Exhibit 99.(a)(6) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2001 Contact: Eggert Dagbjartsson Equity Resources Group, Inc. 14 Story Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Telephone: (617) 876-4800 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Equity Resource Lexington Fund Limited Partnership announced today that it has increased the purchase price of its tender offer to purchase up to 2,362 units of limited partnership interests, or LP Units, in Urban Improvement Fund Limited 1973 to $225 per unit in cash. The terms of the increased offer are otherwise identical to the terms of the original offer made to holders of LP Units on June 7, 2001.