Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$6,246/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$677,189
Funds due
$709,600
Interest + MI left
$929,751
First ends
Jan 2056
Assumption

Assumption + second

$10,036/mo
+$3,790/mo
Down payment
$148,189
Funds due
$185,332
Interest + MI left
$1,765,087
First ends
Jan 2056
New loan

New conventional

$10,748/mo
+$4,502/mo
Down payment
$148,189
Funds due
$178,460
Interest + MI left
$2,012,198
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$797,811$797,811$1,326,811
Second mortgage—$529,000—
First P&I$4,950.03$4,950.03$9,186.57
Second P&I—$3,789.82—
Mortgage insurance——$265.36
Taxes, insurance & HOA$1,296.33$1,296.33$1,296.33
Total housing payment$6,246.37$10,036.19$10,748.27

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$148,189
Closing costs & prepaids$37,143
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$185,332
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$185,332
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$14,750.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$3,989.05
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,600.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$650.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$3,164.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$75.00
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$4,214.63
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$3,481.98

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 closing29 yr 1 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.220%
Interest already paid$45,761Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2056$929,751
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2056, second Jan 2057$1,765,087
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$2,012,198