HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP, 424B2, 1996-09-26

HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP
424B2, 1996-09-26
PERSONAL CREDIT INSTITUTIONS

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                                        Registration No. 333-02161
                                                   Rule 424(b)(2)

 
PRICING SUPPLEMENT No.  51 Dated  September 24, 1996 (To Prospectus
dated April 10, 1996)

                         $3,000,000,000
                 HOUSEHOLD  FINANCE  CORPORATION
                        Medium Term Notes
           Due Nine Months or More from Date of Issue


Principal Amount:   $25,000,000

Price to Public:    100%        

Proceeds to HFC:    99.856%

Issue Date:  September 27, 1996  

Stated Maturity: September 27, 2000 

Redeemable On or After:  Not Applicable

Initial Interest Rate:   To be determined on September 25, 1996.

Interest Rate Basis:     LIBOR Telerate

Spread or Spread Multiplier:  Plus .13%  (+ 13 basis points)

Interest Payment Dates:  On the 27th of March, June, September and
     December of each year commencing December 27, 1996, and the
     Stated Maturity.  If said day is not a Business Day, payments
     shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

Regular Record Date:  The date fifteen (15) calendar days (whether
     or not a Business Day) prior to each Interest Payment Date or
     the Stated Maturity, as the case may be.

Interest Determination Date:  On the second Business Day prior to
     each Interest Payment Date.

Interest Reset Date:  On each Interest Payment Date.

Index Maturity:     Three months.

Agents:             UBS Securities LLC

Agent's Discount or Commission:    0.144%

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