Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,376/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$222,879
Funds due
$233,991
Interest + MI left
$90,958
First ends
Apr 2052
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,719/mo
+$1,343/mo
Down payment
$39,879
Funds due
$52,281
Interest + MI left
$391,362
First ends
Apr 2052
New loan

New conventional

$2,968/mo
+$1,592/mo
Down payment
$39,879
Funds due
$48,850
Interest + MI left
$530,760
First ends
Dec 2056

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$167,021$167,021$350,021
Second mortgage—$183,000—
First P&I$769.44$769.44$2,423.47
Second P&I—$1,342.79—
Mortgage insurance$131.96$131.96$70.00
Taxes, insurance & HOA$474.92$474.92$474.92
Total housing payment$1,376.32$2,719.11$2,968.40

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$39,879
Closing costs & prepaids$12,402
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$52,281
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$52,281
Assumption fee$1,800.00
Credit report$250.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,899.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
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)$974.75
Prepaid interest, first (1 days)$13.00
Prepaid interest, second (1 days)$40.11

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 closing25 yr 5 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.840%
Interest already paid$23,045Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends Apr 2052$90,958
Assumption + second · ends Apr 2052, second Dec 2056$391,362
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$530,760