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Fayetteville, AR

Median sale price, a Redfin vs. FHFA price check, and daily-refreshed real estate signals for Fayetteville, AR. Built for agents; free to read.

Fayetteville, AR’s median sale price is $389K as of Aug 2026 — -0.2% year over year. Pecan Street measures Fayetteville’s year-over-year home-price change two independent ways: Redfin sale prices and the FHFA House Price Index. It is flagging 2 market signals here right now.

Headline

Median sale price

Aug 2026

$389K

-0.2% year-over-year

How it’s calculated

Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.

Mortgage rate

Oct 6, 2026

7.45%

30-year fixed

Where it comes from

National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.

The same rate appears on every market page.

Monthly payment

Principal & interest

$2,167/mo

$93K/yr income needed

How it’s calculated

Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.

Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.

How Fayetteville compares to other U.S. metros

Asking-vs-sale gap↑7th of 86 (top 9%)
Price-to-rent↑38th of 195 (top 20%)
Days on market↑43rd of 195 (top 23%)
Home-price growth↓136th of 195
Price cuts83rd of 195 (top 43%)

Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.

Affordability

Price-to-rent ratio≈ 19 +7.5% YoY
↑38th of 195 (top 20%)
Asking price / sq ft$219 0.0% YoY

Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.

Market pressure

Listings with a price cut≈ 39% -1.8 pts YoY
83rd of 195 (top 43%)
New housing units permitted467

The median asking price $441K runs about 13% above the median sale price $389K.

Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. New housing units authorized by residential building permits in the metro that month — new supply in the pipeline, which counts of existing listings don't capture (US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey), as of Aug 2026. Asking is the median list price of active listings (Realtor.com, this month); sale is the headline median of recent closings (Redfin, a rolling 3-month median) — distinct sources and windows, so the gap is a directional read, not a like-for-like difference. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.

Market facts

ZIPs with listing data12 shown of 41
MLS board of record—
Price methodologyRedfin vs FHFA HPI
Data as ofAug 2026

Recent signals

Strength 4 / 5

42 days

Bentonville homes taking 42 days to sell — +100.0% vs. a year ago

Homes are sitting materially longer than they were this time last year — the first hard sign of softening demand or over-priced inventory.

Strength 4 / 5

39 days

Bella Vista homes taking 39 days to sell — +105.3% vs. a year ago

Homes are sitting materially longer than they were this time last year — the first hard sign of softening demand or over-priced inventory.

Price reconciliation

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Redfin (city)

-0.2%

FHFA HPI · Q2 2026

+3.7%

Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (monthly sold price) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.

Market dispatches

Citable market dispatches for Fayetteville → Latest dispatch: Sep 11, 2026.

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ZIP-level data

ZIPMedian list priceActive listingsNew listingsPrice reductionsDays on marketHome value
72701$495K↑244↑64↑82↑67↑$400K↑
72703$533K↑157↑50↑40↑56↑$415K↑
72704$387K↑230↑66↑88↑65↓$365K↑
72712$720K↑301↑76↑80↑83↑$521K↑
72713$478K↑321↑66↓126↑85↑$452K↑
72714$418K↑188↑58↑102↑57↑$356K↑
72715$398K↓330↑98↓174↑63↑$361K↑
72719$413K↑162↑4076↑65↑$354K↓
72756$489K↓210↑44↓7274↑$347K↑
72758$611K↑214↑82↑76↑72↑$453K↑
72761$378K↑157↑36↑62↑70↓$284K↑
72762$486K↑192↑54↑68↑76↑$391K↑

ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.