BRIEF-Shanghai Baolong Automotive sets IPO pricing

* Says it plans to issue up to 29.3 million shares at 22.87 yuan per share to raise up to 670 million yuan ($97.07 million) for its Shanghai IPO Source text in Chinese: bit.ly/2pUTdw9 ($1 = 6.9021 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Hong Kong newsroom ... ( read original story ...)

Shanghai Banks Raise Rates for First-Time Homebuyers

and Bank of Communications — most lenders in Shanghai have lowered their discounts on the central bank’s long-term benchmark lending rate from 10% to 5%. The rate currently is 4.9% for loans with a maturity of more than five years, a banker responsible ... ( read original story ...)

Shanghai steps up supervision of red-hot property market

... Shanghai's housing authority has stepped up supervision over its property market, continuing to rein in a sector plagued by irregularities and rampant speculation. Property prices have soared in China's biggest cities such as financial hub Shanghai ... ( read original story ...)