Edmonton Housing Starts Drop Again....Phew! " e3 B Q8 b( m% p 0 C R0 \7 F W4 w' |( u, rNew_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.