Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$595/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$186,501
Funds due
$194,806
Interest + MI left
$16,370
First ends
Apr 2043
Assumption

Assumption + second

$1,783/mo
+$1,189/mo
Down payment
$24,501
Funds due
$35,157
Interest + MI left
$282,301
First ends
Apr 2043
New loan

New conventional

$1,773/mo
+$1,178/mo
Down payment
$24,501
Funds due
$32,700
Interest + MI left
$326,624
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$53,399$53,399$215,399
Second mortgage—$162,000—
First P&I$355.96$355.96$1,491.38
Second P&I—$1,188.70—
Mortgage insurance——$43.08
Taxes, insurance & HOA$238.67$238.67$238.67
Total housing payment$594.63$1,783.33$1,773.13

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$24,501
Closing costs & prepaids$10,656
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$35,157
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$35,157
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,399.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$266.99
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)$266.00
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$155.11
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$1,100.71

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 closing16 yr 4 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.420%
Interest already paid$31,711Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Apr 2043$16,370
Assumption + second · ends Apr 2043, second Jan 2057$282,301
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$326,624