Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$652/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$198,853
Funds due
$207,589
Interest + MI left
$5,928
First ends
May 2032
Assumption

Assumption + second

$1,943/mo
+$1,291/mo
Down payment
$22,853
Funds due
$33,842
Interest + MI left
$294,842
First ends
May 2032
New loan

New conventional

$1,624/mo
+$972/mo
Down payment
$22,853
Funds due
$30,496
Interest + MI left
$298,908
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$21,147$21,147$197,147
Second mortgage—$176,000—
First P&I$390.54$390.54$1,365.01
Second P&I—$1,291.43—
Mortgage insurance$42.13$42.13$39.43
Taxes, insurance & HOA$219.17$219.17$219.17
Total housing payment$651.83$1,943.26$1,623.60

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$22,853
Closing costs & prepaids$10,989
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$33,842
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$33,842
Assumption fee$1,800.00
Credit report$250.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,200.00
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)$207.50
Prepaid interest, first (26 days)$103.49
Prepaid interest, second (26 days)$1,002.96

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 26 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 closing5 yr 5 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.870%
Interest already paid$76,876Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends May 2032$5,928
Assumption + second · ends May 2032, second Jan 2057$294,842
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$298,908