Reports · Weekly · Aug 17 – Aug 23, 2026

Northwest Arkansas, week of Aug 17, 2026

30-year mortgage

6.65%

▼ 2 bp w/w

Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED · 2026-08-20

10-year Treasury, week close

4.74%

▲ 6 bp w/w

U.S. Treasury via FRED · 2026-08-21

CRE loans at U.S. banks

$3,131B

▲ 3.5% y/y

Fed H.8 via FRED · 2026-08-19

Bentonville permits issued

154

$53.2M printed valuation · 2026-08-23

What happened

generated from the data

The 30-year fixed averaged 6.65% in Freddie Mac's survey this week, 2 bp below last week and 7 bp higher than a year ago.
The 10-year Treasury closed the week at 4.74%, up 6 bp on the week; the 10-year sat 0.50 points above the 2-year.
Commercial real estate loans on U.S. bank books stood at $3.13 trillion in the Aug 19 reading, up 3.5% from a year earlier.
Bentonville issued 154 permits carrying $53.2M in printed valuation; the largest was a commercial building permit at 1100 W 15th St ($25.2M).
Official data out this week: Arkansas jobs and unemployment (Fri).
2 land-use meetings on the public calendar (Bentonville, Rogers) carried 12 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 20

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

Data through 2026-08-20 · Free to reuse with the credit line. · Corrections

Rates this week

Rate	Level	Week	Year	As of
30-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS	6.65%	-2 bp	+7 bp	Aug 20
15-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS	5.95%	-1 bp	+26 bp	Aug 20
10-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury	4.74%	+6 bp		Aug 21
2-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury	4.24%	+7 bp		Aug 21
10-year minus 2-yearU.S. Treasury	+0.50 pts	-1 bp		Aug 21
SOFRNY Fed	3.65%	+3 bp		Aug 21

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

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154 issued · $53.2M printed valuation

By our sector tag: residential 95, other 50, retail 8, multifamily 1

Largest by valuation	Valuation	Issued
1100 W 15th Stcommercial building permit	$25.2M	Aug 19
1934 SW 14th Stnew home	$6.9M	Aug 17
4434 S School Avecommercial building permit	$3.9M	Aug 19
1702 SE 8th St 2commercial tenant finish	$3.0M	Aug 21
203 SE Martin Luther King Jr Pkwycommercial remodel	$2.5M	Aug 21

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.