Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,079/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$230,289
Funds due
$243,190
Interest + MI left
$47,405
First ends
Nov 2042
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,480/mo
+$1,401/mo
Down payment
$39,289
Funds due
$54,696
Interest + MI left
$360,942
First ends
Nov 2042
New loan

New conventional

$3,480/mo
+$1,401/mo
Down payment
$39,289
Funds due
$51,885
Interest + MI left
$521,192
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$152,711$152,711$343,711
Second mortgage—$191,000—
First P&I$1,047.73$1,047.73$2,379.79
Second P&I—$1,401.49—
Mortgage insurance——$68.74
Taxes, insurance & HOA$1,031.17$1,031.17$1,031.17
Total housing payment$2,078.89$3,480.38$3,479.69

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$39,289
Closing costs & prepaids$15,407
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$54,696
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$54,696
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,830.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$763.55
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)$957.50
Initial HOA (3 months)$1,686.00
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$445.58
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$1,255.89

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 closing15 yr 11 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.550%
Interest already paid$97,897Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Nov 2042$47,405
Assumption + second · ends Nov 2042, second Jan 2057$360,942
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$521,192