Centaline Property Agency Limited is one of the largest property agencies in

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. It was established in 1978 by

Shih Wing-ching Shih Wing-ching (; born 17 March 1949 in Shanghai) is a Hong Kong businessman. His family are from Ningbo in Zhejiang province but he came to Hong Kong at an early age. In 1978 he established Centaline Property Agency Limited, which is now ...

. Centaline has nearly 40,000 employees and more than 2,000 offices in 39 cities in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao. Centaline Holdings is also the major shareholder of another property agency in Hong Kong,

Ricacorp Properties Limited Ricacorp Properties Limited is one of the largest real estate agency companies in Hong Kong, providing residential, industrial, commercial, retail and car-parking spaces property agency services. Meanwhile, it also offers immigration consulta ...

History

Centaline Property Agency Limited was founded in 1978 by

. Initially focused on the residential sector, Centaline branched out to various sectors including

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, industrial, retail, car-parking spaces, bank-owned real estate properties and government quarters. In recent years, the company has added project management, surveying, mortgage brokerage and leasing management services. The business has also expanded to the

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and

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markets, and is gradually expanding in other Chinese-speaking areas around the world. In November 2016, Centaline launched a cloud-based video value-added service called CentaVideo to allow the company's approximately 4,500 agents in Hong Kong to shoot video footage, edit and upload it using their mobile devices, providing residential property hunters with a home

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