Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$6,640/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$143,796
Funds due
$170,759
Interest + MI left
$964,707
First ends
Jun 2054
Assumption

Assumption + second

$7,075/mo
+$434/mo
Down payment
$89,796
Funds due
$118,409
Interest + MI left
$1,067,125
First ends
Jun 2054
New loan

New conventional

$7,156/mo
+$516/mo
Down payment
$89,796
Funds due
$111,807
Interest + MI left
$1,213,563
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$746,204$746,204$800,204
Second mortgage—$54,000—
First P&I$5,184.58$5,184.58$5,540.45
Second P&I—$434.50—
Mortgage insurance——$160.04
Taxes, insurance & HOA$1,455.75$1,455.75$1,455.75
Total housing payment$6,640.33$7,074.83$7,156.24

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$89,796
Closing costs & prepaids$28,613
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$118,409
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$118,409
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$8,900.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$3,731.02
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)$3,321.25
Initial HOA (3 months)$396.00
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$4,397.50
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$399.45

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 closing27 yr 6 moOf the original 30-year loan at 7.170%
Interest already paid$135,652Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jun 2054$964,707
Assumption + second · ends Jun 2054, second Jan 2057$1,067,125
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$1,213,563