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Chase Belair

Co-founder and Principal Broker, nesto

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Chase Belair is a co-founder of nesto, the Montreal digital mortgage company, and its principal broker. He became a mortgage broker in Ottawa in 2009 at DLC Smart Debt, following his mother into the business, and moved to Montreal in May 2018 to help build nesto, which has since grown from an online broker into a lender.

Chase hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Chase co-founded nesto, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Quick answers

Did Chase Belair co-found nesto?

Yes. His Nesto Group team page, published September 12, 2025 and checked September 24, 2026, calls him a co-founder and the Principal Broker, with over 14 years in the mortgage industry. Endeavor Canada's nesto profile, published October 30, 2024, names him among the four co-founders alongside Malik Yacoubi, Karim Benabdallah and Damien Charbonneau.

How did he get into mortgages?

Canadian Mortgage Professional named him a Young Gun on July 23, 2019. The profile says he entered the industry in 2009 with DLC Smart Debt, following his mother, and left the family business and Ottawa in May 2018 to move to Montreal and help start nesto.

What is his role today?

nesto's about page, last updated January 12, 2026 and checked September 24, 2026, lists him on the team as Principal Broker.

How does nesto work with mortgage brokers?

In a Canadian Mortgage Trends article published February 1, 2024, he explained nesto's partnership with M3 Group and said brokers would get the same rates nesto offers consumers directly, making the broker channel a complement to its direct business.

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