Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$2,838/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$842,498
Funds due
$863,728
Interest + MI left
$351,790
First ends
Jan 2054
Assumption

Assumption + second

$8,082/mo
+$5,244/mo
Down payment
$110,498
Funds due
$134,377
Interest + MI left
$1,507,679
First ends
Jan 2054
New loan

New conventional

$7,864/mo
+$5,026/mo
Down payment
$110,498
Funds due
$129,810
Interest + MI left
$1,446,816
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$257,502$257,502$989,502
Second mortgage—$732,000—
First P&I$1,874.74$1,874.74$6,703.23
Second P&I—$5,244.14—
Mortgage insurance——$197.90
Taxes, insurance & HOA$963.34$963.34$963.34
Total housing payment$2,838.08$8,082.22$7,864.47

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$110,498
Closing costs & prepaids$23,878
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$134,377
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$134,377
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$11,000.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,287.51
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)$1,320.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$920.01
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$483.82
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$1,398.82

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 9 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 1 moOf the original 30-year loan at 7.62%
Interest already paid$58,118Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2054$351,790
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2054, second Jan 2057$1,507,679
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$1,446,816