Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,672/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$183,102
Funds due
$195,361
Interest + MI left
$102,384
First ends
Apr 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,678/mo
+$1,005/mo
Down payment
$46,102
Funds due
$59,881
Interest + MI left
$327,277
First ends
Apr 2051
New loan

New conventional

$3,260/mo
+$1,588/mo
Down payment
$46,102
Funds due
$56,269
Interest + MI left
$605,187
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$276,898$276,898$413,898
Second mortgage—$137,000—
First P&I$1,298.91$1,298.91$2,803.89
Second P&I—$1,005.26—
Mortgage insurance——$82.78
Taxes, insurance & HOA$373.50$373.50$373.50
Total housing payment$1,672.41$2,677.67$3,260.17

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$46,102
Closing costs & prepaids$13,780
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$59,881
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$59,881
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,600.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,384.49
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)$68.49
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$186.39
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$270.25

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 2.73%
Interest already paid$46,224Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Apr 2051$102,384
Assumption + second · ends Apr 2051, second Jan 2057$327,277
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$605,187