Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,247/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$209,055
Funds due
$219,697
Interest + MI left
$76,678
First ends
May 2050
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,502/mo
+$1,255/mo
Down payment
$38,055
Funds due
$50,284
Interest + MI left
$357,384
First ends
May 2050
New loan

New conventional

$2,734/mo
+$1,487/mo
Down payment
$38,055
Funds due
$47,148
Interest + MI left
$492,669
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$165,945$165,945$336,945
Second mortgage—$171,000—
First P&I$863.43$863.43$2,282.58
Second P&I—$1,254.74—
Mortgage insurance——$67.39
Taxes, insurance & HOA$384.00$384.00$384.00
Total housing payment$1,247.43$2,502.16$2,733.97

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$38,055
Closing costs & prepaids$12,229
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$50,284
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$50,284
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,750.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$829.72
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)$450.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$252.00
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$141.98
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$337.32

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 5 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.47%
Interest already paid$41,155Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends May 2050$76,678
Assumption + second · ends May 2050, second Jan 2057$357,384
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$492,669