Norma Perkins – Opes Advisors

Norma’s professionalism, dedication, diligence, and communication make her nothing but a pleasure to work with. As a first time home buyer I appreciated her patience explaining everything to my husband and I. Norma was always available to answer our questions, she responded quickly to our emails and calls. She worked very well with with our realtor and the seller agent. Our offer included a 25 day close and Norma delivered with a great rate! My husband and I couldn’t have asked for a better mortgage broker and realtor team. I wouldn’t hesitate to work with her again in the future.

I cannot say enough good things about Norma Perkins! I found her through her great Unilocal reviews, and they did not disappoint! I was a first time home buyer and I was purchasing on my own, so it was a stressful, emotional, and sometimes scary process. But Norma was with me every step of the way. She was so organized and made sure that I had all my paperwork done as early as possible in order to make the process go as smoothly as possible. Having seen friends and family go through this process and hearing about some of their crazy experiences, I realize that I hit the jackpot by working with Norma. She was available at all hours and worked closely with my realtors to get offers and preapprovals out, sometimes under really tight deadlines. I know that she has a bunch of other clients, but she really made me feel like I was her top priority. She even came with me to my signing so that I wouldn’t have to be alone and she could walk me through everything. I cannot thank her enough for everything she did. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a mortgage broker!!.

My husband and I loved working with Norma. She assisted us every step of the way and was available at all hours. We both work late but Norma always answered our emails or phone calls no matter what time it was. This was our first home buying experience together and Norma assisted us and made the process very relaxing and stress-​free. She also spoke with the seller’s broker to put in a good word for us. My husband is self employed so this added a little wrinkle, but she was very helpful to make sure we had all the proper documentation for our loan to get approved.
She got us a great rate and made the loan process very enjoyable! I would highly recommend Norma to anyone looking for a home loan.

Norma is outstanding. This is our second refinance through her — we specifically sought her out after the first excellent experience. She handles all details, large and small, personally, stays on the project at all times and is extremely responsive to phone and email. She prepares you thoroughly and most of all, gets the best deals and closes the loan quickly. She is very pleasant to deal with and is resourceful and can-​do. I highly recommend her and if we ever need a mortgage again, we are going straight to her.

Working with Norma through the complex process of buying a home was the one of the best decisions we’ve made in a long time. She diligently guided us through the maze of getting our first VA loan by explaining each step of the process, assisting us in collecting the required documents, counseling us on improving our credit bureau rating, acquiring the lowest interest rate loan and last but not least always being available and responsive. Like other reviewers have said we felt we were her priority every step of the way through the process from loan app to escrow closing. I couldn’t imagine the process of aquiring a home loan being any better or going any smoother than when Norma is your broker. I can’t say enough good things about her and her staff!

Unfortunately, my experience has just been the opposite of what the other reviewers have written. Everyday, there was a new discovery. I found Opes to be very disorganized, asking for same information over and over again and sometimes misleading on the eligibility criteria. I wished it was less painful. Especially if you are a non-​immigrant, I would advise to be careful in understanding and setting the expectations ahead of time. Had to switch mortgage brokers during the escrow period and it was very stressful

We are so happy with Norma’s performance in helping us buy our home we would recommend her to anyone. She is very knowledgeable and responded to all our inquiries immediately.
We submitted our paperwork with a specific request to have it processed by our daughters birthday and she rushed it through and made it happen exactly as requested. We’re impressed by her ability to explain every detail of the process without pressuring us one way or another, as well as the speed with which she worked.
She worked on our loan as if it were her own, making calls and working around the clock. This process would have been impossible without her. We’re so grateful to have found such a competent and kind person to work with!

Very helpful and responsible lender! She helped us to run all the details of loan several times, whenever we have question she was always there to answer! Finally we followed her instruction to get all documents presented properly and closed loan on time. Glad to work with her!

Norma helped us to buy our home. As first time home buyers, we needed all the help and guidance we could get and she gave us more than we could expect.
She worked tirelessly to explain the process and available options, pros and cons, and always showed passion and patience.
Norma gave us a lot of hand holding throughout the process but was never pushy. She worked with us to eliminate barriers to be able to get the best possible numbers for our specific situation.
We highly recommend her if you want to have a smooth and worry free house buying experience.
Norma rocks!

My boyfriend and I recently purchased our first home and Norma Perkins, along with her co-​worker, Lisa Ott, are more than loan brokers — they are therapists! As a first time home buyer, the experience of exposing your income, debts, savings, financial decisions is very overwhelming and scary, but Norma and her team made it seamless.
She was supportive, informative and gave us everything we needed to buy the home of our dreams. It was not an easy road, but Norma made it feel like it was and I am forever grateful. She watched out for us throughout the home buying process and worked tirelessly to meet the seller’s quick close date.
I could not recommend her more. If you want a broker who has YOUR best interest at heart than look no further than Norma Perkins and her team at Opes Advisors.

We were looking to buy a home and a friend referred me and my wife to Norma. We’ve had some struggles in the past with economy as many have. Norma and her team got us pre-​approved then we started looking. Finally found a home and put an offer in. We figured not to get our hopes up because we are self employed and buying out of town, as we were sure something will come up. The experience of the 30 day escrow was so painless and fast. Norma always answered her phone or would call you back very quickly with always a warm and positive outlook. Again, just an amazing and painless experience! If your looking to buy you must give them a call!

Norma is amazing! She works hard for her clients, is very professional, helpful, patient, knowledgable, nice and all the other qualities you want. She helped make the stressful home buying process a little less stressful. She was always available to answer questions or explain the process or document details.
I really felt like she had our best interest at heart. Norma was even there in person the day we closed. We will certainly work with Norma again.

Norma was wonderful. She guided us through the whole process. She helped us to stay on track and answered all our questions within an hr. She also went that extra mile to make sure our loan closed on time. An example would be she helped set up an appointment at 7 am in the morning and she herself also showed up to make sure we understood what we were signing!!! She really does go that extra mile.

I had the pleasure of meeting Norma Perkins through an associate realtor. It is important to me when I refer anyone to my clients that I feel confident in their ability to perform. I would only refer someone who I would trust to handle my personal business. I feel that Norma is that person.
She is thorough with her follow up and is willing to take the time to explain everything in detail. I was very pleased that she would take the time and contact the listing agent to validate my buyer’s credentials. In this competitive housing environment, every little bit helps and I believe Norma helps tip the scales in our favor.
And once the transaction was complete, Norma was there at Title to make sure my buyers understood all of their costs. Norma is highly competent and a wonderful mortgage professional.

We found Norma through our agent (James Dye). Norma made us feel comfortable with the whole loan process. We needed a lender who could get us a fast close as well as be willing to work with us for various options. Norma solved all our problems including getting us a good rate. She is extremely fast in responding back at any time of the day (weekday or weekend).
She stayed on top of all the paperwork and kept us apprised throughout the process on where things stood. She was very patient and thorough with us in answering
our questions (and continues to do so even as we ask her questions post our close).
Highly recommend Norma for all your mortgage needs!

I wish we could add extra stars, Norma deserves way more than five! She helped us with our home purchase three years ago, and when we suddenly decided to move again a couple of months ago, she was right there for us. With the earlier purchase I was pretty anxious, worrying about all kinds of little things, and Norma reassured us, explained everything, paid attention to details and guided us through every step of the way. She was extremely responsive, answering email or phone calls very quickly.
With this latest purchase I knew who to call even before we found the house, and I never worried about any «what ifs». We’ve received follow up calls and email as well, just checking to make sure we’re settling in and happy.
Norma Perkins is a big part of the reason we had the smoothest easiest home-​buying experience. I couldn’t recommend her more highly.

Norma was recommended to us by our fantastic agent James Dye and boy were we glad we took his suggestion! Norma promised us that our loan would close on time and it did! Norma had told us that we would close in 21 days but the sellers wanted 30 days so we had breathing room. However, I don’t think we would have needed it!
Even after our loan closed, I had some questions what with this being our first home and us not knowing absolutely anything about anything! Norma always replied very quickly (at most a couple hours) and cheerfully! She has never let us feel as if we’re not being taken care of.
Norma is a dedicated professional who will do her best to give you fantastic service!

Norma worked with on our loan for our first home and I have to say she has set the bar so high I don’t think we could ever use anyone else again.
As new home buyers our questions and numerous and Norma would answer emails and calls after hours which made the home buying process incredibly easy. I was never in the dark about what was needed and next steps. Even our agent was singing her praises as we had a quick close.
I couldn’t recommend Norma or Opes more. I look forward to working with her down the road on our next house.

Norma is such a dedicated, professional woman. This will be the second loan she’s helping us with. She is truly on top of the chain.
Highly recommend James Dye as an agent, they both work great together.

We acquired 4 loans from Norma in two years. she is very nice person to work with. She is very active in providing and processing loan applications.
She is very hard working, I never waited more than hour in getting information from her even during off business hours.
Now a days processing loan application is not a simple task, but with her hard work, she made everything simple for us.
In one sentence I can say, we might have not purchased four investment properties without her.