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): March 25, 1998 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 March 25, 		1998. 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.		 Reimbur- Realized ment of Beginning Loss of Realized Interest Remaining Class Balance Principal Interest Principal Losses Shortfall Balance FXA-1 4490653 1043302 25821 0 0 0 3447351 FXA-2 20371789 13586 131568 0 0 0 20358203 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 15688836 1182409 79425 0 0 0 14506427 FXA-9 15688836 NA 31705 NA 0 0 14506427 FXP 80700 711 NA 0 0 NA 79988 FXS 7117874 NA 45970 NA 0 0 6970258 A-1 35023363 2308233 226193 0 0 0 32715131 A-2 6962000 0 44963 0 0 0 6962000 A-3 1951000 0 12600 0 0 0 1951000 A-4 13603071 10199 87853 0 0 0 13592871 P 1047162 17550 NA 0 0 NA 1029612 S 896409 NA 5789 NA 0 0 836204 B-1 5156584 3612 33303 0 0 0 5152972 B-2 2097594 1469 13547 0 0 0 2096124 B-3 1310996 918 8467 0 0 0 1310077 B-4 786597 551 5080 0 0 0 786046 B-5 436999 306 2822 0 0 0 436693 B-6 699199 490 4516 0 0 0 698709 R 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 RP 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Reimbur- ment of Beginning Realized Remaining ClassBalance Principal Interest Losses Balance FXA-1 298.212001 69.282861 1.714719 0.000000 228.929140 FXA-2 993.745807 0.662734 6.417941 0.000000 993.083073 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-8 567.083411 42.738975 2.870860 0.000000 524.344436 FXA-9 567.083411 0.000000 1.145981 0.000000 524.344436 FXP 991.528585 8.739387 0.000000 0.000000 982.789198 FXS 729.987392 0.000000 4.714501 0.000000 714.848370 A-1 806.165359 53.130738 5.206485 0.000000 753.034621 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-4 992.924855 0.744475 6.412639 0.000000 992.180380 P 962.703306 16.134945 0.000000 0.000000 946.568361 S 745.937906 0.000000 4.817512 0.000000 695.839572 B-1 993.412535 0.695917 6.415790 0.000000 992.716618 B-2 993.412536 0.695917 6.415790 0.000000 992.716619 B-3 993.412539 0.695914 6.415792 0.000000 992.716625 B-4 993.412536 0.695922 6.415795 0.000000 992.716614 B-5 993.412549 0.695913 6.415797 0.000000 992.716636 B-6 993.412732 0.695774 6.415793 0.000000 992.716958 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: March 25, 1998