Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$5,241/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$401,058
Funds due
$426,480
Interest + MI left
$713,156
First ends
Aug 2054
Assumption

Assumption + second

$7,426/mo
+$2,185/mo
Down payment
$96,058
Funds due
$124,673
Interest + MI left
$1,194,777
First ends
Aug 2054
New loan

New conventional

$7,559/mo
+$2,319/mo
Down payment
$96,058
Funds due
$118,947
Interest + MI left
$1,308,710
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$557,942$557,942$862,942
Second mortgage—$305,000—
First P&I$3,828.61$3,828.61$5,974.84
Second P&I—$2,185.06—
Mortgage insurance——$172.59
Taxes, insurance & HOA$1,412.00$1,412.00$1,412.00
Total housing payment$5,240.61$7,425.66$7,559.42

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$96,058
Closing costs & prepaids$28,614
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$124,673
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$124,673
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$9,590.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$2,789.71
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)$3,406.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$180.00
Prepaid interest, first (30 days)$3,237.59
Prepaid interest, second (30 days)$1,942.81

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 8 moOf the original 30-year loan at 7.060%
Interest already paid$93,143Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Aug 2054$713,156
Assumption + second · ends Aug 2054, second Jan 2057$1,194,777
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$1,308,710