Increased state support saw the country’s real estate developers raise $19.9bn last month – but fundraising still dropped 38% over the year

The Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index firmed in mid-afternoon trade, after earlier jumping close to 4%

The world's most indebted property developer has been struggling to repay its many creditors, making this a 'crucial year' for debt repayment

Property prices in 100 Chinese cities fell for the sixth month in a row in December, a private real estate firm survey showed

The top four state banks have been given a week to issue offshore loans to help developers 'of good quality' repay overseas debt, sources say

With Beijing stepping up support for the property sector, some offshore bondholders are looking for bargains amid hope China's cash-squeezed property sector will recover from its brutal slide

Evergrande expects to firm up debt restructuring proposals by end-February or early-March, lawyers for the developer told a Hong Kong court on Monday

China's central bank will offer loans with a rate much lower than the benchmark interest rate so financial institutions can buy onshore bonds issued by developers, sources say

Real estate firms’ shares rallied after the move from China’s biggest commercial banks with some stocks rising 18%

Economic activity in the fourth quarter "is crucial for full-year growth", according to the State Council meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, who said now was a "critical time" to bolster the economy.

Three state banks said on Wednesday they would provide hundreds of billions of yuan in credit to Vanke, Longfor and other debt-laden developers to support the embattled sector

Jianxia district officials reclaimed over 134 hectares (332 acres) of land previously held by a unit of the debt-laden developer