Compare the three ways to buy
The payment, the cash to close, and what is left to pay
Assumption
Assumption only
$2,972/mo
Lowest payment- Down payment
- $732,329
- Funds due
- $754,118
- Interest + MI left
- $180,290
- First ends
- Jul 2051
Assumption
Assumption + second
$7,428/mo
+$4,456/mo- Down payment
- $110,329
- Funds due
- $133,500
- Interest + MI left
- $1,162,480
- First ends
- Jul 2051
New loan
New conventional
$8,160/mo
+$5,188/mo- Down payment
- $110,329
- Funds due
- $128,563
- Interest + MI left
- $1,496,353
- First ends
- Dec 2056
Monthly payment
The initial total housing payment for each option.
| Assumption only | Assumption + second | New conventional | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First mortgage | $364,671 | $364,671 | $986,671 |
| Second mortgage | — | $622,000 | — |
| First P&I | $1,841.08 | $1,841.08 | $6,831.51 |
| Second P&I | — | $4,456.08 | — |
| Mortgage insurance | — | — | $197.33 |
| Taxes, insurance & HOA | $1,130.83 | $1,130.83 | $1,130.83 |
| Total housing payment | $2,971.92 | $7,428.00 | $8,159.68 |
Cash to close
Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.
Down payment$110,329
Closing costs & prepaids$23,171
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$133,500
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$133,500
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$10,970.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,823.35
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,600.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$650.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$2,742.50
Prepaid interest, first (1 days)$34.97
Prepaid interest, second (1 days)$132.07
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 closing24 yr 8 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.500%
Interest already paid$72,500Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends Jul 2051$180,290
Assumption + second · ends Jul 2051, second Dec 2056$1,162,480
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$1,496,353