Itemized deductions on Schedule A include things such as medical expenses, mortgage interest, property taxes and charitable contributions.
Deductions against the sales price of a house (for example, closing costs, commissions and the like) are not Schedule A itemized deductions. They are adjustments to the amount of taxable gain on the sale of the house.
Unless you have a larger amount of Schedule A itemized deductions than your standard deduction, you are better off taking the standard deduction. This does not prevent you from counting sales expenses when calculating the capital gain on the sale of your house.
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