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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)
                     April 25, 1998


              RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC.
       (Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)
       
                          33-95932, 333-8733, 333-33493
                                   333-48327                          51-0368240

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

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

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





Item 5.  Other Events


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


Master Serviced by Residential Funding Corporation

1995-QS1  RALI  1996-QS1 RALI 1996-QS2 RALI 1996-QS3 RALI 1996-QS4 RALI 1996-QS6
RALI  1996-QS5  RALI  1996-QS7  RALI  1996-QS8  RALI 1997-QS1 RALI 1997-QS2 RALI
1997-QS3  RALI  1997-QS3 RALI 1997-QS4 RALI 1997-QS5 RALI 1997-QS6 RALI 1997-QS7
RALI 1997-QS8 RALI 1997-QS9 RALI  1997-QS10  RALI  1997-QS11 RALI 1997-QS12 RALI
1997-QS13 RALI 1998-QS1 RALI 1998-QS2 RALI  1998-QS3GR1  RALI  1998-QS3GR2  RALI
1998-QS4 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: April 25, 1997


               MONTHLY REPORTS- RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC.

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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    34,382,782.30     6.900000  %  7,994,928.11
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   158,167,917.93                  7,994,928.11
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       197,701.00  8,192,629.11            0.00       0.00     26,387,854.19
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         131,879.94    131,879.94            0.00       0.00      2,326,135.63

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,084,991.36  9,079,919.47            0.00       0.00    150,172,989.82
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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    416.760998  96.908220     2.396376    99.304596   0.000000    319.852778
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.083333     6.083333   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.250000     6.250000   0.000000   1000.000000


_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       31,687.32
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,158.18

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       69,367.90
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   12,314.04


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    33   3,762,042.86

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   10     975,862.64

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     555,834.61


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            22
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,097,208.48

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     150,172,989.82

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,697

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                      12

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,492,014.98

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    7,205,660.22

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.52932530 %     1.47067480 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.45102930 %     1.54897070 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.32894418
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              296.74

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                58.10309988

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


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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    32,006,414.82     6.250000  %  5,274,453.54
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    13,717,434.93     6.090000  %    479,449.16
R                           0.53     2,026,594.48     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  255,942,104.53   155,116,580.23                  5,753,902.70
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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     166,700.08  5,441,153.62            0.00       0.00     26,731,961.28
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       71,936.52    551,385.68            0.00       0.00     13,237,985.77
R         210,671.00    210,671.00            0.00       0.00      2,026,594.48

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,067,697.85  6,821,600.55            0.00       0.00    149,362,677.53
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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-   476.385182  78.505247     2.481173    80.986420   0.000000    397.879935
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   466.977017  16.321691     2.448905    18.770596   0.000000    450.655326


_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       32,618.21
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       77,330.25
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   14,433.98


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    33   3,957,060.13

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9   1,654,208.92

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     492,897.98


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            16
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      3,642,179.30

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     149,362,677.53

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,317

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               1,788,273.08

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,381,991.63

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.69350240 %     1.30649770 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.64317210 %     1.35682790 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.98905300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              308.09

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                58.35799381

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS2 (POOL # 4201)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4201 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FAS2    40,000,000.00             0.00     6.400000  %          0.00
A-2   76110FAT0    16,000,000.00     7,080,551.69     7.000000  %  5,092,685.76
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       133,052.38     0.000000  %        145.25
R                           0.00     1,819,114.18     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  181,911,418.00   134,766,129.25                  5,092,831.01
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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        41,303.22  5,133,988.98            0.00       0.00      1,987,865.93
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        145.25            0.00       0.00        132,907.13
R         113,152.30    113,152.30            0.00       0.00      1,819,114.18

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          916,393.50  6,009,224.51            0.00       0.00    129,673,298.24
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



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    442.534481 318.292860     2.581451   320.874311   0.000000    124.241621
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   747.455887   0.815979     0.000000     0.815979   0.000000    746.639907

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       27,586.90
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       53,265.24
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,974.88


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    26   3,388,450.80

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     857,751.25

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     110,907.58


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            12
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,295,837.57

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     129,673,298.24

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,278

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                 391,304.86

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,944,688.22

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.65016960 %     1.34983040 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.59715590 %     1.40284410 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.78524862
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              312.80

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                71.28375979

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS3 (POOL # 4211)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4211 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110FBC6    42,855,000.00             0.00     6.780000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBD4    26,000,000.00    14,956,249.69     7.150000  %  5,764,052.99
A-I-  76110FBE2    10,596,000.00    10,596,000.00     7.290000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBF9    25,000,000.00    18,918,446.15     7.250000  %     42,565.31
A-I-  76110FBG7    18,587,000.00    18,587,000.00     7.460000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBH5    21,696,000.00    21,696,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBJ1     8,047,000.00     8,047,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBK8    17,436,000.00    17,436,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBL6    25,145,000.00    25,145,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBM4    19,000,000.00    19,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBN2    15,875,562.00    15,875,562.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FBP7    20,551,438.00    16,341,909.49     7.750000  %    195,062.39
A-P   76110FBQ5     1,166,695.86     1,044,816.41     0.000000  %     27,888.90
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    12,266,914.01     7.750000  %     11,671.80
M-2   76110FBU6     5,568,000.00     5,451,744.17     7.750000  %      5,187.26
M-3   76110FBV4     4,176,000.00     4,088,808.15     7.750000  %      3,890.45
B-1                 1,809,600.00     1,771,816.85     7.750000  %      1,685.86
B-2                   696,000.00       681,468.02     7.750000  %        648.41
B-3                 1,670,738.96     1,584,380.20     7.750000  %      1,507.52
SPRE                        0.00             0.00     0.711564  %          0.00
A-V   7611OFHY2             0.00             0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,404,734.82   213,489,115.14                  6,054,160.89
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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      89,094.46  5,853,147.45            0.00       0.00      9,192,196.70
A-I-3      64,356.35     64,356.35            0.00       0.00     10,596,000.00
A-I-4     114,273.47    156,838.78            0.00       0.00     18,875,880.84
A-I-5     115,523.42    115,523.42            0.00       0.00     18,587,000.00
A-I-6     140,088.77    140,088.77            0.00       0.00     21,696,000.00
A-I-7      51,958.63     51,958.63            0.00       0.00      8,047,000.00
A-I-8     112,582.40    112,582.40            0.00       0.00     17,436,000.00
A-I-9     162,358.59    162,358.59            0.00       0.00     25,145,000.00
A-I-10    122,680.98    122,680.98            0.00       0.00     19,000,000.00
A-I-11    102,506.82    102,506.82            0.00       0.00     15,875,562.00
A-II      105,517.97    300,580.36            0.00       0.00     16,146,847.10
A-P             0.00     27,888.90            0.00       0.00      1,016,927.51
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        79,206.16     90,877.96            0.00       0.00     12,255,242.21
M-2        35,201.33     40,388.59            0.00       0.00      5,446,556.91
M-3        26,401.00     30,291.45            0.00       0.00      4,084,917.70
B-1        11,440.43     13,126.29            0.00       0.00      1,770,130.99
B-2         4,400.17      5,048.58            0.00       0.00        680,819.61
B-3        10,230.18     11,737.70            0.00       0.00      1,582,872.69
SPRED     126,564.46    126,564.46            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-V        23,909.14     23,909.14            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,498,294.73  7,552,455.62            0.00       0.00    207,434,954.26
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS3 (POOL # 4211)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4211 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
A-I-   575.240373 221.694346     3.426710   225.121056   0.000000    353.546027
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.073646     6.073646   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-   756.737846   1.702612     4.570939     6.273551   0.000000    755.035234
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.215281     6.215281   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456894     6.456894   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456894     6.456894   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456894     6.456894   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456894     6.456894   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456894     6.456894   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.456894     6.456894   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   795.171097   9.491423     5.134335    14.625758   0.000000    785.679674
A-P    895.534514  23.904170     0.000000    23.904170   0.000000    871.630344
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    979.120726   0.931620     6.322078     7.253698   0.000000    978.189106
M-2    979.120720   0.931620     6.322078     7.253698   0.000000    978.189100
M-3    979.120726   0.931621     6.322079     7.253700   0.000000    978.189104
B-1    979.120717   0.931620     6.322077     7.253697   0.000000    978.189097
B-2    979.120718   0.931624     6.322083     7.253707   0.000000    978.189095
B-3    948.311040   0.902307     6.123147     7.025454   0.000000    947.408736

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       44,213.49
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       48,759.72
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    3,716.92


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    33   4,402,937.59

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     550,008.21

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     149,602.58


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,102,723.35

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     207,434,954.26

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,950

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       3

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 465,022.04

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,845,552.32

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.40453450 %    10.21479100 %    1.89127440 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT           89.51977360 %     0.00000000 %   10.48022640 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            87.49114090 %    10.50291495 %    1.95420110 %

      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                          8.75429200
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              313.73

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                74.50841466

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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             0.00     6.850000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FBX0    26,945,000.00     9,978,044.64    11.000000  %  1,427,211.02
A-I-  76110FBY8    15,646,000.00    15,080,518.35     7.300000  %  6,116,171.90
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    10,556,443.69     7.250000  %    726,050.56
A-II  76110FCH4     8,580,000.00     8,580,000.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FCJ0     3,039,637.99     2,559,318.68     0.000000  %     78,809.71
A-V   76110FGN7             0.00             0.00     0.754448  %          0.00
R-I   76110FCK7           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FCL5           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FCM3    13,230,500.00    12,981,612.03     8.000000  %     13,642.12
M-2   76110FCN1     5,570,800.00     5,466,003.86     8.000000  %      5,744.11
M-3   76110FCP6     4,456,600.00     4,372,763.86     8.000000  %      4,595.25
B-1   76110FCR2     2,228,400.00     2,186,480.05     8.000000  %      2,297.73
B-2   76110FCS0       696,400.00       683,299.54     8.000000  %        718.07
B-3   76110FCT8     1,671,255.97     1,253,947.38     8.000000  %      1,317.75
STRI                        0.00             0.00     0.119421  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,535,793.96   208,234,432.08                  8,376,558.22
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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      90,704.61  1,517,915.63            0.00       0.00      8,550,833.62
A-I-3      90,976.74  6,207,148.64            0.00       0.00      8,964,346.45
A-I-4     202,922.95    202,922.95            0.00       0.00     32,740,000.00
A-I-5      63,779.29     63,779.29            0.00       0.00     10,023,000.00
A-I-6     177,253.26    177,253.26            0.00       0.00     26,811,000.00
A-I-7     119,305.97    119,305.97            0.00       0.00     18,046,000.00
A-I-8      60,122.38     60,122.38            0.00       0.00      9,094,000.00
A-I-9      67,989.72     67,989.72            0.00       0.00     10,284,000.00
A-I-10    179,783.86    179,783.86            0.00       0.00     27,538,000.00
A-II-1     63,248.01    789,298.57            0.00       0.00      9,830,393.13
A-II-2     54,242.53     54,242.53            0.00       0.00      8,580,000.00
A-P             0.00     78,809.71            0.00       0.00      2,480,508.97
A-V       129,829.42    129,829.42            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        85,824.21     99,466.33            0.00       0.00     12,967,969.91
M-2        36,136.93     41,881.04            0.00       0.00      5,460,259.75
M-3        28,909.28     33,504.53            0.00       0.00      4,368,168.61
B-1        14,455.28     16,753.01            0.00       0.00      2,184,182.32
B-2         4,517.44      5,235.51            0.00       0.00        682,581.47
B-3         8,290.12      9,607.87            0.00       0.00      1,252,629.64
STRIP      11,299.61     11,299.61            0.00       0.00              0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,489,591.61  9,866,149.83            0.00       0.00    199,857,873.87
===============================================================================



































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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-     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
A-I-   370.311547  52.967564     3.366287    56.333851   0.000000    317.343983
A-I-   963.857750 390.909619     5.814696   396.724315   0.000000    572.948131
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.198013     6.198013   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.363293     6.363293   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.611214     6.611214   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.611214     6.611214   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.611214     6.611214   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.611214     6.611214   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.528574     6.528574   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   658.912907  45.318679     3.947819    49.266498   0.000000    613.594228
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.321973     6.321973   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    841.981410  25.927335     0.000000    25.927335   0.000000    816.054075
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    981.188317   1.031111     6.486846     7.517957   0.000000    980.157206
M-2    981.188314   1.031110     6.486847     7.517957   0.000000    980.157204
M-3    981.188318   1.031111     6.486846     7.517957   0.000000    980.157207
B-1    981.188319   1.031112     6.486843     7.517955   0.000000    980.157207
B-2    981.188311   1.031117     6.486847     7.517964   0.000000    980.157194
B-3    750.302409   0.788479     4.960413     5.748892   0.000000    749.513937

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       42,466.70
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       54,963.94
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,880.56


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    37   4,001,528.48

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     783,854.60

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     382,340.39


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             9
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,600,319.72

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     199,857,873.87

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,082

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                 359,885.18

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    8,151,311.19

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         85.83162970 %    10.95898500 %    1.98032910 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            86.36328350 %    11.40630480 %    2.08706480 %

      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                          8.98412800
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              305.28

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                71.75303074

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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     8,463,529.11     9.500000  %    936,764.59
A-I-  76110FCV3    25,000,000.00    13,728,599.77     7.600000  %  1,477,895.57
A-I-  76110FCW1    12,373,000.00             0.00     6.650000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FCX9     7,100,000.00     3,708,824.37     7.450000  %  1,479,979.66
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     8,233,284.13     8.000000  %    157,385.91
A-II  76110FDF7     4,525,000.00     4,525,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-P   76110FDG5     1,105,878.69       955,178.83     0.000000  %     10,044.46
A-V   76110FGP2             0.00             0.00     0.867453  %          0.00
R     76110FDH3           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FDJ9     7,918,500.00     7,786,008.99     8.000000  %      7,731.73
M-2   76110FDK6     3,958,800.00     3,892,562.05     8.000000  %      3,865.42
M-3   76110FDL4     2,815,100.00     2,767,998.23     8.000000  %      2,748.70
B-1   76110FDM2     1,407,600.00     1,384,048.28     8.000000  %      1,374.40
B-2   76110FDN0       439,800.00       432,441.36     8.000000  %        429.43
B-3   76110FDP5     1,055,748.52     1,001,436.83     8.000000  %        994.46

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  175,944,527.21   130,113,911.95                  4,079,214.33
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      66,897.21  1,003,661.80            0.00       0.00      7,526,764.52
A-I-2      86,810.59  1,564,706.16            0.00       0.00     12,250,704.20
A-I-3           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-4      22,989.28  1,502,968.94            0.00       0.00      2,228,844.71
A-I-5      64,099.69     64,099.69            0.00       0.00     10,137,000.00
A-I-6      36,069.99     36,069.99            0.00       0.00      5,558,000.00
A-I-7     112,661.93    112,661.93            0.00       0.00     16,926,000.00
A-I-8      45,820.91     45,820.91            0.00       0.00      6,884,000.00
A-I-9      74,741.87     74,741.87            0.00       0.00     11,229,000.00
A-I-10    149,769.95    149,769.95            0.00       0.00     22,501,000.00
A-II-1     54,801.94    212,187.85            0.00       0.00      8,075,898.22
A-II-2     30,119.07     30,119.07            0.00       0.00      4,525,000.00
A-P             0.00     10,044.46            0.00       0.00        945,134.37
A-V        93,907.96     93,907.96            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        51,824.82     59,556.55            0.00       0.00      7,778,277.26
M-2        25,909.46     29,774.88            0.00       0.00      3,888,696.63
M-3        18,424.20     21,172.90            0.00       0.00      2,765,249.53
B-1         9,212.43     10,586.83            0.00       0.00      1,382,673.88
B-2         2,878.39      3,307.82            0.00       0.00        432,011.93
B-3         6,665.71      7,660.17            0.00       0.00      1,000,442.77

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          953,605.40  5,032,819.73            0.00       0.00    126,034,698.02
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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-   354.894713  39.280635     2.805150    42.085785   0.000000    315.614078
A-I-   549.143991  59.115823     3.472424    62.588247   0.000000    490.028168
A-I-     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
A-I-   522.369630 208.447839     3.237927   211.685766   0.000000    313.921790
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.323339     6.323339   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.489743     6.489743   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.656146     6.656146   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.656146     6.656146   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.656147     6.656147   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.656146     6.656146   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   737.617285  14.100153     4.909688    19.009841   0.000000    723.517131
A-II  1000.000000   0.000000     6.656148     6.656148   0.000000   1000.000000
A-P    863.728399   9.082787     0.000000     9.082787   0.000000    854.645612
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    983.268168   0.976413     6.544777     7.521190   0.000000    982.291755
M-2    983.268175   0.976412     6.544776     7.521188   0.000000    982.291763
M-3    983.268172   0.976413     6.544776     7.521189   0.000000    982.291759
B-1    983.268173   0.976414     6.544778     7.521192   0.000000    982.291759
B-2    983.268213   0.976421     6.544770     7.521191   0.000000    982.291792
B-3    948.556224   0.941948     6.313729     7.255677   0.000000    947.614656

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       26,672.80
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       59,688.11
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      872.90


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    32   4,752,600.47

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8   1,114,537.57

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      18,749.81


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            11
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,393,327.83

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     126,034,698.02

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,282

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       2

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 109,373.07

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,944,446.93

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         85.99713570 %    11.10301700 %    2.16573800 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            86.21199760 %    11.45099218 %    2.25049040 %

      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                          9.13583500
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              310.46

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                71.63320168

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS7 (POOL # 4228)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4228 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110FDQ3    20,106,154.00             0.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDR1    43,322,483.00    18,836,702.76     6.087500  %  2,014,885.36
A-I-  76110FDS9             0.00             0.00     2.912500  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDT7    13,330,948.00     8,040,486.03     7.125000  %  1,979,536.59
A-I-  76110FDU4    24,973,716.00    23,084,265.63     7.600000  %    706,977.23
A-I-  76110FDV2             0.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDW0     1,000,000.00     1,000,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDX8     9,539,699.00     9,539,699.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDY6    22,526,000.00    22,526,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FDZ3    11,650,000.00    11,650,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FEA7    30,421,000.00    30,421,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FEB5     8,619,000.00     8,619,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FEC3    20,104,000.00    16,284,547.35     8.000000  %    688,169.53
A-P   76110FED1       601,147.92       493,129.95     0.000000  %      3,423.97
A-V   76110FGQ0             0.00             0.00     0.807668  %          0.00
R-I   76110FEE9           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FEF6           100.00             0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FEG4     9,114,600.00     8,990,150.64     8.000000  %      8,574.25
M-2   76110FEH2     5,126,400.00     5,056,404.92     8.000000  %      4,822.49
M-3   76110FEJ8     3,645,500.00     3,595,724.88     8.000000  %      3,429.38
B-1                 1,822,700.00     1,797,813.13     8.000000  %      1,714.64
B-2                   569,600.00       561,822.78     8.000000  %        535.83
B-3                 1,366,716.75     1,331,105.04     8.000000  %      1,269.46

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  227,839,864.67   171,827,852.11                  5,413,338.73
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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      95,515.29  2,110,400.65            0.00       0.00     16,821,817.40
A-I-3      45,698.29     45,698.29            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-4      47,719.54  2,027,256.13            0.00       0.00      6,060,949.44
A-I-5     146,136.51    853,113.74            0.00       0.00     22,377,288.40
A-I-6         495.06        495.06            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-7       6,413.87      6,413.87            0.00       0.00      1,000,000.00
A-I-8      61,186.34     61,186.34            0.00       0.00      9,539,699.00
A-I-9     150,107.75    150,107.75            0.00       0.00     22,526,000.00
A-I-10     77,632.75     77,632.75            0.00       0.00     11,650,000.00
A-I-11    202,718.11    202,718.11            0.00       0.00     30,421,000.00
A-I-12     57,434.91     57,434.91            0.00       0.00      8,619,000.00
A-II      108,516.24    796,685.77            0.00       0.00     15,596,377.82
A-P             0.00      3,423.97            0.00       0.00        489,705.98
A-V       115,599.44    115,599.44            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        59,908.17     68,482.42            0.00       0.00      8,981,576.39
M-2        33,694.65     38,517.14            0.00       0.00      5,051,582.43
M-3        23,961.03     27,390.41            0.00       0.00      3,592,295.50
B-1        11,980.19     13,694.83            0.00       0.00      1,796,098.49
B-2         3,743.85      4,279.68            0.00       0.00        561,286.95
B-3         8,870.15     10,139.61            0.00       0.00      1,329,835.50

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,257,332.14  6,670,670.87            0.00       0.00    166,414,513.30
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS7 (POOL # 4228)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4228 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
A-I-   434.802012  46.509000     2.204751    48.713751   0.000000    388.293012
A-I-   603.144355 148.491809     3.579606   152.071415   0.000000    454.652545
A-I-   924.342442  28.308852     5.851613    34.160465   0.000000    896.033590
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413870     6.413870   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.413865     6.413865   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663755     6.663755   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663755     6.663755   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663756     6.663756   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     6.663756     6.663756   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II   810.015288  34.230478     5.397744    39.628222   0.000000    775.784810
A-P    820.313826   5.695724     0.000000     5.695724   0.000000    814.618101
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    986.346152   0.940716     6.572770     7.513486   0.000000    985.405436
M-2    986.346153   0.940717     6.572770     7.513487   0.000000    985.405437
M-3    986.346147   0.940716     6.572769     7.513485   0.000000    985.405431
B-1    986.346151   0.940714     6.572771     7.513485   0.000000    985.405437
B-2    986.346173   0.940713     6.572770     7.513483   0.000000    985.405460
B-3    973.943606   0.928839     6.490116     7.418955   0.000000    973.014711

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       35,454.30
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       48,447.01
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,074.75


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    36   3,875,195.53

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     315,168.72

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     219,513.14


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            13
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,614,304.32

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     166,414,513.30

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,693

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                 251,341.47

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,243,062.28

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.29766390 %    10.26741600 %    2.14792940 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            87.15522070 %    10.59129638 %    2.22222400 %

      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                          9.11148900
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              313.80

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                73.04012120

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS8 (POOL # 4231)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4231 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FEK5     4,000,000.00     2,704,031.39     7.400000  %    180,938.56
A-2   76110FEL3     4,074,824.00     1,314,254.90     7.300000  %    310,376.50
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     8,441,750.18     7.400000  %    738,885.24
A-6   76110FEQ2     2,600,500.00     2,600,500.00     7.400000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FER0    31,579,563.00    22,673,868.43     6.187500  %  1,216,821.70
A-8   76110FES8             0.00             0.00     2.812500  %          0.00
A-9   76110FET6    32,965,000.00    12,175,039.10     0.000000  %  2,552,705.63
A-10  76110FEU3    20,953,719.00    20,518,835.86     7.400000  %     60,716.86
A-11  76110FEV1    13,975,000.00    13,975,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-12  76110FEW9     2,000,000.00     2,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-13  76110FEX7    20,646,958.00    20,646,958.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-14  76110FEY5       115,824.70       109,809.04     0.000000  %     13,889.15
A-15  76110FGR8             0.00             0.00     0.899949  %          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     6,579,651.78     7.750000  %      4,500.41
M-2   76110FFC2     4,440,700.00     4,386,467.45     7.750000  %      3,000.29
M-3   76110FFD0     3,108,500.00     3,070,537.09     7.750000  %      2,100.21
B-1                 1,509,500.00     1,491,065.07     7.750000  %      1,019.87
B-2                   444,000.00       438,577.61     7.750000  %        299.98
B-3                 1,154,562.90     1,082,546.53     7.750000  %        740.46

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  177,623,205.60   141,102,246.43                  5,085,994.86
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        16,617.44    197,556.00            0.00       0.00      2,523,092.83
A-2         7,967.52    318,344.02            0.00       0.00      1,003,878.40
A-3        76,862.62     76,862.62            0.00       0.00     13,128,206.00
A-4        22,825.78     22,825.78            0.00       0.00      3,765,148.00
A-5        51,878.20    790,763.44            0.00       0.00      7,702,864.94
A-6        15,981.20     15,981.20            0.00       0.00      2,600,500.00
A-7       116,509.54  1,333,331.24            0.00       0.00     21,457,046.73
A-8        52,958.89     52,958.89            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9        74,311.96  2,627,017.59            0.00       0.00      9,622,333.47
A-10      126,097.10    186,813.96            0.00       0.00     20,458,119.00
A-11       89,944.41     89,944.41            0.00       0.00     13,975,000.00
A-12       12,872.19     12,872.19            0.00       0.00      2,000,000.00
A-13      132,885.76    132,885.76            0.00       0.00     20,646,958.00
A-14            0.00     13,889.15            0.00       0.00         95,919.89
A-15      105,456.26    105,456.26            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        42,347.25     46,847.66            0.00       0.00      6,575,151.37
M-2        28,231.72     31,232.01            0.00       0.00      4,383,467.16
M-3        19,762.26     21,862.47            0.00       0.00      3,068,436.88
B-1         9,596.64     10,616.51            0.00       0.00      1,490,045.20
B-2         2,822.73      3,122.71            0.00       0.00        438,277.63
B-3         6,967.37      7,707.83            0.00       0.00      1,081,806.07

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,012,896.84  6,098,891.70            0.00       0.00    136,016,251.57
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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    676.007848  45.234641     4.154360    49.389001   0.000000    630.773207
A-2    322.530470  76.169302     1.955304    78.124606   0.000000    246.361168
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.854769     5.854769   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.062386     6.062386   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    803.976208  70.370023     4.940781    75.310804   0.000000    733.606185
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.145434     6.145434   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    717.991836  38.531936     3.689397    42.221333   0.000000    679.459900
A-9    369.332295  77.436846     2.254268    79.691114   0.000000    291.895449
A-10   979.245539   2.897665     6.017886     8.915551   0.000000    976.347874
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.436094     6.436094   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12  1000.000000   0.000000     6.436095     6.436095   0.000000   1000.000000
A-13  1000.000000   0.000000     6.436094     6.436094   0.000000   1000.000000
A-14   948.062374 119.915269     0.000000   119.915269   0.000000    828.147105
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    987.787386   0.675636     6.357491     7.033127   0.000000    987.111751
M-2    987.787387   0.675634     6.357493     7.033127   0.000000    987.111753
M-3    987.787386   0.675635     6.357491     7.033126   0.000000    987.111752
B-1    987.787393   0.675634     6.357496     7.033130   0.000000    987.111759
B-2    987.787410   0.675631     6.357500     7.033131   0.000000    987.111779
B-3    937.624559   0.641325     6.034639     6.675964   0.000000    936.983223

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       28,872.52
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       53,490.01
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      501.32


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    25   3,259,737.51

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     796,186.05

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      77,701.87


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            26
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,538,755.61

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     136,016,251.56

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,339

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       1

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                  63,174.99

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,989,437.88

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.90797160 %     9.95560900 %    2.13641900 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            87.46531580 %    10.31277899 %    2.21462740 %

      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                          8.97572468
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              334.19

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                76.57572168

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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     7,150,911.37     6.750000  %  4,057,728.71
A-2   76110FFF5    10,146,000.00     4,003,155.44     6.750000  %    954,759.72
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    24,600,946.26    11.000000  %  1,074,104.63
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       205,596.23     0.000000  %     20,197.50
A-13  76110FFS7             0.00             0.00     0.954020  %          0.00
R     76110FFT5           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FFV0     9,377,000.00     9,300,710.38     7.500000  %      6,205.82
M-2   76110FFW8     6,251,000.00     6,200,142.98     7.500000  %      4,136.99
M-3   76110FFW8     4,375,700.00     4,340,100.07     7.500000  %      2,895.90
B-1                 1,624,900.00     1,611,680.10     7.500000  %      1,075.38
B-2                   624,800.00       619,716.74     7.500000  %        413.50
B-3                 1,500,282.64     1,479,764.63     7.500000  %        987.37

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  250,038,730.26   210,669,078.20                  6,122,505.52
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        40,109.76  4,097,838.47            0.00       0.00      3,093,182.66
A-2        22,453.87    977,213.59            0.00       0.00      3,048,395.72
A-3       139,193.97    139,193.97            0.00       0.00     24,816,000.00
A-4        89,396.90     89,396.90            0.00       0.00     15,938,000.00
A-5        57,509.51     57,509.51            0.00       0.00     10,253,000.00
A-6       224,868.89  1,298,973.52            0.00       0.00     23,526,841.63
A-7        99,010.80     99,010.80            0.00       0.00     17,652,000.00
A-8        31,722.44     31,722.44            0.00       0.00      5,655,589.00
A-9       106,953.20    106,953.20            0.00       0.00     19,068,000.00
A-10       57,592.32     57,592.32            0.00       0.00     10,267,765.00
A-11      296,070.14    296,070.14            0.00       0.00     47,506,000.00
A-12            0.00     20,197.50            0.00       0.00        185,398.73
A-13      167,010.28    167,010.28            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        57,964.52     64,170.34            0.00       0.00      9,294,504.56
M-2        38,640.95     42,777.94            0.00       0.00      6,196,005.99
M-3        27,048.67     29,944.57            0.00       0.00      4,337,204.17
B-1        10,044.42     11,119.80            0.00       0.00      1,610,604.72
B-2         3,862.24      4,275.74            0.00       0.00        619,303.24
B-3         9,222.29     10,209.66            0.00       0.00      1,478,777.26

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,478,675.17  7,601,180.69            0.00       0.00    204,546,572.68
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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    215.013271 122.007598     1.206018   123.213616   0.000000     93.005673
A-2    394.555040  94.102082     2.213076    96.315158   0.000000    300.452959
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.609041     5.609041   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.609041     5.609041   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.609042     5.609042   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6    780.693787  34.085958     7.136057    41.222015   0.000000    746.607830
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     5.609041     5.609041   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     5.609043     5.609043   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     5.609041     5.609041   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10  1000.000000   0.000000     5.609042     5.609042   0.000000   1000.000000
A-11  1000.000000   0.000000     6.232268     6.232268   0.000000   1000.000000
A-12   965.477942  94.847268     0.000000    94.847268   0.000000    870.630674
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    991.864176   0.661813     6.181563     6.843376   0.000000    991.202363
M-2    991.864179   0.661813     6.181563     6.843376   0.000000    991.202366
M-3    991.864175   0.661814     6.181564     6.843378   0.000000    991.202361
B-1    991.864176   0.661813     6.181562     6.843375   0.000000    991.202363
B-2    991.864181   0.661812     6.181562     6.843374   0.000000    991.202369
B-3    986.323904   0.658116     6.147035     6.805151   0.000000    985.665781

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       43,403.94
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       43,522.91
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,781.08


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    41   4,267,643.14

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1     118,957.69

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     553,794.71


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        589,528.27

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     204,546,572.68

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,949

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       2

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 224,592.48

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,981,879.41

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.80940550 %     9.42726700 %    1.76332800 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.48293960 %     9.69349643 %    1.81477000 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.77508715
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              338.96

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                81.80595561

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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    23,978,558.49     9.000000  %  1,460,049.87
A-2   76110FFZ1    37,000,000.00    21,626,074.53     7.250000  %  3,148,199.39
A-3   76110FGA5     5,200,000.00     5,200,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FGB3    18,200,000.00    18,200,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FGC1    10,000,000.00     7,548,895.57     7.250000  %    501,925.52
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       127,385.79     0.000000  %        108.50
A-10  76110FGH0             0.00             0.00     0.726699  %          0.00
R     76100FGJ6           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FGK3     4,931,600.00     4,895,591.86     7.750000  %      3,200.59
M-2   76110FGL1     4,109,600.00     4,079,593.70     7.750000  %      2,667.12
M-3   76110FGM9     2,630,200.00     2,610,995.55     7.750000  %      1,706.99
B-1                 1,068,500.00     1,060,698.32     7.750000  %        693.45
B-2                   410,900.00       407,899.81     7.750000  %        266.67
B-3                   821,738.81       815,738.92     7.750000  %        533.32

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,383,983.57   139,323,645.54                  5,119,351.42
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       178,756.04  1,638,805.91            0.00       0.00     22,518,508.62
A-2       129,870.59  3,278,069.98            0.00       0.00     18,477,875.14
A-3        31,227.45     31,227.45            0.00       0.00      5,200,000.00
A-4       109,296.06    109,296.06            0.00       0.00     18,200,000.00
A-5        45,333.22    547,258.74            0.00       0.00      7,046,970.05
A-6        44,267.49     44,267.49            0.00       0.00      7,371,430.00
A-7        66,767.15     66,767.15            0.00       0.00     10,400,783.00
A-8       199,002.50    199,002.50            0.00       0.00     31,000,000.00
A-9             0.00        108.50            0.00       0.00        127,277.29
A-10       83,863.75     83,863.75            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        31,426.93     34,627.52            0.00       0.00      4,892,391.27
M-2        26,188.69     28,855.81            0.00       0.00      4,076,926.58
M-3        16,761.12     18,468.11            0.00       0.00      2,609,288.56
B-1         6,809.08      7,502.53            0.00       0.00      1,060,004.87
B-2         2,618.48      2,885.15            0.00       0.00        407,633.14
B-3         5,236.58      5,769.90            0.00       0.00        815,205.60

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          977,425.13  6,096,776.55            0.00       0.00    134,204,294.12
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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    770.802338  46.934008     5.746199    52.680207   0.000000    723.868330
A-2    584.488501  85.086470     3.510016    88.596486   0.000000    499.402031
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.005279     6.005279   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.005278     6.005278   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    754.889557  50.192552     4.533322    54.725874   0.000000    704.697005
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.005278     6.005278   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.419435     6.419435   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.419435     6.419435   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9    975.674577   0.831024     0.000000     0.831024   0.000000    974.843553
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    992.698487   0.648996     6.372563     7.021559   0.000000    992.049491
M-2    992.698486   0.648997     6.372564     7.021561   0.000000    992.049489
M-3    992.698483   0.648996     6.372565     7.021561   0.000000    992.049487
B-1    992.698474   0.648994     6.372560     7.021554   0.000000    992.049481
B-2    992.698491   0.648990     6.372548     7.021538   0.000000    992.049501
B-3    992.698544   0.649002     6.372560     7.021562   0.000000    992.049530

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

Run:     04/26/98     12:23:35                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1997-QS2 (POOL # 4240)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4240 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       28,501.87
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       34,030.10
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,537.89


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    24   2,811,539.87

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     637,052.30

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        900,000.54

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     134,204,294.12

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,308

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                 200,530.38

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,028,245.51

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.03527960 %     8.32363000 %    1.64109080 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.66157630 %     8.62759756 %    1.70263600 %

      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                          8.79226189
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              340.51

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                81.64073604

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS3 (POOL # 4244)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4244 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FGS6    32,109,000.00    16,838,059.64     7.250000  %  4,078,367.92
A-2   76110FGT4    26,579,000.00    26,579,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FGU1    16,821,000.00    16,821,000.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FGV9    23,490,000.00    23,490,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FGW7     7,138,000.00     7,138,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FGX5     1,000,000.00     1,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FGY3    15,374,000.00    11,010,874.19     9.500000  %  1,165,247.98
A-8   76110FGZ0    27,500,000.00    27,500,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-9   76110FHA4       107,351.50       105,157.41     0.000000  %        880.27
A-10  76110FHB2             0.00             0.00     0.734443  %          0.00
R     76110FHC0           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FHD8     5,346,700.00     5,307,000.76     7.750000  %      3,389.58
M-2   76110FHE6     4,112,900.00     4,082,361.72     7.750000  %      2,607.40
M-3   76110FHF3     2,632,200.00     2,612,655.90     7.750000  %      1,668.70
B-1                 1,069,400.00     1,061,459.71     7.750000  %        677.95
B-2                   411,200.00       408,146.85     7.750000  %        260.68
B-3                   823,585.68       817,470.53     7.750000  %        522.13

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,514,437.18   144,771,186.71                  5,253,622.61
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       101,104.88  4,179,472.80            0.00       0.00     12,759,691.72
A-2       165,098.07    165,098.07            0.00       0.00     26,579,000.00
A-3       104,485.30    104,485.30            0.00       0.00     16,821,000.00
A-4       150,774.13    150,774.13            0.00       0.00     23,490,000.00
A-5        45,816.33     45,816.33            0.00       0.00      7,138,000.00
A-6         6,418.65      6,418.65            0.00       0.00      1,000,000.00
A-7        86,633.83  1,251,881.81            0.00       0.00      9,845,626.21
A-8       176,512.92    176,512.92            0.00       0.00     27,500,000.00
A-9             0.00        880.27            0.00       0.00        104,277.14
A-10       88,060.76     88,060.76            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        34,063.79     37,453.37            0.00       0.00      5,303,611.18
M-2        26,203.25     28,810.65            0.00       0.00      4,079,754.32
M-3        16,769.73     18,438.43            0.00       0.00      2,610,987.20
B-1         6,813.14      7,491.09            0.00       0.00      1,060,781.76
B-2         2,619.75      2,880.43            0.00       0.00        407,886.17
B-3         5,247.06      5,769.19            0.00       0.00        816,948.40

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        1,016,621.59  6,270,244.20            0.00       0.00    139,517,564.10
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS3 (POOL # 4244)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4244 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    524.403116 127.016348     3.148802   130.165150   0.000000    397.386768
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.211598     6.211598   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.211599     6.211599   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.418652     6.418652   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.418651     6.418651   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.418650     6.418650   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    716.201001  75.793416     5.635087    81.428503   0.000000    640.407585
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.418652     6.418652   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9    979.561627   8.199885     0.000000     8.199885   0.000000    971.361742
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    992.575001   0.633957     6.370993     7.004950   0.000000    991.941044
M-2    992.575001   0.633957     6.370991     7.004948   0.000000    991.941044
M-3    992.574994   0.633956     6.370994     7.004950   0.000000    991.941038
B-1    992.575005   0.633954     6.370993     7.004947   0.000000    991.941051
B-2    992.575024   0.633949     6.370987     7.004936   0.000000    991.941075
B-3    992.574968   0.633960     6.370995     7.004955   0.000000    991.940993

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       29,533.44
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       34,937.26
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    26   2,697,859.06

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     633,883.85

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     245,311.03


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        950,478.11

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     139,517,564.10

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,315

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,161,142.93

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.12270150 %     8.29636300 %    1.58093580 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.75709610 %     8.59701986 %    1.63945370 %

      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                          8.80667957
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              342.99

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                84.80566599

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS4 (POOL # 4247)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4247 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FHK2    43,231,010.00    21,217,987.28     7.250000  %  5,131,024.83
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    19,606,461.72    10.000000  %  1,140,227.61
A-5   76110FHP1    17,675,100.00    17,675,100.00     7.500000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FHQ9     7,150,100.00     7,150,100.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-7   76110FHR7    52,000,000.00    52,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FHS5       155,284.33       153,386.06     0.000000  %        136.06
A-9   76110FHT3             0.00             0.00     0.744336  %          0.00
R     76110FHU0           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FHV8     7,186,600.00     7,143,044.05     7.750000  %      8,619.29
M-2   76110FHW6     4,975,300.00     4,945,146.11     7.750000  %      5,967.16
M-3   76110FHX4     3,316,900.00     3,296,797.20     7.750000  %      3,978.15
B-1                 1,216,200.00     1,208,828.96     7.750000  %      1,458.66
B-2                   552,900.00       549,549.03     7.750000  %        663.12
B-3                   995,114.30       989,083.22     7.750000  %      1,193.49

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  221,126,398.63   194,109,029.63                  6,293,268.37
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       128,112.00  5,259,136.83            0.00       0.00     16,086,962.45
A-2       216,005.73    216,005.73            0.00       0.00     35,775,000.00
A-3       135,240.09    135,240.09            0.00       0.00     22,398,546.00
A-4       163,285.20  1,303,512.81            0.00       0.00     18,466,234.11
A-5       110,400.43    110,400.43            0.00       0.00     17,675,100.00
A-6        46,148.91     46,148.91            0.00       0.00      7,150,100.00
A-7       335,623.72    335,623.72            0.00       0.00     52,000,000.00
A-8             0.00        136.06            0.00       0.00        153,250.00
A-9       120,326.87    120,326.87            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        46,103.37     54,722.66            0.00       0.00      7,134,424.76
M-2        31,917.47     37,884.63            0.00       0.00      4,939,178.95
M-3        21,278.53     25,256.68            0.00       0.00      3,292,819.05
B-1         7,802.15      9,260.81            0.00       0.00      1,207,370.30
B-2         3,546.95      4,210.07            0.00       0.00        548,885.91
B-3         6,383.84      7,577.33            0.00       0.00        987,889.73

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,372,175.26  7,665,443.63            0.00       0.00    187,815,761.26
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS4 (POOL # 4247)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4247 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    490.804801 118.688525     2.963428   121.651953   0.000000    372.116276
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.037896     6.037896   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.037896     6.037896   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4    800.321105  46.543238     6.665180    53.208418   0.000000    753.777867
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.246099     6.246099   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.454303     6.454303   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.454302     6.454302   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8    987.775521   0.876199     0.000000     0.876199   0.000000    986.899322
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    993.939283   1.199356     6.415185     7.614541   0.000000    992.739927
M-2    993.939282   1.199357     6.415185     7.614542   0.000000    992.739925
M-3    993.939281   1.199358     6.415186     7.614544   0.000000    992.739923
B-1    993.939286   1.199359     6.415187     7.614546   0.000000    992.739928
B-2    993.939284   1.199349     6.415175     7.614524   0.000000    992.739935
B-3    993.939309   1.199360     6.415183     7.614543   0.000000    992.739958

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       39,907.54
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       36,677.42
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    31   2,925,787.35

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     441,548.93

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             7
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,355,832.18

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     187,815,761.26

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,747

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    6,059,106.40

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      110,930.26

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.65123950 %     7.93221900 %    1.41654100 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.34939450 %     8.18164709 %    1.46227710 %

      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                          8.81568518
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              343.74

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                84.93592914

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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    16,346,181.26     7.250000  %  4,285,155.95
A-2   76110FJA2    10,800,000.00    10,800,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FJB0    29,956,909.00    23,599,227.01    10.000000  %  1,606,933.47
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       329,924.04     0.000000  %     46,262.08
A-11  76110FJK0             0.00             0.00     0.628156  %          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     6,691,551.54     8.000000  %      4,099.77
M-2   76110FJP9     4,330,000.00     4,305,262.74     8.000000  %      2,637.74
M-3   76110FJQ7     2,886,000.00     2,869,512.31     8.000000  %      1,758.09
B-1                 1,058,000.00     1,051,955.65     8.000000  %        644.51
B-2                   481,000.00       478,252.05     8.000000  %        293.01
B-3                   866,066.26       861,118.41     8.000000  %        527.59

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  192,360,424.83   168,945,076.01                  5,948,312.21
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        98,544.85  4,383,700.80            0.00       0.00     12,061,025.31
A-2        65,109.05     65,109.05            0.00       0.00     10,800,000.00
A-3       196,235.42  1,803,168.89            0.00       0.00     21,992,293.54
A-4       144,686.78    144,686.78            0.00       0.00     24,000,000.00
A-5        71,047.79     71,047.79            0.00       0.00     11,785,091.00
A-6       120,692.06    120,692.06            0.00       0.00     18,143,000.00
A-7        31,711.35     31,711.35            0.00       0.00      4,767,000.00
A-8        26,765.19     26,765.19            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9       258,730.11    258,730.11            0.00       0.00     42,917,000.00
A-10            0.00     46,262.08            0.00       0.00        283,661.96
A-11       88,245.50     88,245.50            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        44,513.98     48,613.75            0.00       0.00      6,687,451.77
M-2        28,639.75     31,277.49            0.00       0.00      4,302,625.00
M-3        19,088.76     20,846.85            0.00       0.00      2,867,754.22
B-1         6,997.89      7,642.40            0.00       0.00      1,051,311.14
B-2         3,181.46      3,474.47            0.00       0.00        477,959.04
B-3         5,728.39      6,255.98            0.00       0.00        860,590.82

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,209,918.33  7,158,230.54            0.00       0.00    162,996,763.80
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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    490.876314 128.683362     2.959305   131.642667   0.000000    362.192952
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.028616     6.028616   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3    787.772430  53.641498     6.550590    60.192088   0.000000    734.130932
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.028616     6.028616   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.028616     6.028616   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.652266     6.652266   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.652266     6.652266   0.000000   1000.000000
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.028616     6.028616   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10   969.912473 136.001512     0.000000   136.001512   0.000000    833.910961
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    994.287004   0.609178     6.614262     7.223440   0.000000    993.677826
M-2    994.287007   0.609178     6.614261     7.223439   0.000000    993.677829
M-3    994.287010   0.609179     6.614262     7.223441   0.000000    993.677831
B-1    994.287004   0.609178     6.614263     7.223441   0.000000    993.677826
B-2    994.287006   0.609168     6.614262     7.223430   0.000000    993.677838
B-3    994.286984   0.609168     6.614263     7.223431   0.000000    993.677810

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       34,666.80
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       45,041.94
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    27   3,973,492.73

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   10   1,004,402.99

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      87,781.10


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        693,648.56

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     162,996,763.80

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,558

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,844,756.04

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.35813060 %     8.22365400 %    1.41821540 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.01451520 %     8.50190560 %    1.46875760 %

      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                          8.94669843
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              344.88

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                84.73508204

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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    34,194,885.85     7.500000  %  2,338,367.35
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    20,699,244.15     7.500000  %     66,381.66
A-6   76110FJW4       164,986.80       158,245.25     0.000000  %     21,012.54
A-7   76110FJX2             0.00             0.00     0.738347  %          0.00
R     76110FJY0           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1                 2,654,400.00     2,582,321.35     7.500000  %      8,281.40
M-2   76110FKA0     1,061,700.00     1,032,870.17     7.500000  %      3,312.37
M-3   76110FKB8       690,100.00       671,360.74     7.500000  %      2,153.03
B-1                   371,600.00       361,509.42     7.500000  %      1,159.35
B-2                   159,300.00       154,974.29     7.500000  %        497.00
B-3                   372,446.48       362,332.92     7.500000  %      1,161.99

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  106,172,633.28    96,692,744.14                  2,442,326.69
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       213,559.78  2,551,927.13            0.00       0.00     31,856,518.50
A-2        97,946.17     97,946.17            0.00       0.00     15,683,000.00
A-3       117,075.74    117,075.74            0.00       0.00     18,746,000.00
A-4        12,778.03     12,778.03            0.00       0.00      2,046,000.00
A-5       129,274.48    195,656.14            0.00       0.00     20,632,862.49
A-6             0.00     21,012.54            0.00       0.00        137,232.71
A-7        59,449.95     59,449.95            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        16,127.56     24,408.96            0.00       0.00      2,574,039.95
M-2         6,450.66      9,763.03            0.00       0.00      1,029,557.80
M-3         4,192.89      6,345.92            0.00       0.00        669,207.71
B-1         2,257.76      3,417.11            0.00       0.00        360,350.07
B-2           967.87      1,464.87            0.00       0.00        154,477.29
B-3         2,262.90      3,424.89            0.00       0.00        361,170.93

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          662,343.79  3,104,670.48            0.00       0.00     94,250,417.45
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    796.229820  54.449014     4.972751    59.421765   0.000000    741.780806
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.245372     6.245372   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.245372     6.245372   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.245371     6.245371   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5    972.845991   3.119879     6.075785     9.195664   0.000000    969.726112
A-6    959.138852 127.358916     0.000000   127.358916   0.000000    831.779936
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    972.845596   3.119876     6.075784     9.195660   0.000000    969.725720
M-2    972.845597   3.119874     6.075784     9.195658   0.000000    969.725723
M-3    972.845588   3.119881     6.075772     9.195653   0.000000    969.725706
B-1    972.845587   3.119887     6.075780     9.195667   0.000000    969.725700
B-2    972.845512   3.119900     6.075769     9.195669   0.000000    969.725612
B-3    972.845602   3.119884     6.075772     9.195656   0.000000    969.725717

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       19,961.61
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       22,065.23
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    22   1,667,703.49

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     542,025.20

 (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                                                      94,250,417.45

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,207

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                    2,132,252.83

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         94.64919900 %     4.44043600 %    0.91036540 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            94.52913660 %     4.53346051 %    0.93079230 %

      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                          8.55851794
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              163.19

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                88.77091444

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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    67,458,313.37     7.500000  %  5,043,614.06
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    19,777,473.32     9.500000  %    720,516.30
A-8   76110FKP7       156,262.27       148,824.48     0.000000  %        121.26
A-9   76110FKQ5             0.00             0.00     0.777512  %          0.00
R     76110FKK8           100.00             0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FKL6     6,697,000.00     6,647,932.14     7.750000  %      4,063.43
M-2   76110FKM4     3,827,000.00     3,798,960.17     7.750000  %      2,322.05
M-3   76110FKN2     2,870,200.00     2,849,170.50     7.750000  %      1,741.50
B-1                 1,052,400.00     1,044,689.24     7.750000  %        638.55
B-2                   478,400.00       474,894.83     7.750000  %        290.27
B-3                   861,188.35       854,878.56     7.750000  %        522.52

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  191,342,550.62   174,039,136.61                  5,773,829.94
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       421,052.46  5,464,666.52            0.00       0.00     62,414,699.31
A-2       130,975.18    130,975.18            0.00       0.00     20,984,000.00
A-3        68,658.36     68,658.36            0.00       0.00     11,000,000.00
A-4        24,966.68     24,966.68            0.00       0.00      4,000,000.00
A-5       112,870.18    112,870.18            0.00       0.00     17,500,000.00
A-6       105,588.24    105,588.24            0.00       0.00     17,500,000.00
A-7       156,362.95    876,879.25            0.00       0.00     19,056,957.02
A-8             0.00        121.26            0.00       0.00        148,703.22
A-9       112,614.29    112,614.29            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        42,877.33     46,940.76            0.00       0.00      6,643,868.71
M-2        24,502.25     26,824.30            0.00       0.00      3,796,638.12
M-3        18,376.36     20,117.86            0.00       0.00      2,847,429.00
B-1         6,737.96      7,376.51            0.00       0.00      1,044,050.69
B-2         3,062.94      3,353.21            0.00       0.00        474,604.56
B-3         5,513.73      6,036.25            0.00       0.00        854,356.04

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,234,158.91  7,007,988.85            0.00       0.00    168,265,306.67
===============================================================================

















































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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    817.765737  61.141386     5.104223    66.245609   0.000000    756.624351
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.241669     6.241669   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.241669     6.241669   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.241670     6.241670   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.449725     6.449725   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.033614     6.033614   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    902.051235  32.862773     7.131719    39.994492   0.000000    869.188462
A-8    952.401882   0.776003     0.000000     0.776003   0.000000    951.625879
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    992.673158   0.606754     6.402468     7.009222   0.000000    992.066404
M-2    992.673157   0.606755     6.402469     7.009224   0.000000    992.066402
M-3    992.673159   0.606752     6.402467     7.009219   0.000000    992.066407
B-1    992.673166   0.606756     6.402471     7.009227   0.000000    992.066410
B-2    992.673140   0.606752     6.402467     7.009219   0.000000    992.066388
B-3    992.673159   0.606755     6.402467     7.009222   0.000000    992.066416

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

Run:     04/26/98     12:24:13                                        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                       35,712.22
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       32,550.33
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      761.72


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    26   2,810,938.74

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     273,500.61

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      62,829.79


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,146,993.44

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     168,265,306.67

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,550

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                  97,503.44

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,667,427.87

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.98827000 %     7.64623600 %    1.36549450 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.68447330 %     7.89701460 %    1.41152700 %

      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                          8.84969386
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              346.48

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                87.93930369

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS8 (POOL # 4256)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4256 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FKU6    13,399,900.00     8,336,987.84     7.000000  %  1,755,356.24
A-2   76110FKV4    20,850,000.00    13,533,627.61     7.000000  %  2,536,600.65
A-3   76110FKW2    16,320,750.00    13,844,873.08    10.000000  %    858,391.38
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    22,783,401.63     7.500000  %  1,114,520.04
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        26,264.45     0.000000  %         21.47
A-12  76110FLF8             0.00             0.00     0.880001  %          0.00
R     76110FLG6           100.00             0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FLH4     7,631,000.00     7,596,076.64     7.500000  %      4,747.15
M-2   76110FLJ0     4,361,000.00     4,341,041.83     7.500000  %      2,712.92
M-3   76110FLK7     3,270,500.00     3,255,532.52     7.500000  %      2,034.54
B-1                 1,199,000.00     1,193,512.75     7.500000  %        745.88
B-2                   545,000.00       542,505.82     7.500000  %        339.04
B-3                   981,461.72       976,970.07     7.500000  %        610.55

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  218,029,470.88   199,877,108.24                  6,276,079.86
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        48,528.99  1,803,885.23            0.00       0.00      6,581,631.60
A-2        78,778.25  2,615,378.90            0.00       0.00     10,997,026.96
A-3       115,128.55    973,519.93            0.00       0.00     12,986,481.70
A-4       114,675.41    114,675.41            0.00       0.00     19,700,543.00
A-5       127,350.95    127,350.95            0.00       0.00     21,419,142.00
A-6        38,122.13     38,122.13            0.00       0.00      6,323,320.00
A-7        99,453.21     99,453.21            0.00       0.00     16,496,308.00
A-8       142,093.40  1,256,613.44            0.00       0.00     21,668,881.59
A-9        30,663.81     30,663.81            0.00       0.00      5,000,001.00
A-10      339,944.18    339,944.18            0.00       0.00     54,507,000.00
A-11            0.00         21.47            0.00       0.00         26,242.98
A-12      146,264.94    146,264.94            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        47,374.50     52,121.65            0.00       0.00      7,591,329.49
M-2        27,073.80     29,786.72            0.00       0.00      4,338,328.91
M-3        20,303.80     22,338.34            0.00       0.00      3,253,497.98
B-1         7,443.58      8,189.46            0.00       0.00      1,192,766.87
B-2         3,383.45      3,722.49            0.00       0.00        542,166.78
B-3         6,093.07      6,703.62            0.00       0.00        976,359.52

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        1,392,676.02  7,668,755.88            0.00       0.00    193,601,028.38
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS8 (POOL # 4256)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4256 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    622.167915 130.997712     3.621593   134.619305   0.000000    491.170203
A-2    649.094849 121.659504     3.778333   125.437837   0.000000    527.435346
A-3    848.298827  52.595094     7.054121    59.649215   0.000000    795.703733
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.820926     5.820926   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.945661     5.945661   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.028816     6.028816   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.028816     6.028816   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8    876.350876  42.869394     5.465544    48.334938   0.000000    833.481483
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     6.132761     6.132761   0.000000   1000.000000
A-10  1000.000000   0.000000     6.236707     6.236707   0.000000   1000.000000
A-11   994.520462   0.812975     0.000000     0.812975   0.000000    993.707486
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    995.423488   0.622088     6.208164     6.830252   0.000000    994.801401
M-2    995.423488   0.622087     6.208163     6.830250   0.000000    994.801401
M-3    995.423489   0.622088     6.208164     6.830252   0.000000    994.801400
B-1    995.423478   0.622085     6.208157     6.830242   0.000000    994.801393
B-2    995.423523   0.622092     6.208165     6.830257   0.000000    994.801431
B-3    995.423510   0.622093     6.208159     6.830252   0.000000    994.801431

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       40,980.71
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       27,031.78
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    18   1,893,940.46

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1      63,798.29

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     191,736.41


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,397,490.38

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     193,601,028.39

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,727

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    6,151,163.21

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.04049840 %     7.60199500 %    1.35750670 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.75579520 %     7.84249779 %    1.40064380 %

      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                          8.70581930
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              347.84

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                88.79580710

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS9 (POOL # 4263)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4263 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FLL5    53,750,000.00    39,723,933.13     6.750000  %  4,279,741.82
A-2   76110FLM3    17,420,000.00    17,420,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-3   76110FLN1    22,971,538.00    20,421,344.09    10.000000  %    778,134.86
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     0.994966  %          0.00
R     76110FLV3           100.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FLW1     8,130,000.00     8,097,522.27     7.250000  %      5,257.77
M-2   76110FLX9     5,420,000.00     5,398,348.18     7.250000  %      3,505.18
M-3   76110FLY2     4,065,000.00     4,048,761.14     7.250000  %      2,628.89
B-1                 1,490,500.00     1,484,545.74     7.250000  %        963.93
B-2                   677,500.00       674,793.52     7.250000  %        438.15
B-3                 1,219,925.82     1,215,052.45     7.250000  %        788.94

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  271,005,025.82   254,344,762.52                  5,071,459.54
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       223,316.49  4,503,058.31            0.00       0.00     35,444,191.31
A-2        97,930.22     97,930.22            0.00       0.00     17,420,000.00
A-3       170,078.38    948,213.24            0.00       0.00     19,643,209.23
A-4       213,681.26    213,681.26            0.00       0.00     38,010,000.00
A-5        96,488.03     96,488.03            0.00       0.00     17,163,462.00
A-6       181,005.16    181,005.16            0.00       0.00     29,977,000.00
A-7        97,002.64     97,002.64            0.00       0.00     16,065,000.00
A-8       329,953.87    329,953.87            0.00       0.00     54,645,000.00
A-9       210,763.80    210,763.80            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        48,893.93     54,151.70            0.00       0.00      8,092,264.50
M-2        32,595.95     36,101.13            0.00       0.00      5,394,843.00
M-3        24,446.97     27,075.86            0.00       0.00      4,046,132.25
B-1         8,963.89      9,927.82            0.00       0.00      1,483,581.81
B-2         4,074.50      4,512.65            0.00       0.00        674,355.37
B-3         7,336.65      8,125.59            0.00       0.00      1,214,263.51

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,746,531.74  6,817,991.28            0.00       0.00    249,273,302.98
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS9 (POOL # 4263)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4263 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    739.049919  79.623104     4.154725    83.777829   0.000000    659.426815
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     5.621712     5.621712   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3    888.984625  33.873869     7.403874    41.277743   0.000000    855.110756
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.621712     5.621712   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.621711     5.621711   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.038135     6.038135   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     6.038135     6.038135   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8   1000.000000   0.000000     6.038135     6.038135   0.000000   1000.000000
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    996.005199   0.646712     6.014014     6.660726   0.000000    995.358487
M-2    996.005199   0.646712     6.014013     6.660725   0.000000    995.358487
M-3    996.005200   0.646713     6.014015     6.660728   0.000000    995.358487
B-1    996.005193   0.646716     6.014015     6.660731   0.000000    995.358477
B-2    996.005196   0.646716     6.014022     6.660738   0.000000    995.358480
B-3    996.005192   0.646695     6.014013     6.660708   0.000000    995.358478

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       56,964.83
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                       280.65

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       26,125.02
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    31   2,933,281.28

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     143,810.89

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        372,539.82

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     249,273,302.98

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,339

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,906,311.86

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.77532770 %     6.89797200 %    1.32669990 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.61344590 %     7.03374150 %    1.35281260 %

      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                          8.59413431
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              348.79

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                91.98106280

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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   183,351,725.44     7.250000  %  4,714,972.19
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    64,641,158.86     7.250000  %     41,916.90
A-5   7611OFMS9        76,250.57        75,931.82     0.000000  %         65.65
A-6   7611OFMT7             0.00             0.00     0.946038  %          0.00
R     7611OFMU4           100.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1   7611OFMV2    10,602,000.00    10,557,042.28     7.250000  %      6,845.77
M-2   7611OFMW0     6,524,000.00     6,496,335.01     7.250000  %      4,212.58
M-3   7611OFMX8     4,893,000.00     4,872,251.25     7.250000  %      3,159.44
B-1   7611OFMY6     1,794,000.00     1,786,392.55     7.250000  %      1,158.40
B-2   7611OFMZ3       816,000.00       812,539.76     7.250000  %        526.90
B-3   7611OFNA7     1,468,094.11     1,461,868.69     7.250000  %        947.95

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  326,202,444.68   309,198,245.66                  4,773,805.78
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     1,107,416.14  5,822,388.33            0.00       0.00    178,636,753.25
A-2        60,398.46     60,398.46            0.00       0.00     10,000,000.00
A-3       151,859.85    151,859.85            0.00       0.00     25,143,000.00
A-4       390,422.62    432,339.52            0.00       0.00     64,599,241.96
A-5             0.00         65.65            0.00       0.00         75,866.17
A-6       243,687.57    243,687.57            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        63,762.91     70,608.68            0.00       0.00     10,550,196.51
M-2        39,236.86     43,449.44            0.00       0.00      6,492,122.43
M-3        29,427.65     32,587.09            0.00       0.00      4,869,091.81
B-1        10,789.54     11,947.94            0.00       0.00      1,785,234.15
B-2         4,907.61      5,434.51            0.00       0.00        812,012.86
B-3         8,829.46      9,777.41            0.00       0.00      1,460,920.74

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,110,738.67  6,884,544.45            0.00       0.00    304,424,439.88
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    916.898491  23.578458     5.537925    29.116383   0.000000    893.320033
A-2   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039846     6.039846   0.000000   1000.000000
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.039846     6.039846   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4    995.758411   0.645705     6.014227     6.659932   0.000000    995.112706
A-5    995.819703   0.860977     0.000000     0.860977   0.000000    994.958726
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    995.759506   0.645706     6.014234     6.659940   0.000000    995.113800
M-2    995.759505   0.645705     6.014234     6.659939   0.000000    995.113800
M-3    995.759503   0.645706     6.014235     6.659941   0.000000    995.113797
B-1    995.759504   0.645708     6.014236     6.659944   0.000000    995.113796
B-2    995.759510   0.645711     6.014228     6.659939   0.000000    995.113799
B-3    995.759523   0.645708     6.014233     6.659941   0.000000    995.113821

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       64,233.09
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     8,584.26

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       38,564.52
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    38   3,800,418.91

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     368,580.58

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      57,013.56


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             7
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        910,143.58

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     304,424,439.88

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,693

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,573,291.31

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.59347990 %     7.09286500 %    1.31365510 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.46715950 %     7.19765166 %    1.33339470 %

      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                          8.52430233
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              349.85

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                93.32377634

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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4265 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   7611OFLZ4    99,650,000.00    93,610,241.76     7.000000  %  3,575,181.64
A-2   7611OFMD2        43,142.76        39,777.91     0.000000  %        230.28
A-3   7611OFME0             0.00             0.00     0.999145  %          0.00
R     7611OFMF7           100.00             0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
M-1   7611OFMG5     3,043,000.00     2,996,435.22     7.000000  %      9,168.86
M-2   7611OFMH3       892,000.00       878,350.38     7.000000  %      2,687.68
M-3   7611OFMJ9       419,700.00       413,277.65     7.000000  %      1,264.60
B-1   7611OFMK6       367,000.00       361,384.07     7.000000  %      1,105.81
B-2   7611OFML4       262,400.00       258,384.68     7.000000  %        790.64
B-3   7611OFMM2       263,388.53       259,358.07     7.000000  %        793.61

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  104,940,731.29    98,817,209.74                  3,591,223.12
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       545,677.71  4,120,859.35            0.00       0.00     90,035,060.12
A-2             0.00        230.28            0.00       0.00         39,547.63
A-3        82,219.73     82,219.73            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        17,466.98     26,635.84            0.00       0.00      2,987,266.36
M-2         5,120.13      7,807.81            0.00       0.00        875,662.70
M-3         2,409.10      3,673.70            0.00       0.00        412,013.05
B-1         2,106.60      3,212.41            0.00       0.00        360,278.26
B-2         1,506.19      2,296.83            0.00       0.00        257,594.04
B-3         1,511.86      2,305.47            0.00       0.00        258,564.46

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          658,018.30  4,249,241.42            0.00       0.00     95,225,986.62
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    939.390284  35.877387     5.475943    41.353330   0.000000    903.512896
A-2    922.006612   5.337628     0.000000     5.337628   0.000000    916.668985
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    984.697739   3.013099     5.740053     8.753152   0.000000    981.684640
M-2    984.697735   3.013094     5.740056     8.753150   0.000000    981.684641
M-3    984.697760   3.013105     5.740052     8.753157   0.000000    981.684656
B-1    984.697738   3.013106     5.740054     8.753160   0.000000    981.684632
B-2    984.697713   3.013110     5.740053     8.753163   0.000000    981.684604
B-3    984.697663   3.013115     5.740037     8.753152   0.000000    981.684586

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       20,324.66
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        4,628.13
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     8     462,569.66

 (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                                                      95,225,986.62

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,064

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                    3,288,767.96

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         94.76885560 %     4.34113700 %    0.89000780 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            94.58811680 %     4.48925998 %    0.92075800 %

      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                          8.32850779
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              168.63

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                90.74263677

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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    48,960,852.92     7.000000  %  5,315,078.58
A-2   76110FNC3    22,405,757.00    21,175,164.56     9.000000  %    759,296.94
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    59,169,926.39     7.250000  %     37,913.32
A-8   76110FNH2             0.00             0.00     0.899507  %          0.00
R     76110FNJ8           100.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FNK5    10,433,600.00    10,407,414.57     7.250000  %      6,668.58
M-2   76110FNL3     4,471,600.00     4,460,377.54     7.250000  %      2,858.00
M-3   76110FNM1     4,471,500.00     4,460,277.78     7.250000  %      2,857.94
B-1   76110FNN9     1,639,600.00     1,635,485.06     7.250000  %      1,047.94
B-2   76110FNP4       745,200.00       743,329.75     7.250000  %        476.29
B-3   76110FNQ2     1,341,561.05     1,338,194.11     7.250000  %        857.46

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  298,104,002.05   288,052,306.68                  6,127,055.05
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       285,430.85  5,600,509.43            0.00       0.00     43,645,774.34
A-2       158,716.90    918,013.84            0.00       0.00     20,415,867.62
A-3       366,250.62    366,250.62            0.00       0.00     62,824,125.00
A-4       139,100.19    139,100.19            0.00       0.00     24,294,118.00
A-5       156,987.56    156,987.56            0.00       0.00     26,000,000.00
A-6       136,356.02    136,356.02            0.00       0.00     22,583,041.00
A-7       357,267.01    395,180.33            0.00       0.00     59,132,013.07
A-8       215,789.35    215,789.35            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        62,839.79     69,508.37            0.00       0.00     10,400,745.99
M-2        26,931.68     29,789.68            0.00       0.00      4,457,519.54
M-3        26,931.08     29,789.02            0.00       0.00      4,457,419.84
B-1         9,875.04     10,922.98            0.00       0.00      1,634,437.12
B-2         4,488.21      4,964.50            0.00       0.00        742,853.46
B-3         8,079.99      8,937.45            0.00       0.00      1,337,336.65

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,955,044.29  8,082,099.34            0.00       0.00    281,925,251.63
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    850.383898  92.315737     4.957548    97.273285   0.000000    758.068161
A-2    945.076953  33.888475     7.083755    40.972230   0.000000    911.188478
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.829777     5.829777   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.725674     5.725674   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.037983     6.037983   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.037983     6.037983   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    997.490279   0.639145     6.022829     6.661974   0.000000    996.851134
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    997.490279   0.639145     6.022829     6.661974   0.000000    996.851134
M-2    997.490281   0.639145     6.022829     6.661974   0.000000    996.851136
M-3    997.490278   0.639146     6.022829     6.661975   0.000000    996.851133
B-1    997.490278   0.639144     6.022835     6.661979   0.000000    996.851134
B-2    997.490271   0.639144     6.022826     6.661970   0.000000    996.851127
B-3    997.490282   0.639143     6.022827     6.661970   0.000000    996.851131

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       59,465.62
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,218.51

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       38,599.14
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    36   4,431,250.85

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     347,533.12

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     206,734.03


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             1
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        211,874.84

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     281,925,251.63

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,539

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,942,484.60

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.99968950 %     6.70991700 %    1.29039370 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.83105720 %     6.85134987 %    1.31759290 %

      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                          8.47692740
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              351.31

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                94.57278322

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
       MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS13 (POOL # 4277)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4277 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FNS8    31,499,000.00    30,279,576.23     7.250000  %    787,506.57
A-2   76110FNT6    30,750,000.00    27,555,030.93     7.250000  %  2,063,318.09
A-3   76110FNU3    40,799,000.00    40,799,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FNV1     6,745,000.00     6,745,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FNW9     4,235,415.00     4,235,415.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FNX7    10,499,000.00    10,499,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-7   76110fNY5    62,999,000.00    62,885,603.71     7.250000  %     40,738.30
A-8   76110FNZ2    15,495,000.00    12,249,526.41     7.250000  %  2,095,934.02
A-9   76110FPA5    68,339,000.00    68,339,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-10  76110fPB3             0.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-11  76110FPC1   100,038,312.00    97,076,462.85     0.000000  %  1,901,890.26
A-12  76110FPD9             0.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-13  76110FPE7             0.00             0.00     5.250000  %          0.00
A-14  76110FPF4             0.00             0.00     9.250000  %          0.00
A-15  76110FPG2    26,249,000.00    25,232,819.98     7.000000  %    656,251.31
A-16  76110FPH0     2,386,273.00     2,293,892.99    10.000000  %     59,659.22
A-17  76110FPJ6       139,012.74       138,624.44     0.000000  %        124.50
A-18  76110FPK3             0.00             0.00     0.857144  %          0.00
R-I   76110FPL1           100.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FPM9           100.00             0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FPN7    16,267,000.00    16,237,719.90     7.250000  %     10,519.05
M-2   76110FPP2     5,422,000.00     5,412,240.56     7.250000  %      3,506.14
M-3   76110FPQ0     6,507,000.00     6,495,287.59     7.250000  %      4,207.75
B-1   76110FPR8     2,386,000.00     2,381,705.27     7.250000  %      1,542.91
B-2   76110FPS6     1,085,000.00     1,083,047.04     7.250000  %        701.62
B-3   76110FPT4     1,952,210.06     1,948,696.13     7.250000  %      1,262.39

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  433,792,422.80   421,887,649.03                  7,627,162.13
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       182,892.52    970,399.09            0.00       0.00     29,492,069.66
A-2       166,435.91  2,229,754.00            0.00       0.00     25,491,712.84
A-3       246,431.18    246,431.18            0.00       0.00     40,799,000.00
A-4        40,740.66     40,740.66            0.00       0.00      6,745,000.00
A-5        25,582.45     25,582.45            0.00       0.00      4,235,415.00
A-6        63,415.30     63,415.30            0.00       0.00     10,499,000.00
A-7       379,837.10    420,575.40            0.00       0.00     62,844,865.41
A-8        73,988.71  2,169,922.73            0.00       0.00     10,153,592.39
A-9       398,542.64    398,542.64            0.00       0.00     68,339,000.00
A-10       14,233.66     14,233.66            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-11            0.00  1,901,890.26            0.00       0.00     95,174,572.59
A-12      293,177.12    293,177.12            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-13      106,150.34    106,150.34            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-14      187,026.78    187,026.78            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-15      147,153.96    803,405.27            0.00       0.00     24,576,568.67
A-16       19,110.90     78,770.12            0.00       0.00      2,234,233.77
A-17            0.00        124.50            0.00       0.00        138,499.94
A-18      301,272.00    301,272.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        98,077.90    108,596.95            0.00       0.00     16,227,200.85
M-2        32,690.62     36,196.76            0.00       0.00      5,408,734.42
M-3        39,232.37     43,440.12            0.00       0.00      6,491,079.84
B-1        14,385.81     15,928.72            0.00       0.00      2,380,162.36
B-2         6,541.74      7,243.36            0.00       0.00      1,082,345.42
B-3        11,770.37     13,032.76            0.00       0.00      1,947,433.74

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,848,690.04 10,475,852.17            0.00       0.00    414,260,486.90
===============================================================================





























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



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    961.286905  25.001002     5.806296    30.807298   0.000000    936.285903
A-2    896.098567  67.099775     5.412550    72.512325   0.000000    828.998792
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040128     6.040128   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040128     6.040128   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040128     6.040128   0.000000   1000.000000
A-6   1000.000000   0.000000     6.040128     6.040128   0.000000   1000.000000
A-7    998.200030   0.646650     6.029256     6.675906   0.000000    997.553380
A-8    790.547042 135.265184     4.775005   140.040189   0.000000    655.281858
A-9   1000.000000   0.000000     5.831848     5.831848   0.000000   1000.000000
A-11   970.392852  19.011619     0.000000    19.011619   0.000000    951.381233
A-15   961.286905  25.001002     5.606079    30.607081   0.000000    936.285903
A-16   961.286906  25.001002     8.008681    33.009683   0.000000    936.285904
A-17   997.206731   0.895601     0.000000     0.895601   0.000000    996.311130
R-I      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    998.200031   0.646650     6.029256     6.675906   0.000000    997.553381
M-2    998.200030   0.646651     6.029255     6.675906   0.000000    997.553379
M-3    998.200029   0.646650     6.029256     6.675906   0.000000    997.553379
B-1    998.200029   0.646651     6.029258     6.675909   0.000000    997.553378
B-2    998.200037   0.646654     6.029253     6.675907   0.000000    997.553383
B-3    998.200025   0.646647     6.029254     6.675901   0.000000    997.553381

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       87,145.18
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       57,241.55
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    46   5,326,992.94

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     788,435.49

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     913,048.63


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        647,473.34

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     414,260,486.91

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,541

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                    7,353,833.54

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.04297000 %     6.67345900 %    1.28357110 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.90167200 %     6.78969296 %    1.30636420 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.38386747
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              352.26

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                95.49740040

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS1 (POOL # 4281)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4281 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FPU1    64,326,000.00    61,529,424.95     7.000000  %  2,378,206.58
A-2   76110FPV9   117,395,000.00   114,335,574.16     7.000000  %  2,601,734.82
A-3   76110FPW7    51,380,000.00    51,380,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FPX5     1,862,000.00     1,862,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-5   76110FPY3    65,040,000.00    65,040,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-6   76110FPZ0             0.00             0.00     1.083317  %          0.00
R     76110FQB2           100.00             0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FQC0    11,351,500.00    11,337,027.25     7.000000  %      7,361.82
M-2   76110FQD8     4,054,000.00     4,048,831.30     7.000000  %      2,629.15
M-3   76110FQE6     4,865,000.00     4,858,797.30     7.000000  %      3,155.11
B-1   76110FQF3     1,783,800.00     1,781,525.72     7.000000  %      1,156.85
B-2   76110FQG1       810,800.00       809,766.26     7.000000  %        525.83
B-3   76110FQH9     1,459,579.11     1,457,718.20     7.000000  %        946.60

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  324,327,779.11   318,440,665.14                  4,995,716.76
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       358,829.76  2,737,036.34            0.00       0.00     59,151,218.37
A-2       666,786.78  3,268,521.60            0.00       0.00    111,733,839.34
A-3       299,639.94    299,639.94            0.00       0.00     51,380,000.00
A-4        10,858.89     10,858.89            0.00       0.00      1,862,000.00
A-5       379,302.87    379,302.87            0.00       0.00     65,040,000.00
A-6       287,403.11    287,403.11            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        66,115.73     73,477.55            0.00       0.00     11,329,665.43
M-2        23,612.13     26,241.28            0.00       0.00      4,046,202.15
M-3        28,335.72     31,490.83            0.00       0.00      4,855,642.19
B-1        10,389.57     11,546.42            0.00       0.00      1,780,368.87
B-2         4,722.43      5,248.26            0.00       0.00        809,240.43
B-3         8,501.18      9,447.78            0.00       0.00      1,456,771.60

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,144,498.11  7,140,214.87            0.00       0.00    313,444,948.38
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    956.524966  36.971156     5.578301    42.549457   0.000000    919.553810
A-2    973.939045  22.162229     5.679857    27.842086   0.000000    951.776816
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.831840     5.831840   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4   1000.000000   0.000000     5.831842     5.831842   0.000000   1000.000000
A-5   1000.000000   0.000000     5.831840     5.831840   0.000000   1000.000000
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    998.725036   0.648533     5.824405     6.472938   0.000000    998.076504
M-2    998.725037   0.648532     5.824403     6.472935   0.000000    998.076505
M-3    998.725036   0.648532     5.824403     6.472935   0.000000    998.076504
B-1    998.725036   0.648531     5.824403     6.472934   0.000000    998.076505
B-2    998.725037   0.648532     5.824408     6.472940   0.000000    998.076505
B-3    998.725037   0.648536     5.824405     6.472941   0.000000    998.076491

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       66,000.17
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       46,954.70
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    44   4,107,387.37

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   13   2,160,350.79

 (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                                                     313,444,948.38

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,636

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,788,933.85

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.37105410 %     6.35743400 %    1.27151170 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.25449610 %     6.45456559 %    1.29093830 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.36294690
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              353.31

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                96.64449627

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS2 (POOL # 4284)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4284 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FQJ5    20,000,000.00    19,781,513.67     6.750000  %    440,347.16
A-2   76110FQK2   158,282,400.00   156,553,272.93     6.500000  %  3,484,960.27
A-3   76110FQLO    82,584,000.00    82,584,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-4   76110FQM8    38,888,850.00    38,548,594.68     6.287500  %    685,765.84
A-5   76110FQN6             0.00             0.00     2.738275  %          0.00
A-6   76110FQP1    13,504,750.00    13,385,412.76     6.187500  %    240,517.62
A-7   76110FQQ9    86,753,900.00    86,753,900.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-8   76110FQR7       138,732.69       138,576.94     0.000000  %        191.73
A-9   76110FQS5             0.00             0.00     0.986691  %          0.00
R-1   76110FQT3           100.00             0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
R-II  76110FQU0           100.00             0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FQV8    17,350,800.00    17,339,583.66     7.000000  %     11,281.61
M-2   76110FQW6     5,422,000.00     5,418,494.98     7.000000  %      3,525.42
M-3   76110FQX4     5,422,000.00     5,418,494.98     7.000000  %      3,525.42
B-1   76110FQY2     2,385,700.00     2,384,157.78     7.000000  %      1,551.20
B-2   76110FQZ9     1,084,400.00     1,083,699.00     7.000000  %        705.08
B-3   76110FRA3     1,952,351.82     1,951,089.72     7.000000  %      1,269.37

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  433,770,084.51   431,340,791.10                  4,873,640.72
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       111,228.14    551,575.30            0.00       0.00     19,341,166.51
A-2       847,670.20  4,332,630.47            0.00       0.00    153,068,312.66
A-3       464,356.04    464,356.04            0.00       0.00     82,584,000.00
A-4       201,900.76    887,666.60            0.00       0.00     37,862,828.84
A-5       118,462.34    118,462.34            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-6        68,991.94    309,509.56            0.00       0.00     13,144,895.14
A-7       505,869.46    505,869.46            0.00       0.00     86,753,900.00
A-8             0.00        191.73            0.00       0.00        138,385.21
A-9       354,530.07    354,530.07            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-1             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1       101,108.60    112,390.21            0.00       0.00     17,328,302.05
M-2        31,595.71     35,121.13            0.00       0.00      5,414,969.56
M-3        31,595.71     35,121.13            0.00       0.00      5,414,969.56
B-1        13,902.23     15,453.43            0.00       0.00      2,382,606.58
B-2         6,319.14      7,024.22            0.00       0.00      1,082,993.92
B-3        11,376.98     12,646.35            0.00       0.00      1,949,820.29

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,868,907.32  7,742,548.04            0.00       0.00    426,467,150.32
===============================================================================















































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


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    989.075684  22.017358     5.561407    27.578765   0.000000    967.058325
A-2    989.075683  22.017358     5.355429    27.372787   0.000000    967.058325
A-3   1000.000000   0.000000     5.622833     5.622833   0.000000   1000.000000
A-4    991.250569  17.633996     5.191739    22.825735   0.000000    973.616572
A-6    991.163314  17.809854     5.108717    22.918571   0.000000    973.353460
A-7   1000.000000   0.000000     5.831086     5.831086   0.000000   1000.000000
A-8    998.877337   1.382010     0.000000     1.382010   0.000000    997.495327
R-1      0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II     0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    999.353555   0.650207     5.827316     6.477523   0.000000    998.703348
M-2    999.353556   0.650207     5.827316     6.477523   0.000000    998.703349
M-3    999.353556   0.650207     5.827316     6.477523   0.000000    998.703349
B-1    999.353557   0.650207     5.827317     6.477524   0.000000    998.703349
B-2    999.353560   0.650203     5.827315     6.477518   0.000000    998.703357
B-3    999.353549   0.650175     5.827321     6.477496   0.000000    998.703343

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       89,303.99
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      132,595.60
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   120  17,166,996.99

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     789,044.62

 (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                                                     426,467,150.31

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,518

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,592,948.48

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.20887110 %     6.53442200 %    1.25670660 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.12493630 %     6.60267529 %    1.27024520 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.26187042
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              355.45

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.31640437

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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4285 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1   76110FRB1   115,517,963.00   114,889,020.86     6.500000  %  1,103,210.35
A-2   76110FRC9    34,880,737.00    33,308,117.65     6.500000  %  2,251,649.06
A-3   76110FRD7             0.00             0.00     1.213500  %          0.00
R     76110FRE5           100.00             0.00     6.500000  %          0.00
M-1   76110FRF2     3,927,000.00     3,915,244.00     6.500000  %     11,758.55
M-2   76110FRG0       785,100.00       782,749.70     6.500000  %      2,350.81
M-3   76110FRH8       707,000.00       704,883.50     6.500000  %      2,116.96
B-1   76110FRJ4       471,200.00       469,789.40     6.500000  %      1,410.91
B-2   76110FRK1       314,000.00       313,060.00     6.500000  %        940.20
B-3   76110FRL9       471,435.62       470,024.31     6.500000  %      1,411.61

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  157,074,535.62   154,852,889.42                  3,374,848.45
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       621,877.84  1,725,088.19            0.00       0.00    113,785,810.51
A-2       180,292.08  2,431,941.14            0.00       0.00     31,056,468.59
A-3       156,481.74    156,481.74            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        21,192.65     32,951.20            0.00       0.00      3,903,485.45
M-2         4,236.91      6,587.72            0.00       0.00        780,398.89
M-3         3,815.43      5,932.39            0.00       0.00        702,766.54
B-1         2,542.90      3,953.81            0.00       0.00        468,378.49
B-2         1,694.55      2,634.75            0.00       0.00        312,119.80
B-3         2,544.18      3,955.79            0.00       0.00        468,612.70

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          994,678.28  4,369,526.73            0.00       0.00    151,478,040.97
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    994.555460   9.550119     5.383386    14.933505   0.000000    985.005341
A-2    954.914389  64.552795     5.168815    69.721610   0.000000    890.361594
R        0.000000   0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1    997.006366   2.994283     5.396651     8.390934   0.000000    994.012083
M-2    997.006369   2.994281     5.396650     8.390931   0.000000    994.012088
M-3    997.006365   2.994286     5.396648     8.390934   0.000000    994.012079
B-1    997.006367   2.994291     5.396647     8.390938   0.000000    994.012076
B-2    997.006369   2.994268     5.396656     8.390924   0.000000    994.012102
B-3    997.006357   2.994279     5.396665     8.390944   0.000000    994.012077

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       31,992.62
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       29,065.16
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    34   2,474,823.33

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     582,470.02

 (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                                                     151,478,040.97

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,562

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                    2,909,782.95

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         95.70188780 %     3.48903900 %    0.80907350 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            95.61932420 %     3.55606057 %    0.82461520 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          7.99196500
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              173.55

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                96.43704524

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS4 (POOL # 4290)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4290 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  76110FRM7   135,006,400.00   135,006,400.00     6.500000  %  1,686,392.00
A-I-  76110FRN5    59,732,445.00    59,732,445.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FRP0    41,218,155.00    41,218,155.00     6.093750  %    421,598.00
A-I-  76110FRQ8             0.00             0.00     2.906250  %          0.00
A-I-  76110FRR6    64,868,000.00    64,868,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-II  76110FRS4    75,203,000.00    75,203,000.00     7.000000  %     64,494.93
A-V   76110FRU9             0.00             0.00     0.869802  %          0.00
R-I   76110FRV7           100.00           100.00     7.000000  %        100.00
R-II  76110FRW5           100.00           100.00     7.000000  %        100.00
M-1   76110FRX3    14,190,000.00    14,190,000.00     7.000000  %     16,569.99
M-2   76110FRY1     5,067,800.00     5,067,800.00     7.000000  %      5,917.79
M-3   76110FRZ8     5,067,800.00     5,067,800.00     7.000000  %      5,917.79
B-1   76110FSA2     2,230,000.00     2,230,000.00     7.000000  %      2,604.02
B-2   76110FSB0     1,216,400.00     1,216,400.00     7.000000  %      1,420.42
B-3   76110FSC8     1,621,792.30     1,621,792.30     7.000000  %      1,893.80

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                  405,421,992.30   405,421,992.30                  2,207,008.74
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     730,886.06  2,417,278.06            0.00       0.00    133,320,008.00
A-I-2     335,811.86    335,811.86            0.00       0.00     59,732,445.00
A-I-3     209,196.85    630,794.85            0.00       0.00     40,796,557.00
A-I-4      99,770.81     99,770.81            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-5     378,190.42    378,190.42            0.00       0.00     64,868,000.00
A-II      438,445.05    502,939.98            0.00       0.00     75,138,505.07
A-V       293,704.02    293,704.02            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-I             0.58        100.58            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.58        100.58            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        82,729.88     99,299.87            0.00       0.00     14,173,430.01
M-2        29,546.06     35,463.85            0.00       0.00      5,061,882.21
M-3        29,546.06     35,463.85            0.00       0.00      5,061,882.21
B-1        13,001.24     15,605.26            0.00       0.00      2,227,395.98
B-2         7,091.80      8,512.22            0.00       0.00      1,214,979.58
B-3         9,455.30     11,349.10            0.00       0.00      1,619,898.51

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,657,376.57  4,864,385.31            0.00       0.00    403,214,983.57
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-  1000.000000  12.491200     5.413714    17.904914   0.000000    987.508800
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.621934     5.621934   0.000000   1000.000000
A-I-  1000.000000  10.228454     5.075357    15.303811   0.000000    989.771546
A-I-  1000.000000   0.000000     5.830154     5.830154   0.000000   1000.000000
A-II  1000.000000   0.857611     5.830154     6.687765   0.000000    999.142389
R-I   1000.000000 1000.00000     5.800000  1005.800000   0.000000      0.000000
R-II  1000.000000 1000.00000     5.800000  1005.800000   0.000000      0.000000
M-1   1000.000000   1.167723     5.830154     6.997877   0.000000    998.832277
M-2   1000.000000   1.167724     5.830155     6.997879   0.000000    998.832276
M-3   1000.000000   1.167724     5.830155     6.997879   0.000000    998.832276
B-1   1000.000000   1.167722     5.830152     6.997874   0.000000    998.832278
B-2   1000.000000   1.167724     5.830155     6.997879   0.000000    998.832276
B-3   1000.000000   1.167720     5.830155     6.997875   0.000000    998.832286

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DETERMINATION DATE       20-April-98    
DISTRIBUTION DATE        27-April-98    

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
     MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS4 (POOL # 4290)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4290 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       84,253.57
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    24,824.92

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       33,555.57
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    38   4,581,441.25

 (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                                                     403,214,983.57

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,368

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                    1,733,588.33

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.74982790 %     6.00006900 %    1.25010300 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.71865640 %     6.02586596 %    1.25547770 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.19917600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              356.31

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                99.45562679

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