EMPIRE FUNDING HOME LOAN OWNER TRUST 1997-4
8-K, 1998-01-21
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: January 13, 1998
(Date of earliest event reported)

Commission File No. 333-40467

PAINEWEBBER MORTGAGE ACCEPTANCE  CORPORATION IV (as depositor under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1997, relating to the Empire Funding
Home Loan Owner Trust 1997-4, Home Loan Asset Backed Notes, Series 1997-4)


                 PAINEWEBBER MORTGAGE ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION IV


        Delaware                                     06-1204982
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(State of Incorporation)            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York                                                  10019
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Address of principal executive offices                            (Zip Code)



                                 (212) 713-2000
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               Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code



- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Former  name,  former  address and former  fiscal year,  if changed  since last
report)





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ITEM 5.  Other Events

     On January  13,  1998  Empire  Funding  Home Loan Owner  Trust  1997-4 (the
"Issuer")  completed the purchase of the  Subsequent  Loans  pursuant to Section
2.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1997 (the "Sale
and Servicing  Agreement")  among the Issuer,  PaineWebber  Mortgage  Acceptance
Corporation IV, a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"),  Empire Funding Corp.
(the  "Transferor"),   and  U.S.  Bank  National   Association  (the  "Indenture
Trustee").  The Subsequent  Loans were transferred to the Issuer pursuant to the
Subsequent  Transfer  Agreement,  dated as of January 13, 1998 (the  "Subsequent
Transfer  Agreement"),  among  the  Transferor,  the  Issuer  and the  Indenture
Trustee.  Attached as Exhibit 99 are certain characteristics of all the Loans as
of December 31, 1997 (the "Cut-Off Date").

     Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the same meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.



<PAGE>



ITEM 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

         (c) Exhibits

Item 601(a)
of Regulation S-K
Exhibit No.                                          Description
- -----------                                          -----------

         99                                          Description of the Loans





<PAGE>



     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.

                                   PAINEWEBBER MORTGAGE ACCEPTANCE 
                                   CORPORATION IV


January 13, 1998

                                   By:  /s/ Joseph Piscina
                                        ------------------
                                       Joseph Piscina
                                       Director






<PAGE>




                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS
                                -----------------


                                                               Paper (P) or
Exhibit No.       Description                                 Electronic(E)
- ----------       -----------                                 -------------

 99               Description of the Loans                       E



     The Loans included in the Pool have the characteristics set forth below and
in the tables beginnings on the following page. Unless otherwise indicated,  all
percentages and weighted  averages are percentages and weighted  averages of the
Cut-Off Date Pool Principal Balance.

Loan Statistics

     As of December 31, 1997 (the "Cut-Off Date"),  the Loans consisted of 9,341
Loans with an aggregate  Principal  Balance totaling  $297,396,761 (the "Cut-Off
Date Pool Principal Balance"). The Loans bear interest at fixed Loan Rates which
range from 9.95% per annum to 19.50% per annum and have a weighted  average Loan
Rate of approximately  14.36% per annum. The Cut-Off Date Principal  Balances of
the Loans range from $65 to $99,810 and average $31,838. As of the Cut-Off Date,
the  weighted  average  remaining  term to  stated  maturity  of the  Loans  was
approximately  240 months and the  weighted  average  number of months that have
elapsed since  origination  was 3 months.  As of the Cut-Off Date,  the weighted
average Combined  Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Loans which were Mortgage Loans was
approximately 115.30%, with the highest Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio being 140%.
As of the Cut-Off Date, 8,182 of the Loans (representing approximately 92.44% of
the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal Balance) had a Combined  Loan-to-Value  Ratio in
excess of 100%.  All of the Loans are fully  amortizing  loans  having  original
stated  maturities  of not more than 25 years.  No Loan is  scheduled  to mature
later than January 2, 2023.

     As of the Cut-Off  Date,  approximately  100% of the Loans (by Cut-Off Date
Pool  Principal  Balance)  were Mortgage  Loans secured by Mortgaged  Properties
located in 48 states and the  District  of  Columbia.  As of the  Cut-Off  Date,
approximately  100% of the Loans (by Cut-Off Date Pool Principal  Balance) which
were  Mortgage  Loans were secured by Mortgaged  Properties  represented  by the
related Obligors to be owner-occupied.

     As of the Cut-Off Date, 103 Loans, representing  approximately 1.12% of the
Cut-Off Date Pool Principal Balance, were 30 days or more past due. The weighted
average Credit Score for the Loans was 671.

     The sum of the dollar amounts and  percentages in the following  tables may
not equal the totals due to rounding.


<PAGE>


                        Geographic Distribution of Loans
                        --------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        
                                                              Aggregate Cut-Off         % of Cut-Off Date 
                                            Number             Date Principal             Pool Principal  
State                                      of Loans                Balance                   Balance      
- -----                                      --------                -------                   -------

<S>                                          <C>             <C>                              <C>  
Alabama.......................................15             $    494,608                     0.17%
Alaska........................................92                3,597,220                     1.21
Arizona......................................564               16,799,336                     5.65
Arkansas......................................20                  590,362                     0.20
California.................................2,642               96,191,660                    32.34
Colorado.....................................226                7,330,357                     2.46
Connecticut...................................38                1,303,591                     0.44
Delaware......................................15                  514,073                     0.17
District of Columbia..........................31                1,163,666                     0.39
Florida......................................476               13,291,741                     4.47
Georgia......................................350               10,384,273                     3.49
Hawaii........................................34                1,441,592                     0.48
Idaho.........................................81                2,383,048                     0.80
Illinois.....................................236                7,140,819                     2.40
Indiana......................................199                5,445,285                     1.83
Iowa..........................................96                2,874,493                     0.97
Kansas.......................................138                4,091,037                     1.38
Kentucky.....................................110                3,089,804                     1.04
Louisiana.....................................95                2,521,719                     0.85
Maine.........................................13                  338,719                     0.11
Maryland.....................................527               17,907,397                     6.02
Massachusetts.................................14                  462,607                     0.16
Michigan.....................................294                9,741,842                     3.28
Minnesota....................................213                7,430,983                     2.50
Mississippi...................................31                  607,327                     0.20
Missouri.....................................431               12,545,788                     4.22
Montana.......................................21                  535,774                     0.18
Nebraska......................................95                2,786,710                     0.94
Nevada.......................................155                5,069,663                     1.70
New Hampshire..................................2                   57,752                     0.02
New Jersey....................................29                1,021,480                     0.34
New Mexico....................................46                1,423,513                     0.48
New York......................................32                1,074,290                     0.36
North Carolina...............................423               11,990,425                     4.03
Ohio..........................................42                1,031,507                     0.35
Oklahoma.....................................123                3,030,716                     1.02
Oregon.......................................119                3,633,613                     1.22
Pennsylvania.................................216                6,734,489                     2.26
Rhode Island...................................3                  114,468                     0.04
South Carolina...............................201                5,839,352                     1.96
Tennessee.....................................96                2,421,011                     0.81
Texas........................................122                  912,861                     0.31
Utah.........................................156                5,150,371                     1.73
Vermont........................................1                   32,474                     0.01
Virginia.....................................225                7,294,722                     2.45
Washington...................................213                6,407,778                     2.15
West Virginia..................................7                  237,486                     0.08
Wisconsin.....................................17                  472,149                     0.16
Wyoming.......................................16                  440,811                     0.15
                                              --             ------------                  -------

     Total.................................9,341             $297,396,761                   100.00%
                                           =====             ============                   ======
</TABLE>


                         Cut-Off Date Principal Balances
                         -------------------------------


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                       
   Range of                                                   Aggregate Cut-Off         % of Cut-Off Date
    Cut-Off                                 Number             Date Principal             Pool Principal
Date Principal Balances                    of Loans                Balance                   Balance    
- -----------------------                    --------                -------                   -------    

<S>                                        <C>              <C>                              <C>  
$10,000 or less..............................427.            $  2,564,891                     0.86%
$10,000.01 - $20,000.......................1,355.              22,548,237                     7.58
$20,000.01 - $30,000.......................2,717.              70,297,988                    23.64
$30,000.01 - $40,000.......................3,042.             106,841,284                    35.93
$40,000.01 - $50,000.......................1,018.              47,419,040                    15.94
$50,000.01 - $60,000.........................498.              28,117,818                     9.45
$60,000.01 - $70,000.........................200.              13,357,850                     4.49
$70,000.01 - $80,000..........................83.               6,149,843                     2.07
$80,000.01 or greater..........................1.                  99,810                     0.03
                                               -             ------------                  -------

     Total.................................9,341.            $297,396,761                   100.00%
                                           =====             ============                   ======
</TABLE>

     As of the Cut-Off Date, the average  Cut-Off Date Principal  Balance of the
Loans was $31,838.


                                   Loan Rates
                                   ----------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        
                                                              Aggregate Cut-Off         % of Cut-Off Date
 Range of Loan                              Number             Date Principal             Pool Principal 
     Rates                                 of Loans                Balance                   Balance     
     -----                                 --------                -------                   -------     
                                                                                        
<S>                                          <C>             <C>                              <C>  
  9.501% -   10.000%..........................10             $    201,537                     0.07%
 10.001% -   10.500%...........................3                   82,232                     0.03
 10.501% -   11.000%.........................109                3,921,855                     1.32
 11.001% -   11.500%..........................94                3,390,433                     1.14
 11.501% -   12.000%.........................320               10,946,466                     3.68
 12.001% -   12.500%.........................337               12,460,988                     4.19
 12.501% -   13.000%.......................1,251               38,391,750                    12.91
 13.001% -   13.500%.........................706               25,665,603                     8.63
 13.501% -   14.000%.......................1,404               46,063,888                    15.49
 14.001% -   14.500%.........................746               24,105,730                     8.11
 14.501% -   15.000%.......................1,566               50,245,454                    16.90
 15.001% -   15.500%.........................606               18,988,297                     6.38
 15.501% -   16.000%.......................1,111               32,245,212                    10.84
 16.001% -   16.500%.........................558               16,229,942                     5.46
 16.501% -   17.000%.........................404               11,294,956                     3.80
 17.001% -   17.500%..........................31                  903,897                     0.30
 17.501% -   18.000%..........................59                1,490,268                     0.50
 18.001% -   18.500%..........................19                  528,133                     0.18
 18.501% -   19.000%...........................5                  165,165                     0.06
 19.001% -   19.500%...........................2                   74,954                     0.03
                                               -             ------------                  -------

     Total.................................9,341             $297,396,761                   100.00%
                                           =====             ============                  =======
</TABLE>

     As of the Cut-Off  Date,  the  weighted  average Loan Rate of the Loans was
approximately 14.36% per annum.


                                  Lien Priority
                                  -------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        % of Cut-Off Date
                                                              Aggregate Cut-Off                Pool
                                            Number             Date Principal               Principal
Lien Priority                              of Loans                Balance                   Balance
- -------------                              --------                -------                   -------

<S>                                          <C>             <C>                              <C>  
First Lien....................................20.            $    449,237                     0.15%
Second Lien................................8,912.             293,843,578                    98.81
Third Lien....................................23.                 655,572                     0.22
Unsecured....................................386.               2,448,374                     0.82
                                             ---             ------------                  -------

     Total.................................9,341.            $297,396,761                   100.00%
                                           =====             ============                  =======
</TABLE>


                          Combined Loan-to-Value Ratios
                          -----------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

    Range of                                                                                         
    Combined                                                   Aggregate Cut-Off         % of Cut-Off Date
 Loan-to-Value                              Number             Date Principal             Pool Principal 
     Ratios                                of Loans                Balance                   Balance     
     ------                                --------                -------                   -------     

<S>                                         <C>              <C>                              <C>  
Unsecured....................................386             $  2,448,374                     0.82%
   5.01% -   10.00%............................1                    4,983                     0.00
  15.01% -   20.00%............................2                   17,382                     0.01
  20.01% -   25.00%............................1                   20,927                     0.01
  25.01% -   30.00%............................4                   83,130                     0.03
  30.01% -   35.00%............................3                   75,885                     0.03
  35.01% -   40.00%............................6                  145,621                     0.05
  40.01% -   45.00%............................8                  198,018                     0.07
  45.01% -   50.00%............................5                  114,590                     0.04
  50.01% -   55.00%............................2                   44,042                     0.01
  55.01% -   60.00%............................9                  212,800                     0.07
  60.01% -   65.00%............................9                  227,881                     0.08
  65.01% -   70.00%............................8                  199,318                     0.07
  70.01% -   75.00%...........................22                  558,972                     0.19
  75.01% -   80.00%...........................34                  870,865                     0.29
  80.01% -   85.00%...........................55                1,343,712                     0.45
  85.01% -   90.00%..........................109                2,808,394                     0.94
  90.01% -   95.00%..........................177                4,725,625                     1.59
  95.01% -  100.00%..........................318                8,371,089                     2.81
 100.01% -  105.00%..........................712               21,125,503                     7.10
 105.01% -  110.00%........................1,057               32,323,301                    10.87
 110.01% -  115.00%........................1,439               45,849,786                    15.42
 115.01% -  120.00%........................1,863               62,900,260                    21.15
 120.01% -  125.00%........................3,103              112,391,455                    37.79
 125.01% or greater............................8                  334,847                     0.11
                                               -             ------------                  -------

     Total.................................9,341             $297,396,761                   100.00%
                                           =====             ============                  =======
</TABLE>

     As of the Cut-Off Date, the weighted average Combined  Loan-to-Value  Ratio
of the Loans (excluding the Unsecured Loans) was approximately 115.30%.



                            Months Since Origination
                            ------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                           % of Cut-Off
                                                                Aggregate Cut-Off            Date Pool
Loan Age                                        Number           Date Principal              Principal
(in months)                                   of Loans              Balance                  Balance
- -----------                                   --------              -------                  -------


<S>                                            <C>              <C>                           <C>   
Less than one...................................1,373           $ 45,787,907                  15.40%
1-3.............................................3,565            113,625,380                  38.21
4-6.............................................4,277            134,101,751                  45.09
7-9.............................................. 123              3,807,515                   1.28
10 or greater....................................   3                 74,209                   0.03
                                                 ----           ------------                -------

     Total......................................9,341           $297,396,761                 100.00%
                                                =====           ============                =======
</TABLE>

     As of the  Cut-Off  Date,  the  weighted  average  number of  months  since
origination of the Loans was 3 months.


                           Remaining Terms to Maturity
                           ---------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

    Range of
    Remaining                                                                                % of Cut-Off
    Terms to                                                         Aggregate Cut-Off        Date Pool
    Maturity                                           Number         Date Principal          Principal
   (in months)                                        of Loans            Balance              Balance
   -----------                                        --------            -------              -------

<S>                                                        <C>         <C>                       <C>  
  0-  30.........................................          17          $     41,868              0.01%
 31-  60.........................................         181             1,411,095              0.47
 61-  90.........................................          96               891,811              0.30
 91- 120.........................................         592            11,851,482              3.99
121- 150.........................................         112             2,240,900              0.75
151- 180.........................................       2,193            64,929,282             21.83
181- 210.........................................           3                60,871              0.02
211- 240.........................................       3,054           101,865,431             34.25
241-270                                                     1                40,000              0.01
271- 300.........................................       3,092           114,064,023             38.35
                                                        -----          ------------           -------

     Total.......................................       9,341          $297,396,761            100.00%
                                                        =====          ============           =======
</TABLE>

     As of the Cut-Off Date, the weighted average  remaining term to maturity of
the Loans was approximately 240 months.

<PAGE>

                           Original Terms to Maturity
                           --------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

  Original                                                                                  % of Cut-Off
  Term to                                                         Aggregate Cut-Off          Date Pool
  Maturity                                         Number          Date Principal            Principal
(in months)                                       of Loans             Balance                Balance
- -----------                                       --------             -------                -------

<S>                                                   <C>          <C>                          <C>  
  0-  30.........................................     14           $     34,938                 0.01%
 31-  60.........................................    184              1,418,025                 0.48
 61-  90.........................................     96                891,811                 0.30
 91- 120.........................................    591             11,835,591                 3.98
121- 150.........................................    113              2,256,790                 0.76
151- 180.........................................  2,193             64,929,282                21.83
181- 210.........................................      3                 60,871                 0.02
211- 240.........................................  3,055            101,905,431                34.27
271- 300.........................................  3,092            114,064,023                38.35
                                                   -----           ------------              -------

     Total.......................................  9,341           $297,396,761               100.00%
                                                   =====           ============              =======
</TABLE>

     As of the Cut-Off Date, the weighted  average  original term to maturity of
the Loans was approximately 243 months.

                                  Credit Score
                                  ------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                             % of Cut-Off
                                                                     Aggregate Cut-Off        Date Pool
 Range of Credit                                       Number         Date Principal          Principal
     Scores                                           of Loans            Balance              Balance
     ------                                           --------            -------              -------

<S>                                                        <C>        <C>                       <C>  
560 to 580.......................................           1          $     64,524              0.02%
580 to 600.......................................           5               164,500              0.06
600 to 620.......................................         149             4,228,335              1.42
620 to 640.......................................       1,653            47,548,870             15.99
640 to 660.......................................       2,293            71,591,788             24.07
660 to 680.......................................       1,988            67,489,219             22.69
680 to 700.......................................       1,430            50,253,021             16.90
700 to 720.......................................         937            32,182,206             10.82
720 to 740.......................................         483            14,802,027              4.98
740 to 760.......................................         221             6,003,190              2.02
760 to 780.......................................         108             2,085,865              0.70
780 to 800.......................................          57               825,074              0.28
800 to 820.......................................          11                45,334              0.02
820 or greater...................................           5               112,808              0.04
                                                        -----          ------------           -------

     Total.......................................       9,341          $297,396,761            100.00%
                                                        =====          ============           =======
</TABLE>

     As of the Cut-Off Date, the weighted  average Credit Score of the Loans was
671.
<PAGE>

                              Debt-to-Income Ratio
                              --------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                            % of Cut-Off
 Range of                                                        Aggregate Cut-Off           Date Pool
Debt-to-Income                                   Number           Date Principal             Principal
  Ratios                                        of Loans              Balance                 Balance
  ------                                        --------              -------                 -------

<S>                                                <C>           <C>                           <C>  
20.00 or less....................................  295           $  6,519,665                  2.19%
20.02 to 25.00...................................  603             17,292,324                  5.81
25.01 to 30.00...................................1,261             38,507,663                 12.95
30.01 to 35.00...................................2,075             64,733,648                 21.77
35.01 to 40.00...................................2,532             82,594,968                 27.77
40.01 to 45.00...................................2,391             80,093,384                 26.93
45.01 to 50.00...................................  180              7,485,788                  2.52
Greater than 50..................................    4                169,321                  0.06
                                                 -----           ------------               -------

     Total.......................................9,341           $297,396,761                100.00%
                                                 =====           ============               =======
</TABLE>

     As of the Cut-Off Date, the weighted  average  debt-to-income  ratio of the
Loans was approximately 35.96%.




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