Reports · Weekly · Apr 27 – May 3, 2026
Northwest Arkansas, week of Apr 27, 2026
What happened
generated from the data
- The 30-year fixed averaged 6.30% in Freddie Mac's survey this week, 7 bp above last week and 46 bp lower than a year ago.
- The 10-year Treasury closed the week at 4.39%, up 8 bp on the week; the 10-year sat 0.51 points above the 2-year.
- Commercial real estate loans on U.S. bank books stood at $3.09 trillion in the Apr 29 reading, up 2.7% from a year earlier.
- Bentonville issued 202 permits carrying $16.6M in printed valuation; the largest was a commercial building permit at 3726 W Wedington Dr ($973,707).
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 | 6.30% | +7 bp | -46 bp | Apr 30 |
| 15-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS | 5.64% | +6 bp | -28 bp | Apr 30 |
| 10-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury | 4.39% | +8 bp | May 1 | |
| 2-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury | 3.88% | +10 bp | May 1 | |
| 10-year minus 2-yearU.S. Treasury | +0.51 pts | -2 bp | May 1 | |
| SOFRNY Fed | 3.64% | -2 bp | May 1 |
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%).
202 issued · $16.6M printed valuation
By our sector tag: residential 108, other 72, retail 21, multifamily 1
| Largest by valuation | Valuation | Issued |
|---|---|---|
| 3726 W Wedington Drcommercial building permit | $973,707 | May 1 |
| 3111 N Orange Blossom Hlresidential building permit | $889,697 | Apr 30 |
| 3919 N Mall Avemechanical permit | $681,234 | Apr 27 |
| 2058 N Dutton Plresidential building permit | $581,827 | Apr 28 |
| 2310 W Markham Rdresidential building permit | $559,952 | Apr 28 |
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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