Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$390/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$341,754
Funds due
$352,002
Interest + MI left
$8,395
First ends
May 2047
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,575/mo
+$2,185/mo
Down payment
$36,754
Funds due
$50,259
Interest + MI left
$490,016
First ends
May 2047
New loan

New conventional

$2,577/mo
+$2,187/mo
Down payment
$36,754
Funds due
$46,818
Interest + MI left
$490,008
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$18,146$18,146$323,146
Second mortgage—$305,000—
First P&I$99.59$99.59$2,237.40
Second P&I—$2,185.06—
Mortgage insurance$15.18$15.18$64.63
Taxes, insurance & HOA$275.42$275.42$275.42
Total housing payment$390.19$2,575.25$2,577.44

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$36,754
Closing costs & prepaids$13,505
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$50,259
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$50,259
Assumption fee$1,800.00
Credit report$250.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,599.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
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)$376.25
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$47.00
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$2,007.57

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 closing20 yr 5 moOf the original 26-year loan at 3.050%
Interest already paid$3,382Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends May 2047$8,395
Assumption + second · ends May 2047, second Jan 2057$490,016
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$490,008