Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$4,027/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$207,688
Funds due
$228,545
Interest + MI left
$343,005
First ends
May 2052
Assumption

Assumption + second

$4,959/mo
+$932/mo
Down payment
$80,688
Funds due
$103,436
Interest + MI left
$551,482
First ends
May 2052
New loan

New conventional

$6,038/mo
+$2,011/mo
Down payment
$80,688
Funds due
$98,845
Interest + MI left
$1,073,493
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$590,312$590,312$717,312
Second mortgage—$127,000—
First P&I$3,060.06$3,060.06$4,927.44
Second P&I—$931.88—
Mortgage insurance——$143.46
Taxes, insurance & HOA$966.67$966.67$966.67
Total housing payment$4,026.72$4,958.60$6,037.56

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$80,688
Closing costs & prepaids$22,748
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$103,436
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$103,436
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$7,980.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$2,951.56
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,600.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$650.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$1,995.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$255.00
Prepaid interest, first (23 days)$1,458.15
Prepaid interest, second (23 days)$640.22

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 5 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.920%
Interest already paid$111,415Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends May 2052$343,005
Assumption + second · ends May 2052, second Jan 2057$551,482
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$1,073,493