Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,174/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$842,199
Funds due
$863,217
Interest + MI left
$84,620
First ends
May 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$7,397/mo
+$5,223/mo
Down payment
$113,199
Funds due
$135,621
Interest + MI left
$1,235,772
First ends
May 2051
New loan

New conventional

$8,128/mo
+$5,954/mo
Down payment
$113,199
Funds due
$131,070
Interest + MI left
$1,532,948
First ends
Dec 2056

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$281,801$281,801$1,010,801
Second mortgage—$729,000—
First P&I$1,246.33$1,246.33$6,998.58
Second P&I—$5,222.65—
Mortgage insurance——$202.16
Taxes, insurance & HOA$927.75$927.75$927.75
Total housing payment$2,174.08$7,396.73$8,128.50

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$113,199
Closing costs & prepaids$22,422
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$135,621
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$135,621
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$11,240.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,409.01
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,600.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$650.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$1,507.25
Initial HOA (3 months)$626.01
Prepaid interest, first (1 days)$17.29
Prepaid interest, second (1 days)$154.79

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 6 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.240%
Interest already paid$37,569Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends May 2051$84,620
Assumption + second · ends May 2051, second Dec 2056$1,235,772
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$1,532,948