Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,549/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$53,961
Funds due
$65,637
Interest + MI left
$391,481
First ends
Nov 2053
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,906/mo
+$357/mo
Down payment
$18,961
Funds due
$31,990
Interest + MI left
$484,875
First ends
Nov 2053
New loan

New conventional

$2,807/mo
+$258/mo
Down payment
$18,961
Funds due
$28,145
Interest + MI left
$515,102
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$316,039$316,039$351,039
Second mortgage—$35,000—
First P&I$2,190.46$2,190.46$2,378.06
Second P&I—$356.65—
Mortgage insurance——$70.21
Taxes, insurance & HOA$359.00$359.00$359.00
Total housing payment$2,549.46$2,906.11$2,807.27

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$18,961
Closing costs & prepaids$13,029
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$31,990
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$31,990
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,700.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,580.19
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)$444.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$183.00
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$550.95
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$102.48

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 closing26 yr 11 moOf the original 30-year loan at 7.07%
Interest already paid$70,156Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Nov 2053$391,481
Assumption + second · ends Nov 2053, second Jan 2057$484,875
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$515,102