Reports · Weekly · Feb 23 – Mar 1, 2026
Northwest Arkansas, week of Feb 23, 2026
What happened
generated from the data
- The 30-year fixed averaged 5.98% in Freddie Mac's survey this week, 3 bp below last week and 78 bp lower than a year ago.
- The 10-year Treasury closed the week at 3.97%, down 11 bp on the week; the 10-year sat 0.59 points above the 2-year.
- Commercial real estate loans on U.S. bank books stood at $3.07 trillion in the Feb 25 reading, up 2.0% from a year earlier.
[NEEDS DATA: Bentonville permit records in this project start 2026-04-01; earlier weeks show rates and the calendar only]
Every sentence above is a fixed template filled with computed values; no figure is typed by hand. Market commentary, not advice.
Rates this week
| Rate | Level | Week | Year | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS | 5.98% | -3 bp | -78 bp | Feb 26 |
| 15-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS | 5.44% | +9 bp | -50 bp | Feb 26 |
| 10-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury | 3.97% | -11 bp | Feb 27 | |
| 2-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury | 3.38% | -10 bp | Feb 27 | |
| 10-year minus 2-yearU.S. Treasury | +0.59 pts | -1 bp | Feb 27 | |
| SOFRNY Fed | 3.68% | +2 bp | Feb 27 |
Mortgage rates are Freddie Mac's Thursday survey; Treasury and curve are the week's last daily close, compared with the prior week's last close. bp = basis points (0.01%).
[NEEDS DATA: Bentonville permit records in this project start 2026-04-01]
City of Bentonville permits-issued reports (public record). Valuation is as printed by the city. Other cities' permit records aren't in yet; Census counts by city are in the monthly reports.
No land-use meetings in the agenda feed for this week.
No dated ARDOT releases for NWA this week.
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