Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$437/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$157,742
Funds due
$165,420
Interest + MI left
$19,031
First ends
Dec 2047
Assumption

Assumption + second

$1,442/mo
+$1,005/mo
Down payment
$20,742
Funds due
$30,481
Interest + MI left
$243,924
First ends
Dec 2047
New loan

New conventional

$1,470/mo
+$1,034/mo
Down payment
$20,742
Funds due
$28,071
Interest + MI left
$271,785
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$42,258$42,258$179,258
Second mortgage—$137,000—
First P&I$243.21$243.21$1,241.15
Second P&I—$1,005.26—
Mortgage insurance——$35.85
Taxes, insurance & HOA$193.50$193.50$193.50
Total housing payment$436.71$1,441.97$1,470.50

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$20,742
Closing costs & prepaids$9,739
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$30,481
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$30,481
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,000.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$211.29
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)$130.50
Prepaid interest, first (27 days)$118.16
Prepaid interest, second (27 days)$810.74

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 27 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 closing21 yrOf the original 30-year loan at 3.780%
Interest already paid$16,201Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Dec 2047$19,031
Assumption + second · ends Dec 2047, second Jan 2057$243,924
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$271,785