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<TR><TD valign=top width=648 colspan=4><P style="line-height:16pt; margin:0pt; font-size:14pt" align=center><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=648 colspan=4><P style="line-height:18pt; margin:0pt; font-size:16pt" align=center><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=648 colspan=4><P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): &nbsp;January 17, 2008</B></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=648 colspan=4><P style="line-height:20pt; margin:0pt; font-size:18pt" align=center><B>UMH Properties, Inc.</B></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=540 colspan=3><P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt"><B>Juniper Business Plaza, 3499 Route 9 North, Suite 3-C, Freehold, NJ</B></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=648 colspan=4><P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (732) 577-9997</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0pt" align=center>(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)</P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=648 colspan=4><P style="margin:0pt">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=648 colspan=4><P style="margin:0pt">[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=648 colspan=4><P style="margin:0pt">[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a- 12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=648 colspan=4><P style="margin:0pt">[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b</P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=648 colspan=4><P style="margin:0pt">[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; text-indent:40.5pt; font-size:12pt">On January 17, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing the declaration of the quarterly dividend.</P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; text-indent:36pt; font-size:12pt" align=justify>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 hereunto duly authorized.</P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-14pt; font-size:12pt" align=justify>Date: &nbsp;January 17, 2008</P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; text-indent:288pt; font-size:12pt" align=justify>By:<U> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Anna T. Chew</U></P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; text-indent:252pt; font-size:12pt"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;January 17, 2008</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; text-indent:216pt; font-size:12pt"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Contact: &nbsp;&nbsp;Rosemarie Faccone</B></P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; text-indent:288pt; font-size:12pt"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Susan Jordan</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt" align=center><B><U>UMH PROPERTIES, INC. DECLARES DIVIDEND</U></B></P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; text-indent:36pt; font-size:12pt" align=justify><B>FREEHOLD, NJ, January 17, 2008</B>&#133;...........Samuel A. Landy, President of UMH Properties, Inc. (AMEX:UMH) announced that, on January 16, 2008, the Board of Directors declared its quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share payable March 17, 2008 to shareholders of record at the close of business February 15, 2008. &nbsp;The Company&#146;s annual dividend rate is $1.00 per share.</P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; text-indent:36pt; font-size:12pt" align=justify>UMH Properties, Inc., a publicly-owned real estate investment trust, owns and operates twenty-eight manufactured home communities located in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Tennessee. &nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Company owns a portfolio of REIT securities. &nbsp;UMH has been in operation since 1968, operating as a public company since 1985. &nbsp;</P>
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