26
A-7        99,271.09     99,271.09            0.00       0.00     17,652,000.00
A-8        31,805.83     31,805.83            0.00       0.00      5,655,589.00
A-9       107,234.38    107,234.38            0.00       0.00     19,068,000.00
A-10       57,743.73     57,743.73            0.00       0.00     10,267,765.00
A-11      296,848.49    296,848.49            0.00       0.00     47,506,000.00
A-12            0.00      4,024.83            0.00       0.00        205,596.23
A-13      170,348.32    170,348.32            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        58,156.01     64,413.29            0.00       0.00      9,300,710.38
M-2        38,768.60     42,939.90            0.00       0.00      6,200,142.98
M-3        27,138.02     30,057.93            0.00       0.00      4,340,100.07
B-1        10,077.61     11,161.91            0.00       0.00      1,611,680.10
B-2         3,875.00      4,291.93            0.00       0.00        619,716.74
B-3         9,304.73     10,305.85            0.00       0.00      1,479,764.63

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,509,407.46  5,337,299.21            0.00       0.00    210,669,078.20
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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    291.346105  76.332834     1.638469    77.971303   0.000000    215.013271
A-2    453.429067  58.874026     2.549988    61.424014   0.000000    394.555040
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623787     5.623787   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623787     5.623787   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623788     5.623788   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6    802.019326  21.325539     7.350259    28.675798   0.000000    780.693787
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623787     5.623787   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623787     5.623787   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623787     5.623787   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10  1000.000000   0.000000     5.623788     5.623788   0.000000   1000.000000
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.248653     6.248653   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12   984.378506  18.900563     0.000000    18.900563   0.000000    965.477942
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    992.531477   0.667301     6.201985     6.869286   0.000000    991.864176
M-2    992.531480   0.667301     6.201984     6.869285   0.000000    991.864179
M-3    992.531476   0.667301     6.201984     6.869285   0.000000    991.864175
B-1    992.531479   0.667303     6.201988     6.869291   0.000000    991.864176
B-2    992.531482   0.667302     6.201985     6.869287   0.000000    991.864181
B-3    992.531474   0.667288     6.201985     6.869273   0.000000    986.323904

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-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                       44,574.95
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,818.91

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       47,801.27
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,781.06


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    48   5,154,041.21

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     462,807.95

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        435,125.56

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     210,669,078.20

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,997

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                 224,726.50

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,660,572.80

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.99824770 %     9.26491100 %    1.73684140 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.80940550 %     9.41806629 %    1.76332800 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.77835755
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              340.20

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                84.25457847

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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    24,816,128.53     9.000000  %    837,570.04
A-2   76110FFZ1    37,000,000.00    23,432,065.92     7.250000  %  1,805,991.39
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     7,836,829.42     7.250000  %    287,933.85
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       127,506.36     0.000000  %        120.57
A-10  76110FGH0             0.00             0.00     0.727557  %          0.00
R     76100FGJ6           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FGK3     4,931,600.00     4,898,803.54     7.750000  %      3,211.68
M-2   76110FGL1     4,109,600.00     4,082,270.06     7.750000  %      2,676.36
M-3   76110FGM9     2,630,200.00     2,612,708.46     7.750000  %      1,712.91
B-1                 1,068,500.00     1,061,394.18     7.750000  %        695.86
B-2                   410,900.00       408,167.41     7.750000  %        267.60
B-3                   821,738.81       816,274.07     7.750000  %        535.15

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,383,983.57   142,264,360.95                  2,940,715.41
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       186,049.38  1,023,619.42            0.00       0.00     23,978,558.49
A-2       141,514.29  1,947,505.68            0.00       0.00     21,626,074.53
A-3        31,404.59     31,404.59            0.00       0.00      5,200,000.00
A-4       109,916.04    109,916.04            0.00       0.00     18,200,000.00
A-5        47,329.30    335,263.15            0.00       0.00      7,548,895.57
A-6        44,518.59     44,518.59            0.00       0.00      7,371,430.00
A-7        67,145.89     67,145.89            0.00       0.00     10,400,783.00
A-8       200,131.34    200,131.34            0.00       0.00     31,000,000.00
A-9             0.00        120.57            0.00       0.00        127,385.79
A-10       86,221.31     86,221.31            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        31,625.94     34,837.62            0.00       0.00      4,895,591.86
M-2        26,354.52     29,030.88            0.00       0.00      4,079,593.70
M-3        16,867.25     18,580.16            0.00       0.00      2,610,995.55
B-1         6,852.20      7,548.06            0.00       0.00      1,060,698.32
B-2         2,635.07      2,902.67            0.00       0.00        407,899.81
B-3         5,269.74      5,804.89            0.00       0.00        815,738.92

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,003,835.45  3,944,550.86            0.00       0.00    139,323,645.54
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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    797.726431  26.924093     5.980647    32.904740   0.000000    770.802338
A-2    633.299079  48.810578     3.824711    52.635289   0.000000    584.488501
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039344     6.039344   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039343     6.039343   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    783.682942  28.793385     4.732930    33.526315   0.000000    754.889557
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039342     6.039342   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.455850     6.455850   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.455850     6.455850   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9    976.598048   0.923471     0.000000     0.923471   0.000000    975.674577
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    993.349732   0.651245     6.412917     7.064162   0.000000    992.698487
M-2    993.349732   0.651246     6.412916     7.064162   0.000000    992.698487
M-3    993.349730   0.651247     6.412915     7.064162   0.000000    992.698483
B-1    993.349724   0.651249     6.412915     7.064164   0.000000    992.698475
B-2    993.349744   0.651253     6.412923     7.064176   0.000000    992.698491
B-3    993.349785   0.651241     6.412914     7.064155   0.000000    992.698544

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

Run:     03/31/98     10:26:50                                        rept2.frg
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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                       29,462.26
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       47,245.30
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    31   4,093,695.25

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5   1,047,738.27

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      33,191.62


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        888,799.01

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     139,323,645.54

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,341

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                    2,847,426.88

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.23503250 %     8.15677400 %    1.60819350 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.03527960 %     8.31601920 %    1.64109080 %

      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                          8.79916929
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              341.72

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                84.75500016

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS3 (POOL # 4244)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4244 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FGS6    32,109,000.00    19,112,693.93     7.250000  %  2,274,634.29
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    11,660,769.70     9.500000  %    649,895.51
A-8   76110FGZ0    27,500,000.00    27,500,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FHA4       107,351.50       105,260.07     0.000000  %        102.66
A-10  76110FHB2             0.00             0.00     0.735213  %          0.00
R     76110FHC0           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FHD8     5,346,700.00     5,310,470.83     7.750000  %      3,470.07
M-2   76110FHE6     4,112,900.00     4,085,031.04     7.750000  %      2,669.32
M-3   76110FHF3     2,632,200.00     2,614,364.23     7.750000  %      1,708.33
B-1                 1,069,400.00     1,062,153.76     7.750000  %        694.05
B-2                   411,200.00       408,413.72     7.750000  %        266.87
B-3                   823,585.68       818,005.04     7.750000  %        534.51

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,514,437.18   147,705,162.32                  2,933,975.61
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       115,328.86  2,389,963.15            0.00       0.00     16,838,059.64
A-2       165,912.07    165,912.07            0.00       0.00     26,579,000.00
A-3       105,000.45    105,000.45            0.00       0.00     16,821,000.00
A-4       151,517.50    151,517.50            0.00       0.00     23,490,000.00
A-5        46,042.22     46,042.22            0.00       0.00      7,138,000.00
A-6         6,450.29      6,450.29            0.00       0.00      1,000,000.00
A-7        92,199.57    742,095.08            0.00       0.00     11,010,874.19
A-8       177,383.20    177,383.20            0.00       0.00     27,500,000.00
A-9             0.00        102.66            0.00       0.00        105,157.41
A-10       90,383.06     90,383.06            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        34,254.12     37,724.19            0.00       0.00      5,307,000.76
M-2        26,349.67     29,018.99            0.00       0.00      4,082,361.72
M-3        16,863.43     18,571.76            0.00       0.00      2,612,655.90
B-1         6,851.21      7,545.26            0.00       0.00      1,061,459.71
B-2         2,634.39      2,901.26            0.00       0.00        408,146.85
B-3         5,276.38      5,810.89            0.00       0.00        817,470.53

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,042,446.42  3,976,422.03            0.00       0.00    144,771,186.71
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS3 (POOL # 4244)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4244 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    595.244135  70.841019     3.591792    74.432811   0.000000    524.403116
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.242224     6.242224   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.242224     6.242224   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.450298     6.450298   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.450297     6.450297   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.450290     6.450290   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    758.473377  42.272376     5.997110    48.269486   0.000000    716.201001
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.450298     6.450298   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9    980.517925   0.956298     0.000000     0.956298   0.000000    979.561627
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    993.224013   0.649012     6.406591     7.055603   0.000000    992.575001
M-2    993.224012   0.649012     6.406591     7.055603   0.000000    992.575001
M-3    993.224007   0.649012     6.406591     7.055603   0.000000    992.574994
B-1    993.224013   0.649009     6.406592     7.055601   0.000000    992.575005
B-2    993.224027   0.649003     6.406590     7.055593   0.000000    992.575024
B-3    993.223972   0.648979     6.406595     7.055574   0.000000    992.574970

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       30,462.21
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,599.90

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       32,691.58
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    26   3,031,840.19

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     318,827.59

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2      59,039.25


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        861,190.22

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     144,771,186.71

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,356

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                    2,837,446.64

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.31270450 %     8.13677100 %    1.55052440 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.12270150 %     8.29033639 %    1.58093580 %

      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                          8.80737098
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              343.77

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                87.99907728

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS4 (POOL # 4247)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4247 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FHK2    43,231,010.00    25,266,474.20     7.250000  %  4,048,486.92
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    20,506,125.38    10.000000  %    899,663.66
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       153,520.70     0.000000  %        134.64
A-9   76110FHT3             0.00             0.00     0.746542  %          0.00
R     76110FHU0           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FHV8     7,186,600.00     7,147,569.33     7.750000  %      4,525.28
M-2   76110FHW6     4,975,300.00     4,948,278.97     7.750000  %      3,132.86
M-3   76110FHX4     3,316,900.00     3,298,885.79     7.750000  %      2,088.59
B-1                 1,216,200.00     1,209,594.78     7.750000  %        765.82
B-2                   552,900.00       549,897.18     7.750000  %        348.15
B-3                   995,114.30       989,709.82     7.750000  %        626.60

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  221,126,398.63   199,068,802.15                  4,959,772.52
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       152,595.31  4,201,082.23            0.00       0.00     21,217,987.28
A-2       216,060.92    216,060.92            0.00       0.00     35,775,000.00
A-3       135,274.64    135,274.64            0.00       0.00     22,398,546.00
A-4       170,821.36  1,070,485.02            0.00       0.00     19,606,461.72
A-5       110,428.64    110,428.64            0.00       0.00     17,675,100.00
A-6        46,160.70     46,160.70            0.00       0.00      7,150,100.00
A-7       335,709.48    335,709.48            0.00       0.00     52,000,000.00
A-8             0.00        134.64            0.00       0.00        153,386.06
A-9       123,798.70    123,798.70            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        46,144.37     50,669.65            0.00       0.00      7,143,044.05
M-2        31,945.85     35,078.71            0.00       0.00      4,945,146.11
M-3        21,297.44     23,386.03            0.00       0.00      3,296,797.20
B-1         7,809.09      8,574.91            0.00       0.00      1,208,828.96
B-2         3,550.11      3,898.26            0.00       0.00        549,549.03
B-3         6,389.52      7,016.12            0.00       0.00        989,083.22

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,407,986.13  6,367,758.65            0.00       0.00    194,109,029.63
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS4 (POOL # 4247)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4247 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    584.452554  93.647752     3.529765    97.177517   0.000000    490.804802
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039439     6.039439   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039438     6.039438   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4    837.044703  36.723598     6.972800    43.696398   0.000000    800.321106
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.247695     6.247695   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.455952     6.455952   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.455952     6.455952   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8    988.642576   0.867055     0.000000     0.867055   0.000000    987.775521
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    994.568966   0.629683     6.420890     7.050573   0.000000    993.939283
M-2    994.568965   0.629683     6.420889     7.050572   0.000000    993.939282
M-3    994.568962   0.629681     6.420887     7.050568   0.000000    993.939281
B-1    994.568969   0.629683     6.420893     7.050576   0.000000    993.939286
B-2    994.568964   0.629680     6.420890     7.050570   0.000000    993.939284
B-3    994.568986   0.629686     6.420891     7.050577   0.000000    993.939305

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       40,967.10
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       37,293.78
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    33   2,995,334.48

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     430,563.63

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      53,932.64


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,364,916.48

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     194,109,029.63

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,793

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,833,714.39

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.87856110 %     7.73934200 %    1.38209680 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.65123950 %     7.92595140 %    1.41654100 %

      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                          8.81750071
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              344.81

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                87.78193415

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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    20,325,880.77     7.250000  %  3,979,699.51
A-2   76110FJA2    10,800,000.00    10,800,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FJB0    29,956,909.00    25,091,614.32    10.000000  %  1,492,387.31
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       336,285.46     0.000000  %      6,361.42
A-11  76110FJK0             0.00             0.00     0.628286  %          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     6,694,038.58     8.000000  %      2,487.04
M-2   76110FJP9     4,330,000.00     4,306,862.87     8.000000  %      1,600.13
M-3   76110FJQ7     2,886,000.00     2,870,578.82     8.000000  %      1,066.51
B-1                 1,058,000.00     1,052,346.63     8.000000  %        390.98
B-2                   481,000.00       478,429.80     8.000000  %        177.75
B-3                   866,066.26       861,438.47     8.000000  %        320.06

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  192,360,424.83   174,429,566.72                  5,484,490.71
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       122,604.05  4,102,303.56            0.00       0.00     16,346,181.26
A-2        65,144.71     65,144.71            0.00       0.00     10,800,000.00
A-3       208,759.40  1,701,146.71            0.00       0.00     23,599,227.01
A-4       144,766.03    144,766.03            0.00       0.00     24,000,000.00
A-5        71,086.70     71,086.70            0.00       0.00     11,785,091.00
A-6       120,758.16    120,758.16            0.00       0.00     18,143,000.00
A-7        31,728.72     31,728.72            0.00       0.00      4,767,000.00
A-8        26,779.85     26,779.85            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9       258,871.83    258,871.83            0.00       0.00     42,917,000.00
A-10            0.00      6,361.42            0.00       0.00        329,924.04
A-11       91,179.01     91,179.01            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        44,554.91     47,041.95            0.00       0.00      6,691,551.54
M-2        28,666.09     30,266.22            0.00       0.00      4,305,262.74
M-3        19,106.31     20,172.82            0.00       0.00      2,869,512.31
B-1         7,004.32      7,395.30            0.00       0.00      1,051,955.65
B-2         3,184.38      3,362.13            0.00       0.00        478,252.05
B-3         5,733.65      6,053.71            0.00       0.00        861,118.41

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,249,928.12  6,734,418.83            0.00       0.00    168,945,076.01
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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    610.386810 119.510496     3.681803   123.192299   0.000000    490.876314
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.031918     6.031918   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3    837.590231  49.817800     6.968656    56.786456   0.000000    787.772430
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.031918     6.031918   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.031918     6.031918   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.655909     6.655909   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.655909     6.655909   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.031918     6.031918   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10   988.613810  18.701337     0.000000    18.701337   0.000000    969.912474
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    994.656550   0.369545     6.620343     6.989888   0.000000    994.287005
M-2    994.656552   0.369545     6.620344     6.989889   0.000000    994.287007
M-3    994.656556   0.369546     6.620343     6.989889   0.000000    994.287010
B-1    994.656550   0.369546     6.620340     6.989886   0.000000    994.287004
B-2    994.656549   0.369543     6.620333     6.989876   0.000000    994.287006
B-3    994.656540   0.369544     6.620336     6.989880   0.000000    994.286984

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-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                       35,834.16
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       47,450.59
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    38   4,957,673.30

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     405,046.11

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        719,555.82

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     168,945,076.01

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,598

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,419,528.37

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.65805700 %     7.96784400 %    1.37409950 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.35813060 %     8.20759440 %    1.41821540 %

      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                          8.94144123
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              346.33

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                87.82735646

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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    36,162,195.40     7.500000  %  1,967,309.55
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    20,765,372.97     7.500000  %     66,128.82
A-6   76110FJW4       164,986.80       158,821.82     0.000000  %        576.57
A-7   76110FJX2             0.00             0.00     0.740380  %          0.00
R     76110FJY0           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1                 2,654,400.00     2,590,571.21     7.500000  %      8,249.86
M-2   76110FKA0     1,061,700.00     1,036,169.93     7.500000  %      3,299.76
M-3   76110FKB8       690,100.00       673,505.57     7.500000  %      2,144.83
B-1                   371,600.00       362,664.35     7.500000  %      1,154.93
B-2                   159,300.00       155,469.39     7.500000  %        495.10
B-3                   372,446.48       363,490.47     7.500000  %      1,157.55

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  106,172,633.28    98,743,261.11                  2,050,516.97
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       225,905.70  2,193,215.25            0.00       0.00     34,194,885.85
A-2        97,971.90     97,971.90            0.00       0.00     15,683,000.00
A-3       117,106.50    117,106.50            0.00       0.00     18,746,000.00
A-4        12,781.39     12,781.39            0.00       0.00      2,046,000.00
A-5       129,721.55    195,850.37            0.00       0.00     20,699,244.15
A-6             0.00        576.57            0.00       0.00        158,245.25
A-7        60,893.84     60,893.84            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        16,183.33     24,433.19            0.00       0.00      2,582,321.35
M-2         6,472.96      9,772.72            0.00       0.00      1,032,870.17
M-3         4,207.40      6,352.23            0.00       0.00        671,360.74
B-1         2,265.57      3,420.50            0.00       0.00        361,509.42
B-2           971.22      1,466.32            0.00       0.00        154,974.29
B-3         2,270.73      3,428.28            0.00       0.00        362,332.92

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          676,752.09  2,727,269.06            0.00       0.00     96,692,744.14
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    842.038732  45.808912     5.260227    51.069139   0.000000    796.229820
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.247013     6.247013   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.247013     6.247013   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.247014     6.247014   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    975.953986   3.107995     6.096797     9.204792   0.000000    972.845991
A-6    962.633496   3.494643     0.000000     3.494643   0.000000    959.138852
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    975.953590   3.107994     6.096794     9.204788   0.000000    972.845596
M-2    975.953593   3.107997     6.096788     9.204785   0.000000    972.845597
M-3    975.953586   3.107999     6.096798     9.204797   0.000000    972.845588
B-1    975.953579   3.107992     6.096798     9.204790   0.000000    972.845587
B-2    975.953484   3.107972     6.096798     9.204770   0.000000    972.845512
B-3    975.953565   3.107990     6.096795     9.204785   0.000000    972.845602

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-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                       20,382.59
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       21,148.59
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    18   2,103,655.11

 (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                                                      96,692,744.14

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,221

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                    1,736,006.40

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         94.74372330 %     4.36199300 %    0.89428330 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            94.64919900 %     4.43316848 %    0.91036540 %

      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                          8.55600984
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              164.29

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                91.07124986

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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    69,930,988.71     7.500000  %  2,472,675.34
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    20,130,712.66     9.500000  %    353,239.34
A-8   76110FKP7       156,262.27       148,941.29     0.000000  %        116.81
A-9   76110FKQ5             0.00             0.00     0.781950  %          0.00
R     76110FKK8           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FKL6     6,697,000.00     6,652,020.17     7.750000  %      4,088.03
M-2   76110FKM4     3,827,000.00     3,801,296.27     7.750000  %      2,336.10
M-3   76110FKN2     2,870,200.00     2,850,922.55     7.750000  %      1,752.05
B-1                 1,052,400.00     1,045,331.65     7.750000  %        642.41
B-2                   478,400.00       475,186.86     7.750000  %        292.03
B-3                   861,188.35       855,404.25     7.750000  %        525.69

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  191,342,550.62   176,874,804.41                  2,835,667.80
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       436,933.75  2,909,609.09            0.00       0.00     67,458,313.37
A-2       131,109.51    131,109.51            0.00       0.00     20,984,000.00
A-3        68,728.78     68,728.78            0.00       0.00     11,000,000.00
A-4        24,992.28     24,992.28            0.00       0.00      4,000,000.00
A-5       112,985.94    112,985.94            0.00       0.00     17,500,000.00
A-6       105,696.53    105,696.53            0.00       0.00     17,500,000.00
A-7       159,318.94    512,558.28            0.00       0.00     19,777,473.32
A-8             0.00        116.81            0.00       0.00        148,824.48
A-9       115,220.46    115,220.46            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        42,947.70     47,035.73            0.00       0.00      6,647,932.14
M-2        24,542.46     26,878.56            0.00       0.00      3,798,960.17
M-3        18,406.53     20,158.58            0.00       0.00      2,849,170.50
B-1         6,749.02      7,391.43            0.00       0.00      1,044,689.24
B-2         3,067.97      3,360.00            0.00       0.00        474,894.83
B-3         5,522.78      6,048.47            0.00       0.00        854,878.56

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        1,256,222.65  4,091,890.45            0.00       0.00    174,039,136.61
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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    847.740829  29.975092     5.296744    35.271836   0.000000    817.765737
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.248070     6.248070   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.248071     6.248071   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.248070     6.248070   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456339     6.456339   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039802     6.039802   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    918.162493  16.111258     7.266542    23.377800   0.000000    902.051235
A-8    953.149407   0.747525     0.000000     0.747525   0.000000    952.401882
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    993.283585   0.610427     6.412976     7.023403   0.000000    992.673158
M-2    993.283582   0.610426     6.412976     7.023402   0.000000    992.673157
M-3    993.283587   0.610428     6.412978     7.023406   0.000000    992.673159
B-1    993.283590   0.610424     6.412980     7.023404   0.000000    992.673166
B-2    993.283570   0.610431     6.412981     7.023412   0.000000    992.673140
B-3    993.283583   0.610424     6.412976     7.023400   0.000000    992.673159

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-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                       36,543.33
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       36,006.11
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    32   3,073,796.41

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     925,531.58

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        668,958.19

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     174,039,136.61

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,585

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                    2,726,946.12

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.12740970 %     7.52817900 %    1.34441150 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.98827000 %     7.63969706 %    1.36549450 %

      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                          8.84954792
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              347.81

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                90.95683947

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS8 (POOL # 4256)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4256 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FKU6    13,399,900.00     9,482,619.65     7.000000  %  1,145,631.81
A-2   76110FKV4    20,850,000.00    15,189,137.94     7.000000  %  1,655,510.33
A-3   76110FKW2    16,320,750.00    14,405,101.51    10.000000  %    560,228.43
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    23,510,792.22     7.500000  %    727,390.59
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        26,285.78     0.000000  %         21.33
A-12  76110FLF8             0.00             0.00     0.881462  %          0.00
R     76110FLG6           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FLH4     7,631,000.00     7,600,821.64     7.500000  %      4,745.00
M-2   76110FLJ0     4,361,000.00     4,343,753.53     7.500000  %      2,711.70
M-3   76110FLK7     3,270,500.00     3,257,566.14     7.500000  %      2,033.62
B-1                 1,199,000.00     1,194,258.30     7.500000  %        745.55
B-2                   545,000.00       542,844.70     7.500000  %        338.88
B-3                   981,461.72       977,580.35     7.500000  %        610.28

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  218,029,470.88   203,977,075.76                  4,099,967.52
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        55,303.13  1,200,934.94            0.00       0.00      8,336,987.84
A-2        88,583.84  1,744,094.17            0.00       0.00     13,533,627.61
A-3       120,016.15    680,244.58            0.00       0.00     13,844,873.08
A-4       114,894.59    114,894.59            0.00       0.00     19,700,543.00
A-5       127,594.37    127,594.37            0.00       0.00     21,419,142.00
A-6        38,195.00     38,195.00            0.00       0.00      6,323,320.00
A-7        99,643.30     99,643.30            0.00       0.00     16,496,308.00
A-8       146,910.18    874,300.77            0.00       0.00     22,783,401.63
A-9        30,722.42     30,722.42            0.00       0.00      5,000,001.00
A-10      340,593.94    340,593.94            0.00       0.00     54,507,000.00
A-11            0.00         21.33            0.00       0.00         26,264.45
A-12      149,798.83    149,798.83            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        47,494.71     52,239.71            0.00       0.00      7,596,076.64
M-2        27,142.50     29,854.20            0.00       0.00      4,341,041.83
M-3        20,355.32     22,388.94            0.00       0.00      3,255,532.52
B-1         7,462.47      8,208.02            0.00       0.00      1,193,512.75
B-2         3,392.03      3,730.91            0.00       0.00        542,505.82
B-3         6,108.54      6,718.82            0.00       0.00        976,970.07

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,424,211.32  5,524,178.84            0.00       0.00    199,877,108.24
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS8 (POOL # 4256)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4256 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    707.663464  85.495549     4.127130    89.622679   0.000000    622.167915
A-2    728.495824  79.400975     4.248625    83.649600   0.000000    649.094849
A-3    882.624972  34.326145     7.353593    41.679738   0.000000    848.298827
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.832052     5.832052   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.957025     5.957025   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040340     6.040340   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040339     6.040339   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8    904.329551  27.978674     5.650818    33.629492   0.000000    876.350876
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.144483     6.144483   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10  1000.000000   0.000000     6.248628     6.248628   0.000000   1000.000000
A-11   995.328136   0.807674     0.000000     0.807674   0.000000    994.520462
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    996.045294   0.621806     6.223917     6.845723   0.000000    995.423488
M-2    996.045295   0.621807     6.223917     6.845724   0.000000    995.423488
M-3    996.045296   0.621807     6.223917     6.845724   0.000000    995.423489
B-1    996.045288   0.621810     6.223912     6.845722   0.000000    995.423478
B-2    996.045321   0.621798     6.223908     6.845706   0.000000    995.423523
B-3    996.045317   0.621807     6.223921     6.845728   0.000000    995.423513

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       42,115.50
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       35,815.99
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    28   3,039,662.80

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1      96,565.95

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,562,482.17

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     199,877,108.25

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,770

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                    3,972,625.91

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.21512370 %     7.45382800 %    1.33104820 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.04049840 %     7.60099599 %    1.35750670 %

      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                          8.70893794
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              349.13

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                91.67435367

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS9 (POOL # 4263)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4263 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FLL5    53,750,000.00    43,221,278.19     6.750000  %  3,497,345.06
A-2   76110FLM3    17,420,000.00    17,420,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FLN1    22,971,538.00    21,057,224.99    10.000000  %    635,880.90
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     0.994886  %          0.00
R     76110FLV3           100.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FLW1     8,130,000.00     8,102,725.77     7.250000  %      5,203.50
M-2   76110FLX9     5,420,000.00     5,401,817.18     7.250000  %      3,469.00
M-3   76110FLY2     4,065,000.00     4,051,362.89     7.250000  %      2,601.75
B-1                 1,490,500.00     1,485,499.72     7.250000  %        953.98
B-2                   677,500.00       675,227.15     7.250000  %        433.63
B-3                 1,219,925.82     1,215,833.26     7.250000  %        780.81

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  271,005,025.82   258,491,431.15                  4,146,668.63
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       242,937.88  3,740,282.94            0.00       0.00     39,723,933.13
A-2        97,914.22     97,914.22            0.00       0.00     17,420,000.00
A-3       175,345.64    811,226.54            0.00       0.00     20,421,344.09
A-4       213,646.36    213,646.36            0.00       0.00     38,010,000.00
A-5        96,472.27     96,472.27            0.00       0.00     17,163,462.00
A-6       180,975.60    180,975.60            0.00       0.00     29,977,000.00
A-7        96,986.80     96,986.80            0.00       0.00     16,065,000.00
A-8       329,899.99    329,899.99            0.00       0.00     54,645,000.00
A-9       214,147.76    214,147.76            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        48,917.36     54,120.86            0.00       0.00      8,097,522.27
M-2        32,611.57     36,080.57            0.00       0.00      5,398,348.18
M-3        24,458.68     27,060.43            0.00       0.00      4,048,761.14
B-1         8,968.18      9,922.16            0.00       0.00      1,484,545.74
B-2         4,076.45      4,510.08            0.00       0.00        674,793.52
B-3         7,340.17      8,120.98            0.00       0.00      1,215,052.45

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,774,698.93  5,921,367.56            0.00       0.00    254,344,762.52
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS9 (POOL # 4263)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4263 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    804.116804  65.066885     4.519775    69.586660   0.000000    739.049919
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.620793     5.620793   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3    916.665875  27.681251     7.633169    35.314420   0.000000    888.984625
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.620793     5.620793   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.620793     5.620793   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.037148     6.037148   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.037149     6.037149   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.037149     6.037149   0.000000   1000.000000
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    996.645236   0.640037     6.016895     6.656932   0.000000    996.005199
M-2    996.645236   0.640037     6.016895     6.656932   0.000000    996.005199
M-3    996.645237   0.640037     6.016895     6.656932   0.000000    996.005201
B-1    996.645233   0.640040     6.016894     6.656934   0.000000    996.005193
B-2    996.645240   0.640044     6.016900     6.656944   0.000000    996.005196
B-3    996.645239   0.640031     6.016899     6.656930   0.000000    996.005196

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

Run:     03/31/98     10:27:22                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS9 (POOL # 4263)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4263 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       57,973.52
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     5,713.65

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       31,807.76
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    42   3,556,249.03

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     157,586.27

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     101,835.91


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        385,735.48

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     254,344,762.52

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,373

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                    3,980,667.57

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.90206580 %     6.79167800 %    1.30625610 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.77532770 %     6.89797243 %    1.32669990 %

      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                          8.59634059
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              350.06

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                93.85241538

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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   190,312,877.68     7.250000  %  6,961,152.24
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    64,721,743.59     7.250000  %     80,584.73
A-5   7611OFMS9        76,250.57        75,997.60     0.000000  %         65.78
A-6   7611OFMT7             0.00             0.00     0.948746  %          0.00
R     7611OFMU4           100.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1   7611OFMV2    10,602,000.00    10,570,199.74     7.250000  %     13,157.46
M-2   7611OFMW0     6,524,000.00     6,504,431.53     7.250000  %      8,096.52
M-3   7611OFMX8     4,893,000.00     4,878,323.64     7.250000  %      6,072.39
B-1   7611OFMY6     1,794,000.00     1,788,618.97     7.250000  %      2,226.42
B-2   7611OFMZ3       816,000.00       813,552.44     7.250000  %      1,012.68
B-3   7611OFNA7     1,468,094.11     1,463,690.64     7.250000  %      1,821.95

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  326,202,444.68   316,272,435.83                  7,074,190.17
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     1,149,485.43  8,110,637.67            0.00       0.00    183,351,725.44
A-2        60,399.77     60,399.77            0.00       0.00     10,000,000.00
A-3       151,863.15    151,863.15            0.00       0.00     25,143,000.00
A-4       390,917.85    471,502.58            0.00       0.00     64,641,158.86
A-5             0.00         65.78            0.00       0.00         75,931.82
A-6       249,981.92    249,981.92            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        63,843.76     77,001.22            0.00       0.00     10,557,042.28
M-2        39,286.62     47,383.14            0.00       0.00      6,496,335.01
M-3        29,464.97     35,537.36            0.00       0.00      4,872,251.25
B-1        10,803.22     13,029.64            0.00       0.00      1,786,392.55
B-2         4,913.84      5,926.52            0.00       0.00        812,539.76
B-3         8,840.66     10,662.61            0.00       0.00      1,461,868.69

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,159,801.19  9,233,991.36            0.00       0.00    309,198,245.66
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    951.709562  34.811071     5.748304    40.559375   0.000000    916.898491
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039977     6.039977   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039977     6.039977   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4    996.999771   1.241360     6.021856     7.263216   0.000000    995.758411
A-5    996.682385   0.862682     0.000000     0.862682   0.000000    995.819703
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    997.000541   1.241036     6.021860     7.262896   0.000000    995.759506
M-2    997.000541   1.241036     6.021861     7.262897   0.000000    995.759505
M-3    997.000540   1.241036     6.021862     7.262898   0.000000    995.759503
B-1    997.000541   1.241037     6.021862     7.262899   0.000000    995.759504
B-2    997.000539   1.241029     6.021863     7.262892   0.000000    995.759510
B-3    997.000553   1.241038     6.021862     7.262900   0.000000    995.759523

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

Run:     03/31/98     10:27:23                                        rept2.frg
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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                       65,374.93
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       50,083.46
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    40   4,106,227.77

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   11   1,713,475.36

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        792,003.95

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     309,198,245.66

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,727

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    6,680,536.52

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      192,254.69

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.77131240 %     6.94282200 %    1.28586590 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.59347990 %     7.09112320 %    1.31365510 %

      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                          8.52478257
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              351.11

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                94.78722514

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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4265 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   7611OFLZ4    99,650,000.00    95,575,269.58     7.000000  %  1,965,027.82
A-2   7611OFMD2        43,142.76        40,006.88     0.000000  %        228.97
A-3   7611OFME0             0.00             0.00     0.999254  %          0.00
R     7611OFMF7           100.00             0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
M-1   7611OFMG5     3,043,000.00     3,006,615.56     7.000000  %     10,180.34
M-2   7611OFMH3       892,000.00       881,334.56     7.000000  %      2,984.18
M-3   7611OFMJ9       419,700.00       414,681.75     7.000000  %      1,404.10
B-1   7611OFMK6       367,000.00       362,611.87     7.000000  %      1,227.80
B-2   7611OFML4       262,400.00       259,262.54     7.000000  %        877.86
B-3   7611OFMM2       263,388.53       260,239.24     7.000000  %        881.17

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  104,940,731.29   100,800,021.98                  1,982,812.24
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       557,075.86  2,522,103.68            0.00       0.00     93,610,241.76
A-2             0.00        228.97            0.00       0.00         39,777.91
A-3        83,870.15     83,870.15            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        17,524.54     27,704.88            0.00       0.00      2,996,435.22
M-2         5,137.00      8,121.18            0.00       0.00        878,350.38
M-3         2,417.04      3,821.14            0.00       0.00        413,277.65
B-1         2,113.55      3,341.35            0.00       0.00        361,384.07
B-2         1,511.15      2,389.01            0.00       0.00        258,384.68
B-3         1,516.84      2,398.01            0.00       0.00        259,358.07

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          671,166.13  2,653,978.37            0.00       0.00     98,817,209.74
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    959.109579  19.719296     5.590325    25.309621   0.000000    939.390284
A-2    927.313876   5.307264     0.000000     5.307264   0.000000    922.006613
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    988.043234   3.345495     5.758968     9.104463   0.000000    984.697739
M-2    988.043229   3.345493     5.758969     9.104462   0.000000    984.697735
M-3    988.043245   3.345485     5.758971     9.104456   0.000000    984.697760
B-1    988.043243   3.345504     5.758992     9.104496   0.000000    984.697738
B-2    988.043216   3.345503     5.758956     9.104459   0.000000    984.697713
B-3    988.043177   3.345476     5.758945     9.104421   0.000000    984.697663

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       20,889.83
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     2,853.39

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        9,676.08
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    11     983,184.47

 (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                                                      98,817,209.74

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,080

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                    1,641,438.16

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                       30,182.04

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         94.85436210 %     4.27017800 %    0.87546000 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            94.76885560 %     4.33938912 %    0.89000780 %

      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                          8.32674153
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              169.46

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                94.16478094

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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    51,710,030.06     7.000000  %  2,749,177.14
A-2   76110FNC3    22,405,757.00    21,567,904.15     9.000000  %    392,739.59
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    59,207,689.31     7.250000  %     37,762.92
A-8   76110FNH2             0.00             0.00     0.900481  %          0.00
R     76110FNJ8           100.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FNK5    10,433,600.00    10,414,056.70     7.250000  %      6,642.13
M-2   76110FNL3     4,471,600.00     4,463,224.20     7.250000  %      2,846.66
M-3   76110FNM1     4,471,500.00     4,463,124.38     7.250000  %      2,846.60
B-1   76110FNN9     1,639,600.00     1,636,528.85     7.250000  %      1,043.79
B-2   76110FNP4       745,200.00       743,804.15     7.250000  %        474.40
B-3   76110FNQ2     1,341,561.05     1,339,048.16     7.250000  %        854.05

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  298,104,002.05   291,246,693.96                  3,194,387.28
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       301,502.57  3,050,679.71            0.00       0.00     48,960,852.92
A-2       161,684.60    554,424.19            0.00       0.00     21,175,164.56
A-3       366,304.86    366,304.86            0.00       0.00     62,824,125.00
A-4       139,120.79    139,120.79            0.00       0.00     24,294,118.00
A-5       157,010.81    157,010.81            0.00       0.00     26,000,000.00
A-6       136,376.22    136,376.22            0.00       0.00     22,583,041.00
A-7       357,547.97    395,310.89            0.00       0.00     59,169,926.39
A-8       218,450.77    218,450.77            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        62,889.21     69,531.34            0.00       0.00     10,407,414.57
M-2        26,952.86     29,799.52            0.00       0.00      4,460,377.54
M-3        26,952.26     29,798.86            0.00       0.00      4,460,277.78
B-1         9,882.80     10,926.59            0.00       0.00      1,635,485.06
B-2         4,491.75      4,966.15            0.00       0.00        743,329.75
B-3         8,086.34      8,940.39            0.00       0.00      1,338,194.11

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,977,253.81  5,171,641.09            0.00       0.00    288,052,306.68
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    898.133392  47.749494     5.236692    52.986186   0.000000    850.383898
A-2    962.605466  17.528512     7.216208    24.744720   0.000000    945.076953
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.830640     5.830640   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.726522     5.726522   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.038877     6.038877   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.038878     6.038878   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    998.126889   0.636610     6.027566     6.664176   0.000000    997.490280
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    998.126888   0.636610     6.027566     6.664176   0.000000    997.490279
M-2    998.126890   0.636609     6.027565     6.664174   0.000000    997.490281
M-3    998.126888   0.636610     6.027566     6.664176   0.000000    997.490278
B-1    998.126891   0.636613     6.027568     6.664181   0.000000    997.490278
B-2    998.126879   0.636608     6.027576     6.664184   0.000000    997.490271
B-3    998.126891   0.636602     6.027560     6.664162   0.000000    997.490283

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

Run:     03/31/98     10:27:36                                        rept2.frg
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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                       60,380.75
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     9,190.24

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       47,389.34
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    47   5,268,901.93

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     457,073.67

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     247,300.75


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             1
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        396,000.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     288,052,306.68

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,578

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                    3,008,628.87

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.08238690 %     6.64055800 %    1.27705520 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.99968950 %     6.70991672 %    1.29039370 %

      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                          8.47978645
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              352.65

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                96.62812465

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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    30,733,685.71     7.250000  %    454,109.48
A-2   76110FNT6    30,750,000.00    28,744,827.11     7.250000  %  1,189,796.18
A-3   76110FNU3    40,799,000.00    40,799,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FNV1     6,745,000.00     6,745,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FNW9     4,235,415.00     4,235,415.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FNX7    10,499,000.00    10,499,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-7   76110fNY5    62,999,000.00    62,918,721.08     7.250000  %     33,117.37
A-8   76110FNZ2    15,495,000.00    13,458,130.31     7.250000  %  1,208,603.90
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    98,176,382.87     0.000000  %  1,099,920.02
A-12  76110FPD9             0.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-13  76110FPE7             0.00             0.00     5.000000  %          0.00
A-14  76110FPF4             0.00             0.00     9.500000  %          0.00
A-15  76110FPG2    26,249,000.00    25,611,242.14     7.000000  %    378,422.16
A-16  76110FPH0     2,386,273.00     2,328,295.01    10.000000  %     34,402.02
A-17  76110FPJ6       139,012.74       138,754.13     0.000000  %        129.69
A-18  76110FPK3             0.00             0.00     0.857879  %          0.00
R-I   76110FPL1           100.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FPM9           100.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FPN7    16,267,000.00    16,246,271.15     7.250000  %      8,551.25
M-2   76110FPP2     5,422,000.00     5,415,090.80     7.250000  %      2,850.24
M-3   76110FPQ0     6,507,000.00     6,498,708.20     7.250000  %      3,420.61
B-1   76110FPR8     2,386,000.00     2,382,959.54     7.250000  %      1,254.27
B-2   76110FPS6     1,085,000.00     1,083,617.40     7.250000  %        570.36
B-3   76110FPT4     1,952,210.06     1,949,722.40     7.250000  %      1,026.27

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  433,792,422.80   426,303,822.85                  4,416,173.82
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       185,601.44    639,710.92            0.00       0.00     30,279,576.23
A-2       173,590.67  1,363,386.85            0.00       0.00     27,555,030.93
A-3       246,386.11    246,386.11            0.00       0.00     40,799,000.00
A-4        40,733.21     40,733.21            0.00       0.00      6,745,000.00
A-5        25,577.77     25,577.77            0.00       0.00      4,235,415.00
A-6        63,403.71     63,403.71            0.00       0.00     10,499,000.00
A-7       379,967.62    413,084.99            0.00       0.00     62,885,603.71
A-8        81,273.96  1,289,877.86            0.00       0.00     12,249,526.41
A-9       398,469.75    398,469.75            0.00       0.00     68,339,000.00
A-10       14,231.06     14,231.06            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-11            0.00  1,099,920.02            0.00       0.00     97,076,462.85
A-12      296,444.73    296,444.73            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-13      102,222.32    102,222.32            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-14      194,222.40    194,222.40            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-15      149,333.54    527,755.70            0.00       0.00     25,232,819.98
A-16       19,393.97     53,795.99            0.00       0.00      2,293,892.99
A-17            0.00        129.69            0.00       0.00        138,624.44
A-18      304,630.99    304,630.99            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        98,111.60    106,662.85            0.00       0.00     16,237,719.90
M-2        32,701.86     35,552.10            0.00       0.00      5,412,240.56
M-3        39,245.85     42,666.46            0.00       0.00      6,495,287.59
B-1        14,390.75     15,645.02            0.00       0.00      2,381,705.27
B-2         6,544.00      7,114.36            0.00       0.00      1,083,047.04
B-3        11,774.42     12,800.69            0.00       0.00      1,948,696.13

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,878,251.73  7,294,425.55            0.00       0.00    421,887,649.03
===============================================================================





























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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    975.703537  14.416632     5.892296    20.308928   0.000000    961.286905
A-2    934.791126  38.692559     5.645225    44.337784   0.000000    896.098567
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039023     6.039023   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039023     6.039023   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039023     6.039023   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039024     6.039024   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    998.725711   0.525681     6.031328     6.557009   0.000000    998.200030
A-8    868.546648  77.999606     5.245173    83.244779   0.000000    790.547042
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     5.830781     5.830781   0.000000   1000.000000
A-11   981.387839  10.994988     0.000000    10.994988   0.000000    970.392852
A-15   975.703537  14.416632     5.689113    20.105745   0.000000    961.286905
A-16   975.703539  14.416632     8.127306    22.543938   0.000000    961.286907
A-17   998.139667   0.932936     0.000000     0.932936   0.000000    997.206731
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    998.725712   0.525681     6.031327     6.557008   0.000000    998.200031
M-2    998.725710   0.525681     6.031328     6.557009   0.000000    998.200030
M-3    998.725711   0.525682     6.031328     6.557010   0.000000    998.200029
B-1    998.725708   0.525679     6.031329     6.557008   0.000000    998.200029
B-2    998.725714   0.525677     6.031336     6.557013   0.000000    998.200037
B-3    998.725721   0.525681     6.031328     6.557009   0.000000    998.200026

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-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                       88,454.18
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       77,429.41
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    80   9,136,620.30

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     797,164.34

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     235,200.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             3
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        254,300.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     421,887,649.03

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,591

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,191,749.06

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.12127600 %     6.60778500 %    1.27093930 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.04297000 %     6.67126618 %    1.28357110 %

      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                          8.38552669
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              353.52

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                97.25565198

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS1 (POOL # 4281)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4281 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FPU1    64,326,000.00    63,396,465.06     7.000000  %  1,867,040.11
A-2   76110FPV9   117,395,000.00   116,378,097.84     7.000000  %  2,042,523.68
A-3   76110FPW7    51,380,000.00    51,380,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FPX5     1,862,000.00     1,862,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FPY3    65,040,000.00    65,040,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FPZ0             0.00             0.00     1.085581  %          0.00
R     76110FQB2           100.00             0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FQC0    11,351,500.00    11,344,228.22     7.000000  %      7,200.97
M-2   76110FQD8     4,054,000.00     4,051,403.01     7.000000  %      2,571.71
M-3   76110FQE6     4,865,000.00     4,861,883.48     7.000000  %      3,086.18
B-1   76110FQF3     1,783,800.00     1,782,657.30     7.000000  %      1,131.58
B-2   76110FQG1       810,800.00       810,280.60     7.000000  %        514.34
B-3   76110FQH9     1,459,579.11     1,458,644.10     7.000000  %        925.90

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  324,327,779.11   322,365,659.61                  3,924,994.47
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       369,622.92  2,236,663.03            0.00       0.00     61,529,424.95
A-2       678,523.83  2,721,047.51            0.00       0.00    114,335,574.16
A-3       299,562.85    299,562.85            0.00       0.00     51,380,000.00
A-4        10,856.10     10,856.10            0.00       0.00      1,862,000.00
A-5       379,205.29    379,205.29            0.00       0.00     65,040,000.00
A-6       291,478.72    291,478.72            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        66,140.70     73,341.67            0.00       0.00     11,337,027.25
M-2        23,621.05     26,192.76            0.00       0.00      4,048,831.30
M-3        28,346.43     31,432.61            0.00       0.00      4,858,797.30
B-1        10,393.49     11,525.07            0.00       0.00      1,781,525.72
B-2         4,724.21      5,238.55            0.00       0.00        809,766.26
B-3         8,504.39      9,430.29            0.00       0.00      1,457,718.20

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,170,979.98  6,095,974.45            0.00       0.00    318,440,665.14
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    985.549623  29.024657     5.746089    34.770746   0.000000    956.524966
A-2    991.337773  17.398728     5.779836    23.178564   0.000000    973.939045
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.830340     5.830340   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.830344     5.830344   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.830340     5.830340   0.000000   1000.000000
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    999.359399   0.634363     5.826604     6.460967   0.000000    998.725036
M-2    999.359401   0.634364     5.826603     6.460967   0.000000    998.725037
M-3    999.359400   0.634364     5.826604     6.460968   0.000000    998.725036
B-1    999.359401   0.634365     5.826601     6.460966   0.000000    998.725036
B-2    999.359398   0.634361     5.826603     6.460964   0.000000    998.725037
B-3    999.359398   0.634361     5.826604     6.460965   0.000000    998.725037

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       66,853.52
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       36,970.41
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    38   4,937,753.52

 (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                                                     318,440,665.14

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,664

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                    3,720,366.46

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.45915440 %     6.28401800 %    1.25682800 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.37105410 %     6.35743423 %    1.27151170 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.36410557
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              354.63

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.18482586

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS2 (POOL # 4284)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4284 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FQJ5    20,000,000.00    20,000,000.00     6.750000  %    218,486.33
A-2   76110FQK2   158,282,400.00   158,282,400.00     6.500000  %  1,729,127.07
A-3   76110FQLO    82,584,000.00    82,584,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FQM8    38,888,850.00    38,888,850.00     6.193750  %    340,255.32
A-5   76110FQN6             0.00             0.00     2.832020  %          0.00
A-6   76110FQP1    13,504,750.00    13,504,750.00     6.093750  %    119,337.24
A-7   76110FQQ9    86,753,900.00    86,753,900.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FQR7       138,732.69       138,732.69     0.000000  %        155.75
A-9   76110FQS5             0.00             0.00     0.987679  %          0.00
R-1   76110FQT3           100.00           100.00     7.000000  %        100.00
R-II  76110FQU0           100.00           100.00     7.000000  %        100.00
M-1   76110FQV8    17,350,800.00    17,350,800.00     7.000000  %     11,216.34
M-2   76110FQW6     5,422,000.00     5,422,000.00     7.000000  %      3,505.02
M-3   76110FQX4     5,422,000.00     5,422,000.00     7.000000  %      3,505.02
B-1   76110FQY2     2,385,700.00     2,385,700.00     7.000000  %      1,542.22
B-2   76110FQZ9     1,084,400.00     1,084,400.00     7.000000  %        701.00
B-3   76110FRA3     1,952,351.82     1,952,351.82     7.000000  %      1,262.10

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  433,770,084.51   433,770,084.51                  2,429,293.41
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       112,483.21    330,969.54            0.00       0.00     19,781,513.67
A-2       857,235.03  2,586,362.10            0.00       0.00    156,553,272.93
A-3       464,465.67    464,465.67            0.00       0.00     82,584,000.00
A-4       200,693.22    540,948.54            0.00       0.00     38,548,594.68
A-5       123,631.31    123,631.31            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-6        68,568.57    187,905.81            0.00       0.00     13,385,412.76
A-7       505,988.89    505,988.89            0.00       0.00     86,753,900.00
A-8             0.00        155.75            0.00       0.00        138,576.94
A-9       356,968.19    356,968.19            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-1             0.58        100.58            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.58        100.58            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1       101,197.89    112,414.23            0.00       0.00     17,339,583.66
M-2        31,623.61     35,128.63            0.00       0.00      5,418,494.98
M-3        31,623.61     35,128.63            0.00       0.00      5,418,494.98
B-1        13,914.50     15,456.72            0.00       0.00      2,384,157.78
B-2         6,324.73      7,025.73            0.00       0.00      1,083,699.00
B-3        11,387.02     12,649.12            0.00       0.00      1,951,089.72

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,886,106.61  5,315,400.02            0.00       0.00    431,340,791.10
===============================================================================















































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


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   1000.000000  10.924317     5.624161    16.548478   0.000000    989.075683
A-2   1000.000000  10.924317     5.415858    16.340175   0.000000    989.075683
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.624160     5.624160   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   8.749431     5.160688    13.910119   0.000000    991.250569
A-6   1000.000000   8.836686     5.077367    13.914053   0.000000    991.163314
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     5.832463     5.832463   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   1.122663     0.000000     1.122663   0.000000    998.877337
R-1   1000.000000 ***.******     5.800000  1005.800000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II  1000.000000 ***.******     5.800000  1005.800000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1   1000.000000   0.646445     5.832462     6.478907   0.000000    999.353555
M-2   1000.000000   0.646444     5.832462     6.478906   0.000000    999.353556
M-3   1000.000000   0.646444     5.832462     6.478906   0.000000    999.353556
B-1   1000.000000   0.646443     5.832460     6.478903   0.000000    999.353557
B-2   1000.000000   0.646440     5.832470     6.478910   0.000000    999.353560
B-3   1000.000000   0.646446     5.832463     6.478909   0.000000    999.353549

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       90,182.21
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     4,257.76

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       19,556.59
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    22   2,609,452.23

 (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                                                     431,340,791.10

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,550

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                    2,148,835.18

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.24750430 %     6.50202100 %    1.25047500 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.20887110 %     6.53232298 %    1.25670660 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.26456987
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              356.81

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                99.43995829

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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4285 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FRB1   115,517,963.00   115,517,963.00     6.500000  %    628,942.14
A-2   76110FRC9    34,880,737.00    34,880,737.00     6.500000  %  1,572,619.35
A-3   76110FRD7             0.00             0.00     1.210100  %          0.00
R     76110FRE5           100.00           100.00     6.500000  %        100.00
M-1   76110FRF2     3,927,000.00     3,927,000.00     6.500000  %     11,756.00
M-2   76110FRG0       785,100.00       785,100.00     6.500000  %      2,350.30
M-3   76110FRH8       707,000.00       707,000.00     6.500000  %      2,116.50
B-1   76110FRJ4       471,200.00       471,200.00     6.500000  %      1,410.60
B-2   76110FRK1       314,000.00       314,000.00     6.500000  %        940.00
B-3   76110FRL9       471,435.62       471,435.62     6.500000  %      1,411.31

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  157,074,535.62   157,074,535.62                  2,221,646.20
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       625,411.60  1,254,353.74            0.00       0.00    114,889,020.86
A-2       188,843.51  1,761,462.86            0.00       0.00     33,308,117.65
A-3       158,320.22    158,320.22            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.54        100.54            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        21,260.69     33,016.69            0.00       0.00      3,915,244.00
M-2         4,250.52      6,600.82            0.00       0.00        782,749.70
M-3         3,827.68      5,944.18            0.00       0.00        704,883.50
B-1         2,551.06      3,961.66            0.00       0.00        469,789.40
B-2         1,699.99      2,639.99            0.00       0.00        313,060.00
B-3         2,552.34      3,963.65            0.00       0.00        470,024.31

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,008,718.15  3,230,364.35            0.00       0.00    154,852,889.42
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   1000.000000   5.444540     5.413977    10.858517   0.000000    994.555460
A-2   1000.000000  45.085611     5.413977    50.499588   0.000000    954.914389
R     1000.000000 ***.******     5.400000  1005.400000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1   1000.000000   2.993634     5.413978     8.407612   0.000000    997.006366
M-2   1000.000000   2.993631     5.413985     8.407616   0.000000    997.006369
M-3   1000.000000   2.993635     5.413975     8.407610   0.000000    997.006365
B-1   1000.000000   2.993633     5.413964     8.407597   0.000000    997.006367
B-2   1000.000000   2.993631     5.413981     8.407612   0.000000    997.006369
B-3   1000.000000   2.993643     5.413974     8.407617   0.000000    997.006357

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-March-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        25-March-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       32,687.79
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       900.60

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        7,781.55
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     7     821,379.57

 (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                                                     154,852,889.42

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,574

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                    1,751,422.47

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         95.74995680 %     3.45001800 %    0.80002500 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            95.70188780 %     3.48903867 %    0.80907350 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          7.99425300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              174.68

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.58561021

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