Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,644/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$248,479
Funds due
$258,560
Interest + MI left
$15,296
First ends
Apr 2033
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,185/mo
+$1,540/mo
Down payment
$33,479
Funds due
$46,179
Interest + MI left
$354,799
First ends
Apr 2033
New loan

New conventional

$2,513/mo
+$869/mo
Down payment
$33,479
Funds due
$43,453
Interest + MI left
$441,843
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$76,421$76,421$291,421
Second mortgage—$215,000—
First P&I$1,206.80$1,206.80$2,017.74
Second P&I—$1,540.29—
Mortgage insurance——$58.28
Taxes, insurance & HOA$437.42$437.42$437.42
Total housing payment$1,644.22$3,184.50$2,513.44

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$33,479
Closing costs & prepaids$12,700
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$46,179
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$46,179
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,249.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$382.10
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)$812.25
Initial HOA (3 months)$50.01
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$369.33
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$1,369.52

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 30 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 closing6 yr 4 moOf the original 30-year loan at 5.880%
Interest already paid$215,251Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Apr 2033$15,296
Assumption + second · ends Apr 2033, second Jan 2057$354,799
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$441,843