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 ------------------ First Alliance Mortgage Company on behalf of First Alliance Mortgage Loan Trust 1997-2 ----------------------------------------- name of registrant as specified in its charter) New York 033-99604 Applied for - ---------------------------- ------------------ ------------------ (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 ------------------------------------------------ (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (714)224-8500 Not Applicable - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FIRST ALLIANCE MORTGAGE COMPANY MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-2 ==================================================================================================================================== 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FIRST ALLIANCE MORTGAGE COMPANY MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-2 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DISTRIBUTION: 22-Sep-97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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% ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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% ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------- SEC. 7.8(b)(ii) LOANS IN FORECLOSURE GROUP I ----------------------------------------------------- (Included in Delinquencies above) NUMBER PRIN. BALANCE PERCENTAGE ----------------------------------------------------- 2 147,163.23 0.76% ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- GROUP II ----------------------------------------------------- NUMBER PRIN. BALANCE PERCENTAGE ----------------------------------------------------- 7 487,414.99 0.90% ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- SEC. 7.8(b)(iii) LOANS IN BANKRUPTCY GROUP I ----------------------------------------------------- (Included in Delinquencies above) NUMBER PRIN. BALANCE PERCENTAGE ----------------------------------------------------- 0 0.00 0.00% ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- GROUP II ----------------------------------------------------- NUMBER PRIN. BALANCE PERCENTAGE ----------------------------------------------------- 0 0.00 0.00% ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- SEC. 7.8(b)(iv) REO PROPERTIES GROUP I ----------------------------------------------------- (Not included in Delinquencies above) NUMBER PRIN. BALANCE PERCENTAGE ----------------------------------------------------- 0 0.00 0.00% ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- GROUP II ----------------------------------------------------- NUMBER PRIN. BALANCE PERCENTAGE ----------------------------------------------------- 0 0.00 0.00% ----------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------- (Registrant) By: First Alliance Mortgage Company ----------------------------------------- (Servicer) Date: September 22, 1997 By: /s/ Mark K. Mason ------------------- ----------------------------------------- Name: Mark K. Mason ----------------------------------------- Executive Vice President and Title: Chief Financial Officer -----------------------------------------