Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$6,164/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$391,274
Funds due
$420,191
Interest + MI left
$1,002,674
First ends
Nov 2054
Assumption

Assumption + second

$8,069/mo
+$1,906/mo
Down payment
$125,274
Funds due
$157,192
Interest + MI left
$1,422,710
First ends
Nov 2054
New loan

New conventional

$8,620/mo
+$2,456/mo
Down payment
$125,274
Funds due
$150,187
Interest + MI left
$1,705,721
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$858,725$858,725$1,124,725
Second mortgage—$266,000—
First P&I$5,556.41$5,556.41$7,787.37
Second P&I—$1,905.66—
Mortgage insurance——$224.95
Taxes, insurance & HOA$607.33$607.33$607.33
Total housing payment$6,163.75$8,069.40$8,619.65

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$125,274
Closing costs & prepaids$31,918
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$157,192
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$157,192
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$12,499.99
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$4,293.62
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,600.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$650.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$1,172.00
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$4,733.34
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$1,750.86

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 closing27 yr 11 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.490%
Interest already paid$117,635Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Nov 2054$1,002,674
Assumption + second · ends Nov 2054, second Jan 2057$1,422,710
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$1,705,721