MLS Photography Las Vegas: The Technical Requirements Agents Discover After a Listing Gets Rejected
Most agents learn MLS photo requirements the hard way — a listing gets flagged, an image gets pulled, or photos syndicate to Zillow looking noticeably worse than they did in the original files. None of it is complicated, but almost none of it is explained anywhere an agent naturally encounters. Here's what actually governs how listing images behave once they leave the photographer's hands. Resolution and compression happen after you upload Photographers deliver high-resolution files. What buyers see is not those files. MLS systems compress and resize on upload, and each syndication partner — Zillow, Realtor.com, Redfin, brokerage sites, IDX feeds — applies its own processing on top. An image can pass through three or four compression stages between delivery and a buyer's screen. This is why images that look sharp in a delivery folder can appear soft on a listing portal. It's also why starting resolution matters even though the final display size is modest. Detail ...