SDLTM28420 - Reliefs: Alternative property finance

Land sold to financial institution and re-sold to a person: The first transactionFA03/S73(2)

Relief on the first transaction, the purchase of a major interest in land by thefinancial institution, may be claimed by the financial institution if the vendor is

• the person who enters into the arrangements - the first case
• another financial institution by whom the interest was acquired under arrangements of the kind mentioned at SDLTM28110 entered into between it and the person - the second case

Thus, in the first case, the person may

• obtain finance against a property owned by them
• set up a new arrangement with their existing financial institution

In the second case the individual may change lenders. The second case also allows financial institutions to transfer title between themselves where the person is not involved.