. | Business Review A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 1, 1995 - TERRACE STANDARD. A FEDERAL OFFICIAL is predicting a busy time now that it's become easier to fi- nance the purchase of a modular home. Qualifying purchasers of modular or manufactured homes can now do so with downpayments as low as 5 per cent. That places modular homes on the same financing playing field as stick built ones and should make them even more attractive, says Gordon Johnson of the Canada Mort- gage and Housing Corpara- tion (CMHC). The new financing pos- sibility comes from an expan- sion of CMHC’'s existing POPULARITY OF modular homes such as this one shown by Shirley Kyle at Kermode Park should grow, Feds expand buying plan Chattel Loan Insurance Pro- gram. The new rules also apply to resale manufactured homes. “We figure our business will go up three or four fold this year,” says Johnson who handled 100 modular home financing applications in the north last year. ‘We did the most of aay (CMHC) branch in the pro- vince. last year,’’ said Johnson. “Manufactured hones are becoming a very affordable alternative what with rising interest rates and other costs.’” As with the lending program for stick built homes, CMHC does charge a premium. Out & About NVeEs MULTIPLE LISTING BX. SERVICE WINNERS 0 ERSTOCKED! We have finished counting our inventory and we've found Help us make room at our “”. After Inventory Sale — — We absolutely have to make room for loads of new stock which is arriving soon from the Toronto and Edmonton buying shows - come in and save on everything in stock. At All Gemma’s Locations in the Skeena Mall, Terrace 1-800-563-4362 Gemma's Kitchen Boutique Gemma's Gifts & Collectibles we're overstocked. until March 4th, 635-4086 635-5577 Gemma's Bed & Bath Boutique 635-3392 Alsoin Prince Rupert 501 - 3rd Ave. West 624-3803 Bretfeld named SKEENA MALL manager Lynda Bretfeld has been re-appointed to the B.C. Housing Management Commission for auother year. She’s one of 13 board members of the commission which promotes various low cost and social housing programs. Bretfeld’s also chair of the Terrace Family Court and Youth Jus- tice Committee and is a director of the Skeena Valley Housing Society. Prince Rupert resident Kathy Booth has also been re-appointed to the board, - ; Business sold | THE COUPLE that started Glass Slipper Bridal Shoppe seven years ago have sold the business, a Shirley and Albert Marleau have turned ihe business over as of March 1 to Natalie Belanger and Dominque Coctho. “They approached us about the business and we were thinking of retiring soon anyway,”’ said Shirley Marleau last week. She said the sale was a good fit as Coelho had been a good customer of the business over the years. Home business workshop March 11 is the date for a home-based business workshop. It'll concentrate on marketing praducts and services, advertising, promotion and publicity, developing the right image, selling, marketing examples and efficient and profitable management. The workshop is sponsored by the small business minstry and the Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce. The fee is $37.45 and more information is available by calling the chamber at 635-2063. Minimum wage increases TOMORROW’S THE day when the minimum wage increases from $6 an hour to $6.50 an hour for an estimated 80,000 people in B.C. Also effective tomorrow is the elimination of the lower youth mini- mum. wage for people under the 18. From now on, people under 18 will earn the standard minimum wage. The increases are the first state of a two-stage plan announced by the provincial government last year. On Oct. 1, the minimum wage increases by another 50 cents an hour to $7 and hour. As well, the minimum for live-in home support workers goes up to $65 a day effective tomorrow and to $70 a day Oct, 1. nu ei Multiple Listings Service sales awards were also given at the annual general meeting of the Northwest Real Estate Board. Sheiln Love (left), placed first with Richard Evans (middle) second and Joyce Findlay (right) third. All are Terrace Remax agents. Local realtor Erica Langer is the new president of the Northwest Real Estate Board. The Remax agent was officially installed in her position at the board’s January annual general. meeting. Vice president, and the person in charge of communications, is Terri Glags from Kitimat. The treasurer is Diana Woed from Terrace while legislative and government liaison is Richard Evans, also from Terrace. Gordon Olson from Terrace is in charge of education: The zone rep from Terrace is Dennis Lissimore while in Kitimat it’s Lois Marleau and in Prince Rupert it's Linda Boomers. waiian © Hawai — © = MEDIUM PIZZAS TOPPINGS FY PARKER PACIFIC Your Dealer For... 7 Power and productivity for the long haul " OR 9020 N EQUIPMENT _ ~~ iF ee UNI-LOADER® SKID STEERS ! i f ’ Og Mi Check out the features Powerful engines, Heavy-duty hydraulics. Suitlin durability. Fast cycles for productivity Dozens of attachments for versalility, All this and more are found in the full line of Case construction equipment. 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