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loan value investment & finance definition
- The maximum amount that a lender is willing to lend against collateral. For example, if a lender is willing to loan 80 percent of the appraised value of a $1 million house, then the loan value is $800,000.
- The maximum value of securities that a broker can lend to a customer through a margin account, mandated by the Federal Reserve through Regulation T.
- The amount of a whole life insurance policy that the policyholder may borrow against.
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