Every NestPath partner clears a four-step vetting process — ABN + licence check, reference call with their first-home-buyer clients, sample-work review, and a 90-day NPS check-in. No paid placement. No paid badges. Honest list, honest reasons.
Licence current with the state regulator, ABN active, no actionable complaints on the public register. We re-check every 90 days.
No partner pays for position, badge, tier, or sort order on this page. If someone offers, we say no and the conversation ends there.
Every named partner must show meaningful first-home-buyer settlements, not an investor-heavy book. Different deals, different empathy.
CTM is the partnership we lean on hardest. They cover seven verticals across home, finance and lifestyle — and the comparison is free for first home buyers.
Home insurance and energy were the first two pages we built around CTM — life, income protection, car, health and pet are all live and routable from NestPath now too.
We believe the best decisions start with a comparison. That’s why our team has spent over a decade helping millions of Aussies compare prices and search for a better deal.
We strive to empower our customers to make better choices, saving them time, money and stress.
Why this is our deepest partnership
Seven verticals from one comparison engine means a first home buyer can sort insurance, energy and ongoing financial cover from one trusted brand — with no extra cost to them and a real referral fee that keeps NestPath free.
All seven verticals NestPath routes to CTM
NestPath may earn a commission if you take out a policy through Compare the Market. No extra cost to you, and it doesn’t change the comparison results you see. Affiliate revenue keeps NestPath free for first home buyers.
A short list of professionals who have passed our four-step vetting process. We’d rather name three we’d send our own family to than fifty we’ve never spoken with.
I enjoy helping people buy the home they want and using all of my experience to leave more money in their pockets rather than giving it to the banks.
See broker page“Being a first home buyer, there were many things I didn’t know. Orange was very detailed and attentive and made sure I understood the risk associated with each mortgage option before I made my decision.”
Most first home buyers think they need a 20% deposit. My favourite part of the job is telling them they don’t.
See broker page“His advice felt like it came from a trusted family member — honest, thoughtful, and always in our best interest. We never felt like just another application.”
My support doesn’t stop at finding the right loan. From handling paperwork to securing approval, I’m here from start to finish to make the entire process seamless.
See broker page
We’re thorough, we explain what we find on-site, and we stand behind our reports with a 90-day warranty and 200% service guarantee.
See building inspector page“5 stars. Tony conducted the inspection — very thorough, professional, knowledgeable, took the time to explain his findings clearly. The report was detailed and delivered quickly.”
Real builders, not just inspectors. We tell you what to fix, why it matters, and the things most inspection reports miss.
See building inspector page“Dean was incredibly thorough. He explained what he was inspecting and outlined exactly what needed to be addressed — and why. Report delivered within minutes of payment.”
No partner gets listed without clearing all four. We re-run steps 1 and 4 every 90 days — partners stay on the page only as long as they keep passing.
We verify the ABN is active, the relevant credential (Australian Credit Licence, conveyancing licence, building inspector registration) is current with the state regulator, and that no actionable complaints sit on the public register.
We speak directly with two or three of their most recent first-home-buyer clients — not a curated reference list, real recent settlements. We ask what went wrong, not just what went right.
For brokers: we look at recent loan structuring for FHB scenarios. For inspectors: we read a redacted recent report end-to-end. For conveyancers: we read a recent contract review. We are looking for clarity, completeness, and FHB literacy.
Every partner stays on a 90-day review cycle. We survey their NestPath-referred clients for NPS and satisfaction. Below 50 NPS over a quarter and the partner conversation gets reopened. No exceptions.
NestPath is free for first home buyers and we plan to keep it that way. We’re upfront about how the lights stay on so you can judge our recommendations for what they are: editorially chosen, never paid for placement.
Affiliate referral fees from Compare the Market. When you take out a policy through CTM via a NestPath link, CTM pays us a referral fee. The fee is at no extra cost to you and does not change the comparison results CTM shows you. It's the biggest single source of that funding right now.
Referral fees from our named partners, too. When you connect with one of our named brokers, conveyancers or inspectors (Laszlo at Orange Mortgage, Inspect It FIRST, WA Building Inspections) through NestPath, they pay us a referral fee — at no extra cost to you, and paid out of the standard fee they already earn rather than added on top. It never affects who makes this list or where they rank; a partner earns their place only by passing our four-step vetting. You still pay a broker nothing (their lender pays them) and an inspector their standard fee — exactly as you would going direct.
No paid placement, ever. No partner has ever paid for position, a badge, a tier, or a sort order on this page. If a partner asked, the answer would be no.
Worth knowing: we’ve turned down partner applications for failing the ABN + licence check, the FHB reference call, and the sample-work review. Most applicants do not clear all four steps. That bar is real.
We’re selectively onboarding brokers, conveyancers, inspectors and other professionals who genuinely put first home buyers first.
Mixed, and we are upfront about it. For Compare the Market (home insurance, energy, life, income, car, health, pet) NestPath earns an affiliate referral fee when you take out a policy through them — at no extra cost to you. For our named brokers, conveyancers and building inspectors, NestPath also earns a referral fee when you connect with them through us — again at no extra cost to you, paid out of the standard fee they already earn rather than added on top. Either way, placement stays editorial: the fee never changes who is listed or the order they appear in — only our four-step vetting decides that.
No. There is no paid placement, paid badge, paid tier, or paid sort order. Partners are listed because they passed our four-step vetting process. If a partner asked to pay for a higher position, we would say no and the conversation would end there.
It means we have run the partner through a four-step process: ABN + licence verification, reference calls with their recent first-home-buyer clients, a review of their recent work product, and a 90-day NPS rolling review. We do not list a partner unless all four steps pass.
Because we would rather list two or three partners we would refer our own family to than fifty we have never spoken with. Other directories optimise for partner count; we optimise for partner quality. As more partners pass the four-step process, the list grows.
Two signals: reader demand (which states or specialties our readers are asking about in the open question form on the find-a-* pages) and partner applications via the form on this page. We are currently vetting brokers in VIC + QLD and conveyancers in NSW.
Compare the Market is one of three big-three Australian comparison services (alongside iSelect and Canstar). They show plans from a panel of providers and earn a commission from the provider you choose — not from you. The comparison shown to you is not influenced by which provider pays the highest commission. We have published their full ratings strip and disclosure on /find-home-insurance.
Yes — and we want to be upfront about it. When you connect with a named broker, conveyancer or inspector through NestPath, they pay us a referral fee, at no extra cost to you and paid out of the standard fee they already earn. What that fee does not buy is placement: every partner pays the same way, so it never changes who is on the list or the order they appear in — that is earned only by passing our four-step vetting. Our incentive is to keep a list a first-home-buyer can trust, because a partner who disappoints comes off the page.
Email us at hello@nestpath.com.au with the partner name, what happened, and any supporting documentation. We follow up directly with the partner, document the complaint against their 90-day NPS review, and remove the partner from the page if the complaint is substantiated. We have removed partners before; we will do it again.
Every 90 days. Licence still active, no new public-register complaints, NPS over the rolling quarter still above 50, and a brief check-in with one of their recent NestPath-referred clients. Partners who slip on any of those measures get a conversation; partners who do not respond come off the page.
Yes. We have turned down applications for failing the ABN + licence check (lapsed credentials), failing the FHB reference call (clients flagged churn-style behaviour), and failing the sample-work review (boilerplate, unclear, or inaccurate). We do not publish the names of rejected applicants, but the bar is real and most applicants do not clear it.
If you genuinely serve first-home buyers and can pass the four-step vetting process, yes. Fill out the partner application form on this page (the "Apply to become a partner" button) and we will be in touch within 7 days. Note: high-volume churn-focused brokers and investor-focused agents will not be a fit.
For first-home-buyer questions (deposits, grants, schemes, timing, calculators), use the open question form on the find-a-* page closest to your topic, or email hello@nestpath.com.au directly. We answer every email within 24 hours.