HomeDefinitionsCompareDebt GEM (growing equity mortgage)The financial definition for 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. Similar MatchesAdjustable rate mortgage (ARM)Adjustable rate mortgage (ARM)A mortgage that features predetermined adjustments of the loan interest rate at regular intervals based on an established index. The interest rate is adjusted at each interval to a rate equivalent to the index value plus a predetermined spread, or margin, over the index, usually subject to per-interval and to life-of-loan interest rate and/or payment rate caps. Alternative mortgage instrumentsAlternative mortgage instrumentsVariations of mortgage mortgage such as mortgage and variable-rate mortgages, mortgage, mortgage and several seldom-used variations. Bi weekly mortgage loanBi weekly mortgage loanA mortgage loan on which mortgage and mortgage payments are made every half-month (total of 26 payments) as opposed to monthly payments. This results in earlier loan mortgage. Further SuggestionsBlanket MortgageChattel Mortgage Closed end mortgage Collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO) Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities Consolidated mortgage bond Conventional mortgage Click to compare definitions of GEM (growing equity mortgage) Click to view definitions beginning ge |