SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C.  20549



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                                    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) June 26, 1997

                      Financial Asset Securitization, Inc.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


         Virginia                   0-15483                    53-1526174
(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission                (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)            File Number)            Identification No.)

        901 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia                  23219
        (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code (804) 344-7575


         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)





      Item 1.     Changes in Control of Registrant.
                  Not Applicable.

      Item 2.     Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
                  Not Applicable.

      Item 3.     Bankruptcy or Receivership.
                  Not Applicable.

      Item 4.     Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
                  Not Applicable.

      Item 5.     Other Events.

               On June 26, 1997, the Registrant caused the issuance and sale of
      $218,066,950 aggregate initial principal amount of Mortgage Participation
      Securities, Series 1997-NAMC 2 (the "Securities") pursuant to the Series
      1997-NAMC 2 Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing
      Agreement"), dated as of June 1, 1997, by and among the Registrant, North
      American Mortgage Company, as Master Servicer, and The First National Bank
      of Chicago, as Trustee. The Securities were issued in thirty-one Classes,
      with Initial Security Principal Balances (or Notional Amounts) and
      Pass-Through Rates as set forth or described below:

                     Class       Initial Security       Pass-Through
                  Designation    Principal Balance           Rate

                  Class FXA-1        $21,587,782            6.85%
                  Class FXA-2      Interest Only            8.00%
                  Class FXA-3         15,761,954            7.30%
                  Class FXA-4         16,448,000            7.40%
                  Class FXA-5          4,545,000            7.70%
                  Class FXA-6          6,223,000            7.75%
                  Class FXA-7          1,400,000            8.00%
                  Class FXA-8         24,321,020           10.00%
                  Class FXA-9          7,272,000            7.25%
                  Class FXA-10         9,042,000            7.25%
                  Class FXA-11         2,178,000            7.25%
                  Class FXP              202,796            0.00%
                  Class FXS        Interest Only            8.00%
                  Class A-1           46,696,639            7.25%
                  Class A-2            7,241,000            7.25%
                  Class A-3            2,173,000            7.75%
                  Class A-4        Interest Only            7.75%
                  Class A-5           21,574,430            9.00%
                  Class A-6            7,912,000            7.00%
                  Class A-7            2,283,000            7.00%




                  Class A-8            6,858,000            7.00%
                  Class P                718,093            0.00%
                  Class S          Interest Only            7.75%
                  Class B-1            7,087,175           (1)
                  Class B-2            2,725,836           (1)
                  Class B-3            1,526,468           (1)
                  Class B-4            1,024,914           (1)
                  Class B-5              545,167           (1)
                  Class B-6              719,626           (1)

                  Class R                     25            7.75%
                  Class RP                    25            7.75%
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      (1)      The Class B Pass-Through Rate will be a variable rate per annum
               rate, equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage of (a) the
               sum of (1) the product of (x) 8.000% and (y) the excess, if any,
               of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group I
               Mortgage Loans, as of the second preceding Due Date after giving
               effect to payments scheduled to be received as of such Due Date,
               whether or not received, and after giving effect to any Principal
               Prepayments distributed on the prior Distribution Date, over the
               then outstanding aggregate Security Principal Balance of the
               Class FX Securities and (ii) the product of (x) 7.750% and (y)
               the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
               the Group II Mortgage Loans, as of the second preceding Due Date
               after giving effect to payments scheduled to be received as of
               such Due Date, whether or not received, and after giving effect
               to any Principal Prepayments distributed on the prior
               Distribution Date, over the then outstanding aggregate Stated
               Principal Balance of the Class II Securities over (b) the sum of
               the Group I Subordinate Amount and the Group II Subordinate
               Amount. The Pass-Through Rate for the initial Distribution Date
               shall be 7.8833% per annum..

         The Securities evidence, in the aggregate, the entire beneficial
ownership interest in a trust (the "Trust"), which consists primarily of two
pools of conventional, one- to four-family, fixed rate, first-lien Mortgage
Loans (the "Mortgage Loans") transferred to the Trust by the Registrant pursuant
to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Mortgage Loans were purchased by the
Registrant in a privately-negotiated transaction with North American Mortgage
Company pursuant to a Loan Sale Agreement (the "Sales Agreement"), dated as of
June 1, 1997, by and between the Registrant and DLJMC.

         The Class FXA-1, Class FXA-2, Class FXA-3, FXA-4, Class FXA-5, Class
FXA-6, FXA-7, Class FXA-8, Class FXA-9, Class FXA-10, Class FXA-11, Class FXP,
Class FXS, Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6,
Class A-7, Class A-8, Class P, Class S, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class R
and Class RP Securities are referred to herein collectively as the "Offered
Securities."

         The Offered Securities have been sold by the Registrant to Donaldson,
Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation ("DLJSC") pursuant to an Underwriting
Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement"), dated as of June 25, 1997, by and
between DLJSC and the Registrant. The Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6
Securities have been sold by the Registrant to DLJSC pursuant to a Purchase
Agreement, dated as of June 26, 1997, by and among the Registrant and DLJSC.

         Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.





Item 6.  Resignations of Registrant's Directors. Not Applicable.

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


Exhibits

         1.1      April 1997 Edition of Underwriting Agreement Standard
                  Provisions.

         4.1      Series 1997-NAMC 2 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
                  of June 1, 1997, by and among the Registrant, North American
                  Mortgage Company, as Master Servicer, and The First National
                  Bank of Chicago, as Trustee (including exhibits).

         99.1     Geographic concentration information by United States Postal
                  zip codes.





                                   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.

June 26, 1997                           FINANCIAL ASSET SECURITIZATION, INC.




                                        By:    /s/ William E. Hardy

                                        Name:  William E. Hardy

                                        Title: Executive Vice President





                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS


                                                                           Page

1.1      April 1997 Edition of Underwriting Agreement Standard
         Provisions....................................................

4.1      Series 1997-NAMC 2 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
         of June 1, 1997, by and among the Registrant, North American
         Mortgage Company, as Master Servicer, and The First National
         Bank of Chicago, as Trustee (including exhibits)..............

99.1     Geographic concentration information by United States
         Postal zip codes..............................................