Every NestPath partner clears the same four step vetting: an ABN and licence check, reference calls with real first home buyers, a review of recent work, and a 90 day satisfaction check in. Nobody pays for placement or badges. An honest list, for honest reasons.
Verified partners featured on this page
Licence current with the state regulator, ABN active, no actionable complaints on the public register. We check again 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 a book full of investors. 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 all four of our vetting steps. We’d rather name a handful 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.
“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.
“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.
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Buying your first home is not just about getting the keys and your name on a title. Lending is about the long term journey, not just the here and now.
“Alex and the team made what was previously a stressful experience feel smooth and easy. It was great to work with someone who is passionate and genuinely cares, not only about his work but his clients as well.”
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.
“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.
“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 run steps 1 and 4 again 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 from start to finish. For conveyancers: we read a recent contract review. We are looking for clarity, completeness, and FHB literacy.
Every partner stays on a review cycle that repeats every 90 days. We survey the clients we referred to them 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. Fees like this help keep every NestPath guide and calculator free to use.
Referral fees from our named partners, too. When you connect with one of the named partners on this page, currently four mortgage brokers and two building inspectors, for example Laszlo at Orange Mortgage or the team at WA Building Inspections, 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 the four vetting steps. 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: nobody buys their way onto this page. Every name here has cleared all four steps, and a partner who stops passing the 90 day rechecks comes off the page. The bar stays where it is.
We’re selectively onboarding brokers, conveyancers, inspectors and other professionals who genuinely put first home buyers first.
Two kinds of referral fees, and we are upfront about both. 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 the named partners on this page, 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: no fee changes who is listed or the order they appear in, only our four vetting steps decide that.
No. There is no paid placement, paid badge, paid tier, or paid sort order. Partners are listed because they passed all four of our vetting steps. 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 all four steps of our process: ABN and licence verification, reference calls with their recent first home buyer clients, a review of their recent work, and a rolling NPS review every 90 days. We do not list a partner unless all four steps pass.
Because we would rather list a handful of 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 steps, the list grows.
Two signals: reader demand (the states and specialties readers ask about in the question forms on our find a broker, find a conveyancer and find an inspector pages) and partner applications through the form on this page. We are currently vetting brokers in VIC and QLD and conveyancers in NSW.
Compare the Market is one of Australia’s larger comparison services, alongside other comparison services such as Canstar and Finder. 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 our home insurance page.
Yes, and we want to be upfront about it. When you connect with a named partner 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 the four vetting steps. 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 if the complaint is substantiated, the partner comes off the page.
Every 90 days. Licence still active, no new complaints on the public register, NPS over the rolling quarter still above 50, and a brief check in with one of the recent clients we referred to them. Partners who slip on any of those measures get a conversation; partners who do not respond come off the page.
Failing any of the four steps: an inactive ABN or a lapsed licence, reference calls where first home buyer clients flag churn behaviour, sample work that is boilerplate, unclear or inaccurate, or, once listed, an NPS that slips below 50. We would rather keep the list short than lower that bar.
If you genuinely serve first home buyers and can pass the four vetting steps, yes. Use the Apply to become a partner button on this page and we will be in touch within 7 days. One note: brokers built on volume and churn, and agents who mainly serve investors, will not be a fit.
For first home buyer questions (deposits, grants, schemes, timing, calculators), use the question form on our find a broker, find a conveyancer or find an inspector page, whichever sits closest to your topic, or email hello@nestpath.com.au. We answer every email within 24 hours.