Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,171/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$171,855
Funds due
$182,102
Interest + MI left
$58,339
First ends
Apr 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,183/mo
+$1,013/mo
Down payment
$33,855
Funds due
$45,625
Interest + MI left
$284,873
First ends
Apr 2051
New loan

New conventional

$2,491/mo
+$1,320/mo
Down payment
$33,855
Funds due
$42,602
Interest + MI left
$431,492
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$157,145$157,145$295,145
Second mortgage—$138,000—
First P&I$737.96$737.96$1,999.42
Second P&I—$1,012.60—
Mortgage insurance——$59.03
Taxes, insurance & HOA$432.58$432.58$432.58
Total housing payment$1,170.54$2,183.14$2,491.03

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$33,855
Closing costs & prepaids$11,770
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$45,625
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$45,625
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,290.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$785.73
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)$394.75
Initial HOA (3 months)$453.00
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$106.17
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$272.22

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 4 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.74%
Interest already paid$26,326Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Apr 2051$58,339
Assumption + second · ends Apr 2051, second Jan 2057$284,873
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$431,492