Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,165/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$139,338
Funds due
$152,581
Interest + MI left
$98,429
First ends
Aug 2050
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,914/mo
+$748/mo
Down payment
$37,338
Funds due
$52,524
Interest + MI left
$265,867
First ends
Aug 2050
New loan

New conventional

$3,358/mo
+$1,193/mo
Down payment
$37,338
Funds due
$49,721
Interest + MI left
$496,856
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$225,662$225,662$327,662
Second mortgage—$102,000—
First P&I$1,141.16$1,141.16$2,268.67
Second P&I—$748.44—
Mortgage insurance——$65.53
Taxes, insurance & HOA$1,023.92$1,023.92$1,023.92
Total housing payment$2,165.08$2,913.52$3,358.11

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$37,338
Closing costs & prepaids$15,186
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$52,524
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$52,524
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,650.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,128.31
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)$2,621.75
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$624.81
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$693.04

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 closing23 yr 8 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.260%
Interest already paid$50,508Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Aug 2050$98,429
Assumption + second · ends Aug 2050, second Jan 2057$265,867
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$496,856