Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,242/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$357,164
Funds due
$369,648
Interest + MI left
$120,856
First ends
May 2055
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,477/mo
+$2,235/mo
Down payment
$45,164
Funds due
$60,554
Interest + MI left
$613,530
First ends
May 2055
New loan

New conventional

$3,462/mo
+$2,221/mo
Down payment
$45,164
Funds due
$57,009
Interest + MI left
$605,540
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$87,336$87,336$399,336
Second mortgage—$312,000—
First P&I$583.26$583.26$2,764.92
Second P&I—$2,235.21—
Mortgage insurance$40.71$40.71$79.87
Taxes, insurance & HOA$617.58$617.58$617.58
Total housing payment$1,241.55$3,476.76$3,462.37

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$45,164
Closing costs & prepaids$15,390
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$60,554
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$60,554
Assumption fee$1,800.00
Credit report$250.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,445.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
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)$1,355.25
Initial HOA (3 months)$47.49
Prepaid interest, first (25 days)$410.96
Prepaid interest, second (25 days)$1,656.16

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 closing28 yr 5 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.870%
Interest already paid$9,587Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends May 2055$120,856
Assumption + second · ends May 2055, second Jan 2057$613,530
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$605,540