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): January 25, 1999 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 January 25, 		1999. 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 of Reimburse- 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-220228641.94 15196.72 130643.31 0.00 0.00 20213445.22 FXA-3 1329790.22 1329790.22 8144.97 0.00 0.00 0.00 FXA-413200375.00 415957.18 82502.34 0.00 0.00 12784417.82 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 5109346.39 847873.78 25863.43 0.00 0.00 4261472.61 FXA-9 5109346.39 NA 10327.78 NA 0.00 4261472.61 FXP 66490.20 93.56 NA 0.00 0.00 66396.64 FXS 4893629.69 NA 31604.69 NA 0.00 4649710.84 A-1 12854786.26 2461171.70 83020.49 0.00 0.00 10393614.56 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 13496190.85 11268.42 87162.90 0.00 0.00 13484922.43 P 838119.06 18962.97 NA 0.00 0.00 819156.09 S 504338.05 NA 3257.18 NA 0.00 477734.05 B-1 5118612.77 4025.94 33057.71 0.00 0.00 5114586.83 B-2 2082147.67 1637.67 13447.20 0.00 0.00 2080510.00 B-3 1301341.93 1023.54 8404.50 0.00 0.00 1300318.39 B-4 780804.74 614.13 5042.70 0.00 0.00 780190.61 B-5 433781.30 341.18 2801.50 0.00 0.00 433440.12 B-6 694050.76 532.02 4482.41 17783.36 0.00 675735.38 R 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 NA 0.00 RP 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 NA 0.00 Beginning Remaining Class Balance Principal InterestBalance FXA-1 0.00000 0.000000 0.00000 0.000000 FXA-2 986.76302 0.741303 6.37284 986.021718 FXA-3 114.40339 114.403389 0.70072 0.000000 FXA-4 1000.00000 31.511012 6.25000 968.488988 FXA-5 1000.00000 0.000000 6.45833 1000.000000 FXA-6 1000.00000 0.000000 6.45833 1000.000000 FXA-7 1000.00000 0.000000 6.45833 1000.000000 FXA-8 184.68072 30.646961 0.93485 154.033761 FXA-9 184.68072 0.000000 0.37330 154.033761 FXP 816.94332 1.149541 0.00000 815.793780 FXS 501.87568 0.000000 3.24128 476.860113 A-1 295.89058 56.651081 1.91096 239.239504 A-2 1000.00000 0.000000 6.45833 1000.000000 A-3 1000.00000 0.000000 6.45833 1000.000000 A-4 985.12342 0.822512 6.36226 984.300907 P 770.52052 17.433511 0.00000 753.087013 S 419.68017 0.000000 2.71043 397.541898 B-1 986.09742 0.775595 6.36855 985.321821 B-2 986.09742 0.775594 6.36854 985.321830 B-3 986.09743 0.775592 6.36855 985.321837 B-4 986.09740 0.775600 6.36855 985.321799 B-5 986.09743 0.775591 6.36854 985.321837 B-6 986.09867 0.755887 6.36855 960.076410 R 0.00000 0.000000 0.00000 0.000000 RP 0.00000 0.000000 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: January 25, 1999