Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$1,741/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$220,083
Funds due
$228,857
Interest + MI left
$2,553
First ends
Jan 2030
Assumption

Assumption + second

$3,157/mo
+$1,416/mo
Down payment
$27,083
Funds due
$37,953
Interest + MI left
$319,373
First ends
Jan 2030
New loan

New conventional

$2,040/mo
+$299/mo
Down payment
$27,083
Funds due
$35,431
Interest + MI left
$363,586
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$49,917$49,917$242,917
Second mortgage—$193,000—
First P&I$1,418.12$1,418.12$1,668.67
Second P&I—$1,416.17—
Mortgage insurance——$48.58
Taxes, insurance & HOA$323.08$323.08$323.08
Total housing payment$1,741.21$3,157.37$2,040.34

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$27,083
Closing costs & prepaids$10,870
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$37,953
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$37,953
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,700.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
VA funding fee (0.5%)$249.59
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)$330.25
Initial HOA (3 months)$189.00
Prepaid interest, first (20 days)$86.98
Prepaid interest, second (20 days)$846.03

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 20 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 closing3 yr 1 moOf the original 15-year loan at 3.180%
Interest already paid$49,909Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Jan 2030$2,553
Assumption + second · ends Jan 2030, second Jan 2057$319,373
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$363,586