Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,847/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$123,644
Funds due
$135,330
Interest + MI left
$73,187
First ends
Jan 2048
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,612/mo
+$764/mo
Down payment
$28,644
Funds due
$42,307
Interest + MI left
$253,368
First ends
Jan 2048
New loan

New conventional

$2,730/mo
+$883/mo
Down payment
$28,644
Funds due
$39,532
Interest + MI left
$380,996
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$156,256$156,256$251,256
Second mortgage—$95,000—
First P&I$906.89$906.89$1,739.65
Second P&I—$764.39—
Mortgage insurance——$50.25
Taxes, insurance & HOA$940.33$940.33$940.33
Total housing payment$1,847.22$2,611.62$2,730.23

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$28,644
Closing costs & prepaids$13,663
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$42,307
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$42,307
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,799.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$781.28
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)$1,171.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$1,200.00
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$517.57
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$726.16

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 31 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 closing21 yr 1 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.900%
Interest already paid$61,021Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2048$73,187
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2048, second Jan 2057$253,368
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$380,996