Reports · Weekly · Aug 3 – Aug 9, 2026

Northwest Arkansas, week of Aug 3, 2026

30-year mortgage

6.69%

▲ 3 bp w/w

Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED · 2026-08-06

10-year Treasury, week close

4.65%

▼ 10 bp w/w

U.S. Treasury via FRED · 2026-08-07

CRE loans at U.S. banks

$3,119B

▲ 3.2% y/y

Fed H.8 via FRED · 2026-08-05

Bentonville permits issued

161

$20.3M printed valuation · 2026-08-09

What happened

generated from the data

The 30-year fixed averaged 6.69% in Freddie Mac's survey this week, 3 bp above last week and 6 bp higher than a year ago.
The 10-year Treasury closed the week at 4.65%, down 10 bp on the week; the 10-year sat 0.46 points above the 2-year.
Commercial real estate loans on U.S. bank books stood at $3.12 trillion in the Aug 5 reading, up 3.2% from a year earlier.
Bentonville issued 161 permits carrying $20.3M in printed valuation; the largest was a electrical permit at 77 S Duncan Ave ($8.8M).
Official data out this week: National jobs report (Fri).
2 land-use meetings on the public calendar (Pea Ridge, Springdale) carried 48 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 Aug 6

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

Data through 2026-08-06 · Free to reuse with the credit line. · Corrections

Rates this week

Rate	Level	Week	Year	As of
30-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS	6.69%	+3 bp	+6 bp	Aug 6
15-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS	6.01%	-3 bp	+26 bp	Aug 6
10-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury	4.65%	-10 bp		Aug 7
2-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury	4.19%	-9 bp		Aug 7
10-year minus 2-yearU.S. Treasury	+0.46 pts	-1 bp		Aug 7
SOFRNY Fed	3.62%	-4 bp		Aug 7

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

161 issued · $20.3M printed valuation

By our sector tag: residential 88, other 64, retail 7, multifamily 2

Largest by valuation	Valuation	Issued
77 S Duncan Aveelectrical permit	$8.8M	Aug 5
1350 E Joyce Blvd 110commercial building permit	$1.2M	Aug 6
2930 N Bonanza Alycommercial building permit	$1.2M	Aug 3
2920 N Bonanza Alycommercial building permit	$1.2M	Aug 3
1350 E Joyce Blvd 120commercial building permit	$1.1M	Aug 6

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.