Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,651/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$276,709
Funds due
$290,065
Interest + MI left
$108,455
First ends
Aug 2050
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,248/mo
+$1,598/mo
Down payment
$53,709
Funds due
$69,735
Interest + MI left
$460,591
First ends
Aug 2050
New loan

New conventional

$3,788/mo
+$2,137/mo
Down payment
$53,709
Funds due
$66,702
Interest + MI left
$729,910
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$258,291$258,291$481,291
Second mortgage—$223,000—
First P&I$1,291.36$1,291.36$3,332.36
Second P&I—$1,597.60—
Mortgage insurance——$96.26
Taxes, insurance & HOA$359.25$359.25$359.25
Total housing payment$1,650.61$3,248.21$3,787.87

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$53,709
Closing costs & prepaids$16,026
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$69,735
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$69,735
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$5,350.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,291.46
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)$134.75
Initial HOA (3 months)$443.01
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$668.73
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$1,420.48

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 closing23 yr 8 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.150%
Interest already paid$55,935Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Aug 2050$108,455
Assumption + second · ends Aug 2050, second Jan 2057$460,591
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$729,910