UMH Properties, Inc. Declares Common and Preferred Dividends

FREEHOLD, N.J., July 9, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- Eugene W. Landy, Chairman of the Board of UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE: UMH) announced that, on July 9, 2012, the Board of Directors declared its quarterly cash dividend on the Company's Common Stock of $0.18per share payable September 17, 2012to shareholders of record at the close of business August 15, 2012. The Company's annual dividend rate on its Common Stock is $0.72per share.

Also on July 9, 2012, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.515625per share for the period from June 1, 2012through August 31, 2012, on the Company's 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock payable September 17, 2012to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 15, 2012. Series A preferred share dividends are cumulative and payable quarterly at an annual rate of $2.0625per share.

UMH Properties, Inc., a publicly owned real estate investment trust, owns and operates forty-one manufactured home communities with approximately 9,010 total home sites located in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennesseeand Indiana. In addition, the Company owns a portfolio of REIT securities.

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