Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,865/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$116,665
Funds due
$128,574
Interest + MI left
$277,574
First ends
Apr 2056
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,508/mo
+$644/mo
Down payment
$36,665
Funds due
$50,397
Interest + MI left
$429,305
First ends
Apr 2056
New loan

New conventional

$2,688/mo
+$823/mo
Down payment
$36,665
Funds due
$46,928
Interest + MI left
$490,143
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$243,235$243,235$323,235
Second mortgage—$80,000—
First P&I$1,479.57$1,479.57$2,238.01
Second P&I—$643.70—
Mortgage insurance——$64.65
Taxes, insurance & HOA$385.08$385.08$385.08
Total housing payment$1,864.65$2,508.35$2,687.74

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$36,665
Closing costs & prepaids$13,732
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$50,397
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$50,397
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,599.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,216.18
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)$705.25
Prepaid interest, first (29 days)$1,171.13
Prepaid interest, second (29 days)$572.05

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 closing29 yr 4 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.060%
Interest already paid$9,872Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Apr 2056$277,574
Assumption + second · ends Apr 2056, second Jan 2057$429,305
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$490,143