Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,589/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$222,912
Funds due
$235,230
Interest + MI left
$102,657
First ends
Sep 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,851/mo
+$1,262/mo
Down payment
$50,912
Funds due
$64,518
Interest + MI left
$385,004
First ends
Sep 2051
New loan

New conventional

$3,514/mo
+$1,925/mo
Down payment
$50,912
Funds due
$60,613
Interest + MI left
$680,982
First ends
Dec 2056

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$277,088$277,088$449,088
Second mortgage—$172,000—
First P&I$1,274.31$1,274.31$3,109.39
Second P&I—$1,262.08—
Mortgage insurance——$89.82
Taxes, insurance & HOA$314.67$314.67$314.67
Total housing payment$1,588.98$2,851.06$3,513.88

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$50,912
Closing costs & prepaids$13,605
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$64,518
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$64,518
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$5,000.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,385.44
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)$319.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$125.01
Prepaid interest, first (1 days)$20.35
Prepaid interest, second (1 days)$37.70

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 10 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.680%
Interest already paid$41,095Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends Sep 2051$102,657
Assumption + second · ends Sep 2051, second Dec 2056$385,004
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$680,982