Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,182/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$215,013
Funds due
$229,872
Interest + MI left
$192,408
First ends
Apr 2052
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,319/mo
+$1,137/mo
Down payment
$60,013
Funds due
$77,175
Interest + MI left
$446,848
First ends
Apr 2052
New loan

New conventional

$4,125/mo
+$1,943/mo
Down payment
$60,013
Funds due
$73,821
Interest + MI left
$817,258
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$383,887$383,887$538,887
Second mortgage—$155,000—
First P&I$1,895.71$1,895.71$3,731.14
Second P&I—$1,137.34—
Mortgage insurance——$107.78
Taxes, insurance & HOA$285.83$285.83$285.83
Total housing payment$2,181.54$3,318.87$4,124.76

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$60,013
Closing costs & prepaids$17,162
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$77,175
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$77,175
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$5,989.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,919.43
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)$357.50
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$1,124.84
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$1,053.15

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 31 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 3.450%
Interest already paid$65,246Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Apr 2052$192,408
Assumption + second · ends Apr 2052, second Jan 2057$446,848
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$817,258