Minnesota Foreclosure Rescue Equity Stripping Still Going On
Minnesota's anti-equity stripping statute, Section 325N, was passed in 2004 to stop the foreclosure rescue abuses in Minnesota. According to the article, however, the most creative equity strippers appear to have found a loophole that is creating problems for local attorneys representing homeowners in these cases.
In addition, according to one local attorney, some equity strippers just simply ignore the law altogether, confident that their victims will be too embarrassed to ask for help; and she estimates that only one in 20 victims seeks legal assistance.
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