Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$722/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$320,451
Funds due
$330,861
Interest + MI left
$31,890
First ends
Dec 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,728/mo
+$2,006/mo
Down payment
$40,451
Funds due
$53,954
Interest + MI left
$474,034
First ends
Dec 2051
New loan

New conventional

$2,912/mo
+$2,190/mo
Down payment
$40,451
Funds due
$51,332
Interest + MI left
$545,208
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$79,549$79,549$359,549
Second mortgage—$280,000—
First P&I$371.46$371.46$2,489.44
Second P&I—$2,005.95—
Mortgage insurance——$71.91
Taxes, insurance & HOA$350.42$350.42$350.42
Total housing payment$721.88$2,727.84$2,911.77

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$40,451
Closing costs & prepaids$13,503
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$53,954
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$53,954
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,000.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$397.75
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)$415.25
Initial HOA (3 months)$186.00
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$193.23
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$1,843.01

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 yrOf the original 30-year loan at 2.860%
Interest already paid$12,131Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Dec 2051$31,890
Assumption + second · ends Dec 2051, second Jan 2057$474,034
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$545,208