Compare the three ways to buy
The payment, the cash to close, and what is left to pay
Assumption
Assumption only
$2,206/mo
Lowest payment- Down payment
- $0
- Funds due
- $11,798
- Interest + MI left
- $170,960
- First ends
- Mar 2052
New loan
New conventional
$2,691/mo
+$484/mo- Down payment
- $36,990
- Funds due
- $45,990
- Interest + MI left
- $486,769
- First ends
- Jan 2057
Monthly payment
The initial total housing payment for each option.
| Assumption only | New conventional | |
|---|---|---|
| First mortgage | $385,787 | $332,910 |
| Second mortgage | — | — |
| First P&I | $1,837.45 | $2,255.25 |
| Second P&I | — | — |
| Mortgage insurance | — | $66.58 |
| Taxes, insurance & HOA | $369.00 | $369.00 |
| Total housing payment | $2,206.45 | $2,690.83 |
Cash to close
Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.
Down payment$0
Closing costs & prepaids$11,798
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$11,798
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$11,798
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$3,699.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$1,928.94
Home insurance (12 months up front)$1,800.00
Insurance escrow (3 months)$450.00
Property tax escrow (3 months)$444.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$213.00
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$294.89
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 closing25 yr 3 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.1%
Interest already paid$60,222Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Mar 2052$170,960
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$486,769