According to the National Association of Home Builders, home remodeling work remained steady in the first quarter of this year.

Sara Lin, a writer for the The Wall Street Journal’s online edition, found something good about the current housing slump: It’s easier, and cheaper, to find contractors to either build a house or renovate one.

The Remodeling Market Index put out by the National Association of Home Builders showed that residential remodeling activity increased slighly during the third quarter of this year. Remodeling activity isn’t as strong now as it was during the residential housing boom, of course, but sometimes you have to take your good news when you can find it.