Compare the three ways to buy
The payment, the cash to close, and what is left to pay
Assumption
Assumption only
$1,097/mo
Lowest payment- Down payment
- $138,759
- Funds due
- $148,131
- Interest + MI left
- $43,668
- First ends
- May 2045
Assumption
Assumption + second
$1,926/mo
+$829/mo- Down payment
- $25,759
- Funds due
- $37,124
- Interest + MI left
- $229,163
- First ends
- May 2045
New loan
New conventional
$2,011/mo
+$915/mo- Down payment
- $25,759
- Funds due
- $34,545
- Interest + MI left
- $350,693
- First ends
- Jan 2057
Monthly payment
The initial total housing payment for each option.
| Assumption only | Assumption + second | New conventional | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First mortgage | $118,241 | $118,241 | $231,241 |
| Second mortgage | — | $113,000 | — |
| First P&I | $732.62 | $732.62 | $1,601.07 |
| Second P&I | — | $829.15 | — |
| Mortgage insurance | — | — | $46.25 |
| Taxes, insurance & HOA | $364.17 | $364.17 | $364.17 |
| Total housing payment | $1,096.78 | $1,925.94 | $2,011.48 |
Cash to close
Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.
Down payment$25,759
Closing costs & prepaids$11,365
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$37,124
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$37,124
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,570.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$591.20
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)$642.50
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$349.86
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$743.01
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 closing18 yr 5 moOf the original 25-year loan at 3.600%
Interest already paid$31,332Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends May 2045$43,668
Assumption + second · ends May 2045, second Jan 2057$229,163
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$350,693