Steady on Steady on Building trends ebb and flow like the tide but the number of permits for residential work has topped 5,000 for the past two years. Here's a look at market activity by ZIP code through the year, ending Nov. 30, for the past two years. ZIP code 1998 1997 38002 (Arlington/Lakeland) 326 275 38017 (Collierville) 44 85 38018 (Cordova) 980 958 38028 (Eads/River Oaks) 58 80 38053 (Millington) 139 160 38103 (Downtown/Mud Island) 111 102 38104 (Midtown) 83 83 38105 (Greenlaw) 24 26 38106 (Elvis Presley/W. Person) 198 209 38107 (North Memphis) 126 132 38108 (Jackson Ave.) 114 132 38109 (Westwood/Mallory) 293 259 38111 (Poplar/Highland) 148 188 38112 (N. Parkway/Rhodes) 109 69 38114 (Defense Depot) 107 132 38115 (Hickory Hill North) 131 146 ZIP code 1998 1997 38116 (Whitehaven) 105 104 38117 (Poplar/Perkins) 180 224 38118 (Oakhaven/Pkwy. Village) 73 105 38119 (Quince/Ridgeway) 197 200 38120 (Mt. Pisgah/East Shelby) 43 16 38122 (Berclair) 61 66 38125 (Kirby/Southeast Shelby) 347 359 38126 (Linden/Crump) 65 75 38127 (Frayser) 118 176 38128 (Raleigh) 138 191 38133 (Bartlett/Brunswick) 55 55 38134 (Bartlett/Raleigh East) 150 132 38135 (Bartlett/Ellendale) 122 86 38138 (Germantown West) 360 362 38139 (Germantown East) 111 91 38141 (Hickory Hill South) 54 123 Source: Building permits filed in the Shelby County Register's Office from Jan. 1-Nov. 30 in 1998 and 1997 that reflected residential work, as compiled by the Daily News Online.