Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,988/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$218,222
Funds due
$235,175
Interest + MI left
$149,388
First ends
Jun 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$4,074/mo
+$1,086/mo
Down payment
$70,222
Funds due
$88,457
Interest + MI left
$392,338
First ends
Jun 2051
New loan

New conventional

$5,335/mo
+$2,346/mo
Down payment
$70,222
Funds due
$83,368
Interest + MI left
$954,949
First ends
Dec 2056

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$481,678$481,678$629,678
Second mortgage—$148,000—
First P&I$2,139.21$2,139.21$4,359.76
Second P&I—$1,085.97—
Mortgage insurance——$125.94
Taxes, insurance & HOA$848.84$848.84$848.84
Total housing payment$2,988.04$4,074.01$5,334.54

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$70,222
Closing costs & prepaids$18,235
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$88,457
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$88,457
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$6,999.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$2,408.39
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)$1,755.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$291.51
Prepaid interest, first (1 days)$30.35
Prepaid interest, second (1 days)$32.44

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 1 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 7 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.300%
Interest already paid$64,801Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends Jun 2051$149,388
Assumption + second · ends Jun 2051, second Dec 2056$392,338
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$954,949