Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,156/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$304,988
Funds due
$316,125
Interest + MI left
$37,142
First ends
Apr 2044
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,011/mo
+$1,856/mo
Down payment
$45,988
Funds due
$59,915
Interest + MI left
$446,125
First ends
Apr 2044
New loan

New conventional

$3,158/mo
+$2,002/mo
Down payment
$45,988
Funds due
$57,137
Interest + MI left
$612,479
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$144,912$144,912$403,912
Second mortgage—$259,000—
First P&I$875.26$875.26$2,796.61
Second P&I—$1,855.51—
Mortgage insurance——$80.78
Taxes, insurance & HOA$280.67$280.67$280.67
Total housing payment$1,155.92$3,011.43$3,158.05

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$45,988
Closing costs & prepaids$13,927
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$59,915
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$59,915
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,499.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$724.56
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)$392.00
Prepaid interest, first (28 days)$303.48
Prepaid interest, second (28 days)$1,539.81

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 28 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 closing17 yr 4 moOf the original 23-year loan at 2.730%
Interest already paid$25,181Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Apr 2044$37,142
Assumption + second · ends Apr 2044, second Jan 2057$446,125
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$612,479