Compare the three ways to buy

The payment, the cash to close, and what is left to pay

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,390/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$181,707
Funds due
$192,685
Interest + MI left
$81,305
First ends
Apr 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,425/mo
+$1,035/mo
Down payment
$40,707
Funds due
$52,966
Interest + MI left
$312,764
First ends
Apr 2051
New loan

New conventional

$2,927/mo
+$1,537/mo
Down payment
$40,707
Funds due
$49,450
Interest + MI left
$544,669
First ends
Dec 2056

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$218,193$218,193$359,193
Second mortgage—$141,000—
First P&I$1,022.18$1,022.18$2,486.98
Second P&I—$1,034.61—
Mortgage insurance——$71.84
Taxes, insurance & HOA$367.83$367.83$367.83
Total housing payment$1,390.01$2,424.62$2,926.65

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$40,707
Closing costs & prepaids$12,259
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$52,966
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$52,966
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,999.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,090.96
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$1,800.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$450.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$425.50
Initial HOA (3 months)$228.00
Prepaid interest, first (1 days)$16.38
Prepaid interest, second (1 days)$30.90

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 1 days of interest to the end of the closing month.

What is left to pay

The seller already paid down the early, interest-heavy years.

Remaining first mortgage at closing24 yr 5 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.740%
Interest already paid$35,968Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends Apr 2051$81,305
Assumption + second · ends Apr 2051, second Dec 2056$312,764
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$544,669