Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,139/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$147,185
Funds due
$157,022
Interest + MI left
$65,139
First ends
Dec 2048
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,005/mo
+$866/mo
Down payment
$29,185
Funds due
$40,996
Interest + MI left
$258,842
First ends
Dec 2048
New loan

New conventional

$2,210/mo
+$1,070/mo
Down payment
$29,185
Funds due
$38,304
Interest + MI left
$395,543
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$142,815$142,815$260,815
Second mortgage—$118,000—
First P&I$787.70$787.70$1,805.83
Second P&I—$865.84—
Mortgage insurance——$52.16
Taxes, insurance & HOA$351.75$351.75$351.75
Total housing payment$1,139.45$2,005.30$2,209.74

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$29,185
Closing costs & prepaids$11,811
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$40,996
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$40,996
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,900.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$714.08
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)$605.25
Prepaid interest, first (28 days)$399.88
Prepaid interest, second (28 days)$724.16

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 yrOf the original 29-year loan at 3.650%
Interest already paid$40,012Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Dec 2048$65,139
Assumption + second · ends Dec 2048, second Jan 2057$258,842
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$395,543