Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,174/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$185,908
Funds due
$196,196
Interest + MI left
$63,822
First ends
Feb 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,275/mo
+$1,101/mo
Down payment
$35,908
Funds due
$47,511
Interest + MI left
$310,055
First ends
Feb 2051
New loan

New conventional

$2,628/mo
+$1,454/mo
Down payment
$35,908
Funds due
$44,325
Interest + MI left
$476,064
First ends
Dec 2056

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$163,992$163,992$313,992
Second mortgage—$150,000—
First P&I$782.87$782.87$2,174.02
Second P&I—$1,100.65—
Mortgage insurance——$62.80
Taxes, insurance & HOA$391.58$391.58$391.58
Total housing payment$1,174.45$2,275.10$2,628.40

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$35,908
Closing costs & prepaids$11,603
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$47,511
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$47,511
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,499.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$819.96
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)$454.75
Initial HOA (3 months)$270.00
Prepaid interest, first (2 days)$25.79
Prepaid interest, second (2 days)$65.75

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 2 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 3 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.870%
Interest already paid$29,197Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends Feb 2051$63,822
Assumption + second · ends Feb 2051, second Dec 2056$310,055
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$476,064