Form: 10-K405

Annual report [Sections 13 and 15(d), S-K Item 405]

April 1, 1996

EXHIBIT 23.1

Published on April 1, 1996








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 and 33-52071) on Form S-3 and registration statement (No.33-60282) on
Form S-8 of Resource Mortgage Capital, Inc. of our report dated February 6,
1996, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Resource Mortgage Capital,
Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and 1994 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, 1995 and the
related financial statement schedule dated December 31, 1995, which report
appears in the December 31, 1995 Form 10-K of Resource Mortgage Capital, Inc..



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