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2 Year Fixed

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  • 04-08-2009 2:55pm
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    godtabh
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    My two year fixed mortgage I thought was due to expire this month two years after I signed it.

    Turns out it doesn’t expire till November. The bank tired to explain it to me as being the norm that a 2 year fixed doesn’t necessarily mean 2 calendar years.

    I won’t be home till the weekend and wont be able to check till then but would this be right?


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    D3PO
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    kearnsr wrote: »
    My two year fixed mortgage I thought was due to expire this month two years after I signed it.

    Turns out it doesn’t expire till November. The bank tired to explain it to me as being the norm that a 2 year fixed doesn’t necessarily mean 2 calendar years.

    I won’t be home till the weekend and wont be able to check till then but would this be right?

    sounds very strange to me. 2 years is 2 years :confused:


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    godtabh
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    D3PO wrote: »
    sounds very strange to me. 2 years is 2 years :confused:

    Thats what I said but cant check until the weekend! I want to go on the the variable rate as soon as possible which I assume is what happens when the two year fixed runs out but my oprions cant be discussed till closer to the time


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    seamus
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    I would have thought it was two years after drawdown, not necessarily from the agreement date. That said, I drew mine down at the end of Jan '08 but my account says that the fixed rates expires at the end of December.


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    DYLF
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    D3PO wrote: »
    sounds very strange to me. 2 years is 2 years :confused:


    i would take 2 years as 104 weeks from your first repayment. not from when you drawdown the mortgage


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    D3PO
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    DYLF wrote: »
    i would take 2 years as 104 weeks from your first repayment. not from when you drawdown the mortgage

    yep but Im assuming the OP made the first mortgage payment August 2 years ago ?

    if not it goes without saying its 104 weeks or 24 payments.


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    godtabh
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    Sorry thought it was clear!

    It was drawndown in August 07


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    niamh.brady
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    Hi OP,

    Don't know if this is of help to you but i just got a mortgage with ICS (BOI) and they buy their fixed terms in bundles so you don't always get 12/24 months exactly apparently. Our original offer letter was issued on April 30th but fixed term only to be up to end of Feb the following year which is not 12 months exactly - this was regardless of drawdown date. It seems that yours may have worked in reverse.


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