Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,893/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$626,470
Funds due
$640,299
Interest + MI left
$1,542
First ends
Sep 2028
Assumption

Assumption + second

$5,912/mo
+$4,019/mo
Down payment
$65,470
Funds due
$83,766
Interest + MI left
$887,408
First ends
Sep 2028
New loan

New conventional

$4,871/mo
+$2,978/mo
Down payment
$65,470
Funds due
$80,811
Interest + MI left
$886,176
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$23,330$23,330$584,330
Second mortgage—$561,000—
First P&I$1,184.35$1,184.35$4,045.78
Second P&I—$4,019.07—
Mortgage insurance——$116.87
Taxes, insurance & HOA$708.17$708.17$708.17
Total housing payment$1,892.52$5,911.59$4,870.82

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$65,470
Closing costs & prepaids$18,295
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$83,766
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$83,766
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$6,498.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$116.65
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)$1,624.50
Prepaid interest, first (27 days)$122.01
Prepaid interest, second (27 days)$3,216.14

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 closing1 yr 9 moOf the original 30-year loan at 7.070%
Interest already paid$248,059Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Sep 2028$1,542
Assumption + second · ends Sep 2028, second Jan 2057$887,408
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$886,176