Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,026/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$561,113
Funds due
$577,711
Interest + MI left
$54,874
First ends
Jan 2042
Assumption

Assumption + second

$5,508/mo
+$3,482/mo
Down payment
$75,113
Funds due
$96,057
Interest + MI left
$822,309
First ends
Jan 2042
New loan

New conventional

$5,485/mo
+$3,459/mo
Down payment
$75,113
Funds due
$92,779
Interest + MI left
$1,021,995
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$187,887$187,887$673,887
Second mortgage—$486,000—
First P&I$1,341.22$1,341.22$4,665.86
Second P&I—$3,481.76—
Mortgage insurance——$134.78
Taxes, insurance & HOA$684.58$684.58$684.58
Total housing payment$2,025.81$5,507.57$5,485.22

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$75,113
Closing costs & prepaids$20,944
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$96,057
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$96,057
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$7,490.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$939.43
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)$1,202.75
Initial HOA (3 months)$201.00
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$546.67
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$3,095.75

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 closing15 yr 1 moOf the original 25-year loan at 3.540%
Interest already paid$80,726Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2042$54,874
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2042, second Jan 2057$822,309
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$1,021,995