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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)
                                February 28, 1997



                         Access Financial Lending Corp.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Delaware                        333-07837              41-1768416
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  (State or Other Jurisdiction           (Commission          (I.R.S. Employer
        of Incorporation)               File Number)         Identification No.)


               400 Highway 169 South
                    Suite 400
             St. Louis Park, Minnesota                           55426
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               (Address of Principal                           (Zip Code)
                Executive Offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (612) 542-6500


                                    No Change
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 2. Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

Description of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans

     Access Financial Lending Corp. (the "Registrant")  registered  issuances of
up to $1,500,000,000 principal amount of Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates
on a delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act
of 1933,  as  amended  (the  "Act"),  by a  Registration  Statement  on Form S-3
(Registration  File No. 333-07837) (as amended,  the "Registration  Statement").
Pursuant to the Registration  Statement,  Access  Financial  Mortgage Loan Trust
1997-1 (the "Trust") issued  $273,599,000 in aggregate  principal  amount of its
Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-1 (the "Certificates"),  on
February 28, 1997.  This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to satisfy an
undertaking to file copies of certain agreements executed in connection with the
issuance of the  Certificates,  the forms of which were filed as Exhibits to the
Registration Statement.

     The Certificates were issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing  Agreement
(the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2, dated as
of  February 1, 1997,  among  Access  Financial  Lending  Corp.,  as seller (the
"Seller")  and  master  servicer  (the  "Master  Servicer"),   Access  Financial
Receivables  Corp.  (the  "Depositor")  and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee
(the  "Trustee").  The  Certificates  consist  of three  classes  of fixed  rate
certificates,  the  Class  A-2  Group I  Certificates,  the  Class  A-3  Group I
Certificates,  the Class A-4 Group I  Certificates,  and two classes of variable
rate certificates,  the Class A-1 Group I Certificates,  and the Class A-5 Group
II Certificates (collectively,  the "Class A Certificates").  In addition to the
Class A  Certificates,  the  Trust  will  also  issue  a  subordinate  Class  of
Certificates  (the "Class B  Certificates")  and one or more Classes of Residual
Certificates.  Only  the  Class  A  Certificates  were  issued  pursuant  to the
Registration  Statement.  The Certificates initially evidence, in the aggregate,
100% of the undivided beneficial ownership interests in the Trust.

     The  assets  of  the  Trust  consist  primarily  of a pool  of  fixed-rate,
amortizing  mortgage loans and adjustable rate  amortizing  mortgage loans which
are secured by first or second liens on  residential  properties  (the "Mortgage
Loans").

     Interest  distributions  on the  Class  A  Certificates  are  based  on the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof and the then applicable  Pass-Through Rate
thereof.  The Pass-Through  Rate for the Class A-1 Group I Certificates  will be
equal to the  lesser of (i) the  London  interbank  offered  rate for  one-month
United  States  dollar  deposits  ("LIBOR")  plus  0.085%  per annum or (ii) the
weighted  average  net coupon rate for the fixed rate  mortgage  loans as of the
payment date. The  Pass-Through  Rate for the Class A-2 Group I Certificates and
the Class A-3 Group I Certificates will be

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6.600%, and 6.925% per annum, respectively.  The Pass-Through Rate for the Class
A-4 Group I Certificates will be the lesser of (i) 7.275%, provided however that
if the Trustee has not solicited  bids for the purchase of the Mortgage Loans by
the 90th day following  the first payment date on which the aggregate  principal
balance  of the  Mortgage  Loans  has  declined  to 10% or less of the  original
aggregate  principal balance of the Mortgage Loans,  7.775% or (ii) the weighted
average net coupon rate for the fixed rate mortgage loans as of the payment date
less 0.50% on the 13th payment date and thereafter.  The  Pass-Through  Rate for
the  Class A-5 Group II  Certificates  will be equal to the  lesser of (i) LIBOR
plus  0.200% per annum and (ii) the  weighted  average  net  coupon  rate of the
adjustable rate mortgage loans.

     The aggregate  principal amount of the Class A-1 Group I Certificates,  the
Class A-2 Group I Certificates,  the Class A-3 Group I  Certificates,  the Class
A-4  Group  I  Certificates   and  the  Class  A-5  Group  II  Certificates  was
$63,500,000,    $30,200,000,    $21,300,000,   $19,733,000   and   $138,866,000,
respectively.

     The Class B  Certificates  represent a beneficial  ownership  interest in a
portion of the interest  payments on the Mortgage  Loans.  Distributions  on the
Class B  Certificates  are  calculated as described in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.

     As of the Closing Date,  the Mortgage Loans  possessed the  characteristics
described in the Prospectus dated November 7, 1996 and the Prospectus Supplement
dated  February 25, 1997,  filed  pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) of the Act on March
4, 1997.

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Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and
         Exhibits.

(a) Not applicable

(b) Not applicable

(c) Exhibits:

     1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated February 25, 1997, among Access Financial
Lending Corp.,  Prudential  Securities  Incorporated and J.P. Morgan  Securities
Inc.

     4.1  Purchase  and Sale  Agreement,  dated as of February  1, 1997  between
Access Financial Lending Corp. and Access Financial Receivables Corp.

     4.2 Pooling and Servicing  Agreement,  dated as of February 1, 1997,  among
Access Financial Lending Corp., as seller and master servicer,  Access Financial
Receivables Corp., as transferor, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee.

     10.1 Indemnification  Agreement, dated as of February 1, 1997, among Access
Financial Lending Corp., Access Financial Receivables Corp.,  Financial Security
Assurance Inc.,  Prudential  Securities  Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to the  requirements  of  Section  13 or 15(d) 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.


                           ACCESS FINANCIAL LENDING CORP.
                             as Registrant and on behalf of ACCESS
                             FINANCIAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 1997-1


                              By:/s/ Dan J. Cheever
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                                  Name:   Dan J. Cheever
                                  Title:  Chief Financial Officer
                                          and Secretary


Dated:            March 11, 1997



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


      Exhibit No.         Description
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          1.1             Underwriting Agreement, dated February
                          25, 1997, among Access Financial Lending
                          Corp., Prudential Securities Incorporated
                          and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

          4.1             Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of
                          February 1, 1997 between Access Financial
                          Lending Corp. and Access Financial
                          Receivables Corp.

          4.2             Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
                          of February 1, 1997, among Access
                          Financial Lending Corp., as seller and
                          master servicer, Access Financial
                          Receivables Corp., as transferor, and The
                          Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee.

         10.1             Indemnification Agreement, dated as of
                          February 1, 1997, among Access Financial
                          Lending Corp., Access Financial
                          Receivables Corp., Financial Security
                          Assurance Inc., Prudential Securities
                          Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities
                          Inc.