The real estate company completed a one-year maturity extension on $500 million in senior unsecured notes, prompting S&P to regrade it one notch higher to "CCC".
Yu Liang's comments helped to drive up the CSI Real Estate Index 6%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index rose more than 1%
Evergrande confirmed lawsuit by Top Shine Global in Hong Kong, for not fulfilling a financial obligation of $110 million, but insisted that the move would not effect its restructuring.
Efforts to revive the sector, which could account for up to 30% of GDP, with lower mortgage rates, easier credit, subsidies and relaxed regulations have not worked yet, a report says
Wheat and garlic are being accepted as property down-payments as desperate China developers scramble to boost sales after a plunge in sales from January to May.
Ratings agency S&P Global downgraded Greenland to "selective default" on Wednesday after the state-backed property developer extended the maturity of $488 million in bonds
Prospects of a surge in take-private deals come against the backdrop of the industry's damage from the Covid pandemic and its disruption to travel and tourism
Among 70 large and medium-sized cities, 46 saw a year-on-year decrease in prices for new homes, up from 39 in April
New construction starts measured by floor area plunged 30.6% in January-May from a year earlier, after a 26.3% fall in January-April
Shanghai rebounded after exiting a two-month lockdown, with all of the 36 lots on sale sold in China's biggest city by economic output
The US-based asset manager's share of the equity in the venture with Chaintouch China comes from its BlackRock Asia Property Fund V vehicle
The five-year $200 million social bond with a coupon rate of 5.875%, and $500m green perpetual bond at a coupon rate of 6.15% were oversubscribed by nearly five times, the group said.