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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)
                             December 25, 1997


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

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

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

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


Item 5.  Other Events

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

Master Serviced by Residential Funding Corporation

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

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

                         SIGNATURES

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

RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC.


   By: /s/Davee Olson
 Name:  Davee Olson
Title:  Chief Financial Officer
        and Treasurer
Dated: December 25, 1997


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1995-QS1 (POOL # 4180)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4180 
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1   76110FAA1    54,500,000.00             0.00     6.600000  %          0.00
A-2   76110FAB9    82,500,000.00    50,318,030.76     6.900000  %  4,040,120.13
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   174,103,166.39                  4,040,120.13
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      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       289,328.68  4,329,448.81            0.00       0.00     46,277,910.63
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         241,309.42    241,309.42            0.00       0.00      2,326,135.63

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,286,048.52  5,326,168.65            0.00       0.00    170,063,046.26
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_



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    609.915524  48.971153     3.507014    52.478167   0.000000    560.944371
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        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1995-QS1 (POOL # 4180)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4180 
______________________________________________________________________________
_

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
35,420.16
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                      
367.09

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      100,029.54
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    9,114.35


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    72   7,163,754.91

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   17   1,831,954.65

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     131,111.12


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            24
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,989,542.01

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     170,063,046.26

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,882

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              
1,134,686.33

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
3,816,455.46

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      
40,771.25

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.66393260 %     1.33606740 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.63219220 %     1.36780780 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         
9.33250272
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
302.44

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                65.79871770

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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    48,704,499.80     6.250000  %  3,240,087.55
A-I-  76110FAJ2    22,562,000.00    22,562,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAK9    31,852,000.00    31,852,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAL7    14,535,000.00    14,535,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAM5    18,417,136.00    18,417,136.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FAN3    20,000,000.00    20,000,000.00     6.700000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FAQ6    29,374,968.00    15,241,287.66     6.090000  %    226,454.73
R                           0.53     2,026,594.48     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  255,942,104.53   173,338,517.94                  3,466,542.28
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      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     253,669.27  3,493,756.82            0.00       0.00     45,464,412.25
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       77,349.53    303,804.26            0.00       0.00     15,014,832.93
R         280,423.25    280,423.25        6,872.87       0.00      2,026,594.48

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,229,832.30  4,696,374.58        6,872.87       0.00    169,871,975.66
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_



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-   724.920367  48.225636     3.775627    52.001263   0.000000    676.694732
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   518.852911   7.709106     2.633179    10.342285   0.000000    511.143806
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-QS1 (POOL # 4194)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4194 
______________________________________________________________________________
_

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
36,762.43
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                        
0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      115,055.01
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   13,272.65


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    58   7,916,441.78

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9   1,618,402.07

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6   1,148,126.07


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            15
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,745,090.56

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     169,871,975.66

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

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              
1,630,403.74

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
2,820,816.77

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.83084590 %     1.16915420 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.80698720 %     1.19301280 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         
8.98341200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
312.95

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                66.37125063

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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     4,238,159.69     6.400000  %  1,914,037.34
A-2   76110FAT0    16,000,000.00    16,000,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FAU7    28,500,000.00    28,500,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FAV5    15,000,000.00    15,000,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FAW3    14,000,000.00    14,000,000.00     7.350000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FAX1    10,000,000.00    10,000,000.00     7.450000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FAY9    26,000,000.00    26,000,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FAZ6    14,043,411.00    14,043,411.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FBA0    18,190,000.00    18,190,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-10  76110FBB8       178,007.00       160,739.74     0.000000  %        130.68
R                           0.00     1,819,114.18     0.000000  %          0.00

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                  181,911,418.00   147,951,424.61                  1,914,168.02
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1        22,603.52  1,936,640.86            0.00       0.00      2,324,122.35
A-2        93,333.33     93,333.33            0.00       0.00     16,000,000.00
A-3       167,437.50    167,437.50            0.00       0.00     28,500,000.00
A-4        88,125.00     88,125.00            0.00       0.00     15,000,000.00
A-5        85,750.00     85,750.00            0.00       0.00     14,000,000.00
A-6        62,083.33     62,083.33            0.00       0.00     10,000,000.00
A-7       157,083.33    157,083.33            0.00       0.00     26,000,000.00
A-8        87,771.32     87,771.32            0.00       0.00     14,043,411.00
A-9       113,687.50    113,687.50            0.00       0.00     18,190,000.00
A-10            0.00        130.68            0.00       0.00        160,609.06
R         153,446.20    153,446.20            0.00       0.00      1,819,114.18

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,031,321.03  2,945,489.05            0.00       0.00    146,037,256.59
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
______________________________________________________________________________
_
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED      
BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST      
FACTOR
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1    105.953992  47.850934     0.565088    48.416022   0.000000     58.103059
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.833333     5.833333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.125000     6.125000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.208333     6.208333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10   902.996736   0.734128     0.000000     0.734128   0.000000    902.262608

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
30,698.50
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    
2,368.50

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       93,213.08
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    3,621.86


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    65   8,027,685.74

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     813,677.90

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     103,360.92


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            13
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,908,020.59

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     146,037,256.59

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,395

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                
467,055.05

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
1,774,296.57

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.77046530 %     1.22953480 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.75434930 %     1.24565070 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         
8.78195121
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
318.25

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                80.27932397


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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     6,045,875.24     6.780000  %  2,879,732.23
A-I-  76110FBD4    26,000,000.00    26,000,000.00     7.150000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBE2    10,596,000.00    10,596,000.00     7.290000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBF9    25,000,000.00    19,846,464.85     7.250000  %    403,182.67
A-I-  76110FBG7    18,587,000.00    18,587,000.00     7.460000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBH5    21,696,000.00    21,696,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBJ1     8,047,000.00     8,047,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBK8    17,436,000.00    17,436,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBL6    25,145,000.00    25,145,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBM4    19,000,000.00    19,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBN2    15,875,562.00    15,875,562.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FBP7    20,551,438.00    17,575,548.19     7.750000  %    215,229.06
A-P   76110FBQ5     1,166,695.86     1,078,551.29     0.000000  %     11,912.64
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    12,327,033.30     7.750000  %     25,653.49
M-2   76110FBU6     5,568,000.00     5,478,462.80     7.750000  %     11,401.10
M-3   76110FBV4     4,176,000.00     4,108,847.11     7.750000  %      8,550.82
B-1                 1,809,600.00     1,780,500.41     7.750000  %      3,705.36
B-2                   696,000.00       684,807.85     7.750000  %      1,425.14
B-3                 1,670,738.96     1,592,145.12     7.750000  %      3,313.37
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.719599  %          0.00
A-V   7611OFHY2             0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,404,734.82   232,900,798.16                  3,564,105.88
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-I-1      34,132.31  2,913,864.54            0.00       0.00      3,166,143.01
A-I-2     154,794.74    154,794.74            0.00       0.00     26,000,000.00
A-I-3      64,320.04     64,320.04            0.00       0.00     10,596,000.00
A-I-4     119,811.36    522,994.03            0.00       0.00     19,443,282.18
A-I-5     115,458.23    115,458.23            0.00       0.00     18,587,000.00
A-I-6     140,009.72    140,009.72            0.00       0.00     21,696,000.00
A-I-7      51,929.31     51,929.31            0.00       0.00      8,047,000.00
A-I-8     112,518.87    112,518.87            0.00       0.00     17,436,000.00
A-I-9     162,266.97    162,266.97            0.00       0.00     25,145,000.00
A-I-10    122,611.75    122,611.75            0.00       0.00     19,000,000.00
A-I-11    102,448.97    102,448.97            0.00       0.00     15,875,562.00
A-II      113,419.41    328,648.47            0.00       0.00     17,360,319.13
A-P             0.00     11,912.64            0.00       0.00      1,066,638.65
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        79,549.43    105,202.92            0.00       0.00     12,301,379.81
M-2        35,353.89     46,754.99            0.00       0.00      5,467,061.70
M-3        26,515.41     35,066.23            0.00       0.00      4,100,296.29
B-1        11,490.02     15,195.38            0.00       0.00      1,776,795.05
B-2         4,419.24      5,844.38            0.00       0.00        683,382.71
B-3        10,274.51     13,587.88            0.00       0.00      1,588,831.75
SPRED     139,552.63    139,552.63            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-V        34,682.78     34,682.78            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,635,559.59  5,199,665.47            0.00       0.00    229,336,692.28
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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-   141.077476  67.197112     0.796460    67.993572   0.000000     73.880364
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.953644     5.953644   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.070219     6.070219   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-   793.858594  16.127307     4.792454    20.919761   0.000000    777.731287
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.211773     6.211773   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.453250     6.453250   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.453251     6.453251   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.453250     6.453250   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.453250     6.453250   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.453250     6.453250   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.453250     6.453250   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   855.197976  10.472701     5.518807    15.991508   0.000000    844.725276
A-P    924.449402  10.210579     0.000000    10.210579   0.000000    914.238823
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    983.919328   2.047611     6.349478     8.397089   0.000000    981.871717
M-2    983.919325   2.047611     6.349477     8.397088   0.000000    981.871713
M-3    983.919327   2.047610     6.349476     8.397086   0.000000    981.871717
B-1    983.919325   2.047613     6.349481     8.397094   0.000000    981.871712
B-2    983.919325   2.047615     6.349483     8.397098   0.000000    981.871710
B-3    952.958636   1.983176     6.149680     8.132856   0.000000    950.975460

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
48,477.42
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    
5,123.28

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       66,801.95
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,823.41


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    64   6,952,385.50

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     464,114.32

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


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        912,271.09

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     229,336,692.28

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,103

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       2

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                
230,708.50

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
3,078,080.88

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                     
266,740.81

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.38546360 %     9.40930400 %    1.74213800 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT           89.51977360 %     0.00000000 %   10.48022640 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.64601510 %     9.53564717 %    1.77378040 %

      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                         
8.76381000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
319.17

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                82.37528447


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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    11,528,718.99     6.850000  %  1,248,339.69
A-I-  76110FBX0    26,945,000.00    14,337,163.49    11.000000  %    457,720.93
A-I-  76110FBY8    15,646,000.00    15,646,000.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBZ5    32,740,000.00    32,740,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCA9    10,023,000.00    10,023,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCB7    26,811,000.00    26,811,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCC5    18,046,000.00    18,046,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCD3     9,094,000.00     9,094,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCE1    10,284,000.00    10,284,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCF8    27,538,000.00    27,538,000.00     7.900000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FCG6    16,021,000.00    12,585,676.87     7.250000  %    442,300.54
A-II  76110FCH4     8,580,000.00     8,580,000.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FCJ0     3,039,637.99     2,685,387.25     0.000000  %     10,476.51
A-V   76110FGN7             0.00             0.00     0.759451  %          0.00
R-I   76110FCK7           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FCL5           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FCM3    13,230,500.00    13,039,788.28     8.000000  %     17,430.65
M-2   76110FCN1     5,570,800.00     5,490,499.39     8.000000  %      7,339.30
M-3   76110FCP6     4,456,600.00     4,392,360.11     8.000000  %      5,871.39
B-1   76110FCR2     2,228,400.00     2,196,278.62     8.000000  %      2,935.83
B-2   76110FCS0       696,400.00       686,361.71     8.000000  %        917.48
B-3   76110FCT8     1,671,255.97     1,585,991.37     8.000000  %      2,072.35
STRI                        0.00             0.00     0.118603  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,535,793.96   227,290,226.08                  2,195,404.67
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-I-1      65,757.86  1,314,097.55            0.00       0.00     10,280,379.30
A-I-2     131,320.33    589,041.26            0.00       0.00     13,879,442.56
A-I-3      95,104.75     95,104.75            0.00       0.00     15,646,000.00
A-I-4     204,463.59    204,463.59            0.00       0.00     32,740,000.00
A-I-5      64,263.52     64,263.52            0.00       0.00     10,023,000.00
A-I-6     178,599.01    178,599.01            0.00       0.00     26,811,000.00
A-I-7     120,211.77    120,211.77            0.00       0.00     18,046,000.00
A-I-8      60,578.85     60,578.85            0.00       0.00      9,094,000.00
A-I-9      68,505.92     68,505.92            0.00       0.00     10,284,000.00
A-I-10    181,148.82    181,148.82            0.00       0.00     27,538,000.00
A-II-1     75,978.48    518,279.02            0.00       0.00     12,143,376.33
A-II-2     54,654.35     54,654.35            0.00       0.00      8,580,000.00
A-P             0.00     10,476.51            0.00       0.00      2,674,910.74
A-V       143,733.07    143,733.07            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        86,863.35    104,294.00            0.00       0.00     13,022,357.63
M-2        36,574.46     43,913.76            0.00       0.00      5,483,160.09
M-3        29,259.30     35,130.69            0.00       0.00      4,386,488.72
B-1        14,630.31     17,566.14            0.00       0.00      2,193,342.79
B-2         4,572.13      5,489.61            0.00       0.00        685,444.23
B-3        10,564.94     12,637.29            0.00       0.00      1,571,368.93
STRIP      13,132.71     13,132.71            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,639,917.52  3,835,322.19            0.00       0.00    225,082,271.32
=====================================================================
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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-   251.093762  27.188650     1.432196    28.620846   0.000000    223.905112
A-I-   532.089942  16.987231     4.873644    21.860875   0.000000    515.102711
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.078534     6.078534   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.245070     6.245070   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.411605     6.411605   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.661408     6.661408   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.661408     6.661408   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.661409     6.661409   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.661408     6.661408   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.578140     6.578140   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   785.573739  27.607549     4.742431    32.349980   0.000000    757.966190
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.369971     6.369971   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    883.456273   3.446630     0.000000     3.446630   0.000000    880.009643
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    985.585449   1.317460     6.565387     7.882847   0.000000    984.267989
M-2    985.585444   1.317459     6.565387     7.882846   0.000000    984.267985
M-3    985.585449   1.317459     6.565386     7.882845   0.000000    984.267989
B-1    985.585451   1.317461     6.565388     7.882849   0.000000    984.267991
B-2    985.585454   1.317461     6.565379     7.882840   0.000000    984.267993
B-3    948.981723   1.239996     6.321557     7.561553   0.000000    940.232350

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
47,099.51
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    
9,656.02

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       62,541.79
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    5,959.68


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    51   5,391,729.01

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     616,451.90

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      94,933.44


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,515,020.52

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     225,082,271.32

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,266

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       3

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                
742,694.20

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
1,797,176.79

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         86.76728550 %    10.08518900 %    1.96604660 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            87.70626910 %    10.17050624 %    2.00090320 %

      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                         
8.99187400
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
310.31

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                80.80910109


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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    12,134,117.21     9.500000  %  1,063,409.70
A-I-  76110FCV3    25,000,000.00    18,022,815.69     7.600000  %    633,402.74
A-I-  76110FCW1    12,373,000.00     1,424,528.05     6.650000  %    993,924.17
A-I-  76110FCX9     7,100,000.00     7,100,000.00     7.450000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCY7    10,137,000.00    10,137,000.00     7.600000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCZ4     5,558,000.00     5,558,000.00     7.800000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDA8    16,926,000.00    16,926,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDB6     6,884,000.00     6,884,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDC4    11,229,000.00    11,229,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDD2    22,501,000.00    22,501,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FDE0    11,162,000.00     8,654,743.74     8.000000  %     54,482.96
A-II  76110FDF7     4,525,000.00     4,525,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FDG5     1,105,878.69     1,004,069.63     0.000000  %     44,864.83
A-V   76110FGP2             0.00             0.00     0.873847  %          0.00
R     76110FDH3           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FDJ9     7,918,500.00     7,826,911.20     8.000000  %      7,296.85
M-2   76110FDK6     3,958,800.00     3,913,010.83     8.000000  %      3,648.01
M-3   76110FDL4     2,815,100.00     2,782,539.35     8.000000  %      2,594.10
B-1   76110FDM2     1,407,600.00     1,391,319.09     8.000000  %      1,297.09
B-2   76110FDN0       439,800.00       434,713.09     8.000000  %        405.27
B-3   76110FDP5     1,055,748.52     1,043,537.22     8.000000  %        972.87

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  175,944,527.21   143,492,305.10                  2,806,298.59
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-I-1      96,003.25  1,159,412.95            0.00       0.00     11,070,707.51
A-I-2     114,074.98    747,477.72            0.00       0.00     17,389,412.95
A-I-3       7,889.45  1,001,813.62            0.00       0.00        430,603.88
A-I-4      44,052.32     44,052.32            0.00       0.00      7,100,000.00
A-I-5      64,161.90     64,161.90            0.00       0.00     10,137,000.00
A-I-6      36,105.00     36,105.00            0.00       0.00      5,558,000.00
A-I-7     112,771.27    112,771.27            0.00       0.00     16,926,000.00
A-I-8      45,865.38     45,865.38            0.00       0.00      6,884,000.00
A-I-9      74,814.41     74,814.41            0.00       0.00     11,229,000.00
A-I-10    149,915.31    149,915.31            0.00       0.00     22,501,000.00
A-II-1     57,663.15    112,146.11            0.00       0.00      8,600,260.78
A-II-2     30,148.30     30,148.30            0.00       0.00      4,525,000.00
A-P             0.00     44,864.83            0.00       0.00        959,204.80
A-V       104,428.30    104,428.30            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        52,147.63     59,444.48            0.00       0.00      7,819,614.35
M-2        26,070.85     29,718.86            0.00       0.00      3,909,362.82
M-3        18,538.96     21,133.06            0.00       0.00      2,779,945.25
B-1         9,269.81     10,566.90            0.00       0.00      1,390,022.00
B-2         2,896.32      3,301.59            0.00       0.00        434,307.82
B-3         6,952.67      7,925.54            0.00       0.00      1,042,564.35

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        1,053,769.26  3,860,067.85            0.00       0.00    140,686,006.51
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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-   508.810685  44.591148     4.025631    48.616779   0.000000    464.219537
A-I-   720.912628  25.336110     4.562999    29.899109   0.000000    695.576518
A-I-   115.131985  80.330087     0.637634    80.967721   0.000000     34.801898
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.204552     6.204552   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.329476     6.329476   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.496042     6.496042   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.662606     6.662606   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.662606     6.662606   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.662607     6.662607   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.662607     6.662607   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   775.375716   4.881111     5.166023    10.047134   0.000000    770.494605
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.662608     6.662608   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    907.938311  40.569397     0.000000    40.569397   0.000000    867.368914
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    988.433567   0.921494     6.585544     7.507038   0.000000    987.512073
M-2    988.433573   0.921494     6.585544     7.507038   0.000000    987.512079
M-3    988.433573   0.921495     6.585542     7.507037   0.000000    987.512078
B-1    988.433568   0.921490     6.585543     7.507033   0.000000    987.512077
B-2    988.433583   0.921487     6.585539     7.507026   0.000000    987.512096
B-3    988.433514   0.921498     6.585536     7.507034   0.000000    987.512018

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
29,521.12
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                        
0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       63,110.77
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      661.56


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    42   5,787,138.74

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     612,307.32

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      26,290.27


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,178,354.08

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     140,686,006.51

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,397

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       2

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 
76,940.43

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
2,669,475.43

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.17973040 %    10.12072500 %    1.99980720 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            87.56443550 %    10.31298192 %    2.05178540 %

      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                         
9.14730500
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
316.73

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                79.96043341


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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     3,138,261.57     7.050000  %  1,934,462.60
A-I-  76110FDR1    43,322,483.00    27,202,985.45     6.087500  %  1,837,739.44
A-I-  76110FDS9             0.00             0.00     2.912500  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDT7    13,330,948.00    13,330,948.00     7.125000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDU4    24,973,716.00    24,973,716.00     7.600000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDV2             0.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDW0     1,000,000.00     1,000,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDX8     9,539,699.00     9,539,699.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDY6    22,526,000.00    22,526,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDZ3    11,650,000.00    11,650,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FEA7    30,421,000.00    30,421,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FEB5     8,619,000.00     8,619,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FEC3    20,104,000.00    17,976,660.73     8.000000  %     88,356.47
A-P   76110FED1       601,147.92       506,336.84     0.000000  %        935.14
A-V   76110FGQ0             0.00             0.00     0.818084  %          0.00
R-I   76110FEE9           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FEF6           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FEG4     9,114,600.00     9,023,870.72     8.000000  %      8,169.29
M-2   76110FEH2     5,126,400.00     5,075,370.38     8.000000  %      4,594.72
M-3   76110FEJ8     3,645,500.00     3,609,211.65     8.000000  %      3,267.41
B-1                 1,822,700.00     1,804,556.33     8.000000  %      1,633.66
B-2                   569,600.00       563,930.04     8.000000  %        510.52
B-3                 1,366,716.75     1,353,112.07     8.000000  %      1,224.97

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  227,839,864.67   192,314,658.78                  3,880,894.22
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-I-1      18,422.55  1,952,885.15            0.00       0.00      1,203,798.97
A-I-2     137,888.16  1,975,627.60            0.00       0.00     25,365,246.01
A-I-3      65,971.13     65,971.13            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-4      79,089.22     79,089.22            0.00       0.00     13,330,948.00
A-I-5     158,040.43    158,040.43            0.00       0.00     24,973,716.00
A-I-6         494.88        494.88            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-7       6,411.54      6,411.54            0.00       0.00      1,000,000.00
A-I-8      61,164.14     61,164.14            0.00       0.00      9,539,699.00
A-I-9     150,053.28    150,053.28            0.00       0.00     22,526,000.00
A-I-10     77,604.58     77,604.58            0.00       0.00     11,650,000.00
A-I-11    202,644.54    202,644.54            0.00       0.00     30,421,000.00
A-I-12     57,414.07     57,414.07            0.00       0.00      8,619,000.00
A-II      119,748.60    208,105.07            0.00       0.00     17,888,304.26
A-P             0.00        935.14            0.00       0.00        505,401.70
A-V       131,003.16    131,003.16            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        60,111.05     68,280.34            0.00       0.00      9,015,701.43
M-2        33,808.75     38,403.47            0.00       0.00      5,070,775.66
M-3        24,042.18     27,309.59            0.00       0.00      3,605,944.24
B-1        12,020.76     13,654.42            0.00       0.00      1,802,922.67
B-2         3,756.52      4,267.04            0.00       0.00        563,419.52
B-3         9,013.54     10,238.51            0.00       0.00      1,351,887.09

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,408,703.08  5,289,597.30            0.00       0.00    188,433,764.55
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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-   156.084628  96.212463     0.916264    97.128727   0.000000     59.872165
A-I-   627.918429  42.419993     3.182831    45.602824   0.000000    585.498435
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.932753     5.932753   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.328270     6.328270   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.411540     6.411540   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.411538     6.411538   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.661337     6.661337   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.661337     6.661337   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.661337     6.661337   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.661338     6.661338   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   894.183283   4.394970     5.956456    10.351426   0.000000    889.788314
A-P    842.283277   1.555587     0.000000     1.555587   0.000000    840.727690
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    990.045720   0.896286     6.595029     7.491315   0.000000    989.149434
M-2    990.045720   0.896286     6.595028     7.491314   0.000000    989.149434
M-3    990.045714   0.896286     6.595029     7.491315   0.000000    989.149428
B-1    990.045718   0.896286     6.595029     7.491315   0.000000    989.149432
B-2    990.045716   0.896278     6.595014     7.491292   0.000000    989.149438
B-3    990.045721   0.896287     6.595031     7.491318   0.000000    989.149425

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1996-QS7 (POOL #
4228)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4228 
______________________________________________________________________________
_

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
39,731.08
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                      
182.61

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       55,160.49
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      635.07


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    32   3,982,896.39

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   11   1,434,241.93

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5     424,678.44


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        831,167.94

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     188,433,764.55

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,848

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                 
79,467.50

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
3,701,735.33

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.59349140 %     9.20806200 %    1.93516110 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.60701480 %     9.38919910 %    1.97853550 %

      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                         
9.12456000
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
319.12

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                82.70447528


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS8
(POOL # 4231)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4231 
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1   76110FEK5     4,000,000.00     3,253,983.03     7.400000  %    119,652.10
A-2   76110FEL3     4,074,824.00     2,288,796.20     7.300000  %    286,457.27
A-3   76110FEM1    13,128,206.00    13,128,206.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FEN9     3,765,148.00     3,765,148.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FEP4    10,500,000.00    10,500,000.00     7.400000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FEQ2     2,600,500.00     2,600,500.00     7.400000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FER0    31,579,563.00    26,383,355.36     6.187500  %    833,408.89
A-8   76110FES8             0.00             0.00     2.812500  %          0.00
A-9   76110FET6    32,965,000.00    20,079,174.41     0.000000  %  2,066,730.64
A-10  76110FEU3    20,953,719.00    20,703,381.05     7.400000  %     40,151.20
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       110,556.90     0.000000  %        282.14
A-15  76110FGR8             0.00             0.00     0.899143  %          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     6,611,337.80     7.750000  %      4,347.59
M-2   76110FFC2     4,440,700.00     4,407,591.61     7.750000  %      2,898.41
M-3   76110FFD0     3,108,500.00     3,085,324.06     7.750000  %      2,028.90
B-1                 1,509,500.00     1,498,245.68     7.750000  %        985.24
B-2                   444,000.00       440,689.70     7.750000  %        289.80
B-3                 1,154,562.90     1,132,811.07     7.750000  %        744.93

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  177,623,205.60   156,611,058.87                  3,357,977.11
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1        20,059.19    139,711.29            0.00       0.00      3,134,330.93
A-2        13,918.63    300,375.90            0.00       0.00      2,002,338.93
A-3        77,101.16     77,101.16            0.00       0.00     13,128,206.00
A-4        22,896.62     22,896.62            0.00       0.00      3,765,148.00
A-5        64,727.29     64,727.29            0.00       0.00     10,500,000.00
A-6        16,030.80     16,030.80            0.00       0.00      2,600,500.00
A-7       135,991.47    969,400.36            0.00       0.00     25,549,946.47
A-8        61,814.30     61,814.30            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9       122,889.12  2,189,619.76            0.00       0.00     18,012,443.77
A-10      127,626.08    167,777.28            0.00       0.00     20,663,229.85
A-11       90,223.56     90,223.56            0.00       0.00     13,975,000.00
A-12       12,912.14     12,912.14            0.00       0.00      2,000,000.00
A-13      133,298.18    133,298.18            0.00       0.00     20,646,958.00
A-14            0.00        282.14            0.00       0.00        110,274.76
A-15      117,305.29    117,305.29            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        42,683.25     47,030.84            0.00       0.00      6,606,990.21
M-2        28,455.72     31,354.13            0.00       0.00      4,404,693.20
M-3        19,919.06     21,947.96            0.00       0.00      3,083,295.16
B-1         9,672.78     10,658.02            0.00       0.00      1,497,260.44
B-2         2,845.12      3,134.92            0.00       0.00        440,399.90
B-3         7,313.50      8,058.43            0.00       0.00      1,132,066.14

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        1,127,683.26  4,485,660.37            0.00       0.00    153,253,081.76
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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    813.495758  29.913026     5.014798    34.927824   0.000000    783.582732
A-2    561.692039  70.299298     3.415762    73.715060   0.000000    491.392740
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.872940     5.872940   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.081201     6.081201   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.164504     6.164504   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.164507     6.164507   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    835.456633  26.390767     4.306313    30.697080   0.000000    809.065866
A-9    609.105852  62.694696     3.727867    66.422563   0.000000    546.411156
A-10   988.052815   1.916185     6.090856     8.007041   0.000000    986.136630
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456069     6.456069   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456070     6.456070   0.000000   1000.000000
A-13  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456069     6.456069   0.000000   1000.000000
A-14   954.519200   2.435923     0.000000     2.435923   0.000000    952.083278
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    992.544333   0.652693     6.407934     7.060627   0.000000    991.891639
M-2    992.544331   0.652692     6.407936     7.060628   0.000000    991.891639
M-3    992.544333   0.652694     6.407933     7.060627   0.000000    991.891639
B-1    992.544339   0.652693     6.407936     7.060629   0.000000    991.891646
B-2    992.544369   0.652703     6.407928     7.060631   0.000000    991.891667
B-3    981.160117   0.645205     6.334432     6.979637   0.000000    980.514914

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
32,325.29
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                        
0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       62,375.51
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    37   4,343,656.21

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     424,737.25

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         21   1,999,077.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,034,927.41

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     153,253,081.76

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,456

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                   
3,254,932.21

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.02495540 %     9.01227400 %    1.96277100 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.79170010 %     9.19719095 %    2.00448620 %

      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                         
8.97012118
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
339.38

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                86.27987612


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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    16,851,869.05     6.750000  %  2,439,365.51
A-2   76110FFF5    10,146,000.00     6,285,733.78     6.750000  %    573,968.37
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    27,168,846.75    11.000000  %    645,714.38
A-7   76110FFL2    17,652,000.00    17,652,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FFM0     5,655,589.00     5,655,589.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FFN8    19,068,000.00    19,068,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-10  76110FFP3    10,267,765.00    10,267,765.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-11  76110FFQ1    47,506,000.00    47,506,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-12  76110FFR9       212,947.62       210,582.68     0.000000  %        266.93
A-13  76110FFS7             0.00             0.00     0.960832  %          0.00
R     76110FFT5           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FFV0     9,377,000.00     9,325,370.12     7.500000  %      6,095.04
M-2   76110FFW8     6,251,000.00     6,216,581.92     7.500000  %      4,063.14
M-3   76110FFW8     4,375,700.00     4,351,607.34     7.500000  %      2,844.20
B-1                 1,624,900.00     1,615,953.28     7.500000  %      1,056.18
B-2                   624,800.00       621,359.84     7.500000  %        406.12
B-3                 1,500,282.64     1,492,022.07     7.500000  %        975.19

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  250,038,730.26   225,296,280.83                  3,674,755.06
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1        94,611.71  2,533,977.22            0.00       0.00     14,412,503.54
A-2        35,290.09    609,258.46            0.00       0.00      5,711,765.41
A-3       139,324.86    139,324.86            0.00       0.00     24,816,000.00
A-4        89,480.96     89,480.96            0.00       0.00     15,938,000.00
A-5        57,563.58     57,563.58            0.00       0.00     10,253,000.00
A-6       248,574.71    894,289.09            0.00       0.00     26,523,132.37
A-7        99,103.90     99,103.90            0.00       0.00     17,652,000.00
A-8        31,752.26     31,752.26            0.00       0.00      5,655,589.00
A-9       107,053.77    107,053.77            0.00       0.00     19,068,000.00
A-10       57,646.48     57,646.48            0.00       0.00     10,267,765.00
A-11      296,348.54    296,348.54            0.00       0.00     47,506,000.00
A-12            0.00        266.93            0.00       0.00        210,315.75
A-13      180,050.62    180,050.62            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        58,172.86     64,267.90            0.00       0.00      9,319,275.08
M-2        38,779.84     42,842.98            0.00       0.00      6,212,518.78
M-3        27,145.89     29,990.09            0.00       0.00      4,348,763.14
B-1        10,080.53     11,136.71            0.00       0.00      1,614,897.10
B-2         3,876.12      4,282.24            0.00       0.00        620,953.72
B-3         9,307.43     10,282.62            0.00       0.00      1,491,046.88

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        1,584,164.15  5,258,919.21            0.00       0.00    221,621,525.77
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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    506.701216  73.346729     2.844781    76.191510   0.000000    433.354487
A-2    619.528265  56.570902     3.478227    60.049129   0.000000    562.957364
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.614316     5.614316   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.614315     5.614315   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.614316     5.614316   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6    862.184310  20.491293     7.888344    28.379637   0.000000    841.693016
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     5.614316     5.614316   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     5.614315     5.614315   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     5.614316     5.614316   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10  1000.000000   0.000000     5.614316     5.614316   0.000000   1000.000000
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.238129     6.238129   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12   988.894264   1.253501     0.000000     1.253501   0.000000    987.640764
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    994.493987   0.649999     6.203782     6.853781   0.000000    993.843989
M-2    994.493988   0.649998     6.203782     6.853780   0.000000    993.843990
M-3    994.493987   0.649999     6.203782     6.853781   0.000000    993.843988
B-1    994.493987   0.649997     6.203785     6.853782   0.000000    993.843990
B-2    994.493982   0.650000     6.203777     6.853777   0.000000    993.843982
B-3    994.493991   0.649998     6.203784     6.853782   0.000000    993.843987

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
           RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES I, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS1 (POOL # 4237)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4237 
______________________________________________________________________________
_

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
46,950.47
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    
6,623.61

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       43,902.93
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      285.42


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    38   3,849,476.40

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     877,419.59

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     192,762.46


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        732,235.86

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     221,621,525.77

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,078

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       1

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 
31,363.52

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
3,527,423.12

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.50493310 %     8.83821600 %    1.65685120 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.33773290 %     8.97049911 %    1.68324710 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                         
8.78175978
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
344.06

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                88.63487890


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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    26,078,804.77     9.000000  %    296,198.21
A-2   76110FFZ1    37,000,000.00    26,154,682.90     7.250000  %    638,670.67
A-3   76110FGA5     5,200,000.00     5,200,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FGB3    18,200,000.00    18,200,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FGC1    10,000,000.00     8,270,903.25     7.250000  %    101,824.91
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       127,856.84     0.000000  %        108.75
A-10  76110FGH0             0.00             0.00     0.731348  %          0.00
R     76100FGJ6           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FGK3     4,931,600.00     4,908,306.48     7.750000  %      3,139.73
M-2   76110FGL1     4,109,600.00     4,090,189.04     7.750000  %      2,616.40
M-3   76110FGM9     2,630,200.00     2,617,776.72     7.750000  %      1,674.53
B-1                 1,068,500.00     1,063,453.13     7.750000  %        680.27
B-2                   410,900.00       408,959.19     7.750000  %        261.60
B-3                   821,738.81       817,857.48     7.750000  %        523.14

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,383,983.57   146,711,002.80                  1,045,698.21
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1       195,539.30    491,737.51            0.00       0.00     25,782,606.56
A-2       157,976.08    796,646.75            0.00       0.00     25,516,012.23
A-3        31,408.36     31,408.36            0.00       0.00      5,200,000.00
A-4       109,929.24    109,929.24            0.00       0.00     18,200,000.00
A-5        49,956.82    151,781.73            0.00       0.00      8,169,078.34
A-6        44,523.94     44,523.94            0.00       0.00      7,371,430.00
A-7        67,153.95     67,153.95            0.00       0.00     10,400,783.00
A-8       200,155.37    200,155.37            0.00       0.00     31,000,000.00
A-9             0.00        108.75            0.00       0.00        127,748.09
A-10       89,390.36     89,390.36            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        31,691.10     34,830.83            0.00       0.00      4,905,166.75
M-2        26,408.81     29,025.21            0.00       0.00      4,087,572.64
M-3        16,902.00     18,576.53            0.00       0.00      2,616,102.19
B-1         6,866.31      7,546.58            0.00       0.00      1,062,772.86
B-2         2,640.49      2,902.09            0.00       0.00        408,697.59
B-3         5,280.60      5,803.74            0.00       0.00        817,334.34

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,035,822.73  2,081,520.94            0.00       0.00    145,665,304.59
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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    838.315769   9.521434     6.285705    15.807139   0.000000    828.794334
A-2    706.883322  17.261369     4.269624    21.530993   0.000000    689.621952
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040069     6.040069   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040068     6.040068   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    827.090325  10.182491     4.995682    15.178173   0.000000    816.907834
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040068     6.040068   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456624     6.456624   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456625     6.456625   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9    979.282448   0.832939     0.000000     0.832939   0.000000    978.449509
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    995.276681   0.636655     6.426129     7.062784   0.000000    994.640026
M-2    995.276679   0.636656     6.426127     7.062783   0.000000    994.640023
M-3    995.276679   0.636655     6.426127     7.062782   0.000000    994.640024
B-1    995.276678   0.636659     6.426121     7.062780   0.000000    994.640019
B-2    995.276685   0.636651     6.426113     7.062764   0.000000    994.640034
B-3    995.276687   0.636650     6.426129     7.062779   0.000000    994.640061

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
30,627.10
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    
7,372.14

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       43,790.40
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    35   4,306,370.93

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     954,091.66

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             4
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        381,761.39

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     145,665,304.59

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,389

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                     
951,831.99

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.51286430 %     7.92469800 %    1.56243730 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.45081780 %     7.96953098 %    1.57265580 %

      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                         
8.80315309
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
345.64

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                88.61283285


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS3
(POOL # 4244)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4244 
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1   76110FGS6    32,109,000.00    23,534,993.35     7.250000  %  1,747,049.49
A-2   76110FGT4    26,579,000.00    26,579,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FGU1    16,821,000.00    16,821,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FGV9    23,490,000.00    23,490,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FGW7     7,138,000.00     7,138,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FGX5     1,000,000.00     1,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FGY3    15,374,000.00    12,924,283.82     9.500000  %    499,157.00
A-8   76110FGZ0    27,500,000.00    27,500,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FHA4       107,351.50       105,582.23     0.000000  %        111.07
A-10  76110FHB2             0.00             0.00     0.737554  %          0.00
R     76110FHC0           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FHD8     5,346,700.00     5,324,299.28     7.750000  %      7,026.85
M-2   76110FHE6     4,112,900.00     4,095,668.45     7.750000  %      5,405.34
M-3   76110FHF3     2,632,200.00     2,621,172.04     7.750000  %      3,459.35
B-1                 1,069,400.00     1,064,919.61     7.750000  %      1,405.45
B-2                   411,200.00       409,477.23     7.750000  %        540.42
B-3                   823,585.68       820,135.11     7.750000  %      1,082.38

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,514,437.18   153,428,531.12                  2,265,237.35
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1       142,088.95  1,889,138.44            0.00       0.00     21,787,943.86
A-2       166,000.02    166,000.02            0.00       0.00     26,579,000.00
A-3       105,056.11    105,056.11            0.00       0.00     16,821,000.00
A-4       151,597.82    151,597.82            0.00       0.00     23,490,000.00
A-5        46,066.63     46,066.63            0.00       0.00      7,138,000.00
A-6         6,453.71      6,453.71            0.00       0.00      1,000,000.00
A-7       102,244.12    601,401.12            0.00       0.00     12,425,126.82
A-8       177,477.23    177,477.23            0.00       0.00     27,500,000.00
A-9             0.00        111.07            0.00       0.00        105,471.16
A-10       94,234.08     94,234.08            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        34,361.52     41,388.37            0.00       0.00      5,317,272.43
M-2        26,432.28     31,837.62            0.00       0.00      4,090,263.11
M-3        16,916.30     20,375.65            0.00       0.00      2,617,712.69
B-1         6,872.69      8,278.14            0.00       0.00      1,063,514.16
B-2         2,642.65      3,183.07            0.00       0.00        408,936.81
B-3         5,292.92      6,375.30            0.00       0.00        819,052.73

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,083,737.03  3,348,974.38            0.00       0.00    151,163,293.77
=====================================================================
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS3
(POOL # 4244)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4244 
______________________________________________________________________________
_


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
______________________________________________________________________________
_
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED      
BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST      
FACTOR
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1    732.971857  54.409963     4.425206    58.835169   0.000000    678.561894
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.245533     6.245533   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.245533     6.245533   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.453717     6.453717   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.453717     6.453717   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.453710     6.453710   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    840.658503  32.467607     6.650457    39.118064   0.000000    808.190895
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.453717     6.453717   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9    983.518908   1.034639     0.000000     1.034639   0.000000    982.484269
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    995.810365   1.314241     6.426678     7.740919   0.000000    994.496125
M-2    995.810365   1.314241     6.426677     7.740918   0.000000    994.496124
M-3    995.810364   1.314243     6.426677     7.740920   0.000000    994.496121
B-1    995.810370   1.314242     6.426679     7.740921   0.000000    994.496129
B-2    995.810384   1.314251     6.426678     7.740929   0.000000    994.496133
B-3    995.810308   1.314241     6.426678     7.740919   0.000000    994.496076

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
31,762.27
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    
5,371.11

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       42,666.05
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    40   4,378,568.81

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     343,359.86

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      84,097.38


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             4
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        709,390.20

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     151,163,293.77

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,405

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                   
2,062,806.74

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                     
106,020.50

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.65001570 %     7.85344900 %    1.49653520 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.52233660 %     7.95513774 %    1.51697120 %

      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                         
8.80747164
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
347.90

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                91.88451565


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS4
(POOL # 4247)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4247 
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1   76110FHK2    43,231,010.00    33,276,664.98     7.250000  %  2,218,304.22
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    22,286,167.58    10.000000  %    492,956.44
A-5   76110FHP1    17,675,100.00    17,675,100.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FHQ9     7,150,100.00     7,150,100.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FHR7    52,000,000.00    52,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FHS5       155,284.33       154,514.61     0.000000  %        129.61
A-9   76110FHT3             0.00             0.00     0.745000  %          0.00
R     76110FHU0           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FHV8     7,186,600.00     7,160,999.89     7.750000  %      4,452.20
M-2   76110FHW6     4,975,300.00     4,957,576.98     7.750000  %      3,082.27
M-3   76110FHX4     3,316,900.00     3,305,084.53     7.750000  %      2,054.87
B-1                 1,216,200.00     1,211,867.65     7.750000  %        753.45
B-2                   552,900.00       550,930.46     7.750000  %        342.53
B-3                   995,114.30       991,569.51     7.750000  %        616.48

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  221,126,398.63   208,894,122.19                  2,722,692.07
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1       200,951.53  2,419,255.75            0.00       0.00     31,058,360.76
A-2       216,038.51    216,038.51            0.00       0.00     35,775,000.00
A-3       135,260.61    135,260.61            0.00       0.00     22,398,546.00
A-4       185,630.31    678,586.75            0.00       0.00     21,793,211.14
A-5       110,417.19    110,417.19            0.00       0.00     17,675,100.00
A-6        46,155.91     46,155.91            0.00       0.00      7,150,100.00
A-7       335,674.66    335,674.66            0.00       0.00     52,000,000.00
A-8             0.00        129.61            0.00       0.00        154,385.00
A-9       129,627.20    129,627.20            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        46,226.27     50,678.47            0.00       0.00      7,156,547.69
M-2        32,002.55     35,084.82            0.00       0.00      4,954,494.71
M-3        21,335.26     23,390.13            0.00       0.00      3,303,029.66
B-1         7,822.95      8,576.40            0.00       0.00      1,211,114.20
B-2         3,556.41      3,898.94            0.00       0.00        550,587.93
B-3         6,400.86      7,017.34            0.00       0.00        990,953.03

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,477,100.22  4,199,792.29            0.00       0.00    206,171,430.12
=====================================================================
==========

















































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


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
______________________________________________________________________________
_
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED      
BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST      
FACTOR
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1    769.740632  51.312801     4.648319    55.961120   0.000000    718.427831
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.038812     6.038812   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.038812     6.038812   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4    909.704695  20.122113     7.577290    27.699403   0.000000    889.582582
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.247048     6.247048   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.455282     6.455282   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.455282     6.455282   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8    995.043157   0.834662     0.000000     0.834662   0.000000    994.208495
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    996.437800   0.619514     6.432286     7.051800   0.000000    995.818285
M-2    996.437799   0.619514     6.432285     7.051799   0.000000    995.818284
M-3    996.437797   0.619515     6.432289     7.051804   0.000000    995.818282
B-1    996.437798   0.619512     6.432289     7.051801   0.000000    995.818287
B-2    996.437801   0.619515     6.432284     7.051799   0.000000    995.818285
B-3    996.437806   0.619517     6.432286     7.051803   0.000000    995.818296

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
43,335.19
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    
5,595.05

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       33,814.94
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    30   2,630,831.64

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     256,201.37

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     947,943.64


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        519,085.21

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     206,171,430.12

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,876

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                   
2,592,794.08

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.29152860 %     7.38894800 %    1.31952320 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.18193000 %     7.47633756 %    1.33612980 %

      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                         
8.81637576
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
348.69

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                93.23691400


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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    25,783,013.62     7.250000  %  1,570,367.05
A-2   76110FJA2    10,800,000.00    10,800,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FJB0    29,956,909.00    27,138,039.13    10.000000  %    588,887.64
A-4   76110FJC8    24,000,000.00    24,000,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FJD6    11,785,091.00    11,785,091.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FJE4    18,143,000.00    18,143,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FJF1     4,767,000.00     4,767,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FJG9             0.00             0.00     0.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FJH7    42,917,000.00    42,917,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-10  76110FJJ3       340,158.57       337,831.32     0.000000  %        350.47
A-11  76110FJK0             0.00             0.00     0.634135  %          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     6,706,265.72     8.000000  %      4,040.03
M-2   76110FJP9     4,330,000.00     4,314,729.66     8.000000  %      2,599.31
M-3   76110FJQ7     2,886,000.00     2,875,822.14     8.000000  %      1,732.47
B-1                 1,058,000.00     1,054,268.82     8.000000  %        635.12
B-2                   481,000.00       479,303.69     8.000000  %        288.75
B-3                   866,066.26       863,011.95     8.000000  %        519.90

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  192,360,424.83   181,964,377.05                  2,169,420.74
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1       155,711.49  1,726,078.54            0.00       0.00     24,212,646.57
A-2        65,224.50     65,224.50            0.00       0.00     10,800,000.00
A-3       226,061.95    814,949.59            0.00       0.00     26,549,151.49
A-4       144,943.33    144,943.33            0.00       0.00     24,000,000.00
A-5        71,173.76     71,173.76            0.00       0.00     11,785,091.00
A-6       120,906.06    120,906.06            0.00       0.00     18,143,000.00
A-7        31,767.58     31,767.58            0.00       0.00      4,767,000.00
A-8        26,812.65     26,812.65            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9       259,188.87    259,188.87            0.00       0.00     42,917,000.00
A-10            0.00        350.47            0.00       0.00        337,480.85
A-11       96,120.80     96,120.80            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        44,690.97     48,731.00            0.00       0.00      6,702,225.69
M-2        28,753.62     31,352.93            0.00       0.00      4,312,130.35
M-3        19,164.66     20,897.13            0.00       0.00      2,874,089.67
B-1         7,025.71      7,660.83            0.00       0.00      1,053,633.70
B-2         3,194.11      3,482.86            0.00       0.00        479,014.94
B-3         5,751.16      6,271.06            0.00       0.00        862,492.05

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        1,306,491.22  3,475,911.96            0.00       0.00    179,794,956.31
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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    774.264673  47.158170     4.676021    51.834191   0.000000    727.106504
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039306     6.039306   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3    905.902513  19.657824     7.546237    27.204061   0.000000    886.244689
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039305     6.039305   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039305     6.039305   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.664061     6.664061   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.664061     6.664061   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039305     6.039305   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10   993.158338   1.030314     0.000000     1.030314   0.000000    992.128024
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    996.473361   0.600302     6.640560     7.240862   0.000000    995.873059
M-2    996.473363   0.600303     6.640559     7.240862   0.000000    995.873060
M-3    996.473368   0.600301     6.640561     7.240862   0.000000    995.873067
B-1    996.473365   0.600302     6.640558     7.240860   0.000000    995.873062
B-2    996.473368   0.600312     6.640561     7.240873   0.000000    995.873056
B-3    996.473353   0.600277     6.640554     7.240831   0.000000    995.873054

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
37,726.28
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    
4,195.81

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       41,421.70
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    36   3,985,612.87

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8     740,947.06

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             4
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        572,538.75

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     179,794,956.31

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,679

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                   
2,059,725.59

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.02917370 %     7.65131400 %    1.31951220 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.92621450 %     7.72460251 %    1.33465640 %

      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                         
8.94798805
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
350.14

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                93.46774757


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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    39,232,075.01     7.500000  %    716,173.82
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    20,962,770.37     7.500000  %     65,401.65
A-6   76110FJW4       164,986.80       160,626.57     0.000000  %        560.38
A-7   76110FJX2             0.00             0.00     0.742989  %          0.00
R     76110FJY0           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1                 2,654,400.00     2,615,197.40     7.500000  %      8,159.14
M-2   76110FKA0     1,061,700.00     1,046,019.85     7.500000  %      3,263.47
M-3   76110FKB8       690,100.00       679,907.97     7.500000  %      2,121.24
B-1                   371,600.00       366,111.87     7.500000  %      1,142.23
B-2                   159,300.00       156,947.30     7.500000  %        489.66
B-3                   372,446.48       366,945.85     7.500000  %      1,144.84

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  106,172,633.28   102,061,602.19                    798,456.43
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1       245,022.05    961,195.87            0.00       0.00     38,515,901.19
A-2        97,947.43     97,947.43            0.00       0.00     15,683,000.00
A-3       117,077.25    117,077.25            0.00       0.00     18,746,000.00
A-4        12,778.20     12,778.20            0.00       0.00      2,046,000.00
A-5       130,921.98    196,323.63            0.00       0.00     20,897,368.72
A-6             0.00        560.38            0.00       0.00        160,066.19
A-7        63,146.19     63,146.19            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        16,333.09     24,492.23            0.00       0.00      2,607,038.26
M-2         6,532.86      9,796.33            0.00       0.00      1,042,756.38
M-3         4,246.33      6,367.57            0.00       0.00        677,786.73
B-1         2,286.54      3,428.77            0.00       0.00        364,969.64
B-2           980.21      1,469.87            0.00       0.00        156,457.64
B-3         2,291.74      3,436.58            0.00       0.00        365,801.01

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          699,563.87  1,498,020.30            0.00       0.00    101,263,145.76
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
______________________________________________________________________________
_
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED      
BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST      
FACTOR
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1    913.521050  16.676147     5.705352    22.381499   0.000000    896.844903
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.245452     6.245452   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.245452     6.245452   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.245455     6.245455   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    985.231488   3.073819     6.153216     9.227035   0.000000    982.157669
A-6    973.572249   3.396514     0.000000     3.396514   0.000000    970.175735
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    985.231088   3.073817     6.153214     9.227031   0.000000    982.157271
M-2    985.231092   3.073816     6.153207     9.227023   0.000000    982.157276
M-3    985.231082   3.073815     6.153210     9.227025   0.000000    982.157267
B-1    985.231082   3.073816     6.153229     9.227045   0.000000    982.157266
B-2    985.231011   3.073823     6.153233     9.227056   0.000000    982.157188
B-3    985.231086   3.073811     6.153206     9.227017   0.000000    982.157248

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
21,267.58
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    
5,333.02

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       13,495.67
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    16   1,286,994.29

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1      44,440.98

 (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                                                     101,263,145.76

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,252

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                     
479,986.06

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         94.86645720 %     4.26014100 %    0.87340190 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            94.84208620 %     4.27359958 %    0.87754820 %

      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                         
8.56114420
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
167.58

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                95.37593882


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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    77,511,964.66     7.500000  %  1,753,384.96
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    21,213,709.23     9.500000  %    250,483.57
A-8   76110FKP7       156,262.27       149,310.71     0.000000  %        123.35
A-9   76110FKQ5             0.00             0.00     0.782219  %          0.00
R     76110FKK8           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FKL6     6,697,000.00     6,681,489.69     7.750000  %      3,971.34
M-2   76110FKM4     3,827,000.00     3,818,136.62     7.750000  %      2,269.42
M-3   76110FKN2     2,870,200.00     2,863,552.59     7.750000  %      1,702.04
B-1                 1,052,400.00     1,049,962.64     7.750000  %        624.08
B-2                   478,400.00       477,292.02     7.750000  %        283.69
B-3                   861,188.35       859,193.82     7.750000  %        510.68

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  191,342,550.62   185,608,611.98                  2,013,353.13
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1       484,311.51  2,237,696.47            0.00       0.00     75,758,579.70
A-2       131,112.57    131,112.57            0.00       0.00     20,984,000.00
A-3        68,730.38     68,730.38            0.00       0.00     11,000,000.00
A-4        24,992.86     24,992.86            0.00       0.00      4,000,000.00
A-5       112,988.57    112,988.57            0.00       0.00     17,500,000.00
A-6       105,698.99    105,698.99            0.00       0.00     17,500,000.00
A-7       167,893.93    418,377.50            0.00       0.00     20,963,225.66
A-8             0.00        123.35            0.00       0.00        149,187.36
A-9       120,954.31    120,954.31            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        43,138.97     47,110.31            0.00       0.00      6,677,518.35
M-2        24,651.76     26,921.18            0.00       0.00      3,815,867.20
M-3        18,488.50     20,190.54            0.00       0.00      2,861,850.55
B-1         6,779.07      7,403.15            0.00       0.00      1,049,338.56
B-2         3,081.63      3,365.32            0.00       0.00        477,008.33
B-3         5,547.38      6,058.06            0.00       0.00        858,683.14

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,318,370.43  3,331,723.56            0.00       0.00    183,595,258.85
=====================================================================
==========

















































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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    939.641472  21.255470     5.871083    27.126553   0.000000    918.386002
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.248216     6.248216   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.248216     6.248216   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.248215     6.248215   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.456490     6.456490   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039942     6.039942   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    967.558004  11.424564     7.657648    19.082212   0.000000    956.133440
A-8    955.513509   0.789378     0.000000     0.789378   0.000000    954.724131
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    997.683991   0.593003     6.441537     7.034540   0.000000    997.090989
M-2    997.683987   0.593002     6.441536     7.034538   0.000000    997.090985
M-3    997.683991   0.593004     6.441537     7.034541   0.000000    997.090987
B-1    997.683998   0.593006     6.441534     7.034540   0.000000    997.090992
B-2    997.683988   0.592997     6.441534     7.034531   0.000000    997.090991
B-3    997.683979   0.593006     6.441541     7.034547   0.000000    997.090985

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

Run:     12/26/97     13:39:57                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS7 (POOL # 4255)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4255 
______________________________________________________________________________
_

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
38,477.41
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    
4,259.45

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       42,197.09
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    36   4,166,193.09

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8   1,160,507.52

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             1
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                         97,946.46

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     183,595,258.85

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,645

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   
1,903,008.27

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.50777160 %     7.20545100 %    1.28677750 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.41967660 %     7.27428158 %    1.30012600 %

      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                         
8.85255331
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
351.87

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                95.95108786


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS8
(POOL # 4256)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4256 
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1   76110FKU6    13,399,900.00    12,279,093.10     7.000000  %    964,499.44
A-2   76110FKV4    20,850,000.00    19,230,218.73     7.000000  %  1,393,762.62
A-3   76110FKW2    16,320,750.00    15,772,612.36    10.000000  %    471,652.41
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    25,286,343.88     7.500000  %    612,385.07
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        26,347.92     0.000000  %         19.87
A-12  76110FLF8             0.00             0.00     0.888726  %          0.00
R     76110FLG6           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FLH4     7,631,000.00     7,614,764.27     7.500000  %      4,607.48
M-2   76110FLJ0     4,361,000.00     4,351,721.53     7.500000  %      2,633.11
M-3   76110FLK7     3,270,500.00     3,263,541.68     7.500000  %      1,974.68
B-1                 1,199,000.00     1,196,449.00     7.500000  %        723.94
B-2                   545,000.00       543,840.46     7.500000  %        329.06
B-3                   981,461.72       979,373.58     7.500000  %        592.58

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  218,029,470.88   213,990,620.51                  3,453,180.26
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1        71,542.46  1,036,041.90            0.00       0.00     11,314,593.66
A-2       112,042.26  1,505,804.88            0.00       0.00     17,836,456.11
A-3       131,281.40    602,933.81            0.00       0.00     15,300,959.95
A-4       114,782.53    114,782.53            0.00       0.00     19,700,543.00
A-5       127,469.91    127,469.91            0.00       0.00     21,419,142.00
A-6        38,157.75     38,157.75            0.00       0.00      6,323,320.00
A-7        99,546.12     99,546.12            0.00       0.00     16,496,308.00
A-8       157,850.83    770,235.90            0.00       0.00     24,673,958.81
A-9        30,692.46     30,692.46            0.00       0.00      5,000,001.00
A-10      340,261.74    340,261.74            0.00       0.00     54,507,000.00
A-11            0.00         19.87            0.00       0.00         26,328.05
A-12      158,293.10    158,293.10            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        47,535.42     52,142.90            0.00       0.00      7,610,156.79
M-2        27,165.77     29,798.88            0.00       0.00      4,349,088.42
M-3        20,372.77     22,347.45            0.00       0.00      3,261,567.00
B-1         7,468.88      8,192.82            0.00       0.00      1,195,725.06
B-2         3,394.94      3,724.00            0.00       0.00        543,511.40
B-3         6,113.77      6,706.35            0.00       0.00        978,781.00

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        1,493,972.11  4,947,152.37            0.00       0.00    210,537,440.25
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS8
(POOL # 4256)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4256 
______________________________________________________________________________
_


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
______________________________________________________________________________
_
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED      
BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST      
FACTOR
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1    916.357070  71.978107     5.339029    77.317136   0.000000    844.378963
A-2    922.312649  66.847128     5.373729    72.220857   0.000000    855.465521
A-3    966.414678  28.898942     8.043834    36.942776   0.000000    937.515736
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.826364     5.826364   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.951215     5.951215   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.034449     6.034449   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.034448     6.034448   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8    972.625158  23.555051     6.071644    29.626695   0.000000    949.070107
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.138491     6.138491   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10  1000.000000   0.000000     6.242533     6.242533   0.000000   1000.000000
A-11   997.681108   0.752390     0.000000     0.752390   0.000000    996.928717
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    997.872398   0.603785     6.229252     6.833037   0.000000    997.268614
M-2    997.872399   0.603786     6.229252     6.833038   0.000000    997.268613
M-3    997.872399   0.603785     6.229252     6.833037   0.000000    997.268613
B-1    997.872394   0.603786     6.229258     6.833044   0.000000    997.268607
B-2    997.872404   0.603780     6.229248     6.833028   0.000000    997.268624
B-3    997.872418   0.603783     6.229250     6.833033   0.000000    997.268647

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
44,151.64
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                        
0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       50,043.57
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    41   4,683,236.30

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     769,634.07

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     377,422.80


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             4
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        683,211.40

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     210,537,440.25

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,834

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                   
3,323,696.64

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.61089360 %     7.11802400 %    1.27108280 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.47844050 %     7.22950378 %    1.29115150 %

      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                         
8.71339735
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
352.94

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                96.56375324


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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS9
(POOL # 4263)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4263 
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1   76110FLL5    53,750,000.00    49,727,523.12     6.750000  %  3,170,282.41
A-2   76110FLM3    17,420,000.00    17,420,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FLN1    22,971,538.00    22,240,178.58    10.000000  %    576,414.97
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     0.999363  %          0.00
R     76110FLV3           100.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FLW1     8,130,000.00     8,120,109.44     7.250000  %      4,992.11
M-2   76110FLX9     5,420,000.00     5,413,406.29     7.250000  %      3,328.07
M-3   76110FLY2     4,065,000.00     4,060,054.72     7.250000  %      2,496.06
B-1                 1,490,500.00     1,488,686.73     7.250000  %        915.22
B-2                   677,500.00       676,675.79     7.250000  %        416.01
B-3                 1,219,925.82     1,218,441.72     7.250000  %        749.08

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  271,005,025.82   266,225,538.39                  3,759,593.93
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1       279,652.59  3,449,935.00            0.00       0.00     46,557,240.71
A-2        97,964.83     97,964.83            0.00       0.00     17,420,000.00
A-3       185,291.93    761,706.90            0.00       0.00     21,663,763.61
A-4       213,756.78    213,756.78            0.00       0.00     38,010,000.00
A-5        96,522.13     96,522.13            0.00       0.00     17,163,462.00
A-6       181,069.13    181,069.13            0.00       0.00     29,977,000.00
A-7        97,036.92     97,036.92            0.00       0.00     16,065,000.00
A-8       330,070.49    330,070.49            0.00       0.00     54,645,000.00
A-9       221,661.92    221,661.92            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        49,047.64     54,039.75            0.00       0.00      8,115,117.33
M-2        32,698.43     36,026.50            0.00       0.00      5,410,078.22
M-3        24,523.82     27,019.88            0.00       0.00      4,057,558.66
B-1         8,992.07      9,907.29            0.00       0.00      1,487,771.51
B-2         4,087.30      4,503.31            0.00       0.00        676,259.78
B-3         7,359.72      8,108.80            0.00       0.00      1,217,692.64

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,829,735.70  5,589,329.63            0.00       0.00    262,465,944.46
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS9
(POOL # 4263)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4263 
______________________________________________________________________________
_


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
______________________________________________________________________________
_
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED      
BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST      
FACTOR
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1    925.163221  58.981998     5.202839    64.184837   0.000000    866.181223
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623699     5.623699   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3    968.162366  25.092572     8.066153    33.158725   0.000000    943.069794
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623699     5.623699   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.623698     5.623698   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040269     6.040269   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040269     6.040269   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040269     6.040269   0.000000   1000.000000
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    998.783449   0.614036     6.032920     6.646956   0.000000    998.169413
M-2    998.783448   0.614035     6.032921     6.646956   0.000000    998.169413
M-3    998.783449   0.614037     6.032920     6.646957   0.000000    998.169412
B-1    998.783449   0.614036     6.032922     6.646958   0.000000    998.169413
B-2    998.783454   0.614037     6.032915     6.646952   0.000000    998.169417
B-3    998.783451   0.614029     6.032924     6.646953   0.000000    998.169413

______________________________________________________________________________
_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
59,781.92
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    
2,136.94

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       57,851.28
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    72   7,011,621.09

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     453,815.78

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      70,000.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        117,000.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     262,465,944.46

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,435

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                   
3,595,922.80

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.12044990 %     6.60852100 %    1.27102920 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.01249590 %     6.69906119 %    1.28844290 %

      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                         
8.59861273
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
353.97

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                96.84910590


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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   198,347,544.81     7.250000  %  2,499,742.09
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    64,876,760.76     7.250000  %     40,425.82
A-5   7611OFMS9        76,250.57        76,179.64     0.000000  %         54.47
A-6   7611OFMT7             0.00             0.00     0.953385  %          0.00
R     7611OFMU4           100.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1   7611OFMV2    10,602,000.00    10,595,510.23     7.250000  %      6,600.56
M-2   7611OFMW0     6,524,000.00     6,520,006.48     7.250000  %      4,061.69
M-3   7611OFMX8     4,893,000.00     4,890,004.86     7.250000  %      3,046.27
B-1   7611OFMY6     1,794,000.00     1,792,901.84     7.250000  %      1,116.90
B-2   7611OFMZ3       816,000.00       815,500.50     7.250000  %        508.02
B-3   7611OFNA7     1,468,094.11     1,467,195.47     7.250000  %        914.01

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  326,202,444.68   324,524,604.59                  2,556,469.83
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1     1,197,696.21  3,697,438.30            0.00       0.00    195,847,802.72
A-2        60,383.72     60,383.72            0.00       0.00     10,000,000.00
A-3       151,822.79    151,822.79            0.00       0.00     25,143,000.00
A-4       391,750.00    432,175.82            0.00       0.00     64,836,334.94
A-5             0.00         54.47            0.00       0.00         76,125.17
A-6       257,690.16    257,690.16            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        63,979.63     70,580.19            0.00       0.00     10,588,909.67
M-2        39,370.23     43,431.92            0.00       0.00      6,515,944.79
M-3        29,527.67     32,573.94            0.00       0.00      4,886,958.59
B-1        10,826.21     11,943.11            0.00       0.00      1,791,784.94
B-2         4,924.29      5,432.31            0.00       0.00        814,992.48
B-3         8,859.48      9,773.49            0.00       0.00      1,466,281.46

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,216,830.39  4,773,300.22            0.00       0.00    321,968,134.76
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
______________________________________________________________________________
_
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED      
BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST      
FACTOR
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1    991.889027  12.500617     5.989395    18.490012   0.000000    979.388410
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.038372     6.038372   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.038372     6.038372   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4    999.387718   0.622736     6.034675     6.657411   0.000000    998.764982
A-5    999.069777   0.714355     0.000000     0.714355   0.000000    998.355422
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    999.387873   0.622577     6.034676     6.657253   0.000000    998.765296
M-2    999.387872   0.622577     6.034677     6.657254   0.000000    998.765296
M-3    999.387872   0.622577     6.034676     6.657253   0.000000    998.765295
B-1    999.387871   0.622575     6.034677     6.657252   0.000000    998.765295
B-2    999.387868   0.622574     6.034669     6.657243   0.000000    998.765294
B-3    999.387887   0.622576     6.034681     6.657257   0.000000    998.765304

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_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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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                      
67,537.39
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                   
14,308.97

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      127,430.31
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   136  15,724,831.38

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   10   1,142,295.76

 (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                                                     321,968,134.76

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,805

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                   
2,354,291.17

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.96139740 %     6.78244100 %    1.25616200 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.90260360 %     6.83043155 %    1.26534950 %

      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                         
8.53037403
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
355.10

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.70193802


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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4265 
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE      
DISTRIBUTION
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1   7611OFLZ4    99,650,000.00    99,297,852.69     7.000000  %  1,245,867.07
A-2   7611OFMD2        43,142.76        42,911.84     0.000000  %        232.24
A-3   7611OFME0             0.00             0.00     1.006882  %          0.00
R     7611OFMF7           100.00             0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
M-1   7611OFMG5     3,043,000.00     3,033,997.43     7.000000  %      9,022.36
M-2   7611OFMH3       892,000.00       889,361.06     7.000000  %      2,644.74
M-3   7611OFMJ9       419,700.00       418,458.34     7.000000  %      1,244.39
B-1   7611OFMK6       367,000.00       365,914.25     7.000000  %      1,088.14
B-2   7611OFML4       262,400.00       261,623.70     7.000000  %        778.00
B-3   7611OFMM2       263,388.53       262,609.30     7.000000  %        780.95

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                  104,940,731.29   104,572,728.61                  1,261,657.89
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1       578,779.02  1,824,646.09            0.00       0.00     98,051,985.62
A-2             0.00        232.24            0.00       0.00         42,679.60
A-3        87,674.25     87,674.25            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        17,684.31     26,706.67            0.00       0.00      3,024,975.07
M-2         5,183.83      7,828.57            0.00       0.00        886,716.32
M-3         2,439.08      3,683.47            0.00       0.00        417,213.95
B-1         2,132.81      3,220.95            0.00       0.00        364,826.11
B-2         1,524.93      2,302.93            0.00       0.00        260,845.70
B-3         1,530.68      2,311.63            0.00       0.00        261,828.35

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          696,948.91  1,958,606.80            0.00       0.00    103,311,070.72
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
______________________________________________________________________________
_
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED      
BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST      
FACTOR
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1    996.466158  12.502429     5.808119    18.310548   0.000000    983.963729
A-2    994.647538   5.383058     0.000000     5.383058   0.000000    989.264479
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    997.041548   2.964956     5.811472     8.776428   0.000000    994.076592
M-2    997.041547   2.964955     5.811469     8.776424   0.000000    994.076592
M-3    997.041553   2.964951     5.811484     8.776435   0.000000    994.076602
B-1    997.041553   2.964959     5.811471     8.776430   0.000000    994.076594
B-2    997.041540   2.964939     5.811471     8.776410   0.000000    994.076601
B-3    997.041519   2.964973     5.811491     8.776464   0.000000    994.076507

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_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                      
21,719.33
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    
4,150.25

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       13,377.58
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    13   1,166,984.26

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1     208,578.33

 (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                                                     103,311,070.72

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,104

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                     
950,606.10

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         94.99476390 %     4.15366300 %    0.85157260 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            94.94869100 %     4.19016598 %    0.85941120 %

      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                         
8.33189097
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
173.07

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.44706574


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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    57,575,000.00     7.000000  %  1,218,766.89
A-2   76110FNC3    22,405,757.00    22,405,757.00     9.000000  %    174,109.56
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    59,318,800.00     7.250000  %     39,966.20
A-8   76110FNH2             0.00             0.00     0.905349  %          0.00
R     76110FNJ8           100.00           100.00     7.250000  %        100.00
M-1   76110FNK5    10,433,600.00    10,433,600.00     7.250000  %      6,484.87
M-2   76110FNL3     4,471,600.00     4,471,600.00     7.250000  %      2,779.26
M-3   76110FNM1     4,471,500.00     4,471,500.00     7.250000  %      2,779.20
B-1   76110FNN9     1,639,600.00     1,639,600.00     7.250000  %      1,019.07
B-2   76110FNP4       745,200.00       745,200.00     7.250000  %        463.17
B-3   76110FNQ2     1,341,561.05     1,341,561.05     7.250000  %        833.84

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  298,104,002.05   298,104,002.05                  1,447,302.06
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1       335,560.41  1,554,327.30            0.00       0.00     56,356,233.11
A-2       167,896.20    342,005.76            0.00       0.00     22,231,647.44
A-3       366,153.52    366,153.52            0.00       0.00     62,824,125.00
A-4       139,063.31    139,063.31            0.00       0.00     24,294,118.00
A-5       156,945.93    156,945.93            0.00       0.00     26,000,000.00
A-6       136,319.87    136,319.87            0.00       0.00     22,583,041.00
A-7       358,070.95    398,037.15            0.00       0.00     59,278,833.80
A-8       224,710.17    224,710.17            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.60        100.60            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        62,981.19     69,466.06            0.00       0.00     10,427,115.13
M-2        26,992.29     29,771.55            0.00       0.00      4,468,820.74
M-3        26,991.68     29,770.88            0.00       0.00      4,468,720.80
B-1         9,897.26     10,916.33            0.00       0.00      1,638,580.93
B-2         4,498.31      4,961.48            0.00       0.00        744,736.83
B-3         8,098.17      8,932.01            0.00       0.00      1,340,727.21

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,024,179.86  3,471,481.92            0.00       0.00    296,656,699.99
=====================================================================
==========
______________________________________________________________________________
_



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
______________________________________________________________________________
_
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED      
BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST      
FACTOR
______________________________________________________________________________
_
A-1   1000.000000  21.168335     5.828231    26.996566   0.000000    978.831665
A-2   1000.000000   7.770751     7.493440    15.264191   0.000000    992.229249
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.828231     5.828231   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.724156     5.724156   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.036382     6.036382   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.036382     6.036382   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.673753     6.036382     6.710135   0.000000    999.326247
R     1000.000000 000.000000     6.000000  1006.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1   1000.000000   0.621537     6.036381     6.657918   0.000000    999.378463
M-2   1000.000000   0.621536     6.036383     6.657919   0.000000    999.378464
M-3   1000.000000   0.621536     6.036382     6.657918   0.000000    999.378464
B-1   1000.000000   0.621536     6.036387     6.657923   0.000000    999.378464
B-2   1000.000000   0.621538     6.036379     6.657917   0.000000    999.378462
B-3   1000.000000   0.621537     6.036378     6.657915   0.000000    999.378452

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_


DETERMINATION DATE       22-December-97 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        26-December-97 

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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                      
62,067.62
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                   
19,942.86

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       94,224.95
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   112  12,610,365.22

 (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                                                     296,656,699.99

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,626

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                   
1,262,019.42

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.24999970 %     6.49998000 %    1.25002050 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.21703010 %     6.52763166 %    1.25533820 %

      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                         
8.48527515
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                             
357.00

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                99.51449761


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