Reports · Weekly · Sep 7 – Sep 13, 2026

Northwest Arkansas, week of Sep 7, 2026

30-year mortgage

6.76%

▲ 5 bp w/w

Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED · 2026-09-10

10-year Treasury, week close

4.96%

▲ 18 bp w/w

U.S. Treasury via FRED · 2026-09-11

CRE loans at U.S. banks

$3,135B

▲ 3.5% y/y

Fed H.8 via FRED · 2026-09-09

Bentonville permits issued

[NEEDS DATA]

city report runs through 2026-08-31

What happened

generated from the data

The 30-year fixed averaged 6.76% in Freddie Mac's survey this week, 5 bp above last week and 41 bp higher than a year ago.
The 10-year Treasury closed the week at 4.96%, up 18 bp on the week; the 10-year sat 0.33 points above the 2-year.
Commercial real estate loans on U.S. bank books stood at $3.13 trillion in the Sep 9 reading, up 3.5% from a year earlier.
Official data out this week: Inflation (Fri).
3 land-use meetings on the public calendar (Lowell, Prairie Grove, Siloam Springs) carried 9 agenda items.

[NEEDS DATA: Bentonville's September 2026 permits report isn't in yet; the city's reports run through 2026-08-31]

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 Sep 10

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

Data through 2026-09-10 · Free to reuse with the credit line.

Rates this week

Rate	Level	Week	Year	As of
30-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS	6.76%	+5 bp	+41 bp	Sep 10
15-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS	6.09%	+5 bp	+59 bp	Sep 10
10-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury	4.96%	+18 bp		Sep 11
2-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury	4.63%	+26 bp		Sep 11
10-year minus 2-yearU.S. Treasury	+0.33 pts	-8 bp		Sep 11
SOFRNY Fed	3.62%	-3 bp		Sep 11

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

[NEEDS DATA: permits issued after 2026-08-31 arrive with the city's next monthly report]

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.

On the public calendar

all hearings

Meeting	Items	Date
Siloam Springs Planning Commission	2	Sep 8
Lowell Planning Commission	4	Sep 10
Prairie Grove Planning Commission	3	Sep 10

Projects heard

Prairie Grove — U-Haul conditional use at 403 W Buchanan (CBD) · Sep 10
Prairie Grove — Heritage Commercial Properties LSD (Green Prairie Investments) · Sep 10
Lowell — Lakewood Cottages final plat (Zion Church Ave / St) · Sep 10
Lowell — Goad Springs Farm LLC rezone C-2 to R-2 public hearing · Sep 10

Road news

road money

No dated ARDOT releases for NWA this week.

Bentonville permits issued, by week

Whole weeks, starting Monday

City of Bentonville permits-issued reports (public record).

Data through 2026-08-24 · Free to reuse with the credit line.

Official data out this week

data calendar

Inflation (CPI) · BLS · Sep 11

Due next week

Fed rate decision (FOMC) with projections · Federal Reserve · Sep 16, 1:00 PM CT
Building permits, national (preliminary) · Census · Sep 17, 7:30 AM CT
Arkansas jobs and unemployment · BLS · Sep 18, 9:00 AM CT

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