Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,142/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$255,073
Funds due
$265,370
Interest + MI left
$49,260
First ends
Jul 2045
Assumption

Assumption + second

$2,696/mo
+$1,555/mo
Down payment
$38,073
Funds due
$49,666
Interest + MI left
$391,921
First ends
Jul 2045
New loan

New conventional

$2,800/mo
+$1,658/mo
Down payment
$38,073
Funds due
$46,629
Interest + MI left
$518,555
First ends
Dec 2056

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$124,927$124,927$341,927
Second mortgage—$217,000—
First P&I$777.62$777.62$2,367.43
Second P&I—$1,554.61—
Mortgage insurance——$68.39
Taxes, insurance & HOA$364.00$364.00$364.00
Total housing payment$1,141.62$2,696.24$2,799.82

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$38,073
Closing costs & prepaids$11,594
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$49,666
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$49,666
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,800.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$624.64
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)$336.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$306.00
Prepaid interest, first (1 days)$12.90
Prepaid interest, second (1 days)$46.08

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 8 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.770%
Interest already paid$63,184Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends Jul 2045$49,260
Assumption + second · ends Jul 2045, second Dec 2056$391,921
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$518,555