Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$5,516/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$56,588
Funds due
$75,868
Interest + MI left
$838,918
First ends
May 2054
New loan

New conventional

$5,680/mo
+$163/mo
Down payment
$74,950
Funds due
$89,230
Interest + MI left
$1,023,000
First ends
Dec 2056

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyNew conventional
First mortgage$692,912$674,550
Second mortgage——
First P&I$4,641.91$4,670.45
Second P&I——
Mortgage insurance—$134.91
Taxes, insurance & HOA$874.25$874.25
Total housing payment$5,516.16$5,679.61

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$56,588
Closing costs & prepaids$19,279
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$75,868
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$75,868
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$7,495.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$3,464.56
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,600.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$650.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$1,597.75
Initial HOA (3 months)$375.00
Prepaid interest, first (1 days)$128.90

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 closing27 yr 6 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.790%
Interest already paid$119,410Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends May 2054$838,918
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$1,023,000