Exhibit 99.18

                       GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
                           DISTRIBUTION DATE STATEMENT
                                    May, 1999
          GEM Trust 99-01, REMIC Multi-Class Pass-Through Certificates

Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing  Agreement  dated as of April 1, 1999 (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                 %                     7.651786
                                                     -------------------------
       Weighted average maturity                                       352.28
                                                     -------------------------

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
     -----     -----------         -----------        -----------   -----------
       P     $    1.16417611     $      0.20335012  $  0.00000000   % 0.00000000
       IA1   $   30.66275764     $     29.79451956  $  5.52083337   % 6.62500004
       IA2   $    0.00000000     $      0.00000000  $  5.83333684   % 7.00000421
       IA3   $    0.00000000     $      0.00000000  $  5.52083333   % 6.62500000
       IA4   $    0.00000000     $      0.00000000  $  5.52083206   % 6.62499847
       IA5   $   41.29464423     $     40.12535647  $  5.52083319   % 6.62499983
       IA6   $    0.00000000     $      0.00000000  $  5.52083322   % 6.62499986
       IA7   $    0.00000000     $      0.00000000  $  5.62500306   % 6.75000367
       IA8   $    0.00000000     $      0.00000000  $  4.77500091   % 5.73000109
       IA9   $    0.00000000     $      0.00000000  $  7.69296185   % 9.23155422
       IA10  $    0.00000000     $      0.00000000  $  8.33337179   %10.00004614
       IIA1  $   13.72862635     $     12.96354646  $  5.83333333   % 7.00000000
       IIA2  $   13.72862600     $     12.96354689  $  0.00000000   % 0.00000000
       AR    $ 1000.00000000     $    971.70000000  $  5.50000000   % 6.60000000
       X     $    0.00000000     $      0.00000000  $  5.52083335   % 6.62500002
       M     $    0.75692181     $      0.75692181  $  5.52083325   % 6.62499990
       B1    $    0.75692189     $      0.75692189  $  5.52083266   % 6.62499920
       B2    $    0.75692023     $      0.75692023  $  5.52083324   % 6.62499988
       B3    $    0.75692023     $      0.75692023  $  5.52083324   % 6.62499988
       B4    $    0.75691804     $      0.75691804  $  5.52083562   % 6.62500274
       B5    $    0.75692209     $      0.75692209  $  5.52083492   % 6.62500190

       2.      Unanticipated Recoveries:                 $                 0.00
                                                                 ---------------

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:
                                                         $            28,942.54
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C. The amounts below are for the aggregate of all Certificates:

       1.     The Pool Scheduled Principal Balance:      $       387,111,893.87
                                                               -----------------

       2.     The aggregate number of Mortgage Loans included in the Pool
              Scheduled Principal Balance set forth above:         1,929
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       3.
     Beginning Aggregate Class  Ending Aggregate        Ending
       Certificate Principal   Class Certificate  Single Certificate
Class         Balance          Principal Balance       Balance          Cusip
- -----         -------          -----------------       -------          -----
P    $             226,555.07  $      226,291.32  $           998.84  23321P3M8
IA1  $         124,733,138.00  $  120,908,476.02  $           969.34  23321P2Z0
IA2  $             950,000.00  $      950,000.00  $         1,000.00  23321P3A4
IA3  $          19,800,000.00  $   19,800,000.00  $         1,000.00  23321P3B2
IA4  $           1,310,000.00  $    1,310,000.00  $         1,000.00  23321P3C0
IA5  $          31,762,780.00  $   30,451,147.30  $           958.71  23321P3D8
IA6  $          11,012,220.00  $   11,012,220.00  $         1,000.00  23321P3E6
IA7  $             817,500.00  $      817,500.00  $         1,000.00  23321P3F3
IA8  $           2,889,545.00  $    2,889,545.00  $         1,000.00  23321P3G1
IA9  $             647,926.00  $      647,926.00  $         1,000.00  23321P3H9
IA10 $             130,029.00  $      130,029.00  $         1,000.00  23321P3J5
IIA1 $         167,263,644.00  $  164,967,343.93  $           986.27  23321P3K2
IIA2 $           9,467,753.00  $    9,337,773.76  $           986.27  23321P3L0
AR   $                 100.00  $            0.00  $             0.00  23321P3P1
X    $          46,292,848.19  $   44,938,760.59  $           970.75  23321P3N6
M    $           8,880,587.00  $    8,873,865.09  $           999.24  23321P3Q9
B1   $           5,131,005.00  $    5,127,121.23  $           999.24  23321P3R7
B2   $           4,341,620.00  $    4,338,333.74  $           999.24  23321P3S5
B3   $           2,170,810.00  $    2,169,166.87  $           999.24  23321P3T3
B4   $           1,184,078.00  $    1,183,181.75  $           999.24  23321P3U0
B5   $           1,973,466.00  $    1,971,972.24  $           999.24  23321P3V8

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            17       Principal Balance      $    3,245,896.79
                              --------                             -------------
       2.   60-89 days
            Number            1        Principal Balance      $      311,335.10
                              --------                             -------------
       3.   90 days or more
            Number            0        Principal Balance      $            0.00
                              --------                             -------------
       4.   In Foreclosure
            Number            0        Principal Balance      $            0.00
                              --------                             -------------
       5.   Real Estate Owned
            Number            0        Principal Balance      $            0.00
                              --------                             -------------

       6.   The  Scheduled  Principal  Balance  of any  Mortgage  Loan  replaced
            pursuant to the Pooling And Servicing Agreement:
                                                              $            0.00
                                                                    ------------

        7.  The  Certificate  Interest Rate  applicable to the Interest  Accrual
            Period relating to such Distribution Date applicable to any floating
            index certificate:

                                     Certificate Interest
                Class                        Rates
                 IA8             %               5.73000109
                 IA9             %               9.23155422
                 IA10            %              10.00004614

E.     Other Information:

       1.   Special Hazard Loss Amount:                        $           0.00
                                                                  --------------

       2.   Bankruptcy Loss Amount:                            $           0.00
                                                                  --------------

       3.   Fraud Loss Amount:                                 $           0.00
                                                                  --------------

       4.   Certificate Interest Rate of the Class S Certificate:%  0.00000000
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G.
                                     Rounding Amount
           Opening    Reimbursement    (Withdrawl)     Closing
Class      Balance        Amount                       Balance
- -----      -------        ------     ---------------   -------
IA2      $    999.99  $        0.00  $         0.00    $  999.99



*It  has  been  the  Company's  experience  that,  with  respect  to  the  first
Distribution  Date after the  closing  of a  securitization  containing  a large
number of recently originated or acquired Mortgage Loans, the number of Mortgage
Loans 30-59 days delinquent may be inflated due to the borrowers sending monthly
payments  to the wrong  location  or  delays by the  Company  in  inputting  the
Mortgage  Loans  on  its  servicing  system.  It has  also  been  the  Company's
experience  that  for the  majority  of  such  Mortgage  Loans  the  routing  of
borrowers'  monthly  payments has  corrected  itself by the second  Distribution
Date.  However,  the Company  makes no  assurances as to the level of delinquent
Mortgage Loans for future Distribution Dates.