Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$4,483/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$138,929
Funds due
$157,398
Interest + MI left
$740,932
First ends
May 2055
Assumption

Assumption + second

$5,022/mo
+$539/mo
Down payment
$71,929
Funds due
$91,796
Interest + MI left
$868,007
First ends
May 2055
New loan

New conventional

$5,122/mo
+$639/mo
Down payment
$71,929
Funds due
$86,148
Interest + MI left
$946,125
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$580,071$580,071$647,071
Second mortgage—$67,000—
First P&I$3,873.91$3,873.91$4,383.48
Second P&I—$539.10—
Mortgage insurance——$129.41
Taxes, insurance & HOA$609.25$609.25$609.25
Total housing payment$4,483.16$5,022.26$5,122.15

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$71,929
Closing costs & prepaids$19,867
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$91,796
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$91,796
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$7,190.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$2,900.36
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,600.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$650.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$862.75
Initial HOA (3 months)$315.00
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$982.62
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$148.68

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 closing28 yr 5 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.87%
Interest already paid$63,675Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends May 2055$740,932
Assumption + second · ends May 2055, second Jan 2057$868,007
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$946,125