Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$5,914/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$397,335
Funds due
$426,787
Interest + MI left
$328,077
First ends
Sep 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$7,898/mo
+$1,984/mo
Down payment
$120,335
Funds due
$152,449
Interest + MI left
$765,484
First ends
Sep 2051
New loan

New conventional

$9,739/mo
+$3,825/mo
Down payment
$120,335
Funds due
$147,422
Interest + MI left
$1,615,989
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$802,665$802,665$1,079,665
Second mortgage—$277,000—
First P&I$3,807.21$3,807.21$7,416.55
Second P&I—$1,984.46—
Mortgage insurance——$215.93
Taxes, insurance & HOA$2,106.33$2,106.33$2,106.33
Total housing payment$5,913.55$7,898.01$9,738.82

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$120,335
Closing costs & prepaids$32,114
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$152,449
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$152,449
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$12,000.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$4,013.32
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,600.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$650.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$5,549.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$120.00
Prepaid interest, first (24 days)$1,551.67
Prepaid interest, second (24 days)$1,411.56

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 24 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 closing24 yr 9 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.940%
Interest already paid$132,519Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Sep 2051$328,077
Assumption + second · ends Sep 2051, second Jan 2057$765,484
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$1,615,989