Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,682/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$220,356
Funds due
$232,539
Interest + MI left
$115,262
First ends
Jan 2050
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,958/mo
+$1,277/mo
Down payment
$46,356
Funds due
$60,132
Interest + MI left
$400,892
First ends
Jan 2050
New loan

New conventional

$3,285/mo
+$1,603/mo
Down payment
$46,356
Funds due
$56,601
Interest + MI left
$604,670
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$239,544$239,544$413,544
Second mortgage—$174,000—
First P&I$1,280.89$1,280.89$2,801.49
Second P&I—$1,276.75—
Mortgage insurance——$82.71
Taxes, insurance & HOA$400.67$400.67$400.67
Total housing payment$1,681.55$2,958.30$3,284.87

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$46,356
Closing costs & prepaids$13,776
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$60,132
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$60,132
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,599.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,197.72
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,000.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$500.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$552.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$150.00
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$215.59
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$343.23

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 closing23 yr 1 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.65%
Interest already paid$65,857Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2050$115,262
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2050, second Jan 2057$400,892
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$604,670