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: April 27, 1998 ADVANTA Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-1 New York 333-37107 "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 March, 1998 Monthly Period of the Trust in respect of the Home Equity Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1998-1 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 March 1, 1998 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 March, 1998 Monthly Period relating to the Home Equity Loan Pass-Through Certificates Series 1998-1, Class A issued by the ADVANTA Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-1. EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit 1. Monthly Report for the March, 1998 Monthly Period relating to the Home Equity Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1998-1, Class A issued by the ADVANTA Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-1. 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 Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-1 BY: ADVANTA Mortgage Corp., USA BY: /s/ William P. Garland William P. Garland Senior Vice President Loan Service Administration April 30, 1998 EXHIBIT 1 ADVANTA Mortgage Loan Trust 1998-1 Statement to Certificateholders Original Prior Face Principal Class Value Balance Interest Principal Total A-1 143,000,000. 143,000,000. 896,5 3,862,251 4,758,831.52 A-2 89,000,000 89,000,000 463,5 463,541.67 A-3 64,000,000 64,000,000 334,4 334,400.00 A-4 42,000,000 42,000,000 224,7 224,700.00 A-5 68,000,000 68,000,000 374,0 374,000.00 A-6 50,000,000 50,000,000 267,9 267,916.67 A-IO 208,3 208,333.33 A-7 330,000,000. 330,000,000. 2,108,35 3,168,574 5,276,930.31 A-8 44,000,000 44,000,000 228,8 228,800.00 M-1 26,000,000 26,000,000 171,4 171,464.58 M-2 23,000,000 23,000,000 156,6 156,663.54 B-1 21,000,000 21,000,000 155,5 155,553.13 RS - Totals 900,000,000. 900,000,000. 5,590,30 7,030,825 12,621,134.75 Current Pass-Through Realized Deferred Principal Rates Class Losses Interest Balance Current Next A-1 139,137,748. 5.787500% 5.756300% A-2 89,000,000 6.250000% 6.250000% A-3 64,000,000 6.270000% 6.270000% A-4 42,000,000 6.420000% 6.420000% A-5 68,000,000 6.600000% 6.600000% A-6 50,000,000 6.430000% 6.430000% A-IO 5.000000% 5.000000% A-7 326,831,425. 5.897500% 5.866300% A-8 44,000,000 6.240000% 6.240000% M-1 26,000,000 6.087500% 6.056300% M-2 23,000,000 6.287500% 6.256300% B-1 21,000,000 6.837500% 6.806300% RS 0.000000% 0.000000% Totals 892,969,174.63 Prior Current Principal Principal Class CUSIP Balance Interest Principal Total Balance A-1 00755WER3 1000 6.269792 27.00875 33.278542 972.99125 A-2 00755WES1 1000 5.208333 0 5.208333 1000 A-3 00755WET9 1000 5.225 0 5.225 1000 A-4 00755WEU6 1000 5.35 0 5.35 1000 A-5 00755WEV4 1000 5.5 0 5.5 1000 A-6 00755WEW2 1000 5.358333 0 5.358333 1000 A-IO 00755WFC5 1000 4.166667 0 4.166667 0 A-7 00755WEX0 1000 6.388958 9.60174 15.990698 990.39826 A-8 00755WEY8 1000 5.2 0 5.2 1000 M-1 00755WEZ5 1000 6.594792 0 6.594792 1000 M-2 00755WFA9 1000 6.811458 0 6.811458 1000 B-1 00755WFB7 1000 7.407292 0 7.407292 1000 RS AM9801113 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 5,772,21 349,9 % of Pool Balanc 1.16042% 0.07034% 0.00000% 0.00000% 0.00000% Number of Loans 101 10 0 0 0 % of Loans 1.19555% 0.11837% 0.00000% 0.00000% 0.00000% Group 2 Principal Balanc 4,575,85 214,3 36,0 111,94 % of Pool Balanc 1.14850% 0.05380% 0.09040% 0.00000% 0.02810% Number of Loans 56 3 1 0 2 % of Loans 1.21581% 0.06513% 0.02171% 0.00000% 0.04342% Loans in Bankrup Group 1 127,522.54 Group 2 1,540,664.77 1,668,187.31 General Mortgage Loan Information: Group I Group II Total Beginning Aggregate Mortgage Loan Balance 500,184,001. 400,273,053. 900,457,054. Principal Reduction 2,761,099 1,852,57 4,613,678 Ending Aggregate Mortgage Loan Balance 497,422,902. 398,420,473. 895,843,375. Beginning Aggregate Mortgage Loan Count 8491 4628 13119 Ending Aggregate Mortgage Loan Count 8448 4606 13054 Current Weighted Average Coupon Rate 10.577635% 10.438478% 10.515777% Next Weighted Average Coupon Rate 10.574582% 10.445737% 10.517279% Mortgage Loan Principal Reduction Information: Group I Group II Total Scheduled Principal 471,76 107,5 579,30 Curtailments 24,9 25,8 Prepayments 2,093,579 1,321,90 3,415,480 Repurchases/Substitutions 170,82 422,2 593,05 Liquidation Proceeds Other Principal Less: Realized Losses Less: Delinquent Principal not Advanced by Servicer Total Principal Reduction 2,761,099 1,852,57 4,613,678 Servicer Information: Group I Group II Total Accrued Servicing Fee for the Current Period 186,47 150,3 336,82 Less: Amounts to Cover Interest Shortfalls 3,4 1, 5,0 Less: Delinquent Service Fees 21,9 16,4 38,3 Collected Servicing Fees for Current Period: 161,05 132,3 293,42 Advanced Principal 13,4 2, 15,6 Advanced Interest 477,47 345,0 822,55 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 1,876,23 339,9 A-2 A-3 A-4 A-5 A-6 A-IO A-7 1,539,25 278,9 A-8 M-1 M-2 B-1 Total 3,415,48 618,8 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 N/A N/A 184,0 1,101,152 1,285,15 7,252,668 Group II NO 18.040166% 273,0 1,315,994 1,589,04 12,008,191. Total 457,0 2,417,146 2,874,20 19,260,859. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: Class A-IO Notional Balance - Group II Insured Payment Included in amounts Distributed - TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS: Current Interest Collected: 7,566,628.97 Principal Collected: 4,004,975.74 Insurance Proceeds Received: - Net Liquidation Proceeds: - Delinquency Advances on Mortgage Interest: 822,558.68 Delinquency Advances on Mortgage Principal 15,643.55 Substitution Amounts: 593,059.62 Trust Termination Proceeds: - Investment Earnings on Certificate Account: 14,820.75 Capitalized Interest Requirement: - Pre-Funding Account: - Sum of the Above Amounts: 13,017,687.31 LESS: Servicing Fees (including PPIS): 336,829.64 Dealer Reserve: - Trustee Fees: 6,003.05 Insurance Premiums: 53,719.87 Reimbursement of Delinquency Advances: - Reimbursements of Servicing Advances: - Total Reductions to Available Funds Amount: 396,552.56 Total Available Funds: 12,621,134.