Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,513/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$251,122
Funds due
$262,497
Interest + MI left
$59,929
First ends
May 2045
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,018/mo
+$1,504/mo
Down payment
$41,122
Funds due
$54,148
Interest + MI left
$391,537
First ends
May 2045
New loan

New conventional

$3,096/mo
+$1,583/mo
Down payment
$41,122
Funds due
$51,008
Interest + MI left
$539,361
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$158,878$158,878$368,878
Second mortgage—$210,000—
First P&I$990.08$990.08$2,498.91
Second P&I—$1,504.47—
Mortgage insurance——$73.78
Taxes, insurance & HOA$523.00$523.00$523.00
Total housing payment$1,513.08$3,017.54$3,095.68

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$41,122
Closing costs & prepaids$13,026
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$54,148
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$54,148
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,100.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$794.39
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)$492.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$627.00
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$143.77
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$401.30

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 closing18 yr 5 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.67%
Interest already paid$80,602Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends May 2045$59,929
Assumption + second · ends May 2045, second Jan 2057$391,537
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$539,361