Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,269/mo
+$84/mo
Down payment
$42,514
Funds due
$50,466
Interest + MI left
$51,734
First ends
Oct 2039
Assumption

Assumption + second

$1,478/mo
+$294/mo
Down payment
$16,514
Funds due
$25,876
Interest + MI left
$101,047
First ends
Oct 2039
New loan

New conventional

$1,184/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$16,514
Funds due
$23,153
Interest + MI left
$214,705
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$117,486$117,486$143,486
Second mortgage—$26,000—
First P&I$1,098.84$1,098.84$985.65
Second P&I—$209.20—
Mortgage insurance——$28.70
Taxes, insurance & HOA$170.00$170.00$170.00
Total housing payment$1,268.84$1,478.04$1,184.35

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$16,514
Closing costs & prepaids$9,363
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$25,876
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$25,876
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$1,600.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$587.43
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)$60.00
Prepaid interest, first (25 days)$486.84
Prepaid interest, second (25 days)$160.27

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 25 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 closing12 yr 10 moOf the original 15-year loan at 6.050%
Interest already paid$16,256Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Oct 2039$51,734
Assumption + second · ends Oct 2039, second Jan 2057$101,047
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$214,705