The authors propose to use formatting templates and implicit formatting semantics information for automatic metadata identification and segmentation. The pure texts and their corresponding formatting information including line height, font type, and font size, are recognized in parallel to guide...

Unlike many other major asset classes, when purchasing a property, a lot of time can pass between the date of purchase and the date when ownership is formally transferred from the seller to the buyer. Focusing on residential real estate as an example, we hypothesize that this period, the...

Unlike many other major asset classes, when buying a physical asset like real estate, the legal date of the transfer of ownership is typically somewhere after the date of purchase. Using residential real estate as an example, we hypothesize that this period, the time-to-close, has a positive...