Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$604/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$210,879
Funds due
$220,074
Interest + MI left
$19,155
First ends
Oct 2041
Assumption

Assumption + second

$1,962/mo
+$1,357/mo
Down payment
$25,879
Funds due
$37,500
Interest + MI left
$322,842
First ends
Oct 2041
New loan

New conventional

$1,856/mo
+$1,252/mo
Down payment
$25,879
Funds due
$34,192
Interest + MI left
$339,805
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$39,121$39,121$224,121
Second mortgage—$185,000—
First P&I$302.63$302.63$1,551.77
Second P&I—$1,357.46—
Mortgage insurance$42.06$42.06$44.82
Taxes, insurance & HOA$259.58$259.58$259.58
Total housing payment$604.27$1,961.74$1,856.18

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$25,879
Closing costs & prepaids$11,621
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$37,500
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$37,500
Assumption fee$1,800.00
Credit report$250.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,500.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
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)$328.75
Prepaid interest, first (29 days)$141.43
Prepaid interest, second (29 days)$1,175.89

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 29 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 closing14 yr 10 moOf the original 30-year loan at 4.550%
Interest already paid$34,821Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Oct 2041$19,155
Assumption + second · ends Oct 2041, second Jan 2057$322,842
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$339,805