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.
Fredericton listings run on the province-wide NB MLS® operated by New Brunswick REALTORS®, which absorbed the Fredericton board in 2024. No published rule names virtual staging; the Real Estate Agents Act's ban on false, misleading or deceptive advertising is what applies, so the photo has to say it is staged.
Two providers serving Fredericton publish virtual staging at $35 a room; the local market guide quotes $25 to $75 an image.
Stage a Fredericton listing — free The NB rule in fullUnder Financial and Consumer Services Commission (FCNB) and the New Brunswick REALTORS® du Nouveau-Brunswick. The full text, quoted, is on the New Brunswick page.
| Tell buyers what changed | General rule appliesNot named. Section 43.61 makes silence about a fact needed to avoid misleading a breach, which is what an undisclosed staged photo is. Source |
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| Label on the image | No specific rule foundNo provincial or MLS® rule found. A label on the image is the simplest way to meet s. 43.11(1) wherever the photo travels. |
| Original photo | No specific rule foundNo rule found. |
| Changes that are not allowed | General rule appliesNo itemised list. Any edit that makes the ad false, misleading or deceptive breaches s. 43.11(1); the REALTOR® Code, which NBREA enforces, bans misleading anyone about a property. 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.
New Brunswick REALTORS® du Nouveau-Brunswick, the single provincial board formed in January 2024 from the Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John, Northern and Valley boards. Its monthly Fredericton statistics are public; its MLS® rules are not.
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 medium (high on the statute, read on laws.gnb.ca in both languages; low on MLS® practice, because the rulebook is not public). 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.