SDLTM28410 | Reliefs: Alternative property finance

Land sold to financial institution and re-sold to a person: Detailed rulesFA03/S73(1)

To take advantage of this relief, arrangements must be entered into between a person and a financial institution as follows

• the financial institution purchases a major interest in land - the first transaction

• sells that interest to the person, that sells the whole of the major interest obtained to the person - the second transaction

• the person grants the financial institution a legal mortgage over that interest