Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,112/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$325,721
Funds due
$335,399
Interest + MI left
$4,557
First ends
Mar 2032
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,175/mo
+$2,063/mo
Down payment
$37,721
Funds due
$50,544
Interest + MI left
$459,333
First ends
Mar 2032
New loan

New conventional

$2,660/mo
+$1,548/mo
Down payment
$37,721
Funds due
$47,961
Interest + MI left
$511,506
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$49,279$49,279$337,279
Second mortgage—$288,000—
First P&I$854.53$854.53$2,335.25
Second P&I—$2,063.27—
Mortgage insurance——$67.46
Taxes, insurance & HOA$257.33$257.33$257.33
Total housing payment$1,111.87$3,175.13$2,660.04

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$37,721
Closing costs & prepaids$12,823
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$50,544
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$50,544
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,750.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$246.39
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)$322.00
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$141.05
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$1,895.67

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 31 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 closing5 yr 3 moOf the original 15-year loan at 3.370%
Interest already paid$28,650Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Mar 2032$4,557
Assumption + second · ends Mar 2032, second Jan 2057$459,333
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$511,506