INSIGNIA FINANCIAL GROUP INC
10-Q, 1996-05-10
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                        UNITED STATES
              SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    Washington, D.C. 20549


                          FORM 10-Q


[X] Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
    Securities Exchange Act of 1934


              For the period ended March 31, 1996


                              or


[  ]  Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
    Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       For the transition period from........to........

                Commission file number 0-19066

                INSIGNIA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



      Delaware                                 13-3591193
(State or other jurisdiction of              (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)               Identification No.)

One Insignia Financial Plaza, P.O. Box 1089      29602
      Greenville, South Carolina               (Zip Code)
   (Address of principal executive offices)


 Registrant's telephone number, including area code (864) 239-1000


     Indicate  by check mark  whether the  registrant  (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934  during  the  preceding  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

     As of March 31, 1996, there were outstanding  26,012,326  shares of Class A
Common  Stock,  and 15,000  shares of 7.5% Step-Up Rate  Cumulative  Convertible
Preferred Stock.




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       INSIGNIA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES


                          FORM 10-Q


            QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 1996



                            INDEX

                     Page No.

PART I         FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

      Item 1.  Financial Statements (Unaudited)

           Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the
           three months ended March 31, 1996 and 1995                         2

           Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of
           March 31, 1996 and December 31, 1995                               3

           Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow
           for the three months ended March 31, 1996 and 1995                 4

           Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements           5 - 7

      Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of
             Financial Condition and Results of Operations               8 - 11


PART II    OTHER INFORMATION:

      Item 1.  Legal Proceedings                                            12

      Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                             12


SIGNATURES                                                                  13






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                PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Information
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<TABLE>

a)  Income Statement

                 INSIGNIA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                   CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
             (Thousands of Dollars, except share and per share data)
                                   (Unaudited)

                                                            Three Months Ended
                                                                 March 31,
                                                                 ---------
                                                            1996           1995
                                                            ----           ----
<S>                                                  <C>            <C>
Revenues
  Fee based services ..............................  $     36,837   $     25,909
  Interest ........................................           919            450
  Other ...........................................           587            202
  Apartment property revenues .....................         1,878           --
                                                            -----
                                                           40,221         26,561
                                                           ------         ------

Costs and Expenses
  Fee based services ..............................        26,552         17,356
  Administrative and other ........................         2,305          1,688
  Apartment property expenses .....................         1,028           --
  Interest ........................................         2,904          1,181
  Apartment property interest .....................           407           --
  Depreciation and amortization ...................         4,588          2,988
  Apartment properties depreciation ...............           269           --
                                                              ---
                                                           38,053         23,213
                                                           ------         ------

Equity earnings - limited partnership interests ...         1,454            462

Minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries ...          (202)            58
                                                             ----             --

Income before income taxes ........................         3,420          3,868

  Provision for income taxes ......................         1,300          1,547
                                                            -----          -----

Net income ........................................  $      2,120   $      2,321
                                                     ============   ============

Earnings per common share .........................  $        .07   $        .10
                                                     ============   ============

Weighted average common shares
  outstanding and dilutive common
  stock equivalents ...............................    28,817,788     21,144,388
                                                       ==========     ==========
</TABLE>

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See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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b)  Balance Sheet
<TABLE>

                 INSIGNIA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                      CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                             (Thousands of Dollars)

                                                        March 31,   December 31,
                                                          1996         1995
                                                          ----         ----
                                                      (Unaudited)

<S>                                                          <C>        <C>
Assets
  Cash and cash equivalents ..............................   $ 56,865   $ 49,846
  Restricted cash ........................................      7,454      6,282
  Receivables ............................................     12,764     26,445
  Property and equipment .................................      8,291      7,700
  Real estate limited partnership interests ..............    126,676     60,473
  Property management contracts ..........................    127,404     88,816
  Apartment properties ...................................     25,612       --
  Costs in excess of net assets of acquired businesses ...      3,130      3,169
  Other assets ...........................................      4,167      2,678
                                                                -----      -----
    Total assets .........................................   $372,363   $245,409
                                                             ========   ========

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
  Liabilities:
    Accounts payable .....................................   $  1,503   $  1,497
    Accrued and sundry liabilities .......................     39,963     26,221
    Non-recourse mortgage notes payable ..................     17,970       --
    Notes payable ........................................    123,116     32,996
    Subordinated convertible note payable ................     10,000     10,000
                                                               ------     ------
                                                              192,552     70,714
                                                              -------     ------

  Redeemable convertible preferred stock .................     15,000     15,000

  Minority interests .....................................      4,997      2,682

  Stockholders' Equity:
    Common  Stock,  Class A, par  value  $.01 per  share  authorized  50,000,000
      shares, issued and outstanding 26,012,326 (1996) and 25,877,666
      (1995) shares ......................................        260        259
    Additional paid-in capital ...........................    138,023    137,160
    Retained earnings ....................................     21,531     19,594
                                                               ------     ------

    Total stockholders' equity ...........................    159,814    157,013
                                                              -------    -------

    Total liabilities and stockholders' equity               $372,363   $245,409
                                                             ========   ========
</TABLE>


NOTE:The Balance  Sheet at December  31, 1995 has been  derived from the audited
     financial  statements at that date but does not include all the information
     and footnotes  required by generally  accepted  accounting  principles  for
     complete financial statements.


See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.




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c)  Statement of Cash Flow
<TABLE>

                 INSIGNIA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
                             (Thousands of Dollars)
                                   (Unaudited)
                                                              Three Months Ended
                                                                   March 31,
                                                              1996        1995
<S>                                                          <C>         <C>
Operating Activities
  Net income ................................................$ 2,120     $2,321
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
  provided by operations:
    Depreciation and amortization ........................     4,588      2,988
    Apartment properties depreciation ....................       269         --
    Equity in earnings of partnerships ...................    (1,454)      (462)
    Minority interest in net losses of
    consolidated subsidiaries                                    202        (58)
    Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
      Accounts receivable ................................    (1,009)      (638)
      Other assets .......................................        79        (79)
      Accrued compensation ...............................    (4,316)    (3,742)
      Deferred income taxes ..............................    11,742          --
      Accounts payable and accrued expenses ..............     6,370         517
                                                               -----         ---
  Net cash provided by operating activities ..............    18,591         847
                                                              ------         ---

Investing activities
  Payments made for acquisition of management contracts
    and acquired businesses ...............................  (43,785)      (930)
  Acquisition of real estate limited partnership interests   (68,108)    (5,971)
  Investment in apartment properties, net of acquired cash    (9,421)         --
  Limited partnership distributions .........................  4,978      2,995
  Advances made under note agreements .......................    (90)         --
  Collections on notes receivable ........................... 14,780      1,313
  Additions to property and equipment, net ..................   (971)      (384)
  (Increase) decrease in restricted cash .................... (1,172)          7
                                                              ------           -
    Net cash used in investing activities ...................(103,789)   (2,970)
                                                             --------    ------

Financing activities
  Payments on notes payable .................................   (396)   (43,032)
  Payments on non-recourse mortgage notes ...................   (136)        --
  Proceeds from exercise of stock options ...................    944        489
  Proceeds from notes payable ............................... 90,046     37,000
  Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock .................     --     15,000
  Investment made by minority interests .....................  2,301      2,651
  Distributions made to minority interests ..................   (432)        --
  Debt and stock issuance costs .............................   (110)      (604)
                                                                ----       ----
    Net cash provided by financing activities ............... 92,217      11,504
                                                              ------      ------

Increase in cash and cash equivalents .......................  7,019      9,381
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period ............ 49,846     36,596
                                                              ------     ------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period ..................$56,865    $45,977
                                                             =======    =======

</TABLE>
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See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.




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              NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
              ----------------------------------------------------

1.   Insignia  Financial Group, Inc. ("the Company" or "Insignia") is a Delaware
     corporation  incorporated  in July 1990. The Company is a fully  integrated
     real estate service  organization  performing  property  management,  asset
     management, investor services, partnership administration, mortgage banking
     and real estate investment banking services for various ownership entities.

2.   The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have
     been prepared in accordance with generally accepted  accounting  principles
     for interim  financial  information and with the  instructions to Form 10-Q
     and Article 10 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly,  they do not include all of
     the information  and footnotes  required by generally  accepted  accounting
     principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management,
     all  adjustments  (consisting  of  normal  recurring  accruals)  considered
     necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for
     the three month period ended March 31, 1996 are not necessarily  indicative
     of the results that may be expected  for the year ended  December 31, 1996.
     For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and
     footnotes  thereto included in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for
     the year ended December 31, 1995.

3.   The  calculation  of  earnings  per common  share is based on the  weighted
     average  number of shares of common  stock during the year and common stock
     equivalents of dilutive  common stock options and warrants.  See Exhibit 11
     for the  calculations  of primary and fully diluted  earnings per share and
     the applicable adjustments to net income.

4.   The following is a summary of the Company's  material  contingencies  as of
     March 31, 1996:

     Gillett Family Trust, et al., v., Insignia Financial Group, et al. In April
     1995,  six   wholly-owned   subsidiaries   of  Insignia  (the   "Affiliated
     Purchasers")  commenced tender offers for limited partner  interests in six
     partnerships:  Shelter Properties I Limited Partnership; Shelter Properties
     II Limited Partnership; Shelter Properties III Limited Partnership; Shelter
     Properties   IV  Limited   Partnerships;   Shelter   Properties  V  Limited
     Partnership;  and Shelter Properties VI Limited Partnership  (collectively,
     the "Shelter Properties  Partnerships").  In May 1995, in the United States
     District Court for the District of South Carolina, certain limited partners
     of the Shelter Properties  Partnerships  commenced a lawsuit,  in behalf of
     themselves,  on behalf of a putative class of plaintiffs,  and derivatively
     on behalf of the partnerships,  challenging the actions taken by defendants
     (including  Insignia,  the Affiliated  Purchasers  and certain  officers of
     Insignia) in the management of the Shelter  Properties  Partnerships and in
     connection with the tender offers and certain other matters.

     On September 27, 1995, the parties entered into a stipulation to settle the
     matter.  The  principal  terms  of  the  stipulation  require  supplemental
     payments to tendering limited partners aggregating approximately $6 million
     to be paid by the Affiliated  Purchasers  (which amount has been accrued as
     additional  purchase price, with payment to follow court approval);  waiver
     by the Shelter  Properties  Partnerships'  general partners of any right to
     certain   proceeds  from  a  sale  or  refinancing  of  the   partnerships'
     properties;  some  restrictions  on Insignia's  ability to vote the limited
     partner  interests it acquired;  payment of $1.25  million for  plaintiffs'
     attorney fees and expenses in the litigation (which amount is divided among
     the various partnerships and acquiring  entities);  and general releases of
     all the defendants.  On April 23, 1996, the court gave preliminary approval
     of the  establishment of the class for the purpose of the settlement and of
     the settlement  terms, and ordered that notice of the settlement be sent to
     the class.  Notice has been sent. A final  hearing has been  scheduled  for
     June 24, 1996. If a certain number of class members opt out, the settlement
     may be  canceled.  Class  members  also  have the  right to  object  to the
     settlement,  which could lead to  alterations in the terms of settlement or
     even cancellation of the settlement.

     William Wallace,  et al. v. Devon Associates,  et al. On February 15, 1996,
     Devon Associates,  a New York general partnership,  commenced tender offers
     for limited  partner  interests in two limited  partnerships,  Growth Hotel
     Investors  and  Growth  Hotel  Investors  II (the  "Growth  Partnerships").
     Insignia  controls the managing general partner of the Growth  Partnerships
     and also owns approximately 8% of Devon Associates.






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     On February  21,  1996,  certain  persons  claiming to own limited  partner
     interests in the Growth  Partnerships  filed a class action and  derivative
     suit in the  Supreme  Court for the State of New York and the County of New
     York on behalf of themselves,  on behalf of a putative class of plaintiffs,
     and derivatively on behalf of the Growth  Partnerships.  The defendants are
     Devon Associates, the general partners of Devon Associates, an affiliate of
     one of the general partners of Devon Associates,  Insignia, and the general
     partners of the Growth Partnerships.

     The  complaint  contains  allegations  that,  among other  things,  (i) the
     defendants  breached  certain  fiduciary duties to the plaintiffs by, among
     other  things,  making  tender  offers  without  first  shopping the Growth
     Partnerships or considering other alternatives to maximize the value to the
     limited partners,  such as liquidating the properties underlying the Growth
     Partnerships:  (ii) the defendants  breached their fiduciary  duties to the
     plaintiffs  by,  among  other  things,  making  the  tender  offers  at  an
     inadequate  price;  and (iii) the offers to  purchase  and other  documents
     disseminated  in relation to the tender  offers were false and  misleading.
     The complaint seeks compensatory damages, an injunction blocking the tender
     offers,  and a Court order directing the defendants to cure certain alleged
     breaches of fiduciary duties.

     A second class action and derivative suit, similar in all material respects
     to the Wallace  litigation,  was filed on February 28, 1996 in the Superior
     Court for the State of  California  (the  "California  Court").  Styled R&S
     Asset Partners and Jesse B. Small et al. v. Devon Associates,  et al., this
     complaint raises the same claims as are found in the New York lawsuit.

     On April 23, 1996, the parties to the foregoing two Devon  Associates class
     action  and  derivative  suits  entered  into a  stipulation  settling  the
     matters.  The principal  terms of the  settlement  agreement,  which remain
     subject to approval by the California  Court,  require the managing general
     partner  of  the  Growth  Partnerships  to (i)  take  such  actions  as are
     reasonably  necessary and consistent  with its fiduciary  duties to solicit
     offers for the  purchase  of the assets of the  Growth  Partnerships  which
     maximize the value of the Growth Partnerships'  limited partnerships units;
     (ii) deal fairly and in good faith with persons or entities  expressing  an
     interest in making a bona fide offer to purchase  the Growth  Partnerships'
     assets;  (iii) consistent with its fiduciary duties,  provide all bona fide
     offerors  with  access to the Growth  Partnerships'  books and  records for
     purposes of due diligence,  (iv) allow plaintiffs'  counsel to comment upon
     the offering process;  (v) make available to plaintiffs'  counsel materials
     and  correspondence  sent and  received  in  connection  with the  offering
     process; (vi) distribute  supplemental  disclosure materials concerning the
     existence of an offer to purchase the Growth Partnerships' properties;  and
     (vii)  deposit  $1.9  million  in an escrow  account,  from  which  account
     plaintiffs'  court-approved attorneys' fees and disbursements will be paid.
     Provisional Court approval of the stipulation is required before it will be
     distributed  to class  members  for  review.  If a certain  number of class
     members opt out, the settlement may be canceled.  In the normal course,  it
     may  take  several  months  before  it is  known  whether  the  provisional
     settlement will actually take effect.

     The Company and certain  subsidiaries are defendants in lawsuits arising in
     the ordinary course of business. Such lawsuits are primarily insured claims
     arising from accidents at managed properties. Claims may demand substantial
     compensatory and punitive damages.

     Management  believwsuits  will be  resolved  without  material  loss to the
     Company or its  subsidiaries.es  that the  aforementioned  lawsuits will be
     resolved without material loss to the Company or its subsidiaries.

5.    Other matters

     In November of 1994 the Company  acquired  substantially  all of the assets
     (consisting  primarily of management contracts) of Allegiance Realty Group,
     a  wholly  owned  subsidiary  of  The  Balcor  Company,   Inc.  ("Balcor").
     Currently,  the Company manages  approximately  236 properties,  comprising
     approximately  45,000  units of  multi-family  residential  housing  and 12
     million square feet of commercial  space,  associated with that acquisition
     (56 of the properties, comprising approximately 2,000 units of multi-family
     residential  housing and 5.25 million square feet of commercial  space, are
     not controlled by Balcor).





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     Recently,  Balcor  announced the pending sale of  approximately  20 of such
     properties,  comprising 6,000 units of multi-family residential housing, to
     Equity  Residential  Properties  Trust.  The Company has been  advised that
     Balcor has listed or is considering listing for sale a substantial majority
     of the multi-family  residential properties controlled by it. In connection
     with the  potential  sales of such  properties,  Balcor  has  entered  into
     agreements with the Company to provide  additional  services (the "Advisory
     Agreements"). These services include collection of data, the preparation of
     materials  for  potential   purchasers,   and  assistance  with  regard  to
     transition  plans,  among other  things.  The Advisory  Agreements  have an
     initial term of one year. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreements,  the Company
     is to be paid  fees  ranging  from  .75% to 1.25%  of the  sale  price of a
     property if and when sold (the "Advisory  Fees"),  regardless of whether or
     not the  purchaser  retains the Company to continue to manage the property.
     In the event the properties were all sold within the next year, the Company
     estimates that it would receive approximately $13 million in Advisory Fees,
     that its property  management  fees would be reduced by  approximately  $12
     million per year, and that it would be required to write-off  approximately
     $6 million of  unamortized  purchase  price.  To the extent Balcor does not
     sell its  properties  in the near term because of pricing or other  issues,
     (a) the Company will continue to receive  property  management  fees or, if
     Balcor terminates the property management  agreements other than for cause,
     the Company will receive a rebate of a portion of the purchase  price,  (b)
     the amount of the  write-off  will be reduced  or  eliminated,  and (c) the
     Company will receive  Advisory Fees only if the  properties are sold during
     the term of the  Advisory  Agreements.  The number  and timing of  property
     sales by  Balcor  during  the term of the  Advisory  Agreements  cannot  be
     predicted.  Therefore,  the Company  cannot  estimate  with any  reasonable
     accuracy the amount of any Advisory  Fees it may receive,  the reduction of
     its  management  fees or the  amount of  unamortized  purchase  price to be
     written off. The Company expects that any potential impact to its EBITDA in
     1996 from  potential  property  sales  and  resulting  terminations  of the
     Company's management  agreements would not be material.  However,  revenues
     lost and not  replaced  through  acquisitions  or  incremental  third party
     servicing would fully impact 1997 EBITDA.

6. Acquisition of National Property Investors, Inc.

     As  discussed  in the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K,  the Company
     acquired  substantially all of the assets of National  Property  Investors,
     Inc. ("NPI") and certain of its affiliates for an aggregate  purchase price
     of  approximately  $116  million.   The  pro  forma  unaudited  results  of
     operations  for the three  months  ended  March 31, 1996 and March 31, 1995
     assuming consummation of the purchase as of January 1, 1995 are as follows:

<TABLE>

                                                         Three Months Ended
                                                              March 31,
                                                              ---------
                                                         1996             1995
                                                         ----             ----
                                          (000's omitted, except per share data)

     <S>                                                <C>              <C>    
     Revenues ................................          $41,927          $32,933
     Net Income ..............................            2,051            2,337
     Earnings per common share ...............          $  0.07          $  0.10

</TABLE>

7.   During  the first  three  months of 1996,  the  Company  had the  following
     changes in the equity accounts:

     a) Exercise of stock options  representing 134,660 shares of Class A Common
     Stock at exercise prices ranging from $1.88 to $13.00 per share.

     b) Net income of $2,120,000 for the three months ended March 31, 1996.

     c) Accrued preferred dividends of $108,000.




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Item 2. Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
of Operations
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Financial Condition
- - -------------------

     The Company  posted  strong  results  for the first  quarter of 1996 in all
areas, including asset growth, results of operations, and market capitalization.
Assets grew 51.7% from $245.4  million as of December 31, 1995 to $372.4 million
as of March 31, 1996, primarily in property management contracts and investments
in limited  partnership  ("LP")  interests.  Combined  earnings before interest,
taxes,  depreciation and  amortization  (EBITDA) and funds from operations (FFO)
increased  53.9% from $8.4 million for first  quarter 1995 to $12.9  million for
the first  quarter  1996.  FFO is a measure  of real  estate  operations,  which
represents net income or loss in accordance with generally  accepted  accounting
principles  excluding  gains  or  losses  from  debt  restructuring  or sales of
property, plus depreciation and provision for impairment.  Market capitalization
(i.e.  closing market price multiplied by the number of common shares issued and
outstanding)  increased 27.3% from $498.1 million at December 31, 1995 to $634.1
million at March 31, 1996.

     The acquisition of National  Property  Investors,  Inc.  ("NPI") in January
1996 was the  primary  cause of the asset  growth,  with most of the  investment
being in property  management  contracts and limited partnership  interests,  of
which  approximately  $43 million was  allocated  to  management  contracts  and
approximately $74 million was allocated to LP investments. The acquisition added
approximately  32,000 units to the number of units  managed,  bringing the total
units managed  (including  co-operatives  and  condominiums in the New York City
area) to approximately 298,000 units.

     The Company  benefited from its  investments in limited  partnerships  as a
result of capital improvements to the properties, FFO increases and increases in
cash available for  distribution as a result of refinancings of the mortgages on
the  properties to lower rate,  longer term fixed rate debt. In connection  with
its acquisition of limited  partnership  interests in each  portfolio,  Insignia
evaluated and implemented  strategic operational and property improvement plans.
These plans are resulting in  substantial  capital  improvements  to many of the
properties;   such   improvements   are  funded  from  cash  maintained  by  the
partnerships, which aggregated approximately $95 million at March 31, 1996.

     In addition,  the  performance  of the properties has continued to improve.
Comparing   the  results  of  the  27   partnerships   (weighted  by  Insignia's
proportionate  ownerships  and making  adjustments  for three assets sold by the
partnerships  during 1995) for the first quarter of 1996 to the first quarter of
1995  indicates  growth in FFO  attributable  to  Insignia's  current  ownership
interests of 9.8%. Such FFO increase was derived  primarily from a 4.6% increase
in  property  revenues,   an  8.4%  increase  in  property  expenses  (of  which
approximately  4.6% was attributable to additional  expenditures on landscaping,
exterior  painting,  parking lot repairs  and similar  curb appeal  expenditures
associated  with  the  strategic  plans),  reduced  partnership   administrative
expenses   arising   from   Insignia's   economies   in  such  matters  and  the
non-recurrence  of litigation  costs  pertaining to one  partnership  during the
first quarter of 1995.

     For the first quarter,  distributions from limited partnerships to Insignia
amounted to $5.0 million,  with $1.3 million of that being FFO and the remaining
$3.7  million  relating  to  refinancings  and capital  events.  Since the first
limited partnership  interest investments made in December 1994 and prior to the
NPI  acquisition,  Insignia  had invested  approximately  $70 million in limited
partner interests and received  approximately $16 million in distributions  from
those  partnerships.  As a  result  of  the  NPI  acquisition,  limited  partner
interests  comprise  $126.7  million at cost of  Insignia's  assets at March 31,
1996.

     In connection with the NPI acquisition,  the Company received approximately
$27.6 million in cash from NPI, of which approximately $13.5 million was part of
the assets of the purchased entities and approximately $14.1 million was payment
in full of the note receivable/loan participation. The remaining source of funds
for the purchase payment was a draw of $88 million on the $200 million revolving
credit facility.

     The change in the accrued and sundry  liabilities  relates primarily to the
deferred taxes that had to be recorded because of the difference in the book and
tax bases of the management contracts acquired in the NPI acquisition.




<PAGE>
Results of Operations
- - ---------------------

     The first quarter  showed strong  positive  increases of 44.4% and 53.9% in
revenues from the service company  (excluding  apartment  property revenues) and
combined EBITDA and FFO over the first quarter of 1995. Revenues increased $11.8
million from $26.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 1995 to $38.3 million
for the quarter ended March 31, 1996.  Combined  EBITDA and FFO  increased  $4.5
million from $8.4 million to $12.9 million for the same  periods,  respectively.
The  Company's  ability to  efficiently  absorb  acquisitions  into its existing
operating  infrastructure  is  the  primary  reason  for  the  strong  operating
performance for the quarter.

     Fee based services revenues, the largest revenue item, increased 42.2% from
$25.9  million  for 1995 to $36.8  million  for 1996 as a direct  result  of the
acquisitions completed throughout 1995 and the NPI acquisition in January 1996.

     The impact  from the  acquisitions  is felt  largely in fee based  services
revenues  generated by the property and asset management group,  which increased
55.3% from $22.7 million to $35.2 million.  The  commercial  group in particular
showed positive  results from the  development of the supporting  infrastructure
(which has been an undertaking  encompassing  all of last year),  with fee based
services  revenues  increasing 69.7% from $4.8 million for first quarter 1995 to
$8.1 million for first quarter 1996.  The effects of the increased  efficiencies
are most easily  seen in the EBITDA  contribution  from this area,  which was up
from  approximately  $100,000  for 1995 to $1.1  million  for 1996.  Total units
managed   increased  to  approximately   298,000  as  of  March  31,  1996  from
approximately  215,000 as of March 31, 1995, and commercial  square feet managed
increased to approximately 60.0 million from 42.5 million a year ago.

     Fee based  services  revenues  from the  financial  services  group are not
directly  tied to growth from  acquisition  activity.  Revenues  from this group
decreased  49.3% from $3.3 million for 1995 to $1.6  million for 1996.  The fees
generated by this group are  transaction  oriented in nature,  and can vary from
period to period depending on the actual transactions completed.

     Interest  income  increased  104.2% from  $450,000 for 1995 to $919,000 for
1996. Much higher  interest  earning cash balances as well as a rise in interest
rates were the reasons for this increase.

     Other income  increased 190.6% from $202,000 for 1995 to $587,000 for 1996.
The primary factor for the increase was the growth in the amounts  received from
an agency that serves as an insurance broker for various partnerships managed by
the Company.

     Fee based service  expenses  increased 53.0% from $17.4 million for 1995 to
$26.6  million  for  1996.  This  increase  is  directly   attributable  to  the
acquisitions  completed  in 1995 and the NPI  acquisition  in 1996,  and is most
easily seen in the impact on fee based  services  expenses in the  property  and
asset  management  group. The expenses for this group increased 63.4% from $15.0
million  for 1995 to $24.4  million  for 1996.  The  margins  narrowed  somewhat
primarily due to the Company's  involvement  now in the management of co-ops and
condos, which produces smaller margins.

     The financial  services  group had a 12.0%  decrease in fee based  services
expenses  from $2.4  million  for 1995 to $2.1  million for 1996.  As  discussed
earlier,  this  group is  transaction  oriented  in nature as  opposed  to being
directly affected by acquisitions.

     Administrative and other increased 36.6% from $1.7 million for 1995 to $2.3
million  for  1996.   Included  in  this   category   are  the  start  up  costs
(approximately  $400,000) for the preferred  vendor/discount services subsidiary
that began  operations in the first quarter of 1996. This  subsidiary,  Compleat
Resource Group, Inc. ("CRG"),  has formed strategic alliances with other vendors
to market  services and products at a discounted rate to the tenants and limited
partners that deal with the Company on a daily basis and to the tenants of third
party owners.  Pilot programs have been started in three areas across the United
States to  continue  defining/refining  the  marketing  approach  and  establish
benchmarks for customer satisfaction.




<PAGE>
     For the first  time,  the  Company  has  consolidated  limited  partnership
entities into its financial  statements since it owns majority  interests in two
partnerships.  The categories entitled apartment property revenues and apartment
property  expenses  relate solely to the operations of the  properties  owned by
these partnerships, as well as apartment property interest and depreciation. The
portion that does not belong to the Company is set apart in minority interests.

     Interest  expense  increased  145.9%  from  $1.2  million  for 1995 to $2.9
million for 1996. The increase in the  outstanding  notes payable  balances from
$67.9  million  at March 31,  1995 to $133.1  million  at March 31,  1996 is the
primary cause of the increase in interest expense.

     Depreciation and amortization increased 53.5% from $3.0 million for 1995 to
$4.6 million for 1996 as a result of the  amortization of the acquired  property
management contracts and the additions to property and equipment.

     The  effective  income tax rate  dropped  from 40% for 1995 to 38% for 1996
primarily  through the realization of tax benefits to the Company as a result of
strategic tax planning.

     Primarily as a result of the foregoing, net income decreased 8.7% from $2.3
million for first quarter 1995 to $2.1 million for the first quarter 1996.

Liquidity and Capital Resources
- - --------------------------------

     The Company has several  sources  available  for  capital,  primarily  cash
generated from operations, distributions from partnerships, and available credit
under the $200 million revolving credit facility.  As a result of its ability to
generate cash, and such  additional  sources,  the cash balances grew from $46.0
million at March 31, 1995 to $56.9  million at March 31, 1996.  The Company uses
combined  EBITDA and FFO as an indicator of its working  capital  generated from
operations.  Combined  EBITDA and FFO increased  53.9% from $8.4 million for the
first  quarter  of 1995 to $12.9  million  for the first  quarter  of 1996.  The
following chart  specifically  identifies the sources of the combined EBITDA and
FFO and how the numbers for the two quarters are derived.
<TABLE>


                                                            Three Months Ended
                                                                 March 31,
                                                                 ---------------
                                                          1996            1995
                                                          ----            ----

<S>                                                      <C>             <C>    
Fee based services revenues ....................         $36,837         $25,909
Interest .......................................             919             450
Other ..........................................             587             202
                                                             ---             ---
                                                         $38,343         $26,561

Fee based services expenses ....................          26,552          17,356
Administrative and other .......................           2,305           1,688
                                                           -----           -----

EBITDA - service company .......................         $ 9,486         $ 7,517

FFO
   Concap ......................................             998             837
   Shelter .....................................             705            --
   NPI .........................................           1,085            --
   Century .....................................             580            --
                                                             ---

Combined EBITDA and FFO ........................         $12,854         $ 8,354
                                                         =======         =======
</TABLE>

     In addition to internally  generated  cash,  the Company has a $200 million
revolving credit facility  available for acquisitions and working capital needs,
of which $116 million was  outstanding  as of March 31,  1996.  With the working
capital  generated  through the  operations  of the  Company  and the  available
balances on the revolver,  the Company feels its capital resources are adequate.
The funding needs are reassessed as acquisitions are identified and pursued.

     The Company is currently  engaged in advanced  negotiations with respect to
three separate potential major acquisitions of real estate service companies and
believes  that  agreement on most of the  principal  terms has been reached with
each of the other parties. If all three acquisitions were consummated,  they are
anticipated to increase the Company's  annualized  EBITDA by  approximately  $50
million.  The aggregate purchase price for these proposed  acquisitions would be
approximately  $250  million.  The  Company  is  considering  various  financing
alternatives,  including  the  issuance of common  stock of up to $50 million to
sellers of these  businesses and additional long term debt financing.  There can
be no  assurance  that  the  Company  will be able to  reach  agreement  upon or
consummate any or all of the proposed  acquisitions,  or that if consummated the
acquisitions  would be on the terms (including the Company's  financing of them)
or produce the results described above.

     The Company is also currently  engaged in active  evaluation of a change in
the manner in which its real estate partnership interests are held and financed.
The  Company's  objective  is to raise  external  capital  through a real estate
ownership  entity for the continued  acquisition of real estate interests and to
replace  some of  Insignia's  capital  currently  deployed  in its  real  estate
investments. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve the results
sought.

Subsequent Events
- - ------------------

     The Company  notified  the holders on March 29,  1996 of its  intention  to
prepay  the  subordinated  convertible  note of $10.0  million  and  called  for
redemption of the $15.0 million preferred stock. At the election of the holders,
both the subordinated  note and the preferred stock were converted to a total of
approximately 2.6 million shares of common stock on April 29, 1996.




<PAGE>




                           PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
                           --------------------------

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings
- - --------------------------

See note 4 in Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, Part I, Item
1, of Form 10-Q for March 31, 1996 for the details on outstanding issues.  Also,
see  Registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December  31,
1995.

Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
- - -----------------------------------------

The following reports on Form 8-K were filed in the first quarter of fiscal year
1996:

1.   Form 8-K dated  January 19, 1996 filing the closing of the  acquisition  of
     National Property Investors Inc. and certain of its affiliates.

2.   Form 8-K dated  January 29, 1996  filing the credit  agreement  for the new
     credit facility and the press release.





<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES
                                   ----------


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned there unto duly authorized.



                             INSIGNIA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.



                             by: /s/Andrew L. Farkas
                             ----------------------------------------------
                                Andrew L. Farkas
                                 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


                              by: /s/Ronald Uretta
                             ----------------------------------------------
                                  Ronald Uretta
                                 Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer






<TABLE>

Exhibit 11 - Statement Re:  Computation of Earnings Per Common Share

                                                             Three Months Ended
                                                                  March 31,    
                                                              1996       1995  
                                                              ----       ----  
<S>                                                           <C>        <C>

Primary

Average common shares outstanding ..........................  25,932     20,168

Net effect of dilutive common stock options and warrants
  based on the treasury stock method using average
  market price .............................................    2,886       976
                                                                -----       ---

Total ......................................................   28,818    21,144
                                                               ======    ======

Net income .................................................  $ 2,120     2,321

Preferred Dividends ........................................     (108)     (265)
                                                                 ----      ---- 

Adjusted net income ........................................  $ 2,012     2,056
                                                              =======     =====

Earnings per common share ..................................  $   .07   $   .10
                                                              =======   =======

Fully Diluted

Average common shares outstanding ..........................   25,932    20,168

Net effect of dilutive common stock options and warrants
  based on the treasury stock method using the greater
  of the average market price or the ending market price ...    3,345     1,228
                                                                -----     -----

Total ......................................................   29,277    21,396
                                                               ======    ======

Net income .................................................  $ 2,120     2,321

Preferred Dividends ........................................     (108)     (265)
                                                                 ----      ---- 

Adjusted net income ........................................  $ 2,012   $ 2,056
                                                              =======   =======

Earnings per common share ..................................  $   .07   $   .10
                                                              =======   =======

</TABLE>


<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
     This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the 
Insignia Financial Group, Inc. March 31 1996 Form 10-Q and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to such 10-Q filing.
</LEGEND>
       
<S>                             <C>  
<MULTIPLIER>                    1,000
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   3-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>               DEC-31-1996
<PERIOD-START>                  JAN-01-1996
<PERIOD-END>                    MAR-31-1996
<CASH>                               56,865
<SECURITIES>                              0
<RECEIVABLES>                        12,764
<ALLOWANCES>                              0
<INVENTORY>                               0
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                          0
<PP&E>                                8,291
<DEPRECIATION>                            0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                      372,363
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                     0
<BONDS>                             151,086
                15,000
                               0
<COMMON>                                260
<OTHER-SE>                          159,554
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>        372,363
<SALES>                                   0
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                     40,221
<CGS>                                     0
<TOTAL-COSTS>                        26,552
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                     11,501
<LOSS-PROVISION>                          0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                    3,311
<INCOME-PRETAX>                       3,420
<INCOME-TAX>                          1,300
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                       0
<DISCONTINUED>                            0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                           0
<CHANGES>                                 0
<NET-INCOME>                          2,120
<EPS-PRIMARY>                           .07
<EPS-DILUTED>                           .07
        


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