Edmonton Housing Starts Drop Again....Phew! 2 h7 c" d0 `, B& {" e ) R% T! |7 c+ lNew_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.