Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,640/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$106,497
Funds due
$120,540
Interest + MI left
$426,649
First ends
Feb 2055
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,131/mo
+$491/mo
Down payment
$45,497
Funds due
$61,256
Interest + MI left
$542,344
First ends
Feb 2055
New loan

New conventional

$3,241/mo
+$601/mo
Down payment
$45,497
Funds due
$57,141
Interest + MI left
$612,617
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$343,003$343,003$404,003
Second mortgage—$61,000—
First P&I$2,277.08$2,277.08$2,797.24
Second P&I—$490.82—
Mortgage insurance——$80.80
Taxes, insurance & HOA$363.25$363.25$363.25
Total housing payment$2,640.33$3,131.15$3,241.29

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$45,497
Closing costs & prepaids$15,759
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$61,256
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$61,256
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,495.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,715.02
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$1,800.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$450.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$387.75
Initial HOA (3 months)$252.00
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$1,975.13
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$466.27

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 closing28 yr 2 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.780%
Interest already paid$43,099Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Feb 2055$426,649
Assumption + second · ends Feb 2055, second Jan 2057$542,344
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$612,617