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): December 28, 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 December 28, 		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.		 Loss ofReimburse- Beginning Prin- ment of Remaining Class Balance Principal Interest cipal Losses Balance FXA-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 FXA-220243652.57 15010.63 130740.26 0.00 0.00 20228641.94 FXA-3 3097505.76 1767715.54 18972.22 0.00 0.00 1329790.22 FXA-413200375.00 0.00 82502.34 0.00 0.00 13200375.00 FXA-5 5125000.00 0.00 33098.96 0.00 0.00 5125000.00 FXA-6 4001000.00 0.00 25839.79 0.00 0.00 4001000.00 FXA-7 1000000.00 0.00 6458.33 0.00 0.00 1000000.00 FXA-8 6052127.93 942781.54 27700.29 0.00 0.00 5109346.39 FXA-9 6052127.93 NA 15168.95 NA 0.00 5109346.39 FXP 66779.53 289.33 NA 0.00 0.00 66490.20 FXS 5141579.77 NA 33206.04 NA 0.00 4893629.69 A-1 15397838.37 2543052.11 99444.37 0.00 0.00 12854786.26 A-2 6962000.00 0.00 44962.92 0.00 0.00 6962000.00 A-3 1951000.00 0.00 12600.21 0.00 0.00 1951000.00 A-4 13507381.67 11190.82 87235.17 0.00 0.00 13496190.85 P 887817.54 49698.48 NA 0.00 0.00 838119.06 S 516451.36 NA 3335.42 NA 0.00 504338.05 B-1 5122591.91 3979.14 33083.41 0.00 0.00 5118612.77 B-2 2083766.30 1618.63 13457.66 0.00 0.00 2082147.67 B-3 1302353.58 1011.65 8411.03 0.00 0.00 1301341.93 B-4 781411.73 606.99 5046.62 0.00 0.00 780804.74 B-5 434118.52 337.22 2803.68 0.00 0.00 433781.30 B-6 694590.27 539.51 4485.90 0.00 0.00 694050.76 R 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 NA 0.00 RP 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 NA 0.00 Reimbur- ment of Beginning Realized Remaining Class Balance Principal Losses InterestBalance FXA-1 0.00000 0.000000 0.0000 0.00000 0.000000 FXA-2 987.49525 0.732226 0.0000 6.37757 986.763021 FXA-3 266.48200 152.078611 0.0000 1.63220 114.403390 FXA-4 1000.00000 0.000000 0.0000 6.25000 1000.000000 FXA-5 1000.00000 0.000000 0.0000 6.45833 1000.000000 FXA-6 1000.00000 0.000000 0.0000 6.45833 1000.000000 FXA-7 1000.00000 0.000000 0.0000 6.45833 1000.000000 FXA-8 218.75819 34.077466 0.0000 1.00125 184.680722 FXA-9 218.75819 0.000000 0.0000 0.54829 184.680722 FXP 820.49822 3.554903 0.0000 0.00000 816.943322 FXS 527.30468 0.000000 0.0000 3.40551 501.875683 A-1 354.42638 58.535798 0.0000 2.28900 295.890585 A-2 1000.00000 0.000000 0.0000 6.45833 1000.000000 A-3 1000.00000 0.000000 0.0000 6.45833 1000.000000 A-4 985.94027 0.816848 0.0000 6.36753 985.123420 P 816.21057 45.690047 0.0000 0.00000 770.520524 S 429.76014 0.000000 0.0000 2.77554 419.680167 B-1 986.86399 0.766579 0.0000 6.37350 986.097415 B-2 986.86400 0.766577 0.0000 6.37350 986.097424 B-3 986.86401 0.766582 0.0000 6.37349 986.097429 B-4 986.86398 0.766583 0.0000 6.37350 986.097399 B-5 986.86402 0.766589 0.0000 6.37349 986.097427 B-6 986.86520 0.766529 0.0000 6.37351 986.098674 R 0.00000 0.000000 0.0000 0.00000 0.000000 RP 0.00000 0.000000 0.0000 0.00000 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: December 28, 1998