🏘️📊 NWA Home Price Breakdown & Market Insight

NWA Residential Market Analysis

We’re switching it up this week. The mortgage data for October is still rolling in so we’ll pick up with the Top Lenders next week. The goal is to arm you with the latest information heading into the weekend so you can be the life of the party with the latest real estate stats in NWA! 🤓📈

The question we wanted to answer this week was how much has the median housing price increased year over year in NWA? Here is what we found:

📊 Benton County Median Home Prices

📊 Washington County Median Home Prices

• National Comparison: In 2025, the national median home price increased 1.7% year over year. NWA is trending well above the national average in terms of growth. Both Benton and Washington counties are below the national median price of $415,200.

📰 Market & Real Estate News

• 🏛️ Government Shutdown - At 38 days, this is officially the longest government shutdown in the history. There was a chance of an end to the shutdown but those hopes were dashed when the Democrats swept the elections this week. The election success has given Democrats the feeling of leverage in shutdown negotiations. The markets are now predicting a nearly 60% chance that the shutdown will last past November 16th. President Trump would like the Republicans to pursue the “nuclear option” and eliminate the filibuster to force a vote to reopen the government. Republicans are reluctant to pursue this option as it could be used against them in the future.

• 🏛️⚖️Supreme Court Tariffs - The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the legality of President Trump’s tariffs. Initial questioning from the justices indicate skepticism that the tariffs are legal. The markets are predicting a 70% chance that the tariffs will be ruled illegal. A ruling against tariffs could require tariffs to be refunded and will create more uncertainty as the markets navigate more questions and changes. A ruling is unlikely until early 2026.

• 🏛️🚫 Shutdown Implications - The list of issues is growing:

   

  1. 🏛️🍎 SNAP Benefits - The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (‘SNAP’) has been disrupted this month. SNAP may be partially funded this month following two judges’ orders to use emergency funds to keep aid flowing. Although, late last night a federal judge ordered the administration to fund the program fully beginning today.

  2. ✈️🕒 Flight Delays - Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, announced there will be a 10% reduction in flights across 40 major airports beginning today. This is due to the fact that TSA and air traffic controllers

• 📈🏠 30 Year Mortgage Rate - The national average is 6.32%.

• 🏦💸 Fed Rate Cut - The markets are predicting a 70% chance of a 25bps cut on December 10th. As of now there is only a 2% chance of a 50bps cut. The government shutdown and possible Supreme Court ruling against the tariffs could produce real economic damage. In that scenario, we believe there is a growing case for a 50bps cut in December.

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