loan-to-value

British  

noun

1.  LTV.  the ratio between the sum of money lent in a mortgage agreement and the lender's valuation of the property involved

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Example Sentences

When borrowing against bitcoin, if the price drops sharply and the loan-to-value ratio exceeds a set liquidation threshold, your collateral could automatically and unceremoniously be liquidated to repay the outstanding loan.

From MarketWatch

“The backstop, the guarantee that allows the financing to happen, that can really drop the cost of the financing but also increase the loan-to-value, so the amount of debt you can take on top of an equity portion.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Those arrangements “can really drop the cost of the financing but also increase the loan-to-value, so the amount of debt you can take on top of an equity portion,” Friar said, according to the WSJ report about her presentation.

From MarketWatch

Any such guarantee “can really drop the cost of the financing but also increase the loan-to-value, so the amount of debt you can take on top of an equity portion.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The Financial Policy Committee will set debt-to-income and loan-to-value ratios for banks, thus giving it enormous power over the country’s housing sector.

From The Wall Street Journal