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): October 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 October 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 FXA-2 20273202 14697 130931 0 0 20258505 FXA-3 5592310 975755 34253 0 0 4616555 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 7382690 520403 37183 0 0 6862287 FXA-9 7382690 NA 15111 NA 0 6862287 FXP 72787 65 NA 0 0 72722 FXS 5501833 NA 35533 NA 0 5342319 A-1 19919307 2611636 128646 0 0 17307672 A-2 6962000 0 44963 0 0 6962000 A-3 1951000 0 12600 0 0 1951000 A-4 13529424 10946 87378 0 0 13518478 P 929200 19598 NA 0 0 909602 S 584833 NA 3777 NA 0 530536 B-1 5130427 3894 33134 0 0 5126533 B-2 2086953 1584 13478 0 0 2085369 B-3 1304346 990 8424 0 0 1303355 B-4 782607 594 5054 0 0 782013 B-5 434783 330 2808 0 0 434452 B-6 695653 528 4493 0 0 695125 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-2 988.936685 0.716948 6.386883 0.000000 988.219737 FXA-3 481.112890 83.945335 2.946817 0.000000 397.167556 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-8 266.852241 18.810300 1.343990 0.000000 248.041941 FXA-9 266.852241 0.000000 0.546213 0.000000 248.041941 FXP 894.311762 0.795439 0.000000 0.000000 893.516323 FXS 564.251104 0.000000 3.644122 0.000000 547.891854 A-1 458.501247 60.114453 2.961154 0.000000 398.386793 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-4 987.549179 0.798947 6.377922 0.000000 986.750232 P 854.255455 18.017368 0.000000 0.000000 836.238086 S 486.663466 0.000000 3.143037 0.000000 441.480170 B-1 988.373419 0.750236 6.383245 0.000000 987.623183 B-2 988.373424 0.750233 6.383245 0.000000 987.623191 B-3 988.373435 0.750237 6.383246 0.000000 987.623198 B-4 988.373416 0.750240 6.383250 0.000000 987.623176 B-5 988.373437 0.750244 6.383244 0.000000 987.623194 B-6 988.374491 0.750204 6.383257 0.000000 987.624287 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: October 26, 1998