Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,176/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$470,768
Funds due
$487,510
Interest + MI left
$120,261
First ends
Mar 2046
Assumption

Assumption + second

$5,006/mo
+$2,830/mo
Down payment
$75,768
Funds due
$96,360
Interest + MI left
$743,999
First ends
Mar 2046
New loan

New conventional

$5,250/mo
+$3,074/mo
Down payment
$75,768
Funds due
$92,862
Interest + MI left
$1,022,383
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$279,232$279,232$674,232
Second mortgage—$395,000—
First P&I$1,729.41$1,729.41$4,668.25
Second P&I—$2,829.83—
Mortgage insurance——$134.85
Taxes, insurance & HOA$446.50$446.50$446.50
Total housing payment$2,175.91$5,005.74$5,249.59

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$75,768
Closing costs & prepaids$20,593
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$96,360
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$96,360
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$7,500.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,396.16
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)$689.50
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$939.14
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$2,599.97

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 31 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 closing19 yr 3 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.960%
Interest already paid$138,326Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Mar 2046$120,261
Assumption + second · ends Mar 2046, second Jan 2057$743,999
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$1,022,383