-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, KzENEQP9oLOcLshDxXPZZ6BU4nR0yvG0j45FuEz61SPQN4UlnJnhOey6Iqradfuq mZdNo03ePP8c707hkib8LA== 0000711642-07-000077.txt : 20070330 0000711642-07-000077.hdr.sgml : 20070330 20070330145459 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000711642-07-000077 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10KSB PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070330 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070330 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTURY PROPERTIES FUND XVII CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000356472 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE [6500] IRS NUMBER: 942782037 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10KSB SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-11137 FILM NUMBER: 07731978 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 55 BEATTIE PLACE STREET 2: PO BOX 1089 C/O INSIGNIA FINANCIAL GROUP CITY: GREENVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29602 BUSINESS PHONE: 8642391000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 55 BEATTIE PLACE STREET 2: P O BOX 1089 CITY: GREENVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29602 10KSB 1 cpf171206.htm FORM 10-QSB—QUARTERLY OR TRANSITIONAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC  20549

Form 10-KSB

(Mark One)

[X]

ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006


[ ]

TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the transition period _________to _________


Commission file number 0-11137


CENTURY PROPERTIES FUND XVII

(Name of small business issuer in its charter)


California

94-2782037

(State or other jurisdiction of

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

(Identification No.)


55 Beattie Place, PO Box 1089

Greenville, South Carolina  29602

(Address of principal executive offices)


(864) 239-1000

Issuer's telephone number


Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:


None


Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:


Units of Limited Partnership Interest

(Title of class)


Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X  No___


Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-B contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB.  [X]


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [ ]  No[X]


State issuer's revenues for its most recent fiscal year.  $12,737,000


State the aggregate market value of the voting partnership interests held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the partnership interests were sold, or the average bid and asked prices of such partnership interests as of December 31, 2006.  No market exists for the limited partnership interests of the Registrant, and, therefore, no aggregate market value can be determined.



DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

None




The matters discussed in this report contain certain forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding future financial performance and the effect of government regulations. Actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements and will be affected by a variety of risks and factors including, without limitation: national and local economic conditions; the terms of governmental regulations that affect the Registrant and interpretations of those regulations; the competitive environment in which the Registrant operates; financing risks, including the risk that cash flows from operations may be insufficient to meet required payments of principal and interest; real estate risks, including variations of real estate values and the general economic climate in local markets and competition for tenants in such markets; litigation, including costs associated with pro secuting and defending claims and any adverse outcomes, and possible environmental liabilities. Readers should carefully review the Registrant's financial statements and the notes thereto, as well as the risk factors described in the documents the Registrant files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


PART I


Item 1.

Description of Business


Century Properties Fund XVII (the "Partnership" or the "Registrant") was organized in November 1981 as a California limited partnership under the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of the California Corporations Code.  Fox Partners (the “General Partner”), a California general partnership, is the general partner of the Partnership. The general partners of Fox Partners are Fox Capital Management Corporation (“FCMC” or the “Managing General Partner"), a California corporation, Fox Realty Investors ("FRI"), a California general partnership, and Fox Partners 82, a California general partnership.  NPI Equity Investments II Inc., a Florida Corporation ("NPI Equity"), is the general partner of FRI. FCMC and NPI Equity are affiliates of Apartment Investment and Management Company ("AIMCO"), a publicly traded real estate investment trust. The Partnership Agreement provide s that the Partnership is to terminate on December 31, 2021, unless terminated prior to such date.


The principal business of the Partnership is and has been to operate, hold for investment, and ultimately sell income-producing multi-family residential properties. During 1982, the Partnership offered and sold, pursuant to a Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 75,000 units of limited partnership interest ("Units") for an aggregate purchase price of $75,000,000. The net proceeds of this offering were used to acquire twelve existing apartment properties. Since its initial offering, the Partnership has not received, nor are limited partners required to make, additional capital contributions. The Partnership's original property portfolio was geographically diversified with properties acquired in four states.  Three apartment properties were sold in 1988.  One apartment was acquired by the lender through a deed in-lieu of foreclosure in 1992. During 1993, two apartment properties were sold and o ne was acquired by the lender through foreclosure. During 2006, the Partnership sold Cooper’s Pond Apartments to a third party. The Partnership continues to own the remaining four properties (see "Item 2. Description of Properties").


The Partnership has no employees. The Managing General Partner is vested with full authority as to the general management and supervision of the business and affairs of the Partnership.  The non-managing general partners and the Limited Partners have no right to participate in the management or conduct of such business and affairs. Property management services are provided at the Partnership's properties by an affiliate of the Managing General Partner.


Risk Factors


The real estate business in which the Partnership is engaged is highly competitive. There are other residential properties within the market area of the Partnership's properties. The number and quality of competitive properties, including those which may be managed by an affiliate of the Managing General Partner, in such market area could have a material effect on the rental market for the apartments at the Partnership's properties and the rents that may be charged for such apartments. While the Managing General Partner and its affiliates own and/or control a significant number of apartment units in the United States, such units represent an insignificant percentage of total apartment units in the United States and competition for the apartments is local.  


Laws benefiting disabled persons may result in the Partnership's incurrence of unanticipated expenses.  Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or ADA, all places intended to be used by the public are required to meet certain Federal requirements related to access and use by disabled persons. Likewise, the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, or FHAA, requires apartment properties first occupied after March 13, 1990 to be accessible to the handicapped.  These and other Federal, state and local laws may require modifications to the Partnership's properties, or restrict renovations of the properties.  Noncompliance with these laws could result in the imposition of fines or an award of damages to private litigants and also could result in an order to correct any non-complying feature, which could result in substantial capital expenditures. Although the Managing General Partner believes that the Partnership's properties are su bstantially in compliance with present requirements, the Partnership may incur unanticipated expenses to comply with the ADA and the FHAA.


Both the income and expenses of operating the properties owned by the Partnership are subject to factors outside of the Partnership's control, such as changes in the supply and demand for similar properties resulting from various market conditions, increases/decreases in unemployment or population shifts, changes in the availability of permanent mortgage financing, changes in zoning laws, or changes in patterns or needs of users.  In addition, there are risks inherent in owning and operating residential properties because such properties are susceptible to the impact of economic and other conditions outside of the control of the Partnership.


From time to time, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, and the United States Department of Homeland Security issue alerts regarding potential terrorist threats involving apartment buildings. Threats of future terrorist attacks, such as those announced by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, could have a negative effect on rent and occupancy levels at the Partnership’s properties. The effect that future terrorist activities or threats of such activities could have on the Partnership’s operations is uncertain and unpredictable. If the Partnership were to incur a loss at a property as a result of an act of terrorism, the Partnership could lose all or a portion of the capital invested in the property, as well as the future revenue from the property.


There have been, and it is possible there may be other, Federal, state and local legislation and regulations enacted relating to the protection of the environment. The Partnership is unable to predict the extent, if any, to which such new legislation or regulations might occur and the degree to which such existing or new legislation or regulations might adversely affect the properties owned by the Partnership.


The Partnership monitors its properties for evidence of pollutants, toxins and other dangerous substances, including the presence of asbestos.  In certain cases environmental testing has been performed which resulted in no material adverse conditions or liabilities.  In no case has the Partnership received notice that it is a potentially responsible party with respect to an environmental clean up site.


A further description of the Partnership's business is included in "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" included in "Item 6" of this Form 10-KSB.


Item 2.

Description of Properties


The following table sets forth the Partnership's investments in properties:


 

Date of

  

Property

Purchase

Type of Ownership

Use

    

Peakview Place Apartments

09/82

Fee ownership subject

Apartment

Englewood, Colorado

 

to first mortgage (1)

296 units

    

Creekside Apartments

10/82

Fee ownership subject

Apartment

  Denver, Colorado

 

to first mortgage (1)

328 units

    

The Lodge Apartments

10/82

Fee ownership subject

Apartment

  Denver, Colorado

 

to first mortgage (1)

376 units

    

The Village in the Woods

10/82

Fee ownership subject

Apartment

  Apartments

 

to first mortgage

530 units

  Cypress, Texas

   


(1)

Property is owned by a limited partnership or limited liability corporation in which the Partnership holds a 100% interest.


On March 31, 2006, the Partnership sold Cooper’s Pond Apartments to a third party for a gross sale price of approximately $23,799,000.  The net proceeds realized by the Partnership were approximately $20,973,000 after the payment of closing costs and a prepayment penalty owed by the Partnership on the mortgages.  The Partnership used approximately $9,924,000 of the net proceeds to repay the mortgages encumbering the property.  The Partnership realized a gain of approximately $17,506,000 as a result of the sale. In addition, the Partnership recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt of approximately $2,158,000 as a result of the write-off of unamortized loan costs and a prepayment penalty.


Schedule of Properties


Set forth below for each of the Partnership’s properties is the gross carrying value, accumulated depreciation, depreciable life, method of depreciation and Federal tax basis.


 

Gross

    
 

Carrying

Accumulated

Depreciable

Method of

Federal

Property

Value

Depreciation

Life

Depreciation

Tax Basis

 

(in thousands)

  

(in thousands)

Peakview Place Apartments

$21,966

$14,983

5-30 yrs

S/L

   $ 3,375

Creekside Apartments

 13,340

  8,819

5-30 yrs

S/L

     3,338

The Lodge Apartments

 15,437

 10,159

5-30 yrs

S/L

     3,788

The Village in the Woods

     

  Apartments

 23,585

 12,725

5-30 yrs

S/L

     8,534

 

$74,328

$46,686

  

   $19,035


See "Note A – Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" to the consolidated financial statements included in "Item 7. Financial Statements" for a description of the Partnership's capitalization and depreciation policies.


Schedule of Property Indebtedness


The following table sets forth certain information relating to the loans encumbering the Partnership's properties.


 

Principal

   

Principal

 

Balance At

   

Balance

 

December 31,

Interest

Period

Maturity

Due At

Property

2006

Rate (1)

Amortized

Date

Maturity (2)

 

(in thousands)

   

(in thousands)

      

Peakview Place Apartments

$10,087

7.99%

20 years

01/01/20

$    --

Creekside Apartments

  5,725

6.43%

30 years

09/01/08

  5,501

The Lodge Apartments

  6,341

6.43%

30 years

09/01/08

  6,093

The Village in the

     

  Woods Apartments

 11,945

8.56%

20 years

02/01/20

     --

 

$34,098

   

$11,594


(1)

Fixed rate mortgage.


(2)

See “Note B – Mortgage Notes Payable” to the consolidated financial statements included in "Item 7. Financial Statements" for information with respect to the Partnership's ability to prepay these loans and other specific details about the loans.


Schedule of Rental Rates and Occupancy


Average annual rental rates and occupancy for 2006 and 2005 for each property are as follows:


 

Average Annual

Average Annual

 

Rental Rates

Occupancy

 

(per unit)

  

Property

2006

2005

2006

2005

     

Peakview Place Apartments (1)

$ 8,682

$ 8,420

97%

82%

Creekside Apartments

  6,755

  6,647

96%

96%

The Lodge Apartments (2)

  5,996

  5,976

96%

87%

The Village in the Woods

    

 Apartments (3)

  7,675

  7,253

91%

78%


(1)

The Managing General Partner attributes the increase in occupancy at Peakview Place Apartments to an increase in units available for lease as a result of the completion of the redevelopment project at the property (as discussed in “Item 6. Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation – Results of Operations”).


(2)

The Managing General Partner attributes the increase in occupancy at The Lodge Apartments to improved economic conditions in the Denver area and increased resident retention efforts.


(3)

The Managing General Partner attributes the increase in occupancy at The Village in the Woods Apartments to increased curb appeal as a result of the redevelopment project at the property (as discussed below).


As noted under "Item 1. Description of Business", the real estate industry is highly competitive. All of the Partnership's properties are subject to competition from other apartment complexes in the area. The Managing General Partner believes that all of the properties are adequately insured. The properties are apartment complexes which lease units for terms of one year or less. No tenant leases 10% or more of the available rental space. All of the properties are in good physical condition, subject to normal depreciation and deterioration as is typical for assets of this type and age.


Real Estate Taxes and Rates


Real estate taxes and rates in 2006 for each property were as follows:


 

2006

2006

 

Billing

Rate

 

(in thousands)

 
   

Peakview Place Apartments

$114

9.64%

Creekside Apartments

  90

6.69%

The Lodge Apartments

  96

6.69%

The Village in the Woods

  

  Apartments

 382

2.75%


Capital Improvements


Peakview Place Apartments


During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Partnership completed approximately $171,000 of capital improvements at Peakview Place Apartments, consisting primarily of sewer upgrades, major landscaping, and floor covering replacement. These improvements were funded from operating cash flow. The Partnership regularly evaluates the capital improvement needs of the property. While the Partnership has no material commitments for property improvements and replacements, certain routine capital expenditures are anticipated during 2007.  Such capital expenditures will depend on the physical condition of the property as well as anticipated cash flow generated by the property.


Creekside Apartments


During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Partnership completed approximately $573,000 of capital improvements at Creekside Apartments, consisting primarily of swimming pool improvements, kitchen and bathroom upgrades, parking area resurfacing, fencing upgrades, interior and exterior improvements and floor covering replacement.  These improvements were funded from operating cash flow, replacement reserves and advances from an affiliate of the Managing General Partner.  The Partnership regularly evaluates the capital improvement needs of the property.  While the Partnership has no material commitments for property improvements and replacements, certain routine capital expenditures are anticipated during 2007. Such capital expenditures will depend on the physical condition of the property as well as replacement reserves and anticipated cash flow generated by the property.


The Lodge Apartments


During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Partnership completed approximately $545,000 of capital improvements at The Lodge Apartments, consisting primarily of HVAC upgrades, furniture upgrades, fencing, major landscaping, laundry room upgrades, floor covering replacement, and construction related to a water filtration issue involving several units.  These improvements were funded from operating cash flow and advances from an affiliate of the Managing General Partner.  The Partnership regularly evaluates the capital improvement needs of the property.  While the Partnership has no material commitments for property improvements and replacements, certain routine capital expenditures are anticipated during 2007. Such capital expenditures will depend on the physical condition of the property as well as replacement reserves and anticipated cash flow generated by the property.


The Village in the Woods Apartments


During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Partnership completed approximately $1,027,000 of capital improvements arising from the redevelopment of The Village in the Woods Apartments. Additional capital improvements of approximately $516,000 consisted primarily of interior building improvements, plumbing upgrades, air conditioning unit and other appliance replacements, and floor covering replacement.  These improvements were funded from operating cash flow and advances from an affiliate of the Managing General Partner. In April 2005, the Partnership began a major redevelopment project in order for the property to become more competitive with other properties in the Houston area and to increase occupancy at the property.  The redevelopment was completed in July 2006 at a total cost of approximately $5,166,000. The project consisted of structural upgrades, interior and exterior building improvements, balcony and deck upgrades, the additi on of a fitness center, clubhouse and swimming pool upgrades, major landscaping, sewer upgrades, parking area upgrades and exterior lighting upgrades.  The redevelopment was funded from operating cash flow and advances from an affiliate of the Managing General Partner.  Approximately $325,000 was advanced during the year ended December 31, 2006 to pay for redevelopment project costs. The Partnership regularly evaluates the capital improvement needs of the property.  While the Partnership has no material commitments for property improvements and replacements, certain routine capital expenditures are anticipated during 2007. Such capital expenditures will depend on the physical condition of the property as well as anticipated cash flow generated by the property.


Cooper’s Pond Apartments


During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Partnership completed approximately $56,000 of capital improvements at Cooper’s Pond Apartments, consisting primarily of floor covering replacement.  These improvements were funded from operating cash flow. The Partnership sold Cooper’s Pond Apartments to a third party on March 31, 2006.


Capital expenditures will be incurred only to the extent of cash available from operations, Partnership reserves or advances from an affiliate of the Managing General Partner. To the extent that capital improvements are completed, the Partnership’s distributable cash flow, if any, may be adversely affected, at least in the short term.


Item 3.

Legal Proceedings


In March 1998, several putative unit holders of limited partnership units of the Partnership commenced an action entitled Rosalie Nuanes, et al. v. Insignia Financial Group, Inc., et al. (the "Nuanes action") in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Mateo. The plaintiffs named as defendants, among others, the Partnership, its Managing General Partner and several of their affiliated partnerships and corporate entities. The action purported to assert claims on behalf of a class of limited partners and derivatively on behalf of a number of limited partnerships (including the Partnership) that are named as nominal defendants, challenging, among other things, the acquisition of interests in certain Managing General Partner entities by Insignia Financial Group, Inc. ("Insignia") and entities that were, at one time, affiliates of Insignia; past tender offers by the Insignia affiliates to acquire lim ited partnership units; management of the partnerships by the Insignia affiliates; and the series of transactions which closed on October 1, 1998 and February 26, 1999 whereby Insignia and Insignia Properties Trust, respectively, were merged into AIMCO. The plaintiffs sought monetary damages and equitable relief, including judicial dissolution of the Partnership. In addition, during the third quarter of 2001, a complaint captioned Heller v. Insignia Financial Group (the "Heller action") was filed against the same defendants that are named in the Nuanes action. On or about August 6, 2001, plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint. The Heller action was brought as a purported derivative action, and asserted claims for, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition, conversion, unjust enrichment, and judicial dissolution. On January 28, 2002, the trial court granted defendants motion to strike the complaint.  Plaintiffs took an appeal from this order.


On January 8, 2003, the parties filed a Stipulation of Settlement in proposed settlement of the Nuanes action and the Heller action. On June 13, 2003, the court granted final approval of the settlement and entered judgment in both the Nuanes and Heller actions. On August 12, 2003, an objector ("Objector") filed an appeal (the “Appeal”) seeking to vacate and/or reverse the order approving the settlement and entering judgment thereto. On May 4, 2004, the Objector filed a second appeal challenging the court’s use of a referee and its order requiring Objector to pay those fees.


On March 21, 2005, the Court of Appeals issued opinions in both pending appeals.  With regard to the settlement and judgment entered thereto, the Court of Appeals vacated the trial court’s order and remanded to the trial court for further findings on the basis that the “state of the record is insufficient to permit meaningful appellate review”.  The matter was transferred back to the trial court on June 21, 2005.  With regard to the second appeal, the Court of Appeals reversed the order requiring the Objector to pay referee fees. With respect to the related Heller appeal, on July 28, 2005, the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s order striking the first amended complaint.


On August 18, 2005, Objector and his counsel filed a motion to disqualify the trial court based on a peremptory challenge and filed a motion to disqualify for cause on October 17, 2005, both of which were ultimately denied and/or struck by the trial court.  On or about October 13, 2005 Objector filed a motion to intervene and on or about October 19, 2005 filed both a motion to take discovery relating to the adequacy of plaintiffs as derivative representatives and a motion to dissolve the anti-suit injunction in connection with settlement.  On November 14, 2005, Plaintiffs filed a Motion For Further Findings pursuant to the remand ordered by the Court of Appeals. Defendants joined in that motion.  On February 3, 2006, the Court held a hearing on the various matters pending before it and  ordered additional briefing from the parties and Objector. On June 30, 2006, the trial court entered an order confirming its approval of the cla ss action settlement and entering judgment thereto after the Court of Appeals had remanded the matter for further findings.  The substantive terms of the settlement agreement remain unchanged.  The trial court also entered supplemental orders on July 1, 2006, denying Objector’s Motion to File a Complaint in Intervention, Objector’s Motion for Leave of Discovery and Objector’s Motion to Dissolve the Anti-Suit Injunction.  Notice of Entry of Judgment was served on July 10, 2006. On August 31, 2006, the Objector filed a Notice of Appeal to the Court’s June 30, 2006 and July 1, 2006 orders. On December 14, 2006, Objector filed his Appellant’s Brief. The Partnership and its affiliates, as well as counsel of the Settlement Class, have not yet filed their briefs in response.


The Managing General Partner does not anticipate that any costs to the Partnership, whether legal or settlement costs, associated with these cases will be material to the Partnership’s overall operations.


AIMCO Properties, L.P. and NHP Management Company, both affiliates of the Managing General Partner, are defendants in a lawsuit alleging that they willfully violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by failing to pay maintenance workers overtime for all hours worked in excess of forty per week. The complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, attempts to bring a collective action under the FLSA and seeks to certify state subclasses in California, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Specifically, the plaintiffs contend that AIMCO Properties, L.P. and NHP Management Company failed to compensate maintenance workers for time that they were required to be "on-call." Additionally, the complaint alleges AIMCO Properties, L.P. and NHP Management Company failed to comply with the FLSA in compensating maintenance workers for time that they worked in excess of 40 hours in a week.   I n June 2005 the court conditionally certified the collective action on both the on-call and overtime issues.  Approximately 1,049 individuals opted in to the class. On March 28, 2007, the court issued an opinion decertifying the collective action on both issues.  The court held that the members of the collective action are not similarly situated and the case may not proceed as a collective action.  The nine named plaintiffs still maintain their individual causes of action. The California and Maryland cases are still pending as they were stayed pending the outcome of the decertification motion in the District of Columbia case.  Although the outcome of any litigation is uncertain, AIMCO Properties, L.P. does not believe that the ultimate outcome will have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial condition or results of operations. Similarly, the Managing General Partner does not believe that the ultimate outcome will have a material adverse effect on the Partnership’s co nsolidated financial condition or results of operations.


Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders


The Unit holders of the Registrant did not vote on any matter through the solicitation of proxies or otherwise during the quarter ended December 31, 2006.


PART II


Item 5.

Market for the Partnership's Equity and Related Partner Matters


The Partnership, a publicly held limited partnership, sold 75,000 units of limited partnership interest (the "Units") aggregating $75,000,000 during its offering period. The Partnership currently has 75,000 Units outstanding and 2,637 Limited Partners of record.  Affiliates of the Managing General Partner owned 51,859 Units or 69.15% at December 31, 2006. No public trading market has developed for the Units, and it is not anticipated that such a market will develop in the future.


There were no distributions made to the partners during the years ended December 31, 2006 or 2005. Future cash distributions will depend on the levels of net cash generated from operations, the timing of debt maturities, refinancings and/or property sales. The Partnership's cash available for distribution is reviewed on a monthly basis. In light of the amounts accrued and payable to affiliates of the Managing General Partner at December 31, 2006, there can be no assurance that the Partnership will generate sufficient funds from operations, after required capital improvement expenditures, to permit any distributions to its partners in 2007 or subsequent periods. See “Item 2. Description of Properties – Capital Improvements” for information relating to anticipated capital expenditures at the properties.


In addition to its indirect ownership of the general partner interest in the Partnership, AIMCO and its affiliates owned 51,859 Units in the Partnership representing 69.15% of the outstanding Units at December 31, 2006. A number of these Units were acquired pursuant to tender offers made by AIMCO or its affiliates. It is possible that AIMCO or its affiliates will acquire additional Units in exchange for cash or a combination of cash and units in AIMCO Properties, L.P., the operating partnership of AIMCO, either through private purchases or tender offers. Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, unitholders holding a majority of the Units are entitled to take action with respect to a variety of matters that include, but are not limited to, voting on certain amendments to the Partnership Agreement and voting to remove the General Partner. As a result of its ownership of 69.15% of the outstanding Units, AIMCO and its affiliates are in a position to infl uence all voting decisions with respect to the Partnership. However, DeForest Ventures I L.P., from whom AIMCO, through its merger with Insignia Financial Group, Inc., acquired 25,833.5 (approximately 34.45%) of its Units, had agreed for the benefit of third party unitholders, that it would vote such Units: (i) against any increase in compensation payable to the General Partner; and (ii) on all other matters submitted by it or its affiliates, in proportion to the votes cast by third party Unit holders. Except for the foregoing, no other limitations are imposed on AIMCO and its affiliates’ right to vote each Unit held. Although the General Partner owes fiduciary duties to the limited partners of the Partnership, the Managing General Partner owes fiduciary duties to both the General Partner and AIMCO as the sole stockholder of the Managing General Partner.


Item 6.

Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation


This item should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and other items contained elsewhere in this report.


The Partnership’s financial results depend upon a number of factors including the ability to attract and maintain tenants at the investment properties, interest rates on mortgage loans, costs incurred to operate the investment properties, general economic conditions and weather. As part of the ongoing business plan of the Partnership, the Managing General Partner monitors the rental market environment of its investment properties to assess the feasibility of increasing rents, maintaining or increasing occupancy levels and protecting the Partnership from increases in expenses. As part of this plan, the Managing General Partner attempts to protect the Partnership from the burden of inflation-related increases in expenses by increasing rents and maintaining a high overall occupancy level. However, the Managing General Partner may use rental concessions and rental rate reductions to offset softening market conditions; accordingly, there is no guar antee that the Managing General Partner will be able to sustain such a plan. Further, a number of factors that are outside the control of the Partnership such as the local economic climate and weather can adversely or positively affect the Partnership’s financial results.


Results of Operations


The Partnership realized net income of approximately $12,530,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006, compared to net loss of approximately $3,427,000 for the year ended December 31, 2005.  In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”, the consolidated statement of operations included in “Item 7. Financial Statements” for the year ended December 31, 2005 has been restated as of January 1, 2005 to reflect the operations of Cooper’s Pond Apartments as loss from discontinued operations due to its sale on March 31, 2006.


On March 31, 2006, the Partnership sold Cooper’s Pond Apartments to a third party for a gross sale price of approximately $23,799,000.  The net proceeds realized by the Partnership were approximately $20,973,000 after the payment of closing costs and a prepayment penalty owed by the Partnership on the mortgages.  The Partnership used approximately $9,924,000 of the net proceeds to repay the mortgages encumbering the property.  The Partnership realized a gain of approximately $17,506,000 as a result of the sale, which is included in gain from sale of discontinued operations on the consolidated statements of operations included in “Item 7. Financial Statements”.  In addition, the Partnership recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt of approximately $2,158,000 as a result of the write-off of unamortized loan costs and a prepayment penalty, which is included in loss from discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2006.  Also included in loss from discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2006 are results of the property’s operations, a loss of approximately $103,000, including revenues of approximately $880,000.  Included in loss from discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2005 are results of the property’s operations, a loss of approximately $68,000, including revenues of approximately $3,329,000.  


The Partnership recognized loss from continuing operations of approximately $2,715,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006, compared to loss from continuing operations of approximately $3,359,000 for the year ended December 31, 2005.  The decrease in loss from continuing operations is due to an increase in total revenues, partially offset by an increase in total expenses.  The increase in total revenues is due to increases in both rental and other income.  The increase in rental income is due to increases in occupancy at Peakview Place Apartments, The Lodge Apartments and The Village in the Woods Apartments and the average rental rate at all of the Partnership’s investment properties.  The increase in other income is primarily due to increases in utility reimbursements and cable television revenue at all of the Partnership’s investment properties.


The increase in total expenses is due to increases in operating, depreciation, and property tax expenses, partially offset by a decrease in interest expense.  General and administrative expenses remained relatively constant for the comparable periods.  The increase in operating expenses is primarily due to increases in insurance expense as a result of increased premiums and management fees as a result of the increase in rental income at all of the Partnership’s investment properties.  The increase in depreciation expense is due to property improvements and replacements placed into service at the Partnership’s investment properties during the past twelve months, primarily at The Village in the Woods Apartments due to its redevelopment.  The increase in property tax expense is primarily due to the Partnership’s successful appeal of the assessed value of Peakview Place Apartments for the 2003 and 2004 tax years durin g the year ended December 31, 2005 and an increase in the tax rate at the property for the year ended December 31, 2006.  As a result of the successful appeal, the Partnership received refunds of approximately $79,000 in 2005 related to the overpayment of property taxes for the 2003 and 2004 tax years during the year ended December 31, 2005 which decreased the 2005 property tax expense.  The increase in property tax expense was partially offset by a decrease in the assessed value and rate at The Village in the Woods Apartments.  The decrease in interest expense is due to a decrease in interest expense on advances from an affiliate of the Managing General Partner as a result of a lower average advance balance during the year ended December 31, 2006 and scheduled principal payments made on the mortgages encumbering the Partnership’s investment properties, which reduced the carrying balance of the loans, partially offset by a decrease in interest capitalized at Peakview Place Apartments and The Village in the Woods Apartments due to the redevelopment projects at the properties (as discussed below).  Included in general and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 are management reimbursements to the Managing General Partner as allowed under the Partnership Agreement, costs associated with the quarterly communications with the investors and regulatory agencies and the annual audit required by the Partnership Agreement.


In April 2005, the Managing General Partner began a major redevelopment project at The Village in the Woods Apartments. The property had difficulty staying competitive and needed to be updated. Therefore, in an effort to increase occupancy and become competitive in the local market, a significant redevelopment project was completed in July 2006 at a total cost of approximately $5,166,000.  During the construction period, certain expenses were capitalized and depreciated over the remaining life of the property. During the year ended December 31, 2005, approximately $117,000 of interest was capitalized.  No such costs were capitalized during the year ended December 31, 2006.


During 2003, the Managing General Partner began a major redevelopment project at Peakview Place Apartments.  The property had difficulty staying competitive and needed to be updated.  Therefore, in an effort to increase occupancy and become competitive in the local market, a significant redevelopment project was completed in May 2005 at a total cost of approximately $4,785,000.  During the construction period, certain expenses were capitalized and depreciated over the remaining life of the property.  During the year ended December 31, 2005, approximately $34,000 of interest, approximately $1,000 of real estate taxes, and approximately $3,000 of other construction period costs were capitalized.   


Liquidity and Capital Resources


At December 31, 2006, the Partnership had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $957,000, compared to approximately $445,000 at December 31, 2005.  The increase in cash and cash equivalents of approximately $512,000 is due to approximately $18,234,000 and $588,000 of cash provided by investing and operating activities, respectively, partially offset by approximately $18,310,000 of cash used in financing activities.  Cash provided by investing activities consisted of proceeds from the sale of Cooper’s Pond Apartments and net receipts from escrow accounts maintained by the mortgage lenders, partially offset by property improvements and replacements.  Cash used in financing activities consisted of the repayment of the mortgages encumbering Cooper’s Pond Apartments, payments of principal made on the mortgages encumbering the Partnership’s investment properties and payments made on advances from an affiliate of the Man aging General Partner, partially offset by advances from an affiliate of the Managing General Partner.  The Partnership invests its working capital reserves in interest bearing accounts.


An affiliate of the Managing General Partner has made available to the Partnership a credit line of up to $150,000 per property owned by the Partnership.  During the year ended December 31, 2006, an affiliate of the Managing General Partner exceeded this credit limit and advanced the Partnership approximately $325,000 to fund the redevelopment project at The Village in the Woods Apartments (as discussed above) and approximately $542,000 to fund operating expenses and capital improvements at four of the Partnership’s investment properties.  During the year ended December 31, 2005, an affiliate of the Managing General Partner advanced approximately $609,000 and $3,409,000 to fund the redevelopment projects at Peakview Place Apartments and The Village in the Woods Apartments, respectively, and approximately $2,087,000 to fund property taxes, capital improvements and operating expenses at all of the Partnership’s investment properti es.   The redevelopment advances to The Village in the Woods Apartments accrue interest at 10% and all other advances bear interest at the prime rate plus 2% (10.25% at December 31, 2006).  Interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 was approximately $542,000 and $665,000, respectively.  During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Partnership made payments of approximately $8,090,000 on the advances and approximately $1,231,000 in accrued interest, from proceeds from the sale of Cooper’s Pond Apartments (as discussed above).  No such payments were made to affiliates of the Managing General Partner during the year ended December 31, 2005.  At December 31, 2006, the total outstanding advances and accrued interest due to an affiliate of the Managing General Partner is approximately $3,392,000 and is included in due to affiliates on the consolidated balance sheet included in “Item 7. Financial Statements”.


The sufficiency of existing liquid assets to meet future liquidity and capital expenditure requirements is directly related to the level of capital expenditures required at the properties to adequately maintain the physical assets and other operating needs of the Partnership and to comply with Federal, state, and local legal and regulatory requirements. The Managing General Partner monitors developments in the area of legal and regulatory compliance. For example, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 mandates or suggests additional compliance measures with regard to governance, disclosure, audit and other areas. In light of these changes, the Partnership expects that it will incur higher expenses related to compliance. The Partnership regularly evaluates the capital improvement needs of the properties. While the Partnership has no material commitments for property improvements and replacements, certain routine capital expenditures are anticipated during 2 007. Such capital expenditures will depend on the physical condition of the properties as well as replacement reserves and anticipated cash flow generated by the properties.


Capital expenditures will be incurred only if cash is available from operations or from Partnership reserves.  To the extent that capital improvements are completed, the Partnership's distributable cash flow, if any, may be adversely affected at least in the short term.


The Partnership's assets are thought to be generally sufficient for any near-term needs (exclusive of capital improvements) of the Partnership. The mortgage indebtedness of approximately $34,098,000 is amortized over varying periods. The debt encumbering Creekside Apartments and The Lodge Apartments matures in September 2008, at which time balloon payments totaling approximately $11,594,000 will be due. The debt encumbering Peakview Place Apartments and The Village in the Woods Apartments matures in 2020, at which time the loans are scheduled to be fully amortized. The Managing General Partner will attempt to refinance the indebtedness encumbering Creekside Apartments and The Lodge Apartments and/or sell the properties prior to their maturity dates. If the properties cannot be refinanced or sold for a sufficient amount, the Partnership will risk losing such properties through foreclosure.


There were no distributions made to the partners during the years ended December 31, 2006 or 2005. Future cash distributions will depend on the levels of net cash generated from operations, the timing of debt maturities, refinancings and/or property sales. The Partnership’s cash available for distribution is reviewed on a monthly basis. In light of the amounts accrued and payable to affiliates of the Managing General Partner at December 31, 2006, there can be no assurance that the Partnership will generate sufficient funds from operations, after required capital improvement expenditures, to permit any distributions to its partners in 2007 or subsequent periods.


Other


In addition to its indirect ownership of the general partner interest in the Partnership, AIMCO and its affiliates owned 51,859 Units in the Partnership representing 69.15% of the outstanding Units at December 31, 2006. A number of these Units were acquired pursuant to tender offers made by AIMCO or its affiliates. It is possible that AIMCO or its affiliates will acquire additional Units in exchange for cash or a combination of cash and units in AIMCO Properties, L.P., the operating partnership of AIMCO, either through private purchases or tender offers. Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, unitholders holding a majority of the Units are entitled to take action with respect to a variety of matters that include, but are not limited to, voting on certain amendments to the Partnership Agreement and voting to remove the General Partner. As a result of its ownership of 69.15% of the outstanding Units, AIMCO and its affiliates are in a position to infl uence all voting decisions with respect to the Partnership. However, DeForest Ventures I L.P., from whom AIMCO, through its merger with Insignia Financial Group, Inc., acquired 25,833.5 (approximately 34.45%) of its Units, had agreed for the benefit of third party unitholders, that it would vote such Units: (i) against any increase in compensation payable to the General Partner; and (ii) on all other matters submitted by it or its affiliates, in proportion to the votes cast by third party Unit holders. Except for the foregoing, no other limitations are imposed on AIMCO and its affiliates’ right to vote each Unit held. Although the General Partner owes fiduciary duties to the limited partners of the Partnership, the Managing General Partner owes fiduciary duties to both the General Partner and AIMCO as the sole stockholder of the Managing General Partner.


Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates


A summary of the Partnership’s significant accounting policies is included in "Note A – Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" which is included in the consolidated financial statements in "Item 7. Financial Statements".  The Managing General Partner believes that the consistent application of these policies enables the Partnership to provide readers of the consolidated financial statements with useful and reliable information about the Partnership’s operating results and financial condition.  The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires the Partnership to make estimates and assumptions.  These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements as well as reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from these estimates.  Judgments and assessments of uncertainties are required in applying the Partnership’s accounting policies in many areas. The Partnership believes that of its significant accounting policies, the following may involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity.


Impairment of Long-Lived Assets


Investment properties are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation, unless the carrying amount of the asset is not recoverable.  If events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a property may not be recoverable, the Partnership will make an assessment of its recoverability by comparing the carrying amount to the Partnership’s estimate of the undiscounted future cash flows, excluding interest charges, of the property.   If the carrying amount exceeds the aggregate undiscounted future cash flows, the Partnership would recognize an impairment loss to the extent the carrying amount exceeds the estimated fair value of the property.


Real property investment is subject to varying degrees of risk.  Several factors may adversely affect the economic performance and value of the Partnership’s investment properties.  These factors include, but are not limited to, general economic climate; competition from other apartment communities and other housing options; local conditions, such as loss of jobs or an increase in the supply of apartments that might adversely affect apartment occupancy or rental rates; changes in governmental regulations and the related cost of compliance; increases in operating costs (including real estate taxes) due to inflation and other factors, which may not be offset by increased rents; and changes in tax laws and housing laws, including the enactment of rent control laws or other laws regulating multi-family housing.  Any adverse changes in these factors could cause impairment of the Partnership’s assets.


Capitalized Costs Related to Redevelopment and Construction Projects


The Partnership capitalizes interest, property taxes and operating costs incurred in connection with capital expenditure activities, including redevelopment and construction projects. Costs associated with redevelopment and construction projects are capitalized during periods in which redevelopment and construction projects are in progress in accordance with SFAS No. 34, “Capitalization of Interest Costs,” and SFAS No. 67, “Accounting for Costs and the Initial Rental Operations of Real Estate Properties.” Included in these capitalized costs are payroll costs associated with time spent by site employees in connection with the planning, execution and control of all capital expenditure activities at the property level.  


Revenue Recognition


The Partnership generally leases apartment units for twelve-month terms or less.  The Partnership will offer rental concessions during particularly slow months or in response to heavy competition from other similar complexes in the area. Rental income attributable to leases, net of any concessions, is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.  The Partnership evaluates all accounts receivable from residents and establishes an allowance, after the application of security deposits, for accounts greater than 30 days past due on current tenants and all receivables due from former tenants.


Item 7.

Financial Statements


CENTURY PROPERTIES FUND XVII


LIST OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


Consolidated Balance Sheet - December 31, 2006


Consolidated Statements of Operations - Years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005


Consolidated Statements of Changes in Partners' Deficit - Years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005


Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005


Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements




Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm




The Partners

Century Properties Fund XVII



We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Century Properties Fund XVII as of December 31, 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in partners' deficit, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2006.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnership's management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.


We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and eva luating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.


In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Century Properties Fund XVII at December 31, 2006, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.



/s/ERNST & YOUNG LLP



Greenville, South Carolina

March 29, 2007





CENTURY PROPERTIES FUND XVII


CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(in thousands, except unit data)


December 31, 2006


Assets

  

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$    957

Receivables and deposits

 

     696

Restricted escrows

 

     154

Other assets

 

     484

Investment properties (Notes B, E, and F):

  

Land

$  5,763

 

Buildings and related personal property

  68,565

 
 

  74,328

 

Less accumulated depreciation

  (46,686)

  27,642

   
  

$ 29,933

Liabilities and Partners' Deficit

  

Liabilities

  

Accounts payable

 

$    187

Tenant security deposit liabilities

 

     294

Accrued property taxes

 

     692

Other liabilities

 

     494

Due to affiliates (Note D)

 

   3,392

Mortgage notes payable (Note B)

 

  34,098

   

Partners' Deficit

  

General partner

 $ (7,763)

 

Limited partners (75,000 units issued and

  

outstanding)

   (1,461)

   (9,224)

   
  

$ 29,933



See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements



CENTURY PROPERTIES FUND XVII


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per unit data)


 

Years Ended

 

December 31,

 

2006

2005

Revenues:

 

(Restated)

Rental income

$10,363

$ 8,909

Other income

  1,494

  1,278

Total revenues

 11,857

 10,187

   

Expenses:

  

Operating

  5,937

  5,587

General and administrative

    418

    413

Depreciation

  4,296

  3,594

Interest

  3,220

  3,308

Property taxes

    701

    644

Total expenses

 14,572

 13,546

   

Loss from continuing operations

  (2,715)

  (3,359)

Loss from discontinued operations (Notes A and F)

  (2,261)

     (68)

Gain from sale of discontinued operations (Note F)

 17,506

     --

Net income (loss) (Note C)

$12,530

 $(3,427)

   

Net income (loss) allocated to general partner

$ 1,743

 $  (404)

Net income (loss) allocated to limited partners

 10,787

  (3,023)

 

$12,530

 $(3,427)

 

Per limited partnership unit:

  
 

Loss from continuing operations

 $(31.91)

 $(39.51)

 

Loss from discontinued operations

  (26.59)

   (0.80)

 

  Gain from sale of discontinued operations

 202.33

    --

 

Net income (loss)

$143.83

$(40.31)


See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


 


CENTURY PROPERTIES FUND XVII


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS' DEFICIT

(in thousands, except unit data)


 

Limited

   
 

Partnership

General

Limited

 
 

Units

Partner

Partners

Total

     

Original capital contributions

75,000

$    --

$75,000

$ 75,000

     

Partners' deficit at

    

December 31, 2004

75,000

 $(9,102)

 $(9,225)

 $(18,327)

     

Net loss for the year ended

    

December 31, 2005

    --

    (404)

  (3,023)

   (3,427)

     

Partners' deficit at

    

December 31, 2005

75,000

  (9,506)

 (12,248)

  (21,754)

     

Net income for the year ended

    

December 31, 2006

    --

  1,743

 10,787

  12,530

     

Partners' deficit at

    

December 31, 2006

75,000

 $(7,763)

$ (1,461)

 $ (9,224)


See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements



CENTURY PROPERTIES FUND XVII


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)


 

Years Ended

 

December 31,

 

2006

2005

Cash flows from operating activities:

  

Net income (loss)

$12,530

$(3,427)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash

  

provided by operating activities:

  

Gain from sale of discontinued operations

(17,506)

     --

Depreciation

  4,488

  4,334

Amortization of loan costs

     53

     86

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

  2,158

     --

Change in accounts:

  

Receivables and deposits

     85

    (73)

Other assets

     57

     77

Accounts payable

    (45)

     48

 

Tenant security deposit liabilities

    (30)

     40

Accrued property taxes

     (9)

    (12)

Other liabilities

   (232)

     19

Due to affiliates

   (961)

    873

Net cash provided by operating activities

    588

  1,965

Cash flows from investing activities:

  

Property improvements and replacements

 (3,028)

 (6,911)

Net receipts from restricted escrows

    289

     54

Net proceeds from sale of discontinued operations

 20,973

     --

Net cash provided by (used in) investing

  

activities

 18,234

 (6,857)

Cash flows from financing activities:

  

Payments on mortgage notes payable

 (1,163)

 (1,112)

Repayment of mortgage notes payable

 (9,924)

     --

Payments on advances from affiliate

 (8,090)

     --

Advances from affiliate

    867

  6,105

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

(18,310)

  4,993

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

    512

    101

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

    445

    344

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

$   957

$   445

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

  

Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest

$ 4,162

$ 3,396

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash activity:

  

Property improvements and replacements included

  

in accounts payable

$    28

$   168


At December 31, 2004, approximately $298,000 of property improvements and replacements were included in accounts payable and are included in property improvements and replacements for the year ended December 31, 2005.


See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements







CENTURY PROPERTIES FUND XVII


NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


December 31, 2006


Note A - Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies


Organization: Century Properties Fund XVII (the "Partnership" or the "Registrant") is a California limited partnership organized in November 1981 to acquire and operate residential apartment complexes. The Partnership currently owns four residential apartment complexes of which three are located in Colorado and one is located in Texas.  Fox Partners (the “General Partner”), a California general partnership, is the general partner of the Partnership. The general partners of Fox Partners are Fox Capital Management Corporation (“FCMC” or the "Managing General Partner"), Fox Realty Investors ("FRI"), and Fox Partners 82. NPI Equity Investments II, Inc., a Florida corporation ("NPI Equity"), is the general partner of FRI. FCMC and NPI Equity are affiliates of Apartment Investment and Management Company ("AIMCO"), a publicly traded real estate investment trust. Th e Partnership Agreement provides that the Partnership is to terminate on December 31, 2021 unless terminated prior to such date.


Basis of Presentation: In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”, the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2005 has been restated as of January 1, 2005 to reflect the operations of Cooper’s Pond Apartments as loss from discontinued operations due to its sale on March 31, 2006 (as discussed in “Note F”).


Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2005 balances to conform to the 2006 presentation.


Principles of Consolidation: The financial statements include all the accounts of the Partnership and Apartment CCG 17, L.P., which owns Peakview Place Apartments, Apartment Creek 17, LLC, which owns Creekside Apartments and Apartment Lodge 17, LLC, which owns The Lodge Apartments. The Partnership ultimately holds 100% interest in Apartment CCG 17, L.P., Apartment Creek 17, LLC, and Apartment Lodge 17, LLC. All intra-entity balances have been eliminated.


The consolidated financial statements include all of the accounts of the Partnership and its wholly owned partnerships.


Allocation of Profits, Gains and Losses: Profits, gains and losses of the Partnership are allocated between the General Partner and limited partners in accordance with the provisions of the Partnership Agreement.


The General Partner is entitled to receive, as a management incentive, an allocation of ten percent of the net income and net loss, taxable income and taxable loss, and cash available for distribution distributed to the partners.


After payment of the management incentive, net income and net loss, excluding income arising from the occurrence of sales or dispositions, of the Partnership and taxable income (loss) are allocated 98% to the limited partners and 2% to the General Partner.


Net income arising from the occurrence of sales or dispositions are allocated first to the General Partner to the extent of distributions the General Partner is entitled to receive; next, 88% to the limited partners and 12% to the General Partner until the General Partner no longer has a deficit in its capital account; and any remainder is allocated to the limited partners.


Depreciation: Depreciation is provided by the straight-line method over the estimated lives of the apartment properties and related personal property. For Federal income tax purposes, the accelerated cost recovery method is used for real property over 19 years for additions after May 8, 1985, and before January 1, 1987. As a result of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, for additions after December 31, 1986, the modified accelerated cost recovery method is used for depreciation of (1) real property over 27 1/2 years and (2) personal property additions over 5 years.


Cash and Cash Equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and in banks.  At certain times, the amount of cash deposited at a bank may exceed the limit on insured deposits. Cash balances include approximately $894,000 at December 31, 2006 that are maintained by an affiliated management company on behalf of affiliated entities in cash concentration accounts.


Tenant Security Deposits:  The Partnership requires security deposits from lessees for the duration of the lease and such deposits are included in receivables and deposits. Deposits are refunded when the tenant vacates, provided the tenant has not damaged the space and is current on rental payments.


Replacement Reserves: A replacement reserve account was established in 1998 with the refinancing proceeds for Creekside Apartments and The Lodge Apartments. These funds were established to complete listed repairs and replacements. The total reserve account balance at December 31, 2006 is approximately $154,000, which includes interest.


Leases: The Partnership generally leases apartment units for twelve-month terms or less.  The Partnership will offer rental concessions during particularly slow months or in response to heavy competition from other similar complexes in the area.  Rental income attributable to leases, net of any concessions, is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.  The Partnership evaluates all accounts receivable from residents and establishes an allowance, after the application of security deposits, for accounts greater than 30 days past due on current tenants and all receivables due from former tenants.


Deferred Costs: Loan costs of approximately $526,000, less accumulated amortization of approximately $352,000, are included in other assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.  The loan costs are amortized over the terms of the related loan agreements. Amortization of loan costs for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 was approximately $53,000 and $86,000, respectively, and is included in interest expense and loss from discontinued operations. Amortization expense is expected to be approximately $43,000 in 2007, $34,000 in 2008, $15,000 in 2009, $14,000 in 2010 and $13,000 in 2011.


Leasing commissions and other direct costs incurred in connection with successful leasing efforts are deferred and amortized over the terms of the related leases.  Amortization of these costs is included in operating expenses and loss from discontinued operations.


Investment Properties:  Investment properties consist of four apartment complexes and are stated at cost.  The Partnership capitalizes costs incurred in connection with capital expenditure activities, including redevelopment and construction projects, other tangible property improvements and replacements of existing property components.  Costs including interest, property taxes and operating costs associated with redevelopment and construction projects are capitalized during periods in which redevelopment and construction projects are in progress in accordance with SFAS No. 34, “Capitalization of Interest Costs” and SFAS No. 67, “Accounting for Costs and the Initial Rental Operations of Real Estate Properties.”  Costs incurred in connection with capital projects are capitalized where the costs of the project exceed $250.  Included in these capitalized costs are payroll costs associated with time s pent by site employees in connection with the planning, execution and control of all capital expenditure activities at the property level.  During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Partnership capitalized interest of approximately $21,000.  During the year ended December 31, 2005, the Partnership capitalized interest of approximately $151,000, property taxes of approximately $1,000, and operating costs of approximately $3,000. Capitalized costs are depreciated over the useful life of the asset.  Expenditures for ordinary repairs, maintenance and apartment turnover costs are expensed as incurred.


In accordance with SFAS No. 144, the Partnership records impairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations when events and circumstances indicate the assets might be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the carrying amounts of those assets.  No adjustments for impairment of value were necessary for the years ending December 31, 2006 and 2005.


Fair Value of Financial Instruments: SFAS No. 107, "Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments", as amended by SFAS No. 119, "Disclosures about Derivative Financial Instruments and Fair Value of Financial Instruments", requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the balance sheet, for which it is practicable to estimate fair value. Fair value is defined in the SFAS as the amount at which the instruments could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale. The Partnership believes that the carrying amount of its financial instruments (except for long term debt) approximates their fair value due to the short term maturity of these instruments. The Partnership estimates the fair value of its long-term debt by discounting future cash flows using a discount rate commensurate with that currently bel ieved to be available to the Partnership for similar term, fully amortizing long-term debt. The fair value of the Partnership's long term debt at the Partnership’s incremental borrowing rate is approximately $36,930,000.


Segment Reporting: SFAS No. 131, "Disclosure about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information" established standards for the way that public business enterprises report information about operating segments in annual financial statements and requires that those enterprises report selected information about operating segments in interim financial reports. SFAS No. 131 also established standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas, and major customers. As defined in SFAS No. 131, the Partnership has only one reportable segment.


Advertising Costs: Advertising costs of approximately $342,000 and $389,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, were charged to expense as incurred and are included in operating expenses and loss from discontinued operations.


Use of Estimates: The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.


Recent Accounting Pronouncements: In May 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 154 “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, which replaces APB Opinion No. 20 and SFAS No. 3, and changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. This statement is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The Partnership adopted SFAS No. 154 effective January 1, 2006. The adoption of SFAS No. 154 did not have a material effect on the Partnership’s consolidated financial condition or results of operations.


In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”. SFAS No. 157 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the market in which the reporting entity transacts. SFAS No. 157 applies whenever other standards require assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value and does not expand the use of fair value in any new circumstances. SFAS No. 157 establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the information used in developing fair value estimates. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets and the lowest priority to unobservable data, such as the reporting entity’s own data. SFAS No. 157 requires fair value measurements to be disclosed by level within the fair value hierarchy. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Partnership< B> does not anticipate that the adoption of SFAS No. 157 will have a material effect on the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements.


In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”. SFAS No. 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. SFAS No. 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Partnership has not yet determined whether it will elect the fair value option for any of its financ ial instruments.


Note B - Mortgage Notes Payable


The terms of the mortgage notes payable are as follows:


 

Principal

Monthly

  

Principal

 

Balance At

Payment

  

Balance

 

December 31,

Including

Interest

Maturity

Due At

Property

2006

Interest

Rate (1)

Date

Maturity

 

(in thousands)

  

(in thousands)

      

Peakview Place Apartments

$10,087

$ 104

7.99%

01/01/20

$    --

Creekside Apartments

  5,725

   41

6.43%

09/01/08

  5,501

The Lodge Apartments

  6,341

   45

6.43%

09/01/08

  6,093

The Village in the

     

  Woods Apartments

 11,945

  126

8.56%

02/01/20

     --

 

$34,098

$ 316

  

$11,594


(1)

Fixed rate mortgage.


The mortgage notes payable are non-recourse and are secured by pledge of the respective apartment properties and by pledge of revenues from the respective apartment properties.  Certain of the notes require prepayment penalties if repaid prior to maturity and all notes prohibit resale of the properties subject to existing indebtedness.


Scheduled principal payments on the mortgage notes payable subsequent to December 31, 2006 are as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):


2007

$ 1,233

2008

 12,856

2009

  1,144

2010

  1,243

2011

  1,350

Thereafter

 16,272

 

$34,098


Note C - Income Taxes


Taxable income or loss of the Partnership is reported in the income tax returns of its partners. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes is made in the consolidated financial statements of the Partnership.


The following is a reconciliation of reported net income (loss) and Federal taxable income (loss) (in thousands, except per unit data):


 

2006

2005

Net income (loss) as reported

      $12,530

      $(3,427)

(Deduct) add:

  

  Depreciation differences

   1,124

     284

  Other

      (46)

      (20)

Gain on sale of property

   2,047

      --

  Interest expense

     (138)

     (138)

Federal taxable income (loss)

$ 15,517

 $ (3,301)

   

Federal taxable income (loss) per

  

  limited partnership unit

$ 181.95

 $ (38.82)


The following is a reconciliation between the Partnership's reported amounts and Federal tax basis of net liabilities (in thousands):


Net liabilities as reported

    $ (9,224)

Land and buildings

       6,013

Accumulated depreciation

     (14,620)

Syndication and distribution costs

       9,319

Original issue discount

       2,825

Other

         148

Net liabilities - Federal tax basis

    $ (5,539)


Note D - Transactions with Affiliated Parties


The Partnership has no employees and depends on the Managing General Partner and its affiliates for the management and administration of all Partnership activities. The Partnership Agreement provides for certain payments to affiliates for services and reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by affiliates on behalf of the Partnership.  


Affiliates of the Managing General Partner receive 5% of gross receipts from all of the Partnership’s properties as compensation for providing property management services. The Partnership was charged by affiliates approximately $624,000 and $673,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, which are included in operating expenses and loss from discontinued operations.


An affiliate of the Managing General Partner charged the Partnership for reimbursement of accountable administrative expenses amounting to approximately $365,000 and $505,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, which are included in investment properties, general and administrative expenses and gain from sale of discontinued operations.  The portion of these reimbursements included in investment properties and gain from sale of discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 are construction management services provided by an affiliate of the Managing General Partner of approximately $167,000 and $312,000, respectively.  


Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, for managing the affairs of the Partnership, the Managing General Partner is entitled to receive a Partnership management fee equal to 10% of the Partnership's adjusted cash from operations as distributed. There were no Partnership management fees paid during the years ended December 31, 2006 or 2005, as there were no distributions from operations.


An affiliate of the Managing General Partner has made available to the Partnership a credit line of up to $150,000 per property owned by the Partnership.  During the year ended December 31, 2006, an affiliate of the Managing General Partner exceeded this credit limit and advanced the Partnership approximately $325,000 to fund the redevelopment project at The Village in the Woods Apartments (as discussed in “Note E”) and approximately $542,000 to fund operating expenses and capital improvements at four of the Partnership’s investment properties.  During the year ended December 31, 2005, an affiliate of the Managing General Partner advanced approximately $609,000 and $3,409,000 to fund the redevelopment projects at Peakview Place Apartments and The Village in the Woods Apartments, respectively, and approximately $2,087,000 to fund property taxes, capital improvements and operating expenses at all of the Partnership’s inv estment properties.   The redevelopment advances to The Village in the Woods Apartments accrue interest at 10% and all other advances bear interest at the prime rate plus 2% (10.25% at December 31, 2006).  Interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 was approximately $542,000 and $665,000, respectively.  During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Partnership made payments of approximately $8,090,000 on the advances and approximately $1,231,000 in accrued interest, from proceeds from the sale of Cooper’s Pond Apartments (as discussed in “Note F”).  No such payments were made to affiliates of the Managing General Partner during the year ended December 31, 2005.  At December 31, 2006, the total outstanding advances and accrued interest due to an affiliate of the Managing General Partner is approximately $3,392,000 and is included in due to affiliates.


The Partnership insures its properties up to certain limits through coverage provided by AIMCO which is generally self-insured for a portion of losses and liabilities related to workers’ compensation, property casualty, general liability and vehicle liability. The Partnership insures its properties above the AIMCO limits through insurance policies obtained by AIMCO from insurers unaffiliated with the Managing General Partner. During the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Partnership was charged by AIMCO and its affiliates approximately $363,000 and $213,000, respectively, for insurance coverage and fees associated with policy claims administration.


In addition to its indirect ownership of the general partner interest in the Partnership, AIMCO and its affiliates owned 51,859 Units in the Partnership representing 69.15% of the outstanding Units at December 31, 2006. A number of these Units were acquired pursuant to tender offers made by AIMCO or its affiliates. It is possible that AIMCO or its affiliates will acquire additional Units in exchange for cash or a combination of cash and units in AIMCO Properties, L.P., the operating partnership of AIMCO, either through private purchases or tender offers. Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, unitholders holding a majority of the Units are entitled to take action with respect to a variety of matters that include, but are not limited to, voting on certain amendments to the Partnership Agreement and voting to remove the General Partner. As a result of its ownership of 69.15% of the outstanding Units, AIMCO and its affiliates are in a position to infl uence all voting decisions with respect to the Partnership. However, DeForest Ventures I L.P., from whom AIMCO, through its merger with Insignia Financial Group, Inc., acquired 25,833.5 (approximately 34.45%) of its Units, had agreed for the benefit of third party unitholders, that it would vote such Units: (i) against any increase in compensation payable to the General Partner; and (ii) on all other matters submitted by it or its affiliates, in proportion to the votes cast by third party Unit holders. Except for the foregoing, no other limitations are imposed on AIMCO and its affiliates’ right to vote each Unit held. Although the General Partner owes fiduciary duties to the limited partners of the Partnership, the Managing General Partner owes fiduciary duties to both the General Partner and AIMCO as the sole stockholder of the Managing General Partner.


Note E – Investment Properties and Accumulated Depreciation


  

Initial Cost

 
  

To Partnership

 
  

(in thousands)

 
    

Net Cost

   

Buildings

Capitalized

   

and Related

(Written Down)

   

Personal

Subsequent to

Description

Encumbrances

Land

Property

Acquisition

 

(in thousands)

  

(in thousands)

     

Peakview Place Apartments

$10,087

$ 1,320

$11,879

$ 8,767

Creekside Apartments

  5,725

  1,366

  7,307

  4,667

The Lodge Apartments

  6,341

  1,575

  8,580

  5,282

The Village in the Woods

    

  Apartments

 11,945

  2,852

 20,915

    (182)

Total

$34,098

$ 7,113

$48,681

$18,534



 

Gross Amount At Which Carried

    
 

At December 31, 2006

    
 

(in thousands)

    
        
  

Buildings

     
  

And Related

  

Year of

  
  

Personal

 

Accumulated

Construc-

Date

Depreciable

Description

Land

Property

Total

Depreciation

tion

Acquired

Life

    

(in thousands)

   

Peakview Place

       

 Apartments

$ 1,320

$20,646

$21,966

$14,983

1979

9/82

5-30 yrs

Creekside

       

 Apartments

  1,366

 11,974

 13,340

  8,819

1974

10/82

5-30 yrs

The Lodge

       

 Apartments

  1,577

 13,860

 15,437

 10,159

1974

10/82

5-30 yrs

The Village in

       

 the Woods

       

 Apartments

  1,500

 22,085

 23,585

 12,725

1983

10/82

5-30 yrs

Total

$ 5,763

$68,565

$74,328

$46,686

   


In April 2005, the Managing General Partner began a major redevelopment project at The Village in the Woods Apartments. The property had difficulty staying competitive and needed to be updated.  Therefore, in an effort to increase occupancy and become competitive in the local market, a significant redevelopment project was completed in July 2006 at a total cost of approximately $5,166,000.  During the construction period, certain expenses were capitalized and depreciated over the remaining life of the property.  During the year ended December 31, 2005, approximately $117,000 of interest was capitalized.  No such costs were capitalized during the year ended December 31, 2006.


During 2003, the Managing General Partner began a major redevelopment project at Peakview Place Apartments.  The property had difficulty staying competitive and needed to be updated.  Therefore, in an effort to increase occupancy and become competitive in the local market, a significant redevelopment project was completed in May 2005 at a total cost of approximately $4,785,000.  During the construction period, certain expenses were capitalized and depreciated over the remaining life of the property.  During the year ended December 31, 2005, approximately $34,000 of interest, approximately $1,000 of real estate taxes, and approximately $3,000 of other construction period costs were capitalized.   


Reconciliation of "investment properties and accumulated depreciation":


 

Years Ended December 31,

 

2006

2005

Investment Properties

(in thousands)

Balance at beginning of year

$89,335

$82,554

Property improvements

  2,888

  6,781

Disposal of property

 (17,895)

     --

Balance at end of year

$74,328

$89,335

   

Accumulated Depreciation

  

Balance at beginning of year

$54,696

$50,362

Additions charged to expense

  4,488

  4,334

Disposal of property

 (12,498)

     --

Balance at end of year

$46,686

$54,696


The aggregate cost of the real estate for Federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2006 and 2005 is approximately $80,341,000 and $97,066,000, respectively. The accumulated depreciation taken for Federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2006 and 2005 is approximately $61,306,000 and $74,205,000, respectively.


Note F  – Disposition of Investment Property


On March 31, 2006, the Partnership sold Cooper’s Pond Apartments to a third party for a gross sale price of approximately $23,799,000.  The net proceeds realized by the Partnership were approximately $20,973,000 after the payment of closing costs and a prepayment penalty owed by the Partnership on the mortgages.  The Partnership used approximately $9,924,000 of the net proceeds to repay the mortgages encumbering the property.  The Partnership realized a gain of approximately $17,506,000 as a result of the sale, which is included in gain from sale of discontinued operations. In addition, the Partnership recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt of approximately $2,158,000 as a result of the write-off of unamortized loan costs and a prepayment penalty, which is included in loss from discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2006.  Also included in loss from discontinued operations for the year ended De cember 31, 2006 are results of the property’s operations, a loss of approximately $103,000, including revenues of approximately $880,000. Included in loss from discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2005 are results of the property’s operations, a loss of approximately $68,000, including revenues of approximately $3,329,000.


Note G - Contingencies


In March 1998, several putative unit holders of limited partnership units of the Partnership commenced an action entitled Rosalie Nuanes, et al. v. Insignia Financial Group, Inc., et al. (the "Nuanes action") in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Mateo. The plaintiffs named as defendants, among others, the Partnership, its Managing General Partner and several of their affiliated partnerships and corporate entities. The action purported to assert claims on behalf of a class of limited partners and derivatively on behalf of a number of limited partnerships (including the Partnership) that are named as nominal defendants, challenging, among other things, the acquisition of interests in certain Managing General Partner entities by Insignia Financial Group, Inc. ("Insignia") and entities that were, at one time, affiliates of Insignia; past tender offers by the Insignia affiliates to acquire lim ited partnership units; management of the partnerships by the Insignia affiliates; and the series of transactions which closed on October 1, 1998 and February 26, 1999 whereby Insignia and Insignia Properties Trust, respectively, were merged into AIMCO. The plaintiffs sought monetary damages and equitable relief, including judicial dissolution of the Partnership. In addition, during the third quarter of 2001, a complaint captioned Heller v. Insignia Financial Group (the "Heller action") was filed against the same defendants that are named in the Nuanes action. On or about August 6, 2001, plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint. The Heller action was brought as a purported derivative action, and asserted claims for, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition, conversion, unjust enrichment, and judicial dissolution. On January 28, 2002, the trial court granted defendants motion to strike the complaint.  Plaintiffs took an appeal from this order.


On January 8, 2003, the parties filed a Stipulation of Settlement in proposed settlement of the Nuanes action and the Heller action. On June 13, 2003, the court granted final approval of the settlement and entered judgment in both the Nuanes and Heller actions. On August 12, 2003, an objector ("Objector") filed an appeal (the “Appeal”) seeking to vacate and/or reverse the order approving the settlement and entering judgment thereto. On May 4, 2004, the Objector filed a second appeal challenging the court’s use of a referee and its order requiring Objector to pay those fees.


On March 21, 2005, the Court of Appeals issued opinions in both pending appeals.  With regard to the settlement and judgment entered thereto, the Court of Appeals vacated the trial court’s order and remanded to the trial court for further findings on the basis that the “state of the record is insufficient to permit meaningful appellate review”.  The matter was transferred back to the trial court on June 21, 2005.  With regard to the second appeal, the Court of Appeals reversed the order requiring the Objector to pay referee fees. With respect to the related Heller appeal, on July 28, 2005, the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s order striking the first amended complaint.


On August 18, 2005, Objector and his counsel filed a motion to disqualify the trial court based on a peremptory challenge and filed a motion to disqualify for cause on October 17, 2005, both of which were ultimately denied and/or struck by the trial court.  On or about October 13, 2005 Objector filed a motion to intervene and on or about October 19, 2005 filed both a motion to take discovery relating to the adequacy of plaintiffs as derivative representatives and a motion to dissolve the anti-suit injunction in connection with settlement.  On November 14, 2005, Plaintiffs filed a Motion For Further Findings pursuant to the remand ordered by the Court of Appeals. Defendants joined in that motion.  On February 3, 2006, the Court held a hearing on the various matters pending before it and ordered additional briefing from the parties and Objector. On June 30, 2006, the trial court entered an order confirming its approval of the class act ion settlement and entering judgment thereto after the Court of Appeals had remanded the matter for further findings.  The substantive terms of the settlement agreement remain unchanged.  The trial court also entered supplemental orders on July 1, 2006, denying Objector’s Motion to File a Complaint in Intervention, Objector’s Motion for Leave of Discovery and Objector’s Motion to Dissolve the Anti-Suit Injunction.  Notice of Entry of Judgment was served on July 10, 2006. On August 31, 2006, the Objector filed a Notice of Appeal to the Court’s June 30, 2006 and July 1, 2006 orders. On December 14, 2006, Objector filed his Appellant’s Brief. The Partnership and its affiliates, as well as counsel of the Settlement Class, have not yet filed their briefs in response.


The Managing General Partner does not anticipate that any costs to the Partnership, whether legal or settlement costs, associated with these cases will be material to the Partnership’s overall operations.


AIMCO Properties, L.P. and NHP Management Company, both affiliates of the Managing General Partner, are defendants in a lawsuit alleging that they willfully violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by failing to pay maintenance workers overtime for all hours worked in excess of forty per week. The complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, attempts to bring a collective action under the FLSA and seeks to certify state subclasses in California, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Specifically, the plaintiffs contend that AIMCO Properties, L.P. and NHP Management Company failed to compensate maintenance workers for time that they were required to be "on-call." Additionally, the complaint alleges AIMCO Properties, L.P. and NHP Management Company failed to comply with the FLSA in compensating maintenance workers for time that they worked in excess of 40 hours in a week.   I n June 2005 the court conditionally certified the collective action on both the on-call and overtime issues.  Approximately 1,049 individuals opted in to the class. On March 28, 2007, the court issued an opinion decertifying the collective action on both issues.  The court held that the members of the collective action are not similarly situated and the case may not proceed as a collective action.  The nine named plaintiffs still maintain their individual causes of action. The California and Maryland cases are still pending as they were stayed pending the outcome of the decertification motion in the District of Columbia case.  Although the outcome of any litigation is uncertain, AIMCO Properties, L.P. does not believe that the ultimate outcome will have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial condition or results of operations. Similarly, the Managing General Partner does not believe that the ultimate outcome will have a material adverse effect on the Partnership’s co nsolidated financial condition or results of operations.


The Partnership is unaware of any other pending or outstanding litigation matters involving it or its investment properties that are not of a routine nature arising in the ordinary course of business.


Environmental


Various Federal, state and local laws subject property owners or operators to liability for management, and the costs of removal or remediation, of certain hazardous substances present on a property. Such laws often impose liability without regard to whether the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the release or presence of the hazardous substances. The presence of, or the failure to manage or remedy properly, hazardous substances may adversely affect occupancy at affected apartment communities and the ability to sell or finance affected properties. In addition to the costs associated with investigation and remediation actions brought by government agencies, and potential fines or penalties imposed by such agencies in connection therewith, the presence of hazardous substances on a property could result in claims by private plaintiffs for personal injury, disease, disability or other infirmities. Various laws also impose liability for the cost of removal, remediation or disposal of hazardous substances through a licensed disposal or treatment facility. Anyone who arranges for the disposal or treatment of hazardous substances is potentially liable under such laws. These laws often impose liability whether or not the person arranging for the disposal ever owned or operated the disposal facility. In connection with the ownership, operation and management of its properties, the Partnership could potentially be liable for environmental liabilities or costs associated with its properties.


Mold


The Partnership is aware of lawsuits against owners and managers of multifamily properties asserting claims of personal injury and property damage caused by the presence of mold, some of which have resulted in substantial monetary judgments or settlements.  The Partnership has only limited insurance coverage for property damage loss claims arising from the presence of mold and for personal injury claims related to mold exposure.  Affiliates of the Managing General Partner have implemented policies, procedures, third-party audits and training and the Managing General Partner believes that these measures will prevent or eliminate mold exposure and will minimize the effects that mold may have on residents.  To date, the Partnership has not incurred any material costs or liabilities relating to claims of mold exposure or to abate mold conditions.  Because the law regarding mold is unsettled and subject to change the Managing General Partner can make no assurance that liabilities resulting from the presence of or exposure to mold will not have a material adverse effect on the Partnership’s consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

 

Item 8.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.


Item 8A.

Controls and Procedures


(a)

Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Partnership’s management, with the participation of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Managing General Partner, who are the equivalent of the Partnership’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Managing General Partner, who are the equivalent of the Partnership’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively, have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Partnership’s disclosure contr ols and procedures are effective.


(b)

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There have not been any changes in the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fourth quarter of 2006 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting.


Item 8B.

Other Information


None.


PART III


Item 9.

Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons and Corporate Governance; Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act


Century Properties Fund XVII (the "Partnership" or the "Registrant") has no directors or officers. Fox Partners (the “General Partner”), a California general partnership, is the general partner of the Partnership. The general partners of Fox Partners are Fox Capital Management Corporation (“FCMC” or the "Managing General Partner"), Fox Realty Investors ("FRI"), and Fox Partners 82. The names and ages of, as well as the positions and offices held by, the directors and officers of the Managing General Partner are set forth below. There are no family relationships between or among any directors or officers.


Name

Age

Position

   

Martha L. Long

47

Director and Senior Vice President

Harry G. Alcock

44

Director, Executive Vice President and Chief

  

 Investment Officer

Timothy Beaudin

48

Executive Vice President and Chief Development

  

 Officer

Miles Cortez

63

Executive Vice President, General Counsel

  

  and Secretary

Patti K. Fielding

43

Executive Vice President – Securities and Debt

Thomas M. Herzog

44

Executive Vice President and Chief

  

  Financial Officer

Robert Y. Walker, IV

41

Executive Vice President

Scott W. Fordham

39

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting

  

  Officer

Stephen B. Waters

45

Vice President


Martha L. Long has been a Director and Senior Vice President of the Managing General Partner since February 2004.  Ms. Long has been with AIMCO since October 1998 and has served in various capacities.  From 1998 to 2001, Ms. Long served as Senior Vice President and Controller of AIMCO and the Managing General Partner.  During 2002 and 2003, Ms. Long served as Senior Vice President of Continuous Improvement for AIMCO.


Harry G. Alcock was appointed as a Director of the Managing General Partner in October 2004 and was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the Managing General Partner in February 2004 and has been Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of AIMCO since October 1999.  Mr. Alcock has had responsibility for acquisition and financing activities of AIMCO since July 1994, serving as Vice President from July 1996 to October 1997 and as Senior Vice President from October 1997 to October 1999.


Timothy Beaudin was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer of the Managing General Partner and AIMCO in October 2005.  Prior to this time, beginning in 2005, Mr. Beaudin was with Catellus Development Corporation, a San Francisco, California-based real estate investment trust.  During his last five years at Catellus, Mr. Beaudin served as Executive Vice President, with management responsibility for development, construction and asset management.


Miles Cortez was appointed Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Managing General Partner in February 2004 and of AIMCO in August 2001.  Prior to joining AIMCO, Mr. Cortez was the senior partner of Cortez Macaulay Bernhardt & Schuetze LLC, a Denver law firm, from December 1997 through September 2001.


Patti K. Fielding was appointed Executive Vice President – Securities and Debt of the Managing General Partner in February 2004 and of AIMCO in February 2003.  Ms. Fielding was appointed Treasurer of AIMCO in January 2005.  Ms. Fielding is responsible for debt financing and the treasury department.  Ms. Fielding previously served as Senior Vice President – Securities and Debt of AIMCO from January 2000 to February 2003.  Ms. Fielding joined AIMCO in February 1997 as a Vice President.


Thomas M. Herzog was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Managing General Partner and AIMCO in November 2005 and was appointed Executive Vice President of the Managing General Partner and AIMCO in July 2005.  In January 2004, Mr. Herzog joined AIMCO as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer and of the Managing General Partner in February 2004.  Prior to joining AIMCO in January 2004, Mr. Herzog was at GE Real Estate, serving as Chief Accounting Officer & Global Controller from April 2002 to January 2004 and as Chief Technical Advisor from March 2000 to April 2002.  Prior to joining GE Real Estate, Mr. Herzog was at Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1990 to 2000.


Robert Y. Walker, IV was appointed Senior Vice President of the Managing General Partner and AIMCO in August 2005 and served as the Chief Accounting Officer of the Managing General Partner and AIMCO from November 2005 to January 2007. Mr. Walker was promoted to Executive Vice President of the Managing General Partner and AIMCO in July 2006 and in January 2007 became the chief financial officer of Conventional Property Operations for AIMCO. From June 2002, until he joined AIMCO, Mr. Walker served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Miller Global Properties, LLC, a Denver-based private equity, real estate fund manager.  From May 1997 to June 2002, Mr. Walker was employed by GE Capital Real Estate, serving as global controller from May 2000 to June 2002.


Scott W. Fordham was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer in January 2007 of the Managing General Partner and AIMCO. Prior to joining AIMCO, Mr. Fordham served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Brandywine Realty Trust. Prior to the merger of Prentiss Properties Trust with Brandywine Realty Trust, Mr. Fordham served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Prentiss Properties Trust and was in charge of the corporate accounting and financial reporting groups. Prior to joining Prentiss Properties Trust in 1992, Mr. Fordham worked in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.


Stephen B. Waters was appointed Vice President of the Managing General Partner and AIMCO in April 2004.  Mr. Waters previously served as a Director of Real Estate Accounting since joining AIMCO in September 1999.  Mr. Waters has responsibility for partnership accounting with AIMCO and serves as principal financial officer of the Managing General Partner.


One or more of the above persons are also directors and/or officers of a general partner (or general partner of a general partner) of limited partnerships which either have a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or are subject to the reporting requirements of Section 15(d) of such Act. Further, one or more of the above persons are also officers of Apartment Investment and Management Company and the general partner of AIMCO Properties, L.P., entities that have a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or are subject to the reporting requirements of Section 15 (d) of such Act.


The board of directors of the Managing General Partner does not have a separate audit committee. As such, the board of directors of the Managing General Partner fulfills the functions of an audit committee. The board of directors has determined that Martha L. Long meets the requirement of an "audit committee financial expert".


The directors and officers of the Managing General Partner with authority over the Partnership are all employees of subsidiaries of AIMCO. AIMCO has adopted a code of ethics that applies to such directors and officers that is posted on AIMCO's website (www.AIMCO.com). AIMCO's website is not incorporated by reference to this filing.


Item 10.

Executive Compensation


Neither the directors nor the officers of the Managing General Partner received any remuneration from the Partnership during the year ended December 31, 2006.


Item 11.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management


The following table sets forth certain information regarding units of limited partnership interest (the “Units”) of the Registrant owned by each person who is known by the Registrant to own beneficially or exercise voting or dispositive control over more than 5% of the Registrant's Units, by each of the directors and by the directors and officers of the Managing General Partner as a group as of December 31, 2006.



Amount and nature of

%

Name of Beneficial Owner

Beneficial Owner

of Units

   

AIMCO IPLP, L.P.

25,833.50

34.45%

  (an affiliate of AIMCO)

  

Fox Capital Management Corporation

   100.00

 0.13%

  (an affiliate of AIMCO)

  

IPLP Acquisition I LLC

 3,369.50

 4.49%

  (an affiliate of AIMCO)

  

AIMCO Properties, L.P.

22,556.00

30.08%

  (an affiliate of AIMCO)

  


AIMCO IPLP, L.P., Fox Capital Management Corporation and IPLP Acquisition I LLC are indirectly ultimately owned by AIMCO.  Their business address is 55 Beattie Place, Greenville, South Carolina 29602.


AIMCO Properties, L.P. is indirectly ultimately controlled by AIMCO. Its business address is 4582 S. Ulster St. Parkway, Suite 100, Denver, Colorado 80237.


No director or officer of the Managing General Partner owns any Units.  The General Partner owns 100 Units as required by the terms of the Partnership Agreement governing the Partnership.


Item 12.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence


The Partnership has no employees and depends on the Managing General Partner and its affiliates for the management and administration of all Partnership activities. The Partnership Agreement provides for certain payments to affiliates for services and reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by affiliates on behalf of the Partnership.  


Affiliates of the Managing General Partner receive 5% of gross receipts from all of the Partnership’s properties as compensation for providing property management services. The Partnership was charged by affiliates approximately $624,000 and $673,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, which are included in operating expenses and loss from discontinued operations on the consolidated statements of operations included in “Item 7. Financial Statements”.


An affiliate of the Managing General Partner charged the Partnership for reimbursement of accountable administrative expenses amounting to approximately $365,000 and $505,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, which are included in investment properties, general and administrative expenses and gain from sale of discontinued operations on the consolidated financial statements included in “Item 7. Financial Statements”.  The portion of these reimbursements included in investment properties and gain from sale of discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 are construction management services provided by an affiliate of the Managing General Partner of approximately $167,000 and $312,000, respectively.  


Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, for managing the affairs of the Partnership, the Managing General Partner is entitled to receive a Partnership management fee equal to 10% of the Partnership's adjusted cash from operations as distributed. There were no Partnership management fees paid during the years ended December 31, 2006 or 2005, as there were no distributions from operations.


An affiliate of the Managing General Partner has made available to the Partnership a credit line of up to $150,000 per property owned by the Partnership.  During the year ended December 31, 2006, an affiliate of the Managing General Partner exceeded this credit limit and advanced the Partnership approximately $325,000 to fund the redevelopment project at The Village in the Woods Apartments (as discussed in “Note E – Investment Properties and Accumulated Depreciation” to the consolidated financial statements included in “Item 7. Financial Statements”) and approximately $542,000 to fund operating expenses and capital improvements at four of the Partnership’s investment properties.  During the year ended December 31, 2005, an affiliate of the Managing General Partner advanced approximately $609,000 and $3,409,000 to fund the redevelopment projects at Peakview Place Apartments and The Village in the Woods Apartme nts, respectively, and approximately $2,087,000 to fund property taxes, capital improvements and operating expenses at all of the Partnership’s investment properties.  The redevelopment advances to The Village in the Woods Apartments accrue interest at 10% and all other advances bear interest at the prime rate plus 2% (10.25% at December 31, 2006).  Interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 was approximately $542,000 and $665,000, respectively.  During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Partnership made payments of approximately $8,090,000 on the advances and approximately $1,231,000 in accrued interest, from proceeds from the sale of Cooper’s Pond Apartments (as discussed in “Note F – Disposition of Investment Property” to the consolidated financial statements included in “Item 7. Financial Statements”).  No such payments were made to affiliates of the Managing General Partner during the year ended December 31, 2005.  At De cember 31, 2006, the total outstanding advances and accrued interest due to an affiliate of the Managing General Partner is approximately $3,392,000 and is included in due to affiliates on the consolidated balance sheet included in “Item 7.  Financial Statements”.


The Partnership insures its properties up to certain limits through coverage provided by AIMCO which is generally self-insured for a portion of losses and liabilities related to workers’ compensation, property casualty, general liability and vehicle liability. The Partnership insures its properties above the AIMCO limits through insurance policies obtained by AIMCO from insurers unaffiliated with the Managing General Partner. During the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Partnership was charged by AIMCO and its affiliates approximately $363,000 and $213,000, respectively, for insurance coverage and fees associated with policy claims administration.


In addition to its indirect ownership of the general partner interest in the Partnership, AIMCO and its affiliates owned 51,859 Units in the Partnership representing 69.15% of the outstanding Units at December 31, 2006. A number of these Units were acquired pursuant to tender offers made by AIMCO or its affiliates. It is possible that AIMCO or its affiliates will acquire additional Units in exchange for cash or a combination of cash and units in AIMCO Properties, L.P., the operating partnership of AIMCO, either through private purchases or tender offers. Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, unitholders holding a majority of the Units are entitled to take action with respect to a variety of matters that include, but are not limited to, voting on certain amendments to the Partnership Agreement and voting to remove the General Partner. As a result of its ownership of 69.15% of the outstanding Units, AIMCO and its affiliates are in a position to infl uence all voting decisions with respect to the Partnership. However, DeForest Ventures I L.P., from whom AIMCO, through its merger with Insignia Financial Group, Inc., acquired 25,833.5 (approximately 34.45%) of its Units, had agreed for the benefit of third party unitholders, that it would vote such Units: (i) against any increase in compensation payable to the General Partner; and (ii) on all other matters submitted by it or its affiliates, in proportion to the votes cast by third party Unit holders. Except for the foregoing, no other limitations are imposed on AIMCO and its affiliates’ right to vote each Unit held. Although the General Partner owes fiduciary duties to the limited partners of the Partnership, the Managing General Partner owes fiduciary duties to both the General Partner and AIMCO as the sole stockholder of the Managing General Partner.


Neither of the Managing General Partner’s directors is independent under the independence standards established for New York Stock Exchange listed companies as both directors are employed by the parent of the Managing General Partner.


Item 13.

Exhibits


See Exhibit Index.


Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services


The Managing General Partner has reappointed Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors to audit the financial statements of the Partnership for 2007.  The aggregate fees billed for services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP for 2006 and 2005 are described below.


Audit Fees.  Fees for audit services totaled approximately $59,000 and $51,000 for 2006 and 2005, respectively. Fees for audit services also include fees for the reviews of the Partnership’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB.


Tax Fees.  Fees for tax services totaled approximately $16,000 and $15,000 for 2006 and 2005, respectively.



SIGNATURES


In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


 

CENTURY PROPERTIES FUND XVII

 

By:

Fox Partners

 

      General Partner

  
 

By:

Fox Capital Management Corporation

 

      Managing General Partner

  
 

By:   /s/Martha L. Long

 

      Martha L. Long

 

      Senior Vice President

  
 

By:   /s/Stephen B. Waters

 

      Stephen B. Waters

 

      Vice President

  
 

Date: March 30, 2007


In accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


/s/Harry G. Alcock

Director and Executive

Date: March 30, 2007

Harry G. Alcock

Vice President

 
   

/s/Martha L. Long

Director and Senior

Date: March 30, 2007

Martha L. Long

Vice President

 
   

/s/Stephen B. Waters

Vice President

Date: March 30, 2007

Stephen B. Waters

  



CENTURY PROPERTIES FUND XVII


EXHIBIT INDEX


 Exhibit Number

Description of Exhibit


 2.5

Master Indemnity Agreement incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.5 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Insignia with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 1995.


 3.4

Agreement of Limited Partnership incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Prospectus of the Registrant dated March 29, 1982 and as thereafter supplemented contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Reg. No. 2-75411).


10.1

Multifamily Note dated December 7, 1999, by and between Apartment CCG 17, L.P., a California limited partnership, and GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16.3 to the Partnership's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999.


10.2

Multifamily Note dated January 27, 2000, by and between Century Properties Fund XVII, a California limited partnership, and GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16.4 to the Partnership's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999.


10.6

Multifamily Note dated August 24, 1998, by and between Apartment Lodge 17 A LLC, a Colorado limited liability company and Newport Mortgage Company, L.P. a Texas limited partnership, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Partnership’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period ended September 30, 1998.


10.7

Multifamily Note dated August 24, 1998, by and between Apartment Creek 17 A LLC, a Colorado limited liability company and Newport Mortgage Company, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, incorporated by reference to the Partnership’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period ended September 30, 1998.


10.8

Purchase and Sale Contract between Century Properties Fund XVII, a California limited partnership, and the affiliated Selling Partnerships and The Bethany Group, LLC, a California limited liability company, dated November 2, 2005 and incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 2, 2005.


10.9

Second Amendment to Purchase and Sale Contract between Century Properties Fund XVII, a California limited partnership, and the affiliated Selling Partnerships and The Bethany Group, LLC, a California limited liability company, dated February 9, 2006 and incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 9, 2006.


31.1

Certification of equivalent of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


31.2

Certification of equivalent of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


32.1

Certification of equivalent of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.








Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Martha L. Long, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Century Properties Fund XVII;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.

The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:


(a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;


(b)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and


(c)

Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and


5.

The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


(a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


(b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.


Date:  March 30, 2007

/s/Martha L. Long

Martha L. Long

Senior Vice President of Fox Capital Management Corporation, equivalent of the chief executive officer of the Partnership








Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Stephen B. Waters, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Century Properties Fund XVII;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.

The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:


(a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;


(b)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and


(c)

Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and


5.

The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


(a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


(b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.


Date:  March 30, 2007

/s/Stephen B. Waters

Stephen B. Waters

Vice President of Fox Capital Management Corporation, equivalent of the chief financial officer of the Partnership




Exhibit 32.1



Certification of CEO and CFO

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002




In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Century Properties Fund XVII (the "Partnership"), for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), Martha L. Long, as the equivalent of the chief executive officer of the Partnership, and Stephen B. Waters, as the equivalent of the chief financial officer of the Partnership, each hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of his knowledge:


(1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Partnership.



 

      /s/Martha L. Long

 

Name: Martha L. Long

 

Date: March 30, 2007

  
 

      /s/Stephen B. Waters

 

Name: Stephen B. Waters

 

Date: March 30, 2007


This certification is furnished with this Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed filed by the Partnership for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.









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