March 31, 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 1997-2;  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 September 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 1997-2 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 IA-2, Class IA-3, Class IA-4, Class IA-5, Class IA-6, Class IA-7,
     Class IA-8, Class IIA-1, Class IIA-2, Class IIA-3, Class IIA-4, Class
     IIA-5, Class I-X, Class II-X, 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 1997-2.


                           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 27, 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
           September 1, 1997, providing for the issuance of the Mortgage
           Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-2


                             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 October
     27, 1997, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form
     8-K on March 31, 1998.

     Monthly Report to Certificateholders as to distributions made on November
     25, 1997, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form
     8-K on March 31, 1998.

     Monthly Report to Certificateholders as to distributions made on December
     26, 1997, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form
     8-K on March 31, 1998.

     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 31, 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 31, 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 31, 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
                                        September 1, 1997.


          Date:  March 31, 1998         By:  /s/ Judy L. Gomez
                                        Judy L. Gomez
                                        Assistant Vice President


                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

                                                                    Sequential
          Document                                                  Page Number

          Monthly Remittance Statement to the Certificateholders          5
          dated as of October 27, 1997.

          Monthly Remittance Statement to the Certificateholders          13
          dated as of November 25, 1997.

          Monthly Remittance Statement to the Certificateholders          23
          dated as of December 26, 1997.

          Monthly Remittance Statement to the Certificateholders          34
          dated as of January 26, 1998.

          Monthly Remittance Statement to the Certificateholders          44
          dated as of February 25, 1998.

          Monthly Remittance Statement to the Certificateholders          54
          dated as of March 25, 1998.


BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS




DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL	
R		50.00			50.00		0.30	 		0.00
S		59,844,806.00	59,844,806.00	369,042.97		0.00
	T		169,464,304.24	168,123,904.52	696,216.66	1,689,212.93
	U		4,744,326.00	4,744,326.00	0.00			27,733.21
	V		961,465.76	961,465.76	0.00			1,243.59
	W		173,839,660.00 173,839,660.00	1,007,377.74	1,067,310.79
	X		18,147,601.00	18,147,601.00	109,641.75	12,042.71
	Y		0.00			0.00      	115,889.81		0.00
	Z		0.00      	0.00	          53,350.53			0.00
	R-I		50.00		50.00			0.30			50.00


Totals        427,002,263.00 427,002,263.00 2,351,520.06 	2,797,643.23
			


TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	R		50.30	 	0.00			0.00			0.00
	S		369,042.97	0.00			0.00			59,844,806.00
	T		2,385,429.59	0.00			348,813.21	168,123,904.52
	U		27,733.21		0.00			0.00			4,716,592.79
	V		1,243.59	   	0.00			0.00			960,222.17
	W		2,074,688.53	0.00			42,903.53		172,815,252.74
	X		121,684.46	0.00			0.00			18,135,558.29
	Y		115,889.81	0.00			0.00			0.00
	Z		53,350.53 	0.00			0.00			0.00
	R-I		50.30	 	0.00			0.00			0.00

Totals		5,149,163.29	0.00		391,716.74	424,596,336.51


FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	R		      	  1,000.000000	6.000000	1,000.000000	1,006.000000
S		     	  1,000.000000	6.166667	0.000000   	6.166667
	T				1,000.000000	4.108338	9.967957		14.076295
	U				1,000.000000	0.000000	5.845553		5.845553
	V				1,000.000000	0.000000	1.293431		1.293431
	W				1,000.000000	5.794867	6.139628		11.934495
	X				1,000.000000	6.041666	0.663598		6.705264
	Y				    0.000000	0.390351	0.000000		0.390351
	Z				    0.000000	0.507944	0.000000		0.507944
	R-I	055240BU8		1,000.000000	6.000000	1,000.000000	1,006.000000
		  			
			



CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	R		0.000000   	7.250000%		7.250000%
	S	   1,000.000000	7.400000%		7.400000%
	T	   992.090371   	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	U	   994.154447  	0.000000%		0.000000%	
	V	   998.706569		0.000000%		0.000000%	
	W	   994.107172		7.250000%		7.250000%	
	X	   999.336402   	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	Y	   0.0000000000	0.468421%		NA
	Z	   0.0000000000	0.609532%	     NA
	R-I	   0.0000000000	7.100000%		7.100000%	
	


Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: David Co
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           September 30, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   October, 1997       Factor Information  (800)735-7777
BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS


DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		
          IA-1		81,564,177.00	81,564,177.00	241,555.08	47,967.50
	IA-2		59,844,806.00	59,844,806.00	349,094.70	0.00
	IA-3		85,233,602.00	85,233,602.00	525,607.21	316,307.68
	IA-4		8,219,304.00	8,219,304.00	0.00			880,160.97
	IA-5		5,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	30,208.33		3,444.07
	IA-6		26,000,000.00  26,000,000.00	157,083.33	17,909.14
	IA-7		27,666,398.00	27,666,398.00	170,609.45	492,744.28
	IA-8		0.00			0.00			19,948.27	     0.00
	IIA-1	83,225,000.00	83,225,000.00	502,817.71	1,026,966.88
	IIA-2	2,167,000.00	2,167,000.00	0.00			0.00
	IIA-3	4,934,275.00	4,934,275.00	0.00 		0.00
	IIA-4	12,356,079.00  12,356,079.00	74,651.31		0.00
	IIA-5	12,643,921.00	12,643,921.00	76,390.36		0.00
I-X		0.00			0.00			40,561.43		0.00
	II-X		0.00			0.00			53,350.53		0.00
	Totals    408,854,562.00  408,854,562.00  2,241,877.71	2,785,500.52

			TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	IA-1		289,522.58	0.00			298,127.50	81,814,337.00
	IA-2		349,094.70	0.00			0.00			59,844,806.00
	IA-3		841,914.89	0.00			0.00			84,917,294.32
	IA-4		880,160.97	0.00			50,685.71		7,389,828.74
	IA-5		33,652.40		0.00			0.00			4,996,555.93
	IA-6		174,992.47	0.00			0.00			25,982,090.86
	IA-7		663,353.73	0.00			0.00			27,173,653.72
	IA-8		19,948.27		0.00			0.00			0.00
	IIA-1	1,529,784.59	0.00			0.00			82,198,033.12
	IIA-2	0.00			0.00			13,092.29		2,180,092.29
	IIA-3	0.00 		0.00			29,881.24		4,964,086.24
	IIA-4	74,651.31		0.00			0.00			12,356,079.00
	IIA-5	76,390.36		0.00			0.00			12,643,921.00
	I-X		40,561.43		0.00			0.00			0.00
	II-X		53,350.53		0.00			0.00			0.00

Totals		5,027,378.23	0.00		391,716.74		406,460,778.22


FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	IA-1		055240AZ8	  1,000.000000	2.961534	0.588095		3.549629
	IA-2		055240BA2	  1,000.000000 5.833333	0.000000		5.833333
	IA-3		055240BB0	  1,000.000000	6.166667	3.711068		9.877734
	IA-4		055240BC8	  1,000.000000	0.000000	107.084611	107.084611
	IA-5		055240BD6   1,000.000000	6.041666	0.688814		6.730480
	IA-6		055240BE4	  1,000.000000	6.041667	0.688813		6.730480
	IA-7 	055240BF1	  1,000.000000	6.166667	17.810207		23.976874
	IA-8		055240BM6   0.00000000	6.166667	0.000000		6.166667
	IIA-1	055240BG9   1,000.000000	6.166667	12.339644		18.381311
	IIA-2	055240BH7   1,000.000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	IIA-3	055240BJ3	  1,000.000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	IIA-4	055240BK0	  1,000.000000	6.041667	0.000000		6.041667
	IIA-5	055240BL8	  1,000.000000	6.041667	0.000000		6.041667
	I-X		055240BP9	  0.000000	6.041666	0.000000		6.041666
	II-X		055240BQ7	  0.000000	6.041667	0.000000		6.041667
	
 			CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	IA-1		1,003.067033	3.553841%		NA
	IA-2		1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000%
	IA-3		 996.288932	7.400000%		7.400000%
	IA-4		 899.082056	7.400000%		7.400000%
	IA-5		 999.311186	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IA-6		 999.311187	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IA-7		 982.189793	7.400000%		7.400000%
	IA-8		0.000000		7.400000%		7.400000%
	IIA-1	987.660356	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IIA-2	1,006.041666	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IIA-3	1,006.041666	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IIA-4	1,000.000000	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IIA-5	1,000.000000	7.250000%		7.250000%
	I-X		0.000000  	7.250000%		7.250000%
	II-X		0.000000		7.250000%		7.250000%
	


Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: David Co
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           September 30, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   October 27, 1997       Factor Information  (800)735-7777


BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS




DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
M		7,472,539.00	7,472,539.00	45,146.59		4,958.76
B-1		4,910,526.00	4,910,526.00	29,667.76		3,258.61
	B-2		2,135,011.00	2,135,011.00	12,899.02		1,416.79
	B-3		1,494,507.00	1,494,507.00	9,029.31		991.75
	B-4		1,067,505.00	1,067,505.00	6,449.51		708.39
	B-5		1,067,513.00	1,067,513.00	6,449.56		708.41
	R-II		50.00			50.00		0.30		50.00


Totals        18,147,651.00 18,147,651.00 	109,642.05 	12,092.71


TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	M		50,105.35	 	0.00			0.00			7,467,580.24
	B-1		32,926.37		0.00			0.00			4,907,267.39
	B-2		14,315.81		0.00			0.00			2,133,594.21
	B-3		10,021.06		0.00			0.00			1,493,515.25
	B-4		7,157.90		0.00			0.00			1,066,796.61
	B-5		7,157.97		0.00			0.00			1,066,804.59
	R-II		50.30		0.00			0.00			0.00

Totals		121,734.76	0.00		0.00				18,135,558.29


FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	M		055240BR5 1,000.000000	6.041667	0.663598		6.705264
B-1		055240BS3 1,000.000000	6.041666	0.663597		6.705263
	B-2		055240BT1 1,000.000000	6.041664	0.663598		6.705263
	B-3		055240BX2	1,000.000000	6.041665	0.663597		6.705261
	B-4		055240BY0	1,000.000000	6.041667	0.663594		6.705261
	B-5		055240BZ7	1,000.000000	6.041669	0.663608		6.705277
	R-II		055240BV6	1,000.000000	6.000000 1,000.000000	1,006.00000
			

CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	M		999.336402	7.250000%		7.250000%
	B-1		999.336403	7.250000%		7.250000%
	B-2		999.336402	7.250000%		7.250000%
	B-3		999.336403	7.250000%		7.250000%
	B-4		999.336406	7.250000%		7.250000%
	B-5		999.336392	7.250000%		7.250000%
	R-II		  0.000000	7.250000%		7.250000%


Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: David Co
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           September 30, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   October, 1997       Factor Information  (800)735-7777



BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS

Distribution Date: October 27,1997

MORTGAGE POOL INFORMATION:

BEGINNING BALANCE OF POOL				305,791,586.97		121,210,676.56
LESS:	SCEDULED PRINCIPAL				(210,655.02)		(101,721.09)
		PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENTS			(1,207,059.51)		(866,491.40)
		REPURCHASES					0.00					0.00
		LIQUIDATIONS					0.00					0.00
		OTHER UNSCHEDULED PRINCIPAL		0.00					0.00
ENDING BALANCE POOL						304,373,872.44		120,222,464.07

BEGINNING NUMBER OF LOANS IN POOL			960					448
ENDING NUMBER OF LOANS IN POOL			956					444

WEIGHTED AVERAGE REMAINING TERM TO MATURITY	355					336
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NET CONTRACT RATE			7.949362%				7.984337%

CURRENT RELIZED LOSSES ON THE POOL			0.00					0.00
CUMULATIVE REALIZED LOSSES ON THE POOL		0.00					0.00

DELINQUENT, BANKRUPTCY, FORCLOSURE, AND REO LOAN INFORMATION
										LOANS	LOANS	LOANS
			30 TO 59		60 TO 89		90PLUS BANKRUPTCY FORECLOSURE REO
GROUP I		DAYS			DAYS			DAYS
PRINCIPAL BAL	0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
% OF GROUP BAL	0.000%	0.000%		0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.00%
NUMBER OF LOANS
			0			0			0		0		0		0
% OF LOANS	0.000%	0.000%		0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.00%
GROUP II
PRINCIPAL BAL	0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
% OF GROUP BAL	0.000%	0.000%		0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.00%
NUMBER OF LOANS
			0			0			0		0		0		0
% OF LOANS	0.000%	0.000%		0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.00%

GROUP I BOOK VALUE OF REO PROPERTIES								NA
GROUP I BOOK VALUE OF REO PROPERTIES								NA


SERVICING INFORMATION

SERVICING FEES ACCURED DURING THE CURRENT DUE PERIOD	63,706.58		25,252.22
PLUS:	ADDITIONAL SERVICING COMPENSATION				0.00			0.00
LESS:	AMTS. TO COVER PREPAYMENT INT. SHORTFALL		(541.37)		0.00
		DELINQUENT SERVICING FEES					0.00			0.00

SERVICING FEES COLLECED FOR THE CURRENT DUE PERIOD	63,165.21	25,252.22

ADVANCED PRINCIPAL								0.00			0.00
ADVANCED INTEREST								0.00			0.00

BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS

Distribution Date: October 27,1997


						OTHER				CUM.
			PREPAYMENT	UNSCHED.		CERTIF.	UNPAID	CUMUL.
			PRINCIPAL		PRINCIPAL		INT.		INT.		REALIZED
			DIST.		DIST.		SHORTFALL	SHORTFALL	LOSSES
CLASS
CLASS IA-1	33,300.86		0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS IA-2	0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS IA-3	217,112.78	0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS IA-4	604,140.23	0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS IA-5	2,364.00		0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS IA-6	12,292.79		0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS IA-7	338,218.41	0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS IA-8	0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS IIA-1	886,121.32	0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS IIA-2	0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS IIA-3	0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS IIA-4	0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS IIA-5	0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS I-X		0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS II-X	0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS M		0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS B-1		0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS B-2		0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS B-3		0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS B-4		0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00
CLASS B-5		0.00			0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00

TOTALS		2,093,550.38	0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00

OTHER REPORTING ITEMS

GROUP I PERCENTAGE							95.75%
GROUP I PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE					100.00%
GROUP II PERCENTAGE							96.94%
GROUP II PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE					100.00%

SUBORDINATE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT			12,042.71
HAS THE CREDIT SUPPORT DEPLETION DATE OCURRED		NO

BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT								100,000.00
FRAUD LOSS AMOUNT								8,540,045.27
SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT							4,270,023.00
EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES FOR THE PRIOR PERIOD			0.00

GROUP I EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES						0.00
GROUP II EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES						0.00


Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: David Co
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           September 30, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   October 27, 1997       Factor Information  (800)735-7777


BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS




DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
	R		50.00		0.00	          0.00      	0.00  
	S		59,844,806.00	59,844,806.00	369,042.97     0.00
	T		169,464,304.24	168,123,904.52	691,227.51	2,947,288.53
	U		4,744,326.00	4,716,592.79	0.00		     53,831.50  
	V		961,465.76	960,222.17	0.00		     1,351.35  	
	W		173,839,660.00 172,815,252.74	1,000,929.42   2,479,540.25
	X		18,147,601.00	18,135,558.29	109,569.00	12,045.12
	Y		0.00			0.00      	115,084.01	0.00	   
	Z		0.00      	0.00	          52,716.14	     0.00
	R-I		50.00		0.00			0.00	          0.00
	 

Totals        427,002,263.00 424,596,336.51 2,338,569.05 	5,494,056.75
			


TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	R		0.00      	0.00			0.00			0.00
	S		369,042.97	0.00			0.00			59,844,806.00
	T		3,638,516.04	0.00			345,536.56	165,522,152.55	
	U		53,831.50	     0.00			0.00			4,662,761.29
	V		1,351.35   	0.00			0.00			958,870.82 	
	W		3,480,469.67	0.00			43,162.74		170,378,875.23	
	X		121,614.12	0.00			0.00			18,123,513.17	
	Y		115,084.01	0.00			0.00			0.00 	
	Z		52,716.14 	0.00			0.00			0.00 
	R-I		0.00      	0.00			0.00			0.00	

Totals		7,832,625.80	0.00           388,699.30     419,490,979.06 









FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	R		      	  0.000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000	
	S		     	  1,000.000000	6.166667	0.000000   	6.166667	
	T		            992.090371	4.078897	17.391796      21.470693
	U		            994.154447	0.000000	11.346501		11.346501 
	V		            998.706569	0.000000	1.405510	     1.405510	
	W		         	  994.107172	5.757774	14.263375		20.021149
	X			       999.336402	6.037658	0.663731		6.701388
	Y			       0.00000000	0.387637	0.000000		0.387637	
	Z			       0.00000000	0.501904	0.000000		0.501904
	R-I		055240BU8	  0.00000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
		  			
			



CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	R		0.000000   	7.250000%		7.250000%
	S	   1,000.000000	7.400000%		7.400000%
	T	   976.737569   	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	U	   982.807946  	0.000000%		0.000000%	
	V	   997.301058	     0.000000%		0.000000%	
	W	   980.092087	     7.250000%		7.250000%	
	X	   998.672671   	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	Y	   0.0000000000	0.467385%		NA
	Z	   0.0000000000	0.607854%	     NA
	R-I	   0.0000000000	7.100000%		7.100000%	
	











Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           October 31, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   November 25, 1997     Factor Information  (800)735-7777
BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS


DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		
          IA-1      81,564,177.00	81,814,337.00	240,916.58	74,299.21	
	IA-2	     59,844,806.00	59,844,806.00	349,094.70	0.00
	IA-3	     85,233,602.00	84,917,294.32	523,656.65	441,773.02
	IA-4	     8,219,304.00	7,389,828.74	0.00		     2,009,567.73  
	IA-5	     5,000,000.00	4,996,555.93	30,187.53		3,455.11  	
	IA-6	     26,000,000.00  25,982,090.86	156,975.13	17,966.56	   
	IA-7	     27,666,398.00	27,173,653.72	167,570.86   	495,947.78
	IA-8	     0.00	          0.00	          19,948.27	     0.00
	IIA-1	83,225,000.00	82,198,033.12	496,613.12	2,439,002.22
	IIA-2	2,167,000.00	2,180,092.29	0.00	          0.00
	IIA-3	4,934,275.00	4,964,086.24	0.00 	     0.00	  	
	IIA-4	12,356,079.00  12,356,079.00	74,651.31      0.00
	IIA-5	12,643,921.00	12,643,921.00	76,390.36	     0.00 
     I-X	     0.00	          0.00	          40,279.40      0.00 	
	II-X	     0.00	          0.00	     	52,716.14	     0.00
	Totals    408,854,562.00 406,460,778.22 2,229,000.05   5,482,011.63

			TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	IA-1	     315,215.79	0.00			299,965.95	82,040,003.74
	IA-2	     349,094.70	0.00			0.00			59,844,806.00
	IA-3	     965,429.67	0.00			0.00			84,475,521.30	
	IA-4	     2,009,567.73   0.00			45,570.61		5,425,831.62
	IA-5	     33,642.64	     0.00			0.00			4,993,100.82 	
	IA-6	     174,941.69	0.00			0.00			25,964,123.30 	
	IA-7	     663,518.64	0.00			0.00			26,677,705.94	
	IA-8	     19,948.27		0.00	          0.00			0.00 	
	IIA-1	2,935,615.34	0.00			0.00			79,759,030.90 
	IIA-2	0.00      	0.00			13,171.39		2,193,263.68
	IIA-3	0.00 	     0.00			29,991.35      4,994,077.59  
	IIA-4	74,651.31	     0.00			0.00		     12,356,079.00
	IIA-5	76,390.36	     0.00			0.00			12,643,921.00
	I-X	     40,279.40	     0.00			0.00			0.00
	II-X	     52,716.14	     0.00			0.00			0.00
		
Totals		7,711,011.68	0.00           388,699.30     401,367,465.89





FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	IA-1	     055240AZ8	  1,003.067033	2.953706	0.910929		3.864635
	IA-2	     055240BA2	  1,000.000000 5.833333	0.0000000		5.8333333	
	IA-3	     055240BB0	  996.288932	6.143782	5.183085		11.326867	
	IA-4		055240BC8	  899.082056	0.000000	244.493662	244.493662
	IA-5		055240BD6   999.311186	6.037506	0.691022		6.728528	
	IA-6	     055240BE4	  999.311187	6.037505	0.691022		6.728527
	IA-7 	055240BF1	  982.189793	6.056837	17.925997      23.982834
	IA-8		055240BM6   0.00000000	6.166667	0.000000		6.166667	
	IIA-1	055240BG9   987.660356	5.967115	29.306125		35.273239
	IIA-2	055240BH7   1,066.041666	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	IIA-3	055240BJ3	  1,066.041666	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	IIA-4	055240BK0	  1,000.000000	6.041667	0.000000		6.041667
	IIA-5	055240BL8	  1,000.000000	6.041667	0.000000		6.041667	
	I-X		055240BP9	  0.000000	5.999657	0.000000		5.999657	
	II-X		055240BQ7	  0.000000	5.969826	0.000000		5.969826
	
 			CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	IA-1	     1,005.833771	3.533609%		NA
	IA-2	     1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000%
	IA-3      991.105847	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-4      660.132734  	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-5      998.620164	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IA-6      998.620165	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IA-7      964.263795	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-8      0.000000	     7.400000%		7.400000%
	IIA-1     958.354231	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IIA-2     1,012.119834	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IIA-3	1,012.119833   7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IIA-4     1,000.000000	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IIA-5	1,000.000000	7.250000%		7.250000%
	I-X	     0.000000  	7.250000%		7.250000%
	II-X		0.000000       7.250000%		7.250000%
	





Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           October 31, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   November 25, 1997     Factor Information  (800)735-7777
BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS


DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		
          M         7,472,539.00	7,467,580.24	45,116.63 	4,959.75	
	B-1	     4,910,526.00	4,907,267.39	29,648.07 	3,259.27
	B-2	     2,135,011.00	2,133,594.21	12,890.47	     1,417.07
	B-3	     1,494,507.00	1,493,515.25	9,023.32		991.95  
	B-4	     1,067,505.00	1,066,796.61	6,445.23		708.54  	
	B-5	     1,067,513.00   1,066,804.59	6,445.28	     708.54	   
	R-II	     50.00	     0.00      	0.00           0.00
	
	Totals    18,147,651.00  18,135,558.29  109,569.00     12,045.12

			TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	M         50,076.38 	0.00			0.00			7,462,620.49
B-1	     32,907.34  	0.00			0.00			4,904,008.12
	B-2	     14,307.54 	0.00			0.00			2,132,177.14
	B-3	     10,015.27      0.00			0.00			1,492,523.30  
	B-4	     7,153.77	     0.00			0.00			1,066,088.07  	
	B-5	     7,155.82       0.00			0.00			1,066,096.05	  
	R-II	     0.00	          0.00		 	0.00			0.00


Totals	121,614.12	0.00			0.00			18,123,513.17














Seller:			 Bank of America			Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			 Bank of America			Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:			October 31, 1997			Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	    November 25, 1997	Factor Information  (800)735-7777

FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  



  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	M		055240BR5	  999.336402	6.037657	0.663730		6.701388
	B-1		055240BS3	  999.336403   6.037657	0.663731		6.701388	
	B-2		055240BT1	  999.336402	6.037660	0.663730		6.701389	
	B-3		055240BX2	  999.336403	6.037657	0.663731		6.701387 
	B-4		055240BY0   999.336406	6.037658	0.663735		6.701392	
	B-5		055240BZ7	  999.336392	6.037659	0.663730		6.701389	
	R-II		055240BV6	  0.000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	
	
	
 			CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	M		998.672672	7.250000%		7.250000%
	B-1		998.672672	7.250000%		7.250000%
	B-2		998.672672	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	B-3		998.672673	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	B-4		998.672671	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	B-5		998.672663	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	R-II		0.000000		7.250000%		7.250000%
	













Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           October 31, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	  November 25, 1997       Factor Information  (800)735-7777


Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS				GROUP I		GROUP II 

MORTGAGE POOL INFORMATION:

	Beginning Number of Pool					304,373,872.97	120,222,464.07
	
	Less:	Scheduled Principal			    (210,496.45)   (100,075.67)
			Principal Prepayments		    (2,494,813.86)(2,299,972.00)
        		Repurchases					0.00			0.00
			Liquidations					0.00			0.00
			Other Unscheduled Principal		0.00		     0.00

	Ending Balance of Pool					301,668,562.66 117,822,416.40

	Beginning Number of Loans in Pool			956			444
	Ending Number of Loans in Pool			948			436

	Weighted Average Remaining Term to Maturity	352			331	
			 
Weighted Average Net Contract Rate			7.948282%		7.982050%

	Current Realized Losses on the Pool		0.00			0.00		
	Cumulative Realized Losses on the Pool		0.00			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

Group I
Principal Balance		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00	    0.00
  % of Group Balance0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.0000%
Number of Loans		0		0		0		0		0		0
  % of Loans			0.0810%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.000%
Group II
Principal Balance		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00	    0.00
  % of Group Balance0.0000%	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%


	Group I Book Value of REO Properties							NA
	Group II Book Value of REO Properties							NA



Servicing Information:							Group I		Group II

Services Fees Accrued during the current due period	63,411.22		25,046.35
Plus:	Additional servicing compensation			0.00			0.00	
Less:	Amts. To cover prepayment Int. Shortfall    (3,645.20)     (2,966.80)
		Delinquent Services Fees				     0.00	          0.00
Servicing Fees Collected for the Current Due Period	59,766.02		22,079.55

	Advanced Principal							0.00	     	0.00	
	Advanced Interest							0.00		     0.00


































Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           October 31, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   November 25, 1997      Factor Information  (800)735-7777

Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS		

Distribution Date:			November 25, 1997

					Other					Cumulative
		Prepayment	Unscheduled	Certificate	Unpaid	    Cumulative
		Principal		Principal		Interest		Interest		Realized
Class	Distributed	Distributed	Shortfall		Shortfall		Losses
IA-1		   61,390.03		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-2			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-3		  362,183.94		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-4	     1,647,527.39		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-5		    2,832.64		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-6		   14,729.73		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-7	       406,598.66		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-8			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-1	2,299,522.93		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-2		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-3		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-4		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-5		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
I-X			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
II-X			   0.00		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

TOTALS    4,794,785.33	0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00	


	OTHER REPORTING ITEMS:

	GROUP I PERCENTAGE									95.73%
	GROUP I PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE						    100.00%
	GROUP II PERCENTAGE									96.92%
	GROUP II PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE					    100.00%



	SUBORDINATE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT		        12,045.12
	HAS THE CREDIT SUPPORT DEPLETION DATE OCCURRED				NO
	

	

BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT								  100,000.00
	FRAUD LOSS AMOUNT								8,540,045.27
	SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT							4,270,023.00
	EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES FOR THE PRIOR PERIOD				   0.00


	GROUP I EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES							   0.00
	GROUP II EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES							   0.00




































Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           October 31, 1997                Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	  November 25, 1997       Factor Information  (800)735-7777


BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS




DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
	R		50.00		0.00	          0.00      	0.00  
	S		59,844,806.00	59,844,806.00	369,042.97     0.00
	T		169,464,304.24	165,522,152.55	685,444.93	3,240,746.03
	U		4,744,326.00	4,662,761.29	0.00		     60,113.19  
	V		961,465.76	958,870.82	0.00		     1,004.19  	
	W		173,839,660.00 170,378,875.23	985,948.85     2,706,506.33
	X		18,147,601.00	18,123,513.17	109,496.23	12,145.94
	Y		0.00			0.00      	113,378.43	0.00	   
	Z		0.00      	0.00	          51,399.81	     0.00
	R-I		50.00		0.00			0.00	          0.00
	 

Totals        427,002,263.00 419,490,979.06 2,314,711.19 	6,020,515.68
			


TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	R		0.00      	0.00			0.00			0.00
	S		369,042.97	0.00			0.00			59,844,806.00
	T		3,926,190.93	0.00			335,275.03	162,616,681.55	
	U		60,113.19	     0.00			0.00			4,602,648.10
	V		1,004.19   	0.00			0.00			957,866.63 	
	W		3,692,455.18	0.00			43,423.52		167,715,792.42	
	X		121,642.17	0.00			0.00			18,111,367.23	
	Y		113,378.43	0.00			0.00			0.00 	
	Z		51,399.81 	0.00			0.00			0.00 
	R-I		0.00      	0.00			0.00			0.00	

Totals		8,335,226.87	0.00           378,698.55     413,849,161.93 









FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	R		      	  0.000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	S		     	  1,000.000000	6.166667	0.000000   	6.166667	
	T		            976.737569	4.044775	19.123473      23.168247	
	U		            982.807946	0.000000	12.670544		12.670544 
	V		            997.301058	0.000000	1.044437	     1.044437	
	W		         	  980.092087	5.671599	15.568981		21.240580
	X			       998.672671	6.033648	0.669286		6.702934
	Y			       0.00000000	0.381892	0.000000		0.381892	
	Z			       0.00000000	0.489371	0.000000		0.489371
	R-I		055240BU8	  0.00000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
		  			
			



CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	R		0.000000   	7.250000%		7.250000%
	S	   1,000.000000	7.400000%		7.400000%
	T	   959.592536   	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	U	   970.137402  	0.000000%		0.000000%	
	V	   996.256622	     0.000000%		0.000000%	
	W	   964.772897	     7.250000%		7.250000%	
	X	   998.003385   	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	Y	   0.0000000000	0.464699%		NA
	Z	   0.0000000000	0.606501%	     NA
	R-I	   0.0000000000	7.100000%		7.100000%	
	











Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           November 28, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   December 26, 1997     Factor Information  (800)735-7777
BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS


DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		
          IA-1      81,564,177.00	82,040,003.74	239,692.46	80,301.20
	IA-2	     59,844,806.00	59,844,806.00	349,094.70	0.00
	IA-3	     85,233,602.00	84,475,521.30	520,932.38	567,067.79
	IA-4	     8,219,304.00	5,425,831.62	0.00		     2,174,602.56  
	IA-5	     5,000,000.00	4,993,100.82	30,166.65		3,486.23  	
	IA-6	     26,000,000.00  25,964,124.30	156,866.58	18,128.39	   
	IA-7	     27,666,398.00	26,677,705.94	164,512.52   	499,075.68
	IA-8	     0.00	          0.00	          19,948.27	     0.00
	IIA-1	83,225,000.00	79,759,030.90	481,877.48	2,665,707.89
	IIA-2	2,167,000.00	2,193,263.68	0.00	          0.00
	IIA-3	4,934,275.00	4,994,077.59	0.00 	     0.00	  	
	IIA-4	12,356,079.00  12,356,079.00	74,651.31      0.00
	IIA-5	12,643,921.00	12,643,921.00	76,390.36	     0.00 
     I-X	     0.00	          0.00	          39,682.75      0.00 	
	II-X	     0.00	          0.00	     	51,399.81	     0.00
	Totals    408,854,562.00 401,367,465.89 2,205,214.96   6,008,369.74

			TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	IA-1	     319,993.66	0.00			301,815.74	82,261,518.28
	IA-2	     349,094.70	0.00			0.00			59,844,806.00
	IA-3	     1,088,000.17	0.00			0.00			83,908,453.51	
	IA-4	     2,174,602.56   0.00			33,459.29		3,284,688.35
	IA-5	     33,652.88	     0.00			0.00			4,989,614.59 	
	IA-6	     174,994.97	0.00			0.00			25,945,995.91 	
	IA-7	     663,588.20	0.00			0.00			26,178,630.26	
	IA-8	     19,948.27		0.00	          0.00			0.00 	
	IIA-1	3,147,585.39	0.00			0.00			77,093,323.01 
	IIA-2	0.00      	0.00			13,250.97		2,206,514.65
	IIA-3	0.00 	     0.00			30,172.55	     5,024,250.14  
	IIA-4	74,651.31	     0.00			0.00		     12,356,079.00
	IIA-5	76,390.36	     0.00			0.00			12,643,921.00
	I-X	     39,682.44	     0.00			0.00			0.00
	II-X	     51,399.81	     0.00			0.00			0.00
		
Totals		8,213,584.70	0.00           378,698.55     395,737,794.70 





FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	IA-1	     055240AZ8	  1,005.833771	2.938698	0.984516		3.923213
	IA-2	     055240BA2	  1,000.000000 5.833333	0.0000000		5.8333333	
	IA-3	     055240BB0	  991.105847	6.111819	6.653101		12.764921	
	IA-4		055240BC8	  660.132734	0.000000	264.572592	264.572592
	IA-5		055240BD6   998.620164	6.033330	0.697246		6.730576	
	IA-6	     055240BE4	  998.620165	6.033330	0.697246		6.730576
	IA-7 	055240BF1	  964.263795	5.946293	18.039055      23.985349
	IA-8		055240BM6   0.00000000	6.166667	0.000000		6.166667	
	IIA-1	055240BG9   958.354231	5.790057	32.030134		37.820191
	IIA-2	055240BH7   1,012.119834	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	IIA-3	055240BJ3	  1,012.119833	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	IIA-4	055240BK0	  1,000.000000	6.041667	0.000000		6.041667
	IIA-5	055240BL8	  1,000.000000	6.041667	0.000000		6.041667	
	I-X		055240BP9	  0.000000	5.910740	0.000000		5.910740	
	II-X		055240BQ7	  0.000000	5.820758	0.000000		5.820758
	
 			CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	IA-1	     1,008.549602	7.920646%		NA
	IA-2	     1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000%
	IA-3      984.452746	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-4      399.630960  	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-5      997.922918	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IA-6      997.922920	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IA-7      946.224740	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-8      0.000000	     7.400000%		7.400000%
	IIA-1     926.324097	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IIA-2     1,018.234725	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IIA-3	1,018.234723   7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IIA-4     1,000.000000	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IIA-5	1,000.000000	7.250000%		7.250000%
	I-X	     0.000000  	7.250000%		7.250000%
	II-X		0.000000       7.250000%		7.250000%
	





Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           November 28, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   December 26, 1997     Factor Information  (800)735-7777
BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS


DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		
          M         7,472,539.00	7,462,620.49	45,086.67 	5,001.27
	B-1	     4,910,526.00	4,904,008.12	29,628.38 	3,286.55
	B-2	     2,135,011.00	2,132,177.14	12,881.90	     1,428.93
	B-3	     1,494,507.00	1,492,523.30	9,017.33		1,000.25  
	B-4	     1,067,505.00	1,066,088.07	6,440.95		714.47  	
	B-5	     1,067,513.00   1,066,096.05	6,441.00	     714.47	   
	R-II	     50.00	     0.00      	0.00           0.00
	
	Totals    18,147,651.00  18,123,513.17  109,496.23     12,145.94

			TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	M         50,087.94 	0.00			0.00			7,457,619.22
B-1	     32,914.93  	0.00			0.00			4,900,721.57
	B-2	     14,310.83 	0.00			0.00			2,130,748.20
	B-3	     10,017.58	     0.00			0.00			1,491,523.05  
	B-4	     7,155.42	     0.00			0.00			1,065,373.60  	
	B-5	     7,155.47       0.00			0.00			1,065,381.58	   
	R-II	     0.00	          0.00		 	0.00			0.00


Totals	121,642.17	0.00			0.00			18,111,367.23














Seller:			Bank of America			Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America			Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:			November 28, 1998			Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:		December 26, 1998	Factor Information  (800)735-7777
FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  



  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	M		055240BR5	  998.672672	6.033648	0.669287		6.702935
	B-1		055240BS3	  998.672672   6.033647	0.669287		6.702934	
	B-2		055240BT1	  998.672672	6.033646	0.669285		6.702930	
	B-3		055240BX2	  998.672672	6.033649	0.669284		6.702933 
	B-4		055240BY0   998.672671	6.033649	0.669290		6.702938	
	B-5		055240BZ7	  998.672663	6.033650	0.669285		6.702935	
	R-II		055240BV6	  0.000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	
	
	
 			CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	M		998.003385	7.250000%		7.250000%
	B-1		998.003385	7.250000%		7.250000%
	B-2		998.003387	7.250000%		7.250000%
	B-3		998.003388	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	B-4		998.003382	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	B-5		998.003378	7.250000%		7.250000%		
	R-II		0.000000		7.250000%		7.250000%
	













Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           November 28, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   December 26, 1997     Factor Information  (800)735-7777

BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS				GROUP I		GROUP II 

MORTGAGE POOL INFORMATION:

	Beginning Number of Pool					301,668,562.66	117,822,416.40
		
	Less:	Scheduled Principal			    (210,650.48)   (98,741.05)
			Principal Prepayments		    (2,805,001.73)(2,527,423.87)
        		Repurchases					0.00			0.00
			Liquidations					0.00			0.00
			Other Unscheduled Principal		0.00		     0.00

	Ending Balance of Pool					298,652,910.45 115,196,251.48

	Beginning Number of Loans in Pool			948			436
	Ending Number of Loans in Pool			942			426

	Weighted Average Remaining Term to Maturity	351			330	
			 
Weighted Average Net Contract Rate			7.945523%		7.978533%

	Current Realized Losses on the Pool		0.00			0.00		
	Cumulative Realized Losses on the Pool		0.00			0.00	
	
Beginning Balance of Premium Loans			292,778,849.20	101,697,737.12
			
	

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

Group I
Principal Balance		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00	    0.00
  % of Group Balance0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.0000%
Number of Loans		0		0		0		0		0		0
  % of Loans			0.0810%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.000%
Group II
Principal Balance		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00	    0.00
  % of Group Balance0.0000%	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%


	Group I Book Value of REO Properties							NA
	Group II Book Value of REO Properties							NA


Servicing Information:							Group I		Group II

Services Fees Accrued during the current due period	62,847.62		24,546.34
Plus:	Additional servicing compensation			0.00			0.00	
Less:	Amts. To cover prepayment Int. Shortfall    (4,395.03)     (4,519.15)
		Delinquent Services Fees				    (413.86)	    (650.06)
Servicing Fees Collected for the Current Due Period	58,038.73		19,377.13

	Advanced Principal							1,409.10	     2,494.03
	Advanced Interest							12,593.77		20,117.02


































Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           November 28, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   December 26, 1997      Factor Information  (800)735-7777
BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS		

Distribution Date:			December 26, 1998

					Other					Cumulative
		Prepayment	Unscheduled	Certificate	Unpaid	    Cumulative
		Principal		Principal		Interest		Interest		Realized
Class	Distributed	Distributed	Shortfall		Shortfall		Losses
IA-1		   67,505.49		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-2			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-3		  475,851.63		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-4	     1,824,805.07		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-5		    2,925.45		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-6		   15,212.33		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-7	       418,796.45		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-8			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-1	2,527,329.17		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-2		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-3		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-4		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-5		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
I-X			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
II-X			   0.00		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

TOTALS    5,332,425.60		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00


	OTHER REPORTING ITEMS:

	GROUP I PERCENTAGE									95.69%
	GROUP I PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE						    100.00%
	GROUP II PERCENTAGE									96.85%
	GROUP II PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE					    100.00%



	SUBORDINATE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT		        12,145.94
	HAS THE CREDIT SUPPORT DEPLETION DATE OCCURRED				NO
	

	
BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT								  100,000.00
	FRAUD LOSS AMOUNT								8,540,045.27
	SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT							4,270,023.00
	EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES FOR THE PRIOR PERIOD				   0.00


	GROUP I EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES							   0.00
	GROUP II EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES							   0.00





































Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           November 28, 1997                Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   December 26, 1997     Factor Information  (800)735-7777


BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS




DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
	R		50.00		0.00	          0.00      	0.00 
	S		59,844,806.00	59,844,806.00	369,042.97     0.00
	T		169,464,304.24	162,616,681.55	678,870.35	6,400,081.88
	U		4,744,326.00	4,602,648.10	0.00		     125,713.42  
	V		961,465.76	957,866.63	0.00		     1,173.18  	
	W		173,839,660.00 167,715,792.42	969,597.05     2,515,647.38
	X		18,147,601.00	18,111,367.23	109,422.85	13,530.36
	Y		0.00			0.00      	111,629.38	0.00	   
	Z		0.00      	0.00	          49,727.03	     0.00
	R-I		50.00		0.00			0.00	          0.00
	 

Totals        427,002,263.00 413,849,161.93 2,288,289.63 	9,056,146.22
			


TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	R		0.00      	0.00			0.00			0.00
	S		369,042.97	0.00			0.00			59,844,806.00
	T		7,078,952.23	0.00			323,932.52	156,540,532.19	
	U		125,713.42	0.00			0.00			4,476,934.68
	V		1,173.18   	0.00			0.00			956,693.45 	
	W		3,485,244.43	0.00			43,685.87		165,243,830.91 
	X		122,953.21	0.00			0.00			18,097,836.87	
	Y		111,629.38	0.00			0.00			0.00 	
	Z		49,727.03 	0.00			0.00			0.00 
	R-I		0.00      	0.00			0.00			0.00	

Totals		11,344,435.85	0.00           367,618.39     405,160,634.10









FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	R		      	  0.000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	S		     	  1,000.0000	6.166667	0.000000   	6.166667	
	T		            959.592536	4.005978	37.766549      41.772527	
	U		            970.137402	0.000000	26.497635		26.497635 
	V		            996.256622	0.000000	1.220199	     1.220199	
	W		         	  964.772897	5.577537	14.471079		20.048615	
	X			       998.003385	6.029604	0.745573		6.775177
	Y			       0.00000000	0.376001	0.000000		0.376001	
	Z			       0.00000000	0.473445	0.000000		0.473445
	R-I		055240BU8	  0.00000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
		  			
			



CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	R		0.000000   	7.250000%		7.250000%
	S	   1,000.000000	7.400000%		7.400000%
	T	   923.737497   	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	U	   943.639767  	0.000000%		0.000000%	
	V	   995.036442	     0.000000%		0.000000%	
	W	   950.553118	     7.250000%		7.250000%	
	X	   997.257812   	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	Y	   0.0000000000	0.462279%		NA
	Z	   0.0000000000	0.602206%	     NA
	R-I	   0.0000000000	7.100000%		7.100000%	
	











Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           December 31, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	    January 26, 1998     Factor Information  (800)735-7777
BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS


DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		
          IA-1      81,564,177.00	82,261,518.28	234,439.70	338,405.13
	IA-2	     59,844,806.00	59,844,806.00	349,094.70	0.00
	IA-3	     85,233,602.00	83,908,453.51	517,435.46	1,048,403.67
	IA-4	     8,219,304.00	3,284,688.35	0.00		     3,284,688.35  
	IA-5	     5,000,000.00	4,989,614.59	30,145.59		3,526.41  	
	IA-6	     26,000,000.00  25,945,995.91	156,757.06	18,337.34	   
	IA-7	     27,666,398.00	26,178,630.26	161,434.89   	1,874,876.03
	IA-8	     0.00	          0.00	          19,948.27	     0.00
	IIA-1	83,225,000.00	77,093,323.01	465,772.16	2,474,378.93
	IIA-2	2,167,000.00	2,206,514.65	0.00	          0.00
	IIA-3	4,934,275.00	5,024,250.14	0.00 	     0.00	  	
	IIA-4	12,356,079.00  12,356,079.00	74,651.31      0.00
	IIA-5	12,643,921.00	12,643,921.00	76,390.36	     0.00 
     I-X	     0.00	          0.00	          39,070.25      0.00 	
	II-X	     0.00	          0.00	     	49,727.03	     0.00
	Totals    408,854,562.00 395,737,794.70 2,178,866.78   9,042,615.86

			TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	IA-1	     576,844.83	0.00			303,676.94	82,226,790.09
	IA-2	     349,094.70	0.00			0.00			59,844,806.00
	IA-3	     1,565,839.13	0.00			0.00			82,860,049.84	
	IA-4	     3,284,688.35   0.00			20,255.58		20,255.58
	IA-5	     33,672.00	     0.00			0.00			4,986,088.18 	
	IA-6	     175,094.40	0.00			0.00			25,927,658.57 	
	IA-7	     2,036,310.92	0.00			0.00			24,303,754.23	
	IA-8	     19,948.27		0.00	          0.00			0.00 	
	IIA-1	2,940,151.09	0.00			0.00			74,618,944.08 
	IIA-2	0.00      	0.00			13,331.03		2,219,845.68
	IIA-3	0.00 	     0.00			30,354.84	     5,054,604.98  
	IIA-4	74,651.31	     0.00			0.00		     12,356,079.00
	IIA-5	76,390.36	     0.00			0.00			12,643,921.00
	I-X	     39,070.25	     0.00			0.00			0.00
	II-X	     49,727.03	     0.00			0.00			0.00
		
Totals		11,221,482.64	0.00           367,618.39     387,062,797.23 





FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	IA-1	     055240AZ8	  1,008.549602	2.923339	4.148943		7.072282
	IA-2	     055240BA2	  1,000.000000 5.833333	0.0000000		5.8333333	
	IA-3	     055240BB0	  984.452746	6.070792	12.300356		18.371148	
	IA-4		055240BC8	  399.630960	0.000000	399.630960	399.630960
	IA-5		055240BD6   1,000.000000	7.209560	0.000000		6.705665	
	IA-6	     055240BE4	  997.922918	6.029118	0.705282		6.734400	
	IA-7 	055240BF1	  946.224740	5.835053	67.767262      73.602314
	IA-8		055240BM6   0.000000	6.166667	0.000000		6.166667	
	IIA-1	055240BG9   926.324097	5.596541	29.731198		35.327739
	IIA-2	055240BH7   1,018.234725	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	IIA-3	055240BJ3	  1,018.234723	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	IIA-4	055240BK0	  1,000.000000	6.041667	0.000000		6.041667
	IIA-5	055240BL8	  1,000.000000	6.041667	0.000000		6.041667	
	I-X		055240BP9	  0.000000	5.819553	0.000000		5.819553	
	II-X		055240BQ7	  0.000000	5.631325	0.000000		5.631325
	
 			CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	IA-1	     1,008.123825	7.908193%		NA
	IA-2	     1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000%
	IA-3      972.152389	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-4      2.464391  	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-5      997.217636	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IA-6      997.217637	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IA-7      878.457478	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-8      0.000000	     7.400000%		7.400000%
	IIA-1     896.592900	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IIA-2     1,024.386562	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IIA-3	1,024.3865557  7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IIA-4     1,000.000000	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IIA-5	1,000.000000	7.250000%		7.250000%
	I-X	     0.000000  	7.250000%		7.250000%
	II-X		0.000000       7.250000%		7.250000%
	





Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           December 31, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   January 26, 1998       Factor Information  (800)735-7777
BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS


DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		
          M         7,472,539.00	7,457,619.22	45,056.45 	5,571.32
	B-1	     4,910,526.00	4,900,721.57	29,608.53 	3,661.16
	B-2	     2,135,011.00	2,130,748.21	12,873.27	     1,591.81
	B-3	     1,494,507.00	1,491,523.05	9,011.29		1,114.26  
	B-4	     1,067,505.00	1,065,373.60	6,436.63		795.90  	
	B-5	     1,067,513.00   1,065,381.58	6,436.68	     795.91	   
	R-II	     50.00	     0.00      	0.00           0.00
	
	Totals    18,147,651.00  18,111,367.23  109,422.85     13,530.36

			TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	M         50,627.77 	0.00			0.00			7,452,047.90
B-1	     33,269.69  	0.00			0.00			4,897,060.41
	B-2	     14,465.08 	0.00			0.00			2,129,156.40
	B-3	     10,125.55	     0.00			0.00			1,490,408.79  
	B-4	     7,232.53	     0.00			0.00			1,064,577.70  	
	B-5	     7,232.59       0.00			0.00			1,064,585.67	   
	R-II	     0.00	          0.00		 	0.00			0.00


Totals	122,953.21	0.00			0.00			18,097,836.87














Seller:			Bank of America			Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America			Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:			December 31, 1998			Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:		January 26, 1998	Factor Information  (800)735-7777
BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS				GROUP I		GROUP II 

MORTGAGE POOL INFORMATION:

	Beginning Number of Pool					298,652,910.45	115,196,251.48
		
	Less:	Scheduled Principal			    (211,095.24)   (97,857.93)
			Principal Prepayments		    (6,041,421.66)(2,338,153.00)
        		Repurchases					0.00			0.00
			Liquidations					0.00			0.00
			Other Unscheduled Principal		0.00		     0.00

	Ending Balance of Pool					292,400,393.55 112,760,240.55

	Beginning Number of Loans in Pool			942			426
	Ending Number of Loans in Pool			925			421

	Weighted Average Remaining Term to Maturity	353			336
			 
Weighted Average Net Contract Rate			7.942999%		7.972067%

	Current Realized Losses on the Pool		0.00			0.00		
	Cumulative Realized Losses on the Pool		0.00			0.00	
	
Beginning Balance of Premium Loans			289,771,746.12	99,089,727.44
			
	Stripped Interest Rate					0.462279%		0.602206%

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

Group I
Principal Balance		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00	    0.00
  % of Group Balance0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.0000%
Number of Loans		0		0		0		0		0		0
  % of Loans			0.0810%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.000%
Group II
Principal Balance		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00	    0.00
  % of Group Balance0.0000%	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%


	Group I Book Value of REO Properties							NA
	Group II Book Value of REO Properties							NA


Servicing Information:							Group I		Group II

Services Fees Accrued during the current due period	62,219.35		23,999.22
Plus:	Additional servicing compensation			0.00			0.00	
Less:	Amts. To cover prepayment Int. Shortfall    (3,423.67)    (4,848.65)
		Delinquent Services Fees				    (390.02)	     376.54
Servicing Fees Collected for the Current Due Period	58,405.66		19,527.11

	Advanced Principal							1,270.68	     1,359.21
	Advanced Interest							12,301.19		11,703.55


































Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           December 31, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   January 26, 1998       Factor Information  (800)735-7777
BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS		

Distribution Date:			January 26, 1998

					Other					Cumulative
		Prepayment	Unscheduled	Certificate	Unpaid	    Cumulative
		Principal		Principal		Interest		Interest		Realized
Class	Distributed	Distributed	Shortfall		Shortfall		Losses
IA-1		  311,545.17		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-2			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-3		  964,308.99		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-4	     3,021,216.56		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-5		    3,243.55		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-6		   16,866.46		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-7	     1,724,488.27		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-8			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-1	2,337,905.66		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-2		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-3		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-4		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-5		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
I-X			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
II-X			   0.00		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

TOTALS    8,379,574.66		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00


	OTHER REPORTING ITEMS:

	GROUP I PERCENTAGE									95.56%
	GROUP I PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE						    100.00%
	GROUP II PERCENTAGE									95.51%
	GROUP II PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE					    100.00%



	SUBORDINATE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT		        13,530.36
	HAS THE CREDIT SUPPORT DEPLETION DATE OCCURRED				NO
	

	
BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT								  100,000.00
	FRAUD LOSS AMOUNT								8,540,045.27
	SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT							4,270,023.00
	EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES FOR THE PRIOR PERIOD				   0.00


	GROUP I EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES							   0.00
	GROUP II EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES							   0.00





































Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           December 31, 1997                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   January 26, 1998       Factor Information  (800)735-7777


BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS




DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
	R		50.00		0.00	          0.00      	0.00 
	S		59,844,806.00	59,844,806.00	369,042.97     0.00
	T		169,464,304.24	156,540,532.19	660,843.46	6,420,848.10
	U		4,744,326.00	4,476,934.68	0.00		     126,545.33  
	V		961,465.76	956,693.45	0.00		     31,606.84  	
	W		173,839,660.00 165,243,830.91	954,398.34     2,684,668.43
	X		18,147,601.00	18,097,836.87	109,341.09	13,655.26
	Y		0.00			0.00      	108,323.81	0.00	   
	Z		0.00      	0.00	          47,983.20	     0.00
	R-I		50.00		0.00			0.00	          0.00
	 

Totals        427,002,263.00 405,160,634.10 2,249,932.87 	9,277,323.96
			


TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	R		0.00      	0.00			0.00			0.00
	S		369,042.97	0.00			0.00			59,844,806.00
	T		7,081,691.56	0.00			304,489.82	150,424,173.91	
	U		126,545.33	0.00			0.00			4,350,389.35
	V		31,606.84   	0.00			0.00			925,086.61 	
	W		3,639,066.77	0.00			43,949.81		162,603,112.29 
	X		122,996.35	0.00			0.00			18,084,181.61	
	Y		108,323.81	0.00			0.00			0.00 	
	Z		47,983.20 	0.00			0.00			0.00 
	R-I		0.00      	0.00			0.00			0.00	

Totals		11,527,256.83	0.00           348,439.63     396,231,749.77 









FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	R		      	  0.000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	S		     	  1,000.000000	6.166667	0.000000   	6.166667	
	T		            923.737497	3.899603	37.889089      41.788692	
	U		            943.639767	0.000000	26.672984		26.672984 
	V		            995.036422	0.000000	32.873599	     32.873599	
	W		         	  950.553118	5.490107	15.443360		20.933467	
	X			       997.257812	6.025099	0.752455		6.777554
	Y			       0.00000000	0.364867	0.000000		0.364867	
	Z			       0.00000000	0.456842	0.000000		0.456842
	R-I		055240BU8	  0.00000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
		  			
			



CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	R		0.000000   	7.250000%		7.250000%
	S	   1,000.000000	7.400000%		7.400000%
	T	   887.645186   	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	U	   916.966783  	0.000000%		0.000000%	
	V	   962.162823	     0.000000%		0.000000%	
	W	   935.362577	     7.250000%		7.250000%	
	X	   996.505357   	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	Y	   0.0000000000	0.458468%		NA
	Z	   0.0000000000	0.595608%	     NA
	R-I	   0.0000000000	7.100000%		7.100000%	
	






Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           January 27, 1998                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   February 25, 1998     Factor Information  (800)735-7777





BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS


DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		
          IA-1      81,564,177.00	82,226,790.09	236,173.82	817,803.60
	IA-2	     59,844,806.00	59,844,806.00	349,094.70	0.00
	IA-3	     85,233,602.00	82,860,049.84	510,970.31	418,807.01
	IA-4	     8,219,304.00	20,255.58	     0.00		     20,380.49  
	IA-5	     5,000,000.00	4,986,088.18	30,124.28		3,562.75  	
	IA-6	     26,000,000.00  25,927,658.57	156,646.27	18,526.30	   
	IA-7	     27,666,398.00	24,303,754.23	149,873.15     5,341,613.84
	IA-8	     0.00	          0.00	          19,948.27	     0.00
	IIA-1	83,225,000.00	74,618,944.08	450,822.79	2,642,974.71
	IIA-2	2,167,000.00	2,219,845.68	0.00	          0.00
	IIA-3	4,934,275.00	5,054,604.98	0.00 	     0.00	  	
	IIA-4	1,000,079.00  12,356,079.00	74,651.31      0.00
	IIA-5	12,643,921.00	12,643,921.00	76,390.36	     0.00 
     I-X	     0.00	          0.00	          37,913.32      0.00 	
	II-X	     0.00	          0.00	     	47,198.74	     0.00
	Totals    408,854,562.00 387,062,797.23 2,140,591.78   9,263,668.70

			TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	IA-1	     1,053,977.42	0.00			304,364.91	81,713,351.40
	IA-2	     349,094.70	0.00			0.00			59,844,806.00
	IA-3	     929,777.32	0.00			0.00			82,441,242.83	
	IA-4	     20,380.49      0.00			124.91		0.00
	IA-5	     33,687.03	     0.00			0.00			4,982,525.43 	
	IA-6	     175,172.57	0.00			0.00			25,909,132.27 	
	IA-7	     5,491,486.99	0.00			0.00			18,962,140.39	
	IA-8	     19,948.27		0.00	          0.00			0.00 	
	IIA-1	3,093,797.50	0.00			0.00			71,975,969.37 
	IIA-2	0.00      	0.00			13,411.57		2,233,257.25
	IIA-3	0.00 	     0.00			30,538.24	     5,085,143.22  
	IIA-4	74,651.31	     0.00			0.00		     12,356,079.00
	IIA-5	76,390.36	     0.00			0.00			12,643,921.00
	I-X	     37,913.32	     0.00			0.00			0.00
	II-X	     47,983.20	     0.00			0.00			0.00
		
Totals		11,404,260.48	0.00           348,439.63     378,147,568.16 





FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	IA-1	     055240AZ8	  1,008.123825	2.895558	10.026505		12.922063	
	IA-2	     055240BA2	  1,000.000000 5.833333	0.0000000		5.8333333	
	IA-3	     055240BB0	  972.152389	5.994940	4.913637		10.908577
	IA-4		055240BC8	  2.464391	0.000000	2.479588		2.479588 
	IA-5		055240BD6   997.217636	6.024856	0.712550		6.737406	
	IA-6	     055240BE4	  997.217637	6.024857	0.712550		6.737407	
	IA-7 	055240BF1	  878.457478	5.417154	193.07255     198.489409
	IA-8		055240BM6   0.000000	6.166667	0.000000		6.166667	
	IIA-1	055240BG9   864.592900	5.416915	31.756981		37.173896
	IIA-2	055240BH7   1,024.386562	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	IIA-3	055240BJ3	  1,024.386557	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	IIA-4	055240BK0	  1,000.000000	6.041667	0.000000		6.041667
	IIA-5	055240BL8	  1,000.000000	6.041667	0.000000		6.041667	
	I-X		055240BP9	  0.000000	5.647227	0.000000		5.647227	
	II-X		055240BQ7	  0.000000	5.433845	0.000000		5.433845
	
 			CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	IA-1	     1,001.828921	7.888505%		NA
	IA-2	     1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000%
	IA-3      967.238752	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-4      0.000000  	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-5      996.505086	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IA-6      996.50587  	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IA-7      685.385224	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-8      0.000000	     7.400000%		7.400000%
	IIA-1     864.835919	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IIA-2     1,030.575565	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IIA-3	1,030.575560   7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IIA-4     1,000.000000	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IIA-5	1,000.000000	7.250000%		7.250000%
	I-X	     0.000000  	7.250000%		7.250000%
	II-X		0.000000       7.250000%		7.250000%
	




Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           January 30, 1998                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   February 25, 1998     Factor Information  (800)735-7777

BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS


DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		
          M         7,472,539.00	7,452,047.90	45,022.79 	5,622.75
	B-1	     4,910,526.00	4,897,060.41	29,586.41 	3,694.95
	B-2	     2,135,011.00	2,129,156.40	12,863.65	     1,606.50
	B-3	     1,494,507.00	1,490,408.79	9,004.55		1,124.55  
	B-4	     1,067,505.00	1,064,577.70	6,431.82		803.25  	
	B-5	     1,067,513.00   1,064,585.67	6,431.87	     803.26	   
	R-II	     50.00	     0.00      	0.00           0.00
	
	Totals    18,147,651.00  18,097,836.87  109,341.09     13,655.26

			TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	M         50,645.54 	0.00			0.00			7,446,425.15
B-1	     33,281.36  	0.00			0.00			4,893,365.46
	B-2	     14,470.15 	0.00			0.00			2,127,549.90
	B-3	     10,129.10	     0.00			0.00			1,489,284.24  
	B-4	     7,235.07	     0.00			0.00			1,063,774.45  	
	B-5	     7,235.13       0.00			0.00			1,063,782.41	   
	R-II	     0.00	          0.00		 	0.00			0.00


Totals	122,996.35	0.00			0.00			18,084,181.61








Seller:			Bank of America			Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America			Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:			January 30, 1998			Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:		February 25, 1998	Factor Information  (800)735-7777






FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  



  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	M		055240BR5	  997.257813	6.025099	0.752455		6.777554
	B-1		055240BS3	  997.257811   6.025100	0.752455		6.777555	
	B-2		055240BT1	  997.257813	6.025098	0.752455		6.777553	
	B-3		055240BX2	  997.257818	6.025097	0.752455		6.777553 
	B-4		055240BY0   997.257811	6.025096	0.752455		6.777551	
	B-5		055240BZ7	  997.257804	6.025098	0.752459		6.777557	
	R-II		055240BV6	  0.000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	
	
	
 			CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	M		996.505358	7.250000%		7.250000%
	B-1		996.505356	7.250000%		7.250000%
	B-3		996.505363	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	B-4		996.505356	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	B-5		996.505345	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	R-II		0.000000		7.250000%		7.250000%
	













Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           January 30, 1998                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   February 25, 1998     Factor Information  (800)735-7777




BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS				GROUP I		GROUP II 

MORTGAGE POOL INFORMATION:

	Beginning Number of Pool					292,400,393.55	112,760,240.55
		
	Less:	Scheduled Principal			    (208,953.21)   (96,514.39)
			Principal Prepayments		    (6,085,116.02)(2,538,300.71)
        		Repurchases					0.00			0.00
			Liquidations					0.00			0.00
			Other Unscheduled Principal		0.00		     0.00

	Ending Balance of Pool					286,106,324.32 110,125,425.45

	Beginning Number of Loans in Pool			925			421
	Ending Number of Loans in Pool			907			414

	Weighted Average Remaining Term to Maturity	352			334
			 
Weighted Average Net Contract Rate			7.938911%		7.963769%

	Current Realized Losses on the Pool		0.00			0.00		
	Cumulative Realized Losses on the Pool		0.00			0.00	
	
Beginning Balance of Premium Loans			283,528,433.87	96,674,108.61
			
	Stripped Interest Rate					0.458468%		0.595608%

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

Group I
Principal Balance	0.00			0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00	    0.00
  % of Group Balance0.0000%	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%
Group II
Principal Balance		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00	    0.00
  % of Group Balance0.0000%	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%


	Group I Book Value of REO Properties							NA
	Group II Book Value of REO Properties							NA


Servicing Information:							Group I		Group II

Services Fees Accrued during the current due period	60,916.75		23,491.71
Plus:	Additional servicing compensation			0.00			0.00	
Less:	Amts. To cover prepayment Int. Shortfall    (166.76)    (7,793.44)
		Delinquent Services Fees				    (1,198.85)	     1398.54
Servicing Fees Collected for the Current Due Period	59,551.14		17,096.81

	Advanced Principal							4,140.33		5,327.57
	Advanced Interest							36,784.17		43,266.92

































Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           January 27, 1998                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   February 25, 1998     Factor Information  (800)735-7777
BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS		

Distribution Date:			February 25, 1998

					Other					Cumulative
		Prepayment	Unscheduled	Certificate	Unpaid	   Cumulative
		Principal		Principal		Interest		Interest		Realized
Class	Distributed	Distributed	Shortfall		Shortfall		Losses
IA-1		  782,456.86		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-2			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-3		  384,047.12		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-4		  18,731.74		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-5		    3,274.53		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-6		   17,027.55		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-7	     4,909,484.78		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-8			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-1	2,507,590.08		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-2		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-3		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-4		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-5		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
I-X			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
II-X			   0.00		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

TOTALS    8,623,416.73		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00


	OTHER REPORTING ITEMS:

	GROUP I PERCENTAGE									95.56%
	GROUP I PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE						    100.00%
	GROUP II PERCENTAGE									95.41%
	GROUP II PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE					    100.00%



	SUBORDINATE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT		        13,655.26
	HAS THE CREDIT SUPPORT DEPLETION DATE OCCURRED				NO
	

	
BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT								  100,000.00
	FRAUD LOSS AMOUNT								8,540,045.27
	SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT							4,270,023.00
	EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES FOR THE PRIOR PERIOD				   0.00


	GROUP I EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES							   0.00
	GROUP II EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES							   0.00





































Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           January 27, 1998                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   February 25, 1998     Factor Information  (800)735-7777


BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS




DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
	R		50.00		0.00	          0.00      	0.00
  	S		59,844,806.00	59,844,806.00	369,042.97     0.00
	T		169,464,304.24	150,424,173.91	625,320.86	19,586,848.13
	U		4,744,326.00	4,350,389.35	0.00		     398,990.72  
	V		961,465.76	925,086.61	1,049.66		1,049.66  	
	W		173,839,660.00 162,603,112.29	938,178.47     6,729,163.81
	X		18,147,601.00	18,084,181.61	13,176.75		122,435.35
	Y		0.00			0.00      	105,335.81	0.00	   
	Z		0.00      	0.00	          47,198.74	     0.00
	R-I		50.00		0.00			0.00	          0.00
	 

Totals        427,002,263.00 396,231,749.77 2,194,335.45 	26,729,229.07
			


TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	R		0.00      	0.00			0.00			0.00
	S		369,042.97	0.00			0.00			59,844,806.00
	T		20,212,168.99	0.00			302,294.88	131,139,620.66	
	U		398,990.72	0.00			0.00			3,951,398.63
	V		1,049.66   	0.00			0.00			924,036.95 	
	W		7,667,342.28	0.00			44,215.34		155,918,163.82 
	X		122,435.35	0.00			0.00			18,071,004.86	
	Y		105,335.81	0.00			0.00			0.00 	
	Z		47,198.74 	0.00			0.00			0.00 
	R-I		0.00      	0.00			0.00			0.00	

Totals		28,923,564.52	0.00           346,510.22     369,849,030.92

 







FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	R		      	  0.000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	S		     	  1,000.000000	6.166667	115.580967	119.270953
	T		            916.966783	0.000000	84.098504      84.098504	
	U		            916.966783	0.000000	84.098504		84.098504 
	V		            962.162823	0.000000	1.091729	     1.091729	
	W		         	  935.362577	5.396803	38.709025		44.105829	
	X			       996.505357	6.020553	0.726088		6.746641
	Y			       0.00000000	0.354802	0.000000		0.354802	
	Z			       0.00000000	0.449373	0.000000		0.000000
	R-I		055240BU8	  0.00000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
		  			
			



CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	R		0.000000   	7.250000%		7.250000%
	S	   1,000.000000	7.400000%		7.400000%
	T	   773.84804600	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	U	   832.00000000  	0.000000%		0.000000%	
	V	   961.07109400	0.000000%		0.000000%	
	W	   896.00000000	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	X	   995.77926900	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	Y	   0.0000000000	0.455928%		NA
	Z	   0.0000000000	0.0597334%	NA
	R-I	   0.0000000000	7.100000%		7.100000%	
	






Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           February 27, 1998                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   March 25, 1998       Factor Information  (800)735-7777





BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS


DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		
          IA-1      81,564,177.00	81,713,351.40	234,113.19	2,377,574.97
	IA-2	     59,844,806.00	59,844,806.00	349,094.70	0.00
	IA-3	     85,233,602.00	82,441,242.83	508,387.66	4,984,242.32
	IA-4	     8,219,304.00	0.00	          0.00		     0.00  
	IA-5	     5,000,000.00	4,982,525.43	30,102.76		3,425.57  	
	IA-6	     26,000,000.00  25,909,132.27	156,534.34	17,812.94	   
	IA-7	     27,666,398.00	18,962,140.39	116,933.20     12,643,921.00
	IA-8	     0.00	          0.00	          19,948.27	     0.00
	IIA-1	83,225,000.00	71,975,969.37	434,854.81	6,689,075.52
	IIA-2	2,167,000.00	2,233,257.25	0.00	          0.00
	IIA-3	4,934,275.00	5,085,143.22	0.00 	     0.00	  	
	IIA-4	12,356,079.00  12,356,079.00	74,651.31      0.00
	IIA-5	12,643,921.00	12,643,921.00	76,390.36	     0.00 
     I-X	     0.00	          0.00	          36,867.51      0.00 	
	II-X	     0.00	          0.00	     	47,198.74	     0.00
	Totals    408,854,562.00 378,147,568.16 2,085,076.85   26,716,052.32

			TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	IA-1	     2,611,688.16	0.00			302,294.88	79,638,071.31
	IA-2	     349,094.70	0.00			0.00			59,844,806.00
	IA-3	     5,492,629.98	0.00			0.00			77,457,000.51	
	IA-4	     0.00      	0.00			0.00			0.00
	IA-5	     33,528.33	     0.00			0.00			4,979,099.86 	
	IA-6	     174,347.28	0.00			0.00			25,891,319.33 	
	IA-7	     12,760,854.20	0.00			0.00			6,318,219.39	
	IA-8	     19,948.27		0.00	          0.00			0.00 	
	IIA-1	7,123,930.33	0.00			0.00			65,286,893.85 
	IIA-2	0.00      	0.00			13,492.60		2,246,749.85
	IIA-3	0.00 	     0.00			30,722.74	     5,115,865.96  
	IIA-4	74,651.31	     0.00			0.00		     12,356,079.00
	IIA-5	76,390.36	     0.00			0.00			12,643,921.00
	I-X	     36,867.51	     0.00			0.00			0.00
	II-X	     47,198.74	     0.00			0.00			0.00
		
Totals		28,801,129.17	0.00           346,510.22     351,778,026.06  





FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	IA-1	     055240AZ8	  1,001.828921	2.870294	29.149745		32.020039
	IA-2	     055240BA2	  1,000.000000 5.833333	0.0000000		5.8333333	
	IA-3	     055240BB0	  967.238752	5.964639	58.477434		64.442073	
	IA-4		055240BC8	  0.000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.0000000 
	IA-5		055240BD6   1,000.000000	7.209560	0.000000		6.705665	
	IA-6	     055240BE4	  996.505087	6.020552	0.685113		6.705665	
	IA-7 	055240BF1	  685.385224	4.226542	457.013631     461.240173
	IA-8		055240BM6   0.000000	6.166667	0.000000		6.166667	
	IIA-1	055240BG9   864.835919	5.225050	80.373392		85.598442
	IIA-2	055240BH7   1,030.575565	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	IIA-3	055240BJ3	  1,030.575560	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	IIA-4	055240BK0	  1,000.000000	6.041667	0.000000		6.041667
	IIA-5	055240BL8	  1,000.000000	6.041667	0.000000		6.041667	
	I-X		055240BP9	  0.000000	5.491453	0.000000		5.491453	
	II-X		055240BQ7	  0.000000	5.345009	0.000000		5.345009
	
 			CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	IA-1	     976.385397	7.877411%		NA
	IA-2	     1,000.000000	7.000000%		7.000000%
	IA-3      908.761318	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-4      0.000000  	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-5      995.819972	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IA-6      995.819974	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IA-7      228.371593	7.400000%		7.400000%	
	IA-8      0.000000	     7.400000%		7.400000%
	IIA-1     784.462527	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IIA-2     1,036.801961	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IIA-3	1,036.801954   7.250000%		7.250000%	
	IIA-4     1,000.000000	7.250000%		7.250000%
	IIA-5	1,000.000000	7.250000%		7.250000%
	I-X	     0.000000  	7.250000%		7.250000%
	II-X		0.000000       7.250000%		7.250000%
	

Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           February 27, 1998                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   March 25, 1998       Factor Information  (800)735-7777
                      




BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS


DISTRIBUTIONS IN DOLLARS	
	CLASS 	FACE VALUE	BALANCE		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL		
          M         7,472,539.00	7,446,425.15	44,988.82 	5,425.72
	B-1	     4,910,526.00	4,893,365.46	29,564.08 	3,565.47
	B-2	     2,135,011.00	2,127,549.90	12,853.95	     1,550.21
	B-3	     1,494,507.00	1,489,284.24	8,997.76		1,085.14  
	B-4	     1,067,505.00	1,063,774.45	6,426.97		775.10  	
	B-5	     1,067,513.00   1,063,782.41	6,427.02	     775.11	   
	R-II	     50.00	     0.00      	0.00           0.00
	
	Totals    18,147,651.00  18,084,181.61  109,258.60     13,176.75

			TOTAL		REALIZED		DEFERRED		CURRENT
						LOSSES		INTEREST		PRINCIPAL
												BALANCE	
	M         50,414.54 	0.00			0.00			7,440,999.43
B-1	     33,129.55  	0.00			0.00			4,889,799.99
	B-2	     14,404.16 	0.00			0.00			2,125,999.69
	B-3	     10,082.90	     0.00			0.00			1,448,199.10  
	B-4	     7,202.07	     0.00			0.00			1,062,999.35  	
	B-5	     7,202.13       0.00			0.00			1,063,007.30	   
	R-II	     0.00	          0.00		 	0.00			0.00


Totals	122,435.35	0.00			0.00			18,071,004.86








Seller:			Bank of America			Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America			Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:			February 27, 1998			Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:		March 25, 1998		Factor Information  (800)735-7777






FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE
				
					  



  PRIOR								
					  PRINCIPAL								
	CLASS	CUSIP	  BALANCE		INTEREST	PRINCIPAL		TOTAL	
	M		055240BR5	  996.505358	6.020553	0.726088		6.746641
	B-1		055240BS3	  996.505356   6.020553	0.726087		6.746640	
	B-2		055240BT1	  996.505358	6.020554	0.726090		6.746644	
	B-3		055240BX2	  996.505363	6.020554	0.726086		6.746640 
	B-4		055240BY0   996.505356	6.020554	0.726086		6.746638	
	B-5		055240BZ7	  996.505345	6.020554	0.726090		6.746644	
	R-II		055240BV6	  0.000000	0.000000	0.000000		0.000000
	
	
	
 			CURRENT		PASS THROUGH 
			PRINCIPAL		RATES
			BALANCE		CURRENT		NEXT
	M		995.779270	7.250000%		7.250000%
	B-1		995.779269	7.250000%		7.250000%
	B-3		995.779268	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	B-4		995.779268	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	B-5		995.779268	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	B-6		995.779270	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	B-7		995.779255	7.250000%		7.250000%	
	R-II		0.000000		7.250000%		7.250000%
	













Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           February 27, 1998                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   March 25, 1998       Factor Information  (800)735-7777

BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS				GROUP I		GROUP II 

MORTGAGE POOL INFORMATION:

	Beginning Number of Pool					286,106,324.32	110,125,425.45
		
	Less:	Scheduled Principal			    (196,732.20)   (91,776.56)
			Principal Prepayments		    (19,536,127.95)(6,558,082.14)
        		Repurchases					0.00			0.00
			Liquidations					0.00			0.00
			Other Unscheduled Principal		0.00		     (4,406,783.49)

	Ending Balance of Pool					266,373,464.17 103,475,566.75

	Beginning Number of Loans in Pool			907			414
	Ending Number of Loans in Pool			844			391

	Weighted Average Remaining Term to Maturity	350			334
			 
Weighted Average Net Contract Rate			7.936040%		7.968383%

	Current Realized Losses on the Pool		0.00			0.00		
	Cumulative Realized Losses on the Pool		0.00			0.00		
	
Beginning Balance of Premium Loans			277,243,082.12	94,818,856.73
			
	Stripped Interest Rate					0.455928%		0.597334%

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

Group I
Principal Balance	259,618.41	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00	    0.00
  % of Group Balance0.0072%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.0000%
Number of Loans		1		0		0		0		0		0
  % of Loans			0.0810%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000% 0.000%
Group II
Principal Balance		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00	    0.00
  % of Group Balance0.0000%	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%


	Group I Book Value of REO Properties							NA
	Group II Book Value of REO Properties							NA


Servicing Information:							Group I		Group II

Services Fees Accrued during the current due period	59,605.48		22,942.79
Plus:	Additional servicing compensation			0.00			0.00	
Less:	Amts. To cover prepayment Int. Shortfall    (13,033.53)    (1,561.20)
		Delinquent Services Fees				    (1,292.86)	    (921.62)
Servicing Fees Collected for the Current Due Period	45,279.09		22,303.21

	Advanced Principal							4,418.93		3,533.40
	Advanced Interest							40,232.20		28,406.04


































Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           February 27, 1998                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   March 25, 1998       Factor Information  (800)735-7777





BA MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-2
STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATE HOLDERS		

Distribution Date:			March 25, 1998

					Other					Cumulative
		Prepayment	Unscheduled	Certificate	Unpaid	    Cumulative
		Principal		Principal		Interest		Interest		Realized
Class	Distributed	Distributed	Shortfall		Shortfall		Losses
IA-1		2,319,456.86		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-2			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-3		4,862,047.12		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-4			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-5		    3,341.59		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-6		   17,376.23		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-7	    12,333,938.78		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IA-8			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-1	6,558,049.51		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-2		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-3		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-4		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
IIA-5		   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
I-X			   0.00		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
II-X			   0.00		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

TOTALS   26,094,210.09		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00


	OTHER REPORTING ITEMS:

	GROUP I PERCENTAGE									95.47%
	GROUP I PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE						    100.00%
	GROUP II PERCENTAGE									95.31%
	GROUP II PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE					    100.00%



	SUBORDINATE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT		        13,176.75
	HAS THE CREDIT SUPPORT DEPLETION DATE OCCURRED				NO
	

	BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT								  100,000.00
	FRAUD LOSS AMOUNT								8,540,045.27
	SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT							4,270,023.00
	EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES FOR THE PRIOR PERIOD				   0.00


	GROUP I EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES							   0.00
	GROUP II EXTRAORDINARY LOSSES							   0.00

































Seller:			Bank of America          	Administrator: Kelly Shea
Servicer:			Bank of America                 Bankers Trust Company
Lead Underwriter:   Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette       3 Park Plaza
Record Date:           February 27, 1998                 Irvine, CA  92614
Distribution Date:	   March 25, 1998       Factor Information  (800)735-7777