Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,030/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$266,632
Funds due
$280,749
Interest + MI left
$127,068
First ends
Jan 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,513/mo
+$1,483/mo
Down payment
$59,632
Funds due
$75,394
Interest + MI left
$453,939
First ends
Jan 2051
New loan

New conventional

$4,160/mo
+$2,130/mo
Down payment
$59,632
Funds due
$71,459
Interest + MI left
$770,994
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$320,368$320,368$527,368
Second mortgage—$207,000—
First P&I$1,548.22$1,548.22$3,572.57
Second P&I—$1,482.97—
Mortgage insurance——$105.47
Taxes, insurance & HOA$481.50$481.50$481.50
Total housing payment$2,029.72$3,512.70$4,159.55

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$59,632
Closing costs & prepaids$15,762
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$75,394
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$75,394
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$5,870.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,601.84
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)$704.50
Initial HOA (3 months)$240.00
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$232.24
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 closing24 yr 1 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.94%
Interest already paid$60,236Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2051$127,068
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2051, second Jan 2057$453,939
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$770,994