Edmonton Housing Starts Drop Again....Phew! , F5 o1 u- ^9 c5 O; x- n; Z$ v % m+ W) |+ T, g4 W$ @- BNew_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.