Compare the three ways to buy
The payment, the cash to close, and what is left to pay
Assumption
Assumption only
$2,697/mo
Lowest payment- Down payment
- $23,381
- Funds due
- $35,045
- Interest + MI left
- $354,419
- First ends
- Jul 2053
New loan
New conventional
$2,812/mo
+$116/mo- Down payment
- $35,000
- Funds due
- $43,894
- Interest + MI left
- $477,719
- First ends
- Dec 2056
Monthly payment
The initial total housing payment for each option.
| Assumption only | New conventional | |
|---|---|---|
| First mortgage | $326,619 | $315,000 |
| Second mortgage | — | — |
| First P&I | $2,128.24 | $2,181.00 |
| Second P&I | — | — |
| Mortgage insurance | — | $63.00 |
| Taxes, insurance & HOA | $568.50 | $568.50 |
| Total housing payment | $2,696.75 | $2,812.50 |
Cash to close
Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.
Down payment$23,381
Closing costs & prepaids$11,664
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$35,045
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$35,045
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,500.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,633.09
Home insurance (12 months up front)$1,800.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$450.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$1,067.50
Initial HOA (3 months)$188.01
Prepaid interest, first (1 days)$57.18
Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 1 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 closing26 yr 8 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.390%
Interest already paid$71,149Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends Jul 2053$354,419
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$477,719