Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$8,593/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$400,392
Funds due
$436,554
Interest + MI left
$1,136,820
First ends
May 2053
Assumption

Assumption + second

$10,398/mo
+$1,805/mo
Down payment
$148,392
Funds due
$187,409
Interest + MI left
$1,534,749
First ends
May 2053
New loan

New conventional

$11,095/mo
+$2,502/mo
Down payment
$148,392
Funds due
$179,398
Interest + MI left
$2,022,506
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$1,081,608$1,081,608$1,333,608
Second mortgage—$252,000—
First P&I$6,998.20$6,998.20$9,233.63
Second P&I—$1,805.36—
Mortgage insurance——$266.72
Taxes, insurance & HOA$1,594.42$1,594.42$1,594.42
Total housing payment$8,592.61$10,397.97$11,094.77

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$148,392
Closing costs & prepaids$39,017
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$187,409
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$187,409
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$14,820.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$5,408.04
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)$4,133.25
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$5,582.88
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$1,605.21

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 closing26 yr 5 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.280%
Interest already paid$249,531Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends May 2053$1,136,820
Assumption + second · ends May 2053, second Jan 2057$1,534,749
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$2,022,506