Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,194/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$443,965
Funds due
$455,610
Interest + MI left
$2,281
First ends
Sep 2028
Assumption

Assumption + second

$4,046/mo
+$2,851/mo
Down payment
$45,965
Funds due
$59,705
Interest + MI left
$630,756
First ends
Sep 2028
New loan

New conventional

$3,231/mo
+$2,037/mo
Down payment
$45,965
Funds due
$56,134
Interest + MI left
$603,925
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$15,035$15,035$413,035
Second mortgage—$398,000—
First P&I$762.36$762.36$2,798.04
Second P&I—$2,851.32—
Mortgage insurance$81.66$81.66$82.61
Taxes, insurance & HOA$350.25$350.25$350.25
Total housing payment$1,194.27$4,045.59$3,230.90

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$45,965
Closing costs & prepaids$13,739
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$59,705
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$59,705
Assumption fee$1,800.00
Credit report$250.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,590.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
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)$550.75
Prepaid interest, first (10 days)$28.59
Prepaid interest, second (10 days)$845.07

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 10 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 closing1 yr 9 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.94%
Interest already paid$158,189Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Sep 2028$2,281
Assumption + second · ends Sep 2028, second Jan 2057$630,756
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$603,925