AUDITORS' CONSENT

Published on March 24, 1997





Exhibit 23.1





Consent of Independent Auditors



The Board of Directors
Resource Mortgage Capital, Inc.



We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos.
33-50705, 333-2859, 333-10783 and 333-10587) on Form S-3 of Resource Mortgage
Capital, Inc. of our report dated February 4, 1997, relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of Resource Mortgage Capital, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1996 and 1995 and the related consolidated statements of
operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1996 and the related financial statement
schedule dated December 31, 1996, which report appears in the December 31, 1996
Form 10-K of Resource Mortgage Capital, Inc.




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Richmond, Virginia
March 21, 1997