Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,562/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$517,291
Funds due
$531,617
Interest + MI left
$52,857
First ends
Nov 2042
Assumption

Assumption + second

$4,772/mo
+$3,210/mo
Down payment
$69,291
Funds due
$87,435
Interest + MI left
$760,287
First ends
Nov 2042
New loan

New conventional

$4,794/mo
+$3,231/mo
Down payment
$69,291
Funds due
$84,216
Interest + MI left
$933,641
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$167,709$167,709$615,709
Second mortgage—$448,000—
First P&I$1,154.80$1,154.80$4,263.04
Second P&I—$3,209.53—
Mortgage insurance——$123.14
Taxes, insurance & HOA$407.67$407.67$407.67
Total housing payment$1,562.47$4,771.99$4,793.85

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$69,291
Closing costs & prepaids$18,144
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$87,435
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$87,435
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$6,850.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$838.55
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,000.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$500.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$644.25
Initial HOA (3 months)$78.75
Prepaid interest, first (27 days)$446.61
Prepaid interest, second (27 days)$2,568.33

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 27 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 closing15 yr 11 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.600%
Interest already paid$108,871Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Nov 2042$52,857
Assumption + second · ends Nov 2042, second Jan 2057$760,287
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$933,641