Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$3,436/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$383,256
Funds due
$403,375
Interest + MI left
$237,786
First ends
May 2051
Assumption

Assumption + second

$5,485/mo
+$2,049/mo
Down payment
$97,256
Funds due
$118,686
Interest + MI left
$689,404
First ends
May 2051
New loan

New conventional

$6,830/mo
+$3,394/mo
Down payment
$97,256
Funds due
$112,829
Interest + MI left
$1,315,992
First ends
Dec 2056

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$581,744$581,744$867,744
Second mortgage—$286,000—
First P&I$2,787.52$2,787.52$6,008.08
Second P&I—$2,048.94—
Mortgage insurance——$173.55
Taxes, insurance & HOA$648.25$648.25$648.25
Total housing payment$3,435.77$5,484.71$6,829.88

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$97,256
Closing costs & prepaids$21,430
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$118,686
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$118,686
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$9,650.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$2,908.72
Second-loan charges$1,250.00
Home insurance (12 months up front)$2,600.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$650.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$832.75
Initial HOA (3 months)$462.00
Prepaid interest, first (1 days)$47.34
Prepaid interest, second (1 days)$60.73

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 6 moOf the original 30-year loan at 2.970%
Interest already paid$102,006Through Nov 2026
Assumption only · ends May 2051$237,786
Assumption + second · ends May 2051, second Dec 2056$689,404
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$1,315,992