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): August 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 August 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.		 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 20302140 14392 131118 0 0 20287747 FXA-3 9328091 1463875 57135 0 0 7864216 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 9375106 780733 47706 0 0 8594373 FXA-9 9375106 NA 18701 NA 0 8594373 FXP 72910 64 NA 0 0 72846 FXS 6042116 NA 39022 NA 0 5835496 A-1 23136338 1705899 149422 0 0 21430439 A-2 6962000 0 44963 0 0 6962000 A-3 1951000 0 12600 0 0 1951000 A-4 13551015 10745 87517 0 0 13540270 P 957551 26443 NA 0 0 931108 S 608183 NA 3928 NA 0 599956 B-1 5138101 3818 33184 0 0 5134283 B-2 2090075 1553 13498 0 0 2088522 B-3 1306296 971 8437 0 0 1305326 B-4 783777 582 5062 0 0 783195 B-5 435433 324 2812 0 0 435109 B-6 696693 518 4499 0 0 696175 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-2 990.348281 0.702066 6.396000 0.000000 989.646215 FXA-3 802.506449 125.938886 4.915352 0.000000 676.567563 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-8 338.869455 28.220129 1.724351 0.000000 310.649326 FXA-9 338.869455 0.000000 0.675974 0.000000 310.649326 FXP 895.822777 0.783890 0.000000 0.000000 895.038887 FXS 619.660922 0.000000 4.001977 0.000000 598.470593 A-1 532.550642 39.266271 3.439389 0.000000 493.284371 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-4 989.125147 0.784279 6.388100 0.000000 988.340868 P 880.319877 24.310413 0.000000 0.000000 856.009464 S 506.093391 0.000000 3.268523 0.000000 499.247612 B-1 989.851743 0.735441 6.392793 0.000000 989.116302 B-2 989.851750 0.735443 6.392792 0.000000 989.116307 B-3 989.851753 0.735438 6.392794 0.000000 989.116315 B-4 989.851733 0.735439 6.392797 0.000000 989.116294 B-5 989.851761 0.735445 6.392792 0.000000 989.116316 B-6 989.852622 0.735286 6.392805 0.000000 989.117336 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: August 25, 1998