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): March 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 March 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 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-220197997.03 15649.77 130445.40 0.00 0.00 20182347.26 FXA-3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 FXA-411654999.34 1902810.53 72843.75 0.00 0.00 9752188.81 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 3884999.78 634270.18 17440.02 0.00 0.00 3250729.60 FXA-9 3884999.78 NA 10078.73 NA 0.00 3250729.60 FXP 66340.13 66.93 NA 0.00 0.00 66273.20 FXS 4464635.31 NA 28834.10 NA 0.00 4196649.93 A-1 8058980.38 3989323.80 52047.58 0.00 0.00 4069656.58 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 13473480.32 11563.11 87016.23 0.00 0.00 13461917.21 P 803172.82 80261.51 NA 0.00 0.00 722911.31 S 447959.46 NA 2893.07 NA 0.00 429318.04 B-1 5110466.58 4134.34 33005.10 0.00 0.00 5106332.24 B-2 2078833.97 1681.77 13425.80 0.00 0.00 2077152.20 B-3 1299270.87 1051.10 8391.12 0.00 0.00 1298219.77 B-4 779562.10 630.66 5034.67 0.00 0.00 778931.44 B-5 433090.95 350.37 2797.05 0.00 0.00 432740.58 B-6 583659.20 472.16 3769.47 0.00 0.00 583187.04 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-2 985.26815 0.763403 6.36319 984.504744 FXA-3 0.00000 0.000000 0.00000 0.000000 FXA-4 882.92941 144.148218 5.51831 738.781195 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-8 140.42590 22.926117 0.63038 117.499783 FXA-9 140.42590 0.000000 0.36430 117.499783 FXP 815.09946 0.822347 0.00000 814.277114 FXS 457.87933 0.000000 2.95714 430.395572 A-1 185.50106 91.825980 1.19803 93.675075 A-2 1000.00000 0.000000 6.45833 1000.000000 A-3 1000.00000 0.000000 6.45833 1000.000000 A-4 983.46572 0.844023 6.35155 982.621694 P 738.39287 73.788014 0.00000 664.604861 S 372.76525 0.000000 2.40744 357.252971 B-1 984.52806 0.796478 6.35841 983.731579 B-2 984.52807 0.796480 6.35841 983.731588 B-3 984.52807 0.796476 6.35841 983.731599 B-4 984.52804 0.796476 6.35841 983.731563 B-5 984.52808 0.796482 6.35842 983.731601 B-6 829.25572 0.670839 5.35562 828.584881 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: March 31, 1999