Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,521/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$261,598
Funds due
$277,141
Interest + MI left
$179,490
First ends
Sep 2049
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,974/mo
+$1,453/mo
Down payment
$63,598
Funds due
$81,390
Interest + MI left
$504,517
First ends
Sep 2049
New loan

New conventional

$4,535/mo
+$2,014/mo
Down payment
$63,598
Funds due
$77,611
Interest + MI left
$855,246
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$373,402$373,402$571,402
Second mortgage—$198,000—
First P&I$2,025.25$2,025.25$3,925.14
Second P&I—$1,452.85—
Mortgage insurance——$114.28
Taxes, insurance & HOA$496.00$496.00$496.00
Total housing payment$2,521.25$3,974.10$4,535.42

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$63,598
Closing costs & prepaids$17,792
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$81,390
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$81,390
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$6,350.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,867.01
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)$658.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$330.00
Prepaid interest, first (23 days)$870.59
Prepaid interest, second (23 days)$998.14

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 23 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 9 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.700%
Interest already paid$109,598Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Sep 2049$179,490
Assumption + second · ends Sep 2049, second Jan 2057$504,517
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$855,246