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GEM
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GEM (growing equity mortgage)
Mortgage in which annual increases in monthly payments are used to reduce outstanding principal and to shorten the term of the loan.
growing equity mortgage (GEM)

A home loan arrangement in which the payments are increased each year by a specific amount,with the additional money credited to additional principal reduction. As a result, the loan is paid in full earlier than the normal amortization period.The FHA-
insured GEM program is called a 245(a) loan.



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