Compare the three ways to buy
The payment, the cash to close, and what is left to pay
Assumption
Assumption only
$923/mo
Lowest payment- Down payment
- $182,668
- Funds due
- $192,356
- Interest + MI left
- $47,351
- First ends
- Feb 2049
Assumption
Assumption + second
$2,024/mo
+$1,101/mo- Down payment
- $32,668
- Funds due
- $44,625
- Interest + MI left
- $293,584
- First ends
- Feb 2049
New loan
New conventional
$2,293/mo
+$1,369/mo- Down payment
- $32,668
- Funds due
- $42,034
- Interest + MI left
- $443,341
- First ends
- Jan 2057
Monthly payment
The initial total housing payment for each option.
| Assumption only | Assumption + second | New conventional | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First mortgage | $142,332 | $142,332 | $292,332 |
| Second mortgage | — | $150,000 | — |
| First P&I | $713.09 | $713.09 | $2,024.05 |
| Second P&I | — | $1,100.65 | — |
| Mortgage insurance | — | — | $58.47 |
| Taxes, insurance & HOA | $210.00 | $210.00 | $210.00 |
| Total housing payment | $923.09 | $2,023.74 | $2,292.51 |
Cash to close
Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.
Down payment$32,668
Closing costs & prepaids$11,958
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$44,625
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$44,625
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,250.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$711.66
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)$180.00
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$328.81
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$1,019.18
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 closing22 yr 2 moOf the original 28-year loan at 2.720%
Interest already paid$24,668Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Feb 2049$47,351
Assumption + second · ends Feb 2049, second Jan 2057$293,584
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$443,341