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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)
                                November 5, 1997



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

        Delaware                       333-07837                 41-1768416
(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
   (Address of Principal                                         (Zip Code)
     Executive Offices)

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

                                    No Change
          (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
1997-3 (the "Trust") issued  $199,870,000 in aggregate  principal  amount of its
Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-3 (the "Certificates"),  on
October 31, 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 October  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 five  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,  the  Class  A-5  Group I
Certificates, the Class A-IO Group I Certificates, and three classes of variable
rate  certificates,  the Class A-1 Group I Certificates,  the Class A-6 Group II
Certificates, and the Class A-7 Group III 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 Class A-1 Group I Certificates  will have a Variable  Pass-Through
Rate, the Class A-2 Group I  Certificates,  the Class A-3 Group I  Certificates,
the Class A-4 Group I Certificates,  the Class A-5 Group I Certificates, and the
Class A-IO Group I Certificates will have interest rates of 6.565% Pass-Through,
6.8000%  Pass-Through, 


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7.175% Pass-Through, 6.175% Pass-Through, and 5.000% Pass-Through, respectively.
The Class A-6 Group II and the Class A-7 Group III Certificates will both have a
Variable  Pass-Through  Rate. For more information on the Variable  Pass-Through
Rates, please see the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement,  attached as Exhibit 4.2
hereto.

     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,  the Class  A-5 Group I  Certificates,  the Class A-6
Group II Certificates  and the Class A-7 Group II Certificates  was $40,096,000,
$15,400,000,  $10,601,000,  $8,000,000, $8,230,000, $49,997,000 and $67,546,000,
respectively.  The notional  amount for the Class A-IO Group I Certificates  was
$8,230,000.

     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 October 23, 1997,  filed  pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) of the Act on October
30, 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 October 23, 1997, among Access Financial
Lending  Corp.,  Prudential  Securities  Incorporated  and Morgan  Stanley & Co.
Incorporated.

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

     4.2 Pooling and  Servicing  Agreement,  dated as of October 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 October 23, 1997, among Access
Financial Lending Corp., Access Financial Receivables Corp.,  Financial Security
Assurance  Inc.,  Prudential  Securities  Incorporated  and Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated.


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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 1997-3

                                   By:    /s/ Leslie Zejdlik Foster
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                                         Name:  Leslie Zejdlik Foster
                                         Title: President

Dated:  November 5, 1997



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

      Exhibit No.    Description
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         1.1         Underwriting Agreement, dated October 23,
                     1997, among Access Financial Lending Corp.,
                     Prudential Securities Incorporated and Morgan
                     Stanley & Co. Incorporated.
                     
         4.1         Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of
                     October 1, 1997 between Access Financial
                     Lending Corp. and Access Financial
                     Receivables Corp.
                     
         4.2         Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
                     October 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
                     October 23, 1997, among Access Financial
                     Lending Corp., Access Financial Receivables
                     Corp., Financial Security Assurance Inc.,
                     Prudential Securities Incorporated and Morgan
                     Stanley & Co. Incorporated.