Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$826/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$205,227
Funds due
$214,185
Interest + MI left
$37,918
First ends
Aug 2045
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,110/mo
+$1,284/mo
Down payment
$30,227
Funds due
$40,473
Interest + MI left
$325,190
First ends
Aug 2045
New loan

New conventional

$2,155/mo
+$1,329/mo
Down payment
$30,227
Funds due
$37,665
Interest + MI left
$407,559
First ends
Dec 2056

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$93,773$93,773$268,773
Second mortgage—$175,000—
First P&I$585.30$585.30$1,860.93
Second P&I—$1,284.09—
Mortgage insurance——$53.75
Taxes, insurance & HOA$240.42$240.42$240.42
Total housing payment$825.71$2,109.80$2,155.10

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$30,227
Closing costs & prepaids$10,246
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$40,473
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$40,473
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,990.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$468.87
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)$271.25
Prepaid interest, first (1 days)$9.87
Prepaid interest, second (1 days)$38.36

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 closing18 yr 9 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.840%
Interest already paid$47,788Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends Aug 2045$37,918
Assumption + second · ends Aug 2045, second Dec 2056$325,190
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$407,559