Edmonton Housing Starts Drop Again....Phew! 7 w6 `5 ~! |; ^$ b: n# z4 P ! h" x9 E: q3 V0 k4 b l# L- fNew_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.