Article: ContiMortgage prices $550 million of home equity loan ABS.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 1996--ContiMortgage Corporation, a unit of ContiFinancial Corporation (NYSE:CFN) has priced a $550 million Asset Backed Security issue, backed by home equity loans.

The bonds were issued through ContiMortgage Home Equity Loan Trust 1996-3 and included eight tranches. The first seven tranches (Class A-1 to A-7) pay interest at a fixed rate, yielding from 6.58% to 8.14%, and the last tranche (A8) pays a floating rate of interest, based on LIBOR plus 32 basis points.

All classes of certificates were rated AAA by Moody's and S&P based on a 100% insurance guarantee provided by MBIA Insurance Corporation.

The offering was ...

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