Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,879/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$440,017
Funds due
$459,174
Interest + MI left
$178,984
First ends
Nov 2050
Assumption

Assumption + second

$5,387/mo
+$2,507/mo
Down payment
$90,017
Funds due
$111,093
Interest + MI left
$731,663
First ends
Nov 2050
New loan

New conventional

$6,302/mo
+$3,422/mo
Down payment
$90,017
Funds due
$106,285
Interest + MI left
$1,184,183
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$459,883$459,883$809,883
Second mortgage—$350,000—
First P&I$2,226.02$2,226.02$5,486.43
Second P&I—$2,507.44—
Mortgage insurance——$161.98
Taxes, insurance & HOA$653.34$653.34$653.34
Total housing payment$2,879.35$5,386.80$6,301.74

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$90,017
Closing costs & prepaids$21,075
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$111,093
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$111,093
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$8,999.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$2,299.41
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)$1,080.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$230.01
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$329.98
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$668.84

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 11 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.91%
Interest already paid$88,265Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Nov 2050$178,984
Assumption + second · ends Nov 2050, second Jan 2057$731,663
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$1,184,183