Compare the three ways to buy
The payment, the cash to close, and what is left to pay
Assumption
Assumption only
$2,613/mo
Lowest payment- Down payment
- $80,893
- Funds due
- $93,243
- Interest + MI left
- $122,740
- First ends
- Jan 2046
Assumption
Assumption + second
$2,951/mo
+$338/mo- Down payment
- $38,893
- Funds due
- $52,804
- Interest + MI left
- $202,399
- First ends
- Jan 2046
New loan
New conventional
$3,115/mo
+$502/mo- Down payment
- $38,893
- Funds due
- $50,398
- Interest + MI left
- $520,276
- First ends
- Jan 2057
Monthly payment
The initial total housing payment for each option.
| Assumption only | Assumption + second | New conventional | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First mortgage | $301,107 | $301,107 | $343,107 |
| Second mortgage | — | $42,000 | — |
| First P&I | $1,728.58 | $1,728.58 | $2,375.60 |
| Second P&I | — | $337.94 | — |
| Mortgage insurance | $213.28 | $213.28 | $68.62 |
| Taxes, insurance & HOA | $670.75 | $670.75 | $670.75 |
| Total housing payment | $2,612.61 | $2,950.55 | $3,114.97 |
Cash to close
Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.
Down payment$38,893
Closing costs & prepaids$13,910
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$52,804
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$52,804
Assumption fee$1,800.00
Credit report$250.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,820.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
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)$1,562.25
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$742.45
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$310.68
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 closing19 yr 1 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.000%
Interest already paid$117,550Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2046$122,740
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2046, second Jan 2057$202,399
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$520,276