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

Benefit Street, which originated roughly $9 billion of real-estate investments last year, typically lends at a loan-to-value ratio of 65%.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

He analyzed the relative importance of the loan-to-value ratios of the home loans, of second liens on the homes, of the location of the homes, of the absence of loan documentation and proof of income of the borrower, and a dozen or so other factors to determine the likelihood that a home loan made in America circa 2005 would go bad.

From Literature

“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