10Y4.88%+2bp vs prior day2026-11-092Y4.56%+5bp vs prior day2026-11-0930Y MTG7.18%−6bp vs last week2026-11-05SOFR3.88%−1bp vs prior day2026-11-09FED FUNDS3.88%+13bp vs last month2026-10CPI4.1% y/y2026-10US UNEMP4.10%−10bp vs last month2026-10NWA UNEMP3.10%0bp vs last month2026-09NWA EMPLOYED319,315+1,325 vs last month2026-09FRED · Freddie Mac · BLS · data 2026-11-10

Reports · Weekly · Jul 6 – Jul 12, 2026

Northwest Arkansas, week of Jul 6, 2026

30-year mortgage
6.49%
▲ 6 bp w/w
Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED · 2026-07-09
10-year Treasury, week close
4.56%
▲ 7 bp w/w
U.S. Treasury via FRED · 2026-07-10
CRE loans at U.S. banks
$3,107B
▲ 2.9% y/y
Fed H.8 via FRED · 2026-07-08
Bentonville permits issued
176
$12.1M printed valuation · 2026-07-12

What happened


generated from the data
  • The 30-year fixed averaged 6.49% in Freddie Mac's survey this week, 6 bp above last week and 23 bp lower than a year ago.
  • The 10-year Treasury closed the week at 4.56%, up 7 bp on the week; the 10-year sat 0.35 points above the 2-year.
  • Commercial real estate loans on U.S. bank books stood at $3.11 trillion in the Jul 8 reading, up 2.9% from a year earlier.
  • Bentonville issued 176 permits carrying $12.1M in printed valuation; the largest was a commercial remodel at 2700 SE S St 300 ($800,000).
  • 1 land-use meeting on the public calendar (Springdale) carried 40 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 Jul 9
Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (weekly) and U.S. Treasury constant-maturity 10-year (daily), via FRED.
Data through 2026-07-09 · Free to reuse with the credit line. · Corrections

Rates this week


RateLevelWeekYearAs of
30-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS6.49%+6 bp-23 bpJul 9
15-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS5.82%+3 bp-4 bpJul 9
10-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury4.56%+7 bpJul 10
2-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury4.21%+7 bpJul 10
10-year minus 2-yearU.S. Treasury+0.35 pts0 bpJul 10
SOFRNY Fed3.55%-9 bpJul 10

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

176 issued · $12.1M printed valuation

By our sector tag: residential 96, other 64, retail 12, civic 4

Largest by valuationValuationIssued
2700 SE S St 300commercial remodel$800,000Jul 6
1240 S Duncan Averesidential building permit$503,917Jul 7
2324 S Magnificent Loopresidential building permit$503,578Jul 7
6503 SW Abelia Avenew home$503,554Jul 9
6405 SW Abelia Avenew home$503,554Jul 9

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
MeetingItemsDate
Springdale Planning Commission40Jul 7

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 2026-10-19 · Free to reuse with the credit line. · Corrections

Official data out this week


data calendar

No scheduled releases from BLS, Census, FHFA or the Fed this week.

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