Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,562/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$52,780
Funds due
$66,081
Interest + MI left
$396,582
First ends
Nov 2054
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,877/mo
+$316/mo
Down payment
$21,780
Funds due
$36,603
Interest + MI left
$479,302
First ends
Nov 2054
New loan

New conventional

$3,118/mo
+$557/mo
Down payment
$21,780
Funds due
$32,762
Interest + MI left
$605,998
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$367,220$367,220$398,220
Second mortgage—$31,000—
First P&I$2,280.00$2,280.00$2,757.19
Second P&I—$315.89—
Mortgage insurance——$79.64
Taxes, insurance & HOA$281.50$281.50$281.50
Total housing payment$2,561.50$2,877.39$3,118.34

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$21,780
Closing costs & prepaids$14,822
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$36,603
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$36,603
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,200.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,836.10
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)$394.50
Prepaid interest, first (27 days)$1,651.58
Prepaid interest, second (27 days)$272.31

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 closing27 yr 11 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.080%
Interest already paid$47,175Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Nov 2054$396,582
Assumption + second · ends Nov 2054, second Jan 2057$479,302
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$605,998