Homeowners deserve to keep the money they've earned.
Nest is normalizing private home sales across Canada — every listing shows the seller's verified walk-away, backed by the same legal process agents use.
$35,000 disappears in a transaction your lawyer does for $1,500.
The average Canadian home costs over $680,000. By the time it sells the traditional way, more than $35,000 of the owner's equity goes to agent fees — equity that was theirs to keep.
For most families, $35,000 is years of mortgage payments, a child's education fund, or a retirement nest egg. It disappears in a transaction that a lawyer handles for a fraction of the cost.
Connect buyers and sellers directly.
Nest is a platform that connects buyers and sellers directly. We handle the listing, marketing, and communication. Your lawyer handles the legal work — the same legal work that happens whether an agent is involved or not.
The same legal process, the same protections, the same outcome — and the equity stays with you.
What makes us different.
Free to list
No listing fee, no hidden charges. List your home and keep the equity you have built.
Owner verified
Every seller verifies ownership with government documents.
Lawyer backed
Real estate lawyers handle closings — the same process agents use.
You keep your equity
You set your verified walk-away and keep what the sale clears above it.
Direct communication
Buyers talk to sellers. No middleman filtering your conversations.
Canadian built
Built for Canadian real estate law, province by province.
The gap that didn't make sense.
Nest was founded by a Canadian who watched a family member hand over $42,000 in commission on a home sale — and realized the lawyer who actually protected the deal charged $1,500.
That gap didn't make sense. In Quebec, 17% of homeowners already sell without agents. The legal process is identical. The tools to market a home are accessible to everyone. The only thing missing was a platform built specifically for private sales in Canada.
Namra Thakkar
Founder
Private sales are the future of Canadian real estate.