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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C. 20549


                                   Form 8-K


                                CURRENT REPORT

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


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


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

                       33-95932, 333-8733, 333-33493
                                  333-48327               51-0368240
                                 333-63549
Delaware                  (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employee
(State or other                                       Identification No.)
jurisdiction of
incorporation)

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

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

Item 5.  Other Events

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



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Master Serviced by Residential Funding Corporation
1995-QS1  RALI  1996-QS1 RALI 1996-QS2 RALI 1996-QS3 RALI 1996-QS4 RALI 1996-QS5
RALI  1996-QS7  RALI  1996-QS8  RALI  1997-QS1  RALI 1997-QS2 RALI 1997-QS3 RALI
1997-QS4  RALI  1997-QS5 RALI 1997-QS6 RALI 1997-QS7 RALI 1997-QS8 RALI 1997-QS9
RALI  1997-QS10  RALI 1997-QS11 RALI 1997-QS12 RALI 1997-QS13 RALI 1998-QS1 RALI
1998-QS2  RALI  1998-QS3GR1  RALI  1998-QS4  RALI  1998-QS5  RALI  1998-QS6 RALI
1998-QS8  RALI  1998-QS7  RALI  1998-QS10  RALI  1998-QS11  RALI  1998-QS9  RALI
1998-QS12 RALI 30 YR FIXED RALI 1998-QS14 RALI 1998 QS15 RALI 1998-QS16 RALI ->

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



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                                  SIGNATURES

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

RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC.


 By:


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




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                                  SIGNATURES

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

RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC.


 By: /s/Davee Olson
 Name:  Davee Olson
Title:  Chief Financial Officer
Dated: December 25, 1998



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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4180 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FAA1    54,500,000.00           0.00     6.600000  %          0.00
A-2     76110FAB9    82,500,000.00           0.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-3     76110FAC7    22,250,000.00  14,526,936.11     7.300000  %  3,657,773.42
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   2,146,747.78     0.000000  %     60,859.47

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  258,459,514.42   115,882,683.89                  3,718,632.89
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-2             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-3        88,372.19  3,746,145.61            0.00       0.00     10,869,162.69
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         122,150.96    183,010.43            0.00       0.00      2,085,888.31

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          830,579.40  4,549,212.29            0.00       0.00    112,164,051.00
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-2       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-3     652.896005  164.394311     3.971784   168.366095   0.000000  488.501694
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       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       23,361.02
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       85,019.83
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   10,224.98


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    72   5,179,581.20

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   13   1,754,432.27

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6     637,328.36


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            17
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,280,992.12

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     112,164,051.00

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,342

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       9

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS               1,242,593.42

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,471,459.10

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.14748180 %     1.85251820 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.14032370 %     1.85967630 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.33713006
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              287.99

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                43.39714529

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

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4194 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110FAG8    52,015,000.00           0.00     6.000000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110FAH6    67,186,000.00           0.00     6.250000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110FAJ2    22,562,000.00  18,043,260.81     6.750000  %  3,832,704.29
A-I-4   76110FAK9    31,852,000.00  31,852,000.00     6.900000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110FAL7    14,535,000.00  14,535,000.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110FAM5    18,417,136.00  18,417,136.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110FAN3    20,000,000.00  20,000,000.00     6.700000  %          0.00
A-II    76110FAQ6    29,374,968.00  10,527,843.11     5.402500  %     21,642.96
R                             0.53   1,972,418.82     0.000000  %     26,824.09

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  255,942,104.53   115,347,658.74                  3,881,171.34
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-2           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-3     101,493.34  3,934,197.63            0.00       0.00     14,210,556.52
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       47,397.23     69,040.19            0.00       0.00     10,506,200.15
R               0.00     26,824.09            0.00       0.00      1,706,332.45

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          640,369.57  4,521,540.91            0.00       0.00    111,227,225.12
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-3   799.719032  169.874315     4.498419   174.372734   0.000000  629.844718
A-I-4  1000.000000    0.000000     5.750000     5.750000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     5.875000     5.875000   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     6.041667     6.041667   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     5.583334     5.583334   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    358.395049    0.736782     1.613524     2.350306   0.000000  357.658267

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       24,032.58
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       72,902.62
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                   13,066.29


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    42   5,254,765.79

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8   1,200,991.90

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     349,733.65


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,183,700.32

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     111,227,225.12

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,065

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               1,631,454.01

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,136,248.86

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.29002270 %     1.70997730 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.46590400 %     1.53409600 %

      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                          8.95673300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              296.95

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                43.45796301

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS2(POOL #  4201)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4201 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FAS2    40,000,000.00           0.00     6.400000  %          0.00
A-2     76110FAT0    16,000,000.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-3     76110FAU7    28,500,000.00   4,715,299.03     7.050000  %  4,488,780.15
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     129,848.73     0.000000  %      1,437.21
R                             0.00   1,819,114.18     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  181,911,418.00   103,897,672.94                  4,490,217.36
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-2             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-3        27,702.38  4,516,482.53            0.00       0.00        226,518.88
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      1,437.21            0.00       0.00        128,411.52
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00      1,752,260.78

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          622,202.86  5,112,420.22            0.00       0.00     99,340,602.18
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-2       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-3     165.449089  157.501058     0.972013   158.473071   0.000000    7.948031
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    729.458561    8.073896     0.000000     8.073896   0.000000  721.384665

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       21,113.79
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       70,154.27
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    5,605.01


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    44   4,546,984.52

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   10   1,598,505.41

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     713,640.45


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            10
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      2,037,513.97

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      99,340,602.18

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,039

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       5

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 727,658.59

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,104,161.84

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                               SENIOR          SUBORDINATE
PERCENTAGE FOR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION          98.24912900 %     1.75087100 %
CURRENT PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE               100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %
PERCENTAGE FOR NEXT DISTRIBUTION             98.23610820 %     1.76389180 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.79566696
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              303.74

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                54.60932759

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS3(POOL #  4211)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4211 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110FBC6    42,855,000.00           0.00     6.780000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110FBD4    26,000,000.00           0.00     7.150000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110FBE2    10,596,000.00           0.00     7.290000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110FBF9    25,000,000.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110FBG7    18,587,000.00  18,308,561.99     7.460000  %  6,034,623.91
A-I-6   76110FBH5    21,696,000.00  21,696,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110FBJ1     8,047,000.00   8,047,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-8   76110FBK8    17,436,000.00  17,436,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-9   76110FBL6    25,145,000.00  25,145,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-10  76110FBM4    19,000,000.00  19,000,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-I-11  76110FBN2    15,875,562.00  15,875,562.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-II    76110FBP7    20,551,438.00  12,710,606.73     7.750000  %    416,016.65
A-P     76110FBQ5     1,166,695.86     918,168.57     0.000000  %      8,414.95
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  12,168,765.88     7.750000  %     12,665.56
M-2     76110FBU6     5,568,000.00   5,408,124.53     7.750000  %      5,628.91
M-3     76110FBV4     4,176,000.00   4,056,093.40     7.750000  %      4,221.69
B-1                   1,809,600.00   1,757,640.46     7.750000  %      1,829.40
B-2                     696,000.00     676,015.56     7.750000  %        703.61
B-3                   1,670,738.96   1,483,087.52     7.750000  %      1,543.63
A-V     76110FHY2             0.00           0.00     0.694908  %          0.00
STRIP                         0.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,404,734.82   164,686,626.64                  6,485,648.31
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-2           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-3           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-4           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-5     113,704.34  6,148,328.25            0.00       0.00     12,273,938.08
A-I-6     139,979.80    139,979.80            0.00       0.00     21,696,000.00
A-I-7      51,918.21     51,918.21            0.00       0.00      8,047,000.00
A-I-8     112,494.83    112,494.83            0.00       0.00     17,436,000.00
A-I-9     162,232.30    162,232.30            0.00       0.00     25,145,000.00
A-I-10    122,585.55    122,585.55            0.00       0.00     19,000,000.00
A-I-11    102,427.08    102,427.08            0.00       0.00     15,875,562.00
A-II       82,007.20    498,023.85            0.00       0.00     12,294,590.08
A-P             0.00      8,414.95            0.00       0.00        909,753.62
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        78,511.31     91,176.87            0.00       0.00     12,156,100.32
M-2        34,892.52     40,521.43            0.00       0.00      5,402,495.62
M-3        26,169.39     30,391.08            0.00       0.00      4,051,871.71
B-1        11,340.07     13,169.47            0.00       0.00      1,755,811.06
B-2         4,361.56      5,065.17            0.00       0.00        675,311.95
B-3         9,568.69     11,112.32            0.00       0.00      1,481,543.89
A-V        95,272.88     95,272.88            0.00       0.00              0.00
STRIP       4,420.14      4,420.14            0.00       0.00              0.00

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        1,151,885.87  7,637,534.18            0.00       0.00    158,200,978.33
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS3(POOL #  4211)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4211 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-3     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-4     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-5   985.019744  324.669065     6.117412   330.786477   0.000000  660.350680
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     6.451871     6.451871   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     6.451872     6.451872   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-8  1000.000000    0.000000     6.451871     6.451871   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-9  1000.000000    0.000000     6.451871     6.451871   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-10 1000.000000    0.000000     6.451871     6.451871   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-11 1000.000000    0.000000     6.451871     6.451871   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    618.477730   20.242703     3.990339    24.233042   0.000000  598.235028
A-P     786.981939    7.212630     0.000000     7.212630   0.000000  779.769309
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     971.286737    1.010940     6.266617     7.277557   0.000000  970.275797
M-2     971.286733    1.010939     6.266616     7.277555   0.000000  970.275794
M-3     971.286734    1.010941     6.266616     7.277557   0.000000  970.275793
B-1     971.286726    1.010942     6.266617     7.277559   0.000000  970.275785
B-2     971.286724    1.010934     6.266609     7.277543   0.000000  970.275790
B-3     887.683567    0.923921     5.727220     6.651141   0.000000  886.759644
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
STRIP     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       33,996.38
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       66,093.13
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,838.74


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    51   5,827,423.50

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6     463,334.61

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     502,894.52


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                            16
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,512,313.53

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     158,200,978.33

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,602

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                 229,934.28

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    6,306,828.81

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         83.92832710 %    13.13584700 %    2.37830090 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT           89.51977360 %     0.00000000 %   10.48022640 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            83.77332580 %    13.66013528 %    2.48753030 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.72709600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              302.96

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                56.82409763

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS4(POOL #  4216)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4216 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110FBW2    45,914,000.00           0.00     6.850000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110FBX0    26,945,000.00   2,418,963.63    11.000000  %    821,805.04
A-I-3   76110FBY8    15,646,000.00           0.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110FBZ5    32,740,000.00   8,501,262.50     7.500000  %  4,930,529.06
A-I-5   76110FCA9    10,023,000.00  10,023,000.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110FCB7    26,811,000.00  26,811,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110FCC5    18,046,000.00  18,046,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-8   76110FCD3     9,094,000.00   9,094,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-9   76110FCE1    10,284,000.00  10,284,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-10  76110FCF8    27,538,000.00  27,538,000.00     7.900000  %          0.00
A-II-1  76110FCG6    16,021,000.00   5,463,274.98     7.250000  %    163,090.67
A-II-2  76110FCH4     8,580,000.00   8,580,000.00     7.650000  %          0.00
A-P     76110FCJ0     3,039,637.99   2,109,230.08     0.000000  %     27,038.29
A-V-1                         0.00           0.00     0.945810  %          0.00
A-V-2                         0.00           0.00     0.377494  %          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  12,857,468.55     8.000000  %     14,580.64
M-2     76110FCN1     5,570,800.00   5,413,732.33     8.000000  %      6,139.29
M-3     76110FCP6     4,456,600.00   4,330,947.01     8.000000  %      4,911.39
B-1     76110FCR2     2,228,400.00   2,165,570.69     8.000000  %      2,455.80
B-2     76110FCS0       696,400.00     678,109.38     8.000000  %        768.99
B-3     76110FCT8     1,671,255.97   1,093,508.26     8.000000  %          0.00
STRIP                         0.00           0.00     0.157617  %          0.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  278,535,793.96   155,408,067.41                  5,971,319.17
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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      22,080.49    843,885.53            0.00       0.00      1,597,158.59
A-I-3           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-4      52,909.22  4,983,438.28            0.00       0.00      3,570,733.44
A-I-5      64,043.51     64,043.51            0.00       0.00     10,023,000.00
A-I-6     177,987.57    177,987.57            0.00       0.00     26,811,000.00
A-I-7     119,800.22    119,800.22            0.00       0.00     18,046,000.00
A-I-8      60,371.45     60,371.45            0.00       0.00      9,094,000.00
A-I-9      68,271.39     68,271.39            0.00       0.00     10,284,000.00
A-I-10    180,528.66    180,528.66            0.00       0.00     27,538,000.00
A-II-1     32,868.34    195,959.01            0.00       0.00      5,300,184.31
A-II-2     54,467.24     54,467.24            0.00       0.00      8,580,000.00
A-P             0.00     27,038.29            0.00       0.00      2,082,191.79
A-V-1      81,486.67     81,486.67            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-V-2      16,159.03     16,159.03            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        85,355.62     99,936.26            0.00       0.00     12,842,887.91
M-2        35,939.62     42,078.91            0.00       0.00      5,407,593.04
M-3        28,751.43     33,662.82            0.00       0.00      4,326,035.62
B-1        14,376.36     16,832.16            0.00       0.00      2,163,114.89
B-2         8,093.57      8,862.56            0.00       0.00        677,340.39
B-3         4,907.38      4,907.38            0.00       0.00      1,092,268.19
STRIP       8,177.85      8,177.85            0.00       0.00              0.00

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        1,116,575.62  7,087,894.79            0.00       0.00    149,435,508.17
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS4(POOL #  4216)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4216 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2    89.774119   30.499352     0.819465    31.318817   0.000000   59.274767
A-I-3     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-4   259.659820  150.596489     1.616042   152.212531   0.000000  109.063331
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     6.389655     6.389655   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-6  1000.000000    0.000000     6.638602     6.638602   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     6.638602     6.638602   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-8  1000.000000    0.000000     6.638602     6.638602   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-9  1000.000000    0.000000     6.638603     6.638603   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-10 1000.000000    0.000000     6.555620     6.555620   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II-1  341.007114   10.179806     2.051579    12.231385   0.000000  330.827309
A-II-2 1000.000000    0.000000     6.348163     6.348163   0.000000 1000.000000
A-P     693.908316    8.895232     0.000000     8.895232   0.000000  685.013084
A-V-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-V-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-I       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-II      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     971.805189    1.102048     6.451428     7.553476   0.000000  970.703141
M-2     971.805186    1.102048     6.451429     7.553477   0.000000  970.703138
M-3     971.805190    1.102049     6.451427     7.553476   0.000000  970.703141
B-1     971.805192    1.102046     6.451427     7.553473   0.000000  970.703146
B-2     973.735468    1.104236    11.622013    12.726249   0.000000  972.631232
B-3     654.303278    0.000000     2.936343     2.936343   0.000000  653.561277
STRIP     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       31,714.89
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       57,995.17
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    7,835.95


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    46   4,744,003.45

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8     760,336.52

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5     475,047.93


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        981,749.43

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     149,435,508.17

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

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       6

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                 928,101.47

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,788,856.06

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         81.56558620 %    14.54374200 %    2.53345170 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            82.00974320 %    15.10786616 %    2.66890730 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         205,069.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            2,211,823.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,211,823.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.97256300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              295.33

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                53.65037866

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS5(POOL #  4222)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4222 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110FCU5    23,848,000.00   1,853,243.49     9.500000  %    409,336.77
A-I-2   76110FCV3    25,000,000.00   4,482,447.48     7.600000  %    990,064.90
A-I-3   76110FCW1    12,373,000.00           0.00     6.650000  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110FCX9     7,100,000.00           0.00     7.450000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110FCY7    10,137,000.00           0.00     7.600000  %          0.00
A-I-6   76110FCZ4     5,558,000.00   4,940,204.95     7.800000  %  1,091,172.06
A-I-7   76110FDA8    16,926,000.00  16,926,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-8   76110FDB6     6,884,000.00   6,884,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-9   76110FDC4    11,229,000.00  11,229,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-10  76110FDD2    22,501,000.00  22,501,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II-1  76110FDE0    11,162,000.00   4,169,480.06     8.000000  %    126,652.57
A-II-2  76110FDF7     4,525,000.00   4,525,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-P     76110FDG5     1,105,878.69     828,707.07     0.000000  %      1,293.51
A-V-1                         0.00           0.00     1.021882  %          0.00
A-V-2                         0.00           0.00     0.486823  %          0.00
R       76110FDH3           100.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FDJ9     7,918,500.00   7,688,571.86     8.000000  %     11,565.76
M-2     76110FDK6     3,958,800.00   3,843,849.02     8.000000  %      5,782.22
M-3     76110FDL4     2,815,100.00   2,733,358.44     8.000000  %      4,111.73
B-1     76110FDM2     1,407,600.00   1,366,727.76     8.000000  %      2,055.94
B-2     76110FDN0       439,800.00     427,029.60     8.000000  %        642.37
B-3     76110FDP5     1,055,748.52     974,612.08     8.000000  %      1,466.09

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  175,944,527.21    95,373,231.81                  2,644,143.92
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1      14,667.34    424,004.11            0.00       0.00      1,443,906.72
A-I-2      28,380.76  1,018,445.66            0.00       0.00      3,492,382.58
A-I-3           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-4           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-5           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-6      32,102.20  1,123,274.26            0.00       0.00      3,849,032.89
A-I-7     112,807.91    112,807.91            0.00       0.00     16,926,000.00
A-I-8      45,880.28     45,880.28            0.00       0.00      6,884,000.00
A-I-9      74,838.71     74,838.71            0.00       0.00     11,229,000.00
A-I-10    149,964.02    149,964.02            0.00       0.00     22,501,000.00
A-II-1     27,788.63    154,441.20            0.00       0.00      4,042,827.49
A-II-2     30,158.09     30,158.09            0.00       0.00      4,525,000.00
A-P             0.00      1,293.51            0.00       0.00        827,413.56
A-V-1      57,213.99     57,213.99            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-V-2      11,423.90     11,423.90            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        51,242.57     62,808.33            0.00       0.00      7,677,006.10
M-2        25,618.37     31,400.59            0.00       0.00      3,838,066.80
M-3        18,217.21     22,328.94            0.00       0.00      2,729,246.71
B-1         9,108.93     11,164.87            0.00       0.00      1,364,671.82
B-2         2,846.05      3,488.42            0.00       0.00        426,387.23
B-3         6,495.56      7,961.65            0.00       0.00        958,784.13

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          698,754.52  3,342,898.44            0.00       0.00     92,714,726.03
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS5(POOL #  4222)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4222 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1    77.710646   17.164407     0.615034    17.779441   0.000000   60.546240
A-I-2   179.297899   39.602596     1.135230    40.737826   0.000000  139.695303
A-I-3     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-4     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-5     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-6   888.845799  196.324588     5.775855   202.100443   0.000000  692.521211
A-I-7  1000.000000    0.000000     6.664771     6.664771   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-8  1000.000000    0.000000     6.664770     6.664770   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-9  1000.000000    0.000000     6.664771     6.664771   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-10 1000.000000    0.000000     6.664771     6.664771   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II-1  373.542381   11.346763     2.489574    13.836337   0.000000  362.195618
A-II-2 1000.000000    0.000000     6.664771     6.664771   0.000000 1000.000000
A-P     749.365258    1.169667     0.000000     1.169667   0.000000  748.195591
A-V-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-V-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     970.963170    1.460600     6.471247     7.931847   0.000000  969.502570
M-2     970.963176    1.460599     6.471246     7.931845   0.000000  969.502577
M-3     970.963177    1.460598     6.471248     7.931846   0.000000  969.502579
B-1     970.963171    1.460600     6.471249     7.931849   0.000000  969.502572
B-2     970.963165    1.460596     6.471237     7.931833   0.000000  969.502569
B-3     923.147948    1.388674     6.152564     7.541238   0.000000  908.155788

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       19,554.23
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       54,733.87
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,780.67


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    38   3,897,574.37

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     433,427.95

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6   1,169,226.56


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                      1,024,070.51

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      92,714,726.03

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,015

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                 341,634.28

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,457,289.13

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                       34,320.84

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         81.27057720 %    14.95784400 %    2.90266920 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            81.50543060 %    15.36359996 %    2.99262550 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         125,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,003,426.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,900,000.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.11815100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              300.78

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                52.69543049

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS7(POOL #  4228)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4228 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110FDQ3    20,106,154.00           0.00     7.050000  %          0.00
A-I-2   76110FDR1    43,322,483.00   4,953,892.09     5.439840  %  1,116,662.23
A-I-3   76110FDS9             0.00           0.00     3.560160  %          0.00
A-I-4   76110FDT7    13,330,948.00           0.00     7.125000  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110FDU4    24,973,716.00   5,965,800.70     7.600000  %  3,490,727.13
A-I-6   76110FDV2             0.00           0.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-7   76110FDW0     1,000,000.00   1,000,000.00     7.700000  %    224,006.15
A-I-8   76110FDX8     9,539,699.00   9,539,699.00     7.700000  %          0.00
A-I-9   76110FDY6    22,526,000.00  22,526,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-10  76110FDZ3    11,650,000.00  11,650,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-11  76110FEA7    30,421,000.00  30,421,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-I-12  76110FEB5     8,619,000.00   8,619,000.00     8.000000  %          0.00
A-II    76110FEC3    20,104,000.00  12,806,654.52     8.000000  %    449,496.66
A-P     76110FED1       601,147.92     407,522.43     0.000000  %        900.78
A-V-1                         0.00           0.00     0.891890  %          0.00
A-V-2                         0.00           0.00     0.533540  %          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   8,880,566.66     8.000000  %      9,317.42
M-2     76110FEH2     5,126,400.00   4,994,770.69     8.000000  %      5,240.47
M-3     76110FEJ8     3,645,500.00   3,551,895.38     8.000000  %      3,726.62
B-1                   1,822,700.00   1,775,898.99     8.000000  %      1,863.26
B-2                     569,600.00     554,974.54     8.000000  %        582.27
B-3                   1,366,716.75   1,250,454.33     8.000000  %      1,311.95

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  227,839,864.67   128,898,129.33                  5,303,834.94
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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      22,292.09  1,138,954.32            0.00       0.00      3,837,229.86
A-I-3      14,589.29     14,589.29            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-4           0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-5      37,505.97  3,528,233.10            0.00       0.00      2,475,073.57
A-I-6         491.64        491.64            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-7       6,369.55    230,375.70            0.00       0.00        775,993.85
A-I-8      60,763.60     60,763.60            0.00       0.00      9,539,699.00
A-I-9     149,070.66    149,070.66            0.00       0.00     22,526,000.00
A-I-10     77,096.39     77,096.39            0.00       0.00     11,650,000.00
A-I-11    201,317.53    201,317.53            0.00       0.00     30,421,000.00
A-I-12     57,038.09     57,038.09            0.00       0.00      8,619,000.00
A-II       84,750.80    534,247.46            0.00       0.00     12,357,157.86
A-P             0.00        900.78            0.00       0.00        406,621.65
A-V-1      72,678.96     72,678.96            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-V-2      13,411.99     13,411.99            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        58,769.07     68,086.49            0.00       0.00      8,871,249.24
M-2        33,053.97     38,294.44            0.00       0.00      4,989,530.22
M-3        23,505.43     27,232.05            0.00       0.00      3,548,168.76
B-1        11,752.40     13,615.66            0.00       0.00      1,774,035.73
B-2         3,672.66      4,254.93            0.00       0.00        554,392.27
B-3         8,275.15      9,587.10            0.00       0.00      1,155,264.84

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          936,405.24  6,240,240.18            0.00       0.00    123,500,416.85
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS7(POOL #  4228)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4228 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-2   114.349219   25.775582     0.514562    26.290144   0.000000   88.573636
A-I-3     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-4     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-5   238.883180  139.776040     1.501818   141.277858   0.000000   99.107140
A-I-6     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-7  1000.000000  224.006147     6.369550   230.375697   0.000000  775.993853
A-I-8  1000.000000    0.000000     6.369551     6.369551   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-9  1000.000000    0.000000     6.617716     6.617716   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-10 1000.000000    0.000000     6.617716     6.617716   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-11 1000.000000    0.000000     6.617716     6.617716   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-12 1000.000000    0.000000     6.617716     6.617716   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    637.020221   22.358568     4.215619    26.574187   0.000000  614.661652
A-P     677.907078    1.498437     0.000000     1.498437   0.000000  676.408641
A-V-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-V-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-I       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-II      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     974.323246    1.022252     6.447795     7.470047   0.000000  973.300994
M-2     974.323246    1.022251     6.447794     7.470045   0.000000  973.300995
M-3     974.323242    1.022252     6.447793     7.470045   0.000000  973.300990
B-1     974.323251    1.022253     6.447797     7.470050   0.000000  973.300999
B-2     974.323279    1.022244     6.447788     7.470032   0.000000  973.301036
B-3     914.933054    0.959928     6.054766     7.014694   0.000000  845.284761

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       26,177.52
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       51,895.81
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,566.36


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    38   4,524,872.42

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     482,674.37

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6     314,196.71


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             8
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        931,732.37

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     123,500,416.85

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,334

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                 189,524.81

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,995,388.02

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         83.38526470 %    13.52016000 %    2.77841730 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            83.02705590 %    14.09626677 %    2.83011250 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,279,136.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,637,912.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          9.11144700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              301.86

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                54.20492021

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1996-QS8(POOL #  4231)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4231 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FEK5     4,000,000.00   1,409,379.56     7.400000  %    167,900.82
A-2     76110FEL3     4,074,824.00           0.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-3     76110FEM1    13,128,206.00   8,652,759.88     7.050000  %  1,421,852.01
A-4     76110FEN9     3,765,148.00   3,765,148.00     7.300000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FEP4    10,500,000.00   3,154,877.68     7.400000  %    685,643.97
A-6     76110FEQ2     2,600,500.00   2,600,500.00     7.400000  %          0.00
A-7     76110FER0    31,579,563.00  13,309,110.86     5.539840  %  1,338,237.93
A-8     76110FES8             0.00           0.00     3.460160  %          0.00
A-9     76110FET6    32,965,000.00           0.00     0.000000  %          0.00
A-10    76110FEU3    20,953,719.00  18,221,359.63     7.400000  %  1,082,173.31
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      85,424.44     0.000000  %      1,703.21
A-15-1                        0.00           0.00     0.987979  %          0.00
A-15-2                        0.00           0.00     0.555485  %          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   6,421,108.64     7.750000  %      4,841.85
M-2     76110FFC2     4,440,700.00   4,280,771.24     7.750000  %      3,227.92
M-3     76110FFD0     3,108,500.00   2,996,549.51     7.750000  %      2,259.55
B-1                   1,509,500.00   1,455,136.39     7.750000  %      1,097.25
B-2                     444,000.00     428,009.66     7.750000  %        322.74
B-3                   1,154,562.90   1,048,293.29     7.750000  %        790.39

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  177,623,205.60   104,450,386.78                  4,710,050.95
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1         8,619.22    176,520.04            0.00       0.00      1,241,478.74
A-2             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-3        50,414.11  1,472,266.12            0.00       0.00      7,230,907.87
A-4        22,715.03     22,715.03            0.00       0.00      3,765,148.00
A-5        19,294.02    704,937.99            0.00       0.00      2,469,233.71
A-6        15,903.66     15,903.66            0.00       0.00      2,600,500.00
A-7        60,933.29  1,399,171.22            0.00       0.00     11,970,872.93
A-8        38,058.67     38,058.67            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-10      111,434.81  1,193,608.12            0.00       0.00     17,139,186.32
A-11       89,508.01     89,508.01            0.00       0.00     13,975,000.00
A-12       12,809.74     12,809.74            0.00       0.00      2,000,000.00
A-13      132,241.01    132,241.01            0.00       0.00     20,646,958.00
A-14            0.00      1,703.21            0.00       0.00         83,721.23
A-15-1     67,027.09     67,027.09            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-15-2     10,264.68     10,264.68            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        41,126.34     45,968.19            0.00       0.00      6,416,266.79
M-2        27,417.77     30,645.69            0.00       0.00      4,277,543.32
M-3        19,192.50     21,452.05            0.00       0.00      2,994,289.96
B-1         9,319.96     10,417.21            0.00       0.00      1,454,039.14
B-2         2,741.35      3,064.09            0.00       0.00        427,686.92
B-3         6,714.18      7,504.57            0.00       0.00      1,012,450.63

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          745,735.44  5,455,786.39            0.00       0.00     99,705,283.56
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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     352.344890   41.975204     2.154805    44.130009   0.000000  310.369686
A-2       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-3     659.096900  108.305126     3.840137   112.145263   0.000000  550.791774
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.032971     6.032971   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5     300.464541   65.299425     1.837526    67.136951   0.000000  235.165116
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.115616     6.115616   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7     421.446961   42.376708     1.929517    44.306225   0.000000  379.070253
A-8       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-9       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-10    869.600267   51.645883     5.318140    56.964023   0.000000  817.954384
A-11   1000.000000    0.000000     6.404867     6.404867   0.000000 1000.000000
A-12   1000.000000    0.000000     6.404870     6.404870   0.000000 1000.000000
A-13   1000.000000    0.000000     6.404867     6.404867   0.000000 1000.000000
A-14    737.532150   14.705067     0.000000    14.705067   0.000000  722.827083
A-15-1    0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-15-2    0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-I       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-II      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     963.985684    0.726895     6.174199     6.901094   0.000000  963.258789
M-2     963.985687    0.726894     6.174200     6.901094   0.000000  963.258793
M-3     963.985688    0.726894     6.174200     6.901094   0.000000  963.258794
B-1     963.985684    0.726896     6.174203     6.901099   0.000000  963.258788
B-2     963.985721    0.726892     6.174212     6.901104   0.000000  963.258829
B-3     907.956847    0.684579     5.815344     6.499923   0.000000  876.912492

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

Run:     12/29/98     16:47:32                                        rept2.frg
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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                       21,234.15
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       39,386.53
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,315.10


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    32   3,273,203.33

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8     564,964.82

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     526,041.97


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        536,511.82

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      99,705,283.57

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,055

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                 161,506.45

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    4,613,078.00

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         84.06565920 %    13.12550600 %    2.80883480 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            83.35473130 %    13.72856039 %    2.90517100 %

      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                          8.97551513
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              324.08

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                56.13302791

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
           RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES I, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS1(POOL #  4237)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4237 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FFE8    33,258,000.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-2     76110FFF5    10,146,000.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-3     76110FFG3    24,816,000.00      26,363.91     6.750000  %     26,363.91
A-4     76110FFH1    15,938,000.00  15,938,000.00     6.750000  %  2,471,455.72
A-5     76110FFJ7    10,253,000.00   6,740,732.28     6.750000  %    587,722.28
A-6     76110FFK4    31,511,646.00  16,146,095.69    11.000000  %    661,187.53
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     156,695.79     0.000000  %      7,949.40
A-13-1                        0.00           0.00     1.020954  %          0.00
A-13-2                        0.00           0.00     0.649507  %          0.00
R       76110FFT5           100.00           0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FFV0     9,377,000.00   9,229,880.45     7.500000  %     14,603.66
M-2     76110FFW8     6,251,000.00   6,152,925.54     7.500000  %      9,735.25
M-3     76110FFW8     4,375,700.00   4,307,047.87     7.500000  %      6,814.68
B-1                   1,624,900.00   1,599,406.28     7.500000  %      2,530.60
B-2                     624,800.00     614,997.27     7.500000  %        973.06
B-3                   1,500,282.64   1,402,776.49     7.500000  %      2,219.49

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  250,038,730.26   162,464,275.57                  3,791,555.58
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-2             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-3           148.26     26,512.17            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-4        89,625.43  2,561,081.15            0.00       0.00     13,466,544.28
A-5        37,905.70    625,627.98            0.00       0.00      6,153,010.00
A-6       147,963.26    809,150.79            0.00       0.00     15,484,908.16
A-7        99,263.90     99,263.90            0.00       0.00     17,652,000.00
A-8        31,803.53     31,803.53            0.00       0.00      5,655,589.00
A-9       107,226.61    107,226.61            0.00       0.00     19,068,000.00
A-10       57,739.55     57,739.55            0.00       0.00     10,267,765.00
A-11      296,826.99    296,826.99            0.00       0.00     47,506,000.00
A-12            0.00      7,949.40            0.00       0.00        148,746.39
A-13-1    107,072.66    107,072.66            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-13-2     19,792.27     19,792.27            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        57,670.14     72,273.80            0.00       0.00      9,215,276.79
M-2        38,444.71     48,179.96            0.00       0.00      6,143,190.29
M-3        26,911.30     33,725.98            0.00       0.00      4,300,233.19
B-1         9,993.41     12,524.01            0.00       0.00      1,596,875.68
B-2         3,842.62      4,815.68            0.00       0.00        614,024.21
B-3         8,764.83     10,984.32            0.00       0.00      1,400,557.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,140,995.17  4,932,550.75            0.00       0.00    158,672,719.99
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
           RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES I, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-QS1(POOL #  4237)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4237 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-2       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-3       1.062375    1.062375     0.005974     1.068349   0.000000    0.000000
A-4    1000.000000  155.066867     5.623380   160.690247   0.000000  844.933133
A-5     657.439996   57.321982     3.697035    61.019017   0.000000  600.118014
A-6     512.385030   20.982323     4.695510    25.677833   0.000000  491.402707
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623380     5.623380   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623381     5.623381   0.000000 1000.000000
A-9    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623380     5.623380   0.000000 1000.000000
A-10   1000.000000    0.000000     5.623381     5.623381   0.000000 1000.000000
A-11   1000.000000    0.000000     6.248200     6.248200   0.000000 1000.000000
A-12    735.841941   37.330307     0.000000    37.330307   0.000000  698.511634
A-13-1    0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-13-2    0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     984.310595    1.557391     6.150170     7.707561   0.000000  982.753204
M-2     984.310597    1.557391     6.150170     7.707561   0.000000  982.753206
M-3     984.310595    1.557392     6.150170     7.707562   0.000000  982.753203
B-1     984.310591    1.557388     6.150169     7.707557   0.000000  982.753203
B-2     984.310611    1.557394     6.150160     7.707554   0.000000  982.753217
B-3     935.008146    1.479368     5.842119     7.321487   0.000000  933.528765

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

Run:     12/29/98     16:47:38                                        rept2.frg
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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                       33,750.83
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       50,364.49
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,300.62


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    41   3,983,277.63

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8     965,142.58

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5     547,700.38


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             7
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        939,651.91

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     158,672,719.99

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,584

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                 163,712.16

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,534,589.95

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      136,577.57

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         85.64020610 %    12.13119800 %    2.22859590 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            85.32073310 %    12.38946447 %    2.27817710 %

      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                          8.76101061
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              328.70

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                63.45925682

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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  14,507,717.49     9.000000  %  1,120,129.86
A-2     76110FFZ1    37,000,000.00   1,204,788.59     7.250000  %  1,204,788.59
A-3     76110FGA5     5,200,000.00   5,200,000.00     7.250000  %  1,210,466.00
A-4     76110FGB3    18,200,000.00  18,200,000.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FGC1    10,000,000.00   4,293,077.50     7.250000  %    385,070.24
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     113,340.46     0.000000  %      1,585.21
A-10-1                        0.00           0.00     0.792140  %          0.00
A-10-2                        0.00           0.00     0.484888  %          0.00
R       76100FGJ6           100.00           0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FGK3     4,931,600.00   4,844,257.38     7.750000  %      3,571.71
M-2     76110FGL1     4,109,600.00   4,036,815.66     7.750000  %      2,976.38
M-3     76110FGM9     2,630,200.00   2,583,617.03     7.750000  %      1,904.92
B-1                   1,068,500.00   1,049,575.99     7.750000  %        773.86
B-2                     410,900.00     403,622.64     7.750000  %        297.59
B-3                     821,738.81     804,959.10     7.750000  %        593.51

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,383,983.57   106,013,984.84                  3,932,157.87
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       108,173.89  1,228,303.75            0.00       0.00     13,387,587.63
A-2         7,236.52  1,212,025.11            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-3        31,233.62  1,241,699.62            0.00       0.00      3,989,534.00
A-4       109,317.64    109,317.64            0.00       0.00     18,200,000.00
A-5        25,786.21    410,856.45            0.00       0.00      3,908,007.26
A-6        44,276.23     44,276.23            0.00       0.00      7,371,430.00
A-7        66,780.33     66,780.33            0.00       0.00     10,400,783.00
A-8       199,041.78    199,041.78            0.00       0.00     31,000,000.00
A-9             0.00      1,585.21            0.00       0.00        111,755.25
A-10-1     54,146.56     54,146.56            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-10-2      9,443.39      9,443.39            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        31,103.54     34,675.25            0.00       0.00      4,840,685.67
M-2        25,919.19     28,895.57            0.00       0.00      4,033,839.28
M-3        16,588.64     18,493.56            0.00       0.00      2,581,712.11
B-1         6,739.01      7,512.87            0.00       0.00      1,048,802.13
B-2         2,591.54      2,889.13            0.00       0.00        403,325.05
B-3         5,168.40      5,761.91            0.00       0.00        804,365.59

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          743,546.49  4,675,704.36            0.00       0.00    102,081,826.97
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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     466.357582   36.007115     3.477302    39.484417   0.000000  430.350467
A-2      32.561854   32.561854     0.195582    32.757436   0.000000    0.000000
A-3    1000.000000  232.781923     6.006465   238.788388   0.000000  767.218077
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.006464     6.006464   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5     429.307750   38.507024     2.578621    41.085645   0.000000  390.800726
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.006464     6.006464   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     6.420702     6.420702   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8    1000.000000    0.000000     6.420703     6.420703   0.000000 1000.000000
A-9     868.098439   12.141457     0.000000    12.141457   0.000000  855.956982
A-10-1    0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-10-2    0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     982.289192    0.724250     6.306988     7.031238   0.000000  981.564942
M-2     982.289191    0.724251     6.306986     7.031237   0.000000  981.564941
M-3     982.289191    0.724249     6.306988     7.031237   0.000000  981.564942
B-1     982.289181    0.724249     6.306982     7.031231   0.000000  981.564932
B-2     982.289219    0.724239     6.306985     7.031224   0.000000  981.564979
B-3     979.580239    0.722249     6.289590     7.011839   0.000000  978.857978

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       21,648.53
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       31,125.36
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    2,853.04


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    33   2,563,102.49

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1      33,856.38

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          8     766,537.87


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             3
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        395,607.08

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     102,081,826.97

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,079

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                 344,315.71

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,853,978.49

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.04177120 %    10.82589300 %    2.13233620 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            86.55220140 %    11.22260191 %    2.21289710 %

      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                          8.79335256
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              329.59

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                62.09961868

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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           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-2     76110FGT4    26,579,000.00  15,064,112.29     7.500000  %  3,120,629.63
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   4,555,016.04     9.500000  %    445,804.23
A-8     76110FGZ0    27,500,000.00  27,500,000.00     7.750000  %          0.00
A-9     76110FHA4       107,351.50      92,263.87     0.000000  %        115.55
A-10-1                        0.00           0.00     0.810106  %          0.00
A-10-2                        0.00           0.00     0.488611  %          0.00
R       76110FHC0           100.00           0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FHD8     5,346,700.00   5,278,796.31     7.750000  %     19,015.27
M-2     76110FHE6     4,112,900.00   4,060,665.71     7.750000  %     14,627.32
M-3     76110FHF3     2,632,200.00   2,598,770.74     7.750000  %      9,361.29
B-1                   1,069,400.00   1,055,818.51     7.750000  %      3,803.27
B-2                     411,200.00     405,977.73     7.750000  %      1,462.41
B-3                     823,585.68     813,126.02     7.750000  %      2,929.04

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  164,514,437.18   109,873,547.22                  3,617,748.01
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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        93,822.19  3,214,451.82            0.00       0.00     11,943,482.66
A-3       104,764.42    104,764.42            0.00       0.00     16,821,000.00
A-4       151,176.91    151,176.91            0.00       0.00     23,490,000.00
A-5        45,938.73     45,938.73            0.00       0.00      7,138,000.00
A-6         6,435.80      6,435.80            0.00       0.00      1,000,000.00
A-7        35,934.72    481,738.95            0.00       0.00      4,109,211.81
A-8       176,984.47    176,984.47            0.00       0.00     27,500,000.00
A-9             0.00        115.55            0.00       0.00         92,148.32
A-10-1     55,576.95     55,576.95            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-10-2     11,060.82     11,060.82            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        33,973.27     52,988.54            0.00       0.00      5,259,781.04
M-2        26,133.62     40,760.94            0.00       0.00      4,046,038.39
M-3        16,725.17     26,086.46            0.00       0.00      2,589,409.45
B-1         6,795.04     10,598.31            0.00       0.00      1,052,015.24
B-2         2,612.79      4,075.20            0.00       0.00        404,515.32
B-3         5,233.12      8,162.16            0.00       0.00        810,196.98

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          773,168.02  4,390,916.03            0.00       0.00    106,255,799.21
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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       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-2     566.767459  117.409595     3.529937   120.939532   0.000000  449.357864
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.228192     6.228192   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.435799     6.435799   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     6.435799     6.435799   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.435800     6.435800   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7     296.280476   28.997283     2.337370    31.334653   0.000000  267.283193
A-8    1000.000000    0.000000     6.435799     6.435799   0.000000 1000.000000
A-9     859.455806    1.076371     0.000000     1.076371   0.000000  858.379436
A-10-1    0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-10-2    0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     987.299888    3.556450     6.354063     9.910513   0.000000  983.743438
M-2     987.299888    3.556449     6.354062     9.910511   0.000000  983.743439
M-3     987.299878    3.556451     6.354065     9.910516   0.000000  983.743428
B-1     987.299897    3.556452     6.354068     9.910520   0.000000  983.743445
B-2     987.299927    3.556445     6.354061     9.910506   0.000000  983.743483
B-3     987.299852    3.556448     6.354069     9.910517   0.000000  983.743407

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       22,275.79
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       22,733.40
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    5,103.62


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    15   1,491,395.69

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     323,792.18

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     425,812.95


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        719,504.87

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     106,255,799.21

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,053

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                 634,333.66

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    3,222,215.91

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      319,102.98

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.05320740 %    10.87456100 %    2.07223140 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            86.66025870 %    11.19489851 %    2.13512580 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.80034947
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              333.35

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                64.58752255

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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           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-2     76110FHL0    35,775,000.00  20,486,113.45     7.250000  %  4,233,394.38
A-3     76110FHM8    22,398,546.00  22,398,546.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FHN6    24,498,244.00  11,493,823.64    10.000000  %    940,754.31
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     144,064.00     0.000000  %     18,250.82
A-9-1                         0.00           0.00     0.799540  %          0.00
A-9-2                         0.00           0.00     0.510657  %          0.00
R       76110FHU0           100.00           0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FHV8     7,186,600.00   7,091,973.16     7.750000  %      4,998.42
M-2     76110FHW6     4,975,300.00   4,909,789.61     7.750000  %      3,460.42
M-3     76110FHX4     3,316,900.00   3,273,225.98     7.750000  %      2,306.97
B-1                   1,216,200.00   1,200,186.15     7.750000  %        845.89
B-2                     552,900.00     545,619.91     7.750000  %        384.55
B-3                     995,114.30     954,742.96     7.750000  %        672.92

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  221,126,398.63   149,323,284.86                  5,205,068.68
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      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       122,903.48  4,356,297.86            0.00       0.00     16,252,719.07
A-3       134,376.84    134,376.84            0.00       0.00     22,398,546.00
A-4        95,111.08  1,035,865.39            0.00       0.00     10,553,069.33
A-5       109,695.74    109,695.74            0.00       0.00     17,675,100.00
A-6        45,854.34     45,854.34            0.00       0.00      7,150,100.00
A-7       333,481.41    333,481.41            0.00       0.00     52,000,000.00
A-8             0.00     18,250.82            0.00       0.00        125,813.18
A-9-1      77,073.33     77,073.33            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9-2      13,873.27     13,873.27            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        45,481.57     50,479.99            0.00       0.00      7,086,974.74
M-2        31,486.99     34,947.41            0.00       0.00      4,906,329.19
M-3        20,991.53     23,298.50            0.00       0.00      3,270,919.01
B-1         7,696.92      8,542.81            0.00       0.00      1,199,340.26
B-2         3,499.12      3,883.67            0.00       0.00        545,235.36
B-3         6,122.87      6,795.79            0.00       0.00        954,070.04

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,047,648.49  6,252,717.17            0.00       0.00    144,118,216.18
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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       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-2     572.637693  118.333875     3.435457   121.769332   0.000000  454.303818
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     5.999355     5.999355   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4     469.169286   38.400887     3.882363    42.283250   0.000000  430.768399
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     6.206230     6.206230   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.413105     6.413105   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     6.413104     6.413104   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8     927.743321  117.531627     0.000000   117.531627   0.000000  810.211694
A-9-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-9-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     986.832878    0.695519     6.328663     7.024182   0.000000  986.137358
M-2     986.832876    0.695520     6.328662     7.024182   0.000000  986.137357
M-3     986.832880    0.695520     6.328659     7.024179   0.000000  986.137360
B-1     986.832881    0.695519     6.328663     7.024182   0.000000  986.137362
B-2     986.832899    0.695515     6.328667     7.024182   0.000000  986.137385
B-3     959.430449    0.676204     6.152931     6.829135   0.000000  958.754222

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       30,498.88
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       28,988.08
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    29   2,142,923.84

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     789,885.75

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     282,401.68


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        487,365.71

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     144,118,216.18

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,445

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                    5,099,820.40

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.95037430 %    10.23935400 %    1.81027160 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            87.52512760 %    10.59145981 %    1.87415840 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.81210198
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              333.45

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                65.17458660

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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           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-2     76110FJA2    10,800,000.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-3     76110FJB0    29,956,909.00  13,330,678.64    10.000000  %    857,382.26
A-4     76110FJC8    24,000,000.00  23,763,385.51     7.250000  %  2,286,352.69
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     262,483.85     0.000000  %        312.14
A-11-1                        0.00           0.00     0.711464  %          0.00
A-11-2                        0.00           0.00     0.364674  %          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   6,642,823.38     8.000000  %     11,302.63
M-2     76110FJP9     4,330,000.00   4,273,911.64     8.000000  %      7,271.98
M-3     76110FJQ7     2,886,000.00   2,848,616.40     8.000000  %      4,846.86
B-1                   1,058,000.00   1,044,295.26     8.000000  %      1,776.85
B-2                     481,000.00     474,769.39     8.000000  %        807.81
B-3                     866,066.26     854,847.75     8.000000  %      1,454.50

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  192,360,424.83   131,107,902.82                  3,171,507.72
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-2             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-3       111,046.30    968,428.56            0.00       0.00     12,473,296.38
A-4       143,515.27  2,429,867.96            0.00       0.00     21,477,032.82
A-5        71,174.23     71,174.23            0.00       0.00     11,785,091.00
A-6       120,906.85    120,906.85            0.00       0.00     18,143,000.00
A-7        31,767.79     31,767.79            0.00       0.00      4,767,000.00
A-8        26,812.82     26,812.82            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9       259,190.56    259,190.56            0.00       0.00     42,917,000.00
A-10            0.00        312.14            0.00       0.00        262,171.71
A-11-1     59,004.42     59,004.42            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-11-2      9,583.91      9,583.91            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        44,268.47     55,571.10            0.00       0.00      6,631,520.75
M-2        28,481.79     35,753.77            0.00       0.00      4,266,639.66
M-3        18,983.48     23,830.34            0.00       0.00      2,843,769.54
B-1         6,959.29      8,736.14            0.00       0.00      1,042,518.41
B-2         3,163.91      3,971.72            0.00       0.00        473,961.58
B-3         5,696.80      7,151.30            0.00       0.00        853,393.25

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          940,555.89  4,112,063.61            0.00       0.00    127,936,395.10
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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       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-2       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-3     444.995131   28.620518     3.706868    32.327386   0.000000  416.374613
A-4     990.141063   95.264695     5.979803   101.244498   0.000000  894.876368
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     6.039345     6.039345   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.664105     6.664105   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     6.664105     6.664105   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-9    1000.000000    0.000000     6.039345     6.039345   0.000000 1000.000000
A-10    771.651439    0.917631     0.000000     0.917631   0.000000  770.733808
A-11-1    0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-11-2    0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-I       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-II      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     987.046565    1.679440     6.577782     8.257222   0.000000  985.367125
M-2     987.046568    1.679441     6.577781     8.257222   0.000000  985.367127
M-3     987.046570    1.679439     6.577782     8.257221   0.000000  985.367131
B-1     987.046560    1.679442     6.577779     8.257221   0.000000  985.367117
B-2     987.046549    1.679439     6.577775     8.257214   0.000000  985.367110
B-3     987.046592    1.679444     6.577788     8.257232   0.000000  985.367153

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       26,960.45
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       44,583.58
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      382.64


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    35   3,616,962.58

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     302,858.23

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6     865,319.06


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             7
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        813,875.39

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     127,936,395.10

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,283

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       1

BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH
FORECLOSURE OR GRANT OF A DEED IN LIEU OF
FORECLOSURE, INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                  44,591.96

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    2,948,621.15

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      134,644.21

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         87.66539640 %    10.52031600 %    1.81428770 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            87.38053560 %    10.74122023 %    1.85618770 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.93903800
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              335.22

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                66.50868816

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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  18,039,075.62     7.500000  %  2,294,378.28
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  20,150,545.50     7.500000  %     71,073.68
A-6     76110FJW4       164,986.80     110,589.17     0.000000  %        439.64
A-7-1                         0.00           0.00     0.855235  %          0.00
A-7-2                         0.00           0.00     0.343120  %          0.00
R       76110FJY0           100.00           0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1                   2,654,400.00   2,513,868.78     7.500000  %      8,866.75
M-2     76110FKA0     1,061,700.00   1,005,490.70     7.500000  %      3,546.50
M-3     76110FKB8       690,100.00     653,564.21     7.500000  %      2,305.21
B-1                     371,600.00     351,926.47     7.500000  %      1,241.29
B-2                     159,300.00     150,866.21     7.500000  %        532.13
B-3                     372,446.48     352,728.16     7.500000  %      1,244.12

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  106,172,633.28    79,803,654.82                  2,383,627.60
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       112,645.68  2,407,023.96            0.00       0.00     15,744,697.34
A-2        97,933.08     97,933.08            0.00       0.00     15,683,000.00
A-3       117,060.10    117,060.10            0.00       0.00     18,746,000.00
A-4        12,776.32     12,776.32            0.00       0.00      2,046,000.00
A-5       125,830.83    196,904.51            0.00       0.00     20,079,471.82
A-6             0.00        439.64            0.00       0.00        110,149.53
A-7-1      44,756.41     44,756.41            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-7-2       4,842.32      4,842.32            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        15,697.95     24,564.70            0.00       0.00      2,505,002.03
M-2         6,278.83      9,825.33            0.00       0.00      1,001,944.20
M-3         4,081.21      6,386.42            0.00       0.00        651,259.00
B-1         2,197.62      3,438.91            0.00       0.00        350,685.18
B-2           942.09      1,474.22            0.00       0.00        150,334.08
B-3         2,202.62      3,446.74            0.00       0.00        351,484.04

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          547,245.06  2,930,872.66            0.00       0.00     77,420,027.22
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     420.040880   53.424726     2.622961    56.047687   0.000000  366.616154
A-2    1000.000000    0.000000     6.244537     6.244537   0.000000 1000.000000
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.244538     6.244538   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.244536     6.244536   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5     947.057644    3.340399     5.913937     9.254336   0.000000  943.717245
A-6     670.291017    2.664698     0.000000     2.664698   0.000000  667.626319
A-7-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-7-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     947.057256    3.340397     5.913935     9.254332   0.000000  943.716859
M-2     947.057267    3.340397     5.913940     9.254337   0.000000  943.716869
M-3     947.057253    3.340400     5.913940     9.254340   0.000000  943.716853
B-1     947.057239    3.340393     5.913940     9.254333   0.000000  943.716846
B-2     947.057188    3.340427     5.913936     9.254363   0.000000  943.716761
B-3     947.057306    3.340399     5.913924     9.254323   0.000000  943.716907

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       16,522.35
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     1,423.94

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       12,022.05
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    15     863,722.24

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    3     116,335.49

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      19,038.62


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        162,014.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      77,420,027.22

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,069

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                    2,102,107.06

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         93.69023580 %     5.23624400 %    1.07351980 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            93.51866970 %     5.37096844 %    1.10270940 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.57143217
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              154.24

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                72.91900448

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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  39,276,276.10     7.500000  %  2,479,965.56
A-2     76110FKD4    20,984,000.00  12,420,276.10     7.500000  %  2,479,965.56
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  14,528,078.85     9.500000  %    708,561.59
A-8     76110FKP7       156,262.27     108,549.68     0.000000  %        898.02
A-9-1                         0.00           0.00     0.838723  %          0.00
A-9-2                         0.00           0.00     0.533181  %          0.00
R       76110FKK8           100.00           0.00     7.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FKL6     6,697,000.00   6,610,920.65     7.750000  %      4,441.40
M-2     76110FKM4     3,827,000.00   3,777,809.96     7.750000  %      2,538.04
M-3     76110FKN2     2,870,200.00   2,833,308.13     7.750000  %      1,903.50
B-1                   1,052,400.00   1,038,873.08     7.750000  %        697.94
B-2                     478,400.00     472,250.91     7.750000  %        317.27
B-3                     861,188.35     850,119.11     7.750000  %        571.14

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  191,342,550.62   131,916,462.57                  5,679,860.02
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       242,575.61  2,722,541.17            0.00       0.00     36,796,310.55
A-2        76,709.31  2,556,674.87            0.00       0.00      9,940,310.55
A-3        67,937.49     67,937.49            0.00       0.00     11,000,000.00
A-4        24,704.54     24,704.54            0.00       0.00      4,000,000.00
A-5       111,685.12    111,685.12            0.00       0.00     17,500,000.00
A-6       104,479.63    104,479.63            0.00       0.00     17,500,000.00
A-7       113,654.69    822,216.28            0.00       0.00     13,819,517.26
A-8             0.00        898.02            0.00       0.00        107,651.66
A-9-1      71,370.98     71,370.98            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9-2      12,549.15     12,549.15            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        42,190.94     46,632.34            0.00       0.00      6,606,479.25
M-2        24,110.01     26,648.05            0.00       0.00      3,775,271.92
M-3        18,082.19     19,985.69            0.00       0.00      2,831,404.63
B-1         6,630.10      7,328.04            0.00       0.00      1,038,175.14
B-2         3,013.90      3,331.17            0.00       0.00        471,933.64
B-3         5,425.46      5,996.60            0.00       0.00        849,547.97

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          925,119.12  6,604,979.14            0.00       0.00    126,236,602.57
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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     476.128015   30.063468     2.940631    33.004099   0.000000  446.064547
A-2     591.892685  118.183643     3.655610   121.839253   0.000000  473.709042
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.176135     6.176135   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.176135     6.176135   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     6.382007     6.382007   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     5.970265     5.970265   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7     662.626173   32.317518     5.183794    37.501312   0.000000  630.308655
A-8     694.663401    5.746877     0.000000     5.746877   0.000000  688.916525
A-9-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-9-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     987.146581    0.663192     6.299976     6.963168   0.000000  986.483388
M-2     987.146580    0.663193     6.299976     6.963169   0.000000  986.483387
M-3     987.146586    0.663194     6.299976     6.963170   0.000000  986.483391
B-1     987.146598    0.663189     6.299981     6.963170   0.000000  986.483409
B-2     987.146551    0.663190     6.299958     6.963148   0.000000  986.483361
B-3     987.146552    0.663188     6.299969     6.963157   0.000000  986.483352

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       26,648.63
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       37,905.86
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    5,266.81


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    26   2,435,562.98

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     984,330.35

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     655,222.59


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        771,379.61

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     126,236,602.56

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,263

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                 662,102.78

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,591,218.72

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.17727900 %    10.03129400 %    1.79142740 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            87.65326090 %    10.46697672 %    1.87082880 %

      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                          8.84596814
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              335.74

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                65.97414017

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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           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-2     76110FKV4    20,850,000.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-3     76110FKW2    16,320,750.00   8,459,913.93    10.000000  %    720,940.16
A-4     76110FKX0    19,700,543.00  14,646,362.34     7.000000  %  3,604,701.12
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  15,791,667.03     7.500000  %    936,055.66
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      14,409.45     0.000000  %         14.42
A-12-1                        0.00           0.00     0.949415  %          0.00
A-12-2                        0.00           0.00     0.657915  %          0.00
R       76110FLG6           100.00           0.00     7.500000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FLH4     7,631,000.00   7,541,458.78     7.500000  %      5,241.51
M-2     76110FLJ0     4,361,000.00   4,309,828.54     7.500000  %      2,995.44
M-3     76110FLK7     3,270,500.00   3,232,124.35     7.500000  %      2,246.41
B-1                   1,199,000.00   1,184,931.07     7.500000  %        823.56
B-2                     545,000.00     538,605.06     7.500000  %        374.34
B-3                     981,461.72     831,044.31     7.500000  %        577.58

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  218,029,470.88   160,296,115.86                  5,273,970.20
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-2             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-3        70,479.55    791,419.71            0.00       0.00      7,738,973.77
A-4        85,413.20  3,690,114.32            0.00       0.00     11,041,661.22
A-5       127,586.67    127,586.67            0.00       0.00     21,419,142.00
A-6        38,192.70     38,192.70            0.00       0.00      6,323,320.00
A-7        99,637.30     99,637.30            0.00       0.00     16,496,308.00
A-8        98,670.30  1,034,725.96            0.00       0.00     14,855,611.37
A-9        30,720.57     30,720.57            0.00       0.00      5,000,001.00
A-10      340,573.41    340,573.41            0.00       0.00     54,507,000.00
A-11            0.00         14.42            0.00       0.00         14,395.03
A-12-1     94,820.79     94,820.79            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-12-2     22,151.90     22,151.90            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        47,120.93     52,362.44            0.00       0.00      7,536,217.27
M-2        26,928.89     29,924.33            0.00       0.00      4,306,833.10
M-3        20,195.13     22,441.54            0.00       0.00      3,229,877.94
B-1         7,403.75      8,227.31            0.00       0.00      1,184,107.51
B-2         3,365.34      3,739.68            0.00       0.00        538,230.72
B-3         5,192.58      5,770.16            0.00       0.00        830,466.73

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        1,118,453.01  6,392,423.21            0.00       0.00    155,022,145.66
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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       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-2       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-3     518.353258   44.173225     4.318401    48.491626   0.000000  474.180033
A-4     743.449678  182.974709     4.335576   187.310285   0.000000  560.474968
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     5.956666     5.956666   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.039976     6.039976   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     6.039976     6.039976   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8     607.417692   36.004861     3.795298    39.800159   0.000000  571.412832
A-9    1000.000000    0.000000     6.144113     6.144113   0.000000 1000.000000
A-10   1000.000000    0.000000     6.248251     6.248251   0.000000 1000.000000
A-11    545.623185    0.546023     0.000000     0.546023   0.000000  545.077163
A-12-1    0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-12-2    0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     988.266122    0.686871     6.174935     6.861806   0.000000  987.579252
M-2     988.266118    0.686870     6.174935     6.861805   0.000000  987.579248
M-3     988.266121    0.686871     6.174937     6.861808   0.000000  987.579251
B-1     988.266113    0.686872     6.174937     6.861809   0.000000  987.579241
B-2     988.266165    0.686862     6.174936     6.861798   0.000000  987.579303
B-3     846.741440    0.588510     5.290660     5.879170   0.000000  846.152955

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       32,892.72
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       34,795.73
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,141.81


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    31   3,969,323.89

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    4     364,906.99

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      59,763.47


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             1
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        122,905.63

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     155,022,145.66

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,468

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                 135,865.46

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,162,558.30

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         88.99562990 %     9.41056300 %    1.59380660 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            88.62912780 %     9.72308069 %    1.64688860 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         220,247.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                           **,***,***.** 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                  **,***,***.** 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.70500983
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              337.31

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                71.10146396

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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      77,437.80     6.750000  %     77,437.80
A-2     76110FLM3    17,420,000.00  17,420,000.00     6.750000  %  5,498,361.82
A-3     76110FLN1    22,971,538.00  13,212,890.56    10.000000  %  1,013,781.73
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-9-1                         0.00           0.00     1.039993  %          0.00
A-9-2                         0.00           0.00     0.759384  %          0.00
R       76110FLV3           100.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FLW1     8,130,000.00   8,054,346.89     7.250000  %      9,982.61
M-2     76110FLX9     5,420,000.00   5,369,564.57     7.250000  %      6,655.07
M-3     76110FLY2     4,065,000.00   4,027,173.43     7.250000  %      4,991.31
B-1                   1,490,500.00   1,476,630.24     7.250000  %      1,830.15
B-2                     677,500.00     671,195.57     7.250000  %        831.88
B-3                   1,219,925.82   1,208,573.90     7.250000  %      1,497.90

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  271,005,025.82   207,378,274.96                  6,615,370.27
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1           435.44     77,873.24            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-2        97,952.68  5,596,314.50            0.00       0.00     11,921,638.18
A-3       110,068.29  1,123,850.02            0.00       0.00     12,199,108.83
A-4       213,730.26    213,730.26            0.00       0.00     38,010,000.00
A-5        96,510.16     96,510.16            0.00       0.00     17,163,462.00
A-6       181,046.67    181,046.67            0.00       0.00     29,977,000.00
A-7        97,024.89     97,024.89            0.00       0.00     16,065,000.00
A-8       330,029.55    330,029.55            0.00       0.00     54,645,000.00
A-9-1     147,048.97    147,048.97            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9-2      23,813.99     23,813.99            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        48,644.39     58,627.00            0.00       0.00      8,044,364.28
M-2        32,429.59     39,084.66            0.00       0.00      5,362,909.50
M-3        24,322.19     29,313.50            0.00       0.00      4,022,182.12
B-1         8,918.14     10,748.29            0.00       0.00      1,474,800.09
B-2         4,053.70      4,885.58            0.00       0.00        670,363.69
B-3         7,299.20      8,797.10            0.00       0.00      1,207,076.00

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,423,328.11  8,038,698.38            0.00       0.00    200,762,904.69
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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       1.440703    1.440703     0.008101     1.448804   0.000000    0.000000
A-2    1000.000000  315.635007     5.623001   321.258008   0.000000  684.364993
A-3     575.185282   44.132079     4.791507    48.923586   0.000000  531.053203
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623001     5.623001   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623001     5.623001   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.039519     6.039519   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     6.039520     6.039520   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8    1000.000000    0.000000     6.039520     6.039520   0.000000 1000.000000
A-9-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-9-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     990.694574    1.227873     5.983320     7.211193   0.000000  989.466701
M-2     990.694570    1.227873     5.983319     7.211192   0.000000  989.466697
M-3     990.694571    1.227875     5.983319     7.211194   0.000000  989.466696
B-1     990.694559    1.227877     5.983321     7.211198   0.000000  989.466682
B-2     990.694568    1.227867     5.983321     7.211188   0.000000  989.466701
B-3     990.694582    1.227862     5.983315     7.211177   0.000000  989.466716

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       46,441.76
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       44,946.75
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,371.17


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    48   4,647,109.97

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8     758,701.12

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     374,608.91


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             3
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        146,399.48

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     200,762,904.69

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,987

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                 186,566.47

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    6,358,344.27

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      114,548.59

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.96641060 %     8.41509800 %    1.61849150 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.64863770 %     8.68161174 %    1.66975060 %

      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                          8.59411488
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              338.81

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                74.08087879

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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   199,969,492.00 131,948,941.14     7.250000  %  8,621,017.99
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  64,234,095.32     7.250000  %     87,601.54
A-5     7611OFMS9        76,250.57      75,395.80     0.000000  %      1,096.87
A-6-1                         0.00           0.00     1.010892  %          0.00
A-6-2                         0.00           0.00     0.709435  %          0.00
R       7611OFMU4           100.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1     7611OFMV2    10,602,000.00  10,490,561.61     7.250000  %     14,227.45
M-2     7611OFMW0     6,524,000.00   6,455,425.78     7.250000  %      8,754.94
M-3     7611OFMX8     4,893,000.00   4,841,569.31     7.250000  %      6,566.21
B-1     7611OFMY6     1,794,000.00   1,775,143.13     7.250000  %      2,407.48
B-2     7611OFMZ3       816,000.00     807,422.96     7.250000  %      1,095.04
B-3     7611OFNA7     1,468,094.11   1,452,662.89     7.250000  %      1,970.12

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  326,202,444.68   257,224,217.94                  8,744,737.64
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       795,046.30  9,416,064.29            0.00       0.00    123,327,923.15
A-2        60,254.09     60,254.09            0.00       0.00     10,000,000.00
A-3       151,496.86    151,496.86            0.00       0.00     25,143,000.00
A-4       387,036.67    474,638.21            0.00       0.00     64,146,493.78
A-5             0.00      1,096.87            0.00       0.00         74,298.93
A-6-1     165,925.40    165,925.40            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-6-2      35,215.71     35,215.71            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        63,209.92     77,437.37            0.00       0.00     10,476,334.16
M-2        38,896.58     47,651.52            0.00       0.00      6,446,670.84
M-3        29,172.44     35,738.65            0.00       0.00      4,835,003.10
B-1        10,695.96     13,103.44            0.00       0.00      1,772,735.65
B-2         4,865.05      5,960.09            0.00       0.00        806,327.92
B-3         8,752.88     10,723.00            0.00       0.00      1,450,497.28

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,750,567.86 10,495,305.50            0.00       0.00    248,479,284.81
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     659.845359   43.111666     3.975838    47.087504   0.000000  616.733692
A-2    1000.000000    0.000000     6.025409     6.025409   0.000000 1000.000000
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.025409     6.025409   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4     989.487841    1.349449     5.962069     7.311518   0.000000  988.138391
A-5     988.789985   14.385073     0.000000    14.385073   0.000000  974.404913
A-6-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-6-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     989.488928    1.341959     5.962075     7.304034   0.000000  988.146969
M-2     989.488930    1.341959     5.962075     7.304034   0.000000  988.146971
M-3     989.488925    1.341960     5.962076     7.304036   0.000000  988.146965
B-1     989.488924    1.341962     5.962074     7.304036   0.000000  988.146962
B-2     989.488922    1.341961     5.962071     7.304032   0.000000  988.146961
B-3     989.488944    1.341958     5.962070     7.304028   0.000000  988.013827

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       52,687.20
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       66,775.82
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    3,756.41


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    60   6,527,332.61

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    7     574,721.67

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6     733,555.52


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             5
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        870,140.17

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     248,479,284.81

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,313

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                 495,436.54

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    8,394,172.32

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      114,548.59

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         89.95803850 %     8.47274200 %    1.56921930 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            89.61873940 %     8.75646761 %    1.62217390 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         203,326.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            5,143,425.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   2,571,718.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.51940375
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              340.08

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                76.17333618

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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  79,289,247.09     7.000000  %  2,765,739.80
A-2     7611OFMD2        43,142.76      37,898.61     0.000000  %        241.01
A-3-1                         0.00           0.00     1.078585  %          0.00
A-3-2                         0.00           0.00     0.652985  %          0.00
R       7611OFMF7           100.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
M-1     7611OFMG5     3,043,000.00   2,917,167.18     7.000000  %     10,074.79
M-2     7611OFMH3       892,000.00     855,114.39     7.000000  %      2,953.24
M-3     7611OFMJ9       419,700.00     402,344.76     7.000000  %      1,389.55
B-1     7611OFMK6       367,000.00     351,823.99     7.000000  %      1,215.07
B-2     7611OFML4       262,400.00     251,549.33     7.000000  %        868.76
B-3     7611OFMM2       263,388.53     252,496.94     7.000000  %        872.02

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  104,940,731.29    84,357,642.29                  2,783,354.24
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       461,237.00  3,226,976.80            0.00       0.00     76,523,507.29
A-2             0.00        241.01            0.00       0.00         37,657.60
A-3-1      60,133.87     60,133.87            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-3-2       9,370.58      9,370.58            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        16,969.58     27,044.37            0.00       0.00      2,907,092.39
M-2         4,974.33      7,927.57            0.00       0.00        852,161.15
M-3         2,340.50      3,730.05            0.00       0.00        400,955.21
B-1         2,046.61      3,261.68            0.00       0.00        350,608.92
B-2         1,463.30      2,332.06            0.00       0.00        250,680.57
B-3         1,468.81      2,340.83            0.00       0.00        251,624.92

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          560,004.58  3,343,358.82            0.00       0.00     81,574,288.05
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     795.677342   27.754539     4.628570    32.383109   0.000000  767.922803
A-2     878.446581    5.586337     0.000000     5.586337   0.000000  872.860244
A-3-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-3-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     958.648432    3.310808     5.576595     8.887403   0.000000  955.337624
M-2     958.648419    3.310807     5.576603     8.887410   0.000000  955.337612
M-3     958.648463    3.310817     5.576602     8.887419   0.000000  955.337646
B-1     958.648474    3.310817     5.576594     8.887411   0.000000  955.337657
B-2     958.648361    3.310823     5.576601     8.887424   0.000000  955.337538
B-3     958.648199    3.310812     5.576591     8.887403   0.000000  955.337425

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       17,273.19
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       11,259.67
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                     9     890,012.11

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    2     185,673.28

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1      37,980.96


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                      81,574,288.05

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                          962

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                    2,491,931.16

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         94.03402290 %     4.95094800 %    1.01502950 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            93.85169200 %     5.09990200 %    1.04605060 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                               0.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                              845,878.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,663,826.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.32103291
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              159.08

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                77.73367600

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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  10,793,603.08     7.000000  %  7,178,411.53
A-2     76110FNC3    22,405,757.00  15,722,700.29     9.000000  %  1,025,487.36
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  58,805,885.38     7.250000  %     40,900.84
A-8-1                         0.00           0.00     0.929414  %          0.00
A-8-2                         0.00           0.00     0.758431  %          0.00
R       76110FNJ8           100.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FNK5    10,433,600.00  10,343,383.31     7.250000  %      7,194.06
M-2     76110FNL3     4,471,600.00   4,432,935.21     7.250000  %      3,083.21
M-3     76110FNM1     4,471,500.00   4,432,836.07     7.250000  %      3,083.14
B-1     76110FNN9     1,639,600.00   1,625,422.80     7.250000  %      1,130.52
B-2     76110FNP4       745,200.00     738,756.43     7.250000  %        513.82
B-3     76110FNQ2     1,341,561.05   1,329,960.93     7.250000  %        925.02

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  298,104,002.05   243,926,767.50                  8,260,729.50
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        62,817.61  7,241,229.14            0.00       0.00      3,615,191.55
A-2       117,648.56  1,143,135.92            0.00       0.00     14,697,212.93
A-3       365,629.70    365,629.70            0.00       0.00     62,824,125.00
A-4       138,864.36    138,864.36            0.00       0.00     24,294,118.00
A-5       156,721.41    156,721.41            0.00       0.00     26,000,000.00
A-6       136,124.85    136,124.85            0.00       0.00     22,583,041.00
A-7       354,466.97    395,367.81            0.00       0.00     58,764,984.54
A-8-1     148,395.01    148,395.01            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-8-2      32,717.86     32,717.86            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        62,347.29     69,541.35            0.00       0.00     10,336,189.25
M-2        26,720.61     29,803.82            0.00       0.00      4,429,852.00
M-3        26,720.01     29,803.15            0.00       0.00      4,429,752.93
B-1         9,797.63     10,928.15            0.00       0.00      1,624,292.28
B-2         4,453.04      4,966.86            0.00       0.00        738,242.61
B-3         8,016.67      8,941.69            0.00       0.00      1,329,035.91

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,651,441.58  9,912,171.08            0.00       0.00    235,666,038.00
===============================================================================

















































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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 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     187.470310  124.679314     1.091057   125.770371   0.000000   62.790995
A-2     701.725913   45.768923     5.250818    51.019741   0.000000  655.956990
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     5.819893     5.819893   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     5.715966     5.715966   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     6.027747     6.027747   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.027747     6.027747   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7     991.353254    0.689509     5.975626     6.665135   0.000000  990.663745
A-8-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-8-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     991.353254    0.689509     5.975626     6.665135   0.000000  990.663745
M-2     991.353254    0.689509     5.975626     6.665135   0.000000  990.663745
M-3     991.353253    0.689509     5.975626     6.665135   0.000000  990.663744
B-1     991.353257    0.689510     5.975622     6.665132   0.000000  990.663747
B-2     991.353234    0.689506     5.975631     6.665137   0.000000  990.663728
B-3     991.353267    0.689510     5.975628     6.665138   0.000000  990.663758

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       49,924.21
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       54,958.73
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,928.29


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    51   5,167,498.19

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9     947,053.06

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     663,599.28


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        518,936.20

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     235,666,038.00

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,215

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                 257,583.09

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    8,091,072.85

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.61058570 %     7.87496800 %    1.51444640 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.28822090 %     8.14533751 %    1.56644160 %

      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                          8.47372263
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              341.09

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                79.05497289

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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  24,377,658.47     7.250000  %  1,094,548.40
A-2     76110FNT6    30,750,000.00  12,091,625.12     7.250000  %  2,867,787.52
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  62,515,649.25     7.250000  %     79,485.09
A-8     76110FNZ2    15,495,000.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-9     76110FPA5    68,339,000.00  64,880,682.56     7.000000  %  2,913,120.12
A-10    76110fPB3             0.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-11    76110FPC1   100,038,312.00  82,801,311.02     0.000000  %  2,651,044.55
A-12    76110FPD9             0.00           0.00     7.250000  %          0.00
A-13    76110FPE7             0.00           0.00     2.669360  %          0.00
A-14    76110FPF4             0.00           0.00    11.830640  %          0.00
A-15    76110FPG2    26,249,000.00  20,314,586.40     7.000000  %    912,117.88
A-16    76110FPH0     2,386,273.00   1,846,780.80    10.000000  %     82,919.82
A-17    76110FPJ6       139,012.74     135,369.15     0.000000  %        129.27
A-18-1                        0.00           0.00     0.913336  %          0.00
A-18-2                        0.00           0.00     0.668313  %          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  16,142,193.79     7.250000  %     20,523.88
M-2     76110FPP2     5,422,000.00   5,380,400.47     7.250000  %      6,840.87
M-3     76110FPQ0     6,507,000.00   6,457,075.98     7.250000  %      8,209.80
B-1     76110FPR8     2,386,000.00   2,367,693.76     7.250000  %      3,010.39
B-2     76110FPS6     1,085,000.00   1,076,675.50     7.250000  %      1,368.93
B-3     76110FPT4     1,952,210.06   1,937,231.99     7.250000  %      2,463.12

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  433,792,422.80   364,603,349.26                 10,643,569.64
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       147,246.62  1,241,795.02            0.00       0.00     23,283,110.07
A-2        73,036.18  2,940,823.70            0.00       0.00      9,223,837.60
A-3       246,435.27    246,435.27            0.00       0.00     40,799,000.00
A-4        40,741.34     40,741.34            0.00       0.00      6,745,000.00
A-5        25,582.88     25,582.88            0.00       0.00      4,235,415.00
A-6        63,416.36     63,416.36            0.00       0.00     10,499,000.00
A-7       377,608.79    457,093.88            0.00       0.00     62,436,164.16
A-8             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9       378,380.54  3,291,500.66            0.00       0.00     61,967,562.44
A-10       13,513.59     13,513.59            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-11            0.00  2,651,044.55            0.00       0.00     80,150,266.47
A-12      250,069.41    250,069.41            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-13       46,036.23     46,036.23            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-14      204,033.18    204,033.18            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-15      118,473.54  1,030,591.42            0.00       0.00     19,402,468.52
A-16       15,386.18     98,306.00            0.00       0.00      1,763,860.98
A-17            0.00        129.27            0.00       0.00        135,239.88
A-18-1    207,328.89    207,328.89            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-18-2     51,301.04     51,301.04            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        97,502.53    118,026.41            0.00       0.00     16,121,669.91
M-2        32,498.85     39,339.72            0.00       0.00      5,373,559.60
M-3        39,002.21     47,212.01            0.00       0.00      6,448,866.18
B-1        14,301.41     17,311.80            0.00       0.00      2,364,683.37
B-2         6,503.36      7,872.29            0.00       0.00      1,075,306.57
B-3        11,701.32     14,164.44            0.00       0.00      1,934,768.87

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        2,460,099.72 13,103,669.36            0.00       0.00    353,959,779.62
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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     773.918489   34.748671     4.674644    39.423315   0.000000  739.169817
A-2     393.223581   93.261383     2.375160    95.636543   0.000000  299.962198
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     6.040228     6.040228   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     6.040228     6.040228   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     6.040230     6.040230   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     6.040229     6.040229   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7     992.327644    1.261688     5.993885     7.255573   0.000000  991.065956
A-8       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-9     949.394673   42.627491     5.536817    48.164308   0.000000  906.767182
A-10      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-11    827.696003   26.500293     0.000000    26.500293   0.000000  801.195711
A-12      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-13      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-14      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-15    773.918488   34.748671     4.513450    39.262121   0.000000  739.169817
A-16    773.918491   34.748671     6.447787    41.196458   0.000000  739.169820
A-17    973.789525    0.929915     0.000000     0.929915   0.000000  972.859610
A-18-1    0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-18-2    0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-I       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-II      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     992.327644    1.261688     5.993885     7.255573   0.000000  991.065956
M-2     992.327641    1.261688     5.993886     7.255574   0.000000  991.065954
M-3     992.327644    1.261687     5.993885     7.255572   0.000000  991.065957
B-1     992.327645    1.261689     5.993885     7.255574   0.000000  991.065956
B-2     992.327650    1.261687     5.993880     7.255567   0.000000  991.065963
B-3     992.327634    1.261688     5.993884     7.255572   0.000000  991.065926

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       74,802.92
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       59,276.45
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                    1,800.25


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    52   6,276,043.46

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    6   1,065,942.82

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     229,550.39


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             3
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        306,888.38

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     353,959,779.63

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,156

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                 231,982.67

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                   10,180,051.83

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                      207,447.99

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         90.84658370 %     7.67685300 %    1.47656350 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            90.58322680 %     7.89470931 %    1.51904640 %

      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                          8.37782066
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              342.09

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                81.59657961

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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  42,738,686.27     7.000000  %  2,498,219.38
A-2     76110FPV9   117,395,000.00  93,778,689.20     7.000000  %  2,733,027.65
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-6-1                         0.00           0.00     1.129429  %          0.00
A-6-2                         0.00           0.00     0.938709  %          0.00
R       76110FQB2           100.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FQC0    11,351,500.00  11,275,730.27     7.000000  %      8,067.84
M-2     76110FQD8     4,054,000.00   4,026,940.11     7.000000  %      2,881.29
M-3     76110FQE6     4,865,000.00   4,832,526.78     7.000000  %      3,457.70
B-1     76110FQF3     1,783,800.00   1,771,893.38     7.000000  %      1,267.80
B-2     76110FQG1       810,800.00     805,388.02     7.000000  %        576.26
B-3     76110FQH9     1,459,579.11   1,449,836.60     7.000000  %      1,037.37

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  324,327,779.11   278,961,690.63                  5,248,535.29
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       249,186.86  2,747,406.24            0.00       0.00     40,240,466.89
A-2       546,774.34  3,279,801.99            0.00       0.00     91,045,661.55
A-3       299,569.83    299,569.83            0.00       0.00     51,380,000.00
A-4        10,856.35     10,856.35            0.00       0.00      1,862,000.00
A-5       379,214.12    379,214.12            0.00       0.00     65,040,000.00
A-6-1     194,788.65    194,788.65            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-6-2      56,217.34     56,217.34            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        65,742.87     73,810.71            0.00       0.00     11,267,662.43
M-2        23,478.97     26,360.26            0.00       0.00      4,024,058.82
M-3        28,175.93     31,633.63            0.00       0.00      4,829,069.08
B-1        10,330.98     11,598.78            0.00       0.00      1,770,625.58
B-2         4,695.80      5,272.06            0.00       0.00        804,811.76
B-3         8,453.24      9,490.61            0.00       0.00      1,448,799.23

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,877,485.28  7,126,020.57            0.00       0.00    273,713,155.34
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     664.407647   38.836853     3.873812    42.710665   0.000000  625.570794
A-2     798.830352   23.280614     4.657561    27.938175   0.000000  775.549739
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     5.830475     5.830475   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     5.830478     5.830478   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     5.830475     5.830475   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-6-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     993.325135    0.710729     5.791558     6.502287   0.000000  992.614406
M-2     993.325138    0.710728     5.791556     6.502284   0.000000  992.614411
M-3     993.325135    0.710730     5.791558     6.502288   0.000000  992.614405
B-1     993.325137    0.710730     5.791557     6.502287   0.000000  992.614407
B-2     993.325136    0.710730     5.791564     6.502294   0.000000  992.614406
B-3     993.325124    0.710725     5.791560     6.502285   0.000000  992.614391

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       57,586.44
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       56,044.75
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      913.95


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    39   5,049,855.39

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   12   1,379,699.74

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     360,240.05


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             4
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        644,937.90

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     273,713,155.34

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

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                 118,839.48

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    5,048,936.91

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.33848270 %     7.21790800 %    1.44360970 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.17871160 %     7.35104979 %    1.47023860 %

      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                          8.35966667
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              342.85

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                84.39399058

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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  16,068,621.32     6.750000  %    745,672.45
A-2     76110FQK2   158,282,400.00 127,168,997.35     6.500000  %  5,901,341.27
A-3     76110FQLO    82,584,000.00  82,584,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FQM8    38,888,850.00  32,766,396.05     5.642340  %  1,161,258.08
A-5     76110FQN6             0.00           0.00     3.383435  %          0.00
A-6     76110FQP1    13,504,750.00  11,357,430.95     5.542340  %    407,286.29
A-7     76110FQQ9    86,753,900.00  86,753,900.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-8     76110FQR7       138,732.69     136,528.83     0.000000  %        236.54
A-9-1                         0.00           0.00     1.058868  %          0.00
A-9-2                         0.00           0.00     0.776155  %          0.00
R-I     76110FQT3           100.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
R-II    76110FQU0           100.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FQV8    17,350,800.00  17,246,235.27     7.000000  %     12,135.54
M-2     76110FQW6     5,422,000.00   5,389,324.28     7.000000  %      3,792.27
M-3     76110FQX4     5,422,000.00   5,389,324.28     7.000000  %      3,792.27
B-1     76110FQY2     2,385,700.00   2,371,322.56     7.000000  %      1,668.61
B-2     76110FQZ9     1,084,400.00   1,077,864.87     7.000000  %        758.45
B-3     76110FRA3     1,952,351.82   1,940,585.92     7.000000  %      1,365.53

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  433,770,084.51   390,250,531.68                  8,239,307.30
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1        90,361.79    836,034.24            0.00       0.00     15,322,948.87
A-2       688,647.64  6,589,988.91            0.00       0.00    121,267,656.08
A-3       464,410.62    464,410.62            0.00       0.00     82,584,000.00
A-4       154,024.71  1,315,282.79            0.00       0.00     31,605,137.97
A-5       124,375.11    124,375.11            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-6        52,441.58    459,727.87            0.00       0.00     10,950,144.66
A-7       505,928.92    505,928.92            0.00       0.00     86,753,900.00
A-8             0.00        236.54            0.00       0.00        136,292.29
A-9-1     242,278.73    242,278.73            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-9-2      74,753.55     74,753.55            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1       100,576.10    112,711.64            0.00       0.00     17,234,099.73
M-2        31,429.30     35,221.57            0.00       0.00      5,385,532.01
M-3        31,429.30     35,221.57            0.00       0.00      5,385,532.01
B-1        13,829.01     15,497.62            0.00       0.00      2,369,653.95
B-2         6,285.87      7,044.32            0.00       0.00      1,077,106.42
B-3        11,317.05     12,682.58            0.00       0.00      1,939,220.39

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,592,089.28 10,831,396.58            0.00       0.00    382,011,224.38
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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     803.431066   37.283623     4.518090    41.801713   0.000000  766.147443
A-2     803.431066   37.283623     4.350753    41.634376   0.000000  766.147443
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623494     5.623494   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4     842.565312   29.860952     3.960639    33.821591   0.000000  812.704361
A-5       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-6     840.995276   30.158744     3.883195    34.041939   0.000000  810.836532
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     5.831771     5.831771   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8     984.114342    1.705006     0.000000     1.705006   0.000000  982.409337
A-9-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-9-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-I       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-II      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     993.973492    0.699423     5.796626     6.496049   0.000000  993.274070
M-2     993.973493    0.699423     5.796625     6.496048   0.000000  993.274071
M-3     993.973493    0.699423     5.796625     6.496048   0.000000  993.274071
B-1     993.973492    0.699422     5.796626     6.496048   0.000000  993.274071
B-2     993.973506    0.699419     5.796634     6.496053   0.000000  993.274087
B-3     993.973473    0.699423     5.796624     6.496047   0.000000  993.274045

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       80,526.51
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       88,304.08
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    63   8,303,439.57

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9   1,338,650.39

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                         16   1,652,011.90


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        504,852.88

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     382,011,224.37

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,230

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                    7,964,647.31

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         91.43464300 %     7.18376800 %    1.38158930 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.25599990 %     7.33097929 %    1.41040440 %

      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                          8.25283964
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              345.16

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                88.06767410

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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   115,517,963.00 104,805,101.31     6.500000  %  2,211,819.25
A-2     76110FRC9    34,880,737.00  28,104,839.88     6.500000  %    465,032.25
A-3-1                         0.00           0.00     1.254463  %          0.00
A-3-2                         0.00           0.00     1.023022  %          0.00
R       76110FRE5           100.00           0.00     6.500000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FRF2     3,927,000.00   3,816,783.84     6.500000  %     12,779.33
M-2     76110FRG0       785,100.00     763,065.21     6.500000  %      2,554.89
M-3     76110FRH8       707,000.00     687,157.17     6.500000  %      2,300.73
B-1     76110FRJ4       471,200.00     457,975.17     6.500000  %      1,533.39
B-2     76110FRK1       314,000.00     305,187.20     6.500000  %      1,021.83
B-3     76110FRL9       471,435.62     458,204.20     6.500000  %      1,534.13

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  157,074,535.62   139,398,313.98                  2,698,575.80
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       567,339.76  2,779,159.01            0.00       0.00    102,593,282.06
A-2       152,139.48    617,171.73            0.00       0.00     27,639,807.63
A-3-1     112,308.04    112,308.04            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-3-2      27,177.57     27,177.57            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        20,661.34     33,440.67            0.00       0.00      3,804,004.51
M-2         4,130.69      6,685.58            0.00       0.00        760,510.32
M-3         3,719.78      6,020.51            0.00       0.00        684,856.44
B-1         2,479.15      4,012.54            0.00       0.00        456,441.78
B-2         1,652.07      2,673.90            0.00       0.00        304,165.37
B-3         2,480.39      4,014.52            0.00       0.00        456,670.05

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          894,088.27  3,592,664.07            0.00       0.00    136,699,738.16
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     907.262374   19.146972     4.911269    24.058241   0.000000  888.115401
A-2     805.740999   13.332065     4.361705    17.693770   0.000000  792.408934
A-3-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-3-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     971.933751    3.254222     5.261355     8.515577   0.000000  968.679529
M-2     971.933779    3.254222     5.261355     8.515577   0.000000  968.679557
M-3     971.933762    3.254215     5.261358     8.515573   0.000000  968.679547
B-1     971.933722    3.254223     5.261354     8.515577   0.000000  968.679499
B-2     971.933758    3.254236     5.261369     8.515605   0.000000  968.679522
B-3     971.933771    3.254166     5.261355     8.515521   0.000000  968.679562

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       28,862.51
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                         0.00

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       18,084.15
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    17   1,229,806.46

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1     227,053.65

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        408,133.64

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     136,699,738.16

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,461

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                    2,231,843.46

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         95.34544390 %     3.77838600 %    0.87617030 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            95.26945070 %     3.84007412 %    0.89047520 %

      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                          7.98471900
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              164.21

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                87.02858017

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS4(POOL #  4290)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4290 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   76110FRM7   135,006,400.00 108,340,799.81     6.500000  %  4,257,029.22
A-I-2   76110FRN5    59,732,445.00  59,732,445.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-I-3   76110FRP0    41,218,155.00  34,551,754.94     5.542340  %  1,064,257.31
A-I-4   76110FRQ8             0.00           0.00     3.457660  %          0.00
A-I-5   76110FRR6    64,868,000.00  64,868,000.00     7.000000  %          0.00
A-II    76110FRS4    75,203,000.00  68,727,184.87     7.000000  %  1,649,035.15
A-V-1                         0.00           0.00     0.896761  %          0.00
A-V-2                         0.00           0.00     0.681054  %          0.00
R-I     76110FRV7           100.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
R-II    76110FRW5           100.00           0.00     7.000000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FRX3    14,190,000.00  14,093,051.51     7.000000  %     10,084.28
M-2     76110FRY1     5,067,800.00   5,033,175.93     7.000000  %      3,601.49
M-3     76110FRZ8     5,067,800.00   5,033,175.93     7.000000  %      3,601.49
B-1     76110FSA2     2,230,000.00   2,214,764.25     7.000000  %      1,584.77
B-2     76110FSB0     1,216,400.00   1,208,089.35     7.000000  %        864.45
B-3     76110FSC8     1,621,792.30   1,610,711.96     7.000000  %      1,152.54

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  405,421,992.30   365,413,153.55                  6,991,210.70
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1     586,596.16  4,843,625.38            0.00       0.00    104,083,770.59
A-I-2     335,851.96    335,851.96            0.00       0.00     59,732,445.00
A-I-3     159,513.37  1,223,770.68            0.00       0.00     33,487,497.63
A-I-4      99,514.47     99,514.47            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-I-5     378,235.58    378,235.58            0.00       0.00     64,868,000.00
A-II      400,323.15  2,049,358.30            0.00       0.00     67,078,149.72
A-V-1     213,750.71    213,750.71            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-V-2      44,965.83     44,965.83            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-I             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
R-II            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        82,152.41     92,236.69            0.00       0.00     14,082,967.23
M-2        29,339.81     32,941.30            0.00       0.00      5,029,574.44
M-3        29,339.81     32,941.30            0.00       0.00      5,029,574.44
B-1        12,910.49     14,495.26            0.00       0.00      2,213,179.48
B-2         7,042.30      7,906.75            0.00       0.00      1,207,224.90
B-3         9,389.30     10,541.84            0.00       0.00      1,609,559.42

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,388,925.35  9,380,136.05            0.00       0.00    358,421,942.85
===============================================================================

















































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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 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-I-1   802.486399   31.532055     4.344951    35.877006   0.000000  770.954344
A-I-2  1000.000000    0.000000     5.622605     5.622605   0.000000 1000.000000
A-I-3   838.265442   25.820110     3.869978    29.690088   0.000000  812.445332
A-I-4     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-I-5  1000.000000    0.000000     5.830850     5.830850   0.000000 1000.000000
A-II    913.888872   21.927784     5.323234    27.251018   0.000000  891.961088
A-V-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-V-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-I       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-II      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     993.167830    0.710661     5.789458     6.500119   0.000000  992.457169
M-2     993.167830    0.710661     5.789457     6.500118   0.000000  992.457169
M-3     993.167830    0.710661     5.789457     6.500118   0.000000  992.457169
B-1     993.167825    0.710659     5.789459     6.500118   0.000000  992.457166
B-2     993.167831    0.710663     5.789460     6.500123   0.000000  992.457169
B-3     993.167843    0.710658     5.789458     6.500116   0.000000  992.457185

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-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                       75,355.17
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     2,433.94

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       56,396.71
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    55   6,177,200.33

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     429,272.95

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          5     650,627.73


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        353,835.59

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     358,421,942.85

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,080

NUMBER OF REO LOANS ACQUIRED
INCLUDING ANY PENDING CASH LIQUIDATIONS                                       0

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

REMAINING SUBCLASS INTEREST SHORTFALL                                      0.00

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

TOTAL PREPAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                    6,729,758.87

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.01096930 %     6.61153100 %    1.37749980 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            91.86096710 %     6.73566912 %    1.40336380 %

      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                          8.17750500
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              346.09

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                88.40712878

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS5(POOL #  4299)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4299 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FSD6   151,551,000.00 131,035,570.56     6.750000  %  5,003,338.87
A-2     76110FSE4    75,936,500.00  75,936,500.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-3     76110FSF1    17,485,800.00  17,485,800.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FSG9    13,164,700.00  13,164,700.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FSH7    67,790,000.00  67,790,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-6-1                         0.00           0.00     1.076682  %          0.00
A-6-2                         0.00           0.00     0.865572  %          0.00
R       76110FSK0           100.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FSL8    12,650,700.00  12,590,176.03     6.750000  %      8,946.79
M-2     76110FSM6     4,216,900.00   4,196,725.33     6.750000  %      2,982.26
M-3     76110FSN4     4,392,600.00   4,371,584.75     6.750000  %      3,106.52
B-1     76110FSP9     1,757,100.00   1,748,693.61     6.750000  %      1,242.65
B-2     76110FSQ7     1,054,300.00   1,049,255.98     6.750000  %        745.62
B-3     76110FSR5     1,405,623.28   1,398,898.45     6.750000  %        994.09

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  351,405,323.28   330,767,904.71                  5,021,356.80
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       736,546.58  5,739,885.45            0.00       0.00    126,032,231.69
A-2       426,836.54    426,836.54            0.00       0.00     75,936,500.00
A-3        98,287.11     98,287.11            0.00       0.00     17,485,800.00
A-4        73,998.34     73,998.34            0.00       0.00     13,164,700.00
A-5       381,045.34    381,045.34            0.00       0.00     67,790,000.00
A-6-1     219,815.89    219,815.89            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-6-2      61,699.62     61,699.62            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        70,768.96     79,715.75            0.00       0.00     12,581,229.24
M-2        23,589.65     26,571.91            0.00       0.00      4,193,743.07
M-3        24,572.53     27,679.05            0.00       0.00      4,368,478.23
B-1         9,829.35     11,072.00            0.00       0.00      1,747,450.96
B-2         5,897.83      6,643.45            0.00       0.00      1,048,510.36
B-3         7,863.16      8,857.25            0.00       0.00      1,397,904.36

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,140,750.90  7,162,107.70            0.00       0.00    325,746,547.91
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     864.630194   33.014225     4.860058    37.874283   0.000000  831.615969
A-2    1000.000000    0.000000     5.620967     5.620967   0.000000 1000.000000
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     5.620967     5.620967   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     5.620967     5.620967   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     5.620967     5.620967   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-6-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     995.215761    0.707217     5.594075     6.301292   0.000000  994.508544
M-2     995.215758    0.707216     5.594074     6.301290   0.000000  994.508542
M-3     995.215761    0.707217     5.594074     6.301291   0.000000  994.508544
B-1     995.215759    0.707216     5.594075     6.301291   0.000000  994.508543
B-2     995.215764    0.707218     5.594072     6.301290   0.000000  994.508546
B-3     995.215766    0.707217     5.594074     6.301291   0.000000  994.508543

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS5 (POOL #  4299)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4299 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       68,436.20
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     8,507.43

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       74,092.27
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    60   7,939,774.37

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    9     870,906.57

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     564,754.13


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             6
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        815,390.79

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     325,746,547.91

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,628

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                    4,786,307.58

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.33440310 %     6.39677700 %    1.26881960 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.22176980 %     6.49076734 %    1.28746280 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.10082203
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              348.00

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                92.69823942

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS6(POOL #  4301)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4301 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1    76110FSS3    20,174,375.00  18,871,172.81     6.750000  %    375,552.55
CB-2    76110FST1    39,313,092.00  39,313,092.00     6.750000  %          0.00
CB-3    76110FSU8    13,813,906.00  13,813,906.00     6.750000  %          0.00
CB-4    76110FSV6    16,300,000.00  13,797,851.78     6.750000  %    721,060.90
CB-5    76110FSW4    20,500,000.00  20,500,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
CB-6    76110FSX2   136,500,000.00 125,845,474.95     6.750000  %  3,070,386.22
CB-7    76110FSY0    28,438,625.00  28,438,625.00     6.750000  %          0.00
NB-1    76110FSZ7    75,900,500.00  68,847,217.69     6.750000  %  1,934,132.21
NB-2    76110FTA1     4,494,000.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
NB-3    76110FTB9     9,662,500.00   9,662,500.00     6.750000  %          0.00
NB-4    76110FTC7    10,000,000.00   8,717,780.71     6.750000  %    214,767.56
A-P     76110FTE3        57,464.36      57,135.06     0.000000  %      1,921.12
A-V-1                         0.00           0.00     1.021320  %          0.00
A-V-2                         0.00           0.00     0.789470  %          0.00
R                           100.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FTG8    13,075,500.00  13,021,241.29     6.750000  %     12,379.44
M-2     76110FTH6     5,029,000.00   5,008,131.43     6.750000  %      4,761.29
M-3     76110FTJ2     4,224,500.00   4,206,969.82     6.750000  %      3,999.61
B-1     76110FTK9     2,011,600.00   2,003,252.58     6.750000  %      1,904.51
B-2     76110FTL7     1,207,000.00   1,201,991.38     6.750000  %      1,142.75
B-3     76110FTM5     1,609,449.28   1,602,770.53     6.750000  %      1,523.77

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  402,311,611.64   374,909,113.03                  6,343,531.93
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1      106,129.70    481,682.25            0.00       0.00     18,495,620.26
CB-2      221,093.12    221,093.12            0.00       0.00     39,313,092.00
CB-3       77,688.11     77,688.11            0.00       0.00     13,813,906.00
CB-4       77,597.82    798,658.72            0.00       0.00     13,076,790.88
CB-5      115,290.07    115,290.07            0.00       0.00     20,500,000.00
CB-6      707,743.10  3,778,129.32            0.00       0.00    122,775,088.73
CB-7      159,936.15    159,936.15            0.00       0.00     28,438,625.00
NB-1      387,234.84  2,321,367.05            0.00       0.00     66,913,085.48
NB-2            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
NB-3       54,347.24     54,347.24            0.00       0.00      9,662,500.00
NB-4       49,033.63    263,801.19            0.00       0.00      8,503,013.15
A-P             0.00      1,921.12            0.00       0.00         55,213.94
A-V-1     241,319.42    241,319.42            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-V-2      60,065.85     60,065.85            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        73,230.39     85,609.83            0.00       0.00     13,008,861.85
M-2        28,165.32     32,926.61            0.00       0.00      5,003,370.14
M-3        23,659.66     27,659.27            0.00       0.00      4,202,970.21
B-1        11,266.13     13,170.64            0.00       0.00      2,001,348.07
B-2         6,759.90      7,902.65            0.00       0.00      1,200,848.63
B-3         9,013.85     10,537.62            0.00       0.00      1,601,246.78

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,409,574.30  8,753,106.23            0.00       0.00    368,565,581.12
===============================================================================







































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


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1    935.403095   18.615325     5.260619    23.875944   0.000000  916.787770
CB-2   1000.000000    0.000000     5.623906     5.623906   0.000000 1000.000000
CB-3   1000.000000    0.000000     5.623906     5.623906   0.000000 1000.000000
CB-4    846.493974   44.236865     4.760602    48.997467   0.000000  802.257109
CB-5   1000.000000    0.000000     5.623906     5.623906   0.000000 1000.000000
CB-6    921.944871   22.493672     5.184931    27.678603   0.000000  899.451200
CB-7   1000.000000    0.000000     5.623906     5.623906   0.000000 1000.000000
NB-1    907.071991   25.482470     5.101875    30.584345   0.000000  881.589522
NB-2      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
NB-3   1000.000000    0.000000     5.624553     5.624553   0.000000 1000.000000
NB-4    871.778071   21.476756     4.903363    26.380119   0.000000  850.301315
A-P     994.269492   33.431531     0.000000    33.431531   0.000000  960.837960
A-V-1     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-V-2     0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     995.850353    0.946766     5.600580     6.547346   0.000000  994.903587
M-2     995.850354    0.946767     5.600581     6.547348   0.000000  994.903587
M-3     995.850354    0.946765     5.600582     6.547347   0.000000  994.903589
B-1     995.850358    0.946764     5.600582     6.547346   0.000000  994.903594
B-2     995.850356    0.946769     5.600580     6.547349   0.000000  994.903587
B-3     995.850289    0.946765     5.600580     6.547345   0.000000  994.903539

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

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

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       77,396.26
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     2,787.92

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       60,457.61
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    53   6,416,913.45

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     462,974.39

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4   1,104,078.53


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             2
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        219,737.02

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     368,565,581.12

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,921

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                    5,983,523.12

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                       93,459.21

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.77118340 %     5.93112900 %    1.28244800 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.66814500 %     6.02747607 %    1.30347580 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.04083100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              349.12

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                91.61196706

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS7(POOL #  4311)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4311 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1    76110FTZ6   172,668,000.00 160,582,298.03     6.750000  %  2,677,786.90
CB-2    76110FUA9    35,551,000.00  35,551,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
CB-3    76110FUB7    44,215,000.00  44,215,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
NB-1    76110FUC5    32,242,000.00  32,242,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
NB-2    76110FUD3    77,840,000.00  69,161,013.39     6.750000  %  2,244,644.55
NB-3    76110FUE1     3,780,000.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
NB-4    76110FUF1    13,684,000.00  13,684,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-P     76110FUF8        73,404.89      73,009.45     0.000000  %         67.74
A-V     76110FUG6             0.00           0.00     0.959526  %          0.00
R       76110FUH4           100.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FUJ0    13,245,900.00  13,200,273.05     6.750000  %      9,364.78
M-2     76110FUK5     5,094,600.00   5,077,051.10     6.750000  %      3,601.86
M-3     76110FUM3     4,279,400.00   4,264,659.13     6.750000  %      3,025.51
B-1     76110FUN1     2,037,800.00   2,030,780.57     6.750000  %      1,440.71
B-2     76110FUP6     1,222,600.00   1,218,388.63     6.750000  %        864.37
B-3     76110FUQ4     1,631,527.35   1,625,907.37     6.750000  %      1,153.48

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  407,565,332.24   382,925,380.72                  4,941,949.90
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1      903,138.01  3,580,924.91            0.00       0.00    157,904,511.13
CB-2      199,943.96    199,943.96            0.00       0.00     35,551,000.00
CB-3      248,671.54    248,671.54            0.00       0.00     44,215,000.00
NB-1      181,342.34    181,342.34            0.00       0.00     32,242,000.00
NB-2      388,990.13  2,633,634.68            0.00       0.00     66,916,368.84
NB-3            0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
NB-4       76,964.47     76,964.47            0.00       0.00     13,684,000.00
A-P             0.00         67.74            0.00       0.00         72,941.71
A-V       306,147.11    306,147.11            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        74,239.89     83,604.67            0.00       0.00     13,190,908.27
M-2        28,553.93     32,155.79            0.00       0.00      5,073,449.24
M-3        23,984.95     27,010.46            0.00       0.00      4,261,633.62
B-1        11,421.35     12,862.06            0.00       0.00      2,029,339.86
B-2         6,852.36      7,716.73            0.00       0.00      1,217,524.26
B-3         9,144.30     10,297.78            0.00       0.00      1,624,753.88

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,459,394.34  7,401,344.24            0.00       0.00    377,983,430.81
===============================================================================

















































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


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1    930.006128   15.508299     5.230489    20.738788   0.000000  914.497829
CB-2   1000.000000    0.000000     5.624144     5.624144   0.000000 1000.000000
CB-3   1000.000000    0.000000     5.624144     5.624144   0.000000 1000.000000
NB-1   1000.000000    0.000000     5.624413     5.624413   0.000000 1000.000000
NB-2    888.502228   28.836646     4.997304    33.833950   0.000000  859.665581
NB-3      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
NB-4   1000.000000    0.000000     5.624413     5.624413   0.000000 1000.000000
A-P     994.612893    0.922799     0.000000     0.922799   0.000000  993.690094
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     996.555391    0.706995     5.604745     6.311740   0.000000  995.848396
M-2     996.555392    0.706996     5.604744     6.311740   0.000000  995.848396
M-3     996.555389    0.706994     5.604746     6.311740   0.000000  995.848395
B-1     996.555388    0.706993     5.604745     6.311738   0.000000  995.848395
B-2     996.555398    0.706993     5.604744     6.311737   0.000000  995.848405
B-3     996.555387    0.706994     5.604748     6.311742   0.000000  995.848390

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

Run:     12/29/98     16:49:37                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
    MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS7 (POOL #  4311)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4311 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       79,151.98
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     6,653.28

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       75,328.47
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    60   8,796,990.10

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    8   1,099,523.59

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          2     264,866.07


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             1
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        238,000.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     377,983,430.82

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,772

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                    4,670,306.94

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.82103760 %     5.88678200 %    1.27311400 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.75023850 %     5.95951814 %    1.28909310 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.03749600
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              350.36

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                92.74180136

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS8(POOL #  4306)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4306 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB      76110FTN3   124,454,000.00 118,237,947.63     6.500000  %  1,474,957.73
NB      76110FTP8    41,430,000.00  38,975,666.85     6.500000  %  1,073,712.46
A-P     76110FTQ6        63,383.01      62,205.52     0.000000  %        229.42
A-V     76110FTV5             0.00           0.00     0.946250  %          0.00
R       76110FTR4           100.00           0.00     6.500000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FTS2     4,507,000.00   4,436,777.95     6.500000  %     14,314.78
M-2     76110FTT0       780,000.00     767,847.08     6.500000  %      2,477.38
M-3     76110FTU7       693,500.00     682,694.80     6.500000  %      2,202.64
B-1     76110FTW3       520,000.00     511,898.05     6.500000  %      1,651.58
B-2     76110FTX1       433,500.00     426,745.78     6.500000  %      1,376.85
B-3     76110FTY9       433,464.63     426,710.96     6.500000  %      1,376.74

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  173,314,947.64   164,528,494.62                  2,572,299.58
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB        640,044.20  2,115,001.93            0.00       0.00    116,762,989.90
NB        210,982.60  1,284,695.06            0.00       0.00     37,901,954.39
A-P             0.00        229.42            0.00       0.00         61,976.10
A-V       129,654.27    129,654.27            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        24,017.11     38,331.89            0.00       0.00      4,422,463.17
M-2         4,156.50      6,633.88            0.00       0.00        765,369.70
M-3         3,695.55      5,898.19            0.00       0.00        680,492.16
B-1         2,771.00      4,422.58            0.00       0.00        510,246.47
B-2         2,310.06      3,686.91            0.00       0.00        425,368.93
B-3         2,309.87      3,686.61            0.00       0.00        425,334.22

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1,019,941.16  3,592,240.74            0.00       0.00    161,956,195.04
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB      950.053414   11.851429     5.142817    16.994246   0.000000  938.201986
NB      940.759518   25.916304     5.092508    31.008812   0.000000  914.843215
A-P     981.422624    3.619643     0.000000     3.619643   0.000000  977.802981
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     984.419337    3.176122     5.328846     8.504968   0.000000  981.243215
M-2     984.419333    3.176128     5.328846     8.504974   0.000000  981.243205
M-3     984.419322    3.176121     5.328839     8.504960   0.000000  981.243201
B-1     984.419327    3.176115     5.328846     8.504961   0.000000  981.243212
B-2     984.419331    3.176125     5.328858     8.504983   0.000000  981.243207
B-3     984.419329    3.176130     5.328855     8.504985   0.000000  981.243208

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
    MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS8 (POOL #  4306)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4306 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       34,069.03
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     6,096.71

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       24,502.48
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    23   2,144,485.71

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    0           0.00

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     476,346.16


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     161,956,195.04

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,658

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                    2,041,445.24

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         95.55403450 %     3.57829800 %    0.82985920 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            95.53456900 %     3.62340263 %    0.84064130 %

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

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          7.77490100
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              169.03

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                93.44617833

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS9(POOL #  4314)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4314 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FVL4    99,000,000.00  80,446,883.74     6.750000  %  6,351,616.13
A-2     76110FVM2    43,000,000.00  43,000,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-3     76110FVNO    60,000,000.00  60,000,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FVP5    27,000,000.00  27,000,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FVQ3    52,500,000.00  52,500,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-6     76110FVR1    36,500,000.00  36,500,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-7     76110FVS9    25,000,000.00  25,000,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-8     76110FVT7    10,405,000.00  10,405,000.00     5.842340  %          0.00
A-9     76110FVU4     3,469,000.00   3,469,000.00     9.472459  %          0.00
A-10    76110FVU2     7,590,000.00   7,470,712.11     6.750000  %     30,246.29
A-11    76110FVW0     7,500,000.00   7,500,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-12    76110FVX8    28,126,000.00  28,126,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-13    76110FVY6        77,829.78      77,560.51     0.000000  %         66.94
A-14    76110FVZ3             0.00           0.00     0.952760  %          0.00
R       76110FWA7           100.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FWB5    11,770,000.00  11,737,511.61     6.750000  %      8,237.66
M-2     76110FWC3     5,349,900.00   5,335,132.83     6.750000  %      3,744.32
M-3     76110FWD1     5,349,900.00   5,335,132.83     6.750000  %      3,744.32
B-1     76110FWE9     2,354,000.00   2,347,502.33     6.750000  %      1,647.53
B-2     76110FWF6     1,284,000.00   1,280,455.81     6.750000  %        898.65
B-3     76110FWG4     1,712,259.01   1,707,532.69     6.750000  %      1,198.40

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  427,987,988.79   409,238,424.46                  6,401,400.24
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       452,384.69  6,804,000.82            0.00       0.00     74,095,267.61
A-2       241,806.03    241,806.03            0.00       0.00     43,000,000.00
A-3       337,403.77    337,403.77            0.00       0.00     60,000,000.00
A-4       151,831.69    151,831.69            0.00       0.00     27,000,000.00
A-5       295,228.30    295,228.30            0.00       0.00     52,500,000.00
A-6       205,253.96    205,253.96            0.00       0.00     36,500,000.00
A-7       140,584.90    140,584.90            0.00       0.00     25,000,000.00
A-8        50,643.52     50,643.52            0.00       0.00     10,405,000.00
A-9        27,375.49     27,375.49            0.00       0.00      3,469,000.00
A-10       42,010.78     72,257.07            0.00       0.00      7,440,465.82
A-11       42,175.47     42,175.47            0.00       0.00      7,500,000.00
A-12      158,163.64    158,163.64            0.00       0.00     28,126,000.00
A-13            0.00         66.94            0.00       0.00         77,493.57
A-14      324,829.05    324,829.05            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        66,004.67     74,242.33            0.00       0.00     11,729,273.95
M-2        30,001.56     33,745.88            0.00       0.00      5,331,388.51
M-3        30,001.56     33,745.88            0.00       0.00      5,331,388.51
B-1        13,200.93     14,848.46            0.00       0.00      2,345,854.80
B-2         7,200.51      8,099.16            0.00       0.00      1,279,557.16
B-3         9,602.13     10,800.53            0.00       0.00      1,706,334.29

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,625,702.65  9,027,102.89            0.00       0.00    402,837,024.22
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS9(POOL #  4314)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4314 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     812.594785   64.157739     4.569542    68.727281   0.000000  748.437047
A-2    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623396     5.623396   0.000000 1000.000000
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623396     5.623396   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623396     5.623396   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623396     5.623396   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623396     5.623396   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623396     5.623396   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8    1000.000000    0.000000     4.867229     4.867229   0.000000 1000.000000
A-9    1000.000000    0.000000     7.891464     7.891464   0.000000 1000.000000
A-10    984.283545    3.985018     5.535017     9.520035   0.000000  980.298527
A-11   1000.000000    0.000000     5.623396     5.623396   0.000000 1000.000000
A-12   1000.000000    0.000000     5.623396     5.623396   0.000000 1000.000000
A-13    996.540270    0.860082     0.000000     0.860082   0.000000  995.680188
A-14      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     997.239729    0.699886     5.607873     6.307759   0.000000  996.539843
M-2     997.239730    0.699886     5.607873     6.307759   0.000000  996.539844
M-3     997.239730    0.699886     5.607873     6.307759   0.000000  996.539844
B-1     997.239732    0.699885     5.607872     6.307757   0.000000  996.539847
B-2     997.239727    0.699883     5.607874     6.307757   0.000000  996.539844
B-3     997.239717    0.699888     5.607872     6.307760   0.000000  996.539823

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
           MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS9 (POOL #  4314)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4314 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       84,481.79
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     4,383.92

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      101,223.34
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    79  12,334,653.12

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    5     650,887.38

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          4     285,461.37


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             4
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                        683,239.60

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     402,837,024.22

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,040

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                    6,114,174.56

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         93.21947170 %     5.47652000 %    1.30400810 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            93.11653850 %     5.55858812 %    1.32380390 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         183,581.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            8,559,760.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   4,279,880.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          8.02984752
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              351.54

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                94.12344149

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
       MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS11(POOL #  4319)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4319 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FWH2   112,117,000.00  98,060,741.06     6.750000  %  5,577,164.42
A-2     76110FWJ8    47,967,000.00  47,967,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-3     76110FWK5    67,521,000.00  67,521,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-4     76110FWL3    30,346,000.00  30,346,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-5     76110FWM1    45,610,000.00  45,610,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-6     76110FWN9    28,628,000.00  28,628,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-7     76110FWP4    16,219,000.00  16,219,000.00     6.019530  %          0.00
A-8     76110FWQ2     5,046,000.00   5,046,000.00     9.098387  %          0.00
A-9     76110FWR0    96,429,000.00  96,429,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-10    76110FWS8        62,872.89      62,660.70     0.000000  %         67.26
A-11    76110FWT6             0.00           0.00     0.903867  %          0.00
R       76110FWU3           100.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FWV1    13,198,800.00  13,171,306.62     6.750000  %      9,305.31
M-2     76110FWW9     6,000,000.00   5,987,501.87     6.750000  %      4,230.07
M-3     76110FWX7     4,799,500.00   4,789,502.54     6.750000  %      3,383.70
B-1     76110FWY5     2,639,600.00   2,634,101.66     6.750000  %      1,860.95
B-2     76110FWZ2     1,439,500.00   1,436,501.49     6.750000  %      1,014.86
B-3     76110FXA6     1,919,815.88   1,915,816.88     6.750000  %      1,353.50

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  479,943,188.77   465,824,132.82                  5,598,380.07
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       551,468.74  6,128,633.16            0.00       0.00     92,483,576.64
A-2       269,754.25    269,754.25            0.00       0.00     47,967,000.00
A-3       379,720.98    379,720.98            0.00       0.00     67,521,000.00
A-4       170,658.21    170,658.21            0.00       0.00     30,346,000.00
A-5       256,499.07    256,499.07            0.00       0.00     45,610,000.00
A-6       160,996.61    160,996.61            0.00       0.00     28,628,000.00
A-7        81,340.83     81,340.83            0.00       0.00     16,219,000.00
A-8        38,250.19     38,250.19            0.00       0.00      5,046,000.00
A-9       542,292.24    542,292.24            0.00       0.00     96,429,000.00
A-10            0.00         67.26            0.00       0.00         62,593.44
A-11      350,790.99    350,790.99            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        74,072.09     83,377.40            0.00       0.00     13,162,001.31
M-2        33,672.19     37,902.26            0.00       0.00      5,983,271.80
M-3        26,934.95     30,318.65            0.00       0.00      4,786,118.84
B-1        14,813.52     16,674.47            0.00       0.00      2,632,240.71
B-2         8,078.52      9,093.38            0.00       0.00      1,435,486.63
B-3        10,774.07     12,127.57            0.00       0.00      1,914,463.38

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,970,117.45  8,568,497.52            0.00       0.00    460,225,752.75
===============================================================================













































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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
       MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS11(POOL #  4319)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4319 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     874.628656   49.744146     4.918690    54.662836   0.000000  824.884510
A-2    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623747     5.623747   0.000000 1000.000000
A-3    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623746     5.623746   0.000000 1000.000000
A-4    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623746     5.623746   0.000000 1000.000000
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623746     5.623746   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623746     5.623746   0.000000 1000.000000
A-7    1000.000000    0.000000     5.015157     5.015157   0.000000 1000.000000
A-8    1000.000000    0.000000     7.580299     7.580299   0.000000 1000.000000
A-9    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623746     5.623746   0.000000 1000.000000
A-10    996.625095    1.069777     0.000000     1.069777   0.000000  995.555318
A-11      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     997.916979    0.705012     5.612032     6.317044   0.000000  997.211967
M-2     997.916978    0.705012     5.612032     6.317044   0.000000  997.211967
M-3     997.916979    0.705011     5.612033     6.317044   0.000000  997.211968
B-1     997.916980    0.705012     5.612032     6.317044   0.000000  997.211968
B-2     997.916978    0.705009     5.612032     6.317041   0.000000  997.211969
B-3     997.916988    0.705010     5.612033     6.317043   0.000000  997.211972

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DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
          MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS11 (POOL #  4319)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4319 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       96,366.05
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    10,533.84

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      114,573.73
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    94  13,490,236.45

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   16   1,827,047.85

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          6     627,804.88


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     460,225,752.75

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,447

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                    5,269,273.60

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         93.57294820 %     5.14175400 %    1.28529740 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            93.49935300 %     5.19992456 %    1.30001510 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         158,980.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            9,598,864.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                  48,007,788.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          7.98053119
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              352.54

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                95.89171459

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS12(POOL #  4321)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4321 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1    76110FXN8   188,037,444.00 185,679,306.27     7.000000  %  1,962,830.19
CB-2    76110FXP8     6,964,350.00   6,877,011.56     0.000000  %     72,697.42
NB-1    76110FXQ1    25,499,800.00  24,680,884.47     6.750000  %    741,853.58
NB-2    76110FXR9     7,423,000.00   7,423,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
NB-3    76110FXS7    21,430,159.00  21,430,159.00     6.750000  %          0.00
NB-4    76110FXT5     4,020,000.00   4,020,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
NB-5    76110FXU2    10,500,000.00  10,500,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
NB-6    76110FXV0             0.00           0.00     0.350000  %          0.00
NB-7    76110FXW8    15,249,000.00  14,821,325.33     6.400000  %    387,334.84
NB-8    76110FXX6    20,899,000.00  20,429,181.03     6.100000  %    425,503.94
NB-9    76110FXY4             0.00           0.00     0.650000  %          0.00
A-P     76110FXZ1        58,061.92      57,954.59     0.000000  %         53.38
A-V     76110FYA5             0.00           0.00     0.859283  %          0.00
R-I     76110FYB3           100.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
R-II    76110FYC1           100.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FYD9     8,802,500.00   8,790,266.28     6.750000  %      6,138.91
M-2     76110FYE7     4,001,000.00   3,995,439.40     6.750000  %      2,790.32
M-3     76110FYF4     3,201,000.00   3,196,551.24     6.750000  %      2,232.39
B-1     76110FYG2     1,760,300.00   1,757,853.53     6.750000  %      1,227.64
B-2     76110FYH0       960,000.00     958,665.79     6.750000  %        669.51
B-3     76110FYJ6     1,280,602.22   1,278,822.46     6.750000  %        893.10

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  320,086,417.14   315,896,420.95                  3,604,225.22
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1    1,082,898.35  3,045,728.54            0.00       0.00    183,716,476.08
CB-2            0.00     72,697.42            0.00       0.00      6,804,314.14
NB-1      138,819.74    880,673.32            0.00       0.00     23,939,030.89
NB-2       41,751.30     41,751.30            0.00       0.00      7,423,000.00
NB-3      120,535.75    120,535.75            0.00       0.00     21,430,159.00
NB-4       22,610.83     22,610.83            0.00       0.00      4,020,000.00
NB-5       59,058.14     59,058.14            0.00       0.00     10,500,000.00
NB-6        4,322.57      4,322.57            0.00       0.00              0.00
NB-7       79,041.24    466,376.08            0.00       0.00     14,433,990.49
NB-8      103,840.68    529,344.62            0.00       0.00     20,003,677.09
NB-9       11,064.99     11,064.99            0.00       0.00              0.00
A-P             0.00         53.38            0.00       0.00         57,901.21
A-V       226,166.45    226,166.45            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        49,436.02     55,574.93            0.00       0.00      8,784,127.37
M-2        22,470.15     25,260.47            0.00       0.00      3,992,649.08
M-3        17,977.24     20,209.63            0.00       0.00      3,194,318.85
B-1         9,886.08     11,113.72            0.00       0.00      1,756,625.89
B-2         5,391.49      6,061.00            0.00       0.00        957,996.28
B-3         7,192.04      8,085.14            0.00       0.00      1,277,929.36

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,002,463.06  5,606,688.28            0.00       0.00    312,292,195.73
===============================================================================







































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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS12(POOL #  4321)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4321 
_______________________________________________________________________________


AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB-1    987.459212   10.438507     5.758951    16.197458   0.000000  977.020705
CB-2    987.459212   10.438508     0.000000    10.438508   0.000000  977.020704
NB-1    967.885414   29.092525     5.443954    34.536479   0.000000  938.792888
NB-2   1000.000000    0.000000     5.624586     5.624586   0.000000 1000.000000
NB-3   1000.000000    0.000000     5.624585     5.624585   0.000000 1000.000000
NB-4   1000.000000    0.000000     5.624585     5.624585   0.000000 1000.000000
NB-5   1000.000000    0.000000     5.624585     5.624585   0.000000 1000.000000
NB-6      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
NB-7    971.953920   25.400672     5.183372    30.584044   0.000000  946.553249
NB-8    977.519548   20.360014     4.968691    25.328705   0.000000  957.159534
NB-9      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
A-P     998.151456    0.919350     0.000000     0.919350   0.000000  997.232106
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-I       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R-II      0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     998.610199    0.697405     5.616134     6.313539   0.000000  997.912794
M-2     998.610197    0.697406     5.616133     6.313539   0.000000  997.912792
M-3     998.610197    0.697404     5.616132     6.313536   0.000000  997.912793
B-1     998.610197    0.697404     5.616134     6.313538   0.000000  997.912793
B-2     998.610198    0.697406     5.616135     6.313541   0.000000  997.912792
B-3     998.610216    0.697406     5.616139     6.313545   0.000000  997.912808

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

Run:     12/29/98     16:49:41                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
    MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS12 (POOL #  4321)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4321 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       65,407.29
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     8,335.66

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      122,602.00
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   101  14,284,397.14

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   16   2,357,407.83

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          3     454,368.38


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     312,292,195.73

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        2,167

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                    3,383,606.45

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         93.65755610 %     5.05933500 %    1.26476320 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            93.60619660 %     5.11415127 %    1.27870370 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         171,854.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            6,401,728.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   3,200,864.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          7.93284300
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              354.32

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                97.56496340

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS13(POOL #  4322)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4322 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB                  112,514,000.00 110,741,360.41     6.500000  %    707,687.62
NB                   37,758,000.00  37,238,481.71     6.500000  %    446,183.51
A-P                      53,454.22      53,069.56     0.000000  %        198.14
A-V                           0.00           0.00     0.852939  %          0.00
R                           100.00           0.00     6.500000  %          0.00
M-1                   4,083,000.00   4,057,515.19     6.500000  %     12,900.13
M-2                     706,500.00     702,090.25     6.500000  %      2,232.17
M-3                     628,000.00     624,080.22     6.500000  %      1,984.15
B-1                     471,000.00     468,060.17     6.500000  %      1,488.11
B-2                     314,000.00     312,040.11     6.500000  %        992.07
B-3                     471,221.05     468,279.85     6.500000  %      1,488.80

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  156,999,275.27   154,664,977.47                  1,175,154.70
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB        599,407.35  1,307,094.97            0.00       0.00    110,033,672.79
NB        201,559.92    647,743.43            0.00       0.00     36,792,298.20
A-P             0.00        198.14            0.00       0.00         52,871.42
A-V       109,852.22    109,852.22            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        21,962.03     34,862.16            0.00       0.00      4,044,615.06
M-2         3,800.19      6,032.36            0.00       0.00        699,858.08
M-3         3,377.94      5,362.09            0.00       0.00        622,096.07
B-1         2,533.46      4,021.57            0.00       0.00        466,572.06
B-2         1,688.98      2,681.05            0.00       0.00        311,048.04
B-3         2,534.65      4,023.45            0.00       0.00        466,791.03

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          946,716.74  2,121,871.44            0.00       0.00    153,489,822.75
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB      984.245164    6.289774     5.327402    11.617176   0.000000  977.955390
NB      986.240842   11.816926     5.338204    17.155130   0.000000  974.423916
A-P     992.803936    3.706719     0.000000     3.706719   0.000000  989.097217
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     993.758313    3.159473     5.378895     8.538368   0.000000  990.598839
M-2     993.758316    3.159476     5.378896     8.538372   0.000000  990.598839
M-3     993.758312    3.159475     5.378885     8.538360   0.000000  990.598838
B-1     993.758323    3.159469     5.378896     8.538365   0.000000  990.598854
B-2     993.758312    3.159459     5.378917     8.538376   0.000000  990.598854
B-3     993.758343    3.159451     5.378898     8.538349   0.000000  990.598849

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
    MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS13 (POOL #  4322)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4322 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       32,148.67
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     9,392.21

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       43,825.69
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    39   4,270,657.57

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                    1      51,330.11

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          1     450,000.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     153,489,822.75

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,398

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                      683,413.86

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         95.67766700 %     3.48086900 %    0.80715110 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            95.69140270 %     3.49636811 %    0.81102440 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            1,569,993.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,620,356.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          7.67928700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              172.49

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                97.76466961

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS14(POOL #  4335)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4335 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FYK3   104,208,000.00 104,208,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-2     76110FYL1    97,975,000.00  96,250,788.26     6.500000  %  2,005,086.47
A-3     76110FYM9    46,000,000.00  45,190,469.57     6.250000  %    941,403.24
A-4     76110FYN7    37,995,000.00  37,326,345.46     8.000000  %    777,578.61
A-5     76110FYP2    25,759,000.00  25,759,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-6     76110FYQ0    88,071,000.00  88,071,000.00     6.750000  %          0.00
A-P     76110FYR8        95,321.30      95,219.91     0.000000  %         95.61
A-V     76110FYS6             0.00           0.00     0.841353  %          0.00
R       76110FYT4           100.00           0.00     6.750000  %          0.00
M-1     76110FYU1    12,410,000.00  12,385,394.44     6.750000  %      8,679.37
M-2     76110FYV9     5,563,000.00   5,551,970.13     6.750000  %      3,890.68
M-3     76110FYW7     4,279,000.00   4,270,515.94     6.750000  %      2,992.67
B-1     76110FYX5     2,567,500.00   2,562,409.37     6.750000  %      1,795.67
B-2     76110FYY3     1,283,800.00   1,281,254.58     6.750000  %        897.87
B-3     76110FYZ0     1,711,695.86   1,708,302.04     6.750000  %      1,197.15

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  427,918,417.16   424,660,669.70                  3,743,617.34
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       586,061.66    586,061.66            0.00       0.00    104,208,000.00
A-2       521,262.08  2,526,348.55            0.00       0.00     94,245,701.79
A-3       235,323.53  1,176,726.77            0.00       0.00     44,249,066.33
A-4       248,796.31  1,026,374.92            0.00       0.00     36,548,766.85
A-5       144,867.60    144,867.60            0.00       0.00     25,759,000.00
A-6       495,307.82    495,307.82            0.00       0.00     88,071,000.00
A-P             0.00         95.61            0.00       0.00         95,124.30
A-V       297,686.33    297,686.33            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        69,654.96     78,334.33            0.00       0.00     12,376,715.07
M-2        31,224.06     35,114.74            0.00       0.00      5,548,079.45
M-3        24,017.21     27,009.88            0.00       0.00      4,267,523.27
B-1        14,410.89     16,206.56            0.00       0.00      2,560,613.70
B-2         7,205.73      8,103.60            0.00       0.00      1,280,356.71
B-3         9,607.42     10,804.57            0.00       0.00      1,707,104.89

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,685,425.60  6,429,042.94            0.00       0.00    420,917,052.36
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623960     5.623960   0.000000 1000.000000
A-2     982.401513   20.465287     5.320358    25.785645   0.000000  961.936227
A-3     982.401512   20.465288     5.115729    25.581017   0.000000  961.936225
A-4     982.401512   20.465288     6.548133    27.013421   0.000000  961.936224
A-5    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623961     5.623961   0.000000 1000.000000
A-6    1000.000000    0.000000     5.623960     5.623960   0.000000 1000.000000
A-P     998.936334    1.003029     0.000000     1.003029   0.000000  997.933306
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R         0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1     998.017280    0.699385     5.612809     6.312194   0.000000  997.317894
M-2     998.017280    0.699385     5.612810     6.312195   0.000000  997.317895
M-3     998.017280    0.699385     5.612809     6.312194   0.000000  997.317894
B-1     998.017281    0.699385     5.612810     6.312195   0.000000  997.317897
B-2     998.017277    0.699385     5.612814     6.312199   0.000000  997.317892
B-3     998.017276    0.699382     5.612808     6.312190   0.000000  997.317884

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DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

Run:     12/29/98     16:48:49                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
    MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS14 (POOL #  4335)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4335 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       88,080.12
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    16,530.70

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                      152,670.98
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                   174  19,159,390.18

 (B)  TWO MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                                   18   2,266,942.93

 (C)  THREE OR MORE MONTHLY PAYMENTS:                          0           0.00


FORECLOSURES
  NUMBER OF LOANS                                                             0
  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE                                              0.00

SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AFTER
DISTRIBUTION                                                     420,917,052.36

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,174

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                    3,446,009.72

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         93.46158610 %     5.23073200 %    1.30768200 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            93.40804480 %     5.27237318 %    1.31839030 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         190,375.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            8,558,368.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   4,279,184.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          7.91617488
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              355.20

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                98.36385523

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
 MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS15(POOL #  4336)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4336 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB                  250,018,000.00 250,018,000.00     6.500000  %    815,771.51
NB                  150,029,000.00 150,029,000.00     6.500000  %    693,749.65
A-V                           0.00           0.00     1.029344  %          0.00
R                           100.00         100.00     6.500000  %        100.00
M-1                  14,626,000.00  14,626,000.00     6.500000  %     10,453.50
M-2                   5,377,000.00   5,377,000.00     6.500000  %      3,843.05
M-3                   4,517,000.00   4,517,000.00     6.500000  %      3,228.39
B-1                   2,581,000.00   2,581,000.00     6.500000  %      1,844.69
B-2                   1,290,500.00   1,290,500.00     6.500000  %        922.35
B-3                   1,720,903.67   1,720,903.67     6.500000  %      1,229.96

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  430,159,503.67   430,159,503.67                  1,531,143.10
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB      1,353,793.25  2,169,564.76            0.00       0.00    249,202,228.49
NB        812,381.47  1,506,131.12            0.00       0.00    149,335,250.35
A-V       368,858.02    368,858.02            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.54        100.54            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        79,192.23     89,645.73            0.00       0.00     14,615,546.50
M-2        29,113.68     32,956.73            0.00       0.00      5,373,156.95
M-3        24,457.22     27,685.61            0.00       0.00      4,513,771.61
B-1        13,974.78     15,819.47            0.00       0.00      2,579,155.31
B-2         6,987.39      7,909.74            0.00       0.00      1,289,577.65
B-3         9,317.80     10,547.76            0.00       0.00      1,719,673.71

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        2,698,076.38  4,229,219.48            0.00       0.00    428,628,360.57
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
CB     1000.000000    3.262851     5.414783     8.677634   0.000000  996.737149
NB     1000.000000    4.624104     5.414830    10.038934   0.000000  995.375896
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R      1000.000000 1000.000000     5.400000  1005.400000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1    1000.000000    0.714720     5.414483     6.129203   0.000000  999.285280
M-2    1000.000000    0.714720     5.414484     6.129204   0.000000  999.285280
M-3    1000.000000    0.714720     5.414483     6.129203   0.000000  999.285280
B-1    1000.000000    0.714719     5.414483     6.129202   0.000000  999.285281
B-2    1000.000000    0.714723     5.414483     6.129206   0.000000  999.285277
B-3    1000.000000    0.714718     5.414481     6.129199   0.000000  999.285282

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

Run:     12/29/98     16:49:43                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
    MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS15 (POOL #  4336)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4336 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       89,768.88
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                    17,970.85

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       43,700.37
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    53   6,168,582.27

 (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                                                     428,628,360.57

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        3,026

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                    1,223,699.68

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         92.99971210 %     5.70021100 %    1.30007670 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            92.97972680 %     5.71648480 %    1.30378840 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         164,263.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            8,603,190.04 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                     301,595.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          7.82934700
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              355.90

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                99.64405224

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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
       MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-QS16(POOL #  4337)
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY FOR POOL#   4337 
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                       PRINCIPAL       CURRENT
                     ORIGINAL       BALANCE BEFORE   PASS-THROUGH    PRINCIPAL
CLASS   CUSIP       FACE VALUE       DISTRIBUTION       RATE       DISTRIBUTION
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1     76110FZA4   109,739,000.00 109,739,000.00     6.500000  %    399,465.63
A-P     76110FZB2        32,286.88      32,286.88     0.000000  %        108.02
A-V     76110FZC0             0.00           0.00     0.761472  %          0.00
R       76110FZD8           100.00         100.00     6.500000  %        100.00
M-1     76110FZE6     3,276,000.00   3,276,000.00     6.500000  %     10,198.37
M-2     76110FZF3       517,300.00     517,300.00     6.500000  %      1,610.38
M-3     76110FZG1       459,700.00     459,700.00     6.500000  %      1,431.07
B-1     76110FZH9       344,800.00     344,800.00     6.500000  %      1,073.38
B-2     76110FZJ5       229,800.00     229,800.00     6.500000  %        715.38
B-3     76110FZK2       344,884.43     344,884.43     6.500000  %      1,073.66

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  114,943,871.31   114,943,871.31                    415,775.89
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      REMAINING
            INTEREST         TOTAL         DEFERRED    REALIZED       PRINCIPAL
           DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION     INTEREST     LOSSES         BALANCE
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1       594,114.15    993,579.78            0.00       0.00    109,339,534.37
A-P             0.00        108.02            0.00       0.00         32,178.86
A-V        72,901.30     72,901.30            0.00       0.00              0.00
R               0.54        100.54            0.00       0.00              0.00
M-1        17,735.88     27,934.25            0.00       0.00      3,265,801.63
M-2         2,800.60      4,410.98            0.00       0.00        515,689.62
M-3         2,488.76      3,919.83            0.00       0.00        458,268.93
B-1         1,866.71      2,940.09            0.00       0.00        343,726.62
B-2         1,244.11      1,959.49            0.00       0.00        229,084.62
B-3         1,867.15      2,940.81            0.00       0.00        343,810.77

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          695,019.20  1,110,795.09            0.00       0.00    114,528,095.42
===============================================================================
_______________________________________________________________________________



AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT
_______________________________________________________________________________
       BEGINNING                                                        ENDING
       BALANCE    PRINCIPAL     INTEREST      TOTAL      DEFERRED       BALANCE
CLASS  FACTOR     FACTOR        FACTOR     DISTRIBUTION  INTEREST       FACTOR
_______________________________________________________________________________
A-1    1000.000000    3.640143     5.413883     9.054026   0.000000  996.359857
A-P    1000.000000    3.345631     0.000000     3.345631   0.000000  996.654369
A-V       0.000000    0.000000     0.000000     0.000000   0.000000    0.000000
R      1000.000000 1000.000000     5.400000  1005.400000   0.000000    0.000000
M-1    1000.000000    3.113056     5.413883     8.526939   0.000000  996.886944
M-2    1000.000000    3.113049     5.413880     8.526929   0.000000  996.886952
M-3    1000.000000    3.113052     5.413879     8.526931   0.000000  996.886948
B-1    1000.000000    3.113051     5.413892     8.526943   0.000000  996.886949
B-2    1000.000000    3.113055     5.413882     8.526937   0.000000  996.886945
B-3    1000.000000    3.113043     5.413872     8.526915   0.000000  996.886899

_______________________________________________________________________________


DETERMINATION DATE       21-December-98 
DISTRIBUTION DATE        28-December-98 

Run:     12/29/98     16:48:50                                        rept2.frg
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               RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (MASTER SERVICER)
                   RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. (COMPANY)
          MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 1998-QS16 (POOL #  4337)
                    STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
              ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION FOR POOL 4337 
_______________________________________________________________________________

SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY SUB-SERVICER                       23,933.51
SERVICING COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY MASTER SERVICER                     7,902.36

SUBSERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                       20,442.32
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCES THIS MONTH                                        0.00


                                                          NUMBER OF   PRINCIPAL
DELINQUENCIES:                                              LOANS      BALANCE

 (A)  ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT:                                    19   2,234,032.64

 (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                                                     114,528,095.42

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF LOANS IN THE POOL AS OF THE
DETERMINATION DATE                                                        1,200

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                       57,942.99

TOTAL REPURCHASES INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRIBUTION                            0.00

DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES:
                                     SENIOR        CLASS M        CLASS B
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION         95.49872670 %     3.70110600 %    0.80016690 %
PREPAYMENT PERCENT          100.00000000 %     0.00000000 %    0.00000000 %
NEXT DISTRIBUTION            95.49644880 %     3.70193896 %    0.80057180 %

      BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT AVAILABLE                         100,000.00
      FRAUD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                            2,298,877.00 
      SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT AVAILABLE                   1,296,326.00 

ENDING GROSS WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE                          7.58841982
ENDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, IN MONTHS                              175.08

POOL TRADING FACTOR:                                                99.63827920

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