Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,079/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$205,380
Funds due
$218,879
Interest + MI left
$121,080
First ends
Aug 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,216/mo
+$1,137/mo
Down payment
$50,380
Funds due
$65,163
Interest + MI left
$375,521
First ends
Aug 2051
New loan

New conventional

$3,880/mo
+$1,801/mo
Down payment
$50,380
Funds due
$61,180
Interest + MI left
$680,969
First ends
Dec 2056

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$294,020$294,020$449,020
Second mortgage—$155,000—
First P&I$1,397.64$1,397.64$3,108.92
Second P&I—$1,137.34—
Mortgage insurance——$89.80
Taxes, insurance & HOA$681.17$681.17$681.17
Total housing payment$2,078.81$3,216.15$3,879.89

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$50,380
Closing costs & prepaids$14,783
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$65,163
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$65,163
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,994.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,470.10
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)$1,033.50
Initial HOA (3 months)$510.00
Prepaid interest, first (1 days)$23.84
Prepaid interest, second (1 days)$33.97

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 closing24 yr 9 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.960%
Interest already paid$48,863Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends Aug 2051$121,080
Assumption + second · ends Aug 2051, second Dec 2056$375,521
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$680,969