Exhibit 99.20

                       GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
                           DISTRIBUTION DATE STATEMENT
                                  January, 1999
          Series 1998-08A, REMIC Multi-Class Pass-Through Certificates

Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement  dated as of April 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                      %                 7.417467
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       Weighted average maturity                                        347.49
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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
      -----  -----------      -----------     -----------    -----------
       1PO  $  1.47177808   $   0.50912501  $  0.00000000   % 0.00000000
       1A1  $ 18.30766175   $  17.58097875  $  4.95118155   % 6.75000000
       1A2  $ 27.23535667   $  26.15431000  $  4.62259667   % 6.74999764
       1A3  $ 22.53328924   $  21.63887915  $  4.79565865   % 6.74999998
       1A4  $  0.00000000   $   0.00000000  $  5.62500016   % 6.75000019
       1A5  $  0.00000000   $   0.00000000  $  5.62500000   % 6.75000000
       1R   $  0.00000000   $   0.00000000  $  0.00000000   % 0.00000000
       1M   $  0.82034138   $   0.00000000  $  5.58931628   % 6.75000021
       1B1  $  0.82034199   $   0.00000000  $  5.58931603   % 6.74999989
       1B2  $  0.82034177   $   0.00000000  $  5.58931647   % 6.75000044
       1B3  $  0.82033949   $   0.00000000  $  5.58931603   % 6.74999991
       1B4  $  0.82033932   $   0.00000000  $  5.58931138   % 6.74999428
       1B5  $  0.82034066   $   0.00000000  $  5.58931446   % 6.74999802

       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:
                                                         $           103,940.85
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C. The amounts below are for the aggregate of all Certificates:

       1.     The Pool Scheduled Principal Balance:      $       434,442,512.87
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       2.     The aggregate number of Mortgage Loans included in the Pool
              Scheduled Principal Balance set forth above:               1,454
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       3.
     Beginning Aggregate Class Ending Aggregate        Ending
       Certificate Principal  Class Certificate  Single Certificate
Class         Balance         Principal Balance       Balance          Cusip
- -----         -------         -----------------       -------          -----
1PO  $            518,747.12  $      517,968.58 $            979.17  GEC9881PO
1A1  $        176,042,010.71  $  172,380,478.36 $            861.90  36157RFC4
1A2  $          2,465,385.75  $    2,383,679.68 $            794.56  36157RFD2
1A3  $        190,121,223.65  $  185,096,300.15 $            830.03  36157RFE0
1A4  $         23,933,914.00  $   23,933,914.00 $          1,000.00  36157RFF7
1A5  $         29,000,000.00  $   29,000,000.00 $          1,000.00  36157RFG5
SUP1 $        419,679,727.19  $  410,925,174.19 $            862.30  GE988SUP1
1R   $                  0.00  $            0.00 $              0.00  36157RFL4
1M   $         10,449,288.57  $   10,440,661.86 $            992.84  36157RFH3
1B1  $          3,980,586.73  $    3,977,300.44 $            992.84  36157RFJ9
1B2  $          2,238,707.41  $    2,236,859.18 $            992.84  36157RFK6
1B3  $          1,990,293.36  $    1,988,650.22 $            992.84  36158GCL0
1B4  $            995,643.51  $      994,821.53 $            992.84  36158GCM8
1B5  $          1,493,111.55  $    1,491,878.87 $            992.84  36158GCN6

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              9        Principal Balance      $  2,912,331.84
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       2.   60-89 days
            Number              1        Principal Balance      $    242,607.45
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       3.   90 days or more
            Number              0        Principal Balance      $          0.00
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       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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