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The SAQ Is Increasing The Prices Of Over 2,000 Products This Weekend
There was already a price increase in March.
SAQ price increases first announced in May are scheduled to take effect on Sunday, July 18.
2,055 SAQ products, including 1,633 regular, non-specialty items, will see an average price increase of $0.13 or 0.7%, according to a July 12 press release from the Crown corporation.
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An additional 251 products will see their prices decrease.
The SAQ says the increases are due to freight charges stemming from a strained shipping sector.
"For several months now, the strong worldwide demand for ocean transport has forced many freight forwarders to delay order pick-ups," the company explained.
"In addition, several strategic ports are congested. The situation is further complicated by the scarcity of empty shipping containers on the market."
The last SAQ price adjustment was in March.
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MTL Home Prices Are Projected To Increase By A Bigger % Than Any Other Major Canadian City
Compared to last year.
A new report from Royal LePage suggests that while Montreal's real estate market might start to cool down, home prices are still projected to increase more overall than any other market in Canada.
The company recorded a 21.7% year-over-year increase in the "aggregate price of a home" ("a weighted average of the median values of all housing types collected") in the Montreal area in the second quarter of 2021, bringing it to $514,000.
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The good news is that "the peak of home price increases should be behind us," according to Royal LePage Quebec Vice-President Dominic Saint-Pierre.
The less good news: the company forecasts a 17.5% year-over-year aggregate home price increase in the fourth quarter — "the highest of all forecasted regions in the country," the report states.
For comparison, Royal LePage forecasts a 14.5% year-over-year increase in the Toronto area, a 15% increase in the Vancouver area and a 7.5% increase in the Calgary area.
Saint-Pierre offered some reassurance, however.
"Real estate, like many other economic drivers, is cyclical," he said, explaining that the steep price increase of the last year "was spurred by an unprecedented health crisis."
"The return to more moderate appreciation rates will occur naturally as the economy regains balance and people develop post-pandemic consumer habits."
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Sales Of Ultra-Expensive Homes Have Skyrocketed In Montreal
Luxury homes are selling like hot cakes.
A new report by Sotheby's International Realty Canada found that the sale of luxury homes in Montreal skyrocketed in the first half of 2021, as did the sale of condos.
"Overall, the City of Montreal saw 990 $1 million–plus residential real estate transactions," including condos, attached and single-family homes, "in the first half of 2021, an increase of 112% from the same period in 2020," the report states.
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High-Rising Expectations: Condos have grown in stature to represent the pinnacle of urban luxury. Four real-estate… https://t.co/LmSBwD4JEz— canada_sir (@canada_sir)1625932987.0
Though sales in $2 to $4 million homes in Montreal rose by 138%, sales in $1 to $2 million homes made up the largest share of sales overall, with 807 Montreal properties sold in the first half of 2021, Sotheby's says.
Sales in properties over $4 million more than doubled between 2020 and 2021 — just six were sold in the first half of 2020, compared to the 14 properties sold in the same period in 2021.
The report said that according to the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers, on average, selling a residential property in Montreal during the first quarter of 2021 took approximately 44 days, compared to the 68 it took to sell a home less than a year prior.
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Downtown Montreal Transformed Into New York City For A Movie Shooting (PHOTOS)
It could be the set of "Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts."
There is nothing more exciting than watching a film and suddenly realizing the backdrop is the city you live in. If you feel me on this one, you will be excited to know that a new film coming out in 2022, Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts, is being filmed in Montreal and it seems as though shooting could be currently underway.
While we cannot confirm that the following photos are definitely part of the new Transformers set, all signs lead to it being very possible that it is.
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Downtown Montreal is currently being transformed to New York City in the '90s, which is where the plot of the new Transformers film is expected to be set.
This video shows Montreal street names being changed to New York ones. MTL Blog reporter Alex Melki was able to have an individual confirm that it was allegedly part of the filming for Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts.
And from what the following photos show, it's looking like there are all kinds of different cars in whichever film is being shot at the moment, which is very on-brand for a Transformers movie.
More Transformers Rise of The Beasts photos from Montreal today. More Mirage and MYSTERY BEETLE / NOT GYLPH https://t.co/nEuznGwaAO— Daniel Arseneault "Protoman" (@Daniel Arseneault "Protoman")1626208580.0
Dorchester Square is seemingly one of the main locations for this current movie shoot.
Quand Montréal se donne des airs de New York en 1990. Tournage du 7e film de la franchise ‘’Transformers’’, ‘’Rise… https://t.co/juPpl9NcDh— Claude Deschenes (@Claude Deschenes)1626210283.0
We know Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts is for sure being filmed in Montreal, we simply cannot confirm this movie set is for the film — although it's highly likely to be. And if that's true, then that means Anthony Ramos, one of the main actors in the new movie, could be in Montreal. Keep your eyes peeled!
Aujourd'hui 12 et 13 juillet 2021, début à 9h00 pm du tournage de Transformers Rise Of The Beasts au parc Square Do… https://t.co/Tw1X9Z1SC0— Les Transformers - Québec et France (@Les Transformers - Québec et France)1626160244.0
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