AMRESCO RESIDENTIAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
                             MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
                                SERIES 1996-4

                       STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS

                                      PRIOR                                                                                  CURRENT
                 ORIGINAL         PRINCIPAL                                                   REALIZED    DEFERRED         PRINCIPAL
CLASS          FACE VALUE           BALANCE      INTEREST        PRINCIPAL           TOTAL      LOSSES    INTEREST           BALANCE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                       
 A1          9,163,000.00      8,206,181.52     41,236.06       633,747.75      674,983.81        0.00        0.00      7,572,433.77
 A2         22,400,000.00     21,629,611.81    114,817.19       780,261.38      895,078.57        0.00        0.00     20,849,350.43
 A3         17,600,000.00     17,600,000.00    100,466.67             0.00      100,466.67        0.00        0.00     17,600,000.00
 A4         10,670,000.00     10,670,000.00     64,464.58             0.00       64,464.58        0.00        0.00     10,670,000.00
 A5         13,100,000.00     13,100,000.00     82,966.67             0.00       82,966.67        0.00        0.00     13,100,000.00
 A6        238,146,000.00    229,156,272.67  1,121,815.44     5,554,454.49    6,676,269.93        0.00        0.00    223,601,818.18
 B-IO                0.00              0.00          0.00             0.00            0.00        0.00        0.00              0.00
 R                   0.00              0.00          0.00             0.00            0.00        0.00        0.00              0.00








- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS     311,079,000.00    300,362,066.00  1,525,766.61     6,968,463.62    8,494,230.23     0.00           0.00    293,393,602.38
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE                                                PASS-THROUGH
                                                                                                                  RATES
                            PRIOR                                             CURRENT
                        PRINCIPAL                                           PRINCIPAL
CLASS         CUSIP       BALANCE    INTEREST    PRINCIPAL        TOTAL       BALANCE                      CURRENT        NEXT
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 A1       03215PAS8    895.578033    4.500279    69.163784    73.664063    826.414250                    6.030000%     6.030000%
 A2       03215PAT6    965.607670    5.125767    34.833097    39.958865    930.774573                    6.370000%     6.370000%
 A3       03215PAU3  1,000.000000    5.708334     0.000000     5.708334  1,000.000000                    6.850000%     6.850000%
 A4       03215PAV1  1,000.000000    6.041666     0.000000     6.041666  1,000.000000                    7.250000%     7.250000%
 A5       03215PAW9  1,000.000000    6.333334     0.000000     6.333334  1,000.000000                    7.600000%     7.600000%
 A6       03215PAX7    962.251193    4.710621    23.323736    28.034357    938.927457                    5.685000%     5.685000%
 B-IO                    0.000000    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%     0.000000%








- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPOSITOR:              AMRESCO Residential Securities Corporation          ADMINISTRATOR:                  Timothy Lewis
SERVICERS:       Advanta Mortgage/Long Beach Mortgage/Option One Mortgage                               Bankers Trust Company
LEAD UNDERWRITER:           Prudential Securities Incorporated                                               3 Park Plaza
RECORD DATE:                         October 31, 1996                                                      Irvine, CA 92714
DISTRIBUTION DATE:                  November 25, 1996                  FACTOR INFORMATION:                  (800) 735-7777
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Page 1 of 4                                            -C- COPYRIGHT 1996 Bankers Trust Company



                  AMRESCO RESIDENTIAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
                             MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
                                SERIES 1996-4

                       STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Distribution Date:                          November 25, 1996
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                  GROUP 1            GROUP 2            TOTALS
                                                                                  -------            -------            ------
                                                                                                          
SERVICER ADVANCES:
 INTEREST                                                                       185,137.00          657,210.35         842,347.35
 PRINCIPAL                                                                       11,153.98           42,301.66          53,455.64

ACCRUED SERVICING FEE FOR THE CURRENT PERIOD:                                    25,472.50           91,099.61         116,572.11
PLUS ADDITIONAL SERVICING COMPENSATION:                                               0.00                0.00               0.00
                                                                             -------------      --------------     --------------
TOTAL SERVICING FEES DUE MASTER SERVICER:                                        25,472.50           91,099.61         116,572.11

 LESS: AMOUNTS TO COVER INTEREST SHORTFALLS:                                        878.76            5,162.28           6,041.04
 LESS: DELINQUENT SERVICE FEES:                                                   7,511.47           32,093.48          39,604.95
                                                                             -------------      --------------     --------------

COLLECTED SERVICING FEES FOR CURRENT PERIOD:                                     17,082.27           53,843.85          70,926.12
                                                                                  0.054913            0.173087           0.228000

BEGINNING NUMBER OF LOANS:                                                             901               2,179              3,080
ENDING NUMBER OF LOANS:                                                                885               2,135              3,020

BEGINNING PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF POOL:                                         71,554,517.69      230,485,722.85     302,040,240.54
ENDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF POOL:                                            70,339,315.22      225,582,416.09     295,921,731.31
 GROUP FACTOR:                                                                  96.443024%          94.724091%         95.127099%

LARGEST LOAN BALANCE:                                                           580,118.71          761,582.98

WEIGHTED AVERAGE TERM TO MATURITY:                                                  316.78              350.23

CURRENT WEIGHTED AVERAGE MORTGAGE RATE:                                         10.656358%           9.825607%         10.022415%
NEXT WEIGHTED AVERAGE MORTGAGE RATE:                                            10.656504%          10.075732%         10.213779%

PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENTS:
 NUMBER OF LOANS (IF PAID IN FULL):                                                     16                  44                 60
 PRINCIPAL BALANCE:                                                           1,167,983.67        4,777,732.07       5,945,715.74
 AMOUNT PER $1000 CERTIFICATE:                                                  127.467387          213.291610          19.113202

PREPAYMENT INTEREST SHORTFALL AMOUNT INCLUDED IN DISTRIBUTION:                      878.76            5,162.28           6,041.04
NONCOVERED PREPAYMENT INTEREST SHORTFALL FOR THIS DISTRIBUTION:                       0.00                0.00               0.00

AVAILABLE FUNDS:                                                              1,825,155.42        6,699,425.65       8,524,581.07

INSURED PAYMENT:                                                                      0.00                0.00               0.00

REMAINING PRE-FUNDING AMOUNT:                                                         0.00                0.00               0.00


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Page 2 of 4                                            -C- COPYRIGHT 1996 Bankers Trust Company



                  AMRESCO RESIDENTIAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
                             MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
                                SERIES 1996-4

                       STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Distribution Date:                          November 25, 1996
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                  GROUP 1            GROUP 2            TOTALS
                                                                                  -------            -------            ------
                                                                                                          
CLASS A PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION BREAKDOWN:
 SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL:                                                           47,218.80          125,574.69         172,793.49
 PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENTS:                                                      1,170,279.91        4,771,605.53       5,941,885.44
 CURTAILMENTS:                                                                  (2,296.24)           6,126.54           3,830.30
 REPURCHASES:                                                                        0.00                0.00               0.00
 LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS:                                                               0.00                0.00               0.00
 SUBORDINATION INCREASE AMOUNT:                                                198,806.66          651,147.73         849,954.39
 PRE-FUNDED AMOUNTS DISTRIBUTED AS PREPAYMENTS:                                      0.00                0.00               0.00
                                                                                ----------        ------------       ------------
                                                                             1,414,009.13        5,554,454.49       6,968,463.62 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DELINQUENT AND                                                                                         LOANS               LOANS
FORECLOSURE LOAN                        30 TO 59            60 TO 89            90 PLUS                 IN                  IN
INFORMATION*                              DAYS                DAYS               DAYS               BANKRUPTCY          FORECLOSURE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 GROUP 1 (Fixed Rate)
- ---------------------
PRINCIPAL BALANCE                      3,010,975.19        784,077.53           921,557.51           351,280.42         573,966.62
NUMBER OF LOANS                                  30                10                    8                    2                  7
                                              4.28%             1.11%                1.31%                0.50%              0.82%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 GROUP 2 (Adjustable Rate)
 -------------------------
PRINCIPAL BALANCE                      9,810,024.97      2,659,226.38         3,219,265.84         1,318,487.75       2,149,779.76
NUMBER OF LOANS                                  95                33                   36                    9                 27
                                              4.35%             1.18%                1.43%                0.58%              0.95%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TOTAL
- ------
PRINCIPAL BALANCE                     12,821,000.16      3,443,303.91         4,140,823.35         1,669,768.17       2,723,746.38
NUMBER OF LOANS                                 125                43                   44                   11                 34
                                              4.33%             1.16%                 1.40%               0.56%              0.92%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Delinquencies are inclusive of Foreclosures, Bankruptcies and REO Property

                                                                                  GROUP 1            GROUP 2            TOTALS
                                                                                  -------            -------            ------
REO PROPERTY INFORMATION:
 BOOK VALUE OF REAL ESTATE ACQUIRED THROUGH FORECLOSURE:                              0.00                0.00               0.00
 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF REO LOANS:                                            0.00                0.00               0.00
 NUMBER OF REO LOANS:                                                                    0                   0                  0

NEW REO PROPERTIES:        TOTAL NUMBER:                             0

                                                             DATE OF                                                 SCH. PRIN.
     GROUP                   LOAN NUMBER                   ACQUISITION                    BALANCE                     BALANCE
     -----                   -----------                   -----------                    -------                    ----------






- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Page 3 of 4                                            -C- COPYRIGHT 1996 Bankers Trust Company



                  AMRESCO RESIDENTIAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
                             MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
                                SERIES 1996-4

                       STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Distribution Date:                          November 25, 1996
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
LIQUIDATED LOANS:  TOTAL NUMBER:       0

     GROUP                   LOAN NUMBER                   ACQUISITION                    BALANCE
     -----                   -----------                   -----------                    --------
                                                                                 







                                                                                  GROUP 1            GROUP 2            TOTALS
                                                                                  -------            -------            ------
SUBORDINATION AMOUNTS:
 SUBORDINATED AMOUNT after all distributions and transfers:                     545,501.37        1,903,923.81       2,449,425.18
 REQUIRED SUBORDINATION AMOUNT:                                               1,166,505.15        8,097,909.09       9,264,414.24
 EXCESS SUBORDINATION AMOUNT:                                                         0.00                0.00               0.00
 SUBORDINATION DEFICIT:                                                               0.00                0.00               0.00

UNREIMBURSED MONTHLY ADVANCES:                                                        0.00                0.00               0.00


CUMULATIVE LOSS PERCENTAGE:                                                      0.000000%           0.000000%
90+ DELINQUENCY PERCENTAGE:                                                      0.695622%           0.693771%

INSURER PREMIUM AMOUNT:                                                           7,120.58           22,915.63          30,036.21
TRUSTEE FEE AMOUNT:                                                                  74.54              240.09             314.63

GROUP II AVAILABLE FUNDS CAP CARRY-FORWARD AMOUNT:                                                                           0.00

ONE-MONTH LIBOR ON THE MOST RECENT ONE-MONTH LIBOR DETERMINATION DATE:                                                  5.375000%

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CARRY FORWARD AMOUNTS
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   CURRENT AMOUNTS      CUMULATIVE AMOUNTS  AMOUNTS REIMBURSED THIS PERIOD
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CLASS A1                                 0.00                   0.00                  0.00
CLASS A2                                 0.00                   0.00                  0.00
CLASS A3                                 0.00                   0.00                  0.00
CLASS A4                                 0.00                   0.00                  0.00
CLASS A5                                 0.00                   0.00                  0.00
CLASS A6                                 0.00                   0.00                  0.00
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

REALIZED LOSS INFORMATION:

                                           ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                GROUP 1              GROUP 2            TOTAL     
                                                                             -----------------------------------------------------
                                             PRIOR REALIZED LOSSES:                   0.00                0.00               0.00 
                                             PLUS: CURRENT REALIZED LOSSES            0.00                0.00               0.00 
                                                                             -----------------------------------------------------
                                             CUMULATIVE REALIZED LOSSES:              0.00                0.00               0.00 
                                                                             -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                             -----------------------------------------------------

                                           ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Page 4 of 4                                              -C- COPYRIGHT 1996 Bankers Trust Company