SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 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): September 30, 1997 Financial Asset Securitization, Inc. Mortgage Participation Securities Series 1997 NAMC1 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Virginia 0-15483 53-1526174 (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 901 East Byrd Steet Richmond, Virginia 23219 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (804) 344-7575 Item 5. Other Events On behalf of Financial Asset Securitization, Inc. Mortgage Particiption Securities, Series 1997-NAMC 1, a Trust creat- ed pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated April 1, 1997, by The First National Bank of Chicago, as trustee for the Trust, the Trustee has caused to be filed with the Commission, the Monthly Report dated September 25, 1997. The Monthly Report is filed pursuant to and in accordance with (1) numerous no-action letters (2) current Commission policy in the area. The filing of the Monthly Report will occur subsequent to each monthly distribution to the holders of the Certificates, Due May 25, 2027. A. Monthly Report Information: See Exhibit No. 1 B. Have any deficiencies occurred? NO. Date: Amount: C. Item 1: Legal Proceedings: NONE D. Item 2: Changes in Securities: NONE E. Item 4: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Certifi- catholders: NONE F. Item 5: Other Information - Form 10-Q, Part II - Items 1,2,4,5 if applicable: NOT APPLICABLE Item 7. Monthly Statements and Exhibits Exhibit No. 1. Monthly Distribution Report dated September 25, 1997. Reimbur- Realized ment of Beginning Loss of Realized Interest Remaining Class Balance Principal Interest Principal Losses Shortfall Balance FXA-1 9086061 916609 52245 0 0 0 8169453 FXA-2 20450633 12730 132077 0 0 0 20437902 FXA-3 11623696 0 71195 0 0 0 11623696 FXA-4 13200375 0 82502 0 0 0 13200375 FXA-5 5125000 0 33099 0 0 0 5125000 FXA-6 4001000 0 25840 0 0 0 4001000 FXA-7 1000000 0 6458 0 0 0 1000000 FXA-8 20896965 1038823 105791 0 0 0 19858142 FXA-9 20896965 NA 42229 NA 0 0 19858142 FXP 81116 72 NA 0 0 NA 81045 FXS 8111179 NA 52385 NA 0 0 7902463 A-1 41175865 770351 265927 0 0 0 40405514 A-2 6962000 0 44963 0 0 0 6962000 A-3 1951000 0 12600 0 0 0 1951000 A-4 13662339 9656 88236 0 0 0 13652683 P 1070146 897 NA 0 0 NA 1069249 S 1048228 NA 6770 NA 0 0 1001402 B-1 5177560 3400 33438 0 0 0 5174160 B-2 2106126 1383 13602 0 0 0 2104743 B-3 1316328 864 8501 0 0 0 1315464 B-4 789797 519 5101 0 0 0 789278 B-5 438777 288 2834 0 0 0 438489 B-6 702043 461 4534 0 0 0 701582 R 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 RP 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Class IntReimbursement Beginning Principal Distributof RealizeRemaining ClassBalance DistributionDistributLosses Balance FXA-1 603.380460 60.869467 3.469437 0.000000 542.510993 FXA-2 997.591838 0.620999 6.442780 0.000000 996.970839 FXA-31000.000000 0.000000 6.125000 0.000000 1000.000000 FXA-41000.000000 0.000000 6.250000 0.000000 1000.000000 FXA-51000.000000 0.000000 6.458334 0.000000 1000.000000 FXA-61000.000000 0.000000 6.458333 0.000000 1000.000000 FXA-71000.000000 0.000000 6.458330 0.000000 1000.000000 FXA-8 755.334691 37.548949 3.823882 0.000000 717.785741 FXA-9 755.334691 0.000000 1.526405 0.000000 717.785741 FXP 996.648196 0.879971 0.000000 0.000000 995.768224 FXS 831.857704 0.000000 5.372415 0.000000 810.452423 A-1 947.783222 17.731887 6.121100 0.000000 930.051335 A-2 1000.000000 0.000000 6.458334 0.000000 1000.000000 A-3 1000.000000 0.000000 6.458334 0.000000 1000.000000 A-4 997.251023 0.704800 6.440580 0.000000 996.546223 P 983.833503 0.824542 0.000000 0.000000 983.008961 S 872.272776 0.000000 5.633425 0.000000 833.307518 B-1 997.453480 0.655019 6.441888 0.000000 996.798461 B-2 997.453477 0.655017 6.441885 0.000000 996.798461 B-3 997.453483 0.655018 6.441889 0.000000 996.798465 B-4 997.453477 0.655016 6.441887 0.000000 996.798461 B-5 997.453495 0.655017 6.441894 0.000000 996.798478 B-6 997.453551 0.654997 6.441893 0.000000 996.798554 R 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 RP 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 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. Financial Asset Securitization, Inc. By /s/ Richard Tarnas Name: Richard Tarnas Title: Vice President, The First National Bank of Chicago Dated: September 30, 1997