Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,695/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$171,958
Funds due
$183,790
Interest + MI left
$113,153
First ends
Aug 2049
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,671/mo
+$976/mo
Down payment
$38,958
Funds due
$52,857
Interest + MI left
$331,479
First ends
Aug 2049
New loan

New conventional

$2,960/mo
+$1,266/mo
Down payment
$38,958
Funds due
$49,844
Interest + MI left
$524,618
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$212,970$212,970$345,970
Second mortgage—$133,000—
First P&I$1,198.98$1,198.98$2,395.43
Second P&I—$975.91—
Mortgage insurance——$69.19
Taxes, insurance & HOA$495.67$495.67$495.67
Total housing payment$1,694.65$2,670.55$2,960.29

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$38,958
Closing costs & prepaids$13,899
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$52,857
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$52,857
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,849.28
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,064.85
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)$1,037.00
Prepaid interest, first (28 days)$663.30
Prepaid interest, second (28 days)$816.22

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 closing22 yr 8 moOf the original 30-year loan at 4.060%
Interest already paid$69,150Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Aug 2049$113,153
Assumption + second · ends Aug 2049, second Jan 2057$331,479
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$524,618