Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,442/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$62,022
Funds due
$73,663
Interest + MI left
$355,507
First ends
Sep 2053
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,643/mo
+$201/mo
Down payment
$37,022
Funds due
$49,968
Interest + MI left
$402,923
First ends
Sep 2053
New loan

New conventional

$2,697/mo
+$255/mo
Down payment
$37,022
Funds due
$46,040
Interest + MI left
$486,723
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$307,878$307,878$332,878
Second mortgage—$25,000—
First P&I$2,066.62$2,066.62$2,255.03
Second P&I—$201.16—
Mortgage insurance——$66.58
Taxes, insurance & HOA$375.00$375.00$375.00
Total housing payment$2,441.62$2,642.77$2,696.61

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$37,022
Closing costs & prepaids$12,946
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$49,968
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$49,968
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,699.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,539.39
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)$444.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$231.00
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$509.39
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$55.48

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 closing26 yr 9 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.71%
Interest already paid$68,537Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Sep 2053$355,507
Assumption + second · ends Sep 2053, second Jan 2057$402,923
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$486,723