Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,333/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$372,026
Funds due
$384,639
Interest + MI left
$74,556
First ends
Nov 2045
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,604/mo
+$2,271/mo
Down payment
$55,026
Funds due
$70,976
Interest + MI left
$575,125
First ends
Nov 2045
New loan

New conventional

$3,746/mo
+$2,414/mo
Down payment
$55,026
Funds due
$67,922
Interest + MI left
$750,661
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$177,974$177,974$494,974
Second mortgage—$317,000—
First P&I$1,112.46$1,112.46$3,427.10
Second P&I—$2,271.03—
Mortgage insurance——$98.99
Taxes, insurance & HOA$220.25$220.25$220.25
Total housing payment$1,332.71$3,603.74$3,746.34

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$55,026
Closing costs & prepaids$15,949
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$70,976
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$70,976
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$5,500.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$889.87
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,000.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$500.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$160.75
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$594.04
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$2,086.55

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 closing18 yr 11 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.930%
Interest already paid$90,931Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Nov 2045$74,556
Assumption + second · ends Nov 2045, second Jan 2057$575,125
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$750,661