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): May 26, 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 May 26, 		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.		 Reimburse- Realized ment of Beginning Loss of Realized Remaining Class Balance Principal Interest Principal Losses Balance FXA-1 2059574 1903856 11843 0 0 155717 FXA-2 20344362 14168 131391 0 0 20330194 FXA-3 11623696 0 71195 0 0 11623696 FXA-4 13200375 0 82502 0 0 13200375 FXA-5 5125000 0 33099 0 0 5125000 FXA-6 4001000 0 25840 0 0 4001000 FXA-7 1000000 0 6458 0 0 1000000 FXA-8 12933612 2157704 65813 0 0 10775909 FXA-9 12933612 NA 25800 NA 0 10775909 FXP 79926 63 NA 0 0 79863 FXS 6685037 NA 43174 NA 0 6349043 A-1 29442587 2671897 190150 0 0 26770690 A-2 6962000 0 44963 0 0 6962000 A-3 1951000 0 12600 0 0 1951000 A-4 13582581 10415 87721 0 0 13572166 P 1028020 20534 NA 0 0 1007485 S 741082 NA 4786 NA 0 661045 B-1 5149307 3733 33256 0 0 5145574 B-2 2094633 1519 13528 0 0 2093115 B-3 1309146 949 8455 0 0 1308196 B-4 785487 569 5073 0 0 784917 B-5 436383 316 2818 0 0 436066 B-6 698212 506 4509 0 0 697706 R 0 0 0 0 NA 0 RP 0 0 0 0 NA 0 Reimbur- ment of Beginning Realized Remaining ClassBalance Principal Interest Losses Balance FXA-1 136.770647 126.429882 0.786431 0.000000 10.340764 FXA-2 992.407921 0.691140 6.409301 0.000000 991.716781 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-8 467.494019 77.991635 2.378863 0.000000 389.502384 FXA-9 467.494019 0.000000 0.932553 0.000000 389.502384 FXP 982.021649 0.772340 0.000000 0.000000 981.249309 FXS 685.596952 0.000000 4.427814 0.000000 651.138389 A-1 677.707444 61.501537 4.376861 0.000000 616.205907 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-4 991.429271 0.760250 6.402981 0.000000 990.669020 P 945.104865 18.878169 0.000000 0.000000 926.226696 S 616.684469 0.000000 3.982750 0.000000 550.082465 B-1 992.010631 0.719195 6.406735 0.000000 991.291436 B-2 992.010634 0.719194 6.406735 0.000000 991.291440 B-3 992.010640 0.719192 6.406737 0.000000 991.291448 B-4 992.010626 0.719198 6.406740 0.000000 991.291429 B-5 992.010652 0.719191 6.406727 0.000000 991.291461 B-6 992.010968 0.719018 6.406743 0.000000 991.291951 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: May 26, 1998