Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,707/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$266,059
Funds due
$279,439
Interest + MI left
$77,605
First ends
Apr 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,269/mo
+$1,562/mo
Down payment
$48,059
Funds due
$63,939
Interest + MI left
$421,845
First ends
Apr 2051
New loan

New conventional

$3,780/mo
+$2,073/mo
Down payment
$48,059
Funds due
$61,036
Interest + MI left
$652,793
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$212,441$212,441$430,441
Second mortgage—$218,000—
First P&I$993.31$993.31$2,980.29
Second P&I—$1,561.78—
Mortgage insurance——$86.09
Taxes, insurance & HOA$713.67$713.67$713.67
Total housing payment$1,706.98$3,268.75$3,780.04

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$48,059
Closing costs & prepaids$15,880
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$63,939
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$63,939
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,785.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,062.21
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,000.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$500.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$1,641.00
Prepaid interest, first (27 days)$424.30
Prepaid interest, second (27 days)$1,249.77

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 closing24 yr 4 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.700%
Interest already paid$35,086Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Apr 2051$77,605
Assumption + second · ends Apr 2051, second Jan 2057$421,845
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$652,793