Compare the three ways to buy
The payment, the cash to close, and what is left to pay
Assumption
Assumption only
$1,298/mo
Lowest payment- Down payment
- $307,600
- Funds due
- $319,580
- Interest + MI left
- $81,257
- First ends
- Jun 2049
Assumption
Assumption + second
$3,197/mo
+$1,898/mo- Down payment
- $42,600
- Funds due
- $57,405
- Interest + MI left
- $499,714
- First ends
- Jun 2049
New loan
New conventional
$3,248/mo
+$1,949/mo- Down payment
- $42,600
- Funds due
- $54,140
- Interest + MI left
- $579,935
- First ends
- Jan 2057
Monthly payment
The initial total housing payment for each option.
| Assumption only | Assumption + second | New conventional | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First mortgage | $117,400 | $117,400 | $382,400 |
| Second mortgage | — | $265,000 | — |
| First P&I | $677.35 | $677.35 | $2,647.66 |
| Second P&I | — | $1,898.49 | — |
| Mortgage insurance | $97.30 | $97.30 | $76.48 |
| Taxes, insurance & HOA | $523.42 | $523.42 | $523.42 |
| Total housing payment | $1,298.06 | $3,196.55 | $3,247.56 |
Cash to close
Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.
Down payment$42,600
Closing costs & prepaids$14,805
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$57,405
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$57,405
Assumption fee$1,800.00
Credit report$250.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,250.00
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)$1,120.25
Prepaid interest, first (28 days)$384.56
Prepaid interest, second (28 days)$1,575.48
Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 28 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 closing22 yr 6 moOf the original 30-year loan at 4.270%
Interest already paid$40,999Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jun 2049$81,257
Assumption + second · ends Jun 2049, second Jan 2057$499,714
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$579,935