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): October 27, 1997 FINANCIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP., (as depositor under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 14, 1997, relating to the Mego Mortgage Home Loan Owner Trust 1997-3, Home Loan Asset Backed Notes and Certificates). FINANCIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 333-29381 06-1442101 (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 600 Steamboat Road Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 625-2700 Item 5. Other Events On behalf of Mego Mortgage Home Loan Owner Trust 1997-3, a Trust created pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated June 14, 1997, by First Trust of New York, National Association, as trustee for the Trust, the Trustee has caused to be filed with the Commission, the Monthly Report dated October 27, 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 August 25, 2023. A. Monthly Report Information: Aggregate distribution information for the current distribution date October 27, 1997. Principal Interest Ending Balance Cede & Co $1,344,984.62 $591,868.26 $101,018,750.87 B. No delinquency in payment under the Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy has occurred. C. Have any deficiencies occurred? NO. Date: Amount: D. Were any amounts paid or are any amounts payable under the Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy? NO Amount: E. Are there any developments with respect to the Certificate Insurance Guaranty Policy? NONE. F. Item 1: Legal Proceedings: NONE G. Item 2: Changes in Securities: NONE H Item 4: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Certificatholders: NONE I. 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 October 27, 1997. MEGO MORTGAGE HOME LOAN OWNER TRUST 1997-3 HOME LOAN ASSET BACKED NOTES SERIES 1997-3 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT Distribution Date: 27-Oct-97 Beginning Ending Certificate Principal Interest Total Certificate Class Balance DistributionDistribution Distribution Balance A-1 31162096.49 1344984.62 161419.66 1506404.28 29817111.87 A-2 25700000.00 0.00 145847.50 145847.50 25700000.00 A-3 6500000.00 0.00 38187.50 38187.50 6500000.00 A-4 9451000.00 0.00 58202.41 58202.41 9451000.00 M-1 16213000.00 0.00 101331.25 101331.25 16213000.00 M-2 7584000.00 0.00 48474.40 48474.40 7584000.00 B 5753639.00 0.00 38405.54 38405.54 5753639.00 Total 102363735.49 1344984.62 591868.26 1936852.88 101018750.87 AMOUNTS PER $1,000 UNIT PASS THROUGH Ending Current Principal Interest Total Certificate Pass-Through Class Distribution DistributionDistribution Balance Interest Rate A-1 40.26900060 4.83292395 45.10192455 892.7279003 5.8275% A-2 0.00000000 5.67500000 5.67500000 1000.0000000 6.8100% A-3 0.00000000 5.87500000 5.87500000 1000.0000000 7.0500% A-4 0.00000000 6.15833351 6.15833351 1000.0000000 7.3900% M-1 0.00000000 6.25000000 6.25000000 1000.0000000 7.5000% M-2 0.00000000 6.39166667 6.39166667 1000.0000000 7.6700% B 0.00000000 6.67499994 6.67499994 1000.0000000 8.0100% Statement to Securityholders Sale and Servicing Agreement Dated June 14, 1997 i) Collected Amount 2032768.7 ii) Beginning Pool Principal Balance 103565678.94 Principal Collections on Non-Defaulted Loans 838318.55 Principal Balance of Defaulted Loans 0.00 Ending Pool Principal Balance 102727360.39 iii) Class Factors Beginning Ending Class A-1 0.93299690 0.89272790 Class A-2 1.00000000 1.00000000 Class A-3 1.00000000 1.00000000 Class A-4 1.00000000 1.00000000 Class M-1 1.00000000 1.00000000 Class M-2 1.00000000 1.00000000 Class B 1.00000000 1.00000000 iv) Interest from Mortgagors / Master Servicer 1194450.15 Interest from Purchased Loans 0.00 Interest from Defaulted Mortgage Loans 0.00 1194450.15 Principal Collections (Regular Installments) 154449.26 Principal Collections (Curtailments and Paid in Fulls) 683869.29 Substitution Adjustment 0.00 Principal from Defaulted Mortgage Loans 0.00 838318.55 Total Payments 2032768.70 v) Optimal Principal Balances: Senior 0.00 Class M-1 0.00 Class M-2 0.00 Class B 0.00 vi) Amounts distributed to the Residual Instrument 0.00 vii) Servicer Fee 86304.73 Indenture Trustee Fee 2373.38 Owner Trustee Fee 333.33 Master Servicer Fee 6904.38 Reimbursements to the Master Servicer 0.00 viii) LIBOR Information: Current Next Original Period Period Class A-1 Note Interest Rate 5.82750% 5.82750% 5.82750% One-Month LIBOR 5.68750% 5.68750% 5.68750% ix) Overcollateralization Amount 1708609.52 Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount 6659521.62 Overcollateralization Target Amount 8368131.14 Net Loan Losses 0.00 Cumulative Net Loan Losses 0.00 Allocable Loss Amount 0.00 Excess Spread 506666.07 x) Weighted Average Home Loan Interest Rate of the Home Loans Beginning Ending 13.840% 13.838% xi) Performance information in Servicer's Monthly Remittance Report 61+ Day Delinquency Amount 409661.71 61+ Day Delinquency Percentage (Rolling Six Month) .194% Net Delinquency Calculation Amount 0.00 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 SECURITIES CORPORATION /s/ Mark LeMay Mark LeMay Vice President Dated: October 31, 1997