ARV

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ARV
Stands forAfter-repair value
CategoriesBusiness & Finance

ARV stands for After-repair value, a real estate & mortgage abbreviation.

Estimated market value of a property after planned renovations are completed, based on comparable renovated homes. House flippers and hard money lenders use it to set purchase offers and loan amounts.

Example: The ARV is $350,000, so by the 70% rule we shouldn't pay more than $195,000 with $50,000 of repairs.

Usage notes

The flippers' "70% rule" holds that a buyer should pay no more than 70% of ARV minus repair costs. Many hard money lenders size loans as a percentage of ARV.

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