Reports · Weekly · Aug 24 – Aug 30, 2026

Northwest Arkansas, week of Aug 24, 2026

30-year mortgage

6.66%

▲ 1 bp w/w

Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED · 2026-08-27

10-year Treasury, week close

4.73%

▼ 1 bp w/w

U.S. Treasury via FRED · 2026-08-28

CRE loans at U.S. banks

$3,130B

▲ 3.4% y/y

Fed H.8 via FRED · 2026-08-26

Bentonville permits issued

$4.4M printed valuation · 2026-08-30

What happened

generated from the data

The 30-year fixed averaged 6.66% in Freddie Mac's survey this week, 1 bp above last week and 10 bp higher than a year ago.
The 10-year Treasury closed the week at 4.73%, down 1 bp on the week; the 10-year sat 0.39 points above the 2-year.
Commercial real estate loans on U.S. bank books stood at $3.13 trillion in the Aug 26 reading, up 3.4% from a year earlier.
Bentonville issued 35 permits carrying $4.4M in printed valuation; the largest was a commercial remodel at 2801 S Walton Blvd ($2.1M).
Official data out this week: Building permits, revised with city detail (Tue); County jobs and wages (Fri).
2 land-use meetings on the public calendar (Farmington, Fayetteville) carried 7 agenda items.

Every sentence above is a fixed template filled with computed values; no figure is typed by hand. Market commentary, not advice.

Mortgage and 10-year Treasury, 26 weeks

Weekly, through Aug 27

Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (weekly) and U.S. Treasury constant-maturity 10-year (daily), via FRED.

Data through 2026-08-27 · Free to reuse with the credit line.

Rates this week

Rate	Level	Week	Year	As of
30-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS	6.66%	+1 bp	+10 bp	Aug 27
15-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS	5.98%	+3 bp	+29 bp	Aug 27
10-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury	4.73%	-1 bp		Aug 28
2-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury	4.34%	+10 bp		Aug 28
10-year minus 2-yearU.S. Treasury	+0.39 pts	-11 bp		Aug 28
SOFRNY Fed	3.65%	0 bp		Aug 28

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%).

Bentonville permits

map

35 issued · $4.4M printed valuation

By our sector tag: retail 24, residential 10, other 1

Largest by valuation	Valuation	Issued
2801 S Walton Blvdcommercial remodel	$2.1M	Aug 28
6907 SW Alabaster Avenew home	$573,872	Aug 26
5900 SW Beryl Rdnew home	$350,854	Aug 26
2500 SW Regional Airport Blvdhome addition	$350,000	Aug 24
6601 SW Orange Avenew home	$310,047	Aug 24

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.