Compare the three ways to buy
The payment, the cash to close, and what is left to pay
Assumption
Assumption only
$3,158/mo
Lowest payment- Down payment
- $117,709
- Funds due
- $132,621
- Interest + MI left
- $264,851
- First ends
- Apr 2052
Assumption
Assumption + second
$3,697/mo
+$539/mo- Down payment
- $50,709
- Funds due
- $67,383
- Interest + MI left
- $391,926
- First ends
- Apr 2052
New loan
New conventional
$4,130/mo
+$972/mo- Down payment
- $50,709
- Funds due
- $64,958
- Interest + MI left
- $690,479
- First ends
- Jan 2057
Monthly payment
The initial total housing payment for each option.
| Assumption only | Assumption + second | New conventional | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First mortgage | $388,291 | $388,291 | $455,291 |
| Second mortgage | — | $67,000 | — |
| First P&I | $1,967.78 | $1,967.78 | $3,152.34 |
| Second P&I | — | $539.10 | — |
| Mortgage insurance | $303.20 | $303.20 | $91.06 |
| Taxes, insurance & HOA | $886.58 | $886.58 | $886.58 |
| Total housing payment | $3,157.56 | $3,696.65 | $4,129.98 |
Cash to close
Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.
Down payment$50,709
Closing costs & prepaids$16,674
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$67,383
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$67,383
Assumption fee$1,800.00
Credit report$250.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$5,060.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
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)$1,684.75
Initial HOA (3 months)$474.99
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$1,216.89
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$512.14
Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 31 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 closing25 yr 4 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.690%
Interest already paid$70,445Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Apr 2052$264,851
Assumption + second · ends Apr 2052, second Jan 2057$391,926
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$690,479