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): July 27, 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 July 27, 		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 0 0 0 0 0 0 FXA-2 20316226 14087 131209 0 0 20302140 FXA-3 9972868 644777 61084 0 0 9328091 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 9718987 343881 49455 0 0 9375106 FXA-9 9718987 NA 19387 NA 0 9375106 FXP 72969 58 NA 0 0 72910 FXS 6162138 NA 39797 NA 0 6042116 A-1 25498129 2361790 164675 0 0 23136338 A-2 6962000 0 44963 0 0 6962000 A-3 1951000 0 12600 0 0 1951000 A-4 13561647 10633 87586 0 0 13551015 P 986361 28810 NA 0 0 957551 S 633682 NA 4093 NA 0 608183 B-1 5141855 3754 33208 0 0 5138101 B-2 2091602 1527 13508 0 0 2090075 B-3 1307251 954 8443 0 0 1306296 B-4 784350 573 5066 0 0 783777 B-5 435751 318 2814 0 0 435433 B-6 697202 509 4503 0 0 696693 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 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 FXA-2 991.035427 0.687146 6.400437 0.000000 990.348281 FXA-3 857.977351 55.470902 5.255112 0.000000 802.506449 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-8 351.299262 12.429807 1.787601 0.000000 338.869455 FXA-9 351.299262 0.000000 0.700769 0.000000 338.869455 FXP 896.540196 0.717419 0.000000 0.000000 895.822777 FXS 631.970027 0.000000 4.081473 0.000000 619.660922 A-1 586.914167 54.363525 3.790487 0.000000 532.550642 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-4 989.901251 0.776104 6.393112 0.000000 989.125147 P 906.806260 26.486383 0.000000 0.000000 880.319877 S 527.312702 0.000000 3.405560 0.000000 506.093391 B-1 990.575002 0.723260 6.397463 0.000000 989.851743 B-2 990.575007 0.723257 6.397462 0.000000 989.851750 B-3 990.575014 0.723261 6.397462 0.000000 989.851753 B-4 990.574997 0.723264 6.397457 0.000000 989.851733 B-5 990.575021 0.723260 6.397475 0.000000 989.851761 B-6 990.575618 0.722996 6.397465 0.000000 989.852622 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: July 27, 1998