Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,890/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$290,075
Funds due
$303,741
Interest + MI left
$111,556
First ends
Feb 2047
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,574/mo
+$1,684/mo
Down payment
$55,075
Funds due
$71,538
Interest + MI left
$482,640
First ends
Feb 2047
New loan

New conventional

$3,881/mo
+$1,990/mo
Down payment
$55,075
Funds due
$68,375
Interest + MI left
$750,435
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$259,825$259,825$494,825
Second mortgage—$235,000—
First P&I$1,534.63$1,534.63$3,426.07
Second P&I—$1,683.57—
Mortgage insurance——$98.96
Taxes, insurance & HOA$355.75$355.75$355.75
Total housing payment$1,890.38$3,573.95$3,880.78

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$55,075
Closing costs & prepaids$16,462
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$71,538
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$71,538
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$5,499.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,299.12
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)$567.25
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$831.94
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$1,546.82

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 closing20 yr 2 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.770%
Interest already paid$110,351Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Feb 2047$111,556
Assumption + second · ends Feb 2047, second Jan 2057$482,640
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$750,435