Reports · Weekly · Mar 23 – Mar 29, 2026
Northwest Arkansas, week of Mar 23, 2026
What happened
generated from the data
- The 30-year fixed averaged 6.38% in Freddie Mac's survey this week, 16 bp above last week and 27 bp lower than a year ago.
- The 10-year Treasury closed the week at 4.44%, up 5 bp on the week; the 10-year sat 0.56 points above the 2-year.
- Commercial real estate loans on U.S. bank books stood at $3.08 trillion in the Mar 25 reading, up 2.5% from a year earlier.
- Bentonville issued 328 permits carrying $27.5M in printed valuation; the largest was a commercial building permit at 2971 N Mansfield Ave ($5.8M).
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 | 6.38% | +16 bp | -27 bp | Mar 26 |
| 15-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS | 5.75% | +21 bp | -14 bp | Mar 26 |
| 10-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury | 4.44% | +5 bp | Mar 27 | |
| 2-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury | 3.88% | 0 bp | Mar 27 | |
| 10-year minus 2-yearU.S. Treasury | +0.56 pts | +5 bp | Mar 27 | |
| SOFRNY Fed | 3.63% | +1 bp | Mar 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%).
328 issued · $27.5M printed valuation
By our sector tag: residential 260, other 64, retail 3, multifamily 1
| Largest by valuation | Valuation | Issued |
|---|---|---|
| 2971 N Mansfield Avecommercial building permit | $5.8M | Mar 25 |
| 4382 S School Avecommercial building permit | $1.7M | Mar 25 |
| 3919 N Mall Avecommercial building permit | $1.0M | Mar 26 |
| 4254 W Bandera Stresidential building permit | $768,700 | Mar 24 |
| 3766 W Lierly Lnresidential building permit | $535,903 | Mar 25 |
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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