What Is LVR?

The mortgage industry is a wide, wondrous world with a language all its own.

By ROB WALMSLEY

One of the many acronyms bandied about is ‘LVR’, which stands for ‘loan-to-valuation ratio’.

Here’s what it means.
When you are working out what amount you can borrow to purchase a property, the size of deposit you need to save and whether you are eligible for a mortgage product, the loan-to-valuation ratio (LVR) is one of the most important considerations.

In the simplest terms, the LVR is the percentage of the property’s value, as assessed by the lender, that your loan equates to.

So, if the property you want to purchase is valued at $500,000, and you need to borrow $400,000 to pay for it, the loan is 80 per cent of the property value, making your LVR 80 per cent.


LVR is important because different lenders and loan types have different maximum LVRs, and some lenders will only lend up to a certain LVR for certain properties in certain areas.

(e.g. bedsits in CBD)
Most lenders will finance 80 per cent LVR, or higher with lenders’ mortgage insurance (LMI), while alt doc or low doc loans may be limited to 60 per cent LVR without LMI.

For more info contact me on 0402 203 303 or rob@rwfs.com.au

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