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: September 25, 1998 ADVANTA Home Equity Loan Trust 1997-4 New York 333-37107-01 "Pending" c/o ADVANTA Mortgage Corp., USA Attn: William P. Garland 16875 West Bernardo Drive San Diego, Ca 92127 (619) 674-1800 Item 5. Other Events Information relating to the distributions to Certificate holders for the August, 1998 Monthly Period of the Trust in respect of the Home Equity Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-4 Class A (the "Certificates") issued by the Registrant and the performance of the Trust (including distributions of principal and interest, delinquent balances of Home Equity 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 (the "Agreement") dated as of December 1, 1997 between ADVANTA Mortgage Corp., USA as Servicer, and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee. Item 7. Financial Statements, Exhibits Exhibit No. Exhibit 1. Monthly Report for the August, 1998 Monthly Period relating to the Home Equity Loan Pass- Through Certificates Series 1997-4, Class A issued by the ADVANTA Home Equity Loan Trust 1997-4. EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit 1. Monthly Report for the August, 1998 Monthly Period relating to the Home Equity Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-4, Class A issued by the ADVANTA Home Equity Loan Trust 1997-4. 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 thereunto duly authorized. ADVANTA Mortgage Loan Trust 1997-4 BY: ADVANTA Mortgage Corp., USA BY: /s/ William P. Garland William P. Garland Senior Vice President Loan Service Administration September 30, 1998 EXHIBIT 1 ADVANTA Mortgage Loan Trust 1997-4 Statement to Certificateholders Original Prior Face Principal Class Value Balance Interest Principal Total A-1 146,039,000. 89,144,455 444,3 13,019,762. 13,464,101.67 A-2 91,159,000 91,159,000 496,0 496,056.89 A-3 33,579,000 33,579,000 183,2 183,285.37 A-4 59,837,000 59,837,000 332,0 332,095.35 A-5 15,601,000 15,601,000 87,3 87,365.60 A-6 41,285,000 41,285,000 244,2 244,269.58 A-7 50,000,000 50,000,000 276,2 276,250.00 A-8 98,000,000 75,078,482 376,1 5,658,547 6,034,715.02 A-9 302,000,000. 263,797,471. 1,337,61 9,430,912 10,768,524.34 A-IO 208,333.33 208,333.33 B-1 15,000,000 15,000,000 94,2 94,250.00 M-1 17,500,000 17,500,000 102,6 102,666.67 M-2 30,000,000 30,000,000 181,0 181,000.00 R - Totals 900,000,000. 781,981,409. 4,363,69 28,109,222. 32,472,913.82 Current Pass-Through Realized Deferred Principal Rates Class Losses Interest Balance Current Next A-1 76,124,693 5.788440% 5.733750% A-2 91,159,000 6.530000% 6.530000% A-3 33,579,000 6.550000% 6.550000% A-4 59,837,000 6.660000% 6.660000% A-5 15,601,000 6.720000% 6.720000% A-6 41,285,000 7.100000% 7.100000% A-7 50,000,000 6.630000% 6.630000% A-8 69,419,935 5.818440% 5.763750% A-9 254,366,558. 5.888440% 5.833750% A-IO 5.000000% 5.000000% B-1 15,000,000 7.540000% 7.540000% M-1 17,500,000 7.040000% 7.040000% M-2 30,000,000 7.240000% 7.240000% R 0.000000% 0.000000% Totals 753,872,187.28 Prior Current Principal Principal Class CUSIP Balance Interest Principal Total Balance A-1 00755WEC6 610.415407 3.04261 89.152637 92.195247 521.26277 A-2 00755WED4 1000 5.441667 0 5.441667 1000 A-3 00755WEE2 1000 5.458333 0 5.458333 1000 A-4 00755WEF9 1000 5.55 0 5.55 1000 A-5 00755WEG7 1000 5.6 0 5.6 1000 A-6 00755WEH5 1000 5.916667 0 5.916667 1000 A-7 00755WEJ1 1000 5.525 0 5.525 1000 A-8 00755WEL6 766.106966 3.838444 57.740281 61.578725 708.366685 A-9 00755WEM4 873.50156 4.429178 31.228187 35.657365 842.273373 A-IO 00755WEK8 1000 4.166667 0 4.166667 0 B-1 00755WEQ5 1000 6.283333 0 6.283333 1000 M-1 00755WEN2 1000 5.866667 0 5.866667 1000 M-2 00755WEP7 1000 6.033333 0 6.033333 1000 R AM9704114 0 0 0 0 0 Delinquent Loan Information: 90+ Days Loans Loans 30-59 60-89 excldg f/c,REO in in Days Days & Bkrptcy REO Foreclosure Group 1 Principal Balanc 13,347,849 4,206,97 1,367,949 854,6 8,935,900 % of Pool Balanc 3.02378% 0.95304% 0.30989% 0.19361% 2.02431% Number of Loans 248 78 31 11 144 % of Loans 3.24735% 1.02134% 0.40592% 0.14404% 1.88556% Group 2 Principal Balanc 11,593,198 3,194,39 1,548,467 714,3 11,759,982. % of Pool Balanc 3.45966% 0.95328% 0.46210% 0.21319% 3.50944% Number of Loans 133 38 15 9 137 % of Loans 3.41463% 0.97561% 0.38511% 0.23107% 3.51733% Loans in Bankrup Group 1 3,616,789.74 Group 2 4,112,802.38 7,729,592.12 General Mortgage Loan Information: Group I Group II Total Beginning Aggregate Mortgage Loan Balance 453,339,426. 349,009,677. 802,349,104. Principal Reduction 11,844,328. 13,911,741 25,756,069. Ending Aggregate Mortgage Loan Balance 441,429,194. 335,096,014. 776,593,034. Beginning Aggregate Mortgage Loan Count 7844 4036 11880 Ending Aggregate Mortgage Loan Count 7637 3895 11532 Current Weighted Average Coupon Rate 10.595367% 10.550585% 10.575888% Next Weighted Average Coupon Rate 10.581540% 10.550316% 10.568066% Mortgage Loan Principal Reduction Information: Group I Group II Total Scheduled Principal 817,07 375,5 1,192,584 Curtailments Prepayments 10,982,500. 13,159,909 24,142,409. Repurchases/Substitutions 86,6 86,6 Liquidation Proceeds 24,0 378,2 402,24 Other Principal Less: Realized Losses 65,9 1, 67,8 Less: Delinquent Principal not Advanced by Servicer Total Principal Reduction 11,844,328. 13,911,741 25,756,069. Servicer Information: Group I Group II Total Accrued Servicing Fee for the Current Period 145,03 111,6 256,63 Less: Amounts to Cover Interest Shortfalls 4,9 5,8 Less: Delinquent Service Fees 43,8 33,8 77,6 Collected Servicing Fees for Current Period: 96,2 76,8 173,14 Advanced Principal 50,1 16,3 66,4 Advanced Interest 948,20 718,6 1,666,846 Other Subordination Prepayment Unscheduled Increase Applied Realized Loss Unpaid Principal Principal Principal Realized Loss Amortization Realized Loss Class Distributed Distributed Distributed Amount Amount Amount A-1 10,982,500 110,6 1,175,43 A-2 A-3 A-4 A-5 A-6 A-7 A-8 4,934,96 141,8 441,6 1, A-9 8,224,94 236,4 736,0 A-IO B-1 M-1 M-2 R Total 24,142,409 488,9 2,353,15 1, Prior Current Target Has a Senior Overcolla- Extra Overcolla- Overcolla- Trigger Event Enhancement Teralization Principal Teralization Teralization Occurred Percentage Amount Distributed Amount Amount Group I No 16.728277% 10,233,970 1,175,433 11,343,500 12,500,144. Group II N/A N/A 10,133,724 1,177,718 11,309,520 15,000,257. Total 20,367,695 2,353,152 22,653,021 27,500,402. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: Class A-IO Notional Balance 50,000,000.00 Group II Insured Payment Included in amounts Distributed to Clas - TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS: Current Interest Collected: 5,326,768.48 Principal Collected: 25,268,496.89 Insurance Proceeds Received: - Net Liquidation Proceeds: 334,419.35 Delinquency Advances on Mortgage Interest: 1,666,846.98 Delinquency Advances on Mortgage Principal 66,497.58 Substitution Amounts: 86,655.91 Trust Termination Proceeds: - Investment Earnings on Certificate Account: 26,184.88 Capitalized Interest Requirement: - Pre-Funding Account: - Sum of the Above Amounts: 32,775,870.07 LESS: Servicing Fees (including PPIS): 256,632.48 Dealer Reserve: - Trustee Fees: 5,850.46 Insurance Premiums: 40,473.31 Reimbursement of Delinquency Advances: - Reimbursements of Servicing Advances: - Total Reductions to Available Funds Amount: 302,956.25 Total Available Funds: 32,472,913.