HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP
8-K, 1997-03-12
PERSONAL CREDIT INSTITUTIONS
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                            FORM 8-K
                                
                          UNITED STATES
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                
                     Washington, D.C.  20549
                                
                                
                         CURRENT REPORT
                                
               Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
               The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                
                                
                 Date of Report:  March 12, 1997
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                  HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION
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     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                
                                
Delaware              1-75                                36-1239445
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(State or other       (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of                                       Identification         
incorporation)                                        Number)

2700 Sanders Road, Prospect Heights, Illinois                  60070
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(Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code 847/564-5000
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Item 5.     Other Events

       Set forth in the Exhibit hereto is selected owned and managed 
       financial information for Household Finance Corporation and
       subsidiaries (the "Company") as of and for the year ended
       December 31, 1996.


Item 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

       (a)  Financial statements of business acquired.

            Not applicable.

       (b)  Pro forma financial information.

            Not applicable.

       (c)  Exhibits.


            No.  Exhibit
            ---  -------

            99   Selected owned and managed financial information with
                 respect to the operations of Household Finance Corporation 
                 and subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 31, 
                 1996.


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                            SIGNATURE

   Pursuant to the requirement 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.



                                HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION
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                                        (Registrant)



                           By:  /s/ David A. Schoenholz
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                                David A. Schoenholz
                                Vice President,
                                Chief Accounting Officer and
                                Chief Financial Officer,
                                (a Principal Financial Officer),
                                Director and on behalf of
                                Household Finance Corporation


Dated: March 12, 1997
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                          EXHIBIT INDEX
                                
                                
Exhibit No. Exhibit
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99          Selected owned and managed financial information with respect
            to the operations of Household Finance Corporation and 
            subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 31, 1996.



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                                                              EXHIBIT 99
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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1. Receivables

In millions.                                      
At December 31                                                      1996
                                                               ---------
<S>                                                            <C>
Home equity                                                    $ 2,513.9
Visa/MasterCard                                                  6,308.9
Private label                                                    3,807.0
Other unsecured                                                  2,564.4
Commercial                                                         892.6
                                                               ---------
Total owned receivables                                         16,086.8
Accrued finance charges                                            215.8
Credit loss reserve for owned receivables                         (671.5)
Unearned credit insurance premiums and claims reserves             (82.6)
Amounts due and deferred from receivables sales                  1,404.8
Reserve for receivables serviced with limited recourse            (561.6)
                                                               ---------
Total owned receivables, net                                    16,391.7
Receivables serviced with limited recourse                      12,509.4
                                                               ---------
Total managed receivables, net                                 $28,901.1
                                                               =========
</TABLE>

The outstanding balance of receivables serviced with limited recourse
consisted of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions.                                      
At December 31                                                      1996
                                                               ---------
<S>                                                            <C>
Home equity                                                    $ 4,337.5
Visa/MasterCard                                                  5,043.5
Private label                                                      517.0
Other unsecured                                                  2,611.4
                                                               ---------
Total                                                          $12,509.4
                                                               =========
</TABLE>
The combination of receivables owned and receivables serviced with limited 
recourse, which the company considers its managed portfolio, is shown below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions.                                      
At December 31                                                      1996
                                                               ---------
<S>                                                            <C>
Home equity                                                    $ 6,851.4
Visa/MasterCard                                                 11,352.4
Private label                                                    4,324.0
Other unsecured                                                  5,175.8
Commercial                                                         892.6
                                                               ---------
Managed receivables                                            $28,596.2
                                                               =========
</TABLE>

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The following table sets forth the activity in the company's credit loss
reserves:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions.                                            
Year ended December 31                                              1996
                                                               ---------
<S>                                                            <C>
Credit loss reserves for owned receivables at January 1        $   531.8
Provision for credit losses-owned receivables                      522.8
Owned receivables charged off                                     (528.4)
Recoveries on owned receivables                                     74.7
Portfolio acquisitions, net                                         70.6
                                                               ---------
Total credit loss reserves for owned receivables at
  December 31                                                      671.5
                                                               ---------
Credit loss reserves for receivables serviced with limited
  recourse at January 1                                            334.2
Provision for credit losses-receivables serviced with
  limited recourse                                                 568.1
Receivables charged off                                           (356.0)
Recoveries                                                          17.1
Portfolio acquisitions, net                                         (1.8)
                                                               ---------
Total credit loss reserves for receivables serviced     
  with limited recourse at December 31                             561.6
                                                               ---------
Total credit loss reserves for managed receivables at
  December 31                                                  $ 1,233.1
                                                               =========
</TABLE>

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2.  Managed  Consumer Two-Month-and-Over Contractual  Delinquency Ratios

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        1996 Quarter End
                                       ---------------------------------
                                          4         3         2        1
                                       ----      ----      ----     ----
<S>                                    <C>       <C>       <C>      <C>
Home equity                            3.62%     3.59%     3.47%    3.36%
Visa/MasterCard                        2.90      2.64      1.99     2.61
Private label                          5.95      5.68      5.25     4.93
Other unsecured                        7.04      6.79      6.59     6.50
                                       ----      ----      ----     ----
Total                                  4.33%     4.14%     3.70%    4.01%
                                       ====      ====      ====     ====
</TABLE>

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3. Managed Consumer Net Chargeoff Ratios

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         Full Year               1996 Quarter Annualized
                                       ---------------------------------
                              1996        4         3         2        1
                              ----     ----      ----      ----     ----
<S>                           <C>      <C>       <C>       <C>      <C>
Home equity                    .99%    1.22%      .96%      .91%     .85%
Visa/MasterCard               4.17     3.90      3.99      4.40     4.67
Private label                 3.30     3.78      3.78      4.08     5.05
Other unsecured               5.10     5.53      5.57      4.31     4.85
                              ----     ----      ----      ----     ----
Total                         3.31%    3.51%     3.45%     3.29%    3.50%
                              ====     ====      ====      ====     ====

</TABLE>

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4. Nonperforming Assets

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions.                                          
At December 31                                                      1996
                                                                --------
<S>                                                             <C>
Nonaccrual managed receivables                                  $  519.9
Accruing managed consumer receivables 90 or           
  more days delinquent                                             405.7
Renegotiated commercial loans                                       12.9
                                                                --------
Total nonperforming managed receivables                            938.5
Real estate owned                                                  112.1
                                                                --------
Total nonperforming managed assets                              $1,050.6
                                                                ========
Managed credit loss reserves as a percent             
  of nonperforming managed receivables                             131.4%
                                                                --------

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