Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,402/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$131,222
Funds due
$141,231
Interest + MI left
$33,521
First ends
Nov 2042
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,187/mo
+$785/mo
Down payment
$24,222
Funds due
$36,208
Interest + MI left
$209,167
First ends
Nov 2042
New loan

New conventional

$2,190/mo
+$788/mo
Down payment
$24,222
Funds due
$33,680
Interest + MI left
$324,014
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$106,678$106,678$213,678
Second mortgage—$107,000—
First P&I$734.03$734.03$1,479.46
Second P&I—$785.13—
Mortgage insurance——$42.74
Taxes, insurance & HOA$667.92$667.92$667.92
Total housing payment$1,401.94$2,187.07$2,190.12

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$24,222
Closing costs & prepaids$11,986
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$36,208
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$36,208
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,379.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$533.39
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)$1,553.75
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$325.27
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$727.01

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 closing15 yr 11 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.590%
Interest already paid$69,079Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Nov 2042$33,521
Assumption + second · ends Nov 2042, second Jan 2057$209,167
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$324,014