MONEY STORE D C INC
8-K, 1998-01-15
MORTGAGE BANKERS & LOAN CORRESPONDENTS
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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)   DECEMBER  31, 1997

        The Money Store Trust 1997-D and the Originators as listed below
             under a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 30,
             1997 providing for the issuance of The Money Store Asset Backed
             Certificates, Series 1997-D.

                          The Money Store Trust 1997-D
                                TMS Mortgage Inc.
                            The Money Store/D.C. Inc.
                          The Money Store/Kentucky Inc.
                        The Money Store Home Equity Corp.
                         The Money Store/Minnesota Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


 *                                      333-32775                     *
(State or other jurisdiction of      (Commission                 (IRS Employer
incorporation)                        File Number)                ID Number)


  2840 MORRIS AVENUE, UNION, NEW JERSEY                           07083
(Address of principal executive offices)                        (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code:           (908) 686-2000


                                       N/A
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

* See Schedule A attached hereto.

<PAGE>



Item 5.  OTHER EVENTS

     The Originators listed on Schedule A attached hereto, registered issuances
of up to $10,000,000,000 principal amount of TMS Asset Backed Certificates on a
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), by a Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Registration File No. 333-32775) (as amended, the "Registration Statement").
Pursuant to the Registration Statement, the Originators caused the issuance of
$1,585,000,000 principal amount of The Money Store Asset Backed Certificates,
Series 1997-D (the "Certificates") by The Money Store Trust 1997-D (the
"Trust"), on December 31, 1997 (the "Closing Date"). This Current Report on Form
8-K is being filed to file a detailed description of the Initial Mortgage Loans
contributed to the Trust, a copy of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred
to below and the Underwriting Agreement entered into among The Money Store Inc.,
as representative (the "Representative"), the Originators and the various
Underwriters named therein.

     The Certificates were issued pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement
(the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of November 30, 1997 (the
"Cut-Off Date"), among the Representative, the Originators and The Bank of New
York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and consist of Class AF-1, Class AF-2, Class
AF-3, Class AF-4, Class AF-5, Class AF-6, Class AF-7, Class AV-1, Class AV-2,
Class MV-1, Class MV-2, Class BV, Class AH-1, Class AH-2, Class AH-3, Class
AH-4, Class MH-1, Class MH-2, Class BH and Class AMF Certificates (collectively,
the "Offered Certificates"), Class X Certificates and Class R Certificates (the
"Class R Certificates"). As of the Closing Date, the initial principal amount of
each Class of Offerred Certificates was as follows:

CLASS                                      INITIAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
- -----                                      ------------------------
Class AF-1 Certificates                        $122,000,000
Class AF-2 Certificates                        $ 88,000,000
Class AF-3 Certificates                        $249,000,000
Class AF-4 Certificates                        $ 68,000,000
Class AF-5 Certificates                        $ 37,000,000
Class AF-6 Certificates                        $ 76,000,000
Class AF-7 Certificates                        $ 85,000,000
Class AV-1 Certificates                        $466,750,000
Class AV-2 Certificates                        $ 76,000,000
Class MV-1 Certificates                        $ 37,375,000
Class MV-2Certificates                         $ 37,375,000
Class BV Certificates                          $ 32,500,000
Class AH-1 Certificates                        $ 84,571,000
Class AH-2 Certificates                        $ 28,024,000
Class AH-3 Certificates                        $ 19,947,000
Class AH-4 Certificates                        $ 20,457,000
Class MH-1 Certificates                        $ 13,500,000
Class MH-2 Certificates                        $ 15,500,000
Class BH-3 Certificates                        $ 18,501,000
Class AMF Certificates                         $ 10,000,000


     Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings assigned in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

<PAGE>

 CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF POOL I

     Set forth below is a description of certain characteristics of Pool I and
the Initial Pool I Mortgage Loans. Certain of the percentage columns may not sum
to 100.00% due to rounding.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Pool I (Fixed)                                                               

- --------------- ---------     --------------   --------- ------ -----  ------- ------- ------- -----------    -----------   -------
                Number of       Aggregate                 WA              WA      WA      WA      WA           Months to     WA
                Mortgage        Principal                 Rem     WA      Orig    Life    Gross   Periodic     Coupon        Life
Product Type    Loans           Balance         WAC       Term    Age     LTV     Cap     Margin  Rate Cap     Adjustment    Floor
- -------------- ----------     ---------------   --------- ------ -----  ------- ------- ------- ----------    -----------   -------

<S>              <C>           <C>              <C>       <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>             <C>          <C>
Fixed - 30 Year  3,275         238,606,680.87   11.0086   354.4   5.6     80.60   0       0       0               0            0
Fixed - 15 Year  5,311         168,002,264.87   11.9342   174.0   5.7     76.80   0       0       0               0            0
Fixed - 20 Year  1,227          53,323,652.86   11.6163   237.2   2.4     76.92   0       0       0               0            0
Balloon - 15/30    631          48,726,707.36   11.9053   171.7   8.4     80.28   0       0       0               0            0
Fixed - 10 Year  2,099          42,382,906.65   12.0784   112.8   4.5     72.26   0       0       0               0            0
Fixed - 25 Year    788          34,475,976.11   12.0142   297.7   1.7     77.16   0       0       0               0            0
Fixed - 5 Year     411           5,276,440.25   12.2254    56.8   2.6     65.46   0       0       0               0            0
Fixed - 40 year     42           3,661,260.37   10.3275   477.0   0.8     79.95   0       0       0               0            0
Balloon - 7/30       2             220,350.59    9.2708    64.8  19.2     87.95   0       0       0               0            0
Balloon - 15/20      1              45,311.07   10.2400   158.0  23.0     85.00   0       0       0               0            0
- ---------------- ---------   ----------------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -----  ------- ------        -------     ---------
Total:          13,787         594,721,551.00   11.5385   255.5   5.2     78.24   0       0       0               0            0
- --------------------------   ----------------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -----  ------- ------        -------     ---------


- --------------   ----------    ---------      ------------          
                    Number      Current         % by                  
                    of          Principal       Current                 
Gross Coupon        Loans       Balance         Balance              
- --------------   ---------     ---------      ------------                  
<S>                   <C>       <C>              <C>                                                             
7.001 -   7.500       1         8,941.15         0.00                                                            
7.501 -   8.000       3       156,992.41         0.03                                                            
8.001 -   8.500      30     2,730,440.69         0.46                                                            
8.501 -   9.000     180    14,113,825.13         2.37                                                            
9.001 -   9.500     253    17,763,968.69         2.99                                                            
9.501 -  10.000     700    53,991,968.31         9.08
10.001 -  10.500  1,108    69,434,005.19        11.68
10.501 -  11.000  1,396    75,278,329.90        12.66
11.001 -  11.500  1,619    75,948,139.91        12.77
11.501 -  12.000  2,432    96,751,590.38        16.27
12.001 -  13.000  3,582   120,339,983.11        20.23
13.001 -  14.000  1,761    48,414,914.40         8.14
14.001 -  15.000    592    16,669,832.85         2.80
15.001 *=           130     3,118,618.88         0.52
- ---------------- --------- ------------------- --------
Total:           13,787        594,721,551.00  100.00
- ---------------  --------- ------------------- --------
Min:   7.44                     
Max:   17.99                    
Weighted Average:   11.54                       
* = Greater than

- ------------------  ----------        ---------       -----------------  
                      Number           Current               % by
                       of               Principal             Current
Original Maturity      Loans            Balance               Balance
- ------------------ ------------        ---------       -----------------  
<S>                      <C>         <C>                        <C> 
1 -  60                  411         5,276,440.25               0.89
61 - 120               2,101        42,603,257.24               7.16
121 - 180              5,943       216,774,283.30              36.45
181 - 240              1,227        53,323,652.86               8.97
241 - 300                788        34,475,976.11               5.80
301 - 360              3,275       238,606,680.87              40.12
361 - 420                  1            74,700.00               0.01
421 - 480                 41         3,586,560.37               0.60
- ------------------  ------------   --------------        -------------  
Total:                13,787       594,721,551.00             100.00
- ------------------  ------------   ---------------       --------------   
Min:   24                       
Max:   480                      
Weighted Average:   260.65                      
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

- ----------------   -------------     ---------       -----------------  
                       Number         Current                 % by
                       of             Principal              Current
Remaining Term        Loans           Balance                Balance
- ----------------   -------------     ---------       -----------------  
<S>                      <C>          <C>                    <C> 
1 -  12                  1            2,654.66               0.00
13 -  24                 1            5,000.00               0.00
25 -  36                26          209,341.78               0.04
37 -  48                31          340,785.28               0.06
49 -  60               366        5,061,316.07               0.85
61 -  72                34          552,989.52               0.09
73 -  84               131        2,307,826.72               0.39
85 -  96               205        3,452,749.97               0.58
97 - 108               172        2,933,337.33               0.49
109 - 120            1,551       33,214,045.12               5.58
121 - 132                7          158,300.00               0.03
133 - 144               39        1,119,686.13               0.19
145 - 156              753       26,098,810.35               4.39
157 - 168              492       16,927,954.02               2.85
169 - 180            4,648      172,435,835.12              28.99
181 - 192                1          133,789.81               0.02
193 - 204                5          173,700.00               0.03
205 - 216               23        1,605,709.11               0.27
217 - 228               23        1,411,969.14               0.24
229 - 240            1,175       49,998,484.80               8.41
241 - 252                3          193,000.00               0.03
253 - 264                3          163,698.42               0.03
265 - 276               17          752,157.88               0.13
277 - 288               10          424,098.12               0.07
289 - 300              755       32,943,021.69               5.54
313 - 324                1           55,000.00               0.01
325 - 336              325       27,411,840.88               4.61
337 - 348              163       13,273,613.24               2.23
349 - 360            2,784      197,699,575.47              33.24
361 *=                  42        3,661,260.37               0.62
- ---------------    ---------  -----------------           ---------
Total:              13,787      594,721,551.00             100.00
- ---------------    ---------- -----------------            --------
Min:   5                        
Max:   480                      
Weighted Average:   255.46                      
- ----------------------------
*= Greater than

- --------------   ---------------   ---------           -----------------
                     Number         Current               % by
                     of             Principal             Current
Age of Loan         Loans           Balance               Balance
- -------------    ---------------   -------------       -------------
<S>                 <C>            <C>                    <C>  
=*  0               4,024          170,213,808.28         28.62
1 -  12             7,548          330,640,271.73         55.60
13 -  24              947           37,746,645.29          6.35
25 -  36            1,262           55,830,329.93          9.39
37 -  48                1               54,964.29          0.01
73 -  84                1               17,682.61          0.00
85 -  96                1               44,798.82          0.01
121 - 132               1                6,398.77          0.00
205 - 216               1               70,651.28          0.01
289 - 300               1               96,000.00          0.02
- -------------     ---------       -----------------     ---------
Total:             13,787          594,721,551.00        100.00
- -------------     ---------       ------------------    ---------
Min:   0                        
Max:   300                      
Weighted Average:   5.21                        
- --------------------------------
*= Less than
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

- -----------------  -------------      ---------       ----------------- 
                         Number        Current             % by
                         of            Principal           Current
Paid Thru Date           Loans         Balance             Balance
- ----------------   -------------      ---------       ----------------- 
<S>                        <C>      <C>                     <C> 
1997-09                    17       1,028,943.55            0.17
1997-10                   235      13,292,847.28            2.24
1997-11                 1,799      85,473,662.46           14.37
1997-12                10,224     432,000,635.35           72.64
1998-01                 1,413      59,775,781.20           10.05
1998-02                    98       3,084,431.16            0.52
1998-11                     1          65,250.00            0.01
- ---------------   --------------  ------------------     ---------
Total:                 13,787     594,721,551.00          100.00
- --------------    --------------  ------------------     ---------
Min:   1997-09-02                       
Max:   1998-11-01                       
- -----------------------------


- -------------------------  ---------  ---------------     ---------
                             Number      Current            % by
                             of          Principal          Current
Current Mortgage Amount      Loans       Balance            Balance
- -------------------------   --------- ---------------     ---------
<S>                           <C>       <C>                  <C>  
=*   25,000.00                5,196     88,768,565.68        14.93
25,000.01 -  50,000.00        4,644    166,594,869.30        28.01
50,000.01 -  75,000.00        2,160    132,255,395.93        22.24
75,000.01 - 100,000.00          841     72,147,545.39        12.13
100,000.01 -125,000.00          460     51,390,867.24         8.64
125,000.01 -150,000.00          234     31,860,365.29         5.36
150,000.01 -175,000.00          105     16,963,906.03         2.85
175,000.01 -200,000.00           52      9,700,911.93         1.63
200,000.01 -300,000.00           80     19,421,824.54         3.27
300,000.01 -400,000.00           10      3,454,336.11         0.58
400,000.01 -500,000.00            5      2,162,963.56         0.36
- ------------------------   ---------  -----------------    ---------
Total:                       13,787    594,721,551.00        100.00
- ------------------------   ---------  -----------------    ---------
Min:   1,413.83                       
Max:   496,000.00                     
Average:   43,136.40                  
Total:   594,721,551.00                       
- -------------------------
*= Less than

- -------------------------      ---------   -------------    ---------
                                 Number     Current           % by
                                 of         Principal         Current
Geographical Distribution        Loans      Balance           Balance
- -------------------------      ---------   -------------     ---------
<S>                               <C>      <C>                 <C> 
New York                          927      48,956,454.54       8.23
Pennsylvania                      883      35,671,232.52       6.00
Illinois                          761      35,145,612.06       5.91
Michigan                          846      31,682,635.76       5.33
Ohio                              681      31,031,196.22       5.22
Georgia                           590      27,494,709.65       4.62
Florida                           624      26,304,404.26       4.42
New Jersey                        502      25,047,134.16       4.21
North Carolina                    489      25,027,400.80       4.21
Indiana                           528      22,276,793.01       3.75
California-Southern               414      20,903,695.69       3.51
South Carolina                    427      19,602,395.64       3.30
California-Northern               395      19,028,433.53       3.20
Missouri                          503      18,310,667.48       3.08
Washington                        460      18,279,558.47       3.07
Arizona                           311      13,129,358.53       2.21
Maryland                          297      11,672,763.67       1.96
Tennessee                         288      11,542,410.60       1.94
Colorado                          281      11,139,564.70       1.87
Massachusetts                     229       9,844,386.95       1.66
Minnesota                         241       9,184,487.83       1.54
New Mexico                        189       8,770,764.81       1.47
Mississippi                       225       8,538,730.39       1.44
Connecticut                       161       8,222,478.49       1.38
Kentucky                          186       8,201,108.41       1.38
Louisiana                         187       7,284,340.66       1.22
Virginia                          152       6,879,473.09       1.16
Nevada                            180       6,782,011.30       1.14
Oregon                            164       6,705,385.42       1.13
Utah                              168       6,535,788.55       1.10
Wisconsin                         159       6,444,078.33       1.08
Kansas                            191       5,440,638.88       0.91
Maine                             132       4,846,876.89       0.81
Idaho                             120       4,655,579.92       0.78
Texas                              84       3,989,167.89       0.67
Oklahoma                          129       3,931,291.99       0.66
Iowa                              121       3,592,117.95       0.60
Nebraska                           96       3,380,005.85       0.57
West Virginia                      94       3,253,918.38       0.55
Rhode Island                       60       2,572,523.05       0.43
Delaware                           58       2,489,677.42       0.42
New Hampshire                      59       2,430,763.17       0.41
District of Columbia               37       2,280,397.13       0.38
Vermont                            39       1,264,827.40       0.21
Arkansas                           25       1,150,085.75       0.19
Wyoming                            27         997,610.32       0.17
Montana                            22         837,916.87       0.14
Alaska                             11         634,204.31       0.11
South Dakota                       11         422,470.72       0.07
North Dakota                       13         396,990.47       0.07
Alabama                             8         392,343.85       0.07
Hawaii                              1         105,000.00       0.02
California                          1          17,687.27       0.00
- ------------------------      ---------    ---------------- ---------
Total:                         13,787        594,721,551.00  100.00
- ------------------------      -----------  ---------------- ---------


- ------------------------      ---------    -----------------   ---------
                               Number          Current            % by
                                of             Principal          Current
Property Type                  Loans           Balance            Balance
- -------------------------     ----------   -----------------    ---------
<S>                            <C>           <C>                   <C>  
Detached single family         12,319        528,067,836.27        88.79
Detached PUD                       58          3,091,470.77         0.52
Manufactured single wide          397         15,061,446.31         2.53
Attached PUD                       15            576,050.22         0.10
Attached townhouse                 98          3,418,118.92         0.57
Attached condo                    171          5,883,293.10         0.99
2-4 Family                        491         27,753,048.60         4.67
D-PUD                               4            112,035.81         0.02
Manufactured double wide          227          9,919,999.09         1.67
Multi-Family (SFU)                  7            838,251.91         0.14
- --------------------------    ---------   -----------------     ---------
Total:                         13,787        594,721,551.00       100.00
- --------------------------    ---------   -----------------     ---------


- -------------------------     ---------   -----------------     ---------
                                 Number          Current          % by
                                 of              Principal       Current
Occupancy                        Loans           Balance         Balance
- -------------------------     ---------    -----------------    ---------
<S>                             <C>           <C>                   <C>  
Primary                         13,240        569,135,465.60        95.70
Investment                         473         22,465,867.85         3.78
Second Home                         74          3,120,217.55         0.52
- -------------------------     ---------    -----------------    ---------
Total:                          13,787        594,721,551.00       100.00
- -------------------------     ---------    -----------------    ---------

- -------------------------
                                Number          Current          % by
                                 of             Principal       Current
Documentation Level             Loans           Balance         Balance
- -------------------------    ---------     -----------------   ---------
<S>                            <C>           <C>               <C>   
Full Documentation             13,787        594,721,551.00    100.00
- -------------------------    ---------     -----------------   ---------
Total:                         13,787        594,721,551.00    100.00
- -------------------------    ----------    -----------------   ---------

- -------------------------    ---------     -----------------   ---------
                               Number           Current          % by
                               of               Principal       Current
Loan Purpose                   Loans            Balance         Balance
- -------------------------    ---------     -----------------   ---------
<S>                            <C>            <C>                <C>  
Rate/Term Refinance            5,934          353,358,715.14     59.42
Debt Consolidation             5,016          141,928,243.65     23.86
Cashout                        2,258           57,044,104.27      9.59
Purchase Money                   521           40,943,378.96      6.88
Home Improvement                  54            1,103,129.92      0.19
REO                                3              308,469.61      0.05
Medical Bills                      1               35,509.45      0.01
- -------------------------    ---------       -----------------  ---------
Total:                        13,787          594,721,551.00    100.00
- ------------------------     ---------       -----------------  ---------


- -------------------------    ---------       -----------------  ---------
                               Number             Current         % by
                               of                 Principal       Current
Balloon                        Loans              Balance         Balance
- -------------------------    ---------       -----------------   --------
<S>                             <C>              <C>              <C> 
Balloon                         635              49,012,134.23    8.24
Non-Balloon                  13,152             545,709,416.77   91.76
- -------------------------    ---------       -----------------  ---------
Total:                       13,787             594,721,551.00  100.00
- -------------------------    ---------       -----------------  ---------


- ------------------------     ---------       -----------------  ---------
                              Number            Current          % by
                              of                Principal       Current
Lien Status                   Loans             Balance         Balance
- ------------------------     ---------       -----------------  ---------
<C>                           <C>             <C>                  <C>  
1                             7,222           416,622,104.73       70.05
2                             6,564           178,089,044.87       29.94
3                                 1                10,401.40        0.00
- ------------------------     ---------       -----------------  ---------
Total:                       13,787           594,721,551.00      100.00
- ------------------------     ---------       -----------------  ---------


- ------------------------     ---------       -----------------  ---------
                              Number            Current          % by
                              of                Principal       Current
Index                         Loans             Balance         Balance
- ------------------------     ---------       -----------------  ---------
<S>                           <C>             <C>                 <C>   
Fixed Rate                    13,787          594,721,551.00      100.00
- ------------------------     ---------       -----------------  ---------
Total:                        13,787          594,721,551.00      100.00
- ------------------------     ---------       -----------------  ---------


- ------------------------     ---------       -----------------  ---------
                              Number            Current           % by
                              of                Principal         Current
Junior Loan Ratio             Loans             Balance           Balance
- ------------------------     ---------       -----------------   ---------
<S>                             <C>            <C>                   <C>  
=*  0.000                       7,222          416,622,104.73       70.05
0.001 -  10.000                   280            3,662,097.66        0.62
10.001 -  20.000                2,133           42,405,247.94        7.13
20.001 -  30.000                1,964           51,203,281.11        8.61
30.001 -  40.000                1,124           36,075,263.44        6.07
40.001 -  50.000                  562           22,242,482.91        3.74
50.001 -  60.000                  226            9,049,975.15        1.52
60.001 -  70.000                  123            5,757,765.73        0.97
70.001 -  80.000                   74            3,687,681.43        0.62
80.001 -  90.000                   52            2,577,773.63        0.43
90.001 - 100.000                   27            1,437,877.27        0.24
- -------------------------     ---------       -----------------   ---------
Total:                         13,787          594,721,551.00      100.00
- -------------------------     ---------       -----------------   ---------
Min:   3.89                     
Max:   100.00                   
Weighted Average:   32.07                       
- --------------------------------        ---------       -----------------       ---------
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

 CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF POOL II


     Set forth below is a description of certain characteristics of Pool II and
the Initial Pool II Mortgage Loans. Certain of the percentage columns may not
sum to 100.00% due to rounding.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Pool II (ARMs)                                                                                  

- ----------------------  ---------    -------------    ----   -------- ------- ------- -------  -------  --------  ---------  ------
                         Number of     Aggregate               WA               WA      WA      WA       WA       Months to   WA
                         Mortgage      Principal               Rem      WA      Orig    Life    Gross   Periodic  Coupon      Life
Product Type             Loans         Balance         WAC     Term     Age     LTV     Cap     Margin  Rate Cap  Adjustment  Floor
- ----------------------  ---------   --------------   ------  ------- ------- -------  -------  -------- --------  ---------- ------
<S>                      <C>        <C>              <C>      <C>      <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>      <C>       <C>       <C>    
ARM - 2 Year/6 Month     2,744      261,739,018.67   10.5542  358.2    1.7     81.27   16.8879 6.3986   1.0870    22.20     10.3970
ARM - 6 Month            2,014      192,518,945.34    9.5846  354.8    5.1     80.55   15.5025 5.7765   1.2184     7.40      9.2534
ARM - 4 Year/6 Month     1,836      132,036,948.52   10.5120  359.6    0.4     75.29   16.5119 6.1298   1.0004    47.90     10.5102
ARM - 1 Year                64        9,134,483.50    9.9130  355.7    4.3     78.39   15.9452 6.5648   1.9993     9.40      9.1254
ARM - 3 Year/6 Month       106        8,512,501.28   10.4388  356.9    2.8     79.70   16.8519 6.0676   1.0000    33.10      9.7506
ARM - Other                 30        3,429,972.13   10.2974  358.4    1.6     80.97   16.0995 6.1872   1.3133    18.30      9.6787
ARM - 6 Month/1 Year        22        1,430,079.76   10.2193  346.5   13.5     76.36   15.5315 5.0943   2.0000     7.70      8.9483
ARM - 3/3/1 Month           17        1,039,123.06   11.0884  332.2   27.8     77.97   14.4767 5.3709   2.0000     1.00      7.4767
Balloon - 15/30              7          975,965.73   10.3455  173.5    6.5     79.07   16.6409 6.5240   1.3663    14.80      9.7838
ARM - 1 Year/6 Month         3          496,336.94    9.6694  358.5    1.5     77.84   15.6694 5.4904   1.0000    10.50      9.6694
ARM - 5 Year/6 Month         4          222,273.41    9.2577  352.4    7.6     78.44   16.2577 4.7207   1.0000    52.40      8.1516
ARM - 3 Year/1 Year          2          143,599.39   10.8251  352.0    8.0     65.77   17.8251 6.9073   2.0000    28.00     10.8251

- ----------------------   --------- ---------------   -------- ------- ------ ------- --------- ------- --------- -------  ---------
Total:                   6,849      611,679,247.73   10.2259  357.0    2.6     79.66   16.3430 6.1356   1.1276    22.90     10.0189
- ----------------------   --------- ---------------   -------- ------- ------ ------- --------- -------- -------- -------  ---------


- ----------------------   --------- ---------------       ---------               
                         Number         Current           % by               
                         of             Principal         Current        
Gross Coupon            Loans           Balance           Balance       
- -------------------  -----------        ---------       ------------                                                               
<S>                      <C>           <C>                <C>                                                             
=*  7.000                  5             536,489.34         0.09                                                            
7.001 -  7.500           117          13,992,975.16         2.29                                                            
7.501 -  8.000           104          11,853,285.62         1.94                                                            
8.001 -  8.500           209          22,080,963.62         3.61
8.501 -  9.000           497          51,931,981.02         8.49
9.001 -  9.500           542          56,530,344.45         9.24
9.501 -  10.000        1,010         105,626,069.37        17.27
10.001 -  10.500       1,274         108,759,157.43        17.78
10.501 -  11.000       1,334         116,951,837.08        19.12
11.001 -  11.500         896          63,941,445.95        10.45
11.501 -  12.000         424          30,713,323.35         5.02
12.001 -  13.000         359          23,662,482.09         3.87
13.001 -  14.000          56           3,883,878.60         0.63
14.001 -  15.000          18             920,133.01         0.15
15.001 + =                 4             294,881.64         0.05
- -------------------  -----------    -------------------  ---------
Total:                 6,849         611,679,247.73       100.00
- ------------------   ---------      -----------------    ---------
Min:   6.99                     
Max:   15.20                    
Weighted Average:   10.23                       
- --------------------------------     
*= Less than
+ = More than
- ------------------  ------------        ---------       ----------------- 
                       Number            Current           % by
                        of               Principal        Current
Original Maturity       Loans            Balance          Balance
- ------------------  ------------       -----------     -----------------   
<S>                      <C>            <C>                 <C> 
121 - 180                12             1,237,832.38        0.20
181 - 240                 1                30,960.00        0.01
301 - 360             6,836           610,410,455.35       99.79
- ------------------  ------------     ----------------  -----------------  
Total:                6,849           611,679,247.73        100.00
- ------------------  ------------     ----------------  -----------------
Min:   180                      
Max:   360                      
Weighted Average:   359.63                      
- --------------------------------


- -----------------   ------------        ---------       -----------------  
                        Number          Current             % by
                        of              Principal          Current
Remaining Term          Loans           Balance            Balance
- ----------------    ------------        ---------       -----------------  
<S>                      <C>             <C>                 <C> 
145 - 156                1               97,709.44           0.02
157 - 168                1               99,787.23           0.02
169 - 180               10            1,040,335.71           0.17
229 - 240                1               30,960.00           0.01
289 - 300                1              194,453.73           0.03
313 - 324                1               26,373.91           0.00
325 - 336              274           27,656,963.78           4.52
337 - 348               20            1,404,670.68           0.23
349 - 360            6,540          581,127,993.25          95.01
- ----------------  --------------    ------------------   --------------
Total:               6,849          611,679,247.73        100.00
- --------------------------------    -----------------    --------------
Min:   149                      
Max:   360                      
Weighted Average:   357.01                      
- --------------------------------  


- -----------------  -------------      -------------     ----------------- 
                     Number            Current              % by
                     of                Principal            Current
Age of Loan          Loans             Balance              Balance
- -----------------  -------------      --------------    -----------------
<S>                  <C>              <C>                    <C>  
=*  0                2,429            200,053,531.35         32.71
1 -  12              4,124            382,305,283.36         62.50
13 -  24                20              1,377,081.66          0.23
25 -  36               274             27,722,523.72          4.53
37 -  48                 1                 26,373.91          0.00
61 -  72                 1                194,453.73          0.03
- --------------------------------    -------------------  -----------------
Total:               6,849            611,679,247.73        100.00
- --------------------------------        ---------       -----------------
Min:   0                        
Max:   67                       
Weighted Average:   2.62                        
- --------------------------------
* = Less than 

- --------------------------------        ---------       ----------------- 
                      Number             Current            % by
                      of                 Principal        Current
Paid Thru Date        Loans              Balance          Balance
- --------------------------------         ---------       ----------------- 
<S>                     <C>              <C>                <C> 
1997-09                 6                376,654.21         0.06
1997-10               100              9,016,949.78         1.47
1997-11               996             95,376,133.60        15.59
1997-12             4,585            416,087,536.33        68.02
1998-01             1,136             88,909,169.34        14.54
1998-02                25              1,809,104.47         0.30
1999-11                 1                103,700.00         0.02
- --------------  -------------       -------------------  ---------
Total:              6,849            611,679,247.73        100.00
- --------------  --------------      -------------------  ---------
Min:   1997-09-04                       
Max:   1999-11-03                       
- --------------------------------   

- ----------------  --------------     --------------       ---------
                     Number            Current             % by
                     of                Principal          Current
Gross Margin         Loans             Balance            Balance
- ----------------  --------------     --------------       ---------
<S>                    <C>             <C>                  <C> 
1.501 -   2.000        1               133,149.85           0.02
2.501 -   3.000        5               726,449.65           0.12
3.001 -   3.500        5               585,884.93           0.10
3.501 -   4.000       17             1,692,111.96           0.28
4.001 -   4.500       47             4,345,535.33           0.71
4.501 -   5.000      644            63,929,010.05          10.45
5.001 -   5.500    1,313           117,328,021.82          19.18
5.501 -   6.000      814            77,511,445.01          12.67
6.001 -   6.500    1,993           168,687,042.91          27.58
6.501 -   7.000    1,069            94,863,774.55          15.51
7.001 -   7.500      384            35,774,542.22           5.85
7.501 -   8.000      291            24,641,859.31           4.03
8.001 -   8.500      129            10,723,076.51           1.75
8.501 -   9.000       84             6,997,029.50           1.14
9.001 -   9.500       30             2,116,232.26           0.35
9.501 -  10.000       21             1,499,031.87           0.25
10.001 - 10.500        2               125,050.00           0.02
- ----------------- -------------   -------------------   ---------
Total:             6,849           611,679,247.73        100.00
- ----------------- -------------   -------------------   ---------
Min:   2.000                    
Max:   10.350                   
Weighted Average:   6.136                       
- --------------------------------


- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
                     Number            Current             % by
                     of                Principal           Current
Gross Life Cap       Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                    <C>             <C>                  <C> 
9.001 -  10.000          6             494,143.71           0.08
10.001 -  11.000        12           1,293,900.50           0.21
11.001 -  12.000        11           1,167,935.86           0.19
12.001 -  13.000        12           1,210,948.43           0.20
13.001 -  14.000       237          27,086,548.73           4.43
14.001 -  15.000       680          69,546,113.50          11.37
15.001 -  16.000     1,427         145,261,244.91          23.75
16.001 -  17.000     2,314         202,083,792.06          33.04
17.001 -  18.000     1,539         119,874,858.15          19.60
18.001 -  19.000       460          32,259,553.10           5.27
19.001 -  20.000       110           8,719,160.79           1.43
20.001 -  21.000        26           1,475,404.69           0.24
21.001 -  22.000         6             355,311.18           0.06
22.001 *=                9             850,332.12           0.14
- ------    ------         -             ----------           ----

Total:               6,849         611,679,247.73         100.00
                     -----         --------------         ------
* = Less than.

Min:   9.550                    
Max:   31.800                   
Weighted Average:   16.343                      




- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
                     Number            Current             % by
                     of                Principal           Current
Gross Life Floor     Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                    <C>             <C>                  <C> 
2.001 -   3.000              3           484,565.84         0.08
3.001 -   4.000              3           441,047.67         0.07
4.001 -   5.000             16         1,695,378.39         0.28
5.001 -   6.000             60         6,236,328.45         1.02
6.001 -   7.000             78         8,899,421.74         1.45
7.001 -   8.000            254        28,606,565.17         4.68
8.001 -   9.000            784        81,781,025.80        13.37
9.001 -  10.000          1,662       171,183,107.34        27.99
10.001 -  11.000         2,335       197,470,299.28        32.28
11.001 -  12.000         1,248        88,296,088.86        14.44
12.001 -  13.000           331        21,683,998.88         3.54
13.001 -  14.000            53         3,686,405.66         0.60
14.001 -  15.000            18           920,133.01         0.15
15.001 -  16.000             4           294,881.64         0.05
- ------    ------             -           ----------         ----

Total:                   6,849       611,679,247.73       100.00
                         -----       --------------       ------

Min:   2.750                    
Max:   15.200                   
Weighted Average:   10.019                      



- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
                     Number            Current             % by
Net Interest         of                Principal           Current
Adjustment Date      Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                    <C>             <C>                  <C> 
1997-12                      1            147,738.48        0.02
1998-01                     83          7,943,428.51        1.30
1998-02                     55          7,129,051.39        1.17
1998-03                    164         15,328,900.06        2.51
1998-04                    312         32,207,295.14        5.27
1998-05                    554         52,669,954.27        8.61
1998-06                    483         45,334,347.73        7.41
1998-07                    210         16,386,861.20        2.68
1998-08                      6            874,643.12        0.14
1998-09                     10          1,527,861.78        0.25
1998-10                     18          2,534,611.20        0.41
1998-11                     15          1,598,866.35        0.26
1998-12                     14          2,223,145.80        0.36
1999-01                      7          1,145,842.60        0.19
1999-02                      1             62,329.10        0.01
1999-03                      3            192,294.53        0.03
1999-04                      4            513,314.62        0.08
1999-05                     10            800,005.13        0.13
1999-06                     10          1,044,492.93        0.17
1999-07                     39          3,471,921.89        0.57
1999-08                    100         10,981,516.13        1.80
1999-09                    420         41,782,812.23        6.83
1999-10                    843         75,568,840.48       12.35
1999-11                    989         95,265,618.32       15.57
1999-12                    430         42,896,109.29        7.01
2000-01                     73          7,614,625.00        1.24
2000-02                      1             64,000.00        0.01
2000-03                      7            615,393.04        0.10
2000-04                      9            691,619.40        0.11
2000-05                      3            279,350.86        0.05
2000-08                      7            832,915.78        0.14
2000-09                     19          1,450,930.19        0.24
2000-10                     17          1,190,070.50        0.19
2000-11                     31          2,637,079.31        0.43
2000-12                     20          1,444,507.58        0.24
2001-01                      1             56,000.00        0.01
2001-07                      2            171,112.18        0.03
2001-10                     48          3,722,626.51        0.61
2001-11                    540         38,483,997.62        6.29
2001-12                    756         53,179,820.07        8.69
2002-01                    530         39,391,124.00        6.44
2002-03                      2            123,427.17   `    0.02
2002-04                      1             56,747.03        0.01
2002-09                      1             42,099.21        0.01
- ---- --                      -             ---------        ----

Total:                   6,849        611,679,247.73      100.00
                         -----        --------------      ------

Min:   1997-12-07                       
Max:   2002-09-01                       


- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
                     Number            Current             % by
Initial Interest     of                Principal           Current
Adjustment Period    Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                    <C>             <C>                  <C> 
1                           3             278,850.00         0.05
3                          17           1,039,123.06         0.17
5                           1             300,000.00         0.05
6                       2,042         194,542,389.95        31.80
7                           2             194,154.96         0.03
12                         67           9,630,820.44         1.57
18                          2             302,139.84         0.05
23                          4             407,204.08         0.07
24                      2,754         263,039,552.81        43.00
25                          8             968,692.41         0.16
36                        108           8,656,100.67         1.42
37                          1              60,997.58         0.01
48                      1,836         132,036,948.52        21.59
60                          4             222,273.41         0.04
- --                          -             ----------         ----
Total:                  6,849         611,679,247.73        100.00
                        -----         --------------        ------


- ----------------     --------------      ---------------    ---------
                        Number            Current             % by
Subsequent Interest     of                Principal           Current
Adjustment Period       Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------     --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                      <C>             <C>                  <C> 
1                             17            1,039,123.06      0.17
3                              8              790,192.88      0.13
6                          6,735          599,014,028.76     97.93
12                            89           10,835,903.03      1.77
- --                            --           -------------      ----
Total:                     6,849          611,679,247.73    100.00
                           -----          --------------    ------



- ----------------       --------------      ---------------    ---------
                          Number            Current             % by
Subsequent Periodic       of                Principal           Current
Interest Cap              Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------       --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                    <C>                 <C>                  <C> 
0.500                           13            1,545,149.85        0.25
1.000                        5,983          519,151,427.81       84.87
1.250                            2              201,600.00        0.03
1.500                          376           43,338,758.27        7.09
2.000                          431           42,409,212.46        6.93
3.000                           40            4,650,399.86        0.76
4.850                            1              117,246.43        0.02
6.000                            1              111,600.00        0.02
6.675                            1               73,053.05        0.01
50.000                           1               80,800.00        0.01
- ------                           -               ---------        ----

Total:                       6,849          611,679,247.73      100.00
                             -----          --------------      ------

Min:   0.500                    
Max:   50.000                   



- ----------------        --------------      ---------------    ---------
                           Number           Current            % by
                           of               Principal          Current
Current Mortgage Amount    Loans            Balance            Balance
- ----------------        --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                         <C>             <C>                  <C> 
=*   25,000.00                  117            2,369,670.29        0.39
25,000.01 -   50,000.00       1,416           55,791,750.57        9.12
50,000.01 -   75,000.00       1,933          120,732,659.12       19.74
75,000.01 -  100,000.00       1,290          111,888,289.83       18.29
100,000.01 - 125,000.00         817           91,349,292.08       14.93
125,000.01 - 150,000.00         518           70,658,525.76       11.55
150,000.01 - 175,000.00         279           44,974,112.26        7.35
175,000.01 - 200,000.00         172           32,274,655.88        5.28
200,000.01 - 300,000.00         244           57,911,014.90        9.47
300,000.01 - 400,000.00          48           16,578,708.49        2.71
400,000.01 - 500,000.00          13            5,811,568.55        0.95
500,000.01 - 600,000.00           1              539,000.00        0.09
700,000.01 - 800,000.00           1              800,000.00        0.13
- ----------   ----------           -              ----------        ----

Total:                        6,849          611,679,247.73      100.00
                              -----          --------------      ------

Min:   2,611.53                       
Max:   800,000.00                     
Average:   89,309.28                  
Total:   611,679,247.73                       



- ----------------              --------------      ---------------    ---------
                                 Number            Current             % by
                                 of                Principal           Current
Georgraphical Distribution       Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------              --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                                <C>             <C>                  <C> 
Michigan                               960         74,536,652.08       12.19
Illinois                               523         55,409,584.27        9.06
Ohio                                   519         38,663,370.23        6.32
Washington                             273         28,703,826.97        4.69
New York                               265         28,304,649.37        4.63
Florida                                303         25,515,406.44        4.17
Pennsylvania                           309         24,597,860.15        4.02
Georgia                                281         24,343,646.93        3.98
Maryland                               181         21,118,969.76        3.45
California-Northern                    134         20,328,734.52        3.32
New Jersey                             164         19,708,446.76        3.22
California-Southern                    130         19,160,616.74        3.13
Indiana                                268         16,980,360.97        2.78
Texas                                  177         16,572,238.60        2.71
Massachusetts                          146         16,518,133.97        2.70
Colorado                               144         15,817,917.77        2.59
North Carolina                         184         14,850,690.91        2.43
Wisconsin                              201         14,098,086.62        2.30
Minnesota                              178         13,900,234.96        2.27
Missouri                               176         11,713,616.89        1.91
Connecticut                             93         11,650,036.11        1.90
Tennessee                              137         10,648,390.62        1.74
Utah                                    80          8,437,797.06        1.38
Kentucky                               111          8,258,506.58        1.35
Arizona                                 93          8,203,765.54        1.34
Virginia                                84          8,126,916.70        1.33
Oregon                                  80          8,012,843.47        1.31
New Mexico                              75          5,463,336.09        0.89
Idaho                                   57          4,514,018.15        0.74
Nevada                                  44          4,454,705.35        0.73
Louisiana                               61          4,135,901.84        0.68
District of Columbia                    38          3,708,812.79        0.61
South Carolina                          48          3,162,634.61        0.52
Maine                                   49          3,138,642.78        0.51
New Hampshire                           34          2,860,515.33        0.47
Kansas                                  40          2,220,004.94        0.36
Oklahoma                                38          2,084,977.63        0.34
Iowa                                    28          1,830,565.48        0.30
Rhode Island                            19          1,714,416.49        0.28
Delaware                                20          1,684,459.59        0.28
Mississippi                             29          1,460,064.96        0.24
Nebraska                                14            912,725.69        0.15
Montana                                 13            907,000.68        0.15
Wyoming                                 13            844,204.40        0.14
Vermont                                  9            745,790.51        0.12
West Virginia                           15            682,106.30        0.11
Arkansas                                 5            386,015.85        0.06
Hawaii                                   1            231,792.69        0.04
South Dakota                             2            175,960.00        0.03
Alaska                                   2            160,600.00        0.03
North Dakota                             1             18,694.59        0.00
                                         -             ---------        ----

Total:                               6,849        611,679,247.73      100.00
                                     -----        --------------      ------



- ----------------         --------------      ---------------    ---------
                            Number            Current             % by
                            of                Principal           Current
Property Type               Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------         --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                            <C>             <C>                  <C> 
Detached single family         6,088          543,840,577.01        88.91
Detached PUD                      67            9,288,677.28         1.52
Manufactured single wide          94            5,723,372.11         0.94
Attached PUD                      23            2,018,203.25         0.33
Attached townhouse                75            6,046,351.99         0.99
Attached condo                   107            8,008,514.76         1.31
2-4 Family                       335           33,036,657.54         5.40
D-PUD                              1              145,000.00         0.02
Manufactured double wide          58            3,478,093.79         0.57
Manufactured triple wide           1               93,800.00         0.02
                                   -               ---------         ----

Total:                         6,849          611,679,247.73       100.00
                               -----          --------------       ------



- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
                     Number            Current             % by
                     of                Principal           Current
Occupancy            Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                    <C>             <C>                  <C> 
Primary                6,564            590,308,991.07       96.51
Investment               261             19,091,099.60        3.12
Second Home               24              2,279,157.06        0.37
                          --              ------------        ----

Total:                 6,849            611,679,247.73      100.00
                       -----            --------------      ------



- ----------------       --------------      ---------------    ---------
                          Number            Current             % by
                          of                Principal           Current
Documentation Level       Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------       --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                        <C>             <C>                  <C> 
Full Documentation          6,849           611,679,247.73      100.00
                            -----           --------------      ------

Total:                      6,849           611,679,247.73      100.00
                            -----           --------------      ------



- ----------------     --------------      ---------------    ---------
                        Number            Current             % by
                        of                Principal           Current
Loan Purpose            Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------     --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                    <C>             <C>                  <C> 
Rate/Term Refinance     5,077             456,923,379.49        74.70
Purchase Money          1,012             111,350,363.62        18.20
Debt Consolidation        379              23,297,432.31         3.81
Cashout                   377              19,885,921.86         3.25
Home Improvement            4                 222,150.45         0.04
                            -                 ----------         ----

Total:                  6,849             611,679,247.73       100.00
                        -----             --------------       ------



- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
                     Number            Current             % by
                     of                Principal           Current
Balloon              Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                    <C>             <C>                  <C> 
Balloon                    7              975,965.73         0.16
Non-Balloon            6,842          610,703,282.00        99.84
                       -----          --------------        -----

Total:                 6,849          611,679,247.73       100.00
                       -----          --------------       ------



- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
                     Number            Current             % by
                     of                Principal           Current
Lien Status          Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                    <C>             <C>                  <C> 
1                       6,849          611,679,247.73       100.00
- -                       -----          --------------       ------

Total:                  6,849          611,679,247.73       100.00
                        -----          --------------       ------


- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
                     Number            Current             % by
                     of                Principal           Current
Index                Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                    <C>             <C>                  <C> 
Libor - 6 Month        6,745           600,514,162.75        98.17
Treasury - 1 Year         59             7,657,193.72         1.25
Libor - 1 Year            28             2,468,768.20         0.40
Libor - 1 Month           17             1,039,123.06         0.17
                          --             ------------         ----

Total:                 6,849           611,679,247.73       100.00
                       -----           --------------       ------



- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
                     Number            Current             % by
                     of                Principal           Current
Junior Loan Ratio    Loans             Balance             Balance
- ----------------  --------------      ---------------    ---------
<S>                    <C>             <C>                  <C> 
=*  0.000              6,849           611,679,247.73        100.00
    -----              -----           --------------        ------

Total:                 6,849           611,679,247.73        100.00
                       -----           --------------        ------

Min:   0.00                     
Max:   0.00                     
Weighted Average:   0.00                        
*= Less than.
</TABLE>
<PAGE>



 CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF POOL III

     Set forth below is a description of certain characteristics of Pool III and
the Initial Pool III Mortgage Loans. Certain of the percentage columns may not
sum to 100.00% due to rounding.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           LEHMAN BROTHERS Page 1 of 5
      MONEY STORE HOME IMPROVEMENT REMIC a/o 11/30/97     Report: AAAA/CHARLABC
 Records: 8,917                                      MON, JAN 12, 1998  11:49 AM
 Balance: 162,432,256.57                                     Prepared by: KBRADY
 Selection: All Records                            S:\KBRADY\MS97-D\TMSHIS\FILE3


                              NUMBER               CURRENT          
 EOM BALANCE                OF LOANS               BALANCE        % 

<S>                              <C>          <C>              <C>  
       0.01-  5,000.00           369          1,423,465.71     0.88 
   5,000.01- 10,000.00         2,165         16,459,330.52    10.13 
  10,000.01- 15,000.00         1,889         23,650,335.69    14.56 
  15,000.01- 20,000.00         1,337         23,205,888.97    14.29 
  20,000.01- 25,000.00         1,271         29,816,710.61    18.36 
  25,000.01- 30,000.00           575         15,896,567.23     9.79 
  30,000.01- 35,000.00           527         17,526,861.64    10.79 
  35,000.01- 40,000.00           306         11,588,974.90     7.13 
  40,000.01- 45,000.00           182          7,623,743.24     4.69 
  45,000.01- 50,000.00           259         12,735,331.85     7.84 
  50,000.01- 55,000.00            14            716,293.97     0.44 
  55,000.01- 60,000.00             5            296,657.89     0.18 
  60,000.01- 65,000.00             4            255,979.92     0.16 
  65,000.01- 70,000.00             2            131,628.81     0.08 
  70,000.01- 75,000.00             3            223,014.76     0.14 
  75,000.01- 80,000.00             1             80,000.00     0.05 
  90,000.01- 95,000.00             1             91,271.80     0.06 
  95,000.01-100,000.00             5            492,928.06     0.30 
 100,000.01+                       2            217,271.00     0.13 

 Total:                        8,917        162,432,256.57   100.00 

  Min: 1,046.00   Max: 117,000.00   Avg: 18,216.02                  



                               NUMBER               CURRENT         
  COUPON                     OF LOANS               BALANCE        %

<S>                                 <C>           <C>           <C> 
   8.501- 9.000                     4             81,272.13     0.05
   9.001- 9.500                    19            523,034.68     0.32
   9.501-10.000                   719         14,466,414.38     8.91
  10.001-10.500                   258          5,206,110.79     3.21
  10.501-11.000                   707         11,266,112.92     6.94
  11.001-11.500                   358          6,091,129.16     3.75
  11.501-12.000                   720         12,841,460.80     7.91
  12.001-12.500                   530          8,983,492.77     5.53
  12.501-13.000                 1,427         26,189,308.67    16.12
  13.001-13.500                   558          8,712,616.32     5.36
  13.501-14.000                 1,375         27,060,362.11    16.66
  14.001-14.500                   430          8,819,735.60     5.43
  14.501-15.000                   667         16,267,090.61    10.01
  15.001+                       1,145         15,924,115.63     9.80

  Total:                        8,917        162,432,256.57   100.00

   Min: 8.990   Max: 16.990   NZWA: 13.043                          



                               NUMBER               CURRENT         
  STATED REMAINING TERM      OF LOANS               BALANCE        %

<S>                               <C>          <C>              <C> 
    1- 60                         530          3,554,993.32     2.19
   61-120                       2,305         22,305,092.08    13.73
  121-180                       2,360         37,347,569.94    22.99
  181-240                       2,240         52,529,162.15    32.34
  241-300                       1,482         46,695,439.08    28.75

  Total:                        8,917        162,432,256.57   100.00

   NZMIN: 13   Max: 300   NZWA: 220.94                              
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           LEHMAN BROTHERS Page 2 of 5
      MONEY STORE HOME IMPROVEMENT REMIC a/o 11/30/97     Report: AAAA/CHARLABC
 Records: 8,917                                      MON, JAN 12, 1998  11:49 AM
 Balance: 162,432,256.57                                     Prepared by: KBRADY
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                              NUMBER               CURRENT          
 SEASONING                  OF LOANS               BALANCE        % 

<S>                            <C>           <C>              <C>   
   o 0                         5,537         97,122,326.72    59.79 
  1- 3                         3,124         60,886,405.62    37.48 
  4- 6                           191          3,400,434.83     2.09 
  7- 9                            31            487,194.91     0.30 
 10-12                            16            236,400.96     0.15 
 13-15                             6             87,189.83     0.05 
 16+                              12            212,303.70     0.13 

 Total:                        8,917        162,432,256.57   100.00 

  NZMIN: 1   Max: 269   WA: 0.75                                    

                                                                    

                              NUMBER               CURRENT          
 JR. MTG RATIO              OF LOANS               BALANCE        % 

<S>                              <C>         <C>               <C>  
        o  0.000                 836         12,708,496.86     7.82 
   0.001- 10.000               1,493         14,059,618.86     8.66 
  10.001- 20.000               3,135         55,219,102.47    34.00 
  20.001- 30.000               1,830         41,016,948.30    25.25 
  30.001- 40.000                 830         21,111,972.45    13.00 
  40.001- 50.000                 391          9,882,116.93     6.08 
  50.001- 60.000                 170          3,833,800.56     2.36 
  60.001- 70.000                  91          1,897,710.99     1.17 
  70.001- 80.000                  65          1,314,366.18     0.81 
  80.001- 90.000                  47            849,698.66     0.52 
  90.001-100.000                  29            538,424.31     0.33 

 Total:                        8,917        162,432,256.57   100.00 

  NZMIN: 1.22   Max: 100.00   NZWA: 24.50                           

                                                                    

                              NUMBER               CURRENT          
 ORIGINAL TERM              OF LOANS               BALANCE        % 

<S>                              <C>          <C>              <C>  
   1- 60                         528          3,494,664.61     2.15 
  61-120                       2,299         22,191,195.75    13.66 
 121-180                       2,367         37,478,526.98    23.07 
 181-240                       2,239         52,504,597.14    32.32 
 241-300                       1,484         46,763,272.09    28.79 

 Total:                        8,917        162,432,256.57   100.00 

  NZMIN: 24   Max: 300   NZWA: 221.69                               

                                                                    

                              NUMBER               CURRENT          
 PROPERTY TYPE              OF LOANS               BALANCE        % 

<S>                            <C>          <C>               <C>   
 SF Detached                   8,751        158,031,685.44    97.29 
 Detached PUD                      3             69,989.58     0.04 
 Manufac. Single Wide              2             30,102.93     0.02 
 Attached PUD                      1             50,000.00     0.03 
 Attached Town House               5             95,531.49     0.06 
 Attached Condo                   43          1,009,640.07     0.62 
 Multi-Family                     45          1,181,505.05     0.73 
 2-4 Family                       66          1,923,596.46     1.18 
 Manufac. Double Wide              1             40,205.55     0.02 

 Total:                        8,917        162,432,256.57   100.00 
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           LEHMAN BROTHERS Page 3 of 5
      MONEY STORE HOME IMPROVEMENT REMIC a/o 11/30/97     Report: AAAA/CHARLABC
 Records: 8,917                                      MON, JAN 12, 1998  11:49 AM
 Balance: 162,432,256.57                                     Prepared by: KBRADY
 Selection: All Records                            S:\KBRADY\MS97-D\TMSHIS\FILE3



                             NUMBER               CURRENT          
PRODUCT TYPE               OF LOANS               BALANCE        % 

<S>                           <C>           <C>              <C>   
FHA Secured                   1,258         21,551,783.88    13.27 
Home Improvmnt Sec            7,659        140,880,472.69    86.73 

Total:                        8,917        162,432,256.57   100.00 

                                                                   

                             NUMBER               CURRENT          
LIEN POSITION              OF LOANS               BALANCE        % 

<S>                             <C>         <C>               <C>  
1                               836         12,708,496.86     7.82 
2                             7,041        133,971,380.09    82.48 
3                             1,040         15,752,379.62     9.70 

Total:                        8,917        162,432,256.57   100.00 

                                                                   

                             NUMBER               CURRENT          
LOAN PURPOSE               OF LOANS               BALANCE        % 

<S>                               <C>           <C>           <C>  
Debt Consolidation                2             16,792.96     0.01 
Rate/Term Refinance              29            390,416.01     0.24 
Home Improvement              8,886        162,025,047.60    99.75 

Total:                        8,917        162,432,256.57   100.00 

                                                                   

                             NUMBER               CURRENT          
OCCUPANCY STATUS           OF LOANS               BALANCE        % 

<S>                              <C>         <C>              <C>  
Investment                       36          1,070,190.52     0.66 
Primary Home                  8,876        161,239,407.05    99.27 
Second Home                       5            122,659.00     0.08 

Total:                        8,917        162,432,256.57   100.00 
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           LEHMAN BROTHERS Page 4 of 5
      MONEY STORE HOME IMPROVEMENT REMIC a/o 11/30/97     Report: AAAA/CHARLABC
 Records: 8,917                                      MON, JAN 12, 1998  11:49 AM
 Balance: 162,432,256.57                                     Prepared by: KBRADY
 Selection: All Records                            S:\KBRADY\MS97-D\TMSHIS\FILE3

                             NUMBER               CURRENT          
TOP STATES                 OF LOANS               BALANCE        % 

<S>                           <C>           <C>              <C>   
CA                            1,502         39,064,187.28    24.05 
IL                              730         12,363,347.08     7.61 
FL                              385          8,658,392.57     5.33 
TX                              556          7,474,940.65     4.60 
NY                              311          6,857,708.75     4.22 
GA                              309          6,194,813.90     3.81 
NJ                              339          5,429,080.97     3.34 
NV                              245          5,381,243.48     3.31 
PA                              383          5,269,224.81     3.24 
AZ                              241          4,724,338.35     2.91 
OH                              335          4,657,032.34     2.87 
WA                              239          4,295,370.77     2.64 
TN                              218          4,073,168.21     2.51 
MO                              274          3,670,552.91     2.26 
MI                              233          3,560,132.65     2.19 
CO                              163          2,874,602.82     1.77 
NC                              177          2,848,968.07     1.75 
IN                              175          2,823,907.68     1.74 
MN                              117          2,501,270.11     1.54 
AR                              184          2,471,562.37     1.52 
MD                              180          2,405,144.79     1.48 
LA                              191          2,371,688.20     1.46 
VA                              168          2,346,533.31     1.44 
KS                              129          2,184,945.05     1.35 
OK                              160          2,133,443.75     1.31 
MS                              129          1,601,670.84     0.99 
ID                               77          1,574,538.83     0.97 
WI                              106          1,552,582.99     0.96 
OR                               94          1,449,612.53     0.89 
UT                               68          1,412,419.24     0.87 
SC                               75          1,358,596.76     0.84 
NM                               71          1,143,515.78     0.70 
IA                               59            930,194.88     0.57 
CT                               38            836,017.85     0.51 
MA                               34            643,634.44     0.40 
WV                               52            627,106.91     0.39 
KY                               42            552,074.33     0.34 
DE                               22            372,878.23     0.23 
AK                               15            364,229.76     0.22 
NE                               21            295,427.12     0.18 
DC                               17            214,977.03     0.13 
RI                                9            201,676.58     0.12 
NH                                9            160,286.44     0.10 
WY                                8            145,844.23     0.09 
MT                                9            105,612.65     0.07 
ME                                6             93,770.13     0.06 
HI                                3             69,869.51     0.04 
ND                                4             49,296.33     0.03 
SD                                4             30,222.42     0.02 
AL                                1             10,599.89     0.01 

Total:                        8,917        162,432,256.57   100.00 

                                                                   

MON DELQ=                    NUMBER               CURRENT          
CUTOFFDT - DUE DATE        OF LOANS               BALANCE        % 

<S>                           <C>          <C>               <C>   
       0                      8,889        161,971,407.23    99.72 
       1                         28            460,849.34     0.28 

Total:                        8,917        162,432,256.57   100.00 
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF POOL IV

     Set forth below is a description of certain characteristics of Pool IV and
the Initial Pool IV Mortgage Loans. Certain of the percentage columns may not
sum to 100.00% due to rounding.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         Total    
                               No of   End of Month     
 Current Balance               Loans     Balance                  % 
<S>                              <C>       <C>                   <C>
    50,000.01-  100,000.00       5         355,766.79            4.2
   100,000.01-  150,000.00       9       1,151,473.00           13.6
   150,000.01-  200,000.00       8       1,471,752.56           17.4
   200,000.01-  250,000.00       2         493,500.00            5.8
   250,000.01-  300,000.00       1         299,931.40            3.5
   300,000.01-  350,000.00       2         664,203.94            7.9
   350,000.01-  400,000.00       1         367,500.00            4.3
   500,000.01-  550,000.00       1         525,000.00            6.2
   550,000.01-  600,000.00       1         587,750.23            6.9
   700,000.01-  750,000.00       1         740,000.00            8.8
 1,000,000.01+                   1       1,800,000.00           21.3
 Total:                         32       8,456,877.92          100.0
 Min: 55,982.11   Max:1,800,000.00  Avg: 264,277.44                    

                                         Total    
                               No of   End of Month     
 Gross Coupon                  Loans     Balance                  % 
<S>                              <C>       <C>                   <C>
  9.001- 9.500                   1         188,902.01            2.2
  9.501-10.000                   2         524,500.00            6.2
 10.001-10.500                   4       1,771,755.63           21.0
 10.501-11.000                   7       2,978,129.83           35.2
 11.001-11.500                   6         929,491.84           11.0
 11.501-12.000                   7         930,463.27           11.0
 12.001-12.500                   2         509,203.94            6.0
 12.501-13.000                   3         624,431.40            7.4
 Total:                         32       8,456,877.92          100.0
 Min: 9.250   Max: 13.000  WAC:11.09                     

                                             Total    
                               No of     End of Month     
 Original Term                 Loans       Balance               % 
<S>                              <C>       <C>                   <C>
180                              1         125,000.00            1.5
360                             31       8,331,877.92           98.5
 Total:                         32       8,456,877.92          100.0
 Min: 180   Max: 360   Wgt Avg: 357                      

                                             Total    
                               No of     End of Month     
 Amortized Remaining Term      Loans        Balance             % 
<S>                              <C>       <C>                   <C>
 169-180                         1         125,000.00            1.5
 349-360                        31       8,331,877.92           98.5
 Total:                         32       8,456,877.92          100.0
 Min: 180   Max: 360   Wgt Avg: 357                      

                                             Total    
                               No of     End of Month     
 Lien Position                 Loans       Balance              % 
<S>                             <C>      <C>                   <C>  
1                               32       8,456,877.92          100.0
 Total: 32      8,456,877.92  100.0

                                             Total    
                               No of     End of Month     
 Documentation Level           Loans        Balance             % 
<S>                             <C>      <C>                   <C>  
 Full                           32       8,456,877.92          100.0
 Total: 32      8,456,877.92  100.0

                                             Total    
                               No of     End of Month     
 Loan Purpose                  Loans        Balance             % 
<S>                             <C>      <C>                    <C> 
 Rate/Term Refinance            22       4,952,820.74           58.6
 Cash Out Refinance              5       2,345,047.41           27.7
 Purchase                        4       1,081,163.55           12.8
 Debt Consolidation              1          77,846.22            0.9
 Total:                         32       8,456,877.92          100.0

                                             Total    
                              No of      End of Month     
 Property Types               Loans         Balance             % 
<S>                            <C>       <C>                    <C> 
 Multi Family                  27        7,492,121.17           88.6
 Mixed Use                      5          964,756.75           11.4
 Total:                        32        8,456,877.92          100.0

                                             Total    
                              No of      End of Month     
 Occupancy Status             Loans         Balance             % 
<S>                            <C>       <C>                    <C> 
 Investment                    24        6,585,343.97           77.9
 Primary                        8        1,871,533.95           22.1
 Total:                        32        8,456,877.92          100.0

                                             Total    
                              No of      End of Month     
 State Concentrations         Loans         Balance             % 
<S>                             <C>        <C>                  <C> 
 CA                             6          940,684.84           11.1
 FL                             2          630,000.00            7.4
 IL                             4          638,285.72            7.5
 MA                             5          770,482.11            9.1
 NY                             6        1,148,261.08           13.6
 PA                             2          250,000.00            3.0
 TX                             7        4,079,164.17           48.2
 Total:                        32        8,456,877.92          100.0

                                              Total    
                              No of       End of Month     
 Debt Service Ratio           Loans          Balance            % 
<S>                             <C>        <C>                   <C>
    *=0.00                      1          195,505.40            2.3
 0.91-1.00                      1        1,800,000.00           21.3
 1.21-1.30                      9        2,510,471.56           29.7
 1.31-1.40                      2          291,854.32            3.5
 1.41-1.50                      4          496,748.23            5.9
 1.51-1.60                      1          125,000.00            1.5
 1.61-1.70                      2          388,500.00            4.6
 1.71-1.80                      4          939,438.46           11.1
 1.81-1.90                      3          787,750.23            9.3
 1.91-2.00                      3          666,127.61            7.9
 2.11-2.20                      1          199,500.00            2.4
 2.81-2.90                      1           55,982.11            0.7
 Total:                        32        8,456,877.92          100.0
 Min: 1.00   Max: 2.83  Wgt Avg: 1.45                    
* = Less than.

                                              Total    
                             No of        End of Month     
 Paid Thru Date              Loans           Balance            % 
<S>                            <C>       <C>                    <C> 
 1997-11                       3         1,128,500.00           13.3
 1997-12                      25         4,668,837.76           55.2
 1998-01                       4         2,659,540.16           31.4
 Total:                       32         8,456,877.92          100.0

                                              Total    
                             No of        End of Month     
 Margin                      Loans           Balance            % 
<S>                           <C>        <C>                    <C> 
      *= 0.000                27         6,960,220.28           82.3
  4.501- 5.000                 3           972,157.64           11.5
  5.001- 5.500                 2           524,500.00            6.2
 Total:                       32         8,456,877.92          100.0
 Min: 4.950   Max: 5.250  Wgt Avg: 5.055                         
* = Less than.

                                             Total    
                             No of       End of Month     
 Periodic Rate Cap           Loans          Balance             % 
<S>                           <C>       <C>                     <C> 
   0.000                      27        6,960,220.28            82.3
   1.000                       5        1,496,657.64            17.7
 Total:                       32        8,456,877.92           100.0
 Min: 1.000   Max: 1.000  Wgt Avg: 1.000                         

                                             Total    
                             No of       End of Month     
 Maximum Rate                Loans          Balance % 
<S>                           <C>       <C>                     <C> 
      *= 0.000                27        6,960,220.28            82.3
 15.001-15.500                 1          188,902.01             2.2
 15.501-16.000                 2          524,500.00             6.2
 16.001-16.500                 2          783,255.63             9.3
 Total:                       32        8,456,877.92           100.0
  Min: 15.250   Max: 16.500  Wgt Avg: 16.045                     
* = Less than.

                                             Total    
                             No of       End of Month     
 Floor                       Loans          Balance               % 
<S>                           <C>       <C>                     <C> 
      *= 0.000                27        6,960,220.28            82.3
  9.001- 9.500                 2          384,407.41             4.5
  9.501-10.000                 1          157,000.00             1.9
 10.001-10.500                 1          587,750.23             6.9
 10.501-11.000                 1          367,500.00             4.3
 Total:                       32        8,456,877.92           100.0
 Min: 9.250   Max: 10.990  Wgt Avg: 10.158                       
* = Less than.

                                             Total    
                             No of       End of Month     
 Next Roll Date              Loans          Balance               % 
<S>                           <C>       <C>                     <C> 
          0                   27        6,960,220.28            82.3
 1998-04-01                    1          587,750.23             6.9
 1998-05-01                    1          188,902.01             2.2
 1998-06-01                    1          195,505.40             2.3
 1998-12-01                    2          524,500.00             6.2
 Total:                       32        8,456,877.92           100.0

                                            Total    
                             No of       End of Month     
 Months To Next Roll Date    Loans          Balance              % 
<S>                           <C>         <C>                   <C> 
  *= 0                        27          6,960,220.28          82.3
  1- 6                         2            776,652.24           9.2
  7-12                         1            195,505.40           2.3
 13-18                         2            524,500.00           6.2
 Total:                       32          8,456,877.92         100.0
  Min: 5   Max: 13   Wgt Avg : 8                         
* = Less than.


                                             Total    
                             No of        End of Month     
 Adjustable Flag             Loans           Balance             % 
<S>                            <C>         <C>                  <C> 
 Adjustable                    5           1,496,657.64         17.7
 Fixed                        27           6,960,220.28         82.3
 Total:                       32           8,456,877.92        100.0
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
Item 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
         AND EXHIBITS.

(c)      EXHIBITS

         EXHIBIT NO.

1.1      Underwriting Agreement, dated December 29, 1997, among The Money Store
         Inc., the Originators and the various Underwriters named therein.

1.2      Pricing Agreement, dated September 26, 1997, between The Money Store
         Inc., the Originators the various Underwriters named therein.

<PAGE>
                                   Schedule A

                                       State of              IRS Employer
REGISTRANT                             INCORPORATION         ID NUMBER

TMS Mortgage Inc.                      New Jersey            22-3217781
The Money Store/D.C. Inc.              D.C.                  22-2133027
The Money Store/Kentucky Inc.          Kentucky              22-2459832
The Money Store Home Equity
Corp.                                  Kentucky              22-2522232
The Money Store/Minnesota              Minnesota             22-3003495
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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 thereunto duly authorized.


                                      TMS MORTGAGE INC.
                                      THE MONEY STORE/D.C. INC.
                                      THE MONEY STORE/KENTUCKY INC.
                                      THE MONEY STORE HOME EQUITY CORP.
                                      THE MONEY STORE/MINNESOTA INC.


                                      By:  /S/ MICHAEL H. BENNOFF
                                      Name:  Michael H. Bennoff
                                      Title: Senior Vice President

Dated:  January 15, 1998
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT                    DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

  1.1             Underwriting Agreement, dated December 29, 1997, among The
                  Money Store Inc., the Originators and the various Underwriters
                  named therein.

  1.2             Pricing Agreement, dated December 29, 1997,
                  between The Money Store Inc.,  the Originators and
                  the various Underwriters named therein.


                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                                 $1,585,000,000
                              THE MONEY STORE INC.

                 The Money Store Trust Asset Backed Certificates
                                  Series 1997-D

                             UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT




                                                               December 29, 1997


Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated     Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
1575 Broadway                         Smith  Incorporated
New York, New York  10036             World Financial Center
                                      North Tower, 10th Floor
                                      New York, New York 10281-1310

Prudential Securities                 Lehman Brothers Inc.
Incorporated                          Three World Financial Center
One New York Plaza                    New York, New York 10285
New York, New York 10292

Salomon Brothers Inc                  Nomura Securities International,
7 World Trade Center                  Inc.
New York, New York  10048             2 World Financial Center,
                                      Building B
                                      New York, New York  10281

Smith Barney Inc.
390 Greenwich Street
New York, New York  10013


Ladies and Gentlemen:

     The Money Store Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the "Company"), and each of
the Originators listed on Annex A hereto (each an "Originator" and collectively,
the "Originators") hereby confirm their agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated, Prudential Securities Incorporated, Salomon Brothers Inc, Smith
Barney Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Lehman Brothers
Inc. and Nomura Securities International, Inc. (together, the "Representatives")
on behalf of the several Underwriters listed on Annex B hereto (the
"Underwriters"), with respect to the delivery by the Company, on behalf of the
Originators, of certificates entitled "The Money Store Trust Asset Backed
Certificates, Series 1997-D, Class AF-1, Class AF-2, Class AF-3, Class AF-4,
Class AF-5, Class AF-6, Class AF-7 (collectively, the "Pool I Certificates"),
Class AV-1, Class AV-2, Class MV-1, Class MV-2, Class BV (collectively, the
"Pool II Certificates"), Class AH-1, Class AH-2, Class AH-3, Class AH-4, Class
MH-1, Class MH-2, Class BH (collectively, the "Pool III Certificates") and Class
AMF (the "Pool IV Certificates," and together with the Pool I Certificates, the
Pool II Certificates and the Pool III Certificates, the "Offered Certificates")
to be issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to be dated as of
November 30, 1997 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Company, as
Representative, Servicer and Claims Administrator, the Originators and The Bank
of New York, as trustee ("Bank of New York" or, in its capacity as trustee under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the "Trustee"). The initial principal
amount of each Class of Offered Certificates will be as set forth on Annex B
hereto. The Offered Certificates represent beneficial interests in a trust fund
(the "Trust Fund") that will consist at the Closing Time (as defined in Section
2 hereof) primarily of four sub-trusts, consisting of one pool of fixed rate
first and junior lien home equity mortgage loans (the "Pool I Home Equity
Loans"), one pool of adjustable rate first lien home equity mortgage loans (the
"Pool II Home Equity Loans"), one pool of home improvement mortgage loans (the
"Pool III Home Improvement Loans"), certain of which Pool III Home Improvement
Loans (the "FHA Loans") are partially insured by the Federal Housing
Administration of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
under Title I of the National Housing Act of 1934 and one pool of multifamily
mortgage loans (the "Pool IV Multifamily Loans"), amounts to be deposited in the
Pre-Funding Account and certain related properties. The Pool I Home Equity
Loans, Pool II Home Equity Loans and Pool III Home Improvement Loans and the
Pool IV Multifamily Loans are referred to herein collectively as the "Loans".
Simultaneously with the issuance and delivery of the Offered Certificates as
contemplated herein, the Company, on behalf of the Originators, will cause to be
issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement certificates entitled "The
Money Store Trust Asset Backed Certificates, Series 1997-D, Class R-1 and Class
R-2" (the "Class R Certificates"), and "The Money Store Trust Asset Backed
Certificates, Series 1997-D, Class X" (the "Class X Certificates" and, together
with the Offered Certificates and Class R Certificates, the "Certificates"). The
Certificates will evidence fractional interests in the Trust Fund. The Class R
Certificates and Class X Certificates will be retained by the Company and TMS
Special Holdings, Inc. and are not being delivered to the Underwriters
hereunder.

     On or prior to the date of issuance of the Certificates, the Company will
obtain from MBIA Insurance Corporation ("MBIA") certificate guaranty insurance
policies (the "MBIA Policies") on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the
holders of the Pool I and Pool IV Certificates. An election will be made to
treat certain assets of the Trust Fund as a real estate mortgage investment
conduit ("REMIC") within the meaning of Section 860D of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").

     Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     Prior to the delivery of the Offered Certificates by the Company, on behalf
of the Originators, and the public offering thereof by the Underwriters, the
Company and the Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, shall
enter into an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the
"Pricing Agreement"). The Pricing Agreement shall be between the Company and the
Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, and shall specify such
applicable information as is indicated in, and be in substantially the form of,
Exhibit A hereto. The offering of the Offered Certificates will be governed by
this Agreement, as supplemented by the Pricing Agreement. From and after the
date of the execution and delivery of the Pricing Agreement, this Agreement
shall be deemed to incorporate the Pricing Agreement.

     The Company and the Originators understand that the Underwriters propose to
make a public offering of the Offered Certificates as soon as the Underwriters
deem advisable after the Pricing Agreement has been executed and delivered.

     Section 1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE
ORIGINATORS.

     (a) The Company and the Originators represent and warrant to each of the
Underwriters as of the date hereof and, if the Pricing Agreement is executed on
a date other than the date hereof, as of the date of the Pricing Agreement (such
latter date being hereinafter referred to as the "Representation Date") as
follows:

               (i) The Company, on behalf of the Originators, has filed with the
     Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") registration
     statements on Form S-3 (No. 333-32775) including a prospectus, and such
     amendments thereto as may have been required to the date hereof, relating
     to the Offered Certificates and the offering thereof from time to time in
     accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
     "1933 Act"), and such registration statement, as amended, has become
     effective. Such registration statement, as amended, and the prospectus
     relating to the sale of the Offered Certificates constituting a part
     thereof as from time to time amended or supplemented (including any
     prospectus supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") filed with the
     Commission pursuant to Rule 424 of the rules and regulations of the
     Commission under the 1933 Act (the "1933 Act Regulations") and any
     information incorporated therein by reference) are respectively referred to
     herein collectively as the "Registration Statement" and the "Prospectus."
     The conditions of Rule 415 under the 1933 Act have been satisfied with
     respect to the Company and the Registration Statement.

               (ii) At the time the Registration Statement became effective and
     at the Representation Date, the Registration Statement complied and will
     comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and
     the 1933 Act Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
     be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
     misleading. The Prospectus, at the Representation Date (unless the term
     "Prospectus" refers to a prospectus which has been provided to the
     Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, by the Company for
     use in connection with the offering of the Offered Certificates which
     differs from the Prospectus on file at the Commission at the time the
     Registration Statement became effective, in which case at the time it is
     first provided to the Representatives, as representatives of the
     Underwriters, for such use) and at Closing Time referred to in Section 2
     hereof, will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
     state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
     the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
     provided, however, that the representations and warranties in this
     subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the
     Registration Statement or Prospectus made in reliance upon and in
     conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any
     Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the
     Registration Statement or Prospectus; and provided further, that neither
     the Company nor the Originators make any representations or warranties as
     to any information in any Computational Materials (as defined in Section 11
     below) provided by any Underwriter to the Company pursuant to Section 11,
     except to the extent of any errors in the Computational Materials that are
     caused by errors in the pool information provided by the Company to the
     applicable Underwriter. The conditions to the use by the Company of a
     registration statement on Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, as set forth in the
     General Instructions to Form S-3, have been satisfied with respect to the
     Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

               (iii) Since the respective dates as of which information is given
     in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as otherwise
     stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the
     condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or
     business prospects of the Company, the Originators and their subsidiaries
     considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course
     of business, which would have a material adverse effect on the ability of
     the Company and the Originators to perform their obligations under the
     Basic Documents (as defined below) and, in the case of the Company, the
     Indemnification Agreement (as defined below) and (B) there have been no
     transactions entered into by the Company or the Originators or any of their
     subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which
     would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company and the
     Originators to perform their obligations under this Agreement, the Pricing
     Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Insurance Agreement
     dated as of December 1, 1997 among the Company, the Originators, the
     Trustee and MBIA (the "Insurance Agreement") (this Agreement, the Pricing
     Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the Insurance Agreement
     being herein referred to, collectively, as the "Basic Documents") and the
     Indemnification Agreement to be dated as of December 1, 1997 (the
     "Indemnification Agreement") among the Company, MBIA and the Underwriters.

               (iv) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing
     as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of New Jersey
     with all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its
     properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and
     to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents and the
     Indemnification Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign
     corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each
     jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of
     the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except
     where the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect
     on, (A) the Company's ability to perform its obligations under the Basic
     Documents and the Indemnification Agreement, or (B) the business,
     properties, financial position, operations or results of operations of the
     Company.

               (v) Each Originator has been duly organized and is validly
     existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its
     jurisdiction of incorporation with all requisite power and authority to
     own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as
     described in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations
     under the Basic Documents; and each Originator is duly qualified as a
     foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each
     jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of
     the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except
     where the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect
     on, (A) the Originator's ability to perform its obligations under the Basic
     Documents, or (B) the business, properties, financial position, operations
     or results of operations of the Originator.

               (vi) Any person who signed this Agreement on behalf of the
     Company or the Originators, was, as of the time of such signing and
     delivery, and is now duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting, and
     the Agreement, as so executed, is duly and validly authorized, executed,
     and constitutes the valid, legal and binding agreement of the Company and
     each Originator, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
     enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
     other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in
     general and by general principles of equity regardless of whether such
     enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

               (vii) Any person who signs the Indemnification Agreement on
     behalf of the Company, will be, as of the time of such signing and
     delivery, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting, and the
     Indemnification Agreement, as so executed, will have been duly and validly
     authorized, and, when executed, will constitute the valid, legal and
     binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
     except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
     reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
     creditors' rights in general and by general principles of equity regardless
     of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
     law.

               (viii) The Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Insurance
     Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and the
     Originators and, when executed and delivered by the Company and the
     Originators and duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the
     other parties thereto, will constitute, the valid and binding agreement of
     the Company and the Originators, enforceable in accordance with their
     terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
     reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
     creditors' rights in general and by general principles of equity regardless
     of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
     law; and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the MBIA Policies conform
     in all material respects to the statements relating thereto contained in
     the Prospectus.

               (ix) The Certificates have been duly and validly authorized by
     the Company and, when executed and delivered by the Company and
     authenticated by the Trustee as specified in the Pooling and Servicing
     Agreement and, in the case of the Offered Certificates, delivered to the
     Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, the Certificates will be duly and
     validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the Pooling
     and Servicing Agreement; and the Certificates conform in all material
     respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Prospectus.

               (x) Neither the issuance or delivery of the Certificates, nor the
     consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated or in any
     other Basic Document and, in the case of the Company, the Indemnification
     Agreement, nor the execution and delivery by the Company and the
     Originators of the Basic Documents and, in the case of the Company, the
     Indemnification Agreement nor the fulfillment of the terms of the
     Certificates or each Basic Document and, in the case of the Company, the
     Indemnification Agreement will result in the breach of any term or
     provision of the charter or by-laws of the Company and the Originators, and
     the Company and the Originators are not in breach or violation of or in
     default (nor has an event occurred which with notice or lapse of time or
     both would constitute a default) under the terms of (A) any material
     obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any material
     contract, indenture, loan agreement, note, lease or other material
     instrument to which the Company or the Originators are a party or by which
     it may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company
     or the Originators are subject, or (B) any law, decree, order, rule or
     regulation applicable to the Company and the Originators of any court or
     supervisory, regulatory, administrative or governmental agency, body or
     authority, or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company or the
     Originators or their properties, the default in or the breach or violation
     of which would have a material adverse effect on the Company or the
     Originators or the ability of the Company and the Originators to perform
     their obligations under the Basic Documents and, in the case of the
     Company, the Indemnification Agreement; and neither the issuance or
     delivery of the Certificates, nor the consummation of any other of the
     transactions herein contemplated, nor the fulfillment of the terms of the
     Certificates or the Basic Documents and, in the case of the Company, the
     Indemnification Agreement will result in such a breach, violation or
     default which would have such a material adverse effect.

               (xi) Except as described in the Prospectus, there is no action,
     suit or proceeding against or investigation of the Company or any
     Originator, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company and the
     Originators, threatened against the Company or any Originator, before any
     court, governmental agency or body (A) which is required to be disclosed in
     the Prospectus (other than as disclosed therein) or (B) (1) asserting the
     invalidity of any Basic Document, the Indemnification Agreement or the
     Certificates, (2) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates or
     the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Basic
     Documents, (3) which would materially and adversely affect the performance
     by the Company or any Originator of its obligations under the Basic
     Documents, or the validity or enforceability of any Basic Document or the
     Certificates and, in the case of the Company, the Indemnification Agreement
     or (4) seeking to adversely affect the federal income tax attributes of the
     Offered Certificates described in the Prospectus; all pending legal or
     governmental proceedings to which the Company or any Originator is a party
     or of which any of its property or assets is the subject which are not
     described in the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation
     incidental to the business, are, considered in the aggregate, not material
     to the Company's or any Originator's ability to perform its obligations
     under the Basic Documents and, in the case of the Company, the
     Indemnification Agreement.

               (xii) The Company and each of the Originators possess such
     licenses, certificates, authorities or permits issued by the appropriate
     state or federal regulatory agencies or governmental bodies necessary to
     conduct the businesses now conducted by them (except where the failure to
     possess any such license, certificate, authority or permit would not
     materially and adversely affect the holders of the Offered Certificates)
     and neither the Company nor any of the Originators has received any notice
     of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
     license, certificate, authority or permit which, singly or in the
     aggregate, if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding,
     would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform
     its obligations under the Basic Documents and the Indemnification
     Agreement.

               (xiii) No authorization, approval or consent of any court or
     governmental authority or agency is necessary in connection with the
     issuance or sale of the Offered Certificates hereunder, except such as have
     been obtained or will be obtained prior to the Closing Date and except as
     may be required under state securities laws.

               (xiv) At the time of execution and delivery of the Pooling and
     Servicing Agreement by the Company, the Originators and the Trustee, the
     Trustee (or, with respect to the Pool III Home Improvement Loans, the
     Co-Trustee) will have acquired good title on behalf of the Trust Fund to
     the related Loans, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage,
     pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, and, upon delivery to the
     Underwriters of the Offered Certificates which they purchase, the
     Underwriters will have good and marketable title to such Offered
     Certificates free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge,
     lien, encumbrance, claim or equity.

               (xv) The transfer of the Loans to the Trust Fund at Closing Time
     will be treated by the Company and the Originators for financial accounting
     and reporting purposes as a sale of assets and not as a pledge of assets to
     secure debt.

               (xvi) Each assignment of Mortgage required to be prepared
     pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is based on forms recently
     utilized by the applicable Originator with respect to mortgaged properties
     located in the appropriate jurisdiction and used in the regular course of
     the applicable Originator's business. Upon execution each such assignment
     will be in recordable form, and it is reasonable to believe that it will be
     sufficient to effect the assignment of the Mortgage to which it relates as
     provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

               (xvii) Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges that are
     assessed and due in connection with the execution, delivery and issuance of
     the Basic Documents, the Indemnification Agreement and the Offered
     Certificates which have become due or will become due on or prior to
     Closing Time shall have been paid at or prior to Closing Time.

               (xviii) The Trust Fund is not required to be registered as an
     "investment company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940
     Act").

     (b) Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any Originator
and delivered to the Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, or
counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by
the Company and such Originator as to the matters covered thereby.

     Section 2. DELIVERY TO THE UNDERWRITERS; CLOSING.

     (a) On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company, on behalf of
the Originators, agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly,
and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from
the Company, the Offered Certificates set forth opposite its name in Annex B
hereto at the price set forth below. In the event that the pass-through rates
for each Class of Offered Certificates have not been agreed upon and the Pricing
Agreement has not been executed and delivered by all parties thereto by the
close of business on the fourth business day following the date of this
Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate forthwith, without liability of any
party to any other party, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Representatives,
as representatives of the Underwriters, and the Company.

     (b) Delivery of the Offered Certificates shall be made at the offices of
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, 180 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038, or at
such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter and the Company, at
11:00 A.M., New York City time, on December 31, 1997, or such other time not
later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the
Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, and the Company (such
time and date of payment and delivery being herein called "Closing Time").

     Each Class of Offered Certificates will initially be represented by one
certificate registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of The Depository
Trust Company ("DTC") (the "DTC Certificates"). The interests of beneficial
owners of the DTC Certificates will be represented by book entries on the
records of DTC and participating members thereof. Definitive certificates
evidencing the Offered Certificates will be available only under the limited
circumstances specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The interest in
the DTC Certificates to be purchased by the applicable Underwriter will be
delivered by the Company to the applicable Underwriter (which delivery shall be
made through the facilities of DTC) against payment of the purchase price
therefor by a same day federal funds wire payable to the order of the Company,
equal to 99.852711066% of the aggregate initial principal amount of the Offered
Certificates plus accrued interest as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement.

     Section 3. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE ORIGINATORS. The Company and
the Originators covenant with each of the Underwriters as follows:

               (a) The Company will promptly notify the Representatives, as
     representatives of the Underwriters, and confirm the notice in writing, (i)
     of any amendment to the Registration Statement; (ii) of any request by the
     Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment
     or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information; (iii) of the
     issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness
     of the Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any
     proceedings for that purpose; and (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any
     notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
     Offered Certificates for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
     threatening of any proceedings for that purpose. The Company will make
     every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if
     any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest
     possible moment.

               (b) The Company will give the Representatives, as representatives
     of the Underwriters, notice of its intention to file or prepare any
     amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to
     the Prospectus (including any revised prospectus which the Company proposes
     for use by the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Offered
     Certificates which differs from the prospectus on file at the Commission at
     the time the Registration Statement becomes effective, whether or not such
     revised prospectus is required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the
     1933 Act Regulations, will furnish the Representatives, as representatives
     of the Underwriters, with copies of any such amendment or supplement a
     reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case
     may be, and, unless required by law to do so, will not file any such
     amendment or supplement or use any such prospectus to which The
     Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, or counsel for the
     Underwriters shall reasonably object.

               (c) The Company will deliver to the Representatives, as
     representatives of the Underwriters, as many signed and as many conformed
     copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each
     amendment thereto (in each case including exhibits filed therewith) as the
     Representatives may reasonably request.

               (d) The Company will furnish to the Representatives, as
     representatives of the Underwriters, from time to time during the period
     when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), such number
     of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as the
     Representatives may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the
     1933 Act or the 1934 Act or the respective applicable rules and regulations
     of the Commission thereunder.

               (e) If any event shall occur as a result of which it is
     necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, to
     amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the Prospectus not
     misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is
     delivered to a purchaser, the Company will forthwith amend or supplement
     the Prospectus (in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the
     Underwriters) so that, as so amended or supplemented, the Prospectus will
     not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
     material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
     light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a
     purchaser, not misleading, and the Company will furnish to the
     Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, a reasonable
     number of copies of such amendment or supplement.

               (f) The Company and the Originators will endeavor, in cooperation
     with the Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, to
     qualify the Offered Certificates for offering and sale under the applicable
     securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States
     as the Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, may
     designate; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Originator
     shall be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction
     in which it is not so qualified. In each jurisdiction in which the Offered
     Certificates have been so qualified, the Company and the Originators will
     file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such
     jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for a period of not
     less than one year from the date hereof.

               (g) So long as any Certificates shall be outstanding, the Company
     and the Originators will deliver to the Representatives, as representatives
     of the Underwriters, as promptly as practicable, such information
     concerning the Company, the Originators or the Certificates as the
     Representatives may reasonably request from time to time.

     Section 4. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. The Company and the Originators will pay
all expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this
Agreement, including (i) the printing (or other reproducing) and filing of the
Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (other
than amendments relating to the filing of Computational Materials pursuant to
Section 11); (ii) the reproducing of the Basic Documents and the Indemnification
Agreement; (iii) the preparation, printing, issuance and delivery of the
certificates for the DTC Certificates to the Underwriters; (iv) the fees and
disbursements of (A) the Company's counsel, (B) the Underwriters' counsel, (C)
KPMG Peat Marwick, accountants for the Company and issuer of the comfort letter,
(D) the Trustee and the Co-Trustee, if applicable, and their respective counsel
and (E) DTC in connection with the book-entry registration of the DTC
Certificates; (v) the qualification of the Offered Certificates under state
securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof,
including filing fees and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of
the Blue Sky Survey; (vi) the printing (or other reproducing) and delivery to
the Underwriters of copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and
of each amendment thereto, of each preliminary prospectus and of the Prospectus
and any amendments or supplements thereto; (vii) the fees charged by each of
Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), Standard & Poor's Rating Services,
a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. ("Standard & Poor's") and Ftich
IBCA Inc. ("Fitch"), for rating the Offered Certificates; and (viii) the
reproducing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey.

     If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives, as representatives
of the Underwriters, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section
9(a)(i) (unless, in the case of Section 9(a)(i), such termination arises from a
change or development involving a prospective change in or affecting the
business or properties of MBIA), the Company and the Originators shall reimburse
the Underwriters severally for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses,
including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

     Section 5. CONDITIONS OF THE UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The obligations of
the Underwriters hereunder are subject, in the Representatives' sole discretion,
to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the
Originators herein contained, to the performance by the Company and the
Originators of their respective obligations hereunder, and to the following
further conditions:

               (a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective and,
     at Closing Time, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
     Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or
     proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission. As of the
     Closing Time, the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in
     accordance with Rule 424 of the 1933 Act Regulations.

               (b) At Closing Time, the Representatives, as representatives of
     the Underwriters, shall have received:

                    (i) The favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of
          Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, to the
          effect that:

                         (A) To the best of their knowledge and information, the
               Registration Statement is effective under the 1933 Act and no
               stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
               Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings
               therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission.

                         (B) At the time the Registration Statement became
               effective and at the Representation Date, the Registration
               Statement (other than the financial, numerical, statistical and
               quantitative information included or incorporated therein, as to
               which no opinion need be rendered) complied as to form in all
               material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the
               Rules and Regulations thereunder.

                         (C) The information in the Prospectus under
               "Description of the Certificates" and "The Agreements" and the
               information in the Prospectus Supplement under "Description of
               the Agreement" and "Description of The Certificates," insofar as
               they constitute summaries of certain provisions of the
               Certificates, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance
               Agreement and the MBIA Policies, summarizes fairly such
               provisions.

                         (D) The information in the Prospectus under "Summary of
               Terms -- Federal Income Tax Consequences," "Summary of Terms --
               ERISA Considerations," "Certain Legal Aspects of the Mortgage
               Loans," "Federal Income Tax Consequences," "ERISA Considerations"
               and "Risk Factors--The Status of the Mortgage Loans in the Event
               of Bankruptcy of The Representative or an Originator" and in the
               Prospectus Supplement under "Summary of Terms-- REMIC Election
               and Tax Status," "Summary of Terms--ERISA Considerations,"
               "Federal Income Tax Consequences," and "ERISA Considerations," to
               the extent that they constitute matters of federal, New York or
               California law, summaries of legal matters, documents or
               proceedings or legal conclusions, has been reviewed by them and
               is correct in all material respects.

                         (E) TMS Special Holdings, Inc. has been duly
               incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under
               the laws of the State of Delaware. TMS Mortgage Inc. is qualified
               to transact business as a foreign corporation in, and is in good
               standing under the laws of, the States of California, Florida and
               New York.

                         (F) Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
               by the other parties thereto (including but not limited to the
               Originators), the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
               Certificates, the Insurance Agreement, the Indemnification
               Agreement, the Pricing Agreement and this Agreement are legal,
               valid and binding agreements enforceable in accordance with their
               respective terms against the Company, subject (a) to the effect
               of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar
               laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and
               court decisions with respect thereto, (b) to the understanding
               that no opinion is expressed as to the application of equitable
               principles in any proceeding, whether at law or in equity, and
               (c) to limitations of public policy under applicable securities
               laws as to rights of indemnity and contribution thereunder.

                         (G) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
               court or governmental agency or body is required for the
               execution, delivery and performance by the Company of, or
               compliance by the Company with, this Agreement, the Pooling and
               Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Pricing
               Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement or the offer,
               issuance, sale or delivery of the Certificates, or the
               consummation of any other transactions by the Company
               contemplated by this Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the
               Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Pricing Agreement and the
               Indemnification Agreement, except as may be required under the
               blue sky laws of any jurisdiction (as to which such counsel need
               not opine) and such other approvals as have been obtained.

                         (H) Neither the consummation of the transactions
               contemplated by, nor the fulfillment of the terms of, this
               Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance
               Agreement, the Pricing Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement
               and the Certificates, conflicts or will conflict with or results
               or will result in a breach of or constitutes or will constitute a
               default under (a) the terms of any material indenture or other
               material agreement or instrument of which counsel has knowledge
               to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or to
               which it is subject or (b) any statute or order, rule,
               regulation, writ, injunction or decree of which counsel has
               knowledge of any court, governmental authority or regulatory body
               to which the Company is subject or by which it is bound.

                         (I) The delivery of each Mortgage Note and Mortgage by
               an Originator as and in the manner contemplated by the
               Underwriting Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is
               sufficient fully to transfer to the Trustee (or, with respect to
               the Pool III Home Improvement Loans, the Co- Trustee) for the
               benefit of the Certificateholders all right, title and interest
               of the applicable Originator in and to each such Loan including,
               without limitation, the right to enforce each such Loan in
               accordance with its terms to the extent enforceable by the
               related Originator at the time of such delivery. With respect to
               the transfer of the Loans by the Originators, such counsel shall
               express no opinion as to (i) whether the laws of the State of New
               York would apply to the transfer of the related Mortgages or (ii)
               the effectiveness of the transfer of the Mortgages under the laws
               of the jurisdictions in which such Originators are located (other
               than Mortgages relating to Mortgaged Properties situated in
               California or New York) or in which the Mortgaged Properties are
               situated (other than Mortgaged Properties situated in California
               or New York) or the right of the Trustee and the Co-Trustee to
               enforce such Mortgages.

                         (J) The Certificates, assuming due execution by the
               Company, due authorization by the Trustee and delivery and
               payment therefore pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, will be
               validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of
               the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

                         (K) Assuming compliance with all provisions of the
               Pooling and Servicing Agreement, for federal income tax purposes,
               each of REMIC I and REMIC II will qualify as a REMIC, the Offered
               Certificates and the Class X Certificates will constitute
               "regular interests" in REMIC I and the Class R-1 Certificates and
               the Class R-2 Certificates will each constitute a single class of
               "residual interests" in REMIC I and REMIC II, respectively,
               within the meaning of the REMIC Provisions. Assuming compliance
               with all provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, for
               New York State and City tax purposes, each of REMIC I and REMIC
               II will be classified as a REMIC and not as a corporation,
               partnership or trust, in conformity with the federal income tax
               treatment of such assets. Accordingly, each of REMIC I and REMIC
               II will be exempt from all New York State and City taxation
               imposed upon its income, franchise or capital stock.
               Additionally, each of REMIC I and REMIC II will be exempt from
               all State of California taxation imposed upon its income,
               franchise or capital stock, other than the application of the
               annual minimum tax under Section 23153 of the California Revenue
               and Taxation Code.

                         (L) An Offered Certificate owned by a "domestic
               building and loan association" within the meaning of Section
               7701(a)(19) of the Code will be considered in its entirety to
               represent an interest in qualified assets within the meaning of
               Section 7701(a)(19)(C)(xi) of the Code so long as at least 95% of
               the REMIC I's assets consist of assets described in Section
               7701(a)(19)(C)(i) through (x) of the Code. If less than 95% of
               the REMIC I's assets consist of such items, an Offered
               Certificate will be considered qualified assets in the same
               proportion as the REMIC I's assets which are such items. An
               Offered Certificate owned by a real estate investment trust will
               be considered in its entirety an interest in "real estate assets"
               within the meaning of Section 856(c)(5)(A) of the Code and
               interest thereon will be considered in its entirety "interest on
               obligations secured by mortgages on real property" within the
               meaning of Section 856(c)(3)(B) of the Code in both cases so long
               as at least 95% of the REMIC I's assets are "real estate assets"
               as defined in Section 856(c)(3)(B) of the Code. If less than 95%
               of the REMIC I's assets are "real estate assets," an Offered
               Certificate will be considered "real estate assets" and the
               interest thereon will be considered "interest on obligations
               secured by mortgages on real property" in the same proportion as
               the REMIC I's assets which are "real estate assets." An Offered
               Certificate will not be considered "residential loans" for
               purposes of the residential loan requirement of Section
               593(g)(4)(B) of the Code. An Offered Certificate held by another
               REMIC will be a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of
               Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, assuming it is transferred to the
               REMIC on its startup day in exchange for regular or residual
               interests in such REMIC.

                         (M) The Pooling and Servicing Agreement is not required
               to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
               amended. The Trust Fund created by the Pooling and Servicing
               Agreement is not required to be registered under the Investment
               Company Act of 1940, as amended.

                  In rendering such opinion, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP may
rely on certificates of responsible officers of the Company, the Trustee, the
Co-Trustee and public officials or, as to matters of law other than New York,
California or Federal law, on opinions of other counsel (copies of which
opinions shall be delivered to you and upon which you may rely).

                    (ii) The favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of
          counsel for the Company and the Originators, in form and substance
          satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, to the effect that:

                         (A) The Company has been duly organized and is validly
               existing and is in good standing under the laws of the State of
               New Jersey. Each Originator has been duly organized under the
               laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and is qualified to
               transact business in the laws of the states in which the
               Mortgaged Properties underlying the Loans originated by each such
               Originator are located or is otherwise exempt under applicable
               law from such qualification. TMS Special Holdings, Inc. has been
               duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under
               the laws of the State of Delaware.

                         (B) The Company and each of the Originators have the
               power to engage in the transactions contemplated by this
               Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance
               Agreement and, in the case of the Company, the Pricing Agreement,
               the Indemnification Agreement, the Auction Agent Agreement and
               the Certificates, and have all requisite power, authority and
               legal right to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Pooling
               and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, and, in the
               case of the Company, the Pricing Agreement, the Indemnification
               Agreement, the Auction Agent Agreement and the Certificates (and
               any other documents delivered in connection therewith) and to
               perform and observe the terms and conditions of such instruments.

                         (C) This Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing
               Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Pricing Agreement, the
               Indemnification Agreement, and the Certificates each have been
               duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; this
               Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Insurance
               Agreement each have been duly authorized, executed and delivered
               by each Originator and, assuming due authorization, execution and
               delivery by the other parties thereto, are legal, valid and
               binding agreements of the Company and each Originator, as the
               case may be, and assuming such agreements were governed by the
               laws of the State of New Jersey, would be enforceable in
               accordance with their respective terms against the Company and
               each Originator, as the case may be, subject (a) to the effect of
               bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar
               laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and
               court decisions with respect thereto, (b) to the understanding
               that no opinion is expressed as to the application of equitable
               principles in any proceeding, whether at law or in equity, and
               (c) to limitations of public policy under applicable securities
               laws as to rights of indemnity and contribution thereunder.

                         (D) Neither the transfer of the Loans to the Trust
               Fund, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, nor
               the fulfillment of the terms of, this Agreement, the Pooling and
               Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, or in the case of
               the Company, the Pricing Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement
               and the Certificates, (A) conflicts or will conflict with or
               results or will result in a breach of or constitutes or will
               constitute a default under the Certificates of Incorporation or
               Bylaws of the Company or any Originator, or the terms of any
               material indenture or other material agreement or instrument of
               which such counsel has knowledge to which the Company or any
               Originator are a party or by which it is bound or to which it is
               subject, or (B) results in, or will result in the creation or
               imposition of any lien or encumbrance upon the Trust Fund or upon
               the related Certificates, except as otherwise contemplated by the
               Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or (C) any statute or order,
               rule, regulations, writ, injunction or decree of any court,
               governmental authority or regulatory body to which the Company or
               any Originator is subject or to which it is bound.

                         (E) Except as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement,
               there is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or,
               to the best of such counsel's knowledge, threatened against the
               Company or any Originator which, in such counsel's judgment,
               either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result in any
               material adverse change in the business, operation, financial
               condition, properties or assets of the Company or an Originator
               or in any material impairment of the right or ability of the
               Company or any Originator to carry on its business substantially
               as now conducted or result in any material liability on the part
               of the Company or any Originator or which would draw into
               question the validity of this Agreement, the Pricing Agreement,
               the Certificates, the Insurance Agreement, the Indemnification
               Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of any action
               taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions
               contemplated thereby, or which would be likely to impair
               materially the ability of the Company or any Originator to
               perform under the terms of this Agreement, the Insurance
               Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or in the case
               of the Company, the Pricing Agreement, the Indemnification
               Agreement or the Certificates.

                         (F) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
               court or governmental agency or body is required for the
               execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each
               Originator of, or compliance by the Company and each Originator
               with, this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
               Insurance Agreement or, in the case of the Company, the Pricing
               Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement or the Certificates, or
               the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, except
               such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any
               jurisdiction and such other approvals as have been obtained.

                         (G) The delivery by TMS Mortgage Inc. ("TMS") of each
               Mortgage Note and Mortgage secured by real property located in
               New Jersey as and in the manner contemplated by the Pooling and
               Servicing Agreement is sufficient fully to transfer to the
               Trustee (or, with respect to the Pool III Home Improvement Loans,
               the Co-Trustee) for the benefit of the Certificateholders all
               right, title and interest of TMS in and to each such Loan
               including, without limitation, the right to enforce each such
               Loan in accordance with its terms to the extent enforceable by
               TMS at the time of such delivery.

                    (iii) The favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of
          Kutak Rock, counsel for MBIA, in form and substance satisfactory to
          counsel for the Underwriters, to the effect that:

                         (A) MBIA is a stock insurance corporation, duly
               incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the State of
               New York. MBIA is validly licensed and authorized to issue the
               MBIA Policies and perform its obligations under the MBIA Policies
               in accordance with the terms thereof, under the laws of the State
               of New York.

                         (B) The execution and delivery by MBIA of the MBIA
               Policies, the Insurance Agreement and the Indemnification
               Agreement are within the corporate power of MBIA and have been
               authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of MBIA;
               the MBIA Policies have been duly executed and is the valid and
               binding obligation of MBIA enforceable in accordance with its
               terms except that the enforcement of the MBIA Policies may be
               limited by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
               reorganization, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws
               affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles
               of equity.

                         (C) MBIA is authorized to deliver the Insurance
               Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, and the Insurance
               Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement have been duly
               executed and are the valid and binding obligations of MBIA
               enforceable in accordance with their respective terms except that
               the enforcement of the Insurance Agreement and the
               Indemnification Agreement may be limited by laws relating to
               bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership
               and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and
               by general principles of equity and by public policy
               considerations relating to indemnification for securities law
               violations.

                         (D) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
               state or federal court or govern-mental agency or body is
               required on the part of MBIA, the lack of which would adversely
               affect the validity or enforceability of the MBIA Policies; to
               the extent required by applicable legal requirements that would
               adversely affect the validity or enforceability of the MBIA
               Policies, the form of the MBIA Policies has been filed with, and
               approved by, all governmental authorities having jurisdiction
               over MBIA in connection with such MBIA Policies.

                         (E) To the extent the MBIA Policies constitute
               securities within the meaning of Section 2(l) of the Securities
               Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), it is a security that is
               exempt from the registration requirements of the Act.

                         (F) The information set forth under the caption "MBIA
               Policies and MBIA" in the Prospectus Supplement, relating to the
               offer and sale of the Class A Certificates, to the Prospectus
               forming a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
               333-32775) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
               Commission and declared effective on December 23, 1997, insofar
               as such statements constitute a description of the MBIA Policies,
               accurately summarizes the MBIA Policies.

     In rendering this opinion, such counsel may rely, as to matters of fact, on
certificates of responsible officers of the Company, the Trustee, the Co-Trustee
MBIA and public officials. Such opinion may assume the due authorization,
execution and delivery of the instruments and documents referred to therein by
the parties thereto other than the MBIA.

                    (iv) The favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of
          Emmitt, Marvin & Marvin, counsel for the Trustee, in form and
          substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.

                    (v) The favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of
          Hunton & Williams, counsel for the Co-Trustee, in form and substance
          satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.

                    (vi) The favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Time, of
          Hunton & Williams counsel for the Custodian, in form and substance
          satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.

                    (vii) In giving its opinion required by subsection (b)(i) of
          this Section, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP shall additionally state
          that nothing has come to its attention that has caused it to believe
          that the Registration Statement, as of the time it became effective,
          contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
          material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
          statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus, at the
          Representation Date (unless the term "Prospectus" refers to a
          prospectus which has been provided to the Representatives, as
          representatives of the Underwriters, by the Company for use in
          connection with the offering of the Offered Certificates which differs
          from the Prospectus on file at the Commission at the Representation
          Date, in which case at the time it is first provided to the
          Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, for such use)
          or at Closing Time, included an untrue statement of a material fact or
          omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
          statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
          were made, not misleading (other than the financial, numerical,
          statistical and quantitative information contained therein, the
          information under the heading "The MBIA Policies and MBIA" therein,
          and the information in the Exhibits thereto, as to which such counsel
          need express no view).

     (c) At Closing Time, the Representatives, as representatives of the
Underwriters, shall have received from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, counsel
for the Underwriters, a letter, dated as of Closing Time, authorizing the
Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, to rely upon each
opinion delivered by Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP to each of Moody's, Standard
& Poor's and Fitch in connection with the issuance of the Certificates as though
each such opinion was addressed to the Representatives, as representatives of
the Underwriters, and attaching a copy of each such opinion.

     (d) At Closing Time there shall not have been, since the date hereof or
since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business
prospects of the Company and the Originators and their subsidiaries considered
as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business,
and the Underwriters shall have received a certificate signed by one or more
duly authorized officers of the Company and the Originators, dated as of Closing
Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change;
(ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and
correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as though
expressly made at and as of Closing Time; (iii) the Company and the Originators
have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied at or prior to Closing Time; and (iv) no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and
no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or threatened by the
Commission.

     (e) At or before the time of printing of the Prospectus Supplement, the
Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, shall have received
from KPMG Peat Marwick a letter dated as of Closing Time and in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representatives, as representatives of the
Underwriters, to the effect that they have carried out certain specified
procedures, not constituting an audit, with respect to (i) certain amounts,
percentages and financial information relating to the Company's servicing
portfolio which are included in the Prospectus and which are specified by the
Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, and have found such
amounts, percentages and financial information to be in agreement with the
relevant accounting, financial and other records of the Company and the
Originators identified in such letter, (ii) the information contained in the
weighted average life tables contained in the Prospectus under the caption
"Maturity, Prepayment and Yield Considerations" and have found such information
to be in agreement with the corresponding information as computed by KPMG Peat
Marwick and (iii) certain information regarding the Loans and the Files which
are specified by the Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters,
and contained in the Current Report on Form 8-K described in Section 5(l) hereof
and setting forth the results of such specified procedures.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the letter delivered by KPMG Peat Marwick
at Closing Time does not cover the information set forth in subclause (iii), the
Company shall cause KPMG Peat Marwick to deliver to the Representatives, as
representatives of the Underwriters, an additional letter covering such
information within 5 business days of the Closing Time.

     (f) At Closing Time, the Representatives, as representatives of the
Underwriters, shall have received from each of the Trustee and the Co-Trustee a
certificate signed by one or more duly authorized officers of the Trustee and
the Co-Trustee, respectively, dated as of Closing Time, as to the due acceptance
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Trustee and the Co-Trustee and the
due authentication of the Certificates by the Trustee and such other matters as
the Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, shall request.

     (g) At Closing Time, the Representatives, as representatives of the
Underwriters, shall have received a certificate signed by one or more duly
authorized officers of MBIA, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that the
information contained under the caption "The MBIA Policies and MBIA" in the
Prospectus and the information incorporated by reference therein is true and
accurate in all material respects and such other matters as the Representatives,
as representatives of the Underwriters, shall request.

     (h) At Closing Time, the Representatives, as representatives of the
Underwriters, shall have received a certificate signed by one or more duly
authorized officers of the Company and the Originators, dated as of Closing Time
to the effect that:

                    (i) the representations and warranties of the Company and
          the Originators in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are true and
          correct in all material respects at and on the Closing Date, with the
          same effect as if made on the Closing Date;

                    (ii) the Company and the Originators have complied with all
          the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be
          performed or satisfied in connection with the sale and delivery of the
          Certificates;

                    (iii) all statements and information contained in the
          Prospectus Supplement under the captions "The Representative and the
          Originators" and "The Loans" and in the Prospectus under the captions
          "The Representative and the Originators" and "Lending Programs" are
          true and accurate in all material respects and nothing has come to
          such officer's attention that would lead him to believe that any of
          the specified sections contains any untrue statement of a material
          fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make
          the statements and information therein, in the light of the
          circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

                    (iv) the information set forth in the Schedule of Loans
          required to be furnished pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
          Agreement is true and correct in all material respects and the Loans
          actually being delivered to the Trustee and the Co-Trustee at Closing
          Time conform in all material respects to the Pool information set
          forth in the Prospectus Supplement;

                    (v) the copies of the Charter and By-laws of the Company and
          the Originators attached to such certificate are true and correct and,
          are in full force and effect on the date thereof;

                    (vi) except as may otherwise be disclosed in the Prospectus,
          there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending (nor, to the best
          knowledge of such officers, are any actions, suits or proceedings
          threatened), against or affecting the Company or any Originator which
          if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would
          adversely affect the Company's or such Originator's obligations under
          the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement,
          the Insurance Agreement, the Pricing Agreement or this Agreement;

                    (vii) each person who, as an officer or representative of
          the Company or of any Originator, signed (a) this Agreement, (b) the
          Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (c) the Certificates issued
          thereunder, (d) the Insurance Agreement, (e) the Indemnification
          Agreement or (f) any other document delivered prior hereto or on the
          date hereof in connection with the purchase described in this
          Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, was, at the
          respective times of such signing and delivery, and is now duly elected
          or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or representative;

                    (viii) a certified true copy of the resolutions of the board
          of directors of the Company and the Originators with respect to the
          sale of the Offered Certificates subject to this Agreement and the
          Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which resolutions have not been
          amended and remain in full force and effect;

                    (ix) all payments received with respect to the Loans after
          the Cut-Off Date have been deposited in the Principal and Interest
          Account, and are, as of the Closing Date, in the Principal and
          Interest Account;

                    (x) the Company has complied, and has ensured that the
          Originators have complied, with all the agreements and satisfied, and
          has ensured that the Originators have satisfied, all the conditions on
          its, and the Originators', part to be performed or satisfied in
          connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the Loans and the
          Certificates;

                    (xi) all statements contained in the Prospectus with respect
          to the Company and the Originators are true and accurate in all
          material respects and nothing has come to such officer's attention
          that would lead such officer to believe that the Prospectus contains
          any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material
          fact;

                    (xii) each Mortgage assignment will be prepared based on
          forms recently utilized by the Company with respect to mortgaged
          properties located in the appropriate jurisdiction and used in the
          regular course of the Company's business. Based on the Company's
          experience with such matters, the Company reasonably believes that
          upon execution each such assignment will be in recordable form and
          will be sufficient to effect the assignment of the Mortgage to which
          it relates as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

                    (xiii) the weighted average lives of the Offered
          Certificates, in each case using the applicable pricing speed and a
          weighted average coupon (or, in the case of the Pool II Home Equity
          Loans, the weighted average margin) and weighted average maturity
          based upon the Loans actually delivered to the Trustee and the
          Co-Trustee, will not vary by more than 1/10th of one year from the
          number of years set forth below:
<PAGE>
CLASS           YEARS                 CLASS                 YEARS
- -----           -----                 -----                 -----
AF-1            0.42                  BV                    6.15
AF-2            1.01                  AH-1                  1.17
AF-3            2.23                  AH-2                  3.00
AF-4            4.08                  AH-3                  5.00
AF-5            5.22                  AH-4                  10.32
AF-6            9.39                  MH-1                  7.57
AF-7            6.40                  MH-2                  7.55
AV-1            1.71                  BH                    7.47
AV-2            4.29                  AMF                   4.28
MV-1            7.42
MV-2            11.15



     (i) At Closing Time, each Class of the Offered Certificates shall have been
rated as follows by Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch:

                                     RATING

   CLASS                 S&P               MOODY'S               FITCH
   -----                 ---               -------               -----
    AF-1                  AAA                Aaa                   --
    AF-2                  AAA                Aaa                   --
    AF-3                  AAA                Aaa                   --
    AF-4                  AAA                Aaa                   --
    AF-5                  AAA                Aaa                   --
    AF-6                  AAA                Aaa                   --
    AF-7                  AAA                Aaa                   --
    AV-1                  AAA                Aaa                   --
    AV-2                  AAA                Aaa                   --
    MV-1                  AA                 Aa2                   --
    MV-2                  A                  A2                    --
    BV                    BBB                Baa2                  --
    AH-1                  AAA                --                    AAA
    AH-2                  AAA                --                    AAA
    AH-3                  AAA                --                    AAA
    AH-4                  AAA                --                    AAA
    MH-1                  AA                 --                    AA+
    MH-2                  A                  --                    A
    BH                    BBB                --                    BBB
    AMF                   AAA                Aaa                   --

     (j) At Closing Time, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished
with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose
of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and delivery of the Offered
Certificates as herein contemplated and related proceedings, or in order to
evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the
fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings
taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered
Certificates as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance
to the Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, and counsel for
the Underwriters.

     (k) On or before the Closing Time the Company and the Originators shall
have delivered to the Trustee (or, with respect to the Pool III Home Improvement
Loans, the Co- Trustee), to hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of the
Certificates, Pool I and Pool II Home Equity Loans, Pool III Home Improvement
Loans and Pool IV Multifamily Loans (as defined in the Prospectus) with
aggregate outstanding principal balances as of the Cut-Off Date of at least
$594,000,000, $610,000,000, $162,000,000 and $8,000,000 respectively. The
Company and the Originators shall, immediately following the sale of the Offered
Certificates, cause to be deposited with the Trustee, for deposit in the
Pre-Funding Account (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement), cash in an amount
equal to the sum of (A) the excess of (i) the aggregate initial principal
balance of the Class AF-1, Class AF-2, Class AF-3, Class AF-4, Class AF-5, Class
AF-6 and Class AF-7 (I.E., $725,000,000) over (ii) the aggregate discounted
outstanding principal balances as of the Cut-Off Date of the Pool I Home Equity
Loans actually delivered to the Trustee, (B) the excess of (i) the aggregate
initial principal balance of the Class AV-1, Class AV-2, Class MV-1, Class MV-2
and Class BV Certificates (I.E., $650,000,000) over (ii) the aggregate
outstanding principal balances as of the Cut-Off Date of the Pool II Home Equity
Loans actually delivered to the Trustee, and (C) the excess of (i) the aggregate
initial principal balance of the Class AH-1, Class AH-2, Class AH-3, Class AH-4,
Class MH-1, Class MH-2 and Class BH Certificates (I.E., $200,000,000) over (ii)
the aggregate outstanding principal balances as of the Cut-Off Date of the Pool
III Home Improvement Loans actually delivered to the Trustee and the Co-Trustee,
and (D) the excess of (i) the aggregate initial principal balance of the Class
AMF Certificates (i.e. $10,000,000) over (ii) the aggregate outstanding
principal balances as of the Cut-Off Date of the Pool IV Multifamily Loans
actually delivered to the Trustee.

     (l) On or before the Closing Time the Company shall have delivered to the
Representatives a Current Report on Form 8-K containing a detailed description
of the Loans actually being delivered to the Trustee and the Co-Trustee at
Closing Time, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.

     (m) On or before the Closing Time the Company shall have delivered to the
Representative confirmation from the Federal Housing Administration (the "FHA")
that the FHA insurance reserves relating to the FHA Loans have been or will be
transferred to the Co-Trustee.

     If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled
when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the
Representatives, as representatives to the Underwriters, by notice to the
Company at any time at or prior to Closing time, and such termination shall be
without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section
4 hereof.

     Section 6. INDEMNIFICATION.

     (a) The Company and the Originators jointly and severally agree to
indemnify and hold harmless each of the Underwriters and each person, if any,
who controls each of the Underwriters within the meaning of Section 15 of the
1933 Act as follows:

               (i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
     expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or
     alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
     Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the omission or alleged omission
     therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
     make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue
     statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
     preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
     thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact
     necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
     circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

               (ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
     expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid
     in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
     governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim
     whatsoever based upon any untrue statement or omission described in clause
     (i) above, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, if such
     settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and

               (iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred
     (including, subject to Section 6(c) hereof, the reasonable fees and
     disbursements of counsel chosen by such Underwriter), reasonably incurred
     in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any
     investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced
     or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any untrue statement or
     omission described in clause (i) above, or any such alleged untrue
     statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid
     under (i) or (ii) above;

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance
upon and in conformity with the information referred to in clauses (x), (y) and
(z) of the immediately following paragraph; provided, further, such indemnity
with respect to the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to
the benefit of any Underwriter (or person controlling such Underwriter) from
whom the person suffering any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased
the Offered Certificates which are the subject thereof if such person did not
receive a copy of the Prospectus at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of
such Offered Certificates to such person in any case where such delivery is
required by the 1933 Act and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact
contained in any preliminary prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus.

     (b) Each Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and
the Originators, their directors, each of the Company's and Originator's
officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act against
any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the
indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only
with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or
omissions, contained in (x) the second sentence of the third paragraph on the
third page which is located on the inside cover (discussing the risk of a lack
of secondary trading) of the Prospectus, (y) the second paragraph under the
heading "Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) and (z) any Computational Materials prepared by such
Underwriter, except to the extent of any errors in the Computational Materials
that are caused by errors in the pool information provided by the Company to the
applicable Underwriter. The parties hereto agree that no Underwriter shall be
under any liability to the Company, the Originators or any other person
identified in this paragraph (b) for Computational Materials prepared by any
other Underwriter.

     (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 6, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve the
indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party
except to the extent that it has been prejudiced in any material respect by such
failure or from any liability that it may have otherwise than under this Section
6. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it
notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may
elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after
receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party;
provided, however, that, if the defendants in any such action include both the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party or
parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses
available to it or them and/or other indemnified parties that are different from
or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified
party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such
legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on
behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the
indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the
defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or
other expenses other than the reasonable costs of investigation subsequently
incurred in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party
shall have employed separate counsel in connection with the assertion of legal
defenses in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence, (ii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable
time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party
has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the
expense of the indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is
applicable, such liability shall be only in respect of the counsel referred to
in such clause (i) or (iii). After such notice from the indemnifying party to
such indemnified party, the indemnifying party will not be liable for the costs
and expenses of any settlement of such action effected by such indemnified party
without the consent of the indemnifying party.

     Section 7. CONTRIBUTION. In order to provide for just and equitable
contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in
Section 6 hereof is for any reason held to be unenforceable by the indemnified
parties although applicable in accordance with its terms, the Company and the
Originators jointly and severally, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the
other hand, shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims,
damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by said indemnity agreement
incurred by the Company and the Originators jointly and severally, on the one
hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, as incurred, in such proportions
that each Underwriter is responsible for that portion represented by the
difference between the purchase price paid by such Underwriter allocated to the
principal amount of Offered Certificates set forth next to each Underwriter's
name on Annex B hereto and the price at which such Underwriter sold such Offered
Certificates to the public (or, with respect to Computational Materials
furnished by an Underwriter (except to the extent of any errors in the
Computational Materials that are caused by errors in the pool information
provided by the Company to the applicable Underwriter), the excess of the
principal amount of Offered Certificates set forth next to such Underwriter's
name on Annex B hereto over the difference between the purchase price paid by
such Underwriter for such Offered Certificates and the price at which such
Offered Certificates were sold to the public), and the Company and the
Originators shall be responsible for the balance; provided, however, that no
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was
not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Notwithstanding the provisions
of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Offered Certificates
set forth next to the name of such Underwriter on Annex B hereto were offered to
the public exceeds the amount of any damages such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay in respect of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses. For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act shall have the same
rights to contribution as such Underwriter and each respective director of the
Company and the Originators, each officer of the Company and the Originators who
signed the Registration Statement, and each respective person, if any, who
controls the Company and the Originators within the meaning of Section 15 of the
1933 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the
Originators.

     Section 8. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS TO SURVIVE DELIVERY.
All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement and
the Pricing Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Company
and the Originators submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in
full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
any of the Underwriters or any controlling person thereof, or by or on behalf of
the Company and the Originators, and shall survive delivery of the Offered
Certificates to the Underwriter.

     Section 9. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT.

     (a) The Representatives, as representatives of the Underwriters, may
terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company and the Originators, at any
time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the time of
execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, any change, or
any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the
business or properties of the Company and the Originators considered as one
entity or MBIA which, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, as
representatives of the Underwriters, materially impairs the investment quality
of any of the Offered Certificates; (ii) if there has occurred any downgrading
in the rating of the debt securities of MBIA by any "nationally recognized
statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under
the 1933 Act) which, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, as
representatives of the Underwriters, materially impairs the investment quality
or marketability of any of the Offered Certificates or if any debt security of
MBIA has been put on the "watch list" of any such rating organization with
negative implications; (iii) if there has occurred any suspension or limitation
of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any
setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange or by any governmental
authority; (iv) if any banking moratorium has been declared by Federal or New
York authorities; or (v) if there has occurred any outbreak or escalation of
major hostilities in which the United States of America is involved, any
declaration of war by Congress, or any other substantial national or
international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representatives,
as representatives of the Underwriter, the effects of any such outbreak,
escalation, declaration, calamity, or emergency makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the
Offered Certificates.

     (b) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as
provided in Section 4 hereof.

     Section 10. DEFAULT BY ONE OF THE UNDERWRITERS. If any of the Underwriters
shall fail at Closing Time to purchase the Offered Certificates which it is
obligated to purchase hereunder (the "Defaulted Certificates"), the remaining
Underwriters (the "Non-Defaulting Underwriters") shall have the right, but not
the obligation, within one (1) Business Day thereafter, to make arrangements to
purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Certificates upon the
terms herein set forth; if, however, the Non-Defaulting Underwriters shall have
not completed such arrangements within such one (1) Business Day period, then
this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the
Non-Defaulting Underwriters.

     No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting
Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.

     In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of
this Agreement, either the Non-Defaulting Underwriters or the Company shall have
the right to postpone Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven days in
order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus
or in any other documents or arrangements.

     Section 11. COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS. (a) It is understood that any
Underwriter may prepare and provide to prospective investors certain
Computational Materials (as defined below) in connection with the Company's
offering of the Offered Certificates, subject to the following conditions:

               (i) Each Underwriter shall comply with all applicable laws and
     regulations in connection with the use of Computational Materials including
     the No- Action Letter of May 20, 1994 issued by the Commission to Kidder,
     Peabody Acceptance Corporation I, Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated and
     Kidder Structured Asset Corporation, as made applicable to other issuers
     and underwriters by the Commission in response to the request of the Public
     Securities Association dated May 24, 1994, and the No-Action Letter of
     February 17, 1995 issued by the Commission to the Public Securities
     Association (collectively, the "Kidder/PSA Letters").

               (ii) As used herein, "Computational Materials" and the term "ABS
     Term Sheets" shall have the meanings given such terms in the Kidder/PSA
     Letters, but shall

               include only those Computational Materials that have been
     prepared or delivered to prospective investors by or at the direction of an
     Underwriter.

               (iii) Each Underwriter shall provide the Company with
     representative forms of all Computational Materials prior to their first
     use, to the extent such forms have not previously been approved by the
     Company for use by such Underwriter. The Underwriter shall provide to the
     Company, for filing on Form 8-K as provided in Section 11(b), copies of all
     Computational Materials that are to be filed with the Commission pursuant
     to the Kidder/PSA Letters. The Underwriter may provide copies of the
     foregoing in a consolidated or aggregated form. All Computational Materials
     described in this subsection (a)(iii) must be provided to the Company not
     later than 10:00 a.m. New York time one business day before filing thereof
     is required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

               (iv) If an Underwriter does not provide any Computational
     Materials to the Company pursuant to subsection (a)(iii) above, such
     Underwriter shall be deemed to have represented, as of the Closing Date,
     that it did not provide any prospective investors with any information in
     written or electronic form in connection with the offering of the
     Certificates that is required to be filed with the Commission in accordance
     with the Kidder/PSA Letters.

               (v) In the event of any delay in the delivery by any Underwriter
     to the Company of all Computational Materials required to be delivered in
     accordance with subsection (a)(iii) above, the Company shall have the right
     to delay the release of the Prospectus to investors or to any Underwriter,
     to delay the Closing Date and to take other appropriate actions in each
     case as necessary in order to allow the Company to comply with its
     agreement set forth in Section 11(b) to file the Computational Materials by
     the time specified therein.

               (vi) The Company shall file the Computational Materials (if any)
     provided to it by each Underwriter under Section 11(a)(iii) with the
     Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K no later than 10:00
     a.m. on the date required pursuant to the Kidder/PSA Letters.

     Section 12. NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or
transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the
Underwriters shall be directed to Morgan, as representative of the Underwriters,
1575 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: ABS Structuring (Fax:
212-761-0782); Prudential, as representative of the Underwriters, One New York
Plaza, New York, New York 10292, Attention: Syndicate Department (Fax:
212-778-7401); Salomon, as representative of the Underwriters, 7 World Trade
Center, New York, New York 10048, Attention: Asset Backed Finance (Fax:
212-783-3848), Smith Barney, as representative of the Underwriters, 390
Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Asset Backed Finance,
Merrill, as representative of the Underwriters, World Financial Center, North
Tower, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1310, Attention: ABS/MBS (Fax:
212-449- 9015); Lehman, as representative of the Underwriters, Three World
Financial Center, New York, New York 10285, Attention: Asset Backed Securities
(Fax: 212-528-6049); Nomura, as representative of the Underwriters, 2 World
Financial Center, Building B, New York, New York 10281, Attention: Structured
Finance Group (Fax: 212-667-1004); and notices to the Company or any Originator
shall be directed to it at 2840 Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083,
Attention: Executive Vice President (Fax: 908-688-3846).

     Section 13. PARTIES. This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement shall each
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company, the
Originators and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in
this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company,
the Originators and their respective successors and the controlling persons and
officers and directors referred to in Section 6 and 7 hereof and their heirs and
legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or
with respect to this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement or any provision herein
or therein contained. This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement and all
conditions and provisions hereof and thereof are intended to be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Company, the Originators and their
respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors
and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other
person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Offered Certificates from the
Underwriters shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such
purchase. The Company and the Originators shall be jointly and severally liable
for all obligations incurred under this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement.

     Section 14. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME. This Agreement and the Pricing
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in said
State. Unless otherwise set forth herein, specified times of day refer to New
York time.

     Section 15. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but
all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement,
please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this
instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among
each of the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.


                                    Very truly yours,

                                    THE MONEY STORE INC.


                                    By: /s/ Michael H. Benoff
                                       Name:  Michael H. Benoff
                                       Title: Executive Vice President


                                    THE ORIGINATORS LISTED ON
                                    ANNEX A HERETO


                                   By: /s/ Michael H. Benoff
                                       Name:  Michael H. Benoff
                                       Title: Senior Vice President


CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of

the date first above written:

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

By: /s/ Valerie H. Kay
      Name:  Valerie H. Kay
      Title: Vice President



PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED



By:  /s/ Brendan Keane
      Name:  Brendan Keane
      Title: Vice President



SALOMON BROTHERS INC



By: /s/ George Graham
      Name:  George Graham
      Title: Managing Director



SMITH BARNEY INC.



By:  /s/ Michael Baker
      Name:  Michael Baker
      Title: Director



MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER
 & SMITH INCORPORATED



By:  /s/ Robert DiOrio
      Name:  Robert DiOrio
      Title: Director



LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.



By:  /s/ William E. Lighten
      Name:  William E. Lighten
      Title: Managing Director



NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.



By:  /s/ Jacqueline V. Brady
      Name:  Jacqueline V. Brady
      Title: Vice President



Acting on behalf of themselves
and as the representatives of
the Underwriters.
<PAGE>
                                                                         ANNEX A



                                 THE ORIGINATORS



                         The Money Store/Minnesota Inc.
                            The Money Store/D.C. Inc.
                          The Money Store/Kentucky Inc.
                        The Money Store Home Equity Corp.
                                TMS Mortgage Inc.
<PAGE>
                                     ANNEX B


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 MERRILL
                                    FIRST        LYNCH,
         STANLEY                   CHICAGO-      PIERCE,                                             NOMURA
          MORGAN      PRUDENTIAL   CAPITAL       FENNER         SALOMON       SMITH       LEHMAN     SECURITIES
           & CO.      SECURITIES   MARKETS,      & SMITH        BROTHERS      BARNEY      BROTHERS   INTERNATIONAL
        INCORPORATED  INCORPORATED    INC.       INCORPORATED     INC.         INC.         INC.     INC.           TOTAL
Class
<S>        <C>            <C>          <C>            <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>       <C>
  AF-1     $47,000,000    $67,000,000   $8,000,000     $0          $0           $0           $0            $0        $122,000,000

Class AF-2  $31,500,000    $46,500,000  $10,000,000    $0          $0           $0           $0            $0         $88,000,000

Class AF-3 $119,500,000   $119,500,000  $10,000,000    $0          $0           $0           $0            $0        $249,000,000

Class AF-4  $26,500,000    $36,500,000   $5,000,000    $0          $0           $0           $0            $0         $68,000,000

Class AF-5  $13,500,000    $23,500,000           $0    $0          $0           $0           $0            $0         $37,000,000
 
Class AF-6  $76,000,000             $0           $0    $0          $0           $0           $0            $0         $76,000,000

Class AF-7  $26,500,000    $48,000,000  $10,500,000    $0          $0           $0           $0            $0         $85,000,000

Class AV-1           $0             $0           $0  $466,750,000  $0           $0           $0            $0        $466,750,000

Class AV-2           $0             $0           $0     $0      $76,000,000     $0           $0            $0         $76,000,000

Class MV-1           $0             $0           $0     $0          $0         $37,375,000   $0            $0         $37,375,000

Class MV-2           $0             $0            $0     $0          $0          $37,375,000   $0            $0       $37,375,000

Class BV             $0             $0            $0     $0          $0          $32,500,000   $0            $0       $32,500,000

Class AH-1           $0             $0            $0     $0          $0           $0           $84,571,000   $0       $84,571,000

Class AH-2           $0             $0            $0     $0          $0           $0           $28,024,000   $0       $28,024,000

Class AH-3           $0             $0            $0     $0          $0           $0           $19,947,000   $0       $19,947,000

Class AH-4           $0             $0            $0     $0          $0           $0           $20,457,000   $0       $20,457,000

Class MH-1           $0             $0            $0     $0          $0           $0           $13,500,000   $0       $13,500,000

Class MH-2           $0             $0            $0     $0          $0           $0           $15,000,000   $0       $15,000,000

Class BH             $0             $0            $0     $0          $0           $0           $18,501,000   $0       $18,501,000

Class AMF            $0             $0            $0     $0          $0           $0                $0   $10,000,000  $10,000,000

Total      $340,500,000   $341,000,000   $43,500,000 $466,750,000 $76,000,000  $107,250,000 $200,000,000 $10,000,000 $1,585,000,000
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                                 $1,585,000,000
                              THE MONEY STORE INC.
                The Money Store Trust Asset Backed Certificates,
                                  Series 1997-D
                                PRICING AGREEMENT
                                                               December 29, 1997

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated          Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
1575 Broadway                              Smith Incorporated
New York, New York  10036                  World Financial Center
                                           North Tower, 10th Floor
                                           New York, New York 10281-1310

Prudential Securities                      Lehman Brothers Inc.
Incorporated                               Three World Financial Center
One New York Plaza                         New York, New York 10285
New York, New York 10292

Salomon Brothers Inc                       Nomura Securities International,
7 World Trade Center                       Inc.
New York, New York  10048                  2 World Financial Center,
                                           Building B
                                           New York, New York  10281

Smith Barney Inc.
390 Greenwich Street
New York, New York  10013


     Reference is made to the Underwriting Agreement, dated December 29, 1997
(the "Underwriting Agreement"), relating to $1,585,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of The Money Store Trust Asset Backed Certificates, Series 1997-D, Class
AF-1, Class AF-2, Class AF-3, Class AF-4, Class AF-5, Class AF-6, Class AF-7
(collectively, the "Pool I Certificates"), Class AV-1, Class AV-2, Class MV-1,
Class MV-2, Class BV (collectively, the "Pool II Certificates"), Class AH-1,
Class AH-2, Class AH-3, Class AH-4, Class MH-1, Class MH-2, Class BH
(collectively, the "Pool III Certificates") and Class AMF (the "Pool IV
Certificates," and together with the Pool I Certificates, the Pool II
Certificates and the Pool III Certificates, the "Offered Certificates").
Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, The Money Store Inc. (the "Company")
agrees with Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Prudential Securities
Incorporated, Salomon Brothers Inc., Smith Barney Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Lehman Brothers Inc. and Nomura Securities
International, Inc. as representatives of the Underwriters, that the Initial
Class Certificate Balance and the Pass-Through Rates, shall be as follows:
<PAGE>
                                Initial Class                   Pass-
                                 Certificate                   Through
   CLASS                           BALANCE                       RATE
   -----                           --------                      -----
Class AF-1                       $122,000,000                    6.815%
Class AF-2                         88,000,000                    6.415%
Class AF-3                        249,000,000                    6.345%
Class AF-4                         68,000,000                    6.440%
Class AF-5                         37,000,000                    6.555%
Class AF-6                         76,000,000                       (2)
Class AF-7                         85,000,000                    6.485%
Class AV-1                        466,750,000                       (1)
Class AV-2                         76,000,000                    6.490%
Class MV-1                         37,375,000                    (1)(2)
Class MV-2                         37,375,000                    (1)(2)
Class BV                           32,500,000                    (1)(2)
Class AH-1                         84,571,000                    6.520%
Class AH-2                         28,024,000                    6.365%
Class AH-3                         19,947,000                    6.570%
Class AH-4                         20,457,000                    6.950%
Class MH-1                         13,500,000                    6.940%
Class MH-2                         15,000,000                    7.280%
Class BH                           18,501,000                    7.575%
Class AMF                         $10,000,000                    6.790%
Total                       $1,585,000,000.00


      (1)      The Pass-Through Rate for the Class AV-1 Certificates will equal
               LIBOR plus 0.10% subject to the Net Funds Cap but in no event
               exceeding 14% per annum. In the case of the Class AF-6, Class
               MV-1, Class MV-2 and Class BV Certificates, in no event shall the
               Pass-Through Rate exceed 14% per annum.

      (2)      The Pass-Through Rate for the Class AF-6 Certificates
               will be determined pursuant to  the Auction Procedures
               described in Annex III to the Prospectus Supplement.
               The  Pass-Through Rate for the Class MV-1, Class MV-2
               and Class BV Certificates will  be determined pursuant
               to the Auction Procedures described in Appendix I to
               the  Prospectus, as modified by Annex III to the
               Prospectus Supplement.

     The Offered Certificates will be offered by the Underwriters to the public
from time to time in negotiated transactions or otherwise, at varying prices to
be determined at the time of sale.
<PAGE>
     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement,
please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this
instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among
each of the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms. Very
truly yours,

                                      THE MONEY STORE INC.


                                      By: /s/ Michael H. Benoff
                                         Name:  Michael H. Benoff
                                         Title: Executive Vice President

                                      THE ORIGINATORS LISTED ON
                                      ANNEX A HERETO


                                      By: /s/ Michael H. Benoff
                                         Name:  Michael H. Benoff
                                         Title: Senior Vice President


CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written:


MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

By: /s/ Valerie H. Kay
      Name:  Valerie H. Kay
      Title: Vice President



PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED



By:  /s/ Brendan Keane
      Name:  Brendan Keane
      Title: Vice President



SALOMON BROTHERS INC



By: /s/ George Graham
      Name:  George Graham
      Title: Managing Director



SMITH BARNEY INC.



By:  /s/ Michael Baker
      Name:  Michael Baker
      Title: Director



MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER
 & SMITH INCORPORATED



By:  /s/ Robert DiOrio
      Name:  Robert DiOrio
      Title: Director


LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.


By:  /s/ William E. Lighten
      Name:  William E. Lighten
      Title: Managing Director


NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.


By:  /s/ Jacqueline V. Brady
      Name:  Jacqueline V. Brady
      Title: Vice President

Acting on behalf of themselves
and as the representatives of
the Underwriters.



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