Mortgages

What Is an Escrow Payment? The Two Different Escrows in Home Buying

April 24, 2026 · 8 min read

Buyers conflate two completely different escrows: the monthly mortgage account holding T+I, and the closing escrow holding earnest money. Here is how to tell them apart.

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