March 30, 1998 Securities and Exchange Commission Judiciary Plaza 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: BA Mortgage Securities, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-3; File No. 333-34225. Ladies and Gentlemen: Enclosed herewith for filing on behalf of the trust fund (the "Trust") created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 1997 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") among BA Mortgage Securities, Inc. as the Depositor (the "Depositor"), Bank of America, Federal Savings Bank and Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association as Master Servicers (together the "Master Servicers"), and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee). The Series 1997-3 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (the "Certificates" will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional, fixed-rate, one- to four-family first mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") to be deposited by BA Mortgage Securities, Inc. (the "Depositor") into the Trust Fund for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Only Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7, Class A-8, Class PO, and Class M Class B-1, Class B-2, Class R-I, and Class R-II (the "Offered Certificates") are offered hereby. The Offered Certificates were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by a Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-05201-01). As a result, the Trust is subject to the filing requirements of Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The Trust intends to fulfill these filing requirements in the manner described herein: The Trust will file, promptly after each Distribution Date (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), a Current Report on Form 8-K in substantially the form enclosed herewith, including as an exhibit thereto the applicable Distribution Date report. Each such Current Report will also disclose under Item 5 any matter occurring during the relevant reporting period which would be reportable under Item 1, 2, 4 or 5 of Part II of Form 10-Q. The Trust will file a Current Report on Form 8-K promptly after the occurrence of any event described under Item 2, 3, 4 or 5 thereof, responding to the requirements of the applicable Item. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Trust will file an annual report of Form 10-K which responds to Items 2, 3, and 4 of Part I, Items 5 and 9 of Part II, Items 12 and 13 of Part III and Item 14 of Part IV thereof, and include as exhibits thereto certain information from the Distribution Date reports aggregated for such year and a copy of the independent accountants' annual compliance statement required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trust will follow the above procedures except for any fiscal year as to which its reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act have been suspended pursuant to such Section. In such event, the Trust will file a Form 15 as required under Rule 15d-6. Should you wish to discuss the above filing procedures, please call Judy L. Gomez at (714) 253-7562. Sincerely, /s/ Judy L. Gomez Assistant Vice President Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. S.E.C. Reporting Agent for BA Mortgage Securities, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-3. 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 1, 1997 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. (as the Depositor (the "Depositor"), Bank of America, Federal Savings Bank and Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Master Servicers (together the "Master Servicers"), and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee) under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1997, providing for the issuance of the Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-3). BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter) DELAWARE (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 333-34225 94-324470 (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 345 MONTGOMERY STREET, LOWER LEVEL #2, UNIT #8152 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (415) 622-3676 Item 5. Other Events Attached hereto is a copy of the Monthly Remittance Statements to the Certificateholders which was derived from the monthly information submitted by the Master Servicer of the Trust to the Trustee. Item 7. Financial Statement and Exhibits Exhibits: (as noted in Item 5 above) Monthly Report to Certificateholders as to distributions made on January 26, 1998, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K on March 30, 1998. Monthly Report to Certificateholders as to distributions made on February 25, 1998, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K on March 30, 1998. Monthly Report to Certificateholders as to distributions made on March 25, 1998, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K on March 30, 1998. SIGNATURE 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, hereunto duly authorized. Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., not in its individual capacity, but solely as a duly authorized agent of the Registrant pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1997. Date: March 30, 1998 By: /s/ Judy L. Gomez Judy L. Gomez Assistant Vice President EXHIBIT INDEX Sequential Document Page Number Monthly Remittance Statement to the Certificateholders 4 dated as of January 26, 1998. Monthly Remittance Statement to the Certificateholders 17 dated as of February 25, 1998. Monthly Remittance Statement to the Certificateholders 22 dated as of March 25, 1998. BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-3 REMIC I STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	 			ORIGINAL		 PRIOR PRINC. CLASS 	FACE VALUE	 BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL	 		 T		 50.00	 	 50.00	 	 0.30		 50.00 U		47,827,000.00	 47,827,000.00	 358,702.50	 549,172.95 	V	 334,789,000.00 	 334,789,000.00 1,952,935.84	3,844,210.63 	W	 1,153,596.47	 1,153,596.47	 0.00		 969.80 	X		17,035,403.96	 17,035,403.96	 102,922.23 	 12,330.11 	Y			 0.00 0.00	 35,209.88		 0.00 	Z			 0.00	 0.00	 56,642.18		 0.00 	R-1			 50.00	 50.00	 0.30	 50.00 	 Totals 	 400,805,100.43 400,805,100.03 2,506,413.23 4,406,783.49 			TOTAL			REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT 							LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL 													BALANCE	 	T 	 50.30		0.00			0.00			 0.00 	U 	 907,875.45		0.00			0.00			47,277,827.05 	V 	 5,797,146.47		0.00			0.00		 330,944,789.37 	W 	 969.80		0.00			0.00			 1,152,626.67 	X 	 115,252.34		0.00			0.00			17,023,073.85 	Y 	 35,209.88		0.00			0.00			 0.00 	Z 	 56,642.18		0.00			0.00			 0.00 	R-1 	 50.30		0.00			0.00			 0.00 	 Totals 6,913,196.72		0.00 0.00 396,398,316.94 	 FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE 				 					 PRIOR								 					 PRINCIPAL								 	CLASS	 CUSIP BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		TOTAL 	T 	 	1,000.000000	6.000000	 1,000.000000	 1,006.000000 	U 	 	1,000.000000	7.500000	 11.482488		18.982488 	V 	 1,000.000000	5.833333	 11.482488		17.315821 	W 	 	1,000.000000	0.000000	 	0.840675		 0.840675 	X 	 	1,000.000000	6.041667	 	0.723793		 6.765460 	Y 	 	 0.000000	0.098426	 	0.000000		 0.098426 	Z 	 	 0.000000	0.158338	 	0.000000		 0.158338 	R-I 	055240CR4	1,000.000000	6.000000	 1,000.000000	 1,006.000000 	 CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 			PRINCIPAL		RATES 			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT 	T 	 0.000000	7.000000%		7.000000% 	U 988.517512	9.000000%		9.000000% 	V 988.517512	7.000000%		7.000000%	 	W 999.159325 	0.000000%		0.000000%	 	X 999.276207	7.250000%		7.250000%	 	Y 0.000000	0.118112%		 NA 	 	Z 0.000000	0.190004%		 NA 	 	R-I 0.000000	7.250000%		7.250000% 	 Seller:			Bank of America 	 Administrator: Kelly L. Shea Servicer:			Bank of America Bankers Trust Company Lead Underwriter: Morgan Stanley Co. Incorporated 		3 Park Plaza Record Date: December 31, 1997 Irvine, CA 92714 Distribution Date: January 26, 1998 Factor Information (800)735-7777 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-3 REMIC II STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	 			ORIGINAL		 PRIOR PRINC. CLASS 	FACE VALUE	 BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL 			 A-1 238,406,000.00 238,406,000.00 1,390,701.67	3,844,210.63 A-2		34,027,000.00	 34,027,000.00	 198,490.83	 0.00 	A-3 27,305,000.00 	 27,305,000.00 159,279.17	 0.00 	A-4 35,051,000.00	 35,051,000.00	 204,464.17		 0.00 	A-5 47,827,000.00 47,827,000.00 246,607.97 549,172.95 A-6 0.00 0.00 112,094.53 0.00 A-7 0.00 0.00 53,209.88 0.00 A-8 0.00 0.00 56,642.18 0.00 	PO 1,153,596.47 1,153,596.47 0.00 969.80 M		 7,015,000.96	 7,015,000.00	 42,382.29 	 5,077.41 	B-1 		 4,609,000.00 4,609,000.00	 27,846.04	 3,335.96 	B-2 2,004,000.00 2,004,000.00 12,107.50 1,450.48 B-3 1,403,000.00 1,403,000.00 8,476.46 1,015.48 B-4 1,002,000.00		 1,002,000.00 6,053.75 725.24 B-5	 	 1,002,403.96 1,002,403.96	 6,056.19		 725.54 	R-II		 	 50.00	 50.00	 0.30	 50.00 	 Totals 400,805,050.43 400,805,050.43 2,506,412.93 4,406,733.49 			 TOTAL			REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT 							LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL 													BALANCE	 	A-1 	 5,234,912.30		0.00			0.00		 234,561,789.37 	A-2 	 198,490.83		0.00			0.00			34,027,000.00 	A-3 	 159,279.17		0.00			0.00		 27,305,000.00 	A-4 	 204,464.17		0.00			0.00			35,051,000.00 	A-5 795,780.92 0.00			0.00			47,277,827.05 	A-6 112,094.53 0.00			0.00				 0.00 	A-7 53,209.88 0.00			0.00				 0.00 	A-8 56,642.18		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	PO 969.80		0.00			0.00			 1,152,626.67 	M 47,459.70		0.00			0.00			 7,009,922.59 	B-1 31,182.00		0.00			0.00			 4,605,664.04 	B-2 13,557.98		0.00			0.00		 2,002,549.52 	B-3 9,491.94		0.00			0.00			 1,401,984.52 B-4 	 6,778.99		0.00			0.00			 1,001,274.76 	B-5 	 6,781.73		0.00			0.00			 1,001,678.42 	R-II 	 50.30		0.00			0.00			 0.00 	 	 Totals 6,913,146.42		0.00 0.00 396,398,316.94 	 FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE 				 					 PRIOR								 					 PRINCIPAL								 	CLASS	 CUSIP BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		TOTAL 	A-1 	055240CA1 1,000.000000	5.833333	 16.124639	 21.957972 	A-2 	055240CB9	1,000.000000	5.833333	 0.000000		 5.833333 	A-3 	055240CC7 1,000.000000	5.833333	 0.000000		 5.833333 	A-4 	055240CD5	1,000.000000	5.833333	 	0.000000		 5.833333 	A-5		055240CE3 1,000.000000 5.156250 11.482488 16.638738 	A-6		055240CF0 0.000000 2.343750		0.000000 2.343750 	A-7		055240CG8 0.000000 2.555550		0.000000 2.555550 	A-8		055240CH6 0.000000 4.111116		0.000000 4.111116 	PO		055240CJ2 1,000.000000 0.000000		0.840675 0.840675 	M		055240CK9 1,000.000000 6.041666		0.723793 6.765460 	B-1		055240CL7 1,000.000000 6.041666		0.723793 6.765459 	B-2		055240CM5 1,000.000000 6.041667		0.723792 6.765459 B-3 	055240CN3	1,000.000000	6.041668	 	0.723792		 6.765460 	B-4 	055240CP8	1,000.000000	6.041667	 	0.723792		 6.765459 	B-5 	055240CQ6	1,000.000000	6.041666	 	0.723800		 6.765466 	R-II 	055240CS2	1,000.000000	6.000000	 1,000.000000	 1,006.000000 	 CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 			PRINCIPAL		RATES 			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT 	A-1 	983.875361	7.000000%		7.000000% 	A-2 1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000% 	A-3 1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000%	 	A-4 1,000.000000 	7.000000%		7.000000%	 	A-5 988.517512	6.187500%		6.105470%	 	A-6 0.000000	2.812500%		2.894530%	 	A-7		 0.000000	3.066660%			NA 	A-8 0.000000	4.933340%			NA 	PO 999.159325	0.000000%		0.000000% 	M 999.276207	7.250000%		7.250000% 	B-1 999.276207	7.250000%		7.250000% 	B-2 999.276208	7.250000%		7.250000% 	B-3 999.276208	7.250000%		7.250000% B-4 999.276208	7.250000%		7.250000% B-5 999.276200 7.250000% 7.250000% 	R-II 0.000000	7.250000%		7.250000% 	 Seller:			Bank of America 	 Administrator: Kelly L. Shea Servicer:			Bank of America Bankers Trust Company Lead Underwriter: Morgan Stanley Co. Incorporated 		3 Park Plaza Record Date: December 31, 1997 Irvine, CA 92714 Distribution Date: January 26, 1998 Factor Information (800)735-7777 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-3 STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS Distribution Date:			January 26, 1998 MORTGAGE POOL INFORMATION: 	Beginning Number of Loans in Pool							 1,240 	Ending Number of Loans in Pool							 1,227 	Beginning Balance of Pool						 	400,805,100.43 	Less:	Scheduled Principal				290,173.64 			Principal Prepayments		 4,116,609.85 			Repurchases						 0.00 			Liquidation						 0.00 			Other Unscheduled Principal			 0.00 (4,406,783.49) 	Ending Balance of Pool								396,398,316.94 	Weighted Average Remaining Term to Maturity						 355 	Weighted Average Mortgage Rate							 7.54136% 	Beginning Balance of Premium Mortgage Loans				357,730,181.64 	Stripped Interest Rate									0.308116% 	Current Realized Losses on the Pool							0.00 	Cumulative Realized Losses on the Pool							0.00 Delinquent, Bankruptcy,						 Loans	 Loans	 Loans Foreclosure and REO	 30 to 59 60 to 89 90 Plus in		 in		in Loan Information	 Days	 Days	 Days	 Bankruptcy Foreclosure	REO Principal Balance		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00	 0.00 % of Pool Balance	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.0000% Number of Loans		0		0		0		0		0		0 % of Loans			0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.000% 	Book Value of REO Properties									NA 	Aggregate Recoveries on Previously Foreclosed Loans 		(due to a breach of representation or warranty)				0.00 Servicing Information: 	Services Fees Accrued during the current due period			83,501.06 	Plus:	Additional servicing compensation						0.00 	Less:	Amts. To cover prepayment Int. Shortfall	4,925.26 			Delinquent Services Fees					1,030.94 (5,956.20) 	Servicing Fees Collected for the Current Due Period		 77,544.86 	Advanced Principal										3,575.76 	Advanced Interest									 31,203.14 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES,INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-3 STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS Distribution Date:			January 26, 1998 					Other					Cumulative 		Prepayment	Unscheduled	Certificate	Unpaid	 Cumulative 		Principal		Principal		Interest		Interest		Realized Class	Distributed	Distributed	Shortfall		Shortfall		Losses A-1		3,601,898.06		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-2			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-3			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-4			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-5		 514,556.87		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-6			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-7			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-8			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 PO			 61.23		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 M			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-1			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-2			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-3			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-4			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-5			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 R-II			 46.85		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 R-I		 46.85 TOTALS	4,116,609.85		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 	OTHER REPORTING ITEMS: 	SENIOR PERCENTAGE									95.74% 	SENIOR PREPAYMENT PRECENTAGE						 100.00% 	SUBORDINATE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT			 12,330.11 	HAS THE CREDIT SUPPORT DEPLETION DATE OCCURED		 NO 	BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT								 100,000.00 	FRAUD LOSS AMOUNT								8,016,102.01 	SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT							4,008,051.00 	EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES FOR THE PRIOR PERIOD				 0.00	 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-3 STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	 			ORIGINAL		 PRIOR PRINC. CLASS 	FACE VALUE	 BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL	 		 T		 50.00	 	 0.00	 	 0.00		 50.00 U		47,827,000.00	 47,277,827.05	 354,583.70	 723,751.27 	V	 334,789,000.00 	 330,944,789.37 1,930,511.27	5,066,258.90 	W	 1,153,596.47	 1,152,626.67	 0.00	 1,063.92 	X		17,035,403.96	 17,023,073.85	 102,847.75 	 12,388.77 	Y			 0.00 0.00	 32,418.02		 0.00 	Z			 0.00	 0.00	 57,269.31		 0.00 	R-1			 50.00	 0.00	 0.30	 0.00 	 Totals 	 400,805,100.43 396,398,316.94 2,477,630.05 5.803,462.86 			TOTAL			REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT 							LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL 													BALANCE	 	T 	 0.00		0.00			0.00			 0.00 	U 	 1,078,334.97		0.00			0.00			46,554,075.78 	V 	 6,996,770.17		0.00			0.00		 325,878,530.47 	W 	 1,063.92		0.00			0.00			 1,151,562.75 	X 	 115,236.52		0.00			0.00			17,010,685.08 	Y 	 32,418.02		0.00			0.00			 0.00 	Z 	 57,269.31		0.00			0.00			 0.00 	R-1 	 0.00		0.00			0.00			 0.00 	 Totals 8,281,092.91		0.00 0.00 390,594,854.08 FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE 				 					 PRIOR								 					 PRINCIPAL								 	CLASS	 CUSIP BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		TOTAL 	T 	 	 0.000000	0.000000	 0.000000	 0.00000 	U 	 	 988.517512	7.413881	 15.132692	22.546573 	V 	 988.517512	5.766352	 15.132692	20.899044 	W 	 	 999.159325	0.000000	 	0.922264	 0.922264 	X 	 	 999.276207	6.037294	 	0.727237	 6.764531 	Y 	 	 0.000000	0.090621	 	0.000000	 0.090621 	Z 	 	 0.000000	0.160091	 	0.000000	 0.160091 	R-I 	055240CR4	 0.000000	0.000000	 0.000000	 0.000000 	 CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 			PRINCIPAL		RATES 			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT 	T 	 0.000000	7.000000%		7.000000% 	U 973.384820	9.000000%		9.000000% 	V 973.384820	7.000000%		7.000000%	 	W 998.237061 	0.000000%		0.000000%	 	X 998.548970	7.250000%		7.250000%	 	Y 0.000000	0.110091%		 NA 	 	Z 0.000000	0.194485%		 NA 	 	R-I 0.000000	7.250000%		7.250000% 	 Seller:			Bank of America 	 Administrator: Kelly L. Shea Servicer:			Bank of America Bankers Trust Company Lead Underwriter: Morgan Stanley Co. Incorporated 		3 Park Plaza Record Date: December 31, 1997 Irvine, CA 92714 Distribution Date: January 26, 1998 Factor Information (800)735-7777 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-3 REMIC II STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	 			ORIGINAL		 PRIOR PRINC. CLASS 	FACE VALUE	 BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL 			 A-1 238,406,000.00 238,406,000.00 1,390,701.67	3,844,210.63 A-2		34,027,000.00	 34,027,000.00	 198,490.83	 0.00 	A-3 27,305,000.00 	 27,305,000.00 159,279.17	 0.00 	A-4 35,051,000.00	 35,051,000.00	 204,464.17		 0.00 	A-5 47,827,000.00 47,827,000.00 246,607.97 549,172.95 A-6 0.00 0.00 112,094.53 0.00 A-7 0.00 0.00 53,209.88 0.00 A-8 0.00 0.00 56,642.18 0.00 	PO 1,153,596.47 1,153,596.47 0.00 969.80 M		 7,015,000.96	 7,015,000.00	 42,382.29 	 5,077.41 	B-1 		 4,609,000.00 4,609,000.00	 27,846.04	 3,335.96 	B-2 2,004,000.00 2,004,000.00 12,107.50 1,450.48 B-3 1,403,000.00 1,403,000.00 8,476.46 1,015.48 B-4 1,002,000.00		 1,002,000.00 6,053.75 725.24 B-5	 	 1,002,403.96 1,002,403.96	 6,056.19		 725.54 	R-II		 	 50.00	 50.00	 0.30	 50.00 	 Totals 400,805,050.43 400,805,050.43 2,506,412.93 4,406,733.49 			 TOTAL			REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT 							LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL 													BALANCE	 	A-1 	 5,234,912.30		0.00			0.00		 234,561,789.37 	A-2 	 198,490.83		0.00			0.00			34,027,000.00 	A-3 	 159,279.17		0.00			0.00		 27,305,000.00 	A-4 	 204,464.17		0.00			0.00			35,051,000.00 	A-5 795,780.92 0.00			0.00			47,277,827.05 	A-6 112,094.53 0.00			0.00				 0.00 	A-7 53,209.88 0.00			0.00				 0.00 	A-8 56,642.18		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	PO 969.80		0.00			0.00			 1,152,626.67 	M 47,459.70		0.00			0.00			 7,009,922.59 	B-1 31,182.00		0.00			0.00			 4,605,664.04 	B-2 13,557.98		0.00			0.00		 2,002,549.52 	B-3 9,491.94		0.00			0.00			 1,401,984.52 B-4 	 6,778.99		0.00			0.00			 1,001,274.76 	B-5 	 6,781.73		0.00			0.00			 1,001,678.42 	R-II 	 50.30		0.00			0.00			 0.00 	 	 Totals 6,913,146.42		0.00 0.00 396,398,316.94 	 FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE 				 					 PRIOR								 					 PRINCIPAL								 	CLASS	 CUSIP BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		TOTAL 	A-1 	055240CA1 1,000.000000	5.833333	 16.124639	 21.957972 		A-2 055240CB9	1,000.000000	5.833333	 0.000000		 5.833333 	A-3 	055240CC7 1,000.000000	5.833333	 0.000000		 5.833333 	A-4 	055240CD5	1,000.000000	5.833333	 	0.000000		 5.833333 	A-5		055240CE3 1,000.000000 5.156250 11.482488 16.638738 	A-6		055240CF0 0.000000 2.343750		0.000000 2.343750 	A-7		055240CG8 0.000000 2.555550		0.000000 2.555550 	A-8		055240CH6 0.000000 4.111116		0.000000 4.111116 	PO		055240CJ2 1,000.000000 0.000000		0.840675 0.840675 	M		055240CK9 1,000.000000 6.041666		0.723793 6.765460 	B-1		055240CL7 1,000.000000 6.041666		0.723793 6.765459 	B-2		055240CM5 1,000.000000 6.041667		0.723792 6.765459 B-3 	055240CN3	1,000.000000	6.041668	 	0.723792		 6.765460 	B-4 	055240CP8	1,000.000000	6.041667	 	0.723792		 6.765459 	B-5 	055240CQ6	1,000.000000	6.041666	 	0.723800		 6.765466 	R-II 	055240CS2	1,000.000000	6.000000	 1,000.000000	 1,006.000000 	 CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 			PRINCIPAL		RATES 			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT 	A-1 	983.875361	7.000000%		7.000000% 	A-2 1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000% 	A-3 1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000%	 	A-4 1,000.000000 	7.000000%		7.000000%	 	A-5 988.517512	6.187500%		6.105470%	 	A-6 0.000000	2.812500%		2.894530%	 	A-7		 0.000000	3.066660%			NA 	A-8 0.000000	4.933340%			NA 	PO 999.159325	0.000000%		0.000000% 	M 999.276207	7.250000%		7.250000% 	B-1 999.276207	7.250000%		7.250000% 	B-2 999.276208	7.250000%		7.250000% 	B-3 999.276208	7.250000%		7.250000% B-4 999.276208	7.250000%		7.250000% B-5 999.276200 7.250000% 7.250000% 	R-II 0.000000	7.250000%		7.250000% 	 Seller:			Bank of America 	 Administrator: Kelly L. Shea Servicer:			Bank of America Bankers Trust Company Lead Underwriter: Morgan Stanley Co. Incorporated 		3 Park Plaza Record Date: December 31, 1997 Irvine, CA 92714 Distribution Date: January 26, 1998 Factor Information (800)735-7777 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-3 STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS Distribution Date:			January 26, 1998 MORTGAGE POOL INFORMATION: 	Beginning Number of Loans in Pool							 1,240 	Ending Number of Loans in Pool							 1,227 	Beginning Balance of Pool						 	400,805,100.43 	Less:	Scheduled Principal				290,173.64 			Principal Prepayments		 4,116,609.85 			Repurchases						 0.00 			Liquidation						 0.00 			Other Unscheduled Principal			 0.00 (4,406,783.49) 	Ending Balance of Pool								396,398,316.94 	Weighted Average Remaining Term to Maturity						 355 	Weighted Average Mortgage Rate						 7.54136% 	Beginning Balance of Premium Mortgage Loans				357,730,181.64 	Stripped Interest Rate								 0.308116% 	Current Realized Losses on the Pool							0.00 	Cumulative Realized Losses on the Pool							0.00 Delinquent, Bankruptcy,						 Loans	 Loans	 Loans Foreclosure and REO	 30 to 59 60 to 89 90 Plus in		 in		in Loan Information	 Days	 Days	 Days	 Bankruptcy Foreclosure	REO Principal Balance		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00	 0.00 % of Pool Balance	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.0000% Number of Loans		0		0		0		0		0		0 % of Loans			0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.000% 	Book Value of REO Properties									NA 	Aggregate Recoveries on Previously Foreclosed Loans 		(due to a breach of representation or warranty)				0.00 Servicing Information: 	Services Fees Accrued during the current due period			83,501.06 	Plus:	Additional servicing compensation						0.00 	Less:	Amts. To cover prepayment Int. Shortfall	4,925.26 			Delinquent Services Fees					1,030.94 (5,956.20) 	Servicing Fees Collected for the Current Due Period		 77,544.86 	Advanced Principal										3,575.76 	Advanced Interest									 31,203.14 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES,INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-3 STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS Distribution Date:			January 26, 1998 					Other					Cumulative 		Prepayment	Unscheduled	Certificate	Unpaid	 Cumulative 		Principal		Principal		Interest		Interest		Realized Class	Distributed	Distributed	Shortfall		Shortfall		Losses A-1		3,601,898.06		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-2			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-3			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-4			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-5		 514,556.87		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-6			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-7			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-8			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 PO			 61.23		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 M			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-1			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-2			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-3			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-4			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-5			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 R-II			 46.85		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 R-I		 46.85 TOTALS	4,116,609.85		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 	OTHER REPORTING ITEMS: 	SENIOR PERCENTAGE									95.74% 	SENIOR PREPAYMENT PRECENTAGE						 100.00% 	SUBORDINATE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT			 12,330.11 	HAS THE CREDIT SUPPORT DEPLETION DATE OCCURED		 NO 	BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT								 100,000.00 	FRAUD LOSS AMOUNT								8,016,102.01 	SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT							4,008,051.00 	EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES FOR THE PRIOR PERIOD				 0.00	 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-3 STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	 			ORIGINAL		 PRIOR PRINC. CLASS 	FACE VALUE	 BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL	 		 T			 50.00			 0.00		 0.00		 50.00 U		47,827,000.00		47,277,827.05	 354,583.70	 723,751.27 	V	 334,789,000.00	 330,944,789.37 1,930,511.27	5,066,258.90 	W		 1,153,596.47		 1,152,626.67		 0.00	 1,063.92 	X		17,035,403.96		17,023,073.85	 102,847.75	 12,388.77 	Y			 0.00			 0.00	 32,418.02		 0.00 	Z			 0.00			 0.00	 57,269.31		 0.00 	R-1			 50.00			 0.00		 0.30		 0.00 	 Totals	 400,805,100.43 	 396,398,316.94	2,477,630.05 5.803,462.86 			TOTAL			REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT 							LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL 													BALANCE	 	T 		 0.00		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	U 	 1,078,334.97		0.00			0.00			46,554,075.78 	V 	 6,996,770.17		0.00			0.00		 325,878,530.47 	W 	 1,063.92		0.00			0.00			 1,151,562.75 	X 	 115,236.52		0.00			0.00			17,010,685.08 	Y 	 32,418.02		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	Z 	 57,269.31		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	R-1 		 0.00		0.00			0.00				 0.00 Totals		 8,281,092.91		0.00			0.00			390,594,854.08 FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE 				 					 PRIOR								 					 PRINCIPAL								 	CLASS	 CUSIP BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		TOTAL 	T 			 0.000000	0.000000		0.000000		00.0 	U 			 988.517512	7.413881	 15.132692		22.546573 	V 			 988.517512	5.766352	 15.132692		20.899044 	W 			 999.159325	0.000000	 	0.922264		 0.922264 	X 			 999.276207	6.037294	 	0.727237		 6.764531 	Y 			 0.000000	0.090621	 	0.000000		 0.090621 	Z 			 0.000000	0.160091	 	0.000000		 0.160091 	R-I 	055240CR4	 0.000000	0.000000	 0.000000	 0.000000 	 CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 			PRINCIPAL		RATES 			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT 	T 	 0.000000	7.000000%		7.000000% 	U		973.384820	9.000000%		9.000000% 	V		973.384820	7.000000%		7.000000% 	W		998.237061 	0.000000%		0.000000% 	X		998.548970	7.250000%		7.250000% 	Y		 0.000000	0.110091%			NA 	Z		 0.000000	0.194485%			NA 	R-I		 0.000000	7.250000%		7.250000% 	 Seller:			Bank of America	 	 Administrator: Kelly L. Shea Servicer:			Bank of America		 Bankers Trust Company Lead Underwriter: Morgan Stanley Co. Incorporated 		3 Park Plaza Record Date:			January 30 1998		 Irvine, CA 92714 Distribution Date: February 25, 1998	 Factor Information (800)735-7777 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-3 REMIC II STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	 			ORIGINAL		 PRIOR PRINC. CLASS 	FACE VALUE	 BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL 			 A-1	 238,406,000.00	 234,561,789.37 1,368,277.10	5,066,258.90 A-2		34,027,000.00		34,027,000.00	 198,490.83		 0.00 	A-3		27,305,000.00 		27,305,000.00 159,279.17		 0.00 	A-4		35,051,000.00		35,051,000.00	 204,464.17		 0.00 	A-5		47,827,000.00		47,277,827.05 240,544.46	 723,751.27 A-6			 0.00			 0.00 114,039.24		 0.00 A-7			 0.00			 0.00 34,418.02		 0.00 A-8			 0.00			 0.00 57,269.31		 0.00 	PO		 1,153,596.47		 1,152,626.67		 0.00	 1,063.92 M		 7,015,000.00		 7,009,922.59	 42,351.62 	 5,101.57 	B-1 		 4,609,000.00		 4,605,664.04	 27,825.89	 3,351.83 	B-2		 2,004,000.00		 2,002,549.52 12,098.74	 1,457.38 B-3		 1,403,000.00		 1,401,984.52	 8,470.32	 1,020.31 B-4		 1,002,000.00		 1,001,274.76	 6,049.37		 728.69 B-5		 1,002,403.96		 1,001,678.42	 6,051.81		 728.99 	R-II			 50.00			 0.00		 0.00		 00.00 	 Totals	 00,805,050.43	 396,398,316.94 2,477,630.05 5,803,462.86 			 TOTAL			REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT 							LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL 													BALANCE	 	A-1 	 6,434,536.00		0.00			0.00		 229,495,530.47 	A-2 	 198,490.83		0.00			0.00			34,027,000.00 	A-3 	 159,279.17		0.00			0.00			27,305,000.00 	A-4 	 204,464.17		0.00			0.00			35,051,000.00 	A-5		 964,295.73		0.00			0.00			46,554,075.78 	A-6		 114,039.24		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	A-7		 32,418.02		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	A-8		 57,269.31		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	PO			1,063.92		0.00			0.00			 1,151,562.75 	M		 47,453.19		0.00			0.00			 7,004,821.02 	B-1		 31,177.72		0.00			0.00			 4,602,312.21 	B-2		 13,556.12		0.00			0.00			 2,001,092.14 	B-3			9,490.63		0.00			0.00			 1,400,964.21 B-4			6,778.06		0.00			0.00			 1,000,546.07 	B-5			6,780.80		0.00			0.00			 1,000,949.43 	R-II			 0.00		0.00			0.00					0.00 	 Totals		 8,281,092.91		0.00			0.00			390,594,854.08 FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE 				 					 PRIOR								 					 PRINCIPAL								 	CLASS	 CUSIP BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		TOTAL 	A-1 	055240CA1 983.875361	5.739273	 21.250551	 26.989824 	A-2 	055240CB9	1,000.000000	5.833333		0.000000		 5.833333 	A-3 	055240CC7 1,000.000000	5.833333		0.000000		 5.833333 	A-4 	055240CD5	1,000.000000	5.833333	 	0.000000		 5.833333 	A-5		055240CE3 988.517512 5.029470	 15.132692		20.162162 	A-6		055240CF0	 0.000000 2.384411		0.000000		 2.384411 	A-7		055240CG8	 0.000000 2.352915		0.000000		 2.352915 	A-8		055240CH6	 0.000000 4.156634		0.000000		 4.156634 	PO		055240CJ2 999.159325 0.000000		0.922264		 0.922264 	M		055240CK9 999.276207 6.037294		0.727237		 6.764532 	B-1		055240CL7 999.276207 6.037294		0.727236		 6.764530 	B-2		055240CM5 999.276208 6.037295		0.727236		 6.764531 B-3 	055240CN3	 999.276208	6.037292	 	0.727234		 6.764526 	B-4 	055240CP8	 999.276208	6.037895	 	0.727236		 6.764531 	B-5 	055240CQ6	 999.276200	6.037297	 	0.727242		 6.764538 	R-II 	055240CS2	 000.000000	0.000000	 	0.000000		 0.000000 	 CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 			PRINCIPAL		RATES 			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT 	A-1 	962.624810	7.000000%		7.000000% 	A-2	 1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000% 	A-3	 1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000% 	A-4	 1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000% 	A-5		973.384820	6.105470%		6.125000% 	A-6		 0.000000	2.894530%		2.875000% 	A-7		 0.000000	2.891647%			NA 	A-8		 0.000000	5.108353%			NA 	PO		998.237061	0.000000%		0.000000% 	M		998.548969	7.250000%		7.250000% 	B-1		998.548972	7.250000%		7.250000% 	B-2		998.548972	7.250000%		7.250000% 	B-3		998.548974	7.250000%		7.250000% B-4		998.548972	7.250000%		7.250000% B-5		998.548958	7.250000%		7.250000% 	R-II		 0.000000	7.250000%		7.250000% 	 Seller:			Bank of America			 Administrator: Kelly L. Shea Servicer:			Bank of America				Bankers Trust Company Lead Underwriter: Morgan Stanley Co. Incorporated 		3 Park Plaza Record Date:		January 30, 1998			Irvine, CA 92714 Distribution Date: February 25, 1998		Factor Information (800)735-7777 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-3 STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS Distribution Date:			February 25, 1998 MORTGAGE POOL INFORMATION: 	Beginning Number of Loans in Pool							 1,227 	Ending Number of Loans in Pool							 1,211 	Beginning Balance of Pool						 	396,398,316.94 	Less:	Scheduled Principal				288,559.67 			Principal Prepayments		 5,514,903.19 			Repurchases						 0.00 			Liquidation						 0.00 			Other Unscheduled Principal			 0.00 (5,803,462.86) 	Ending Balance of Pool								390,594,854.08 	Weighted Average Remaining Term to Maturity						 354 	Weighted Average Mortgage Rate							7.750426% 	Beginning Balance of Premium Mortgage Loans				353,359,055.99 	Stripped Interest Rate									0.304576% 	Current Realized Losses on the Pool							0.00 	Cumulative Realized Losses on the Pool							0.00 Delinquent, Bankruptcy,						 Loans	 Loans	 Loans Foreclosure and REO	 30 to 59 60 to 89 90 Plus in		 in		in Loan Information	 Days	 Days	 Days	 Bankruptcy Foreclosure	REO Principal Balance		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00	 0.00 % of Pool Balance	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.0000% Number of Loans		0		0		0		0		0		0 % of Loans		0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.000% 	Book Value of REO Properties									NA 	Aggregate Recoveries on Previously Foreclosed Loans 		(due to a breach of representation or warranty)			0.00 Servicing Information: 	Services Fees Accrued during the current due period			82,582.98 	Plus:	Additional servicing compensation						0.00 	Less:	Amts. To cover prepayment Int. Shortfall	8,272.86 			Delinquent Services Fees				2,248.55 (10,521.41) 	Servicing Fees Collected for the Current Due Period		 72,061.57 	Advanced Principal										7,822.10 	Advanced Interest									 67,791.82 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES,INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-3 STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS Distribution Date:			February 25, 1998 					Other					Cumulative 		Prepayment	Unscheduled	Certificate	Unpaid	 Cumulative 		Principal		Principal		Interest		Interest		Realized Class	Distributed	Distributed	Shortfall		Shortfall		Losses A-1		4,825,409.49		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-2			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-3			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-4			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-5		 689,344.21		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-6			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-7			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-8			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 PO			 149.49		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 M			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-1			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-2			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-3			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-4			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-5			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 R-II			 00.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 R-I			 00.00 TOTALS	5,514,903.19		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 	OTHER REPORTING ITEMS: 	SENIOR PERCENTAGE									95.69% 	SENIOR PREPAYMENT PRECENTAGE						 100.00% 	SUBORDINATE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT			 12,388.77 	HAS THE CREDIT SUPPORT DEPLETION DATE OCCURED				NO 	BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT								 100,000.00 	FRAUD LOSS AMOUNT								7,927,966.34 	SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT							4,008,051.00 	EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES FOR THE PRIOR PERIOD				 0.00 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-3 STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	 			ORIGINAL		 PRIOR PRINC. CLASS 	FACE VALUE	 BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL	 		 T			 50.00			 0.00		 0.00		 00.00 U		47,827,000.00		46,554,075.78	 349,155.57	1,234,610.98 	V	 334,789,000.00	 325,878,530.47 1,900,958.10	8,642,276.83 	W		 1,153,596.47		 1,152,626.67		 0.00	 1,072.78 	X		17,035,403.96		17,010,685.08	 102,772.89	 12,379.58 	Y			 0.00			 0.00	 32,091.52		 0.00 	Z			 0.00			 0.00	 55,431.47		 0.00 	R-1			 50.00			 0.00		 0.00		 0.00 	 Totals	 400,805,100.43		 390,594,854.08 2,440,409.55 9,890,340.17 			TOTAL			REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT 							LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL 													BALANCE	 	T 		 0.00		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	U 	 1,583,766.55		0.00			0.00			45,319,464.80 	V 	10,543,234.93		0.00			0.00		 317,236,253.64 	W 		1,072.78		0.00			0.00			 1,150,489.97 	X 	 115,152.47		0.00			0.00			16,998,305.50 	Y 	 32,091.52		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	Z 	 55,431.47		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	R-1 		 0.00		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	 Totals		12,330,749.72		0.00			0.00			380,704,513.91 FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE 					 PRIOR 					 PRINCIPAL 	CLASS	 CUSIP BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		TOTAL 	T 			 0.000000	0.000000		0.000000		 0.00000 	U 			 973.384820	7.300386	 25.814100		33.114487 	V 			 973.384820	5.678078	 25.814100		31.492178 	W 			 998.237061	0.000000	 	0.929944	 	0.929944 	X 			 998.548970	6.032900	 	0.726697		6.759597 	Y 			 0.000000	0.089709	 	0.000000		 0.089709 	Z 			 0.000000	0.154953	 	0.000000		 0.154953 	R-I 	055240CR4	 0.000000	0.000000		0.000000		 0.000000 CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 			PRINCIPAL		RATES 			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT 	T 	 0.000000	7.000000%		7.000000% 	U		947.570719	9.000000%		9.000000% 	V		947.570720	7.000000%		7.000000% 	W		997.307117	0.000000%		0.000000% 	X		997.822273	7.250000%		7.250000% 	Y		 0.000000	0.110789%			NA 	Z		 0.000000	0.194485%		 NA 	R-I		 0.000000	7.250000%		7.250000% Seller:			Bank of America			 Administrator: Kelly L. Shea Servicer:			Bank of America			 Bankers Trust Company Lead Underwriter: Morgan Stanley Co. Incorporated 		3 Park Plaza Record Date:	 February 27, 1998			 Irvine, CA 92714 Distribution Date: March 25, 1998	 Factor Information (800)735-7777 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-3 STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	 			ORIGINAL		 PRIOR PRINC. CLASS 	FACE VALUE	 BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL A-1	 238,406,000.00	 229,495,530.47 1,338,723.93	8,642,276.83 A-2		34,027,000.00	 34,027,000.00	 198,490.83		 0.00 	A-3		27,305,000.00	 27,305,000.00 159,279.17		 0.00 	A-4		35,051,000.00	 35,051,000.00 204,464.17		 0.00 	A-5		47,827,000.00	 46,554,075.78 237,619.76	1,234,610.98 A-6			 0.00			 0.00 111,535.81		 0.00 A-7			 0.00			 0.00	 32,091.52		 0.00 A-8			 0.00			 0.00	 55,431.47		 0.00 	PO		 1,153,596.47		1,151,526.75		 0.00	 1,072.78 M		 7,015,000.00		7,004,821.02	 42,320.79	 5,097.78 	B-1 		 4,609,000.00		4,602,312.21	 27,805.64	 3,349.35 	B-2		 2,004,000.00		2,001,092.14	 12,089.93	 1,456.30 B-3		 1,403,000.00		1,400,964.21	 8,464.16	 1,019.56 B-4		 1,002,000.00		1,000,546.07	 6,044.97		 728.15 B-5		 1,002,403.96		1,000,949.43	 6,047.40		 728.44 	R-II			 50.00			 0.00		 0.00		 00.00 	 Totals	 400,805,050.43 390,594,854.08 2,440,409.55 9,890,340.17 			 TOTAL			REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT 							LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL 													BALANCE	 	A-1 	 9,981,000.76		0.00			0.00		 220,853,253.64 	A-2 	 198,490.83		0.00			0.00			34,027,000.00 	A-3 	 159,279.17		0.00			0.00		 27,305,000.00 	A-4 	 204,464.17		0.00			0.00			35,051,000.00 	A-5		 1,472,230.74		0.00			0.00			45,319,464.80 	A-6		 111,535.81		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	A-7		 32,091.52		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	A-8		 55,431.47		0.00			0.00				 0.00 	PO			1,072.78		0.00			0.00			 1,150,489.97 	M		 47,418.57		0.00			0.00			 6,999,723.24 	B-1		 31,154.99		0.00			0.00			 4,598,962.86 	B-2		 13,546.23		0.00			0.00			 1,999,635.84 	B-3			9,483.72		0.00			0.00			 1,399,944.65 B-4 		6,773.12		0.00			0.00			 999,817.92 	B-5 		6,775.84		0.00			0.00			 1,000,220.99 	R-II 		 0.00		0.00			0.00					0.00 	 	 Totals		12,330,749.72		0.00 0.00 380,704,513.91 FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE 				 					 PRIOR								 					 PRINCIPAL							 	CLASS	 CUSIP BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		TOTAL 	A-1 	055240CA1 962.624810	5.615311	 36.250249	 41.865560 	A-2 	055240CB9	1,000.000000	5.833333	 0.000000		 5.833333 	A-3 	055240CC7 1,000.000000	5.833333	 0.000000		 5.833333 	A-4 	055240CD5	1,000.000000	5.833333	 	0.000000		 5.833333 	A-5		055240CE3 973.384820 4.968318	 25.814100		30.782419 	A-6		055240CF0	 0.000000 2.332068		0.000000		 2.332068 	A-7		055240CG8	 0.000000 2.329218		0.000000		 2.329218 	A-8		055240CH6	 0.000000 4.023242		0.000000		 4.023242 	PO		055240CJ2 998.237061 0.000000		0.929944		 0.929944 	M		055240CK9 998.548969 6.032900		0.726697		 6.759597 	B-1		055240CL7 998.548972 6.032901		0.726698		 6.759599 	B-2		055240CM5 998.548972 6.032899		0.726697		 6.759596 B-3 	055240CN3	 998.548974	6.032901		0.726700		 6.759601 	B-4 	055240CP8	 998.548972	6.032904		0.726697		 6.759601 	B-5 	055240CQ6	 998.548958	6.032897		0.726693		 6.759590 	R-II 	055240CS2	 000.000000	0.000000		0.000000		 0.000000 CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 			PRINCIPAL		RATES 			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT 	A-1 	962.374561	7.000000%		7.000000% 	A-2	 1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000% 	A-3	 1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000% 	A-4	 1,000.000000 	7.000000%		7.000000% 	A-5		947.570719	6.125000%		6.187500% 	A-6		 0.000000	2.875000%		2.812500% 	A-7		 0.000000	2.933311%			NA 	A-8		 0.000000	5.066689%			NA 	PO		997.307117	0.000000%		0.000000% 	M		997.822272	7.250000%		7.250000% 	B-1		997.822274	7.250000%		7.250000% 	B-2		997.822275	7.250000%		7.250000% 	B-3		997.822274	7.250000%		7.250000% B-4		997.822275	7.250000%		7.250000% B-5		997.822265	7.250000% 7.250000% 	R-II 0.000000	7.250000%		7.250000% 	 Seller:			Bank of America		 	 Administrator: Kelly L. Shea Servicer:			Bank of America		 Bankers Trust Company Lead Underwriter: Morgan Stanley Co. Incorporated 		3 Park Plaza Record Date:		 February 27, 1998			 Irvine, CA 92714 Distribution Date: March 25, 1998		 Factor Information (800)735-7777 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-3 STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS Distribution Date:			March 25, 1998 MORTGAGE POOL INFORMATION: 	Beginning Number of Loans in Pool							 1,211 	Ending Number of Loans in Pool							 1,182 	Beginning Balance of Pool						 	390,594,854.08 	Less:	Scheduled Principal				284,339.35 			Principal Prepayments		 9,606,000.82 			Repurchases						 0.00 			Liquidation						 0.00 			Other Unscheduled Principal			 0.00	(9,890,340.17) 	Ending Balance of Pool								380,704,513.91 	Weighted Average Remaining Term to Maturity						 353 	Weighted Average Mortgage Rate							7.747517% 	Beginning Balance of Premium Mortgage Loans				347,594,984.97 	Stripped Interest Rate									0.302155% 	Current Realized Losses on the Pool							0.00 	Cumulative Realized Losses on the Pool							0.00 Delinquent, Bankruptcy,						 Loans	 Loans	 Loans Foreclosure and REO	 30 to 59 60 to 89 90 Plus in		 in		in Loan Information	 Days	 Days	 Days	 Bankruptcy Foreclosure	REO Principal Balance		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00	 0.00 % of Pool Balance	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.0000% Number of Loans		0		0		0		0		0		0 % of Loans		0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.000% 	Book Value of REO Properties									NA 	Aggregate Recoveries on Previously Foreclosed Loans 		(due to a breach of representation or warranty)			0.00 Servicing Information: 	Services Fees Accrued during the current due period			81,373.93 	Plus:	Additional servicing compensation						0.00 	Less:	Amts. To cover prepayment Int. Shortfall	37,107.95 			Delinquent Services Fees				2,179.29 (39,287.24) 	Servicing Fees Collected for the Current Due Period		 42,086.69 	Advanced Principal										9,062.82 	Advanced Interest									 66,185.86 BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES,INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1997-3 STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS Distribution Date:			March 25, 1998 					Other					Cumulative 		Prepayment	Unscheduled	Certificate	Unpaid	 Cumulative 		Principal		Principal		Interest		Interest		Realized Class	Distributed	Distributed	Shortfall		Shortfall		Losses A-1		8,405,117.78		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-2			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-3			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-4			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-5		1,200,731.12		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-6			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-7			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 A-8			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 PO			 151.92		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 M			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-1			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-2			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-3			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-4			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 B-5			 0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 R-II			 00.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 R-I			 00.00 TOTALS	9,606,000.82		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00 	OTHER REPORTING ITEMS: 	SENIOR PERCENTAGE									95.63% 	SENIOR PREPAYMENT PRECENTAGE						 100.00% 	SUBORDINATE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT			 12,379.58 	HAS THE CREDIT SUPPORT DEPLETION DATE OCCURED		 NO 	BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT								 100,000.00 	FRAUD LOSS AMOUNT								7,811,897.08 	SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT							4,008,051.00 	EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES FOR THE PRIOR PERIOD				 0.00