Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,332/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$295,035
Funds due
$306,499
Interest + MI left
$16,452
First ends
Apr 2041
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,194/mo
+$1,863/mo
Down payment
$35,035
Funds due
$49,405
Interest + MI left
$427,014
First ends
Apr 2041
New loan

New conventional

$3,160/mo
+$1,829/mo
Down payment
$35,035
Funds due
$46,824
Interest + MI left
$477,666
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$54,965$54,965$314,965
Second mortgage—$260,000—
First P&I$415.22$415.22$2,180.75
Second P&I—$1,862.67—
Mortgage insurance——$62.99
Taxes, insurance & HOA$916.33$916.33$916.33
Total housing payment$1,331.55$3,194.22$3,160.08

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$35,035
Closing costs & prepaids$14,370
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$49,405
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$49,405
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,500.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$274.82
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)$2,299.00
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$172.12
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$1,656.16

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 closing14 yr 4 moOf the original 25-year loan at 3.810%
Interest already paid$27,862Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Apr 2041$16,452
Assumption + second · ends Apr 2041, second Jan 2057$427,014
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$477,666