Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,828/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$117,860
Funds due
$129,754
Interest + MI left
$56,759
First ends
Jan 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,553/mo
+$724/mo
Down payment
$27,860
Funds due
$41,626
Interest + MI left
$227,457
First ends
Jan 2051
New loan

New conventional

$2,849/mo
+$1,020/mo
Down payment
$27,860
Funds due
$38,974
Interest + MI left
$374,755
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$157,140$157,140$247,140
Second mortgage—$90,000—
First P&I$740.13$740.13$1,711.15
Second P&I—$724.16—
Mortgage insurance——$49.43
Taxes, insurance & HOA$1,088.33$1,088.33$1,088.33
Total housing payment$1,828.47$2,552.63$2,848.91

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$27,860
Closing costs & prepaids$13,766
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$41,626
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$41,626
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,750.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$785.70
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)$1,453.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$1,362.00
Prepaid interest, first (28 days)$325.47
Prepaid interest, second (28 days)$621.37

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 28 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 1 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.700%
Interest already paid$27,209Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2051$56,759
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2051, second Jan 2057$227,457
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$374,755