Compare the three ways to buy
The payment, the cash to close, and what is left to pay
Assumption
Assumption only
$2,975/mo
Lowest payment- Down payment
- $49,865
- Funds due
- $61,189
- Interest + MI left
- $486,816
- First ends
- May 2054
Assumption
Assumption + second
$3,271/mo
+$296/mo- Down payment
- $20,865
- Funds due
- $33,496
- Interest + MI left
- $564,200
- First ends
- May 2054
New loan
New conventional
$3,077/mo
+$102/mo- Down payment
- $20,865
- Funds due
- $30,232
- Interest + MI left
- $578,419
- First ends
- Jan 2057
Monthly payment
The initial total housing payment for each option.
| Assumption only | Assumption + second | New conventional | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First mortgage | $365,135 | $365,135 | $394,135 |
| Second mortgage | — | $29,000 | — |
| First P&I | $2,474.77 | $2,474.77 | $2,670.01 |
| Second P&I | — | $295.51 | — |
| Mortgage insurance | $172.22 | $172.22 | $78.83 |
| Taxes, insurance & HOA | $328.50 | $328.50 | $328.50 |
| Total housing payment | $2,975.49 | $3,271.00 | $3,077.33 |
Cash to close
Down payment, closing costs and prepaids, then credits.
Down payment$20,865
Closing costs & prepaids$12,631
Usable credit−$0
Total buyer cash needed$33,496
Earnest money paid−$0
Remaining funds due$33,496
Assumption fee$1,800.00
Credit report$250.00
UMe assumption specialist (1%)$4,150.00
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)$498.00
Initial HOA (3 months)$37.50
Prepaid interest, first (6 days)$414.15
Prepaid interest, second (6 days)$56.61
Prepaids include a year of home insurance up front, three months of taxes and insurance in escrow, and 6 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 closing27 yr 5 moOf the original 30-year loan at 6.9%
Interest already paid$66,091Through Dec 2026
Assumption only · ends May 2054$486,816
Assumption + second · ends May 2054, second Jan 2057$564,200
New conventional · ends Jan 2057$578,419