Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$3,395/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$261,428
Funds due
$279,739
Interest + MI left
$414,875
First ends
Mar 2056
Assumption

Assumption + second

$4,855/mo
+$1,460/mo
Down payment
$62,428
Funds due
$83,298
Interest + MI left
$741,544
First ends
Mar 2056
New loan

New conventional

$5,142/mo
+$1,747/mo
Down payment
$62,428
Funds due
$79,108
Interest + MI left
$837,902
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$353,572$353,572$552,572
Second mortgage—$199,000—
First P&I$2,189.31$2,189.31$3,825.90
Second P&I—$1,460.19—
Mortgage insurance——$110.51
Taxes, insurance & HOA$1,206.00$1,206.00$1,206.00
Total housing payment$3,395.31$4,855.50$5,142.41

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$62,428
Closing costs & prepaids$20,870
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$83,298
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$83,298
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$6,150.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,767.86
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)$2,263.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$855.00
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$1,807.58
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$1,308.49

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 closing29 yr 3 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.220%
Interest already paid$16,576Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Mar 2056$414,875
Assumption + second · ends Mar 2056, second Jan 2057$741,544
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$837,902