CWABS INC
8-K, 1998-08-24
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
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                      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): August 24, 1998


   CWABS, INC., (as depositor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
   be dated as of August 20, 1998, providing for the issuance of the CWABS,
   Inc., Countrywide Home  Equity Loan  Trust 1998-C  Revolving Home Equity
                Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series 1998-C).


                                  CWABS, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         Delaware                       333-37539               95-4596514
(State or Other Jurisdiction           (Commission          (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)                      File Number)         Identification No.)



         4500 Park Granada
         Calabasas, California                              91302
         (Address of Principal                            (Zip Code)
          Executive Offices)

      Registrant's telephone number, including area code (818) 225-3240

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Item 5.  Other Events.

Filing of Certain Materials

         Pursuant  to  Rule  424(b)(5)  under  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,
concurrently with, or subsequent to, the filing of this Current Report on Form
8-K (the "Form 8-K"), CWABS, Inc. (the "Company") is filing a prospectus and a
prospectus  supplement  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (the
"Commission")  relating  to  its  Revolving  Home  Equity  Loan  Asset  Backed
Certificates, Series 1998-C (the "Certificates").

Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

         The consolidated  financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation
and its  subsidiaries  as of December 31, 1997 and December 31, 1996,  and for
the three-year  period ended December 31, 1997,  included in the Annual Report
on Form  10-K of  Ambac  Financial  Group  Inc.  (which  was  filed  with  the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on March 31, 1998) and the  consolidated
financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation and its subsidiaries as of
June 30,  1998,  and for the periods  ended June 30,  1998 and June 30,  1997,
included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ambac Financial  Group,  Inc.
for the period  ended June 30, 1998 (which was filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission on August 14, 1998) are hereby  incorporated by reference
in (i) this Current  Report on Form 8-K;  (ii) the  prospectus;  and (iii) the
prospectus  supplement for Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-C Revolving
Home Equity Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series 1998-C, and shall be deemed
to be part hereof and thereof.

         In connection with the issuance of the  Certificates,  the Company is
filing  herewith  the consent of KPMG Peat  Marwick LLP ("KPMG") to the use of
their  name  and  the  incorporation  by  reference  of  their  report  in the
prospectus  supplement  relating  to the  issuance  of the  Certificates.  The
consent of KPMG is attached hereto as Exhibit 23.

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*  Capitalized  terms used and not  otherwise  defined  herein  shall have the
meanings  assigned  to them in the  prospectus  dated  August 21, 1998 and the
prospectus  supplement dated August 21, 1998, of CWABS, Inc.,  relating to its
Revolving Home Equity Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series 1998-C.

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Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial

         Information and Exhibits.

(a)      Not applicable.

(b)      Not applicable.

(c)      Exhibits:

         23.1              Consent of KPMG

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                                  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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                              CWABS, INC.



                                              By: /s/ David Walker
                                                  David Walker
                                                  Vice President


Dated:  August 24, 1998

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Exhibit Index


Exhibit                                                                   Page

23       Consent of KPMG                                                    6

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                                  Exhibit 23


                         Independent Auditors' Consent


The Board of Directors
Ambac Assurance Corporation:


         We consent to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  registration
statement  (No.  333-37539)  of  CWABS,  Inc.  (the  "Registrant"),   and  the
Prospectus  Supplement  of  the  Registrant  (the  "Prospectus   Supplement"),
included in Form 8-K of the  Registrant  dated August 25, 1998,  of our report
dated  January  29, 1998 on the  consolidated  financial  statements  of Ambac
Assurance  Corporation  as of December 31, 1997 and 1996,  and for each of the
years in the three-year  period ended December 31, 1997,  which report appears
in the Form 10-K of Ambac  Financial  Group,  Inc. dated March 31, 1998 and to
the  reference  to our firm  under the  heading  "Experts"  in the  Prospectus
Supplement.

                                                   /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

New York, New York
August 24, 1998

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                                                       August 24, 1998

BY MODEM


Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549


                       Re:     CWABS, Inc.
                               Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-C
                               Revolving Home Equity Loan Asset Backed
                               Certificates, 1998-C


Ladies and Gentlemen:

     On behalf of CWABS, Inc. (the "Company"), we enclose herewith for filing,
pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company's
Current  Report on Form 8-K,  for certain  materials  in  connection  with the
above-referenced transaction.


                                                  Very truly yours,

                                                  /s/ Amy Sunshine

                                                  Amy Sunshine

Enclosure


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