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Fayetteville mortgage calculator
A median-priced Fayetteville, AR home at 6.75% over 30 years, with Arkansas property tax of 0.62% and $2,600 a year of homeowners insurance. Every figure below is computed on our amortising engine — nothing is estimated in the browser.
$2,035 a month, all in
Principal and interest are $1,569; escrow and PMI add the rest. Over the full term the loan costs $322,892 in interest. Discounted at 5%, buying here has a net present value of $74,146 ($262,146 in today’s dollars).
Within Arkansas, Fayetteville is 2nd of the 5 Arkansas markets covered here, between Bentonville at the top and Fort Smith at the bottom of a 2.00x spread. A state-level median hides most of that.
Fayetteville carries a premium over the rest of Arkansas: a median home here runs $268,750, about 25% above the state median of $215,000. The deposit moves with it, so the same 20% down is $53,750 rather than $43,000.
Prices here have run ahead of rents: the local price index sits at 1.25 against a rent index of 1.15. A market where buying costs rise faster than renting does is one where the rent-vs-buy answer leans later — you need a longer hold before ownership wins.
Monthly cost in Fayetteville vs comparable rent
Owning is stacked by component; renting is the local median asking rent.
The monthly breakdown
| Median home price | $268,750 |
|---|---|
| Down payment (10%) | $26,875 |
| Loan amount | $241,875 |
| Principal & interest | $1,569/mo |
| Property tax (0.62%) | $139/mo |
| Homeowners insurance | $217/mo |
| PMI while above 80% LTV | $111/mo |
| Total monthly payment | $2,035/mo |
| Comparable rent | $1,380/mo |
What a rate move does to the Fayetteville payment
| Rate | Principal & interest |
|---|---|
| 5.5% | $1,373/mo |
| 6% | $1,450/mo |
| 6.5% | $1,529/mo |
| 7% | $1,609/mo |
| 7.5% | $1,691/mo |
| 8% | $1,775/mo |
Rent or buy in Fayetteville?
Against $1,380 a month in rent, over 7 years renting leaves you about $29,769 better off — $25,043 once 2.5% inflation is stripped out. See the Arkansas rent-vs-buy page.
Where these numbers come from
Arkansas medians come from editorial and are refreshed weekly. The Fayetteville figures index those state medians to the local market, so they track the same feed rather than going stale. Insurance and the state income tax rate are editorial. Treat everything here as a planning estimate, not a quote.