Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,592/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$528,959
Funds due
$543,433
Interest + MI left
$55,007
First ends
Jun 2042
Assumption

Assumption + second

$4,880/mo
+$3,288/mo
Down payment
$69,959
Funds due
$88,509
Interest + MI left
$779,806
First ends
Jun 2042
New loan

New conventional

$4,848/mo
+$3,255/mo
Down payment
$69,959
Funds due
$85,272
Interest + MI left
$940,210
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$161,041$161,041$620,041
Second mortgage—$459,000—
First P&I$1,161.55$1,161.55$4,293.04
Second P&I—$3,288.33—
Mortgage insurance——$124.01
Taxes, insurance & HOA$430.58$430.58$430.58
Total housing payment$1,592.13$4,880.46$4,847.63

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$69,959
Closing costs & prepaids$18,551
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$88,509
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$88,509
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$6,900.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$805.21
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,000.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$500.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$656.75
Initial HOA (3 months)$135.00
Prepaid interest, first (29 days)$509.24
Prepaid interest, second (29 days)$2,826.31

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 29 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 closing15 yr 6 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.980%
Interest already paid$119,263Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jun 2042$55,007
Assumption + second · ends Jun 2042, second Jan 2057$779,806
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$940,210