Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$436/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$263,977
Funds due
$272,688
Interest + MI left
$10,708
First ends
Jul 2045
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,112/mo
+$1,676/mo
Down payment
$29,977
Funds due
$41,429
Interest + MI left
$380,213
First ends
Jul 2045
New loan

New conventional

$2,147/mo
+$1,711/mo
Down payment
$29,977
Funds due
$38,970
Interest + MI left
$407,991
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$35,023$35,023$269,023
Second mortgage—$234,000—
First P&I$205.07$205.07$1,862.66
Second P&I—$1,676.40—
Mortgage insurance——$53.80
Taxes, insurance & HOA$230.50$230.50$230.50
Total housing payment$435.57$2,111.97$2,146.97

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$29,977
Closing costs & prepaids$11,452
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$41,429
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$41,429
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,990.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$175.11
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)$241.50
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$86.36
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$1,490.55

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 closing18 yr 7 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.000%
Interest already paid$14,477Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jul 2045$10,708
Assumption + second · ends Jul 2045, second Jan 2057$380,213
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$407,991