Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,031/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$68,020
Funds due
$79,847
Interest + MI left
$138,825
First ends
Apr 2052
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,296/mo
+$266/mo
Down payment
$35,020
Funds due
$48,170
Interest + MI left
$201,414
First ends
Apr 2052
New loan

New conventional

$2,825/mo
+$794/mo
Down payment
$35,020
Funds due
$44,633
Interest + MI left
$453,180
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$276,980$276,980$309,980
Second mortgage—$33,000—
First P&I$1,367.78$1,367.78$2,099.91
Second P&I—$265.53—
Mortgage insurance——$62.00
Taxes, insurance & HOA$663.00$663.00$663.00
Total housing payment$2,030.78$2,296.31$2,824.91

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$35,020
Closing costs & prepaids$13,151
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$48,170
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$48,170
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,450.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,384.90
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)$414.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$1,125.00
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$235.62
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$73.23

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 closing25 yr 4 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.45%
Interest already paid$47,076Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Apr 2052$138,825
Assumption + second · ends Apr 2052, second Jan 2057$201,414
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$453,180