**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION****Washington, D.C.  20549****UNITED STATES****FORM 10-K****[ X ] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934****[    ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**(State or Other Jurisdiction(Telephone number, including area code)**Home Equity Mortgage Trust 2007-1****Delaware**(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)**13-3460894**(Commission file number of Issuing Entity) (Address of Principal Executive Offices)**New York, NY****11 Madison Avenue**(Zip Code)**10010****212-325-2000**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**None.**Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007orFor the transition period from _____________ to _____________(Exact name of Issuing Entity)Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:**None.**Indicate by check mark  if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.Indicate by check mark  if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K ( 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.                      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer", and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).**[ Yes]**Documents incorporated by reference:State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter.**Not Applicable.****[X No]****[ Yes] [X No]****[X Yes] [ No]****[X]****[  Yes] [X No]****Large accelerated filer [ ]****Accelerated filer [ ]****Non-accelerated filer [X]**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)(Exact Name of Sponsor as Specified in its Charter)**Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Acceptance Corp. (Depositor)****DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC.****333-132765-01**Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.**Not Applicable.**Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of common stock, as of the last practicable date.**Not Applicable.**List hereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and the Part of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document is incorporated:  (1)Any annual report to security holders; (2) Any proxy or information statement; and (3)Any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) under the Securities Act of 1933.  The listed documents should be clearly described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report to security holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).**Certain information is incorporated by reference below under Additional Disclosure Items Pursuant to General Instruction J.****Smaller reporting company [ ]****PART I****Item 1. Business.****Item 1A. Risk Factors.****Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.****Item 2. Properties.****Item 3. Legal Proceedings.****Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**Omitted.Omitted.Omitted.Omitted.Omitted.None.**Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.****Item 6. Selected Financial Data.****Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.****Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market  Risk.****Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.****Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.****Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.****PART II**Omitted.Omitted.Omitted.Omitted.Omitted.Omitted.Omitted.No disclosure is required to be provided.**Item 9B. Other Information.****Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.****Item 11. Executive Compensation.****Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.****Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.****Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.****PART III**Omitted.Omitted.Omitted.Omitted.Omitted.**Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB.****Item 1117 of Regulation AB.****Item 1119 of Regulation AB.****Item 1122 of Regulation AB.****Servicer Compliance Statement.****Significant Obligors of Pool Assets (Financial Information).****Legal Proceedings.****Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.****Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria****Item 1123 of Regulation AB.**The registrant knows of no material pending legal proceedings involving the entities contemplated by Item 1117 of Regulation AB, other than routine litigation incidental to the duties of those respective parties.No single obligor represents 10% or more of the pool assets held by the issuing entity.The consolidated audited financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007, which appear as Exhibit 99.01 in Ambac Financial Group Inc.'s (Commission CIK No. 0000874501) (the "Company") Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on February 29, 2008 (Commission File No. 001-10777), are incorporated by reference herein.No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any derivative instruments or other support for the certificates within this transaction as described under Item 1115 of Regulation AB.**Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB.**The information regarding this Item has been previously filed in a 424(b)(5) filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2007 as Commission File No. 333-132765-01, Film No. 07690188, CIK No. 0001391788.The reports on assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and the related attestation reports on such assessments of compliance are attached hereto under Item 15.a) LaSalle Bank National Association, as CustodianLaSalle Bank National Association's ("LaSalle") Report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria for 2007 (the "2007 Assessment") attached to this Report on Form 10-K describes in Appendix B the following material instance of noncompliance related to investor reporting:"1122(d)(3)(i)(A) and (B) - During the Reporting Period, certain monthly investor or remittance reports were not prepared in accordance with the terms set forth in the transaction agreements and certain investor reports did not provide the information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements for which certain individual errors may or may not have been material."b) PNC Bank, N.A., as Servicerc) U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee**Item 1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB.****Credit Enhancement and Other Support, Except for Certain Derivatives Instruments (Information Regarding Significant Enhancement Providers Financial Information).**The servicer compliance statements are attached hereto under Item 15.**Certain Derivatives Instruments (Financial Information).****SUBSTITUTE INFORMATION  PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERAL INSTRUCTION J(2) TO FORM 10-K.**a) PNC Bank, N.A., as Servicerb) Not applicable.**Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.**c) Omitted.**PART IV**a) ExhibitsThe Indenture, dated as of March 9, 2007 by and among Home Equity Mortgage Trust 2007-1, as Issuer and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4.3 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of the issuing entity, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2007 as File No. 333-132765-01, Film No. 07718610, CIK No. 0001391788).Consolidated audited financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007, which appear as Exhibit 99.01 in Ambac Financial Group Inc.'s (Commission CIK No. 0000874501) (the "Company") Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on February 29, 2008 (Commission File No. 001-10777), are incorporated by reference herein.  Exhibit 99.1Incorporated by reference as Exhibit (4.3).  Exhibit 4.1Exhibit 10.1   Exhibit 33       Reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.   Exhibit 34       Attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.    Exhibit 35       Servicer compliance statements.   Exhibit 31       Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications.a) LaSalle Bank National Association, as Custodianb) PNC Bank, N.A., as Servicerc) U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trusteea) LaSalle Bank National Association, as Custodianb) PNC Bank, N.A., as Servicerc) U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trusteea) PNC Bank, N.A., as Servicer**SIGNATURES****March 28, 2008****/s/ Bruce Kaiserman****Bruce KaisermanVice President**Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.(Registrant) :**Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Acceptance Corp.****(Senior Officer in Charge of Securitization of the Depositor)****Title:**By (Signature and Title):**Name:**Date**EXHIBIT INDEX**EXHIBIT DESCRIPTIONConsolidated audited financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007, which appear as Exhibit 99.01 in Ambac Financial Group Inc.'s (Commission CIK No. 0000874501) (the "Company") Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on February 29, 2008 (Commission File No. 001-10777), are incorporated by reference herein.    Exhibit 99.1      Exhibit 33       Reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.      Exhibit 34       Attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.       Exhibit 35       Servicer compliance statement.      Exhibit 31       Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications.a) LaSalle Bank National Association, as Custodianb) PNC Bank, N.A., as Servicerc) U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trusteea) LaSalle Bank National Association, as Custodianb) PNC Bank, N.A., as Servicerc) U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trusteea) PNC Bank, N.A., as Servicer