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:                 January 25, 2001

ADVANTA Mortgage Loan Trust 1998-4A,  1998-4B, 1998-4C

New York                          333-52351-02                 88-0360305
                                  333-52351-03                 23-2723382
                                  333-52351-04


c/o ADVANTA Mortgage Corp., USA
Attn:  H. John Berens
10790 Rancho Bernardo Road
San Diego, CA  92127

(858) 676-3099



Item 5.                         Other Events

Information relating to the distributions to Certificate holders
for the December, 2000 Monthly Period of the Trust in respect of
the Mortgage Backed Notes, Series 1998-4, Class A, Class B
and Class C (the "Certificates") issued by the Registrant and the
performance of the Trust (including distributions of principal
and interest, delinquent balances of Home  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 November 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 December 2000 Monthly
                                Period relating to the Mortgage Backed Notes
                                Series 1998-4, Class A, Class B, and Class C
                                issued by the ADVANTA Mortgage Loan
                                Trust 1998-4A, 1998-4B, 1998-4C.


                                                EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

       1.        Monthly Report for the December 2000 Monthly
                 Period relating to the Mortgage Backed Notes, Series
                 1998-4, Class A, Class B, and Class C issued by the
                 ADVANTA Mortgage Loan Trust 1998-4A, 1998-4B, 1998-4C.





                                                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 1998-4A, 19984-B, 1998-4C.

BY:              ADVANTA Mortgage Corp., USA




BY:              /s/ H. John Berens
                 H. John Berens
                 Senior Vice President
                 Advanta Mortgage



 January 31, 2001

                                                EXHIBIT 1


                 ADVANTA Mortgage Loan Trust 1998-4A

                            Statement to Certificateholders


                 Original       Prior
                 Face           Principal
Class            Value          Balance         Interest       Principal      Total
                                                               
A                    650,000,000      447,498,20       2,739,99        7,418,6     10,158,617.67
A Certificate                                                                                         -

Totals               650,000,000      447,498,20       2,739,99        7,418,6     10,158,617.67



                                                Current        Pass-Through
                 Realized       Deferred        Principal      Rates
Class            Losses         Interest        Balance        Current        Next
                                                               
A                                                  440,079,582.      7.347500%     6.413750%
A Certificate                                                              NA            NA

Totals                                             440,079,582.58



                                Prior                                                       Current
                                Principal                                                   Principal
Class            CUSIP          Balance         Interest       Principal      Total         Balance
                                                                          
A                   00755WGC4         688.458779       4.215376      11.413267     15.628643    677.045512
A Certificate                           0.000000       0.000000       0.000000      0.000000      0.000000


Delinquent Loan Information:

                                                               90+ Days       Loans         Loans
                                30-59           60-89          excldg f/c,REO in            in
                                Days            Days           & Bkrptcy      Bankruptcy    REO
                                                                                
Trust A          Principal Balan  13,591,222.00   2,782,299.39   1,870,449.58 11,913,590.41  5,002,591.03
                 % of Pool Balan        2.92394%       0.59857%       0.40240%      2.56302%      1.07623%
                 Number of Loans             235             51             32           201            82
                 % of Loans             3.15945%       0.68567%       0.43022%      2.70234%      1.10245%

                                Loans
                                in
                                Foreclosure
                                
Trust A          Principal Balan        17,760,460.46
                 % of Pool Balan        3.82089%
                 Number of Loans             291
                 % of Loans             3.91234%


General Mortgage Loan Information:

                                                                                               Trust A
                                                                                         
Beginning Aggregate Mortgage Loan Balance                                                   472,244,425.83
Prefunding                                                                                           0.00
Principal Reduction                                                                          7,418,623.45
Ending Aggregate Mortgage Loan Balance                                                      464,825,802.38

Beginning Aggregate Mortgage Loan Count                                                               7552
Ending Aggregate Mortgage Loan Count                                                                  7438

Current Weighted Average Coupon Rate                                                             9.517648%
Next Weighted Average Coupon Rate                                                                9.512918%


Mortgage Loan Principal Reduction Information:

                                                                                               Trust A
                                                                                         
Scheduled Principal                                                                            678,875.16
Curtailments                                                                                   226,352.84
Prepayments                                                                                  5,006,878.48
Repurchases                                                                                          0.00
Substitutions                                                                                        0.00
Liquidation Proceeds                                                                         1,506,516.97
Other Principal                                                                                      0.00

Less: Realized Losses                                                                          686,843.04

Total Principal Reduction                                                                         8,105,466.49


Servicer Information:

                                                                                               Trust A
                                                                                         
Accrued Servicing Fee for the Current Period                                                         196,768.51
Less: Amounts to Cover Interest Shortfalls                                                          45.75
Less: Delinquent Service Fees                                                                          61,551.14
Collected Servicing Fees for Current Period:                                                         135,171.62

Advanced Principal                                                                                   N/A
Advanced Interest                                                                                 1,163,477.12



                                Other           Scheduled       Interest       Available     Available Funds
                 Prepayment     Unscheduled     Principal      Carry          Funds Cap     Cap Carry
                 Principal      Principal       Distribution   Forward        Current       Forward
Class            Distributed    Distributed     Amount         Amount         Amount        Amount
                                                                          
Class A                  5,006,8          1,732,       6,731,78                                                    -
                                                                                                                   -

Total                    5,006,8          1,732,       6,731,78                                                    -


                  Applied
                  Realized Loss
                  Amount
                                                                          
Class A                                   -
                                          -

Total                                     -



                                                     Prior                                     Current
                      Has a        Remaining         Over-       Accelerated      Extra          Over
                  Trigger Event    Pre-Funded     Collateral      Principal     Principal     Collateral
                    Occurred         Amount         Amount       Distributed   Distributed      Amount
                                                                          
Trust A                NO             0.00       24,746,219.80     686,843.04          0.00 24,746,219.80


                    Specified        Over-
                      Over-        Collateral
                   Collateral       Deficit
                     Amount          Amount
                          
Trust A            24,746,219.80            0.00









                                                                          



Trust A Insured Payment                                                                               0.00
Pool Rolling six month delinquency rate                                                           0.042196
Pool Cumulative Realized Losses - Average of 12 preceeding remittance periods                        0.00%
Pool Cumulative Realized Losses - Percentage of the original aggregate loan balance                  0.00%
Book Value of REO loans                                                                       5,721,965.34
Cumulative Number of Mortgage loans repurchased to date                                                 11
Unreimbursed Delinquent/Servicing Advances Paid Back to Servicer This Period                    78,778.10
Unreimbursed Delinquent/Servicing Advances Paid Back to Certificateholder This Period                0.00
Unremibursed Delinquent/Servicing Advances still Outstanding                                    98,998.12




TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS:

                                                                                
Current Interest Collected:                                            2,520,518.54

Principal Collected:                                                   5,912,106.48

Insurance Proceeds Received:                                                            -

Net Liquidation Proceeds:                                                 819,673.93

Delinquency Advances on Mortgage Interest:                             1,163,477.12

Delinquency Advances on Mortgage Principal                                NA

Repurchase and Substitution Amounts:                                                    -

Trust Termination Proceeds:                                                             -

Investment Earnings on Note Account:                                          9,707.10

Capitalized Interest Requirement:                                                       -

Capitalized Interest Fund Earnings                                       0.00

Capitalized Interest Account                                             0.00

Investment Earnings on Pre-Funding Account                                0.00

Unreimbursed Delq/Servicing Advances Paid Back To CertificateHo                         -

Sum of the Above Amounts:                                                          10,425,483.17

LESS:

Servicing Fees (including PPIS):                                          135,217.37

Non Recoverable Advance                                                       1,806.83

Indenture Trustee Fees:                                                       2,754.76

Owner Trustee Fees:                                                     277.78

Insurance Premiums:                                                         48,478.97

Reimbursement of Delinquency Advances/Servicing Advances                    78,778.10

Total Reductions to Available Funds Amount:                                             267,313.81

Total Available Funds:                                                                          10,158,169.36


                                                EXHIBIT 1


                 ADVANTA Mortgage Loan Trust 1998-4B

                            Statement to Certificateholders

                 Original       Prior
                 Face           Principal
Class            Value          Balance         Interest       Principal      Total
                                                               
B                    350,000,000      241,915,99       1,481,23        3,818,1       5,299,363.68
B Certificate                                                                                         -

Totals               350,000,000      241,915,99       1,481,23        3,818,1       5,299,363.68



                                                Current        Pass-Through
                 Realized       Deferred        Principal      Rates
Class            Losses         Interest        Balance        Current        Next
                                                               
B                                                  238,097,862.      7.347500%     6.413750%
B Certificate                                                              NA            NA

Totals                                             238,097,862.47



                                Prior                                                       Current
                                Principal                                                   Principal
Class            CUSIP          Balance         Interest       Principal      Total         Balance
                                                                          
B                   00755WGD2         691.188556       4.232090      10.908949     15.141039    680.279607
B Certificate                           0.000000       0.000000       0.000000      0.000000      0.000000


Delinquent Loan Information:

                                                               90+ Days       Loans         Loans
                                30-59           60-89          excldg f/c,REO in            in
                                Days            Days           & Bkrptcy      Bankruptcy    REO
                                                                             
Trust B          Principal Balan   6,128,818.38   2,239,819.33     726,580.89  7,050,591.65  3,217,417.36
                 % of Pool Balan        2.43765%       0.89086%       0.28899%      2.80428%      1.27968%
                 Number of Loans             120             41             15           120            56
                 % of Loans             3.57675%       1.22206%       0.44709%      3.57675%      1.66915%

                                Loans
                                in
                                Foreclosure
                                
Trust B          Principal Balan  11,237,172.88
                 % of Pool Balan        4.46943%
                 Number of Loans             160
                 % of Loans             4.76900%


General Mortgage Loan Information:

                                                                                               Trust B
                                                                                         
Beginning Aggregate Mortgage Loan Balance                                                   255,208,767.85
Subsequent Mortgage Loans Added This Period                                                          0.00
Principal Reduction                                                                          3,786,032.28
Ending Aggregate Mortgage Loan Balance                                                      251,422,735.57

Beginning Aggregate Mortgage Loan Count                                                                       3,407
Ending Aggregate Mortgage Loan Count                                                                          3,355

Current Weighted Average Coupon Rate                                                             9.505847%
Next Weighted Average Coupon Rate                                                                9.496220%


Mortgage Loan Principal Reduction Information:

                                                                                               Trust B
                                                                                         
Scheduled Principal                                                                            325,759.24
Curtailments                                                                                   175,078.41
Prepayments                                                                                  2,543,982.79
Repurchases                                                                                          0.00
Substitutions                                                                                        0.00
Liquidation Proceeds                                                                           741,211.84
Other Principal                                                                                      0.00

Less: Realized Losses                                                                          344,573.58

Total Principal Reduction                                                                         4,130,605.86


Servicer Information:

                                                                                               Trust B
                                                                                         
Accrued Servicing Fee for the Current Period                                                         106,336.99
Less: Amounts to Cover Interest Shortfalls                                                           5.66
Less: Delinquent Service Fees                                                                          33,158.22
Collected Servicing Fees for Current Period:                                                           73,173.11

Advanced Principal                                                                                   N/A
Advanced Interest                                                                                    631,846.00



                                Other           Scheduled       Interest       Available     Available Funds
                 Prepayment     Unscheduled     Principal      Carry          Funds Cap     Cap Carry
                 Principal      Principal       Distribution   Forward        Current       Forward
Class            Distributed    Distributed     Amount         Amount         Amount        Amount
                                                                          
Class B                  2,543,9             916       3,441,45                                                    -
                                          -                                                                        -

Total                    2,543,9             916       3,441,45                                                    -


                  Unpaid
                  Realized Loss
                  Amount
                                                                          
Class B                                   -
                                          -




                      Has a        Remaining         Over-       Accelerated      Extra          Over
                  Trigger Event    Pre-Funded     Collateral      Principal     Principal     Collateral
                    Occurred         Amount         Amount       Distributed   Distributed      Amount
                                                                          
Trust B                NO             0.00       13,292,773.18     376,673.50          0.00 13,324,873.10


                    Specified        Over-
                      Over-        Collateral
                   Collateral       Deficit
                     Amount          Amount
                          
Trust B            13,324,873.10            0.00









                                                                          



Trust B Insured Payment                                                                               0.00
Pool Rolling six month delinquency rate                                                               0.05
Pool Cumulative Realized Losses - Average of 12 preceeding remittance periods                        0.00%
Pool Cumulative Realized Losses - Percentage of the original aggregate loan balance                  0.00%
Book Value of REO loans                                                                      3,897,859.16
Cumulative Number of Mortgage loans repurchased to date                                                  8
Unreimbursed Delinquent/Servicing Advances Paid Back to Servicer This Period                    34,512.24
Unreimbursed Delinquent/Servicing Advances Paid Back to Certificateholder This Period                 0.00
Unreimbursed Delinquent/Servicing Advances Still Outstanding                                         343,034.45




TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS:

                                                                                
Current Interest Collected:                                            1,356,641.94

Principal Collected:                                                   3,044,820.44

Insurance Proceeds Received:                                                            -

Net Liquidation Proceeds:                                                 396,638.26

Delinquency Advances on Mortgage Interest:                                631,846.00

Delinquency Advances on Mortgage Principal                                NA

Repurchase and Substitution Amounts:                                                    -

Trust Termination Proceeds:                                                             -

Investment Earnings on Note Account:                                          5,092.95

Capitalized Interest Requirement:                                        0.00

Capitalized Interest Account  Earnings                                   0.00

Capitalized Interest Account                                             0.00

Reversal of Realized Loss Amount                                                        -

Unreimbursed Delq/Servicing Advances Paid Back To Certificateho           0.00

Sum of the Above Amounts:                                                            5,435,039.59

LESS:

Servicing Fees (including PPIS):                                            73,178.77

Non-Recoverable Advance                                                            10.83

Indenture Trustee Fees:                                                       1,488.72

Owner Trustee Fees:                                                     277.78

Insurance Premiums:                                                         26,207.57

Reimbursement of Delinquency Advances/Servicing Advances                    34,512.24

Total Reductions to Available Funds Amount:                                             135,675.91

Total Available Funds:                                                                            5,299,363.68


                                                EXHIBIT 1


                 ADVANTA Mortgage Loan Trust 1998-4C

                            Statement to Certificateholders

                 Original       Prior
                 Face           Principal
Class            Value          Balance         Interest       Principal      Total
                                                               
C                    100,000,000        53,727,6          322,2        3,228,9       3,551,248.04
C Certificate                                               32,                           32,014.22

Totals               100,000,000        53,727,6          354,2        3,228,9       3,583,262.26



                                                Current        Pass-Through
                 Realized       Deferred        Principal      Rates
Class            Losses         Interest        Balance        Current        Next
                                                               
C                                                    50,498,613      7.197500%     6.263750%
C Certificate                                                              NA            NA

Totals                                               50,498,613.56



                                Prior                                                       Current
                                Principal                                                   Principal
Class            CUSIP          Balance         Interest       Principal      Total         Balance
                                                                          
C                   00755WGE0         537.276079       3.222537      32.289943     35.512480    504.986136
C Certificate                           0.000000       0.049253       0.000000      0.049253      0.000000


Delinquent Loan Information:

                                                               90+ Days       Loans         Loans
                                30-59           60-89          excldg f/c,REO in            in
                                Days            Days           & Bkrptcy      Bankruptcy    REO
                                                                             
Trust C          Principal Balan   1,517,506.10     820,674.01      23,462.55  1,943,650.46  1,279,647.39
                 % of Pool Balan        2.74088%       1.48228%       0.04238%      3.51057%      2.31126%
                 Number of Loans              24              8              2            25            14
                 % of Loans             3.80952%       1.26984%       0.31746%      3.96825%      2.22222%

                                Loans
                                in
                                Foreclosure
                                
Trust C          Principal Balan   3,920,660.27
                 % of Pool Balan        7.08139%
                 Number of Loans              44
                 % of Loans             6.98413%


General Mortgage Loan Information:

                                                                                               Trust C
                                                                                         
Beginning Aggregate Mortgage Loan Balance                                                   58,594,693.09
Prefunding                                                                                            N/A
Principal Reduction                                                                          3,228,994.33
Ending Aggregate Mortgage Loan Balance                                                      55,365,698.76

Beginning Aggregate Mortgage Loan Count                                                                657
Ending Aggregate Mortgage Loan Count                                                                   630

Current Weighted Average Coupon Rate                                                            10.656429%
Next Weighted Average Coupon Rate                                                               10.592301%


Mortgage Loan Principal Reduction Information:

                                                                                               Trust C
                                                                                         
Scheduled Principal                                                                             23,140.47
Curtailments                                                                                    32,151.61
Prepayments                                                                                  3,090,134.89
Repurchases                                                                                          0.00
Substitutions                                                                                        0.00
Liquidation Proceeds                                                                            83,567.36
Other Principal                                                                                      0.00

Less: Realized Losses                                                                           42,888.02

Total Principal Reduction                                                                         3,271,882.35


Servicer Information:

                                                                                               Trust C
                                                                                         
Accrued Servicing Fee for the Current Period                                                           24,414.45
Less: Amounts to Cover Interest Shortfalls                                                           0.00
Less: Delinquent Service Fees                                                                            9,054.25
Collected Servicing Fees for Current Period:                                                           15,360.20

Advanced Principal                                                                                   N/A
Advanced Interest                                                                                    188,780.98



                                Other           Scheduled       Interest       Available     Available Funds
                 Prepayment     Unscheduled     Principal      Carry          Funds Cap     Cap Carry
                 Principal      Principal       Distribution   Forward        Current       Forward
Class            Distributed    Distributed     Amount         Amount         Amount        Amount
                                                                          
Class C                  3,090,1             115       3,186,10                                                    -
                                 .               .                                                                 -



                  Unpaid
                  Realized Loss
                  Amount
                                                                          
Class C                                   -
                                          -




                                                     Prior                                     Current
                      Has a                          Over-       Accelerated     Amounts         Over
                  Trigger Event                   Collateral      Principal    From Reserve   Collateral
                    Occurred                        Amount       Distributed       Fund         Amount
                                                                             
Trust C                NO                         4,867,085.20      42,888.02          0.00  4,867,085.20


                    Specified        Over-
                      Over-        Collateral
                   Collateral       Deficit
                     Amount          Amount
                          
Trust C             4,867,085.20            0.00









                                                                          



Trust C Insured Payment                                                                               0.00
Pool Rolling six month delinquency rate                                                               0.08
Pool Cumulative Realized Losses - Average of 12 preceeding remittance periods                        0.00%
Pool Cumulative Realized Losses - Percentage of the original aggregate loan balance                  0.00%
Book Value of REO loans                                                                       1,303,848.24
Cumulative Number of Mortgage loans repurchased to date                                                  3
Unreimbursed Delinquent/Servicing Advances Paid Back to Servicer This Period                    94,185.04
Unreimbursed Delinquent/Servicing Advances Paid Back to Certificateholder This Period                0.00
Unreimbursed Delinquent/Servicing Advances Still Outstanding                                         0.00




TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS:

                                                                                
Current Interest Collected:                                               322,506.59

Principal Collected:                                                   3,145,426.97

Insurance Proceeds Received:                                                            -

Net Liquidation Proceeds:                                                   40,679.34

Delinquency Advances on Mortgage Interest:                                188,780.98

Delinquency Advances on Mortgage Principal                                NA

Repurchase and Substitution Amounts:                                                    -

Trust Termination Proceeds:                                                             -

Investment Earnings on Note Account:                                          3,410.50

Unreimbursed Delq/Servicing Advances Paid Back to CertificateHo                         -

Sum of the Above Amounts:                                                            3,700,804.38

LESS:

Servicing Fees (including PPIS):                                            15,360.20

Non-Recoverable Advance                                                          437.48

Indenture Trustee Fees:                                                          341.80

Owner Trustee Fees:                                                     277.78

Insurance Premiums:                                                           6,939.82

Reimbursement of Delinquency Advances/Servicing Advances                    94,185.04

Total Reductions to Available Funds Amount:                                             117,542.12

Total Available Funds:                                                                            3,583,262.26