Founder & CEO
InstaMortgage & InstaAI
Awards & Recognitions
2024 Entrepreneur of the Year
Best-selling Author
Additional Roles
Podcast Host
Open to Advisory and Board Positions
Shashank Shekhar founded his mortgage business in 2008, growing it into one of the fastest-growing firms in the U.S. InstaMortgage Inc. made the Inc. 500 list in 2017 and 2021 and was recognized on the 2021 Deloitte Fast Tech 500 list. The company’s success is built on exceptional customer service and education.
Shashank, an Amazon #1 best-selling author, was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" in 2022, 2023 and 2024 by the Stevie Awards. He is a recognized mortgage expert, frequent media contributor, and host of the "Shashank Redemption" podcast. In 2020, his team created Rachel, the first digital human in the mortgage industry.
We believe an educated borrower is an empowered borrower. Our hundreds of blogs, videos, free guides, a best-selling book, and one-on-one consultations educate you to confidently take the next steps.
There is no other company of our size that invests so much into empowering you on your mortgage journey.
We understand that you are keen to get the keys to your new home on time or start saving on your refinance quickly.
That's why we treat your mortgage with a sense of urgency. 80% of our mortgages close 20%-70% faster than the industry average.
A radically improved mortgage experience stems from our unwavering dedication to exceptional customer service.
But don’t just take our word for it—explore our reviews on any online platform and discover why hundreds of our clients consistently rate us so highly.
Advanced technology, including robotic and intelligent automation, optical character recognition, and artificial intelligence, is essential for a superior mortgage experience.
These innovations automate parts of the process, making it more convenient, faster, and cost-effective.
At InstaMortgage, diversity, inclusion, and minority homeownership are central to our culture.
As an immigrant-led, minority-owned business with 45% female employees, we actively live these values by closing most of our loans for minority communities.
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