Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$4,005/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$676,328
Funds due
$695,997
Interest + MI left
$37,687
First ends
Oct 2035
Assumption

Assumption + second

$8,132/mo
+$4,127/mo
Down payment
$100,328
Funds due
$125,038
Interest + MI left
$947,239
First ends
Oct 2035
New loan

New conventional

$7,005/mo
+$3,000/mo
Down payment
$100,328
Funds due
$121,543
Interest + MI left
$1,364,261
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$323,572$323,572$899,572
Second mortgage—$576,000—
First P&I$3,408.10$3,408.10$6,228.45
Second P&I—$4,126.53—
Mortgage insurance——$179.91
Taxes, insurance & HOA$597.00$597.00$597.00
Total housing payment$4,005.10$8,131.63$7,005.37

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$100,328
Closing costs & prepaids$24,710
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$125,038
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$125,038
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$9,999.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,617.86
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)$811.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$330.00
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$692.53
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$3,791.34

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 closing8 yr 10 moOf the original 15-year loan at 2.520%
Interest already paid$65,371Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Oct 2035$37,687
Assumption + second · ends Oct 2035, second Jan 2057$947,239
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$1,364,261