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 26, 1998
                                
                                
    AMRESCO Residential Securities Corporation on behalf of:
                                
 AMRESCO Residential Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust
                             1998-1
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                                      
                                                      
          New York            333-30759-12  Application Pending
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission    (I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation)       File Number)  Identification No.)
              
  c/o Bankers Trust Company                           
   3 Park Plaza 16th Floor                            
         Irvine, CA                                92614
    (Address of Principal                        (Zip Code)
     Executive Offices)
                                
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (714) 253-7575
                                
                         No Change
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
                                
                                

Item 5.   Other Events.
        Information    relating   to   the    distributions    to
Certificateholders  for  the period from  September  1,  1998  to
September  30,  1998  (the  "Monthly  Period")  of  the   AMRESCO
Residential  Securities Corporation Mortgage  Loan  Trust  1998-1
(the  "Registrant"  or "Trust") in respect of the  Mortgage  Loan
Asset   Backed   Certificates,  Series  1998-1,  Class   A   (the
"Certificates") issued by the Registrant and the  performance  of
the  Trust  (including distributions of principal  and  interest,
delinquent  balances  of  mortgage loans,  and  the  subordinated
amount   remaining),  together  with  certain  other  information
relating to the Certificates, is contained in the Monthly  Report
for the Monthly Period provided to Certificateholders pursuant to
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 1998,
among  AMRESCO Residential Securities Corporation in its capacity
as  Depositor, AMRESCO Residential Capital Markets, Inc.  in  its
capacity  as  the Seller, Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA,  Ameriquest
Mortgage  Company and Wendover Financial Services Corporation  as
the  Servicers, and Bankers Trust Company, in its capacity as the
trustee.


Item 7.   Exhibit.

      Monthly  Report  for  the Monthly Period  relating  to  the
Certificates issued by the Trust.


                           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.


                          By:  AMRESCO Residential Securities Corporation
                                 Mortgage Loan Trust 1998-1

                          By: /s/Ron B. Kirkland
                             Name:      Ron B. Kirkland
                             Title:     Vice President and
                                       Chief Accounting Officer



Dated: November 5, 1998