Terms used here: MLS is a property listing system. Disclosure means telling people a photo was edited. Check the source dates and your local board’s current rules.
Dartmouth listings sit in the NSAR MLS® Halifax-Dartmouth region, so NSAR Rule 3.20(a) applies: virtual staging is allowed on existing homes with the words 'virtually staged' on the photo, and impossible views or removed power lines are banned.
ViewPoint.ca, the display site most Dartmouth buyers browse, has no photo rule of its own; the MLS® rule travels with the listing.
Stage a Dartmouth listing — free The NS rule in fullUnder Nova Scotia Real Estate Commission and the Nova Scotia Association of REALTORS®. The full text, quoted, is on the Nova Scotia page.
| Tell buyers what changed | RequiredOn the photo itself: NSAR Rule 3.20(a) requires the word 'virtually staged' prominently displayed on every rendering. No remarks-line rule, but By-law 759 makes an undisclosed staged photo 'reasonably capable of misleading'. Source |
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| Label on the image | YesThe words 'virtually staged', prominently, on the photo. Rule 3.22 bans any other text on listing images, so the label is the sanctioned exception. Source |
| Original photo | No specific rule foundNeither the NSAR rules, the by-law nor the Advertising Requirements require an unaltered original. Sedam Staging ships one with every listing anyway. |
| Changes that are not allowed | ProhibitedNo falsely manipulated photos (3.20); no views that are not physically possible, no removed power lines, water towers or highways (3.20(c)); only personal property may be added or replaced (3.20(b)); NSREC: 'changing permanent features or misrepresenting the property is not' allowed. Source |
Published local prices, read September 2, 2026. Physical staging is priced per month; virtual staging per photo or per room.
Sedam adds a Virtually staged label to listing images, keeps your original and checks each result. Compare both photos before posting. See images that failed the check.
No. Dartmouth is inside the same NSAR MLS® region as Halifax, so the same 'virtually staged' label rule and the same NSREC by-law apply.
How this page was made. Each quotation was read at the linked source on September 2, 2026; our confidence that it is current and complete is high (every quotation is from the primary PDF text; the NSAR rules file is member-hosted, so cite it as the NSAR MLS® Rules & Regulations, October 9, 2025). Rules change and boards add policies; the linked documents are the authority, and this is a plain-language summary, not legal advice. Spotted a change? Tell us and we will fix the page.