Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,679/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$221,798
Funds due
$233,523
Interest + MI left
$86,942
First ends
Oct 2047
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,000/mo
+$1,321/mo
Down payment
$41,798
Funds due
$55,128
Interest + MI left
$382,421
First ends
Oct 2047
New loan

New conventional

$3,146/mo
+$1,467/mo
Down payment
$41,798
Funds due
$51,843
Interest + MI left
$538,152
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$188,102$188,102$368,102
Second mortgage—$180,000—
First P&I$1,100.18$1,100.18$2,493.65
Second P&I—$1,320.78—
Mortgage insurance——$73.62
Taxes, insurance & HOA$579.00$579.00$579.00
Total housing payment$1,679.18$2,999.95$3,146.27

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$41,798
Closing costs & prepaids$13,330
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$55,128
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$55,128
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,099.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$940.51
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)$492.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$795.00
Prepaid interest, first (9 days)$180.89
Prepaid interest, second (9 days)$355.07

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 closing20 yr 10 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.9%
Interest already paid$75,869Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Oct 2047$86,942
Assumption + second · ends Oct 2047, second Jan 2057$382,421
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$538,152