Prompt library · Real estate
Ten tested prompts covering the listing shots agents actually pay for — exteriors, twilight, virtual staging, drone views — with the unedited result on every card, and a straight answer on what you can legally publish.
Copy the way listing photographers work. The formula is: shot type and camera height, property style with two or three materials, time of day and weather, then the finishing note. “Wide-angle exterior photograph of a single-storey mid-century house with a low-pitched roof, cedar cladding and a carport, shot from the corner at eye height on a 24mm lens, late afternoon sun, deep blue sky, mature landscaping, lights on inside.” That last clause — lights on inside — is a real estate trick worth remembering: warm interior light against cooler outdoor light is what makes a house look lived in rather than abandoned.
For interiors, the two rules that matter are camera height and verticals. Shoot from around chest height, not eye height, and say “vertical lines kept perfectly straight, no converging walls” — a tilted camera is the single most obvious sign of amateur listing photography. Add “bright and airy, windows correctly exposed showing the view outside” to avoid the blown-out white rectangles that untrained phone shots produce. Every image on this page is the unedited first output of the prompt beside it, generated on BananaBanana.
Carefully, and with labels. Virtual staging — taking a real photograph of an empty room and adding furniture — is standard industry practice and legal in most markets, provided the image is clearly disclosed as virtually staged. What is not acceptable anywhere is altering the property itself: removing a pylon from the view, adding a window, changing the neighbouring building, cleaning up damage. That crosses from marketing into misrepresentation, and in several jurisdictions into actionable fraud.
Fully generated images — like all ten on this page — are not photographs of any real property, so they belong in the categories where nothing is being represented: brokerage brand imagery, blog and social content, concept visuals for a development that hasn't been built, training material, marketing mockups. If it appears on a listing page for a specific address, it must come from a photograph of that address. Check your local rules too: several real estate boards and MLS systems now have explicit AI-disclosure requirements, and they are tightening every year.
Every image below is the unedited output of the prompt on its card — no cherry-picking across dozens of attempts, no retouching. The model badge shows exactly what generated it and what it cost.
Wide-angle exterior real estate photograph of a single-storey mid-century house with a low-pitched roof, cedar cladding, a carport and a wide glazed front. Shot from the front corner at eye height on a 24mm lens, vertical lines kept perfectly straight. Late afternoon sun, deep blue sky, mature landscaping with a clipped lawn, warm lights on inside the house. Crisp, bright, professional listing photography.
Twilight real estate photograph of a two-storey contemporary house in dark brick with large windows and a landscaped front path lit by low bollard lights. Deep blue dusk sky with the last band of orange on the horizon, every interior light on so the windows glow warm, subtle reflections on the wet driveway. 24mm lens, straight verticals, tripod-level exposure balancing interior and sky. Premium listing hero shot.
Bright interior real estate photograph of a staged living room: a light grey sofa with two cushions, a low wooden coffee table, a large neutral rug, a floor lamp and one framed abstract print. Camera at chest height on a 24mm lens, vertical lines perfectly straight, windows correctly exposed showing green garden outside. Neutral warm palette, uncluttered and airy, no personal items.
Interior real estate photograph of a bright modern kitchen with white shaker cabinetry, a light quartz worktop, stainless appliances and a small island with two stools. Shot straight down the room at chest height on a 24mm lens, verticals kept straight, clean bright daylight from a window on the right with soft fill. Empty worktops except a bowl of lemons, neutral colour balance, sharp and inviting.
Interior real estate photograph of an empty living room with pale oak floorboards, white walls, a large window with no curtains and a plain white radiator. Camera at chest height on a 24mm lens, vertical lines perfectly straight, even overcast daylight, no furniture at all. Clean, bright, neutral — the kind of blank shot a stager works from.
Aerial drone photograph of a leafy suburban neighbourhood taken from about sixty metres, showing detached houses with tiled roofs, back gardens, tree-lined streets and a small park in the corner. Clear morning light, long soft shadows, slight downward angle rather than straight overhead. Crisp detail, natural colours, professional property marketing aerial.
Real estate photograph taken from inside an apartment looking out through open sliding doors onto a balcony with two chairs and a small table, city skyline visible in the distance. Camera at chest height on a 24mm lens, verticals straight, exposure balanced so both the interior floor and the bright view outside are properly exposed. Late afternoon, warm and inviting.
Exterior real estate photograph of a private back garden: a paved patio with an outdoor dining set, a clipped lawn, planted borders along a fence and a small shed in the corner. Shot from the house side at eye height on a 24mm lens, straight verticals, bright midday light with a few soft clouds. Well-maintained, spacious, family-friendly feel.
Interior real estate photograph of a converted loft bedroom with sloped ceilings, two roof windows letting in bright daylight, exposed white-painted beams, a low bed and built-in eaves storage. Camera at chest height on a 24mm lens, verticals kept straight despite the sloped ceiling, airy and bright with soft shadows. Neutral palette, minimal styling.
Architectural concept visualisation of a proposed four-storey residential building in pale brick with recessed balconies and full-height glazing, set on a landscaped street with young trees and a cycle path. Overcast even daylight, a few people walking at ground level for scale, softly rendered rather than photoreal. 28mm perspective at eye height, straight verticals, clean marketing render for an unbuilt development.
Converging walls are the number one tell of amateur property photography. Real estate shooters use tilt-shift lenses or correct in post; in a prompt you just ask for it directly.
Eye height makes rooms look cramped and floors look enormous. Around 1.4 metres is what listing photographers use, and saying “camera at chest height” in the prompt reproduces it.
Warm interior light against a cooler exterior is what makes a twilight exterior sell. It's a lighting decision, not a post-processing one, so it belongs in the prompt.
“Windows correctly exposed showing the view outside” prevents the blown-out white rectangles that make a room look like a bunker. It's what bracketing achieves on a real shoot.
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Read the guideTwilight exteriors and glazing are exactly that case.
Read the guidePay per image instead of a monthly seat per agent.
Read the guideIn most markets yes, as long as you start from a real photograph of the actual room and disclose that the image is virtually staged. Adding furniture to an empty room is accepted practice; altering the property — removing a pylon, adding a window, hiding damage — is misrepresentation and can be actionable.
No. A listing represents a specific address, and every image on it must come from a photograph of that address. Fully generated images belong in brand and blog content, social posts, training material, and concept visuals for developments that don't exist yet.
Upload the photograph in the generator and describe only what to add: “add a light grey sofa, a low wooden coffee table, a large neutral rug and a floor lamp; keep the walls, floor, windows and lighting exactly as they are”. Then label the result as virtually staged wherever it's published.
Increasingly, yes. Several real estate boards and MLS systems now require explicit labelling of AI-generated or AI-enhanced imagery, and the rules are tightening each year. Check your local board's policy, and when in doubt, label it — a caption costs nothing and a complaint costs a lot.
Nano Banana Pro for exteriors and twilight shots, where sky gradients, window glow and reflections all have to hold together at once. Nano Banana 2 handles most interiors well, and Lite at $0.03 is fine for simple empty rooms and quick concept tests.
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