Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$905/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$202,255
Funds due
$210,956
Interest + MI left
$10,681
First ends
Jan 2035
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,204/mo
+$1,299/mo
Down payment
$25,255
Funds due
$36,408
Interest + MI left
$301,235
First ends
Jan 2035
New loan

New conventional

$1,920/mo
+$1,015/mo
Down payment
$25,255
Funds due
$33,871
Interest + MI left
$333,170
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$42,745$42,745$219,745
Second mortgage—$177,000—
First P&I$550.78$550.78$1,521.47
Second P&I—$1,298.76—
Mortgage insurance——$43.95
Taxes, insurance & HOA$354.17$354.17$354.17
Total housing payment$904.95$2,203.71$1,919.59

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$25,255
Closing costs & prepaids$11,153
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$36,408
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$36,408
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,450.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$213.73
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)$612.50
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$206.57
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$1,202.63

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 closing8 yr 1 moOf the original 30-year loan at 5.690%
Interest already paid$92,600Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2035$10,681
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2035, second Jan 2057$301,235
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$333,170