Compare the three ways to buy
The payment, the cash to close, and what is left to pay
Assumption
Assumption only
$3,436/mo
Lowest payment- Down payment
- $397,256
- Funds due
- $417,515
- Interest + MI left
- $237,786
- First ends
- May 2051
Assumption
Assumption + second
$5,578/mo
+$2,142/mo- Down payment
- $98,256
- Funds due
- $119,828
- Interest + MI left
- $709,932
- First ends
- May 2051
New loan
New conventional
$6,922/mo
+$3,487/mo- Down payment
- $98,256
- Funds due
- $113,962
- Interest + MI left
- $1,335,708
- First ends
- Dec 2056
Monthly payment
The initial total housing payment for each option.
| Assumption only | Assumption + second | New conventional | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First mortgage | $581,744 | $581,744 | $880,744 |
| Second mortgage | — | $299,000 | — |
| First P&I | $2,787.52 | $2,787.52 | $6,098.09 |
| Second P&I | — | $2,142.07 | — |
| Mortgage insurance | — | — | $176.15 |
| Taxes, insurance & HOA | $648.25 | $648.25 | $648.25 |
| Total housing payment | $3,435.77 | $5,577.84 | $6,922.49 |
Cash to close
Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.
Down payment$98,256
Closing costs & prepaids$21,572
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$119,828
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$119,828
Assumption fee$763.00
Credit report$200.00
Tax service$80.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$9,790.00
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)$63.49
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$709,932
New conventional · ends Dec 2056$1,335,708