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 13 – Jul 19, 2026

Northwest Arkansas, week of Jul 13, 2026

30-year mortgage
6.55%
▲ 6 bp w/w
Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED · 2026-07-16
10-year Treasury, week close
4.55%
▼ 1 bp w/w
U.S. Treasury via FRED · 2026-07-17
CRE loans at U.S. banks
$3,111B
▲ 3.0% y/y
Fed H.8 via FRED · 2026-07-15
Bentonville permits issued
199
$10.3M printed valuation · 2026-07-19

What happened


generated from the data
  • The 30-year fixed averaged 6.55% in Freddie Mac's survey this week, 6 bp above last week and 20 bp lower than a year ago.
  • The 10-year Treasury closed the week at 4.55%, down 1 bp on the week; the 10-year sat 0.37 points above the 2-year.
  • Commercial real estate loans on U.S. bank books stood at $3.11 trillion in the Jul 15 reading, up 3.0% from a year earlier.
  • Bentonville issued 199 permits carrying $10.3M in printed valuation; the largest was a commercial building permit at 2980 N College Ave ($750,000).
  • Official data out this week: Inflation (Tue).
  • 1 land-use meeting on the public calendar (Siloam Springs) carried 3 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 16
Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (weekly) and U.S. Treasury constant-maturity 10-year (daily), via FRED.
Data through 2026-07-16 · Free to reuse with the credit line. · Corrections

Rates this week


RateLevelWeekYearAs of
30-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS6.55%+6 bp-20 bpJul 16
15-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS5.93%+11 bp+1 bpJul 16
10-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury4.55%-1 bpJul 17
2-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury4.18%-3 bpJul 17
10-year minus 2-yearU.S. Treasury+0.37 pts+2 bpJul 17
SOFRNY Fed3.59%+4 bpJul 17

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

199 issued · $10.3M printed valuation

By our sector tag: residential 144, other 43, retail 12

Largest by valuationValuationIssued
2980 N College Avecommercial building permit$750,000Jul 14
2086 S Magnificent Loopresidential building permit$604,599Jul 13
1887 N September Stroll Lnresidential building permit$579,500Jul 13
1355 N Porter Rdresidential building permit$445,800Jul 15
2282 S Magnificent Loopresidential building permit$381,135Jul 16

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
Siloam Springs Planning Commission3Jul 14

Projects heard

  • Siloam Springs — Batson 11,900 sq ft cheer facility Significant Development on Hwy 412 · Jul 14

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

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