EXHIBIT 4.6(e)

                      FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

     THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 14, 2001 (this
"Amendment"), amends the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 13, 1996, as
heretofore amended (as so amended, the "Credit Agreement"), between The PMI
Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and Bank of America, N.A.
(formerly known as Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association) (the
"Bank"). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are, unless otherwise defined
herein or the context otherwise requires, used herein as defined therein.

     WHEREAS, the parties hereto have entered into the Credit Agreement, which
provides for the Bank to extend certain credit to the Company from time to time;
and

     WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to extend the Credit Agreement in
certain respects as hereinafter set forth;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and
valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged), the parties hereto agree as follows:

     SECTION 1 AMENDMENT. Subject to the provisions of Section 2 below,
effective as of the date hereof, the definition of "Termination Date" in Section
1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by the deletion of the date "March
14, 2001" and the substitution of the date "December 31, 2001" therefor.

     SECTION 2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. This Amendment shall become effective when
each of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 2 shall have been
satisfied.

     SECTION 2.1 Receipt of Documents. The Bank shall have received all of the
following documents duly executed, dated the date hereof or such other date as
shall be acceptable to the Bank, and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Bank:

          (a)  Amendment. This Amendment, duly executed by the Company and the
     Bank.

          (b)  Secretary's Certificate. A certificate of the secretary or an
     assistant secretary of the Company, as to (i) resolutions of the Board of
     Directors of the Company then in full force and effect authorizing the
     execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, and (ii) the
     incumbency and signatures of those officers of the Company authorized to
     act with respect to this Amendment and each other document described
     herein.

     SECTION 2.2 Compliance with Warranties, No Default, etc. Both before and
after giving effect to the effectiveness of this Amendment, the following
statements by the Company




shall be true and correct (and the Company, by its execution of this Amendment,
hereby represents and warrants to the Bank that such statements are true and
correct as at such times):

          (a)  the representations and warranties set forth in Article V of the
     Credit Agreement shall be true and correct with the same effect as if then
     made (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such
     representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier
     date); and

          (b)  no Event of Default or Default shall have then occurred and be
     continuing.

     SECTION 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. To induce the Bank to enter into
this Amendment, the Company represents and warrants to the Bank as follows:

     SECTION 3.1 Due Authorizations, Non-Contravention, etc. The execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Amendment are within the
Company's corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action, and do not

          (a)  contravene the Company's Organization Documents;

          (b)  contravene any contractual restriction, law or governmental
     regulation or court decree or order binding on or affecting the Company; or

          (c)  result in, or require the creation or imposition of, any Lien on
     any of the Company's properties.

     SECTION 3.2 Government Approval, Regulation, etc. No authorization or
approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental
authority or regulatory body or other Person is required for the due execution,
delivery or performance by the Company of this Amendment.

     SECTION 3.3 Validity, etc. This Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms.

     SECTION 4 MISCELLANEOUS.

     SECTION 4.1 Continuing Effectiveness, etc. This Amendment shall be deemed
to be an amendment to the Credit Agreement, and the Credit Agreement, as amended
hereby, shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified, approved
and confirmed in each and every respect. After the effectiveness of this
Amendment in accordance with its terms, all references to the Credit Agreement
in the Loan Documents or in any other document, instrument, agreement or writing
shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day
and year first above written.

                                             THE PMI GROUP, INC.

                                             By: /s/ John Lorenzen
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                                                 Title: Executive VP & CFO
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                                             BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

                                             By: /s/ Gary R. Peet
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                                                 Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR
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