SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

   PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 22, 1997
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                         First Alliance Mortgage Company
                                  on behalf of
                    First Alliance Mortgage Loan Trust 1997-2
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                 name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         New York                      033-99604                 Applied for
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(State or other jurisdiction         (Commission             (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)                      File Number)          Identification No.)


                       c/o First Alliance Mortgage Company
                            Attention: Mark K. Mason
              Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                             17305 Von Karman Avenue
                              Irvine, CA 92614-6203
                               Address of Servicer
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (714)224-8500




                                 Not Applicable
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             name or former address, if changed since last report.)







Item 5.      Other Events.

     Information relating to the distributions to Certificateholders for the
September 1997 Monthly Period of the Trust in respect of the First Alliance
Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series 1997-2, Class A (the
"Certificates") issued by the Registrant and the performance of the Trust
(including distributions of principal and interest, delinquent balances of
Mortgage Loans, and the subordinated amount remaining), together with certain
other information relating to the certificates, is contained in the Monthly
Report for the Monthly Period provided to certificateholders pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement") dated as of June 1, 1997
between First Alliance Mortgage Company as Servicer, and Chase Manhattan Bank,
as trustee.


Item 7.      Exhibit.

      Monthly Report for the September 1997 Monthly Period relating to the First
Alliance Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates Series 1997-2, Class A issued
by the First Alliance Mortgage Loan Trust 1997-2.







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                         FIRST ALLIANCE MORTGAGE COMPANY
                     MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES
                                  SERIES 1997-2
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DISTRIBUTION:                          22-Sep-97




              ORIGINAL         BEGINNING                                                    ENDING        ENDING
            CERTIFICATE       CERTIFICATE      PRINCIPAL     INTEREST        TOTAL        CERTIFICATE    PRINCIPAL        SUBORD.
  CLASS       BALANCE           BALANCE      DISTRIBUTION  DISTRIBUTION   DISTRIBUTION      BALANCE       BALANCE         AMOUNT
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   A-1      20,000,000.00    19,477,994.48    321,103.65    117,354.92    438,458.57   19,156,890.83   19,299,220.32    142,329.49

   A-2      55,000,000.00    53,994,758.21    512,905.46    293,382.77    806,288.23   53,481,852.75   53,869,407.42    387,554.67

    R         N/A                  N/A              0.00          0.00          0.00        N/A             N/A             N/A







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  TOTALS    75,000,000.00    73,472,752.69    834,009.11    410,737.69  1,244,746.80   72,638,743.58   73,168,627.74
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                    FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1,000                                                     PASS THRU RATES



                                              ENDING
              PRINCIPAL       INTEREST      CERTIFICATE                                                     ORIG PASS    CURR PASS
  CLASS     DISTRIBUTION    DISTRIBUTION      BALANCE                                         CLASS         THRU RATE    THRU RATE
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   A-1      16.05518250       5.86774600     957.84454150                                      A-1            7.23000%   7.23000%

   A-2       9.32555382       5.33423218     972.39732273                                      A-2            5.92750%   5.92750%

    R           N/A              N/A             N/A                                             R              N/A          N/A
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                         FIRST ALLIANCE MORTGAGE COMPANY
                     MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES
                                  SERIES 1997-2
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DISTRIBUTION:                          22-Sep-97



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                                                            PREPAID
SEC. 7.8(a)(ii)   TOTAL PRIN DISTRIBUTION     SCH. PRIN.  INSTALLMENTS     PREPAYMENTS   LIQUIDATIONS    SUB. INCREASE    SUB RED.
                                          ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                             
                  CLASS A-1 DISTRIBUTION      18,666.48           0.00      257,204.17           0.00        45,233.00        0.00
                  CLASS A-2 DISTRIBUTION      38,929.38           0.00      382,058.05           0.00        91,918.03        0.00
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SEC. 7.8(a)(v)    CLASS A-1 INSURED PAYMENT                                       0.00
                  CLASS A-2 INSURED PAYMENT                                       0.00

SEC. 7.8(a)(vi)   CODE INFORMATION                                                NONE

                                                               GROUP I        GROUP II
                                                               -------        --------
SEC. 7.8(a)(vii)  LOAN PURCHASE PRICES                            0.00            0.00
                  SUBSTITUTION AMOUNTS                            0.00            0.00

SEC. 7.8(a)(viii) SUBORDINATION REDUCTION AMOUNT                  0.00            0.00

SEC. 7.8(a)(ix)   CURRENT REALIZED LOSSES                         0.00            0.00
                  CUMULATIVE REALIZED LOSSES                      0.00            0.00

SEC. 7.8(a)(x)    LOANS BOUGHT PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 3.4, 3.6 AND 8.10                       0.00            0.00

SEC. 7.8(a)(xi)   GROUP II AVAILABLE FUNDS CAP CARRY-FORWARD AMOUNT               0.00





                                                            CLASS A-1      CLASS A-2
                                                            ---------      ---------
                                                                         
SEC. 7.8(a)(xii)  POOL FACTOR                               0.95784454     0.97239732




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SEC. 7.8(b)(i)    GROUP I                PERIOD                       NUMBER   PRIN. BALANCE     PERCENTAGE
                                   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                          
                  DELINQUENCIES        31 - 60 DAYS                        1      101,419.23          0.53%
                                       61 - 90 DAYS                        1       45,744.00          0.24%
                                         91+ DAYS                          0            0.00          0.00%
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                  GROUP II               PERIOD                       NUMBER   PRIN. BALANCE     PERCENTAGE
                                   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                          
                  DELINQUENCIES        31 - 60 DAYS                        7      487,414.99          0.90%
                                       61 - 90 DAYS                        1       44,306.00          0.08%
                                         91+ DAYS                          1       70,231.20          0.13%
                                   ------------------------------------------------------------------------





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SEC. 7.8(b)(ii)   LOANS IN FORECLOSURE                                               GROUP I
                                                      -----------------------------------------------------
                 (Included in Delinquencies above)                    NUMBER   PRIN. BALANCE     PERCENTAGE
                                                      -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                                             
                                                                           2      147,163.23          0.76%
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                                                      -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                                    GROUP II
                                                      -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                      NUMBER   PRIN. BALANCE     PERCENTAGE
                                                      -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                                             
                                                                           7      487,414.99          0.90%
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SEC. 7.8(b)(iii)  LOANS IN BANKRUPTCY                                                GROUP I
                                                      -----------------------------------------------------
                 (Included in Delinquencies above)                    NUMBER   PRIN. BALANCE     PERCENTAGE
                                                      -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                                             
                                                                           0            0.00          0.00%
                                                      -----------------------------------------------------




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                                                                                    GROUP II
                                                      -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                      NUMBER   PRIN. BALANCE     PERCENTAGE
                                                      -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                                             
                                                                           0            0.00          0.00%
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SEC. 7.8(b)(iv)   REO PROPERTIES                                                     GROUP I
                                                      -----------------------------------------------------
                 (Not included in Delinquencies above)                NUMBER   PRIN. BALANCE     PERCENTAGE
                                                      -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                                             
                                                                           0            0.00          0.00%
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                                                                                    GROUP II
                                                      -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                      NUMBER   PRIN. BALANCE     PERCENTAGE
                                                      -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                                             
                                                                           0            0.00          0.00%
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                                                                     GROUP I        GROUP II
                                                                     -------        --------
                                                                                
SEC. 7.8(b)(v)    ENDING AGGREGATE LOAN BALANCE                19,299,220.32   53,869,407.42
                  ENDING INITIAL MORTGAGE LOANS                          N/A             N/A
                  ENDING SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOANS                       N/A             N/A


                                                                       
SEC. 7.8(b)(vi)   BOOK VALUE OF REO PROPERTY                         GROUP I        GROUP II
                                                                     -------        --------
                                                                                   
                                                                        0.00            0.00


                  SERVICING FEE                                      GROUP I        GROUP II
                                                                     -------        --------
                                                                                   
                                                                    8,156.35       22,620.99









                                    SIGNATURE

     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 Alliance Mortgage Loan Trust 1997-2
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                                                   (Registrant)

                                 By:     First Alliance Mortgage Company
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                                                     (Servicer)

Date:  September 22, 1997        By:    /s/ Mark K. Mason
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                                 Name:      Mark K. Mason
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                                         Executive Vice President and
                                 Title:    Chief Financial Officer
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