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Securities Available for Sale (Details Textual) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Security
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Securities Available for Sale (Textual)      
Maximum percentage of available for sale securities not held by company 10.00%umh_MaximumPercentageOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesNotHeldByCompany    
Number of securities that had unrealized losses 5umh_NumberOfSecuritiesTemporarilyImpaired    
Total net unrealized gains in REIT securities portfolio $ 5,079,921us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesChangeInNetUnrealizedHoldingGainLossNetOfTax $ 1,116,738us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesChangeInNetUnrealizedHoldingGainLossNetOfTax $ 6,613,956us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesChangeInNetUnrealizedHoldingGainLossNetOfTax
Proceeds from sales or redemptions of securities available for sale 10,911,791us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfAvailableForSaleSecurities 18,981,468us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfAvailableForSaleSecurities 16,159,984us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfAvailableForSaleSecurities
Margin loan, outstanding $ 19,392,382umh_MarginLoanOutstanding $ 18,574,228umh_MarginLoanOutstanding