Peter LaRock - Guild Mortgage

06/27/2026

Pop quiz:
If 1,000 people are chasing 900 houses and interest rates go down, what happens?

01/29/2025

Had an absolutely fantastic time in Richmond today with the Blue Ridge Association of Realtors!

09/28/2023

https://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/markets/mortgage-rates-09272023

It's with no great pleasure (none of any kind, for that matter) that we find ourselves in a position to report, yet again, that mortgage rates have sailed decisively to another new multi-decade high.  Today's installment is fairly unpleasant given that the average lender actually be...

04/18/2023

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/05/millennial-generation-financial-issues-income-homeowners/673485/

Millennials’ homeownership rates in 2020 were only slightly behind Boomers’ and Gen Xers’ at the same age: 50 percent of Boomers owned their own home as 25-to-39-year-olds, compared with 48 percent of Millennials, hardly a difference deserving of headlines or social-media memes.

After a rough start, the generation is thriving. Why doesn’t it feel that way?

04/14/2023

https://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/markets/mortgage-rates-04112023

This cracked me up - sure, you can get a 40 year FHA. All you have do is get in trouble on your existing FHA mortgage and get it modified. Not the sweet deal most people are hoping for

Mortgage rates didn't do much today (the average lender drifted microscopically, and Wednesday's CPI data has infinitely more power to move the needle anyway) so let's take our time to focus on something that's actually interesting and oh-so-timely. The Rumor: FHA announced a new 40....

10/17/2022

We want to wish our buyer, Rachel, a big congratulations on her new home.
Thank you Peter LaRock with Guild Mortgage - NE Division for a swift transaction.
*These beets in the garden conveyed with the house!