Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$3,724/mo
+$230/mo
Down payment
$85,771
Funds due
$100,538
Interest + MI left
$161,857
First ends
Jan 2041
Assumption

Assumption + second

$4,038/mo
+$543/mo
Down payment
$46,771
Funds due
$63,076
Interest + MI left
$235,826
First ends
Jan 2041
New loan

New conventional

$3,495/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$46,771
Funds due
$59,250
Interest + MI left
$625,091
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$373,229$373,229$412,229
Second mortgage—$39,000—
First P&I$3,166.19$3,166.19$2,854.19
Second P&I—$313.80—
Mortgage insurance——$82.45
Taxes, insurance & HOA$558.00$558.00$558.00
Total housing payment$3,724.19$4,037.99$3,494.64

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$46,771
Closing costs & prepaids$16,305
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$63,076
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$63,076
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,590.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,866.15
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)$1,111.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$63.00
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$1,668.79
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$288.49

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 closing14 yr 1 moOf the original 15-year loan at 5.440%
Interest already paid$19,044Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2041$161,857
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2041, second Jan 2057$235,826
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$625,091