Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$4,886/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$59,183
Funds due
$79,533
Interest + MI left
$760,901
First ends
May 2054
Assumption

Assumption + second

$5,151/mo
+$265/mo
Down payment
$33,183
Funds due
$55,045
Interest + MI left
$830,280
First ends
May 2054
New loan

New conventional

$5,171/mo
+$285/mo
Down payment
$33,183
Funds due
$49,734
Interest + MI left
$938,500
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$590,717$590,717$616,717
Second mortgage—$26,000—
First P&I$4,108.26$4,108.26$4,270.02
Second P&I—$264.94—
Mortgage insurance——$123.34
Taxes, insurance & HOA$777.58$777.58$777.58
Total housing payment$4,885.85$5,150.79$5,170.95

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$33,183
Closing costs & prepaids$21,863
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$55,045
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$55,045
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$6,499.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$2,953.59
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)$1,832.75
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$3,597.23
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$262.23

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 closing27 yr 5 moOf the original 30-year loan at 7.170%
Interest already paid$111,024Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends May 2054$760,901
Assumption + second · ends May 2054, second Jan 2057$830,280
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$938,500