Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,076/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$227,863
Funds due
$238,350
Interest + MI left
$61,045
First ends
Sep 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,470/mo
+$1,394/mo
Down payment
$37,863
Funds due
$49,975
Interest + MI left
$372,940
First ends
Sep 2051
New loan

New conventional

$2,726/mo
+$1,650/mo
Down payment
$37,863
Funds due
$46,931
Interest + MI left
$492,950
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$147,137$147,137$337,137
Second mortgage—$190,000—
First P&I$700.95$700.95$2,283.88
Second P&I—$1,394.15—
Mortgage insurance——$67.43
Taxes, insurance & HOA$375.00$375.00$375.00
Total housing payment$1,075.95$2,470.10$2,726.31

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$37,863
Closing costs & prepaids$12,112
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$49,975
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$49,975
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,750.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$735.68
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)$450.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$225.00
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$108.12
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$374.79

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 9 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 closing24 yr 9 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.98%
Interest already paid$24,613Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Sep 2051$61,045
Assumption + second · ends Sep 2051, second Jan 2057$372,940
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$492,950