Bright MLS (Lancaster PA and Mid-Atlantic) pre-list photo checklist

Tick each item before the listing goes live. Every item is a rule from Bright MLS (Lancaster PA and Mid-Atlantic)'s published rules, with its source and the date we checked it. Rules last checked 2026-10-15.

Look up another ZIP

General information, not legal advice. Always confirm with your MLS.

Listing address: ______________________________ Date: ____________

Some or all of Bright MLS (Lancaster PA and Mid-Atlantic)'s rules below are marked limited. Check your MLS before you list.

Only the Pennsylvania counties are mapped here, from a secondary list. Bright's DE/MD/DC/NJ/VA/WV areas are not mapped yet. Limited, check your MLS.

AI images

Bright's 2026 rules (effective 2026-07-22) reportedly include Generative AI in the virtual-staging definition. Quoted by a secondary source only; the Bright rules page needs a login.[limited, check your MLS] As of 2026-07-22 · Source

Virtual staging

Disclose virtually staged photos in the MLS. Personal-property furniture, mirrors, art and plants are OK (2024 rules).As of 2024-08-14 · Source
2026 wording (secondary only): disclose in BOTH Private and Public Remarks that the image is 'virtually staged' or 'digitally modified'. Do not rely on an on-image label: superimposed text is banned.[limited, check your MLS] As of 2026-07-22 · Source

Photo edits

Do not add or remove things outside the owner's control: no impossible views, no removing power lines, water towers or highways.As of 2024-02-28 · Source
Sky and HDR limits are not listed.[limited, check your MLS] As of 2024-02-28 · Source

Branding

No readable or superimposed text or graphics, contact info, brokerage or agent identifiers, signs, logos or identifiable people in photos (Image Policy).As of 2024-02-28 · Source

Printed from grafics.com/mls-rules/checklist/bright/ · Questions? Text Grafics at 404-333-8432 (SMS only) · General information, not legal advice. Always confirm with your MLS.