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):
  November 16, 1998
   
               COUNTRYWIDE  HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 1998-C           
    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
          CALIFORNIA      	333-11095		36-7245346 
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission File	(I.R.S. Employer of 
Incorporation)	 Number)			 Identification No.)
c/o The First National Bank of Chicago. 
Corporate Trust Services Division - 9th floor 1 N. State Street, Chicago IL				
60670-0126 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		
		(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:		312/407-1902

Item 5.	Other Events
On behalf of Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-C, a Trust created 
pursuant to the Pooling Agreement, dated August 20, 1998, by The First 
National Bank of Chicago, as trustee for the Trust, the Trustee has caused to
 be filed with the Commission, the Monthly Report dated  November 16, 1998.
  The Monthly Report is filed pursuant to and in accordance with (1)
 numerous no-action letters (2) current Commission policy in the area.  
The filing of the Monthly Report will occur subsequent to each monthly
 distribution to the holders of the Trust's Investor Certificates, Due 
October 15, 2024.
A.	Monthly Report Information: Aggregate distribution information 
for the current distribution date November 16, 1998.
Principal		Interest	Ending Balance
Cede & Co.$ 1,781,609.10	$ 908740.49	$181,150,581.56
B.	No delinquency in payment under the Transferor Certificate,
 or the Financial Guaranty Insurance Policy has occurred.
C.	Have any deficiencies occurred?  NO. Date: Amount:
D.	Were any amounts paid or are any amounts payable under the
 Financial Guaranty Insurance Policy?  NO Amount:
E.	Are there any developments with respect to the Ambac Certificate  
Guaranty Insurance Policy?  NONE.
F.	Item 1:  Legal Proceedings:  NONE
G.	Item 2:  Changes in Securities:  NONE
H.	Item 4:  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
 Holders:  NONE
I.	Item 5:  Other Information - Items 1, 2, 4, 5 if applicable: 
 NOT APPLICABLE



Item 7.	Monthly Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit No. 1.	Monthly Statement to Certificateholders dated 
 November 16, 1998
																		
Statement to Certificateholders (Page 1 of 2)																
Distribution Date:																
10/15/98 	11/16/98 										
INVESTOR CERTIFICATES DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY 
(PER $1000 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT)															
A.	INTEREST & PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS TO INVESTORS															
    Investor Certificate Interest Distributed (Section 5.03 (iii))				
7.927833 	4.938807 										
Investor Certificate Interest Shortfall Distributed (Section 5.03 (iv))				
0.000000 	0.000000 										
Remaining Unpaid Investor Certificate Interest 
Shortfall (Section 5.03 (v))				
0.000000 	0.000000 										
																		

Managed Amortization Period ? (Yes=1; No=0)	1	1										
	Investors Certificate Principal Distributed (Section 5.03 (vi))				
5.803312 	9.682658 										
 Principal Distribution Amount	5.803312 	9.682658 										
    Maximum Principal Payment	66.344698 	42.326516 										
Alternative Principal Payment	5.803312 	9.682658 										
	          Principal Collections less Additional Balances				
5.803312 	9.682658 										
			  Investor Loss Amount Distributed to Investors				
0.000000 	0.000000 										
			  Accelerated Principal Distribution Amount				
0.000000 	0.000000 										
 Credit Enhancement Draw Amount (Section 5.03 (xii)) 0.00 	0.00 										
																		
Total Amount Distributed to Certificateholders (P & I) (Section 5.03 (ii))				
13.731144 	14.621465 										
																		
B.	INVESTOR CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE															
			Beginning Investor Certificate Balance				
"184,000,000.00 "	"182,932,190.60 "										
Ending Investor Certificate Balance (Section 5.03 (x))				
"182,932,190.60 "	"181,150,581.56 "										
Beginning Invested Amount 	"184,000,000.00 "	
"182,932,190.60 "										
			Ending Invested Amount (Section 5.03 (x))				
"182,932,190.60 "	"181,150,581.56 "										
Investor Certificateholder Floating Allocation Percentage 
(Section 5.03 (i))				
98.4048% 	98.3956% 										
Pool Factor (Section 5.03 (x))				
0.9941967 	0.9845140 										
	Liquidation Loss Amount for Liquidated 
Loans (Section 5.03 (vii))				0.00 	0.00 										
	Unreimbursed Liquidation Loss Amount (Section 5.03 (viii))				
0.00 	0.00 										
																		
		C.	POOL INFORMATION															
			Beginning Pool Balance (Section 5.03 (xi))				
"186,982,793.00 "	"185,914,983.60 "										
			Ending Pool Balance (Section 5.03 (xi))				
"185,914,983.60 "	"184,133,374.56 "										
			Servicer Removals form the Trust 
(Section 2.06)				0.00 	0.00 							
			
			Servicing Fee (Section 5.03 (ix))				

"77,909.50 "	"77,464.58 "										
																		
		D.	INVESTOR CERTIFICATE RATE															
			Investor Certificate Rate (Section 5.03 (xvi))				
5.824530% 	5.588590% 										
	LIBOR Rate		5.644530% 	5.408590% 										
	Maximum Rate	5.964603% 	6.748712% 										
																		
		E.	DELINQUENCY & REO STATUS															
			Delinquent 30-59 days (Section 5.03 (xiii))															
   No. of Accounts	6 	5 										

  Trust Balances	"176,508.63 "	"45,400.34 "										

Delinquent 60-89 days (Section 5.03 (xiii))			    

No. of Accounts		1 	1 								
													
							
			   Trust Balances"18,000.00 "	"100,000.00 "																												
			Delinquent 90+ days (Section 5.03 (xiii))								
			    No. of Accounts		0 1	
			   Trust Balances			
	0.00 	"18,000.00 "												
			REO (Section 5.03 (xiv))																	
			    No. of Accounts			0	0 	
			   Trust Balances			0	0 	
		F.	INSURANCE COVENANTS																
	Subordinated Transferor Collections (Section 5.03 (xviii))				
"24,144.90 "	"16,331.69 "										
Overcollateralization Step-Down (Section 5.03 (xix))
0.00 	0.00 																					
			Available Transferor Subordinated 

Amount (Section 5.03 (xx))				


"2,804,741.90 "	"2,804,741.90 "	
Overcollateralization Amount (Section 5.03 (xxi))		
0	0											
Statement to Certificateholders (Page 2 of 2)	
Distribution Date:		10/15/98 	11/16/98
	"IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has 
caused this Certificate to be duly executed"																		
	"this 10th day of November, 1998"						
			       Countrywide Home Loans 
Formerly Known as Countrywide Funding Corporation as Servicer					
Lupe Montero       Vice-President									
Distribution List
Barbara Grosse - First National Bank of Chicago	
Lupe Montero - Countrywide Home Loans								 John Dahl - Salomon Smith Barney	
Richard Marron - Countrywide Home Loans								Dave Walker - Countrywide Home 

SIGNATURES
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 thereunto duly authorized.

COUNTRYWIDE HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 1998-C

By  _______________________________________
 Name:	
	Barbara G. Grosse Title:		Vice President

Dated: November 30, 1998