Edmonton Housing Starts Drop Again....Phew! 9 p1 Y5 x( k% z2 n. P$ B% H; b# ~8 B , {! P6 O- \2 @1 \- [9 d+ f4 SNew_home_winter After starts in Edmonton dropped by 37% (year over year) in February, they dropped 59% in March. Good news for our inventory issue in the area. Starts have dropped by 31% so far this year compared to last, single family starts have dropped 61% and multi-family representing the lowest number of first quarter starts since 1996.