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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus Supplement of
Centex Home Equity Corporation relating to Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-B,
of our report dated January 25, 2000, except for Note 18, as to which the date
is March 14, 2000 on our audits of the consolidated financial statements of
Financial Security Assurance Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and
1998 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1999. We
also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts".
By: /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
June 9, 2000
