Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,436/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$280,409
Funds due
$290,415
Interest + MI left
$16,032
First ends
Jan 2034
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,192/mo
+$1,755/mo
Down payment
$35,409
Funds due
$47,133
Interest + MI left
$402,908
First ends
Jan 2034
New loan

New conventional

$2,623/mo
+$1,187/mo
Down payment
$35,409
Funds due
$44,374
Interest + MI left
$459,984
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$69,591$69,591$314,591
Second mortgage—$245,000—
First P&I$1,007.33$1,007.33$2,131.15
Second P&I—$1,755.21—
Mortgage insurance——$62.92
Taxes, insurance & HOA$429.00$429.00$429.00
Total housing payment$1,436.33$3,191.54$2,623.07

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$35,409
Closing costs & prepaids$11,724
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$47,133
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$47,133
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,500.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$347.96
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)$420.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$417.00
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$103.13
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$468.18

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 closing7 yr 1 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.01%
Interest already paid$178,773Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2034$16,032
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2034, second Jan 2057$402,908
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$459,984