Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$3,247/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$55,986
Funds due
$71,939
Interest + MI left
$526,434
First ends
Jan 2055
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,532/mo
+$285/mo
Down payment
$27,986
Funds due
$45,463
Interest + MI left
$601,150
First ends
Jan 2055
New loan

New conventional

$3,896/mo
+$649/mo
Down payment
$27,986
Funds due
$41,142
Interest + MI left
$779,166
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$484,014$484,014$512,014
Second mortgage—$28,000—
First P&I$2,998.36$2,998.36$3,545.08
Second P&I—$285.32—
Mortgage insurance——$102.40
Taxes, insurance & HOA$248.75$248.75$248.75
Total housing payment$3,247.11$3,532.43$3,896.23

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$27,986
Closing costs & prepaids$17,476
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$45,463
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$45,463
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$5,400.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$2,420.07
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)$246.25
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$2,418.74
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$273.29

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 closing28 yr 1 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.080%
Interest already paid$57,136Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2055$526,434
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2055, second Jan 2057$601,150
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$779,166