Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$4,034/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$137,137
Funds due
$158,000
Interest + MI left
$556,958
First ends
Jan 2056
Assumption

Assumption + second

$4,492/mo
+$459/mo
Down payment
$80,137
Funds due
$102,644
Interest + MI left
$665,067
First ends
Jan 2056
New loan

New conventional

$5,646/mo
+$1,612/mo
Down payment
$80,137
Funds due
$97,778
Interest + MI left
$1,084,138
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$657,863$657,863$714,863
Second mortgage—$57,000—
First P&I$3,480.86$3,480.86$4,949.57
Second P&I—$458.63—
Mortgage insurance——$142.97
Taxes, insurance & HOA$553.00$553.00$553.00
Total housing payment$4,033.86$4,492.50$5,645.54

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$80,137
Closing costs & prepaids$22,507
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$102,644
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$102,644
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$7,950.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$3,289.32
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,600.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$650.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$1,009.00
Prepaid interest, first (28 days)$2,397.15
Prepaid interest, second (28 days)$393.53

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 closing29 yr 1 moOf the original 30-year loan at 4.750%
Interest already paid$28,870Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2056$556,958
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2056, second Jan 2057$665,067
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$1,084,138