Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,542/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$270,430
Funds due
$285,658
Interest + MI left
$173,676
First ends
Jan 2050
Assumption

Assumption + second

$4,025/mo
+$1,483/mo
Down payment
$63,430
Funds due
$80,304
Interest + MI left
$500,547
First ends
Jan 2050
New loan

New conventional

$4,558/mo
+$2,016/mo
Down payment
$63,430
Funds due
$76,121
Interest + MI left
$824,033
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$356,570$356,570$563,570
Second mortgage—$207,000—
First P&I$1,914.25$1,914.25$3,817.82
Second P&I—$1,482.97—
Mortgage insurance——$112.71
Taxes, insurance & HOA$627.50$627.50$627.50
Total housing payment$2,541.75$4,024.72$4,558.03

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$63,430
Closing costs & prepaids$16,873
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$80,304
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$80,304
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$6,270.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,782.85
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)$752.50
Initial HOA (3 months)$630.00
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$324.43
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$395.57

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 9 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 closing23 yr 1 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.69%
Interest already paid$99,056Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2050$173,676
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2050, second Jan 2057$500,547
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$824,033