Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,688/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$328,966
Funds due
$341,504
Interest + MI left
$72,562
First ends
Dec 2044
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,679/mo
+$1,992/mo
Down payment
$50,966
Funds due
$64,813
Interest + MI left
$511,548
First ends
Dec 2044
New loan

New conventional

$3,764/mo
+$2,076/mo
Down payment
$50,966
Funds due
$61,418
Interest + MI left
$680,749
First ends
Dec 2056

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$170,934$170,934$448,934
Second mortgage—$278,000—
First P&I$1,122.10$1,122.10$3,108.33
Second P&I—$1,991.63—
Mortgage insurance——$89.79
Taxes, insurance & HOA$565.67$565.67$565.67
Total housing payment$1,687.77$3,679.39$3,763.78

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$50,966
Closing costs & prepaids$13,847
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$64,813
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$64,813
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,999.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$854.67
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)$1,197.00
Prepaid interest, first (1 days)$19.48
Prepaid interest, second (1 days)$59.03

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 1 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 1 moOf the original 30-year loan at 4.160%
Interest already paid$100,834Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends Dec 2044$72,562
Assumption + second · ends Dec 2044, second Dec 2056$511,548
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$680,749