Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,623/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$209,054
Funds due
$224,304
Interest + MI left
$387,742
First ends
Apr 2054
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,753/mo
+$1,130/mo
Down payment
$55,054
Funds due
$72,600
Interest + MI left
$640,541
First ends
Apr 2054
New loan

New conventional

$3,924/mo
+$1,300/mo
Down payment
$55,054
Funds due
$68,488
Interest + MI left
$749,102
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$339,946$339,946$493,946
Second mortgage—$154,000—
First P&I$2,218.56$2,218.56$3,419.98
Second P&I—$1,130.00—
Mortgage insurance——$98.79
Taxes, insurance & HOA$404.92$404.92$404.92
Total housing payment$2,623.48$3,753.47$3,923.69

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$55,054
Closing costs & prepaids$17,546
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$72,600
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$72,600
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$5,490.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,699.73
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)$432.75
Initial HOA (3 months)$282.00
Prepaid interest, first (31 days)$1,876.69
Prepaid interest, second (31 days)$1,046.36

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 closing27 yr 4 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.500%
Interest already paid$59,939Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Apr 2054$387,742
Assumption + second · ends Apr 2054, second Jan 2057$640,541
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$749,102