Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,229/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$255,825
Funds due
$267,330
Interest + MI left
$81,572
First ends
Mar 2052
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,741/mo
+$1,512/mo
Down payment
$44,825
Funds due
$58,610
Interest + MI left
$414,759
First ends
Mar 2052
New loan

New conventional

$3,146/mo
+$1,916/mo
Down payment
$44,825
Funds due
$55,631
Interest + MI left
$591,250
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$184,075$184,075$395,075
Second mortgage—$211,000—
First P&I$876.72$876.72$2,713.89
Second P&I—$1,511.63—
Mortgage insurance——$79.02
Taxes, insurance & HOA$352.75$352.75$352.75
Total housing payment$1,229.47$2,741.10$3,145.66

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$44,825
Closing costs & prepaids$13,786
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$58,610
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$58,610
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,399.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$920.38
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)$608.25
Prepaid interest, first (23 days)$359.58
Prepaid interest, second (23 days)$1,030.43

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 closing25 yr 3 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.100%
Interest already paid$28,735Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Mar 2052$81,572
Assumption + second · ends Mar 2052, second Jan 2057$414,759
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$591,250