Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,541/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$289,491
Funds due
$301,645
Interest + MI left
$70,122
First ends
Sep 2044
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,282/mo
+$1,741/mo
Down payment
$46,491
Funds due
$61,237
Interest + MI left
$453,839
First ends
Sep 2044
New loan

New conventional

$3,355/mo
+$1,814/mo
Down payment
$46,491
Funds due
$58,215
Interest + MI left
$625,515
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$169,509$169,509$412,509
Second mortgage—$243,000—
First P&I$1,125.03$1,125.03$2,856.13
Second P&I—$1,740.88—
Mortgage insurance——$82.50
Taxes, insurance & HOA$416.33$416.33$416.33
Total housing payment$1,541.36$3,282.24$3,354.96

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$46,491
Closing costs & prepaids$14,746
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$61,237
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$61,237
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,590.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$847.55
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,000.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$500.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$599.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$150.00
Prepaid interest, first (26 days)$499.89
Prepaid interest, second (26 days)$1,341.49

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 closing17 yr 9 moOf the original 30-year loan at 4.140%
Interest already paid$103,173Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Sep 2044$70,122
Assumption + second · ends Sep 2044, second Jan 2057$453,839
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$625,515