Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$6,410/mo
+$47/mo
Down payment
$87,781
Funds due
$111,572
Interest + MI left
$552,190
First ends
Jan 2046
Assumption

Assumption + second

$6,879/mo
+$516/mo
Down payment
$41,781
Funds due
$67,271
Interest + MI left
$674,936
First ends
Jan 2046
New loan

New conventional

$6,363/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$41,781
Funds due
$61,495
Interest + MI left
$1,193,942
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$738,576$738,576$784,576
Second mortgage—$46,000—
First P&I$5,636.53$5,636.53$5,432.25
Second P&I—$468.74—
Mortgage insurance——$156.92
Taxes, insurance & HOA$773.83$773.83$773.83
Total housing payment$6,410.37$6,879.11$6,362.99

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$41,781
Closing costs & prepaids$25,491
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$67,271
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$67,271
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$8,263.57
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$3,692.88
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)$1,464.50
Initial HOA (3 months)$207.00
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$3,945.82
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$448.97

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 closing19 yr 1 moOf the original 20-year loan at 6.500%
Interest already paid$44,578Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2046$552,190
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2046, second Jan 2057$674,936
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$1,193,942