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Investors & landlords
I wonder if the wording may be confusing. Most likely you have an ALTA statement. There are four versions. See https://atgtitle.com/what-alta-statement-is-how-it-works/ to see if that helps you understand.
Escrow fees are not a deductible expense, and never have been. That's money that goes into a separate account (an escrow account) for things like property taxes and insurance. It's not deductible until the tax year that money is used to pay something that *is* deductible - such as property taxes.
If you closed on the purchase in 2023, then any property taxes you paid at closing are deductible as such, and that's pretty much it.
If this was business property you closed on (such as a rental) then in addition to property taxes, the property insurance is also deductible - provided it remained a rental or became a rental on the closing date.
But for any of it to be deductible, it must be indicated as paid in 2023 on your closing statement - be it a HUD-1 form or an ALTA statement.