China housing market slumps again as another developer runs into trouble

House prices, sales and construction all fell in November as Shimao Group shares plunge and Beijing assesses what to do with Evergrande

China's giant housing market has continued to decline in the past month and another major developer showed signs of financial distress as state-owned enterprises began carving up the carcass of the failing property giant Evergrande.

House prices, sales, investment and construction data released on Wednesday all showed renewed signs of the crisis in the market, which accounts up to 30% of the country's output and which appears certain to drag on the world's second biggest economy.