Compare the three ways to buy

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

Cash to Close
Assumption

Assumption only

$818/mo
Lowest payment
Down payment
$163,926
Funds due
$173,011
Interest + MI left
$40,328
First ends
Feb 2045
Assumption

Assumption + second

$1,838/mo
+$1,020/mo
Down payment
$24,926
Funds due
$35,809
Interest + MI left
$268,503
First ends
Feb 2045
New loan

New conventional

$1,762/mo
+$945/mo
Down payment
$24,926
Funds due
$32,580
Interest + MI left
$317,577
First ends
Jan 2057

Monthly payment

The initial total housing payment for each option.

Assumption onlyAssumption + secondNew conventional
First mortgage$76,074$76,074$215,074
Second mortgage—$139,000—
First P&I$491.14$491.14$1,465.73
Second P&I—$1,019.93—
Mortgage insurance$72.96$72.96$43.01
Taxes, insurance & HOA$253.50$253.50$253.50
Total housing payment$817.60$1,837.53$1,762.24

Cash to close

Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.

Down payment$24,926
Closing costs & prepaids$10,884
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$35,809
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$35,809
Assumption fee$1,800.00
Credit report$250.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$2,400.00
Title & settlement$1,825.00
Recording fee$100.00
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)$310.50
Prepaid interest, first (18 days)$149.69
Prepaid interest, second (18 days)$548.38

Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 18 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 closing18 yr 2 moOf the original 30-year loan at 3.990%
Interest already paid$42,817Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends Feb 2045$40,328
Assumption + second · ends Feb 2045, second Jan 2057$268,503
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$317,577