Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,445/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$14,907
Funds due
$25,641
Interest + MI left
$364,091
First ends
Jun 2053
New loan

New conventional

$2,481/mo
+$35/mo
Down payment
$34,490
Funds due
$42,441
Interest + MI left
$470,758
First ends
Dec 2056

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyNew conventional
First mortgage$329,993$310,410
Second mortgage——
First P&I$2,175.81$2,149.22
Second P&I——
Mortgage insurance—$62.08
Taxes, insurance & HOA$269.50$269.50
Total housing payment$2,445.31$2,480.80

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$14,907
Closing costs & prepaids$10,734
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$25,641
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$25,641
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,449.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,649.97
Home insurance (12 months up front)$1,800.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$450.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$298.50
Initial HOA (3 months)$60.00
Prepaid interest, first (1 days)$58.77

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 closing26 yr 7 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.500%
Interest already paid$74,965Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends Jun 2053$364,091
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$470,758