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China Evergrande Group said on Sunday it had resumed work on the projects in Shenzhen, Dongguan and other cities
China has decided to pilot testing property tax levies in selected cities during the coming five years, to garner experiences before proceeding with formal legislation, reported local media.This comes when China's second biggest real estate developer Evergrande is marred with debt it cannot pay back.China's top legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), adopted the decision on Saturday to authorise the State Council, the cabinet, to pilot property tax levies in some regions, Global Times reported citing Xinhua News Agency.A trial property tax could be tested by the end of this year in selected first and second-tier cities, said industry experts stressing that testing will be possible in the cities that have hot real estate markets, most likely in Guangdong's Shenzhen, Zhejiang's Hangzhou, and the southern island province of Hainan.Since 2011, the Chinese central government tried out levying the taxes on high-end private residential properties in ...
China Evergrande Group said on Sunday it had resumed work on more than 10 projects in six cities including Shenzhen after it appeared to avert default with a last-minute bond coupon payment last week.
Next interest payment deadline comes due in a week's time
Late repayments could trigger cross-defaults as the firm's liabilities involved as many as 128 banks and over 121 non-banking institutions
The dollar index edged 0.1per cent lower to 93.61, putting it on track for a second straight week of falls.
Evergrande Group's struggle to reduce its 2 trillion yuan (USD 310 billion) of debt to comply with tighter official curbs on borrowing has prompted fears a default might trigger a financial crisis.
The extension on the defaulted bond offers respite to the developer
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Global shares were mostly lower Thursday, after major Chinese property developer Evergrande said a plan to sell its property management arm to a smaller rival had fallen through. France's CAC 40 shed 0.4% in early trading to 6,679.78, while Germany's DAX fell 0.2% to 15,498.69. Britain's FTSE 100 dipped 0.4% to 7,198.09. US shares were set to drift lower with Dow futures down 0.3% at 35,375.00. S&P 500 futures slipped 0.3% to 4,516.75. China Evergrande Group's shares tumbled 12.5% while shares in Evergrande Property Services slipped 8%. In a notice to the Hong Kong exchange Evergrande said it was having difficulties selling off assets to resolve its cash crunch. Hopson Development Holdings' shares rose 12.4% after it said was unable to complete the purchase. Trading of shares in all three companies was suspended pending a resolution of the transaction. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost 0.5% to 26,017.53, while the Shanghai Composite index gained 0.2% to 3,594.78. Some verbal ...
The liquidity crisis at Evergrande, which has $300 billion in debt and has missed a series in bond payments, has roiled global markets.
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The collapse of the talks for the landmark building's sale is another setback for cash-strapped Evergrande
Chinese authorities are urging Evergrande to step up asset disposals and the resumption of projects, Zou Lan, head of financial markets at the People's Bank of China (PBoC), told a briefing
Concerns are growing that the cash crunch at Evergrande is spilling over to other developers
The collapse of the talks for the landmark building's sale is another setback for cash-strapped Evergrande, which has been scrambling to divest some assets to repay creditors knocking on its doors