Exhibit 99.18

                       GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
                           DISTRIBUTION DATE STATEMENT
                                  January, 1999
           Series 1998-07, REMIC Multi-Class Pass-Through Certificates

Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement  dated as of March 1, 1998 (the
"Agreement")  between GE Capital  Mortgage  Services,  Inc. (the  "Company") and
State Street Bank (the "Trustee"), governing the Certificates referred to above,
the Company hereby certifies to the Trustee:

       Weighted average coupon                      %                7.175268
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       Weighted average maturity                                       167.60
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A.       Amount of distribution allocable to principal and interest: 

         The amounts below are for a Single Certificate of $1,000:
      1.
                                Principal
            Principal Per    Prepayments Per Interest Per
      Class  Certificate       Certificate    Certificate   Payout Rate
      -----  -----------       -----------    -----------   -----------
       R    $   0.00000000  $  0.00000000  $   0.00000000   % 0.00000000
       PO   $   3.72132317  $  0.19975219  $   0.00000000   % 0.00000000
       A    $  20.30709398  $ 17.40931622  $   4.54252348   % 6.49999999
       M    $   3.35423091  $  0.00000000  $   5.25805086   % 6.49999942
       B1   $   3.35423582  $  0.00000000  $   5.25804125   % 6.49998752
       B2   $   3.35423582  $  0.00000000  $   5.25804125   % 6.49998752
       B3   $   3.35423197  $  0.00000000  $   5.25805007   % 6.49999840
       B4   $   3.35423197  $  0.00000000  $   5.25805007   % 6.49999830
       B5   $   3.35422650  $  0.00000000  $   5.25804434   % 6.49999167

       2.      Unanticipated Recoveries:                 $                 0.00
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B.    Accrual Amount
       1.
                          Accrual Amount
      Class
       N/A             $        N/A

       2.    The amount of servicing compensation received by the Company during
             the month preceding the month of distribution:
                                                         $            34,689.55
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C. The amounts below are for the aggregate of all Certificates:

       1.     The Pool Scheduled Principal Balance:      $       142,236,509.91
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       2.     The aggregate number of Mortgage Loans included in the Pool
              Scheduled Principal Balance set forth above:               452
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       3.
     Beginning Aggregate Class  Ending Aggregate        Ending
       Certificate Principal   Class Certificate  Single Certificate
Class         Balance          Principal Balance       Balance          Cusip
- -----         -------          -----------------       -------          -----
R    $                   0.00  $            0.00  $             0.00  36158GAB4
PO   $             281,574.93  $      280,484.72  $           957.41  GEC9807PO
A    $         141,617,712.12  $  138,188,453.15  $           818.31  36158GAA6
SUP  $         135,983,175.22  $  132,576,716.70  $           814.78  GEC987SUP
M    $           1,680,758.92  $    1,674,951.20  $           967.36  36158GAC2
B1   $             419,974.96  $      418,523.77  $           967.36  36158GAD0
B2   $             419,974.96  $      418,523.77  $           967.36  36158GAE8
B3   $             671,959.55  $      669,637.65  $           967.36  36158GAP3
B4   $             335,979.78  $      334,818.83  $           967.36  36158GAQ1
B5   $             251,987.40  $      251,116.68  $           967.36  36158GAR9

D.          The aggregate  number and aggregate  Principal  Balances of Mortgage
            Loans  which,  as of the  close of  business  on the last day of the
            month preceding the related Determination Date, were delinquent:

       1.   30-59 days
            Number              4        Principal Balance    $    1,123,796.69
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       2.   60-89 days
            Number              2        Principal Balance    $      691,718.07
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       3.   90 days or more
            Number              0        Principal Balance    $            0.00
                                --------                           -------------
       4.   In Foreclosure
            Number              0        Principal Balance    $            0.00
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       5.   Real Estate Owned
            Number              0        Principal Balance    $            0.00
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       6.   The  Scheduled  Principal  Balance  of any  Mortgage  Loan  replaced
            pursuant to the Pooling And Servicing Agreement:
                                                              $            0.00
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E.     Other Information:

       1.   Special Hazard Loss Amount:                       $            0.00
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       2.   Bankruptcy Loss Amount:                           $            0.00
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       3.   Fraud Loss Amount:                                $            0.00
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       4.   Certificate Interest Rate of the Class S Certificate:  % 0.00000000
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