442 N.E.2d 37 (1983)
Mrs. Gladys Green owned a lot known as Lot S in the Manomet section of Plymouth.1 In July 1980 she advertised the lot for sale.2 On July 11 and 12 of that year, Mr. and Mrs. Hickey met with Mrs. Green to discuss purchasing the lot and reached an oral agreement to buy it for $15,000.3
On July 12 the Hickeys gave Mrs. Green a deposit check for $500. The check was marked on the back with the notation "Deposit on Lot . . . Massasoit Ave. Manomet . . . Subject to Variance from Town of Plymouth," but the payee line was left blank.4 Mrs. Green held the check without filling in the payee name, cashing it, or endorsing it.5 By July 16 it was determined that no zoning variance would be required.6
Relying on the arrangements with Mrs. Green, the Hickeys advertised their house on Sachem Road for sale in newspapers on three days in July 1980.7 They agreed to sell their house to a purchaser and accepted a $500 deposit check from that purchaser, which they deposited in their own account.8 On July 24 Mrs. Green informed the Hickeys that she no longer intended to sell the lot to them and had decided to sell it to another buyer for $16,000.9 The Hickeys offered Mrs. Green $16,000 for Lot S, but she refused the offer.10
The Hickeys filed a complaint in the Superior Court seeking specific performance of the agreement with Mrs. Green.11 The case was presented on a stipulation of facts with attached documents, which the Superior Court judge adopted as findings.12 The trial judge granted specific performance to the Hickeys.13 Mrs. Green appealed the decision to the Appeals Court of Massachusetts.14
Whether the Hickeys are entitled to specific performance of the oral agreement to purchase Lot S from Mrs. Green?15
A contract for the transfer of an interest in land may be specifically enforced notwithstanding failure to comply with the Statute of Frauds. This applies if it is established that the party seeking enforcement, in reasonable reliance on the contract and on the continuing assent of the party against whom enforcement is sought, has so changed his position that injustice can be avoided only by specific enforcement.16
Yes. The Hickeys relied upon the arrangements with Mrs. Green by advertising their house and agreeing to sell it to a purchaser.17 Mrs. Green knew that the Hickeys were planning to sell their former home and build on Lot S.18 There is no denial by Mrs. Green of the oral contract between her and the Hickeys.19
These facts establish that the Hickeys so changed their position in reasonable reliance on the contract that injustice can be avoided only by specific enforcement.20
The Hickeys are entitled to specific performance upon payment to Mrs. Green of the balance of the agreed price of fifteen thousand dollars.21