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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K
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                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                        
                                        
                                 APRIL 29, 1998
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                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
     
         FIRST UNION RESIDENTIAL SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC., (as
         depositor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April
         1, 1998, which forms FURST Mortgage Loan Trust 1998-A, which issued
         Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1998-A).


           FIRST UNION RESIDENTIAL SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



                                                                  
       NORTH CAROLINA                              333-3574                         56-1967773
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of           (Commission File Numbers)     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
    Incorporation)


301 SOUTH COLLEGE STREET, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA            28228-0600
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       (ZIP code)


                                 (704) 383-3624
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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         (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



                        Exhibit Index appears on Page 5
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.

     On April 29, 1998 (the "Closing Date"), a single series of certificates,
entitled First Union Residential Securitization Transactions, Inc., FURST 
Mortgage Loan Trust 1998-A, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1998-A 
(the "Certificates"), was issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement 
(the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") dated as of April 1, 1998, attached 
hereto as Exhibit 4.1, among First Union Residential Securitization
Transactions, Inc. as depositor (the "Registrant"), First Union National Bank
as seller (the "Seller"), First Union Mortgage Corporation as servicer, and
Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association as trustee (in such capacity, the
"Trustee") and document custodian.  The Certificates consist of twenty-two
classes identified as the "Class A-1 Certificates," the Class A-2
Certificates," the "Class A-3 Certificates," the Class A-4 Certificates," the
"Class A-5 Certificates," the "Class A-6 Certificates," "the Class A-7
Certificates," the "Class A-X Certificates," the "Class SA-1 Certificates," the
"Class SA-2 Certificates," the "Class SA-3 Certificates," the "Class SA-4
Certificates," the Class SA-5 Certificates," the "Class SA-X Certificates," the
"Class M Certificates," the "Class B-1 Certificates," the "Class B-2
Certificates," the "Class B-3 Certificates," the "Class B-4 Certificates, the
"Class B-5 Certificates," the "Class R-I Certificates" and the "Class R-II
Certificates," respectively, and were issued in exchange for, and evidence the
entire  beneficial ownership interest in, the assets of a trust fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of fixed-rate, first-lien mortgage
loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by mortgages, security deeds or deeds of
trust on primarily one-to-four-family residential properties, all monies
received thereunder on or after a specified cut-off date, security interests in
the properties which secure the Mortgage Loans and certain other property.  The
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans that were conveyed to the
Trust Fund on the Closing Date (the "Initial Mortgage Loans") as of April 1,
1998 (the "Initial Cut-Off Date") was $292,308,382.37.  On the Closing Date, a
portion of the proceeds of the sale of the Certificates equal to $57,744,845
was deposited in a trust account in the name of the Trustee and may be used to
acquire additional fixed-rate mortgage loans (the "Subsequent Mortgage Loans,"
and together with the Initial Mortgage Loans, the "Mortgage Loans") from the
Seller from time to time on or before July 24, 1998.

     The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6,
Class A-7, Class A-X, Class SA-1, Class SA-2, Class SA-3, Class SA-4, Class
SA-5, Class SA-X, Class M, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class R-I and Class R-II
Certificates were publicly offered, as described in a Prospectus, dated April 
24, 1998, and a Prospectus Supplement, dated April 24, 1998, as previously 
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3).

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

         (a)   Financial Statements.

               Not applicable.

         (b)   Pro Forma Financial Information.

               Not applicable.

         (c)   Exhibits:

               1.1  Underwriting Agreement, dated April 24, 1998, among First
                    Union Residential Securitization Transactions, Inc., First
                    Union National Bank, First Union Capital Markets, a division
                    of Wheat First Securities, Inc., and Donaldson, Lufkin &
                    Jenrette Securities Corporation.   

               4.1  Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1998,
                    among First Union Residential Securitization Transactions,
                    Inc. as depositor, First Union National Bank as seller,
                    First 

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       Union Mortgage Corporation as servicer, and Norwest Bank Minnesota,
       National Association, as trustee and document custodian.

 4.2   Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1998, between
       First Union Residential Securitization Transactions, Inc. and First
       Union National Bank.

 8.1   Opinion of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP as to tax matters.




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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 hereunto duly authorized.


                                        FIRST UNION RESIDENTIAL SECURITIZATION
                                        TRANSACTIONS, INC.

                                        By: /s/ Patrick J. Tadie
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                                            Patrick J. Tadie, Vice President


Date: May 12, 1998




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EXHIBIT INDEX
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    EXHIBIT NUMBER      DESCRIPTION
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         1.1            Underwriting Agreement, dated April 24, 1998, among
                        First Union Residential Securitization Transactions,
                        Inc., First Union National Bank, First Union Capital
                        Markets, a division of Wheat First Securities, Inc., 
                        and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities 
                        Corporation.

         4.1            Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 
                        1, 1998, among First Union Residential Securitization
                        Transactions, Inc. as servicer, and Norwest Bank
                        Minnesota, National Association, as trustee and 
                        document custodian.

         4.2            Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1,
                        1998, between First Union Residential Securitization 
                        Transactions, Inc. and First Union National Bank. 

         8.1            Opinion of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP as to tax matters.




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