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Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors
Conseco Finance Corp.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement for
Home Improvement and Home Equity Loan Pass-Through Certificates dated October
19, 2000 on Form S-3 of Conseco Finance Corp. of our report dated January 27,
1998, relating to the consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1997 of Conseco Finance
Corp. and subsidiaries, formerly known as Green Tree Financial Corporation, and
to the reference to our firm under the heading "EXPERTS" in the Registration
Statement. Our report refers to the Company's adoption of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board's Statement No. 125 "Accounting for Transfers and
Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities," in 1997.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota
October 19, 2000
