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 · Oct 19 – Oct 25, 2026

Northwest Arkansas, week of Oct 19, 2026

30-year mortgage
7.32%
▼ 8 bp w/w
Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED · 2026-10-22
10-year Treasury, week close
5.00%
▼ 9 bp w/w
U.S. Treasury via FRED · 2026-10-23
CRE loans at U.S. banks
$3,151B
▲ 3.6% y/y
Fed H.8 via FRED · 2026-10-21
Bentonville permits issued
101
$12.0M printed valuation · 2026-10-25

What happened


generated from the data
  • The 30-year fixed averaged 7.32% in Freddie Mac's survey this week, 8 bp below last week and 113 bp higher than a year ago.
  • The 10-year Treasury closed the week at 5.00%, down 9 bp on the week; the 10-year sat 0.31 points above the 2-year.
  • Commercial real estate loans on U.S. bank books stood at $3.15 trillion in the Oct 21 reading, up 3.7% from a year earlier.
  • Bentonville issued 101 permits carrying $12.0M in printed valuation; the largest was a commercial building permit at 3105 N College Ave ($3.4M).
  • Official data out this week: Building permits, national (Tue); Arkansas jobs and unemployment (Tue).
  • 2 land-use meetings on the public calendar (Bentonville, Fayetteville) carried 27 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 Oct 22
Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (weekly) and U.S. Treasury constant-maturity 10-year (daily), via FRED.
Data through 2026-10-22 · Free to reuse with the credit line. · Corrections

Rates this week


RateLevelWeekYearAs of
30-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS7.32%-8 bp+113 bpOct 22
15-year fixed mortgageFreddie Mac PMMS6.68%-3 bp+124 bpOct 22
10-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury5.00%-9 bpOct 23
2-year TreasuryU.S. Treasury4.69%-5 bpOct 23
10-year minus 2-yearU.S. Treasury+0.31 pts-4 bpOct 23
SOFRNY Fed3.92%+4 bpOct 23

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

101 issued · $12.0M printed valuation

By our sector tag: residential 55, other 44, multifamily 1, retail 1

Largest by valuationValuationIssued
3105 N College Avecommercial building permit$3.4MOct 21
2989 N Whistle Post Drresidential building permit$524,987Oct 21
2084 E Little Crew Drresidential building permit$448,910Oct 20
911 N Leverett Averesidential building permit$426,410Oct 21
275 S Sang Ave A4residential building permit$405,750Oct 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.

On the public calendar


all hearings
MeetingItemsDate
Bentonville Planning Commission15Oct 20
Fayetteville City Council12Oct 20

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


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