Flutter was the first betting exchange around 2000/01 I think.
Didn't quite know how to operate properly though, and lost out to the new kids quickly.
Presumably the name is a nod to them.
Surely 'flutter' was picked for the harmless, fun connotations associated with the word.
"I lost the case loots drunkenly punting Malaysian badminton"
"I lost a few quid on a flutter"
Ho, ho what larks.
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
We are about to get our second cash back mortgage in 3 years, it is a great incentive. The commentary doing the rounds advising people to stay away from those offers makes me laugh, I would think any switcher who is motivated enough to switch and avail of the offer is hardly likely to then go on to leave their mortgage at a market high rate for the next 30 years.
Flutter was the first betting exchange around 2000/01 I think.
Didn't quite know how to operate properly though, and lost out to the new kids quickly.
Presumably the name is a nod to them.
IIRC Betfair bought up Flutter back then and so would presumably have owned the name since.
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Anyone getting fixed rate (which you almost always pay an extra rate for) is a madman. Present company excepted. There's zero chance of European interest rates rising in any way significantly for the next five years. So you are paying insurance for an event that isn't going to happen. Now the variable rate could go up regardless, but that doesn't make sense either given the market is returning to being properly competitive and can just switch to avoid.
Yeah it wasn't exactly my idea if you take my meaning.
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Anyone getting fixed rate (which you almost always pay an extra rate for) is a madman. Present company excepted. There's zero chance of European interest rates rising in any way significantly for the next five years. So you are paying insurance for an event that isn't going to happen. Now the variable rate could go up regardless, but that doesn't make sense either given the market is returning to being properly competitive and can just switch to avoid.
In a normal mortgage market yes but not nowadays in Ireland. KBC, BOI and Ulster all offer far lower fixed rates than variable. KBC are offering 2.3% fixed for 2 years, you won't come anywhere close to that on a variable.
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Anyone getting fixed rate (which you almost always pay an extra rate for) is a madman. Present company excepted. There's zero chance of European interest rates rising in any way significantly for the next five years. So you are paying insurance for an event that isn't going to happen. Now the variable rate could go up regardless, but that doesn't make sense either given the market is returning to being properly competitive and can just switch to avoid.
regardless of UK or not, but fixed rates are usually 2 or 3 times lower than a variable one. surely you'd be crazy to take a variable rate?
In a normal mortgage market yes but not nowadays in Ireland. KBC, BOI and Ulster all offer far lower fixed rates than variable. KBC are offering 2.3% fixed for 2 years, you won't come anywhere close to that on a variable.
Jesus, that one would save me €120 a month. €1500 towards legal costs, free valuation, life insurance and half price home insurance. Thanks for the tip.
You can make overpayments on your fixed rate mortgage. An Early Redemption Charge is due if you repay all or part of your mortgage before the end of the set fixed period, however you can make an overpayment of 10% of your outstanding fixed rate balance each year without incurring an Early Redemption Charge.
Does the above mean I can overpay by 20k in a year without penalty if I have a 200k mortgage say?
Does the above mean I can overpay by 20k in a year without penalty if I have a 200k mortgage say?
Yeah 10% overpayment allowance is standard. Also the penalties for break are not anywhere near as onerous as they used to be. Apologies, it’s Ulster who offer 2.3% (with €1500 upfront). KBC are 2.5% with €3k.
My mortgage is fixed LT so if that's true, it would be great, we have considered paying off a chunk already but the penalty was holding us back.
It varies from bank to bank but as far as I know most of them allow some level of overpaying of fixed mortgages. AIB are one exception where you can't do so without penalty.
"It would take something more than a thing like you to flutther a feather o' Fluther."
Speaking of O'Casey, last summer I saw Phelim Drew do a one man show called Joxer Daly Esq. in the O'Casey character. It was magnificent. It's returning over the next while to some theatres. Sat 23 March in Mermaid in Bray, Wed 27 March Pavilion in Dun Laoghaire, and Apr 29-May 11 in the Viking in Clontarf.
I'm going to the DL one. Will take the mrs to the Clontarf one if it's good as we'll be living a stroll away by then.
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Just wrote a 600 word newspaper article in 15 minutes - a rather phenomenal 40 words a minute incorporating idea generation while writing. Breaks my previous record of two weekends ago of 1500 word magazine article in 90 mins. Needs must. Should be writing for the Daily Mail!
In a normal mortgage market yes but not nowadays in Ireland. KBC, BOI and Ulster all offer far lower fixed rates than variable. KBC are offering 2.3% fixed for 2 years, you won't come anywhere close to that on a variable.
Yeah, I'm going SVR with AIB - but will be reducing the principal by ~75% when we get the cheque for the old place.
Then I'll be shopping around like a motherfucker.
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
Always feel left out of these discussions. Would like to buy, but can't really give up the flexibility of renting. Have no idea where I'd actually want to plant myself.
Not much details to give really. I have gigabit fibre with siro from Vodafone, although most of my devices aren't capable of taking advantage fully yet. Some mad low ping rate like 3ms, which if you're a gamer (which I'm not) is great. No contention to deal with either.
Always feel left out of these discussions. Would like to buy, but can't really give up the flexibility of renting. Have no idea where I'd actually want to plant myself.
Same, bit caught in the limbo of not investing my money either out of inertia/laziness/general fear of impending doom. Specially with a lot of my mates having houses now.
Same, bit caught in the limbo of not investing my money either out of inertia/laziness/general fear of impending doom. Specially with a lot of my mates having houses now.
For a longtime I had the very Irish attitude of "rent is dead money" but that's definitely changed in the past few years. I could see myself renting again if the right opportunity came up elsewhere.
I have read some things in the past about not falling into the "trap" of viewing the home you purchase to live in as an investment.
It doesn't really represent a true investment as you would need to spend money on rent if you didn't own it vs a true investment.
Dublin housing market overpriced by global standards, it doesn't seem like the time to get involved if you have half an eye on investment.
The Economist suggested Dublin was 25% overpriced in August but I'm sure there's various ways to view it.
For a longtime I had the very Irish attitude of "rent is dead money" but that's definitely changed in the past few years. I could see myself renting again if the right opportunity came up elsewhere.
I have read some things in the past about not falling into the "trap" of viewing the home you purchase to live in as an investment.
It doesn't really represent a true investment as you would need to spend money on rent if you didn't own it vs a true investment.
Dublin housing market overpriced by global standards, it doesn't seem like the time to get involved if you have half an eye on investment.
The Economist suggested Dublin was 25% overpriced in August but I'm sure there's various ways to view it.
I'm in the very weird situation of paying nearly half what I should be paying in a nice 3 bed Apartment rentwise. I'll actually more than likely be looking at a jump once I've to pay mortgage payments.
In related news, architect cert was a blatant money grab €250 in and out in 5 mins and sale on FIL house should be proceeding from here.
Hopefully, all done and dusted for June/July.
Storage shite they cannot part with for a few months and then hit banks with a 200k reduced terms "what are ya gonna give me" request.
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For a longtime I had the very Irish attitude of "rent is dead money" but that's definitely changed in the past few years. I could see myself renting again if the right opportunity came up elsewhere.
I have read some things in the past about not falling into the "trap" of viewing the home you purchase to live in as an investment.
It doesn't really represent a true investment as you would need to spend money on rent if you didn't own it vs a true investment.
Dublin housing market overpriced by global standards, it doesn't seem like the time to get involved if you have half an eye on investment.
The Economist suggested Dublin was 25% overpriced in August but I'm sure there's various ways to view it.
What's the medium/long-term view? The economy is going to continue to be heavily Dublin based, there's massive constraint on supply, young population, Brexit could shift a bunch of jobs here.
If you want to invest in property, just get stuck into REITs.
Anyone who punts on buying an individual property is a loon imo.
REITs are great for the people running them! Looking at daft I could pay off a place in 10 years for what I'm currently paying for rent. Would be a bit removed from where I am though
What's the medium/long-term view? The economy is going to continue to be heavily Dublin based, there's massive constraint on supply, young population, Brexit could shift a bunch of jobs here.
No idea LT approx 5% growth projected for 2019. In terms of Dublin being the continued, obviously no doubts but I've started to see a number of more analytical higher paying jobs pop up in areas which are aren't exactly financial/tech hubs.
Very anecdotally but off the top of my head First Data & DMS Governance in Tipp, Carne in Kilkenny have all increased the numher of roles in the past 12 months plus a few more analytical roles have popped in established firms so perhaps there will be some further moves by others
Buying a house for a single person doesn't even seen realistic/possible these days. Not on my wage anyway
Have you tried getting hit by a car? Perhaps a plane in your line of work.
Yeah it's pretty unreasonable for most people, maybe an apartment is possible but they have shite build quality and designs here. Don't know what the new builds are like.
We are about to get our second cash back mortgage in 3 years, it is a great incentive. The commentary doing the rounds advising people to stay away from those offers makes me laugh, I would think any switcher who is motivated enough to switch and avail of the offer is hardly likely to then go on to leave their mortgage at a market high rate for the next 30 years.
I encouraged herself's step dad to get involved in the bank switching lark here (UK) about 2.5 years ago as the incentives were hilariously good (£100/£150 to swtich).
He (retired, late 60s) was worried about it being difficult. I assumed he'd do it once under some coaxing/pressure from me, but when I was in Edinburgh last Christmas he revealed that he'd exhausted all of the UK bank's switching offers at that stage and had to wait another 6 months before he could go back to the first in a circular fashion to start all over again.
If you are an 'easy switcher' (which everyone should be) then you should be on the move as often as you can picking up all benefits you can.
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I've felt those tingles as long as I can remember but never looked into it, knew what caused it or that it even had a name. Definitely the whispering would trigger it but the sound of eating will have me hitting mute quickly.
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I'd say long-term we could be looking at the population doubling in size. Most city houses will end being bought for their land at outrageous sums and apartments built. The key scarcity will be land. E.g. Bayside should be raized and 50,000 apartments built there.
Guaranteed never happening outside of extreme dictatorship mode.
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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