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PBoC Shanghai office: Shanghai housing loans in Apr seen at CNY3.96B, down from over CNY9B m/m but up from CNY3.4B y/y - Shanghai Daily 
- Shanghai headquarters: "Home mortgages have been growing slowly as consumers adopted a wait-and-see attitude for details of a set of new mortgage rules released in late March... Also, banks need time to approve new mortgage applications."