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): September 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 September 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 20287747 14545 131025 0 0 20273202 FXA-3 7864216 2271906 48168 0 0 5592310 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 8594373 1211683 43677 0 0 7382690 FXA-9 8594373 NA 17200 NA 0 7382690 FXP 72846 59 NA 0 0 72787 FXS 5835496 NA 37688 NA 0 5501833 A-1 21430439 1511132 138405 0 0 19919307 A-2 6962000 0 44963 0 0 6962000 A-3 1951000 0 12600 0 0 1951000 A-4 13540270 10846 87448 0 0 13529424 P 931108 1908 NA 0 0 929200 S 599956 NA 3875 NA 0 584833 B-1 5134283 3856 33159 0 0 5130427 B-2 2088522 1569 13488 0 0 2086953 B-3 1305326 980 8430 0 0 1304346 B-4 783195 588 5058 0 0 782607 B-5 435109 327 2810 0 0 434783 B-6 696175 523 4496 0 0 695653 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-2 989.646215 0.709529 6.391465 0.000000 988.936685 FXA-3 676.567563 195.454673 4.143976 0.000000 481.112891 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-8 310.649326 43.797085 1.578730 0.000000 266.852241 FXA-9 310.649326 0.000000 0.621703 0.000000 266.852241 FXP 895.038887 0.727125 0.000000 0.000000 894.311762 FXS 598.470593 0.000000 3.865123 0.000000 564.251104 A-1 493.284371 34.783124 3.185795 0.000000 458.501247 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-4 988.340868 0.791689 6.383035 0.000000 987.549179 P 856.009464 1.754009 0.000000 0.000000 854.255455 S 499.247612 0.000000 3.224303 0.000000 486.663466 B-1 989.116302 0.742883 6.388042 0.000000 988.373419 B-2 989.116307 0.742883 6.388042 0.000000 988.373424 B-3 989.116315 0.742880 6.388043 0.000000 988.373435 B-4 989.116294 0.742877 6.388049 0.000000 988.373416 B-5 989.116316 0.742878 6.388041 0.000000 988.373437 B-6 989.117336 0.742845 6.388045 0.000000 988.374491 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: September 25, 1998