The six-county Lexington metro area saw a sharp increase in foreclosures in 2007, but the local problem remains small when compared with larger metro areas. RealtyTrac, a California firm that tracks foreclosures nationwide, said 464 properties in the Lexington area were in some stage of foreclosure in 2007, compared with 210 in 2006. The increase was 121 percent. About one-fourth of 1 percent of …Read the story