Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,578/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$101,323
Funds due
$112,268
Interest + MI left
$72,298
First ends
Oct 2049
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,149/mo
+$571/mo
Down payment
$30,323
Funds due
$42,991
Interest + MI left
$206,959
First ends
Oct 2049
New loan

New conventional

$2,507/mo
+$929/mo
Down payment
$30,323
Funds due
$40,233
Interest + MI left
$407,413
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$197,677$197,677$268,677
Second mortgage—$71,000—
First P&I$985.31$985.31$1,860.27
Second P&I—$571.28—
Mortgage insurance——$53.74
Taxes, insurance & HOA$592.50$592.50$592.50
Total housing payment$1,577.81$2,149.09$2,506.50

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$30,323
Closing costs & prepaids$12,668
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$42,991
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$42,991
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,990.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$988.38
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)$1,327.50
Prepaid interest, first (27 days)$421.13
Prepaid interest, second (27 days)$472.68

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 closing22 yr 10 moOf the original 28-year loan at 2.880%
Interest already paid$31,691Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Oct 2049$72,298
Assumption + second · ends Oct 2049, second Jan 2057$206,959
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$407,413